Timeline for What role did the BBC have in the development and marketing of Acorn Archimedes computers?
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| May 4, 2019 at 6:39 | comment | added | Kaz | @cup The BBC's Computer Literacy Project was initially aimed at adults, though they later targeted schoolchildren too. See computinghistory.org.uk/det/7182/BBC-Computer-Literacy-Project | |
| S May 3, 2019 at 13:30 | history | suggested | Greenonline | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 3, 2019 at 13:07 | comment | added | cup | The aim of the BBC was to bring computing to schools. The latest BBC project - the BBC microbit is again very basic and simple. The specification of the Archimedes is pretty complex, if you've seen the hardware interface documents. I don't have any evidence but I have doubts as to whether the BBC had a hand in this other than the sales of the BBC micro increasing the revenues which enabled the research and development of the Archimedes. | |
| May 3, 2019 at 10:35 | comment | added | Kaz | Yes, the Archimedes followed the Micro. But was the BBC involved in the design of the Archimedes at all? They wrote the whole (initial) specification for their Micro, after all. And in what way was the BBC sponsoring the use of Archimedes machines in schools? The "Microcomputers in Education Programme" was funded by Government, and the later "Computers for Schools" scheme was run by the supermarket chain Tesco. | |
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| May 3, 2019 at 3:36 | history | answered | Frank wankerl | CC BY-SA 4.0 |