I thought that would grab your attention. Here we go then and some of you won't have seen this report before as it originates from an electronics magazine of the time and not a micro computer title - Everyday Electronics, March 1984: As ever, anything there you find worthy of comment or contention, just write in with a reply.
The guy who wrote the article was one of the most prolific writers of electronic project books I've ever seen. Half our stock of books at maplin were written by him...
Yes, half brother I heard...His mum had a full beard and everything... Good old David Jason, always in the good stuff...