Electronic dreams : how 1980s Britain learned to love the computer
Lean, Tom2016
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Remember the ZX Spectrum? Ever have a go at programming with its stretchy rubber keys? Did you marvel at the immense galaxies of 'Elite' on the BBC Micro, or lose yourself in the surreal caverns of 'Manic Miner' on the ZX Spectrum? For anyone who was a kid in the 1980s, these iconic computer brands are the stuff of legend. In this book, Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, as people set aside their worries of electronic brains and 'Big Brother' and embraced the wonder technology of the 1980s.
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London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.
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287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472918338 (hbk)
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303.4'834303.4834
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English
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2250198
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