Sir Clive Sinclair - a genius

Sad news to hear today that Sir Clive Sinclair has died. The man created the ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum(s) personal computers which were very popular in the UK and which a great deal of people learned to code with. A huge loss to the world but what a great legacy he has left !

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521

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fmilburn over 5 years ago

I was living in the UK when the ZX80 came out and remember the WH Smith where I hung out waiting for my train being full of magazines about it. It seemed incredible that a computer could be bought for under 100 pounds.
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fmilburn over 5 years ago

I was living in the UK when the ZX80 came out and remember the WH Smith where I hung out waiting for my train being full of magazines about it. It seemed incredible that a computer could be bought for under 100 pounds.
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dougw over 5 years ago in reply to fmilburn

I'm trying to think of an all-in-one system that has beaten this price point. You would think that the incredible gains in performance/price of electronics components it would be common, but I'm not sure you could say it has ever been surpassed, certainly not often. I suppose some cheap phones might qualify.
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