Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81

Ben Werdmuller

16 Sep 2021

"His first home computer, the ZX80, named after the year it appeared, revolutionised the market, although it was a far cry from today’s models. At £79.95 in kit form and £99.95 assembled, it was about one-fifth of the price of other home computers at the time. It sold 50,000, units while its successor, the ZX81, which replaced it, cost £69.95 and sold 250,000." The ZX81 was my formative first computer. Rest in peace, sir.

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