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Micro Men - 10th Anniversary - With Chris Curry, Steve Furber and Hermann Hauser

The Centre for Computing History · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

The Centre for Computing History reunites Chris Curry, Steve Furber and Hermann Hauser to rewatch the BBC drama Micro Men on its tenth anniversary. They reminisce about Acorn and the early British home computer era.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a companion to Micro Men, with the real Acorn people commenting on how events actually happened.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “That drama is even more enjoyable the second time around with commentary from three of the Acorn team portrayed”

    Commentary from Acorn team members portrayed in the drama.

    timrichard, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “The Acorn Archimedes and the first ARM processor”

  2. “And seeing some of the participants watch it and recall their own versions of the story is good too”

    Participants watch Micro Men and recall their own versions.

    klelatti, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “ZX Spectrum at 40: a look back”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: micro men, acorn, bbc micro, sinclair, arm

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