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- ↑ "The MicroBee Story" Archived April 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Secret of project Granny Smith By Gordon Laing, July 12, 2005 - theage.com.au
- ↑ Microbee Greg Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Microbee Dealer Conference, Sydney, 1984, Lincoln Computer Centre
- ↑ "Microbee Systems: When Owen Hill Stood Still". Your Computer. February 1986.
- 1 2 " Applied Technology aka Microbee Systems, Microworld and Honeysoft"
- ↑ THOMPSON COUPLINGS LIMITED, ASIC