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Sinclair Research Dormant

Sinclair Research
KindCompany
Founded1973
StatusDormant
FoundersClive Sinclair
FieldHome computers
Sourceworldofspectrum.org ↗

ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum — Sinclair made computers cheap enough for everyone, and Britain's software industry bootstrapped on them. Amstrad bought the computer line in 1986; the name still attaches to odd projects.

Created Sinclair ZX80 Sinclair ZX81 ZX Spectrum

Clive Sinclair's third company (after Sinclair Radionics' collapse) shipped the ZX80 at £99.95 — four chips, 1K of RAM, a price that put a computer on every kitchen table. The Spectrum followed and sold five million; Britain's games industry learned to code on it.

The QL business machine flopped, the C5 electric trike was a national joke, and in 1986 Amstrad bought the computer rights for £5 million. Sinclair continued as a holding company for eccentric inventions — the name still appears on folding bicycles and mobility devices.

Sources

  1. worldofspectrum.org/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research