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.
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Pulstar |
Vangelis: composer
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Planet Earth |
Duran Duran: performer
Simon Le Bon: writer
Roger Taylor: writer
John Taylor: writer
Nick Rhodes: writer
Lance Taylor Sr.: writer
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Computer World |
Ralf Hütter: writer
Florian Schneider-Esleben: writer
Emil Schult: writer
Kraftwerk: performer
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A Fifth of Beethoven |
Walter Murphy: performer
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The Cat |
Jimmy Smith: performer
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Zoolookologie |
Jean-Michel Jarre: performer
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Wouldn't It Be Good |
Nik Kershaw: performer
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Two Tribes |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: performer
Peter Gill: writer
Holly Johnson: writer
Mark O'Toole: writer
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99 Red Balloons |
Karlo Carges: writer
Nena: performer
Kevin McAlea: writer
Ferruccio Svaluto Moreolo: writer
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Computer World 2 |
Ralf Hütter: writer
Florian Schneider-Esleben: writer
Emil Schult: writer
Kraftwerk: performer
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Pipes of Peace |
Paul McCartney: performer
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Oxygene Part 4 |
Jean-Michel Jarre: performer
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