Micro Men Page #2

He'll drive you up the wall,

but there is something about him.

An absolute belief in what he's doing,

and he's loyal to his staff like nobody else.

You know, he took me and Jim on

when we were just kids.

And this whole thing, starting this company,

it's been great.

A real chance to show what I can do.

He's coming to see the new

computing kit tomorrow.

I think he's going to like it.

Now, whose move?

What is a pawn?

A piece whose only function

is to protect the king.

To lay down his life, if necessary,

as part of a greater plan.

But the object of the game -

this is to kill the king.

Now are you a pawn, Chris,

or a bigger piece on the board?

Checkmate.

No, it's not.

Oh, maybe you're right.

I don't really know the rules.

CPU... RAM chips...

It's a basic micro-processing system.

It's a kit. To make your own computer,

at home.

Whatever for?

Right, well - you can find out how chips work,

how to program using computer language -

once they've got that, they'll want more powerful

computers - computers we can produce.

Hardly going to have IBM quaking in their boots.

It's a bloody ugly thing.

But it's better than nothing.

Some people like putting these together,

I suppose.

Is this the best furniture you could find?

Er, yes.

Well it doesn't exactly smack

of the Sinclair brand.

Still, it won't be long until I'm out of this

NEB cage, then I can really get cracking.

Start work on some serious products.

We've got to face facts.

Sales of the television have been disappointing.

With a little more time,

and further investment -

What? More money?

As I keep telling you...

innovation is not something you can

pay for in Green Shield stamps.

Excuse me, we've pumped nearly

For what?

The taxpayer has to get something back

for their investment.

There are some areas of the business

we can salvage.

Salvage?

It's time to break this business up.

We're calling in the receivers.

It'll be wonderful to be running

my own company again.

It's marvellous.

It's been a terrible time for Clive.

So nice to see him happy and relaxed again.

So a brave new future lies before us.

I've mapped out a number of new products

the company might set about developing.

Those communists at the NEB have got

the instruments and the calculators,

but I've held on to the television.

The car is still mine.

I was going to suggest that we try developing

a new upgraded micro-computer.

Chris, it's an amusing little gizmo

aimed at a few hobbyists.

No, it's something I want to pursue.

Well, it's not exactly the Commodore PET.

No, it's not meant to be. It's a brand new-

Did your Prussian friend put you up to this?

I don't know what you mean.

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