Anyone out there with an old forgotten Amstrad computer in their attic – you’re about to have an 8-bit of luck. Because the man who sold it to you might be offering to buy it back. Amstrad founder ...
In 1989, UK computing icon Amstrad was poised for world domination and, if not for a product recall, it could be as big as Apple today, according to Nick Hewer, Countdown presenter and formerly Alan ...
If you were an American child of the early 1980s then perhaps you were the owner of a Commodore 64, an Apple II, or maybe a TRS-80. On the other side of the Atlantic in the UK the American machines ...
Playing classic games on the real hardware is an experience many of us enjoy, but sometimes the hardware is just a bit too retro for modern sensibilities. A case in point is the miserable monochrome ...
Today Amstrad is best-known for its charismatic boss, Sir Alan Sugar, and has been sold to broadcaster BSkyB for £125m. But in the 1980s, it was responsible for home computing milestones. With its ...
More than five million Raspberry Pis have been sold since 2012, making the palm-sized PC the fastest-selling British computer ever. While Amstrad’s PC range remains the biggest-selling British ...
IBM and Compaq may be winning the war for corporate domination, but Amstrad is the second most common desktop PC, installed in more UK companies than Compaq. IBM dominates the PC server and desktop ...
Broadcaster BSkyB has struck a deal to buy television set-top box maker Amstrad for about £125m. Amstrad, which was founded by the star of BBC One's The Apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar, supplies about 30% ...