If you've seen the inside of a ZX Spectrum, you might have come across the Ferranti name – it was the manufacturer of the Spectrum's ULA (and others').
Here's a rather zany documentary (the best kind) from ~1983, where a very british narrator explains chipmaking to the ghost of Sebastian Ferranti:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJtCXMESWag
It seems to be missing the last few minutes, but don't mind that. 👌
Are they talking about FPGAs near the end?
#retrocomputing #history #zxspectrum #bbcmicro #documentary
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