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Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Andy Hopper is co-founder of the iconic Acorn Computers and currently head of the computer laboratory at the University of... Read more
Oct 7, 2009
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Photos: A dip into Bletchley's classic PC archive
Acorn Risc PC Launched in 1994, the Acorn Risc PC came out of... Read more
Sep 3, 2008
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Does the ZX Spectrum deserve its crown?
...or Spectrum? Commodore 64 or Acorn Electron? silicon.com readers have...actually started in the late 1970s, with computers such as the... Read more
Apr 30, 2008
silicon.com > Technology > Hardware
Photos: Computer history goes under the hammer
...part of the collection. These 56Hz bandwidth red LED calculators from the 1970s are expected to fetch £200-£300. Photo credit: Bonhams Read more
Sep 29, 2009
silicon.com > Management > Public Sector
Q&A: Acorn co-founder Andy Hopper
Acorn's co-founder, Andy Hopper...a PhD in the late 1970s for his work on high... Read more
Jan 4, 2007
silicon.com > Technology > Hardware
My first computer: The Vic-20
...we've featured the BBC Micro, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Acorn Electron. Here Tony Hallett remembers the Vic-20. Let's be honest... Read more
Jan 27, 2005
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
Who deserves a UK tech gong? Tell us?
...single room in the mid-1970s to a business bolstered by...dream. Saxby took on this Acorn offshoot as a small Cambridge... Read more
Sep 9, 2004
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