1984: Cutting-Edge PERSONAL COMPUTER Tech | Micro Live | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

Leslie Judd and computer journalist Chris Palmer take a look around the Personal Computer World Show, the annual computer consumer and trade fair held at the Olympia London.

On their travels they investigate the British-made Apricot Portable, which boasts arguably the largest LCD display on the market, and a rather nifty infra-red keyboard and mouse. They also look at the Touchmaster Graphics Tablet, which - with its touch-sensitive interface - they feel could be a great introduction to computing for children.

Over on the Apple stand they try out a "visual database" on the new Apple Macintosh 512k. For budding musicians, the Commodore Music Maker is an ingeniously simple way to turn your Commodore 64 into a musical keyboard. Finally, they stop off at a booth where a guard is deployed to keep an eye on the £25,000 cash prize on offer for the first person to solve Ian Livingstone's new puzzle game for the Commodore and Spectrum, Eureka!.

Clip taken from Micro Live, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Saturday 27 October, 1984.

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