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News These and many other machines are part of the archives at the National Museum of Computing, which houses all manner of vintage techie kit preserved for posterity, including the BBC Micro and the ZX... [02 Oct 2008]
British PCs through the ages
video In this exclusive video, museum volunteer Peter Chilvers, shows off the exhibits ranging from Research Machines and the BBC Micro, to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad and the Acorn Risc. Bletchley... [04 Sep 2008]
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. At the same time as the BBC... [03 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.04.08
Round-Up The tiny computer beat off a decent but ultimately crap challenge from other retro computing delights such as the Amiga and the BBC Micro. The Round-Up remembers the BBC... [25 Apr 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,... [22 Apr 2008]
ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics
News The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer, beating off competition from other classics such as the Amiga and BBC Micro. In comparison the Spectrum's big rivals of the... [18 Apr 2008]
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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.10.05
Round-Up Hats off to the BBC at this point for finding a picture which looks more like an internet drugs den than an internet café. Wang Yiming, 21, told the BBC: "Friends were telling me that I was on the net... [14 Oct 2005]
Mobile phone viruses: 'Don't panic!'
News In fact, mobile phone viruses are so few and far between that when the BBC wanted to film one executing it took Overton and his colleagues three days trawling the dark underbelly of the internet just to find the code for... [05 May 2005]
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. Here Graham Hayday reminds us that, though the kids loved the ZX Spectrum and the... [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 Thus the BBC Micro was commissioned. The BBC Micro was first conceived of as a response to the wide public interest aroused by BBC documentary The... [20 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The Acorn Electron
News The Acorn Electron launched at £199 - the BBC Micro was still nearer £400. Also in terms of power it matched the BBC B blow for blow (until a revamp of the BBC in 1984)... [14 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The ZX Spectrum
News The market for real educational computers was sewn up by Sinclair's old colleague, Acorn founder Chris Curry, and the computer that became the BBC Micro - this before Apple got in on the act. But you... [11 Jan 2005]
