Micro Men (2009)
In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.
Release Date: 2009-10-08
7.3/10
7.3/10
- Country: GB
- Language: English
- Runtime: 84
Chris Curry
Clive Sinclair
Kenneth Baker
Bank manager
Sinclair journalist
Hermann Hauser
Steve Furber
Nigel Searle
Tony Wood Rogers
Jim Westwood
Valerie
Cynthia
Ann Sinclair
Derek Holley
John Radcliffe
Foreman
Acorn Journalist
Shop Assistant Luke
Susan
Self (archive footage)
Self
