Acorn Atom
The Atom is Acorn's attempt to beat Sinclair's ZX80.
Micro Men (2009)
Chris Curry, friend and employee of eccentric inventor Clive Sinclair leaves Sinclair's company to form his own after Clive does not allow him to develop a computer. Their two companies, Sinclair Research and Acorn Computers, do battle in a booming early-eighties home computer market.
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•Acorn Atom •Acorn BBC Master •Acorn BBC Micro •Acorn Electron •Amstrad CPC 464 •Amstrad PCW 8256 •Apple II •Atari 400 •Atari 800 •Commodore 64 •Commodore PET 3000/4000 series •Epson HX-20 •NorthStar Horizon •Oric 1 •Sinclair Research MK14 •Sinclair Research QL •Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum •Sinclair Research ZX80 •Sinclair Research ZX81 •Tandy TRS-80 Model I
Acorn BBC Master
The Master appears at a computer show.
Acorn BBC Micro
Acorn struggle to complete their computer for the BBC in time, but win the contract and are catapulted to success.
Acorn Electron
The Electron is Acorn's attempt to beat the Spectrum in the lucrative games market, but initial production problems followed by massive overproduction prove to be the downfall of the company.
Amstrad CPC 464
The Amstrad appears in a computer shop.
This machine did not appear until a few years after the time this part of the story took place.
Amstrad PCW 8256
The PCW appears in an advert.
Apple II
The Apple II appears in a couple of adverts, including one in a magazine read by Clive as he prepares to enter the computer business.
Atari 400
The Atari 400 appears briefly in an advert.
Atari 800
The Atari 800 appears in a contemporary news programme and an advert.
Commodore 64
The Commodore appears in a contemporary news programme and an advert.
Commodore PET 3000/4000 series
The PET appears in a BBC television programme and in a magazine advert read by Clive as he considers entering the computer business.
Epson HX-20
The HX-20 appears in an advert.
NorthStar Horizon
The Horizon appears in a magazine advert read by Clive as he considers entering the computer business.
Oric 1
The Oric-1 appears in an advert.
Sinclair Research MK14
Sinclair's spin-off company makes the MK14 under the stewardship of Chris Curry. Clive's refusal to support the project drives Chris to leave.
Sinclair Research QL
Clive announces the QL long before it is ready and the delays and unreliability damage Sinclair's reputation.
Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum
The Spectrum is Sinclair's great success story, selling in vast numbers.
Sinclair Research ZX80
Clive has an idea for a computer for the masses costing less that £100. The ZX80 is the result, and its success drives Sinclair into the computer business.
Sinclair Research ZX81
The ZX81 is Sinclair's first computer with mass appeal.
Tandy TRS-80 Model I
The TRS80 appears in a magazine advert read by Clive as he considers entering the computer business.
