Sir Clive Sinclair, RIP (1940 - 2021)

[Grey Havoc]

Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81

The inventor, entrepreneur and ZX Spectrum creator died at his London home following a long illness.

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Sir Clive Sinclair: Tireless inventor ahead of his time

The prolific innovator invented the pocket calculator and the ill-fated Sinclair C5 electric car.

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BBC Radio 4 - Scientifically..., Celebrating the life of Sir Clive Sinclair: Computers at home

Scientifically celebrates the life of Sir Clive Sinclair.

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Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor of an early pocket calculator who transformed the home-computing market but came unstuck with the infamous C5 – obituary

The Spectrum heralded a new age of home computing and video gaming, and his firm was a flagship success story of the early Thatcher years

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Sir Clive Sinclair obituary

Sir Clive Sinclair created the world’s first pocket calculator and kick-started the home computing revolution by producing the first PC to retail at less than £100. However, these triumphs were totally eclipsed in 1985 by the catastrophic failure of his electric three-wheeler, the Sinclair C5.Not qu

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Home Computing Pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair Dies Aged 81 - Slashdot

LoTonah writes: Sir Clive Sinclair, the man behind the Sinclair Spectrum and the first computer to retail for under a hundred dollars (the Sinclair ZX-81, A.K.A. The Timex/Sinclair 1000), died September 15 after battling a long illness. His daughter, Belinda, said he died at home in London on...

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Rest In Peace

 

[Grey Havoc]

Home computer legend Sir Clive Sinclair dies at 81

Sir Clive Sinclair, who created the pocket calculator and one of the best-known early home PCs, has died at 81.

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[Grey Havoc]

BBC Two - Micro Live, Series 3, 17/10/1986

Sir Clive Sinclair and Alan Sugar assess changes in the home computer industry. (1986)

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[Foo Fighter]

RIP to another of life's great optimists. We need all we can get.

 

[Hobbes]

His ZX Spectrum was my first introduction to computing, getting that computer has shaped my life.

Sinclair's genius was of an unusual type: he managed to build electronic devices that others thought impossible, making calculators, computers and other devices cheaper than anyone else was able to. Part of that was costcutting, but he also found ways to eke more performance out of his electronics so he could do more with less.

 

[Flyaway]

Sir Clive Sinclair A Tribute:

View: https://youtu.be/2it4doFFPJY

 

[publiusr]

The styling was the best…very sleek

 

[Volkodav]

If memory serves, he was the one who worked out that liquid crystal screens didn't need constant power to remain illuminated.

 

[Hobbes]

I had a similar memory about LED displays rather than LCD. I haven't been able to corroborate that, but I did find out that in his calculators, the entire electronics were run intermittently, which allowed them to reduce power consumption by 90%.

 

[Rhinocrates]

Obituary: Clive Sinclair foresaw the future too soon

The tireless innovator died on September 16th, aged 81

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He had never pretended to be a businessman. He was an innovator, whose job was to spot opportunities and think up devices that people badly wanted but could not imagine. On top of that, he was a high-stakes poker-player. The C5 had been a good idea, and still was. So, on to the next thing.

By the way, it's not well known but he also designed a combat version of the C5.