> Most of my colleagues from the UK went through a similar curve, taking in Atari and Amiga machines at home not just as games machines but piqued by their capability to produce software of their own.
Yep, that's exactly my programming history!
> The UK 8-bit market was one of the biggest economic helpers the country has had in generations. We then went about squandering it.
Yep, that's exactly my programming history!
> The UK 8-bit market was one of the biggest economic helpers the country has had in generations. We then went about squandering it.
Yeah, such a shame that happened. I wonder why?