The Tragic End of Sinclair: The Computer Pioneer That Ruled UK Homes Then Lost to a Plastic Tricycle
6.9K views · Sep 2, 2026 · Education
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@fallenboardroom · 4 weeks ago · pinned
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@SchoolOfBeyondInvention · 2 weeks ago
Memories never dies
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@gogee8510 · 2 weeks ago (edited)
I had the ZX81, the Sinclair Spectrum 48k, then the Sinclair QL. One thing Sir Clive had was vision, for the future.
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@assi-47 · 3 weeks ago
My first computer in 1978 was a ZX81. After that, everything changed for me. The ZX Spectrum came to me in 1985 and ever since i am programming anything: for myself -hobby, professional or even webshop-, for others -textdriven ads in a windowstore for a bicycle shop-, and via MSDOS and GW-BASIC on pc's, through today, with my own webshop which i program in HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, etc.<br><br>In the 70's Sinclair opened my world, in the 80's it showed me the possibilities, in the 90's it gave me more power and freedom, in the 00's it gave me the internet, in the 2010's it gave me my own webshop which it still operate and run. <br><br>All because of a 1K 8-bit memory machine with no sound or color, on a portable tv... Forever grateful to Clive Sinclair.
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@Jimyjames73 · 3 weeks ago
I had the ZX81 then the ZX Spectrum Plus 🙂🚂🚂🚂
@Tee-w1d · 3 weeks ago
Memories I remember my 6th form had the zx spectrum a amiga and the bbc micro
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@OtakuXP2 · 3 weeks ago
It's "Zed" not "Zee"
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@raymoreton3184 · 3 weeks ago (edited)
i brought myself4 sinclair comps i had 2buy them used 1of my school got his hands on a dead c5 the bat was dead and we used 2 push it down a hill every single person who joked about that c5 is laughing on the other side of their face with all evs now it was just 2 ahead of its tine
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