The BBC micro Model B was the first computer to enter the Bingley house. Despite our requests, my dads wisdom over shadowed our youthful inexperience, and he got us the BBC, rather than the Sinclair.
I continue to quietly thank him for that, as that BBC Micro introduced me to proper BASIC programming, and threw me into a world of code that I am still in today. At that time, I had no idea it would become my job, and provide for my kids, I was just fascinated by the loops and logic of basic coding.
Yeah, I am (and always was) a bit of a computer/gadget geek.
For those that remember the earliest days of British home computing, have a read of the following article and revel in the stories of old. Mixed in with the odd 1970′s wardrobe!
Happy days!
