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Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment Acorn suffered some setbacks in its early days, such as not producing enough Electron computers to satisfy demand after the machine's launch, and Hopper says that today's technology market is less... [07 Oct 2009]
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... [30 Apr 2008]
ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics
News Bringing up the rear were the Dragon 32 (five per cent) and Acorn Electron with just three per cent of the vote. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer, beating... [18 Apr 2008]
My first computer: The Dragon 32
News Thus far we've featured the Acorn Electron, the BBC Micro, the Commodore 64, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Vic-20. The company soon received a timely boost from its rivals: Acorn and... [10 Feb 2005]
My first computer: The Commodore 64
News Thus far we've featured the BBC Micro, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the Acorn Electron and the Vic-20. This article was first published in February 2002 as part of our 'Technologies That Time Forgot' series. [03 Feb 2005]
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... [27 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The BBC Micro
News Parts one and two featured the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Acorn Electron. Early discussions with Clive Sinclair were fruitless, when the machine he offered failed to match the rigorous specifications... [20 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The Acorn Electron
News The Acorn Electron launched at £199 - the BBC Micro was still nearer £400. Here Will Sturgeon considers one of the rivals to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the UK home computing market more than 20 years... [14 Jan 2005]
What was your first computer?
News THE ACORN ELECTRON BBC at school, Electron at home, arguments with Spectrum owners on the way home.http://www.silicon.com/a50548 One of our most popular video pieces ever was The Big... [14 Jan 2003]
Your Room 101s - IT hates
Comment Probably got an Acorn Electron somewhere in the Attic. Yesterday, we published regular silicon.com columnist David Taylor's latest piece. He focused on his pet hates - the things he'd like to see... [25 Apr 2002]
Video games are 40 years old
News Technologies Time Forgot: The Acorn Electron http://www.silicon.com/a50548 It is 40 years since the birth of what is widely credited as the first video game, since students at MIT created an... [05 Mar 2002]
Those were the days: The Acorn Electron
Comment Yet again a journey down memory lane has produced a torrent of reader feedback, this week on the subject of the Acorn Electron (Technologies That Time Forgot: The Acorn... [25 Jan 2002]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Acorn Electron
News Following last week's look at the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (http://www.silicon.com/a50364 ), this week we consider one of its rivals in the UK home computing market almost 20 years ago, the Acorn Electron. [18 Jan 2002]
The Daily Roundup: Cookies and a lovely slice of Wensleydale
News Technologies that time forgot: The Acorn Electron BBC at school, Electron at home, arguments with Spectrum owners on the way home.http://www.silicon.com/a50548 Foodie headline of the... [18 Jan 2002]
