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3 unusual facts about Clive Sinclair


Kilobaud Microcomputing

In the May 1982 issue an article about building the Sinclair ZX-81 kit, the first, (and probably last) "mainstream" "do-it-yourself" computer kit was published.

Practical Wireless

Clive Sinclair was, allegedly, for a period, the assistant editor for Practical Wireless, after writing articles for them since his school days.

Sinclair Scientific

Clive Sinclair wanted to design a calculator to compete with the HP-35 using the 080x series of chips, and despite skepticism about the feasibility of the project from Texas Instruments engineers, Nigel Searle was able to design algorithms that sacrificed some speed and accuracy in order to implement scientific functions.


Jim Westwood

Sir Clive Sinclair and Westwood shared a connection even before they met when Westwood had previously worked at an electronics store in London which was owned by Bernard Babani, Sinclair's publisher.

Sinclair X-1

The Sinclair X-1, is an electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair and marketed by his company Sinclair Research.


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