| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 206 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Platform studies
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Platform studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Hardware and software literacies. The Beeb is born -- Input/output -- Making and playing games. Granny's garden -- Acornsoft and Elite -- Superior software and Repton -- Extending the platform. Telesoftware and the teletext adapter -- The Domesday Project -- The legacy of the BBC Micro. |
| Summary |
The story of a pioneering microcomputer: its beginnings as part of a national Computer Literary Project, its innovative hardware, and its creative uses. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
BBC Microcomputer -- History.
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BBC Microcomputer. |
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History. |
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Computer literacy -- Great Britain -- History.
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Computer literacy. |
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Great Britain. |
| Indexed Term |
DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/New Media History |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE/History of Computing |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gazzard, Alison, 1982- Now the chips are down 9780262034036 (DLC) 2015038328 (OCoLC)926050571 |
| ISBN |
9780262334303 (electronic book) |
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0262334305 (electronic book) |
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9780262334310 (electronic book) |
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0262334313 (electronic book) |
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9780262034036 |
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0262034034 |
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