So I see someone has put up a new video about Microbee on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idt-g_UQbqw
As an ex-staffer at Microbee (1983-85) I can endorse that it's generally correct. I might re-watch it and make some notes on some minor quibbles.
In recent years when I look back I'm generally amazed that we sold them as much as we did, considering that the IBM PC was launched in 1981. So still selling only 8-bit computers in 1985 was pushing their luck.
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@atomicpoet Here's an interview with the MicroBee's co-designer, Owen Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mp52Gb3aDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOiFi2HejiQ
And here's Space Invaders on the MicroBee (in colour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-5knLy3N4
One of the more interesting things about it is it used static RAM rather than DRAM (like many other machines of the era).
So if you accidentally unplugged the power, you wouldn't lose your work.
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