3/29/2023 0 Comments Microman micro trailer![]() In one humorous trailer for Micro Men, Prof Furber is seen eating a Chinese takeaway with Acorn colleagues using a pair of pliers.Īsked about whether this is an accurate reflection of his eating habits at that time, Prof Furber adds: “I can't remember if I ever ate Chinese with pliers, but it doesn't seem that unlikely.” “But I haven't seen the final version or the final script, so I'm not well-placed to comment on the accuracy of representation – yet.” “I was asked to give my version of the story and also asked to comment on a draft script for accuracy. ![]() He added: “I've known about Micro Men from quite early on – the producer bought me lunch last year when the idea was being cooked up. I don’t think I wore a tie much even then, but I guess I have to own up to wearing tank-tops. Prof Furber said: “I have never had a beard, didn’t wear glasses until my late 40s and my hair was quite long. In Micro Men, a young Prof Furber is played by Sam Phillips, who appears with short hair, a beard and glasses – which according to the man himself is "not quite how I appeared then”. He is currently spearheading the SpiNNaker project, which is aiming to build a computing system that incorporates one million embedded ARM processors and mimics the human brain's biological structure and functionality. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded a CBE in the 2008 New Year Honours List. Prof Furber moved to The University of Manchester in 1990. He was a principal designer of the BBC Microcomputer and the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor – both of which earned Acorn Computers a Queen's Award for Technology. Prof Furber, who is now ICL Professor of Computer Engineering in the School of Computer Science at The University of Manchester, worked in the hardware development group within the R&D department at Acorn Computers Ltd from 1980 to 1990. When Acorn wins the contract, Sinclair is furious, and determines to outsell the BBC Micro with his famous ZX Spectrum computer. ![]() The rivalry comes to a head when the BBC announces its Computer Literacy Project, with the stated aim of putting a micro in every school in Britain. It sees legendary inventor Clive Sinclair battling it out with ex-employee Chris Curry, founder of Acorn Computers, for dominance in the fledgling market. Micro Men is a new BBC comic drama about the British home computer boom of the early 1980s. ![]()
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