Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
CLIVE Sinclair's rubber-buttoned Spectrum had less memory than one key press on a mobile phone. It was also a laughable endeavour - which many still pursued - to lighten yourself by 400 notes for the 48k upgrade too. I myself was silly enough to do this and was left with a psychological scar so deep that even Jim Bowen's "have a look at what you could have won" paled in comparison....
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
CLIVE Sinclair's rubber-buttoned Spectrum had less memory than one key press on a mobile phone. It was also a laughable endeavour - which many still pursued - to lighten yourself by 400 notes for the 48k upgrade too. I myself was silly enough to do this and was left with a psychological scar so deep that even Jim Bowen's "have a look at what you could have won" paled in comparison....
The All New Ewan's Musings (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... hiding things in plain sight. Bet you thought my mentions of the ZX81 on Twitter were really about Clive Sinclair’s machine as well… Some specs? Intel Atom processor, 1GB Ram, 16GB SSD storage, 800×480 touch screen (or you can use the capacitive track-pad in the screen bezel), dual format Tablet or backlit qwerty keyboard, bluetooth, Wi-fi b/g, integrated 3G card, user replaceable...
TechRadar (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Britain may no longer be in thepowerhouse of the world's technology industry, but we sure did some pioneering work in days gone by - and we're still pushing back the barriers in certain areas too. To celebrate Britain's major contributions to the world of innovation, here are eleven Brits that have changed the face of technology - and some of them are still at it, too. 1. Sir Clive Sinclair...
Gizmodo Australia (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
In 1978, Sir Clive Sinclair – inventor of the pocket calculator and the ZX Spectrum computer – released the world’s first portable television, the MTV-1. It was a bit chunky to be called pocketable, although that could have something to do with the fact that it packed a 2-inch CRT inside its body… (more…)
Flotsky - Just another geek (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... And devices like these are the transitional ones, just like the computer kits that Bill Gates and Clive Sinclair amongst many others sold in the 70s that quickly became the first commercial home computers, these are the first steps towards that idea becoming reality. I can’t wait! Postscript: It’s a little odd and great all at the same time that I can refer back to myself eight years...
JonnyB's private secret diary (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... all my mates. US television is utterly technically inept. The picture is rubbish, the graphics are Clive Sinclair-standard, they regularly cut away accidentally from the end of bits they shouldn’t cut away from, or leave long pauses where the producer presumably should have done something. This ineptitude partially explains why many people think the content itself is useless. Whereas...
[Geeks are Sexy] (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
After the ZX81 and BBC Micro, the last non-PC computer in my house growing up was Amstrad’s PCW8256. That’s somewhat appropriate given my recent review of Micro Men, which ended with ZX81 maker Clive Sinclair and BBC Micro maker Chris Currie bemoaning the way the market had been taken over by Amstrad’s Alan Sugar. The PCW8256 [...] Related posts: Remembering: The BBC...
[Geeks are Sexy] (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
After the ZX81 and BBC Micro, the last non-PC computer in my house growing up was Amstrad’s PCW8256. That’s somewhat appropriate given my recent review of Micro Men, which ended with ZX81 maker Clive Sinclair and BBC Micro maker Chris Currie bemoaning the way the market had been taken over by Amstrad’s Alan Sugar. The PCW8256 [...] Related posts: Remembering: The BBC...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... to Finchley, about the former prime minister's early career; and Micro Men, about the inventor Clive Sinclair and the 1980s home computer boom. Spence, who is executive producing, described the drama as a "celebration of good old-fashioned investigative journalism". "It's a complicated story and I wanted somebody who would be able to deal with that," said Brooke....
Backbytes (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
As the world almost topples off its axis thanks to the launch of Windows 7, our regular correspondent Michael Aspaturian at British Energy reminds us of a simpler time when debates were settled using newspapers rather than lawyers. "The recent BBC programme Micro Men reminded us of the good old days when Sir Clive Sinclair used a rolled-up newspaper to exact revenge on his rival,...
