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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,... [07 Oct 2009]
Photos: Computer history goes under the hammer
Photo The lot also includes an FO3 Acorn cassette data recorder. Another classic in the collection is this BBC Micro computer which comes complete with user manual, the game 'Tank Attack' and the Prinztronic... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: The evolution of the PC
Photo Widely used in schools across the UK the BBC Micro was a massive success for its Cambridge-based manufacturer Acorn Computers. Acorn anticipated it would sell 12,000 machines but went on... [07 May 2009]
Photos: Making beautiful music with the earliest computers
Photo The BBC Micro was developed with computer manufacturer Acorn and was aimed at breaking Research Machine's stranglehold on the education market during the 1980s. The codebreaking computer used in World... [10 Mar 2009]
Photos: A dip into Bletchley's classic PC archive
Photo The BBC Micro was developed with computer manufacturer Acorn and was aimed at breaking Research Machine's stranglehold on the education market. Launched in 1994, the Acorn Risc PC came... [03 Sep 2008]
Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum
Comment That meant beating other classics such as the Apple II, BBC Micro, my own personal favourite the Amstrad CPC464, and others including the Commodore 64 and Dragon 32. Here at silicon.com we recently, rather unexpectedly,... [22 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 off competition... [18 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.01.07
Round-Up Andrew Hopper, a co-founder of Acorn Computers way back when, was this New Year appointed a CBE by Her Majesty for services to the IT industry (and we suspect he never once had to dance for her).silicon.com caught up... [05 Jan 2007]
Q&A: Acorn co-founder Andy Hopper
Comment Acorn produced several microcomputers - including the BBC Micro, which has been credited with kick-starting demand for computers in the UK's homes and schools.silicon.com: Did you have any idea during... [04 Jan 2007]
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. Okay, you didn't have the raft of keywords that you got with machines like the BBC B... [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. It was my dad, wallet in hand, who didn't like the idea of a rubber, 'dead flesh' Spectrum keyboard or the price... [27 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The BBC Micro
News Early discussions with Clive Sinclair were fruitless, when the machine he offered failed to match the rigorous specifications (Spectrum aficionados take note), and eventually only a last minute cobble offered by a small team from a small... [20 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The Acorn Electron
News By the early eighties Acorn was enjoying great success with the BBC B - the computer of choice for schools up and down the country - but Curry was a friend of Clive Sinclair, having worked for Sinclair... [14 Jan 2005]
What was your first computer?
News THE ACORN ELECTRON THE BBC MICRO 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... [14 Jan 2003]
