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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Fred27 over 4 years ago +7

For those who haven't seen it, Micro Men is a great dramatization of that era - covering Sinclair and also the beginnings of ARM. I had a BBC Micro, but my first glimpse of computing was my cousin's ZX81…
jc2048 over 4 years ago +7

Sad news. He could be very creative and inventive on the design side. This is the only product of his that I ever owned, a PDM 35. It still works, though it's a little temperamental.
rsc over 4 years ago +5

In 1981 I purchased the MicroAce kit, then a ZX-81 and I was hooked on micros for the rest of my life....so far... I may still have the original ZX-81 ROM around in a box somewhere .

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Fred27 over 4 years ago

For those who haven't seen it, Micro Men is a great dramatization of that era - covering Sinclair and also the beginnings of ARM. I had a BBC Micro, but my first glimpse of computing was my cousin's ZX81. 40+ years later, I'm still coding!

As Micro Men is quite old. I'm sure it can be found on YouTube, etc. too.
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Fred27 over 4 years ago

For those who haven't seen it, Micro Men is a great dramatization of that era - covering Sinclair and also the beginnings of ARM. I had a BBC Micro, but my first glimpse of computing was my cousin's ZX81. 40+ years later, I'm still coding!

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