A new book has been unveiled for the enthusiast keen to learn more about the history of the computer.
A new title, “The Computers That Made Britain,” has been unveiled by none other than the Raspberry Pi foundation. The book has been launched, and some buffs just can’t get over it. The book titled “The Computers That Made Britain” has been penned by an author named Tim Danton. And, in the title, the writer provides perspective into the early 80’s UK when the home-use PC market proliferated exponentially.
The book can make the 80’s and 90’s generation kids as the book explores in depth some of the earliest models. The book elucidates about nineteen different models of earlier times and encompasses products such as BBC Micro, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. If you read the book, you will not only get exposure to the entailing details about the creation and release of these models but also share the perspective of the professionals who played a big part behind the scenes.
A trailer of the book has been released on YouTube, and you can have a look right now. Just type “The Computers That Made Britain” in the search bar and hit “Enter.”
The digital content manager of Raspberry Pi has released a statement expounding the idea behind the book. He said in his statement that the book explores all the back-end things behind the creation and release of the earlier models. He added that readers would enjoy and learn from the stories surrounding missed deadlines, business interference, technical faults, and the great minds behind the scenes. The book is a sort of tribute to those people who introduced the idea of computers and made it a household term soon after. The book explores the stories of genius minds that made the UK enter the age of great journey, which saw the introduction of models ranging from ZX81 and Dragon 32 to models such as Commodore Amiga and Amstrad CPC 464.
What We Will Find in the Book “The Computers That Made Britain”?
The book will be 300-pages long, and it will entail stories and details about numerous computer prototypes. Essentially, the book will explore stories of Acorn Electron, Acorn Archimedes, Apple Macintosh, Apple II, Atari 530 ST, Commodore 64, Commodore PET 2001, Dragon 32, Commodore Amiga, Research Machines 380Z, Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81, Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Acorn Archimedes, and IBM Personal Computer (5150).
If you wish to buy the book, you can do it right now. All you need to do is head over to the official store of “Raspberry Pi.” The title “The Computers That Made Britain” has been unveiled and can be bought from the official store called “Raspberry Pi Press Store.” If you wish, you can also get the book from the Raspberry Pi store in Waterstones as well as Cambridge as a hardcopy. And, you might be already aware of the fact that, like all the preceding books unveiled Raspberry Pi, you can get the free PDF version for this one as well. You can download a free PDF copy of “The Computers That Made Britain” on the Wire-frame website.
Source: Interested in Computer History? You Should Know About This New Book from Raspberry PI
