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| oPossum:
--- Quote ---Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81 Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness --- End quote --- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81 |
| voltsandjolts:
As a kid I spent quite some time typing code into a ZX81. I learnt a lot, so thank you, Sir Clive. Recommended watch: https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM |
| AccountRemovedPerUsersRequest:
RIP. My first computer was ZX-81. Those were the days... A |
| nali:
Me too. And before that as a teenager I had one of the Cambridge programmable calculators with its flimsy egg-carton white plastic case - took me ages to save up for it! |
| Kerlin:
Actually he goes further way way back than computers. He had products which included transitory radios and some of the first audio amp ICs. A transistor radio from 1967. https://www.petervis.com/Radios/sinclair-micromatic-pocket-radio/sinclair-micromatic-pocket-radio.html |
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