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Nearly Sane

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Clive Sinclair dead
« on: September 16, 2021, 07:38:32 PM »
Channel 4 covered this with emphasis on the C5 which misses the point entirely. The ZX Spectrum is iconic.


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81
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Re: Clive Sinclair dead
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2021, 09:18:39 AM »
Aw. I remember the C5 very well, used to see them around in London when I worked up there.

Mini TVs too, they were gorgeous.

81 not a bad age at all.
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Re: Clive Sinclair dead
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2021, 11:04:34 PM »
I am the proud owner of a Sinclair executive calculator, a Sinclair micro TV (MTV1) , a Sinclair programmable calculator and incredibly economic Sinclair Hi Fi modules.  Well done Sir Clive!
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Re: Clive Sinclair dead
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2021, 11:03:04 AM »
I have Clive to thank for my first introduction and incursions into the joys of machine code programming on the Z80 chip. I've still got a ZX80 and a ZX81 computer somewhere.
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