I usually try and be fairly serious here, but while reading How Raspberry Pi taught British tech to be world-class at techradar, I was reminded of something else from the 1980s. Looks like Eben Upton was inspired not just by the BBC Micro, but also by Max Headroom :)

Max Headroom and Eben Upton. Standing up for the little guy in the face of uncaring media and computer corporations.