The crafty Einstein was designed and assembled in the UK, and is fondly remembered as a system favoured by 1980's software developers!

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The Oric Atmos was released in 1984 and came with an enhanced keyboard and a sleek black-and-red design.

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Sinclair gave us the "rubber-keyed wonder."
Tangerine Computers gave us the "chiclet-keyed wonder" 😁

📷 Retromobe
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The QL is best remembered as a technologically robust machine that nevertheless did not appeal to the market it was expected to tap into.

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The "Rubber-Keyed Wonder" changed the British computer industry - and its consumer market - forever!

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The ZX81 improved on the ZX80's weak points, resulting in a wonderful machine, more popular than its predecessor.

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The microcomputer that pioneered what is arguably the most iconic British computer series in history: the ZX80!

📷 Ilias Gainutdinov
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How many of you used a Nimbus in the past?

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The LINK 480Z was a 1982 microcomputer developed by Research Machines Ltd.

📷 Marcin Wichary
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Known as "The Last of the 8-bit Computers," the SAM Coupé was an outstanding system, yet outdated right from the start.

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Memotech entered the computer market in 1983 with the MTX series - the MTX500 and MTX512.

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The Jupiter ACE was one of the few microcomputers of the early 1980's which used Forth programming language instead of BASIC.

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The Enterprise series was an interesting addition to the British computer market in 1985!

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In 1983, Dragon Data released the Dragon 64, an upgrade of the 32.

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How many of you remember the Dragon 32?

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