Alternate Reality - What if the Acorn Electron was released at the same time as the ZX Spectrum?
Here we will be looking at a what if scenario. What if the Acorn Electron was released at the same time as the ZX Spectrum? Could it have been the dominant computer in the UK, beating or at least equalling the ZX Spectrum in terms of sales? Here we look at the specs of both machines as well as their history and the reason they where created.
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0:00 Introduction
0:28 A brief History of Sinclair and Acorn
2:07 Sinclair MK14 computer
2:26 Acorn System 1
3:02 BBC Computer Literacy Program
3:34 Acorn Proton Computer
3:46 Acorn BBC Model A and The BBC Model B
4:24 Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16K and 48K
5:24 Acorn Electron
6:30 Number of Acorn Electrons sold compared to the ZX Spectrum
6:46 Alternate Reality, What if the Elk and Speccy came out at the same time?
7:37 Cost of an Acorn Electron and ZX Spectrum at release
7:58 Memory size of Electron Vs Spectrum
8:24 Comparing the Z80 to the 6502 processor
9:14 Acorn Keyboard Vs Dead flesh ZX Spectrum Keyboard
9:25 Comparing the Video of the Spectrum Vs Electron
11:00 Sound of the Spectrum Vs Electron
11:20 Sinclair Basic Vs BBC Basic
14:00 Which one won?
16:00 Conclusion
16:45 Impossible Mission Acorn Electron
17:28 Impossible Mission ZX Spectrum
17:58 Chuckie Egg Acorn Electron
18:37 Chuckie Egg ZX Spectrum
19:14 Barbarian Acorn Electron
19:45 Barbarian ZX Spectrum
20:18 Star Wars Arcade Acorn Electron
20:56 Star Wars Arcade ZX Spectrum
21:19 Weetabix Versus the Titchies Acorn Electron
21:52 Weetabix Versus the Titchies ZX Spectrum
22:16 Yie Ar Kung-Fu Acorn Electron
22:35 Yie Ar Kung-Fu ZX Spectrum
23:06 Kane Acorn Electron
23:59 Kane ZX Spectrum
24:39 Mikie Acorn Electron
24:57 Mikie ZX Spectrum
25:37 Paperboy Acorn Electron
26:09 Paperboy ZX Spectrum
26:37 Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge Acorn Electron
26:58 Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge ZX Spectrum
27:40 Hunchback Acorn Electron
27:57 Hunchback ZX Spectrum
28:35 Beach Head Acorn Electron
29:20 Beach Head ZX Spectrum
You can see the entire Micromen film here on YouTube. This is like the UK version of pirates of silicon valley. Like all good stories, bits have been embellished a bit to make for a good story and well worth a watch:
• Micro Men - 720p (2009)
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