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The most successful computer ever to come out of the UK celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Which is a more brutal environment – a large factory

As a new exhibition of historic shops opens in Dundee, Rachel Mackay explores the enduring allure of reconstructed streets in our museums.

Slavný osmibitový počítač Sinclair ZX Spectrum byl uveden 23. dubna 1982 • Připomeňte si tento průkopnický počítač v tematických článcích • Podívejte se, jak funguje dnes.

He was a brilliant inventor who gave millions an introduction to computers — that is how he will be remembered. the computer pioneer sir clive sinclair has died at the age of 81. joining me now to talk more about the impact sir clive sinclaires inventions is video game deisgner graham devine. i owe my career to him, i think many people in the industry do. a lot of game genres started up here, and that was the beginning of the game industry, so i think he is responsible for a lot of the foundat...

Sinclair spectrum. 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 the basics, you could but they came onto a cassette tape, because we used to set tapes back then, and you could sell it. there was no internet back then, there was no way to get then, there was no way to get the game out onto the internet, so we had to sell it on cassette tapes, but we started a game industry out of that. it was small but from th...

Any? if you speak to gamers back then, they respected small amounts of memory. they could programme a lot into just a little bits, and that meant a lot to do them. it also meant a lot to do them. it also meant a lot of computer games started that spectrum, — the sinclair 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 c5, which we...

Working with Colorists: A ProductionHUB Exclusive with Colorist Juan Cabrera, ASC Associate Member Share via: Recently we had the opportunity to talk at length with Juan provided some incredibly valuable insights on his journey and on the art of being a colorist for major motion pictures and television. Juan also shed some light on how everyone at all levels of the production workflow can benefit from learning that the journey  from beginning to the end really begins in pre production. Ver...

MANY of us have a favourite Christmas present. One that sticks in our mind and brings back special childhood memories. Perhaps it was something you dearly wanted and, full of anticipation, scribbled on your list for Father Christmas. Or maybe it was a gift that came as a real surprise and has stayed with you ever since. We asked our readers to tell us about their best-ever childhood present and here are some more of your responses: Gary Scott: “My wife says it’s the electronic bat...

MANY of us have a favourite Christmas present. One that sticks in our mind and brings back special childhood memories. Perhaps it was something you dearly wanted and, full of anticipation, scribbled on your list for Father Christmas. Or maybe it was a gift that came as a real surprise and has stayed with you ever since. We asked our readers to tell us about their best-ever childhood present and here are some more of your responses: Gary Scott: “My wife says it’s the electronic bat...

MANY of us have a favourite Christmas present. One that sticks in our mind and brings back special childhood memories. Perhaps it was something you dearly wanted and, full of anticipation, scribbled on your list for Father Christmas. Or maybe it was a gift that came as a real surprise and has stayed with you ever since. We asked our readers to tell us about their best-ever childhood present and here are some more of your responses: Gary Scott: “My wife says it’s the electronic bat...