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Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment Andy Hopper is co-founder of the iconic Acorn Computers and currently head of the computer laboratory at the University of Cambridge.silicon.com's Nick Heath talks to Hopper about the BBC Micro, Acorn's... [07 Oct 2009]
Photos: Computer history goes under the hammer
Photo The lot also includes an FO3 Acorn cassette data recorder. This is the Lyons Electronic Office - LEOII/3 electronic programmable storage computer which was first demonstrated in 1958. Just 13 of the Leo II devices were... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: A dip into Bletchley's classic PC archive
Photo But what happened to Acorn? The BBC Micro was developed with computer manufacturer Acorn and was aimed at breaking Research Machine's stranglehold on the education market. Acorn Risc PC... [03 Sep 2008]
Does the ZX Spectrum deserve its crown?
News Commodore 64 or Acorn Electron? And George Reywer from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne asked "what about the Acorn Atom? Amstrad or Spectrum? silicon.com readers have posted a flurry of comments around a poll we ran... [30 Apr 2008]
Q&A: Acorn co-founder Andy Hopper
Comment Acorn's co-founder, Andy Hopper was appointed Commander of the British Empire for services to the computer industry in the New Year's honours list. Acorn produced several microcomputers - including the... [04 Jan 2007]
My first computer: The Vic-20
News Thus far we've featured the BBC Micro, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Acorn Electron. This article was first published in February 2002 as part of our 'Technologies That Time Forgot' series. We are running the full... [27 Jan 2005]
Who deserves a UK tech gong? Tell us…
News Saxby took on this Acorn offshoot as a small Cambridge start-up. You, our readers, and the audience of our UK sister site ZDNet UK, also published by CNET, have come up with a shortlist of 10 people. Many names you will... [09 Sep 2004]
