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Amstrads and Ataris - UK Home Computers in the 1980s (Paperback)
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Amstrads and Ataris - UK Home Computers in the 1980s (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 920
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The 1980s was the era when affordable computers came to UK homes.
They were known as microcomputers as their 'brain' was a
microprocessor chip. Before then, computers were either found in
the IT centres of big companies, taking up a whole room, or were
large desktop machines with a price tag that put them out of reach
for most people. But in February 1980, a company called Sinclair
Computers launched their first home computer costing less than
GBP100 - the ZX80. It began a very exciting time for all those with
an interest in technology, and the UK home computer market was
born. The first Sinclair ZX80s were soon joined by a host of
competition in the early years of the 1980s as machines were
released from companies such as Acorn, Dragon, Tangerine and
Commodore. They all wanted a share of a market that would soon be
worth millions of pounds. This book explores the history of these
companies and the entrepreneurs behind them such as Sir Clive
Sinclair of Sinclair Computers and Chris Curry of Acorn Computers.
The innovative machines they produced inspired a generation.
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