MicroBee were an Australian computer manufacturer that was, for a time, popular with Australian hobbyists. Their first computer looked much like this, but was a kit - an uncle built it, and thus started my interest in computing. This version kept the disk drive and power supply in one of the books. Unfortunately, if you followed what the design suggested and kept the books on a book case, there was a tendency for the power supply to overheat. Although this design showed up a bit later, the first MicroBee kit hit the market in 1982.

The first computer we owned was a Spectravideo 328. My father picked it, having argued - correctly, as I recall - that it was a better computer that the Commodore 64. The 318 had less memory, a crappy keyboard, and the built in joystick. I've seen other versions with a red joystick, so I'm not sure why the difference in appearance here - perhaps this was a later, more sedate, model?

I love the case on this computer - all aluminum, and it looks great. The computer itself used a Z80A and was a solid design, very similar (but not compatible with) the MSX computers - although it never found any real success.