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I have the edition that came with the ‘Unix Barf Bag’. All very unfair really as those humble beginnings have kept many of us gainfully employed!!

Tommy Flowers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Flowers) knew a thing or two about valves (and how reliable they were if not switched off!). We have him (amongst many others) to thank for the success of Bletchley Park.

“So please, what ever happens, please don’t give up.”

Love that - thank you!

Old thread now - but I just got this book and it's made my day! I'm of that vintage where my first coding was on a friends Nascom I (not mentioned in the book) but I really cut my teeth on the school's commodore Pet!

I remember looking at adverts for the SCMP and the MK14 with envy tho!

Great Read

Apollo 8 was the greatest of all the Apollo missions. The greatest leap into the unknown with the greatest number of unknowns!

For me, Borman and his crewmates never quite got the kudos they deserved.

A true loss.

As someone who started coding just before the zx80 arrived I fully appreciate the difference he made! I was reading ETI (if you don’t know what the stands for you are too young :) that had adverts for the MK14 which was the predecessor to the zx series ) when it all kicked off and I was in awe! A true innovator.

Cats don’t!

Love it :). Similar to http://imissmybar.com/!

As a Brit with 12 pubs within 60 mins of country walking - I need this!

Awesome piece of work! Well done

Errrr exactly ... and I’d love to see the emails from folks going ... don’t do this!

Great summary!

This is an awesome piece work. Do a "simple" thing extremely well! Well done

Definitely agree! Irrespective of motive it would raise questions about integrity! You don’t want to be going there!!

Ignorant Brit here! Is there an English version available?

Agree on the comment re this being one of the most important documents of the 20th century.