I had a handful of the Usborne books as a kid and they were inspiring. Seeing the covers brings back the exact feeling of being a ten year old kid besotted with

I had a handful of the Usborne books as a kid and they were inspiring. Seeing the covers brings back the exact feeling of being a ten year old kid besotted with microcomputers. One of the books that's sadly not been made available from the Usborne site had a representation of what a future portable computer might look like that was hilariously off the mark while being perfectly reasonable from the point of view of its era - I recall it having what was clearly supposed to be a tiny green CRT display for example!