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John Coll was a British computer specialist. While teaching physics at Oundle school he built a number of computers and was involved in Micro Users in Secondary Education (MUSE). He helped write the functional description for the BBC Computer and played an important role in convincing senior management at the BBC that it could be done. He later wrote the BBC Microcomputer User Guide which was supplied by Acorn Computers with the BBC Micro and appeared regularly on the television programmes ''Making the Most of the Micro'' and ''Micro Live'' which featured the computer. ==Professional career== He taught physics at Keil School and then at Oundle School〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The legacy of the BBC Micro )〕 where he was also head of Electronics〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Advisory Committee of Microelectronics in Education )〕 and was also a tutor at Laxton House. At Oundle he learnt to program the school's Data General Nova 3 computer alongside a number of pupils, built a Motorola 6800 based microcomputer from scratch, designing and etching the printed circuit boards personally and then purchased and built a kit SWTPC 6800-based computer which was made available to the pupils. He was also active with the organisation 'Micro Users in Secondary Education (MUSE)'. With David Allen, he was then asked by the British Broadcasting Corporation to help draw up the functional description for a computer which would be used as part of a television series to teach computer literacy. Of John, of the team at the BBC said "''It was John’s drive, determination and sheer brilliance that really pulled the whole thing off''".〔 He later wrote the BBC Microcomputer User Guide with David Allen which was supplied by Acorn Computers with the BBC Micro, he appeared regularly on the television programmes ''Making the Most of the Micro'' and ''Micro Live'' and wrote many articles for Personal Computer World during its early year. Until his death on 23 December 2014 John ran Connection Software, a telecoms software house and ASP specialising in SMS, MMS and VOIP.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Privacy policy )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Coll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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