The Computers that made Britain
The Computers that made Britain
Free pdf or 12GBP paper edition. Interesting book with chapters about each and every UK-made (and some that were not) home computer - and yes, the QL has one, too, with some interesting David Karlin insights and anecdotes.
https://wireframe.raspberrypi.org/books ... de-britain
Recommended reading!
https://wireframe.raspberrypi.org/books ... de-britain
Recommended reading!
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Re: The Computers that made Britain
Hi,
I downloaded and this last week, a little subjective, in that some of the subject content did not reflect the title.
I think the author missed out a few computers that were around.
But it is free so no real complaints.
I downloaded and this last week, a little subjective, in that some of the subject content did not reflect the title.
I think the author missed out a few computers that were around.
But it is free so no real complaints.
Regards,
Derek
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Re: The Computers that made Britain
Which ones, in your opinion?Derek_Stewart wrote: I think the author missed out a few computers that were around.
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Re: The Computers that made Britain
HI,
The computers I had in the 1980s are:
Newbrain
Oric 1, Atmos
Memotech MTX range
Sam Coupe
Jupiter Ace
Whether they definevthe British computer culture is open to personal taste.
The computers I had in the 1980s are:
Newbrain
Oric 1, Atmos
Memotech MTX range
Sam Coupe
Jupiter Ace
Whether they definevthe British computer culture is open to personal taste.
Regards,
Derek
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Re: The Computers that made Britain
It'd be very difficult to map every UK computers as there were so many. Some not mentioned so far:
NASCOM
UK101
Tangerine
Camputers Lynx
Fan/Flan/Elan Enterprise 64/128
NASCOM
UK101
Tangerine
Camputers Lynx
Fan/Flan/Elan Enterprise 64/128
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Re: The Computers that made Britain
What we learn from this is never buy the same computer as DerekDerek_Stewart wrote:HI,
The computers I had in the 1980s are:
Newbrain
Oric 1, Atmos
Memotech MTX range
Sam Coupe
Jupiter Ace
Whether they definevthe British computer culture is open to personal taste.
Re: The Computers that made Britain
Well, depends. I guess the opposite is true: Each of these probably has a magnitude of the collector's value today than your humble ZX Spectrum or ZX81XorA wrote:What we learn from this is never buy the same computer as DerekDerek_Stewart wrote:HI,
The computers I had in the 1980s are:
Newbrain
Oric 1, Atmos
Memotech MTX range
Sam Coupe
Jupiter Ace
Whether they definevthe British computer culture is open to personal taste.
So, if you're into collecting as an investment, absolutely go with Derek
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Re: The Computers that made Britain
Well, that last one would be out as it's Korean(?)vanpeebles wrote:No Z88 or any Psions either! Tatung Einstein?
Also, the Z88 is rather later (88), as were the (usable) Psions (90s).
If you're thinking non-home machines (as the Psion Organiser was aimed at business) then you have the ACT Apricot range of machines. Very British, eccentric MSDOS but not IBM PC compatible machines.
e.g. the F2
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The Tatung was designed and built in the UK.stephen_usher wrote:Well, that last one would be out as it's Korean(?)vanpeebles wrote:No Z88 or any Psions either! Tatung Einstein?
Also, the Z88 is rather later (88), as were the (usable) Psions (90s).
If you're thinking non-home machines (as the Psion Organiser was aimed at business) then you have the ACT Apricot range of machines. Very British, eccentric MSDOS but not IBM PC compatible machines.
e.g. the F2
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