Incidentally, when Acorn developed the ARM chip 40 years ago, they also designed a computer to use it in, along with a video, memory and IO chip. They set up a division ?in the US? to develop an Oper… (View Post)

I'll defend the Pacers. They were okay units for what they did, and they were cheap. But they were kept in service at least a decade too long. I won't go as far as some do, and say they sav… (View Post)

It's actually a lot more complex than that. IBM had had two previous attempts at making a desktop computer for small businesses, but both had failed, in part because of IBM's labyrinthine b… (View Post)

I remember seeing my sister off on a train at Derby station, on the first prototype Sprinter, 150001, during a test passenger run up to Matlock. I must have been 11 or 12. (View Post)

Taylor Swift supported Harris, didn't she? (View Post)