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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521
Sorry to read this. I always rather admired this guy. Often managed not to get things quite right (that "car") but had some ideas that were pretty groundbreaking for their time.
Sorry to read this. I always rather admired this guy. Often managed not to get things quite right (that "car") but had some ideas that were pretty groundbreaking for their time.
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
Seriously?
Have you forgotten abut the Sinclair ZX80, 81 and Spectrum? The first truly 'home computers'.
The man was a genius and has probably shaped our modern world much more than he was ever given credit for.
RIP Clive
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
RIP
Both the zx81 and the spectrum had quite an influence on my life in the early/mid 80's as a kid.
Both the zx81 and the spectrum had quite an influence on my life in the early/mid 80's as a kid.
Z4 3.0i | ESS TS2+ | Quaife ATB LSD | Brembo/BMW performance BBK front/rear | Schrick FI cams | Schmiedmann headers+cats | fully polybushed | Vibra-technics engine mounts | H&R anti rollbars | KW V3 coilovers | Sachs Race Engineering clutch
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
Rip Sir Clive Sinclair....loved his zx spectrum computers. Set the trend for Atari at etc layer on,and as said, first true home computer for many folks.
The c5 was a riot,not safe,but ahead of its time,lol
The c5 was a riot,not safe,but ahead of its time,lol
Interlagos Blue M RDSTR,2008. Logic7 dsp Hifi;satnav,stubby,htd seats,etc,etc.
Black 2005 3.0i NOW SOLD(and missed)
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Not at all. I admire his genius too. But he brought things to market with flaws. He admitted as much himself. I was the geek back in the day who bought so many of them. The little thermal printer, the microdrives that self-destructed and the quirky but brilliant QL that ICL remarketed as the 'One Per Desk'. No disrespect intended.
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
A clever man who was ahead of his times.
However I bought one of his Scientific Calculators in the late 70´s When the other fellas were then using log tables I was flash Harry with a calculator.
I completed a set of calculations not really knowing what a proper result should have looked like. I was then called into the Chief Engineers Office to have my results questioned.
The Chief Engineer entered 45° sin then cos then tan — he then went backwards from those results and the answer shown was 67° 49‘. a wee bit of an error i would say. Calculators now go back to 45°
I never trusted it after that!
However I bought one of his Scientific Calculators in the late 70´s When the other fellas were then using log tables I was flash Harry with a calculator.
I completed a set of calculations not really knowing what a proper result should have looked like. I was then called into the Chief Engineers Office to have my results questioned.
The Chief Engineer entered 45° sin then cos then tan — he then went backwards from those results and the answer shown was 67° 49‘. a wee bit of an error i would say. Calculators now go back to 45°
I never trusted it after that!
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
So has he died, or just suffered a terminal error?
He'll be up at the pearly gates now, pressed Enter hours ago and still waiting patiently for something to happen!
He'll be up at the pearly gates now, pressed Enter hours ago and still waiting patiently for something to happen!
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
Unless he saw the light & took one of PVR’s Digigate gizmos with him
Joined the dark side with a ///M Hell Bronze Sepang Coupe
Ex Aug 2005 Maldives Blue 3 litre cruizer, lots of toyz,
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Ex Aug 2005 Maldives Blue 3 litre cruizer, lots of toyz,
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
The C5 may have been ridiculed at the time but the expansion and acceptance of alternative personal mobility has made it more relevant than ever. Even Microcars are coming back and making more and more sense.
At least he got to see his vision proved right, even if he wasn’t the one to make it a reality
At least he got to see his vision proved right, even if he wasn’t the one to make it a reality
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RIP Sir Clive. Too often busy on the next great idea to get the last one sorted. A very clever engineer.
Oddly for a Nerd of the late 70's early 80's, I don't think I ever bought any thing that he designed though.
Oddly for a Nerd of the late 70's early 80's, I don't think I ever bought any thing that he designed though.
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I think he was limited by the technology available at the time- perhaps if he had been doing what he was doing during these times there might be a different story to write?
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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He just needed a dragon type to sort the selling bit out. Hard for such a man to let someone like that it on the act I imagine. He left his mark all the same.