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CLIVE SINCLAIR |
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HIT THE HEADLINES IN 1982. |
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ONE
OF BRITAIN'S FINEST INVENTORS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE C5? |
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BORN IN SURREY ON 30TH JULY,
1940. |
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IN 1961, AFTER BECOMING
CHIEF EDITOR OF THE MAGAZINE "PRACTICAL WIRELESS",
HE HANDED IN HIS NOTICE AND REGISTERED "SINCLAIR RADIONICS
LTD" AS A COMPANY. |
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IN 1972, MARKETED THE WORLD'S
FIRST POCKET CALCULATOR, IN 1976 MARKETED THE FIRST DIGITAL
WATCH AND IN 1977 MARKETED THE FIRST POCKET TELEVISION. |
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DEMONSTRATED THE ZX80, AN
AFFORDABLE PERSONALCOMPUTER, IN EARLY 1980, AND BY THE END OF
THE YEAR HAD SOLD 20,000. THIS LATER BECAME THE ZX81. |
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IN APRIL 1982, LAUNCHED
THE ZX SPECTRUM, WHICH CHANGED THE FACE OF COMPUTER GAMING IN
THE HOME |
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WAS KNIGHTED IN 1983. |
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IN 1985, UNVEILED THE SINCLAIR
C5, A THREE WHEELED VEHICLE FOR ONE PERSON WHICH USED A SMALL
MOTOR POWERED BY RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES. |
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THE C5 WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED
BY THE PRESS OR THE PUBLIC AND WAS NOT NEARLY AS SUCCESSFUL
AS CLIVE'S EARLIER PRODUCTS. |
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IN THE 1990S, HAS PRODUCED AN ELECTRONIC POWERED BICYCLE, THE
WORLDS SMALLEST AM AND FM RADIOS. |
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AFTER STEPPING DOWN AS CHAIRMAN
OF MENSA IN 1997 (A POSITION HE HAD HELD SINCE 1980), MEMBERSHIP
HAD GROWN FROM 1,700 TO 38,000. |
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THE SINCLAIR C5 HAS NOW
BECOME A COLLECTORS ITEM. |
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RUMOURED TO BE IN TALKS
ABOUT CROSSING THE SINCLAIR C5 WITH A FIBREGLASS RELIANT ROBIN. |
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THE CLASSIC GAMES ON THE
ZX SPECTRUM INCLUDING "DALEY THOMPSONS DECATHLON",
"JET SET WILLY" AND "HORACE GOES SKIING". |
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THE
(UNTRUE) RUMOURS THAT THE C5 WAS POWERED BY A WASHING MACHINE
MOTOR. |
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I D Y O U K N O W ? |
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IN
1983, ZX SPECTRUMS SOLD AT A RATE OF 12,000 A WEEK. |
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DESPITE
THE FAILURE OF THE C5, CAR MANUFACTURERS HAVE RECENTLY SUGGESTED
THAT THE SMALL CAR MARKET HAS GREAT POTENTIAL GROWTH.. |
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