A brave new world: the 1980s home computer boom
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From iPads to wafer-thin laptops, home computers (in one form or another) are today commonplace. But when did we first embrace this technology? Tom Lean, the author of Electronic Dreams: How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer, investigates
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution – Jim Stafford's BlogOKC
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Brave New World Built for the Future
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