Yes and rule Britannia and all hail the beardy one! It is St George's Day. But it is also the day that saw the furtherance of cheap British-made home computing with the birth of the Sinclair Spectrum.
Yes, Sir Clive Sinclair - notable pub brawler and cheerful maker of eco-transportation was the bloke, the cove, the gent, the chap who - just after Commodore nipped in with the Pet - launched the ZX-80 in 1980. Then, after the ZX81 in 1981 he grew bored of releasing year-based PCs and launch (ANGEL CHOIR)...
The Sinclair 16K/48K Spectrum in 1982.
Also out that year were...
Commodore 64, Dragon 32, MicroBee, Apple IIe, AI Electronics ABC 24/26, Atari 600XL, Atari 1200XL, Atari 1450XLD, Casio FP 200, Casio FP 1000, Casio FP 1100, Darley DY 80, Epson HX 20, Epson HC 20, Family Basic, HBN Computer Guepard, Hewlett Packard HP86, Hitachi 16000, ITT 3030, Lucas Nascom III, Matsushita National JR 200, Motorola Exorset 30, Multitech Eagle Rage, Nano SKS 2500, NEC APC, Kaypro 10, OKI BMC IF 800, Oki IF COM7, R2E Portal, Semitech Pied Pipper, Sharp MZ 2000, Sharp X1, Sirius 1, Sony SMC 70, Sord M5, Sord M68, SouthWest Technical Products S-Plus, Tandy TRS 80 Model II, Tashki Computer System OM 8064, Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40, Vegas 6809, Welect 80.2
How many of those do you remember eh?
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Yes, Sir Clive Sinclair - notable pub brawler and cheerful maker of eco-transportation was the bloke, the cove, the gent, the chap who - just after Commodore nipped in with the Pet - launched the ZX-80 in 1980. Then, after the ZX81 in 1981 he grew bored of releasing year-based PCs and launch (ANGEL CHOIR)...
The Sinclair 16K/48K Spectrum in 1982.
Also out that year were...
Commodore 64, Dragon 32, MicroBee, Apple IIe, AI Electronics ABC 24/26, Atari 600XL, Atari 1200XL, Atari 1450XLD, Casio FP 200, Casio FP 1000, Casio FP 1100, Darley DY 80, Epson HX 20, Epson HC 20, Family Basic, HBN Computer Guepard, Hewlett Packard HP86, Hitachi 16000, ITT 3030, Lucas Nascom III, Matsushita National JR 200, Motorola Exorset 30, Multitech Eagle Rage, Nano SKS 2500, NEC APC, Kaypro 10, OKI BMC IF 800, Oki IF COM7, R2E Portal, Semitech Pied Pipper, Sharp MZ 2000, Sharp X1, Sirius 1, Sony SMC 70, Sord M5, Sord M68, SouthWest Technical Products S-Plus, Tandy TRS 80 Model II, Tashki Computer System OM 8064, Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40, Vegas 6809, Welect 80.2
How many of those do you remember eh?
Tell us in the Forum.
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Comments
config 23 Apr 2012 11:24
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I totally love that Google's doodlers have even replicated the Spectrum's signature "colour clash". Meh. All hail C64!
Sly Reflex 24 Apr 2012 02:25
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I remember I had the superior C64.