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A review by dartiss
The Computers That Made Britain by Tim Danton
5.0
Loved it!
As a child/teenager of the 80s, these were the computers that I was bought up with (and regularly used). Knowing the stories behind them all is fantastic.
Each chapter is a different computer but they vary in size, based on what information there is about them and, to be honest, how interesting their story actually is (hint: some are pretty boring). They're written very clearly and it's obvious that a lot of work has gone into researching it all
It's clear that Tim didn't write the chapters in the order that they're presented (or, if he did, didn't intend for then to be read in order) as he often makes reference to things, as if they're new to us, but have already been discussed in past chapters. But that does mean that you can dip into a chapter at any point.
I hope Tim followed this up with a second volume, covering all those computers which he mentions missing out in his introduction!
As a child/teenager of the 80s, these were the computers that I was bought up with (and regularly used). Knowing the stories behind them all is fantastic.
Each chapter is a different computer but they vary in size, based on what information there is about them and, to be honest, how interesting their story actually is (hint: some are pretty boring). They're written very clearly and it's obvious that a lot of work has gone into researching it all
It's clear that Tim didn't write the chapters in the order that they're presented (or, if he did, didn't intend for then to be read in order) as he often makes reference to things, as if they're new to us, but have already been discussed in past chapters. But that does mean that you can dip into a chapter at any point.
I hope Tim followed this up with a second volume, covering all those computers which he mentions missing out in his introduction!