• Title: The Computers That Made Britain: Inside the Home Computer Revolution of the 1980s
• Authors: Tim Danton
• Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press (May 28, 2021); eBook (Creative Commons Edition)
• License(s): CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
• Hardcover/Paperback: 300 pages
• eBook: PDF (297 pages), ePub, Kindle, etc.
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1912047853
• ISBN-13: 978-1912047857
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Book Description

The home computer boom of the 1980s brought with it now iconic machines such as the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Commodore 64. Those machines would inspire a generation. Written by Tim Danton.

This book tells the story of 19 of those computers – and what happened behind the scenes. With dozens of new interviews, discover the tales of missed deadlines, technical faults, business interference, and the unheralded geniuses who brought to the UK everything from the Dragon 32 and ZX81, to the Amstrad CPC 464 and Commodore Amiga.

• Barry Collins has been a technology journalist for more than 20 years. He's written for most of the UK’s leading tech publications, and he is a former editor of PC Pro as well as former assistant editor of the Sunday Times‘ technology section.

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