Ian McNaught-Davis (30 August 1929 – 10 February 2014) was a British television presenter best known for presenting the BBC television series The Computer Programme, Making the Most of the Micro and Micro Live in…
Category: BBC Micro
David Braben
David Braben has been called “one of the most influential computer game programmers of all time”, based on his early game development with the Elite series in the 1980s and 1990s. Next Generation listed him…
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The Oliver Twins
Andrew Nicholas Oliver and Philip Edward Oliver, together known as the Oliver Twins, are British twin brothers and video game designers. They began to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school, contributing…
Acorn Atom
Released from 1980 until 1982. The Atom was a home computer from Acorn. It was essentially a progression of the MOS-6502 based machines that the company had been producing from 1979. The Atom was Acorn’s…
Acorn Archimedes A3010 & 30120
Acorn Archimedes A3020 and A3010 models were introduced in September 1992 as a lower cost replacement to the original A3000 model, but the A3000 has a sole emphasis on the educational market, where the later…
BBC Micro
Released on 1st December 1981, the BBC Micro is a microcomputer produced by Acorn, which was built for the BBCs Computer Literacy Project. The way these machines were produced and the way they worked, there…
BBC Micro:bit
You may remember the BBC Micro from the 1980s. A computer, that for many children here in the UK, was their very first introduction to computing. Perhaps building on that legacy for the digital age…