Date   : Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:49:20 +0000
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Beeb articles on BBC Online

On 21/03/2008, David Warrington <dw@...> wrote:

>
> If one had to generalize, then I'd say the BBC Micro inspired a lot of
>  computer enthusiasts, whereas the Spectrum and C64 created a market for
>  playing computer games.


The BBC Micro was also very useful as a tool for showing off how
computers could be used in industrial and control applications - there
were so many things you could hook up to it to demonstrate things.

School IT lessons (rather that those which just use the computer as a
teaching aid)  in those days were strictly "How computers work".
These days they are more like "How to use Microsoft Windows".

Rob