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The BBC Micro turns 30 today. I never owned this home computer from the '80s. I was stuck with a ZX81 and then a Sinclair QL (figure that!) but I eagerly followed all the BBC computing programmes on tv (since I lived in just about the only area at the time where you could watch the BBC channels abroad).

Here's a bunch of great articles on what those times were like and how that machine and its rivals influenced the giants of today, in gaming, IT technology and everything in between.

At the BBC site

You can also watch Micro Men here -  a great docu-drama on the rivalry between Sinclair and Curry at that time

More coverage on The Register
Real world user coverage
And a nice online emulator here