I cut my teeth on an Acron Atom in 1982, and upgraded to a BBC Micro (a renamed Acorn Electron) the next year.
But, yes, I never would have thought that, 40 years later, most of the CPUs in my house would still be derived from that scrappy British's company's designs.
One of my favorite examples of the benefits of public interest spending and investment. There very likely wouldn’t be an ARM today if it weren’t for the Micro.
Newb /s
I cut my teeth on an Acron Atom in 1982, and upgraded to a BBC Micro (a renamed Acorn Electron) the next year.
But, yes, I never would have thought that, 40 years later, most of the CPUs in my house would still be derived from that scrappy British's company's designs.