The Amateur Computer Club
Leon
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I was wondering what had happened to Mike Lord, who founded the British Amateur Computer Club (ACC) in 1973. I couldn't find any trace of him via Google, but I did find this site with many of the Club's newsletters:
http://www.smrcc.org.uk/members/g4ugm/acc.htm
They make interesting reading.
I must have joined the ACC in 1977, the newsletters look familiar. Following Mike's resignation a few years later, and a rather poor choice of editor, I offered to edit the newsletter, and did that for a year or so. I then became chairman for a year. I think it folded a year or two later because building computers at home fell out of favour.
http://www.smrcc.org.uk/members/g4ugm/acc.htm
They make interesting reading.
I must have joined the ACC in 1977, the newsletters look familiar. Following Mike's resignation a few years later, and a rather poor choice of editor, I offered to edit the newsletter, and did that for a year or so. I then became chairman for a year. I think it folded a year or two later because building computers at home fell out of favour.
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My memory of it now is of it having rows of switches. Kind of like an organ console with all the register switches.
I think this was the '77-'78 school year. It sure impressed me as a 14 or 15 year old. (I think I'm younger than you are Leon.)
Duane
Switches and lights front panels are quite appealing, the ACC developed such a machine called the Weeny Bitter (see Issue 3, Vol 3). I think I used to know someone who built one. It would be fun to implement it on an FPGA.