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It also meant a lot of computer games started on a zx spectrum. that influenced a lot of games, they started on the spectrum. they are still payable today and reflect a lot of games on modern consoles. he had many successes. perhaps one of the less successful was the sinclair c5, which we can see a demonstration of on—screen now. i have actually been to a computer museum when i was reporting and tried out one of these models. they arent the easiest to get around in. this was perhaps not his fi...

Its very hard to know why it gives such pleasure. clive sinclairs fascination with gadgets started at school and by his late teens, he was selling his own electronic kits by mail order and writing technical manuals. he then put a magnifying bubble over each digit to make it visible. an obsession with miniaturisation saw him launch the words fist slimline pocket calculator in 1972 — soon, though, competition from cheaperjapanese versions forced sinclair to slash his prices. then the failure of ...

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In terms of the sinclair spectrum, what is your experience? what are your memories of using it? my very first games were on the sinclair spectrum. i made pole position, wall blazer, firebirds, and those games gave me my first royalty checks and really kicked off my career. you could buy a computer for £125 — and it had the worst keyboard in the world, i remember — but you could buy that computer and learn basic and you could — put the game onto a cassette tape, because we used cassette ta...

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He has some pretty big challenges. the new education secretary nadhim zahawi. has to make sure there is not a left behind generation as a result of schooling mist in the pandemic. and the new foreign secretary liz truss has the job of redefining the uks plays in the world after brexit. we will see the usual shots of ministers arriving, big smiles on their faces, usual shots of ministers arriving, big smiles on theirfaces, happy usual shots of ministers arriving, big smiles on their faces, happy ...

The british inventor�*s credited with creating one of the first pocket calculators, and brought home computers to the masses. he launched the first affordable consumer computer in 1980, costing less than £100. but not all ventures were successful, as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. his drive and enthusiasm made him one of britains best known inventors. the whole business of invention is a non—material thing. its very hard to know why it gives such pleasure. clive s...

Sinclair was forced to sell his computer business to a budding entrepreneur called alan sugar. undeterred, he continued his quest for a new kind of personal transport. but an electric bicycle, the zike, proved no more popular than the c5. it is as a brilliant inventor who gave millions their first introduction to computers that he will be remembered. sir clive sinclair, whos died at the age of 81. earlier, i spoke to video game designer graham devine. he told me more about sir clive sinclairs le...

Working on his inventions last week because that was what he loved doing. there is quite a bit written about sir clive sinclair. at the end of the room —— review we said he was still working on inventions. his determination was he was working on designs believing a flying car was technically entirely possible. that is where he was act. he had never given up on it. and was working on it to the end. and way back, famously, he made small calculators. they used to be huge, bigger than a laptop, ...