Comments on: Microcomputing, British Style (Jan, 1983)

By: Toronto

Toronto — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:43:41 +0000

Having to do math in pounds and shillings and ounces (as Pooh would say) probably hurt set them back somewhat. And even after decimalization, British tech stuff tended to cost the same numeric value as US things – only in sterling instead of dollars.

By: MrG

MrG — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:35:17 +0000

There’s a old joke that asks: why didn’t the British ever get very successful in computer
manufacturing?

Because they couldn’t build a PC that would leak oil. This joke mostly circulates among
collectors of MGs or other classic British cars.

By: Al Bear

Al Bear — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:55:38 +0000

Ohhhhh! Micro computing. Would a PDA count as a nano computer?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:31:42 +0000

There is a FPGA recreation of the Ace on the web, as well as an original type hardware recreation with the original ROMs downloadable.

And, you can still buy the Dragon 32 from California Digital
http://www.cadigital.com/computer.htm $35

By: sweavo

sweavo — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:06:19 +0000

I STILL covet a DK’tronics keyboard! Phwooar!