Date   : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:37:22 +0100
From   : tim.fardell@... (Tim Fardell)
Subject: BBC News - Retro computers on display to fans at

Rick Murray wrote:
> On 05/07/2010 17:38, Tim Matthews wrote:
> 
>> At no point does anyone mention BBC or Acorn in the same as they mention
>> Spectrums, Commodore or even Orics (apart from the chap saying "this
>> machine" referring to his Atom) - i wasn't suggesting there were none in
>> there. We know what they are, but it's a shame as to the layman it's as
>> if Acorn was glossed over.
> 
> Nah, it wasn't glossed over. The legacy of the Beeb is so utterly 
> awesome that, unlike mere Spectrums, it need not even be mentioned by 
> name. It just... is.

I think Sinclair deserves a lot of credit for creating a machine that 
people could actually afford to buy. I would probably have never had a 
computer to tinker with *at all* if they all cost the same as a BBC.