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Micro Men
In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.
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In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Tony Saint
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Runtime:84 minutes
Studio:DSP, BBC
Cast
Saul Metzstein
Director
Alexander Armstrong
Clive Sinclair
Martin Freeman
Chris Curry
Edward Baker-Duly
Hermann Hauser
Sam Phillips
Steve Furber
Peter Davison
Bank manager
Derek Riddell
Nigel Searle
James Fleet
Kenneth Baker
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Sinclair journalist
Tim Downie
Tony Wood Rogers
Stefan Butler
Roger Wilson
Colin Michael Carmichael
Jim Westwood
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