View Full Version : Sir Clive Sinclair has Died aged 81
arista
16-09-2021, 06:35 PM
Ch4HDnews announced
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/16/19/48012625-9998969-image-a-24_1631815872980.jpg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9998969/Home-computing-pioneer-Sir-Clive-Sinclair-dies-aged-81-long-illness.html
I had a Sinclair Spectrum ZX when I were a wee nipper.
arista
16-09-2021, 06:51 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/16/19/48012623-9998969-image-m-26_1631816101567.jpg
I saw this on C4 earlier, tragic news.
Crimson Dynamo
16-09-2021, 10:46 PM
the c5 is the Tesla we see today
James
16-09-2021, 10:55 PM
I was just watching a video about the ZX Spectrum Next computer Kickstarter earlier that made me think about Sir Clive Sinclair. Then I read about this news.
arista
16-09-2021, 11:06 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_b-ah2VEBoqhdM?format=jpg&name=small
Kate!
16-09-2021, 11:09 PM
RIP Sir Clive.
arista
16-09-2021, 11:15 PM
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/15675/production/_120596678_mail-nc.png
arista
17-09-2021, 05:07 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1750000/images/_1751600_tv300.jpg
He also brought out a battery Worldwide hand held TV
Could be also be used in the USA.
arista
17-09-2021, 05:09 PM
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/assets/images/SinclairFTV1_1.jpg
A 1980 Version.
arista
17-09-2021, 05:13 PM
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/E629/production/_89212985_78747785.jpg
Sinclair sold his computer business to Alan Sugar's Amstrad
Crimson Dynamo
17-09-2021, 05:54 PM
I had a Spectrum at uni
I had a spectrum too, but before that, i had this amazing calculator
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Sinclair_Scientific.jpg/220px-Sinclair_Scientific.jpg
AnnieK
17-09-2021, 07:01 PM
I had a ZX spectrum with the rubber keys and then had the hard keyed version
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