{"product_id":"early-home-computers","title":"Early Home Computers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelopments in microelectronics in the early 1970s meant that computers at home seemed about to become commonplace. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kitchen computer would hold all of the family's recipes and keep a record of food in the larder; the study computer would manage the family finances; and the kids' computers would educate and entertain them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngineers, enthusiasts and budding entrepreneurs set about making home computers a reality, and although the first machines were extremely limited, later models significantly affected life at home, at school and at work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of the first commonplace home computers – the Sinclairs, Commodores, Amstrads, Acorns, Apple Macs, and the earliest versions of Microsoft Windows – that helped to make the computer an indispensable item in the British home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32035108388947,"sku":"","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780747812166_f57d7cc0-7f30-44b9-a1d3-743cbf78774c.jpg?v=1779939953","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/early-home-computers","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}