Anyone watch micro men?

JumpLead said:
Did anyone see this excellent dramatisation last night? It starred Martin Freeman and alexandser armstrong and was about the battle between acorn and sinclair. Really brought back a lot of memories from gaming/computing in the 80's. Its still available on iplayer if you fancy watching it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5b92
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Yeah quite amusing, though it was first shown a few months back around the same time as Electric Dreams (also worth a watch for some nostalgia).
 
I saw it. And I'm old enough to remember when it was news, as I lived in Cambridge at the time. It's very ironic that Acorn went under, given how successful the ARM processor became.


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Watched when it first went out, really entertaining and Alexander Armstrong was great as Sinclair.
 
I had a Speccy, and used BBC Micros at school, but was never actually aware of the background of Acorn. I know it was a dramatization and all, and I've no idea what he was actually like, but it portrayed Sinclair as, well, a bit of a git really.
 
Saw this when it was shown the first time - really enjoyed it. Great to see at the end that Acorn's legacy continues with the development of almost all mobile phone CPUs.
 
Ditto to the above, watched on iPlayer a few months back. I thought Armstrong was most watchable. Some great scenes with him particularly when he references Jet Set Willy, butwith an extra word!
 
Timber said:
Ditto to the above, watched on iPlayer a few months back. I thought Armstrong was most watchable. Some great scenes with him particularly when he references Jet Set Willy, butwith an extra word!
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Not to be too nerdish (ok, maybe a bit) but iirc he makes that reference in a scene before it gets to 1984, which was when Jet Set Willy was released...
 
FlukeRogi said:
I had a Speccy, and used BBC Micros at school, but was never actually aware of the background of Acorn. I know it was a dramatization and all, and I've no idea what he was actually like, but it portrayed Sinclair as, well, a bit of a git really.
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You'd have to be a bit of a git to come up with the C5, and think people are going to buy it.:p
 
FlukeRogi said:
Not to be too nerdish (ok, maybe a bit) but iirc he makes that reference in a scene before it gets to 1984, which was when Jet Set Willy was released...
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Hadn't realised that. I can imagine it had a few mistake/dramatisations in there.
 
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