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Post by macliam » Thu Sep 16 2021 8:44pm

Sir Clive Sinclair has died, aged 81, after battling cancer for a decade.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... eRzyO19vyo

I took a Sinclair calculator to University, they were the Iphone of that generation.

I was an avid Spectrum user, I remember adding the exta memory, the microdrives and a "proper" keyboard... and writing utility software.

Then I moved on to the QL - at £299, plus another £99 for a moving-key keyboard and £399 for memory expansion and a pair of floppy disks..... you could buy a decent laptop for that money today!! I also bought ICE, which was a joystick-controlled graphic interface years when windows was a dream....

That was the end of my Sinclair experience - I never fancied the washing-machine on wheels or squintvision (although I remember a friend having the second generation TV)

RIP Sir Clive
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