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I am not saying that the UK was an unlikely place for this to happen, but that it was unlikely that this particular company would do it.

• forinti 6y ago
  Most 8 bit micros were designed to be just as cheap as possible. The Beeb was a really well designed machine (both the hardware and the software). You could only expect the next step to be a great machine.
  • mannykannot 6y ago
    Even so, going from designing computers using off-the-shelf components to creating your own processor design with an innovative architecture was a bold and risky bet. Not many computer manufacturers took this route.
    • rbanffy 6y ago
      It mostly killed Acorn. Olivetti acquired them.