A Labour Of Love Brings A Kids Book To The Spectrum

Hackaday reports on a labor of love that fills a gap in retro-computing history. Back when home computers like the Sinclair Spectrum became affordable in the early 1980s, British publisher Ladybird created a series of children's books exploring computer architecture — the first three covering both the Spectrum and BBC Micro, but the fourth only featuring the Micro. Now, enthusiast Jason Jacques has recreated what that missing Spectrum edition might have looked like, diving deep into eight-bit computer internals with surprising rigor rather than dumbing things down for young readers. It's a nostalgic look at an era when kids' computing education went well beyond games.

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