in the november 1980 issue of the uk's personal computer world (pcw magazine], there was an article written by david tebbutt, about his visit to the menlo park library where the "computertown usa!" a self-help computer literacy movement, started by the people's computer company, was based. that article and the regular ctuk column/page in future issues of pcw in turn sparked a widespread uk based self-help computer literacy movement, called "computertown uk!". within a few months over 20 local groups sprang up.