The Computers That Made Britain

The Computers That Made Britain

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  • Create Date:2021-07-30 22:16:05
  • Update Date:2025-09-23
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  • Author:Tim Danton
  • ISBN:1912047853
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Summary

The home computer boom of the 1980s brought with it now iconic machines such as the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Commodore 64。 Those machines would inspire a generation。

The Computers That Made Britain tells the story of 19 of those computers – and what happened behind the scenes。 With dozens of new interviews, discover the tales of missed deadlines, technical faults, business interference, and the unheralded geniuses who brought to the UK everything from the Dragon 32 and ZX81, to the Amstrad CPC 464 and Commodore Amiga。

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Reviews

David Artiss

Loved it!As a child/teenager of the 80s, these were the computers that I was bought up with (and regularly used)。 Knowing the stories behind them all is fantastic。Each chapter is a different computer but they vary in size, based on what information there is about them and, to be honest, how interesting their story actually is (hint: some are pretty boring)。 They're written very clearly and it's obvious that a lot of work has gone into researching it allIt's clear that Tim didn't write the chapte Loved it!As a child/teenager of the 80s, these were the computers that I was bought up with (and regularly used)。 Knowing the stories behind them all is fantastic。Each chapter is a different computer but they vary in size, based on what information there is about them and, to be honest, how interesting their story actually is (hint: some are pretty boring)。 They're written very clearly and it's obvious that a lot of work has gone into researching it allIt's clear that Tim didn't write the chapters in the order that they're presented (or, if he did, didn't intend for then to be read in order) as he often makes reference to things, as if they're new to us, but have already been discussed in past chapters。 But that does mean that you can dip into a chapter at any point。I hope Tim followed this up with a second volume, covering all those computers which he mentions missing out in his introduction! 。。。more