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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
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...
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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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