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ITV gave me my BBC Micro

Published on January 21, 2009 in Computer stuff, IRL and Memories. 3 Comments Tags: 1980s, bbc, bbc micro, computing history, thames television.

Last night, I was reminiscing with a BBC colleague about the UK micro-computer boom of the early 80s, and it struck me: like many programmers of my age, I cut my programming teeth on the BBC Micro (and also the ZX81). But unlike many, I got my BBC from the ITV.