He recounts to Francis Spufford here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British/dp/0571214975/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300295544&sr=1-1

He recounts to Francis Spufford here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British/dp/0571214975/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300295544&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British/... that he learned to program on an Acorn Atom. Still got mine :)