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Photos: A dip into Bletchley's classic PC archive

From Amstrads to Acorns

Tags: spectrum, acorn, national museum of computing, bletchley park

By Andy McCue

Published: 3 September 2008 15:26 GMT


BBC Microcomputer

The BBC Micro was developed with computer manufacturer Acorn and was aimed at breaking Research Machine's stranglehold on the education market.

The model B, pictured here, sold for just under £400 and came with 32KB of memory.

Photo credit: Andy McCue/silicon.com


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