Alpha (computer)

Alpha (computer)

:"Not to be confused with the actual Alpha processor by Digital Equipment Corporation"Alpha is the name of a fictional computer in Mike Walker's radio drama of the same name.

The play was first broadcast on the BBC World Service and has since been aired on BBC Radio 4 and BBC 7.


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