12th Oct Documentary telling the story of silicon chip inventor Robert Noyce

[Davros]

bbc4 9pm for anyone who's interested

 

[Simon F]

Thanks. Looks like the DVR will be busy tonight.

 

[Simon F]

Davros,
Finally got around to watching that documentary. It was excellent. The "family tree" in Silicon Valley is fascinating.

Thanks again for the "heads up".

 

[Dreamweaver]

Yeh caught this myself so thanks Davros, also watched the prog' immediately afterwards re the war between sinclair and acorn in the 80s - 90s, really enjoyed both,

thanks,
J.

 

[Gerry]

Yeh caught this myself so thanks Davros, also watched the prog' immediately afterwards re the war between sinclair and acorn in the 80s - 90s, really enjoyed both,

thanks,
J.

Micromen was enjoyable enough, although I do wonder whether it would have been better as a plain documentary with some interviews from Sinclair, Curry, Hauser et al. I don't think Armstrong was particularly convincing as Sinclair (not the one I remember anyway) and I could have done without some of the nonsense in there (three Mensa chicks trying to chat him up etc).

By the way, the "war" was all over by the mid-80s when SRL sold their computer division to Amstrad - I'd forgotten how short their reign was at the top of the heap here in the UK.

 

[I.S.T.]

Any way for a guy in the US to see this legally? =\

 

[Davros]

you could try useing bbci player with a proxy

http://bbc.co.uk/i/n90j0/

its also available to download so maybe someone could upload it to you

 

[bobrt]

I enjoyed watching it too. The silicon valley will gives us more knowledge and it is very inspiring. I enjoyed the war between the acorn and sinclair. Very nice!

 

[Davros]

When I said oct 12th I was referring to 12th October 2009