Electric Dreams - The 1980s 'The Micro Home Computer Of 1982'

[StopFear]

ZX Spectrum was my first computer when I lived in Russia and everyone sold cassettes full of copies of games.

[neonservice]

Ahh Kraftwerk :)

[derekthesec]

Interesting programme - I have played on the BBC Micro at School and Home. Had the Master 128 at Home from 1986 to 1996.

[ChrisMatTNMoC]

Details of the National Museum of Computing can be found at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes (Google TNMOC) - you can try some of these machines not far from the Colossus rebuild and where Alan Turing worked.

[thelyniezian]

Am somewhat surprised they didn't have an 'old' TV set somewhre, possibly a small portable model. We, and some familiy members, at least had one by the late '80s.

One would assume the old 70s B&w model was in fact a rental set, and so was its colour replacement. But that family certainly looks way better off than mine...

[thelyniezian]

And had a Speccy bought from a church fair for £3. Plus software.

Buying a tape recorder cost more than the machine itself- £25 from Argos.

Traded it in for a Megadrive not too long ago.

[thelyniezian]

We had an Apple II+... in the '90s. Dad got it from a work colleague.

Before that I recall BBC Micros at school...

[G1NZOU]

Why, oh why did my parents throw away their BBC Micro?

Damn it, I'd love to have one now, just to tinker with.

[thelyniezian]

@G1NZOU Got a spare £50-£150 (if that) burning a hole in your pocket, and an account on Ebay, and one can be yours...

[G1NZOU]

@thelyniezian Tempting, I don't know where I'd put it though.

[cookie123456789012]

Where is "The National Museum Of Computing?"

[G1NZOU]

@cookie123456789012 Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes.

I'm a volunteer there.

A reasonable collection of all types of computers, plus the amazing colossus rebuild.

[Borin81]

so, anyone knows what happens to all that stuff after the show is done? is it sold?

[Borin81]

and as my name says i was born in 1981 so i recognize alot of their stuff :)

had most of them too, sony walkman, nintendo game & watch, Commodore.

[pinkmeganpup]

I was born in May 1982 and watching this is making me feel old lol!!. Have really enjoyed watching the shows though, very interesting. Maybe things should be as they were back in the 70's and 80's...more family time and eating round a table together etc, my family used to when I was a child in the 80's and into the 90'!.x

[slyther2]

that kid is kinda cute but he seems so damn selfish and takes tech for granted

[Andrewshadowy]

Yes they are a nice family and polite. I guess the kids take tech for granted because they have been born into a world where tech has always been around for them and they don't know a world where there was any or very limited and also today they are so reliant on tech today. We have become reliant on tech and just cannot live without it

[ThisSongsShit]

the girl 3:57 is kinda cute too & she gets it

at the end of the 90's. she understands

what har mam is saying about spending

time together & she is the only one who

respects the old pop stars that come

round to the house to show them how to

use that old keyboard that they get.

[wornst]

The hint of the subject of the programme is in the title!! :-)

[colibri1]

I'm guessing by the series title and by the excerpts you've posted that the focus is on "technology," meaning computers mostly. Did the series also focus on social trends of the time, like 70s environmentalism and feminism, 80s anti-apartheid movements, things like that? Or was it all just consumer technology?

[G1NZOU]

@colibri1 Mostly technology, they did mention other stuff but only if it was relevent.

I basically showed how insanely fast technology advanced through the years and how it affected family life.

[thelyniezian]

@colibri1 It mentioned them in the context of the use of technolgy a bit. Not much.