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The Backroom Boys : The Secret Return of the British Boffin
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Dec 04, 2015
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Pamar on
In Soviet Union, Optimization Problem Solves You (2012)
Seconded, and Backroom Boys [1] by the same author, is very enjoyable, too, even if Red Plenty is really in a league of its own.1: http://www.amazon.com/The-Backroom-Boys-Secret-British/dp/05...
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Jun 14, 2014
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rwmj on
The Making of Elite
Good book on this (and similar) subjects:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British/...
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Mar 16, 2011
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squinn on
BBC interview with creator of Elite
He recounts to Francis Spufford herehttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British/...
that he learned to program on an Acorn Atom.
Still got mine :)