Sad news, Sir Clive Sinclair, who created the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum home computers which revolutionised the UK's computing access in the early 1980s, has died aged 91.
My first computer was a ZX Spectrum I was given after passing 7 O-levels, and learning to program it changed the course of my life and ultimately led to a successful career in IT. So thank you Sir Clive for all you did!
"Inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, who popularised the home computer and invented the pocket calculator, has died at his London home aged 81." Wow! THIS is one of mankind's greatest inventions: the pocket calculator!
My first computer was the Sinclair-designed Cambridge Z88 which was small, light, had the rubbery keypad and came with a great word/spreadsheet application (Pipedream) Basic, and calendar.
It takes me back to more innocent days when Tech was about innovation and fun without harvesting our data and putting spies in our pockets.
BlueMeanie said: My first computer was a Speccy. The classic rubber keyed one as shown above.
God speed Sir Clive, may the Valkyries guide your C5 to the afterlife.
Poor, Sir Clive. The C5 pretty much destroyed his credibility - thanks to the British media - who subjected it to unanimous ridicule. It was, technologically and ethically, way ahead of its time. The low vantage point (which puts the user at an arguably dangerous disadvantage in Urban traffic) is perhaps the only doubtful aspect of the design given how much larger other road vehicles have generally become. But the pedal and battery power principle has survived in other contemporary equivalents.
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