"The creators of the BBC Micro are reuniting at the Science Museum in London to discuss the legacy of the computer known fondly as 'the Beeb'," according to Darren Waters on the BBC's Web site.
Hermann Hauser and Steve Furber, who worked at Acorn, will be joined by former BBC staff John Radcliffe and David Allen.
Hermann Hauser was half of the Acorn management team, the other half being Chris Curry. Steve Furber was half of the main development team, the other half being Roger/Sophie Wilson. (This is by no means a complete list, obviously.)
The other names may be unfamiliar. John Radcliffe was the executive producer for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, while David Allen produced the excellent BBC Micro Live series of television programmes.
The BBC thereby provided a massive amount of free publicity for the machine, and the British government subsidised sales to schools, but Acorn still went bust....
The seminar has been organised by the Computer Conservation Society and is being held at the Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD at 2.30pm today.
If anybody makes it, let us know how it went....
