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ΠηγηMuseum to Play Part in Syntax Era Film
The Centre for Computing has been asked to advise and supply a great
deal of vintage computing equipment for the forthcoming BBC film 'Syntax
Era'.
Produced by Darlow Smithson for BBC4 and written by Tony Saint, the film
will be about the rivalry between Sinclair and Acorn computers to
dominate the british home computer market in the 1980's. The film will
star Martin Freeman (The Office) and Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong &
Miller) and is likely to be aired in the Autumn.
Museum curator, Jason Fitzpatrick, said "It's a very exciting project
and one which is very close to my heart as both of these companies
produced computers that I owned and loved as a young lad. Both companies
were based in Cambridge which in my opinion is the UK's equivalent of
Silicon Valley. We owe both of these two companies a huge amount of
respect for the development of british computing.
We have many challenges to face for this production. We have to build a
replica of the prototype BBC micro and Acorn System 3, write several
programs that create the onscreen representation of the prototype, have
ready many 'new looking' computers monitors for the workshop sceens as
well as supply a whole host of 80's equipment from oscilloscopes through
to betamax video recorders and Asteroids arcade machines ... even a
Sinclair C5 !!"
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A program about the rivalries between Sinclair & Acorn in building the first UK home computers Syntax Era is a drama/documentary for BBC4 about Clive Sinclair & Chris Currey and their rivalry in the development of sinclair & acorn computers. Filming in West Drayton 22nd June-14th July.
We are looking for a late 70s/Early 80s era look aged 18-50, mainly male with plenty of hair (& beards & moustaches) & the clothes to match
Roles are University Students, Mensa Members, Science Fair attendees, Passers-by & office workers
All nerds welcome
Location: London, United Kingdom
Payment details: Nominal Payment to be determined