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	Smart Computing Encyclopedia Entry - Sir Clive Sinclair
		While still a student, Sinclair independently invented the binary system of 1s and 0s for use in a prototype calculator and was upset to learn that someone else had already invented what he thought was a new system.
		Sinclair intended for the ZX80 and ZX81 to be learning machines—tools for those who wanted to gain experience in the basic use and programming of computers.
		Sinclair also received a diploma from the King’s College, Cambridge, and served as a visiting professor for the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.
	www.smartcomputing.com /editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?searchtype=2&DicID=19024&RefType=Encyclopedia&guid= (838 words)

	Clive Sinclair's 1982 Practical Compµting interview
		Sinclair's belief in advanced design, and in particular in the ability of his own people to maintain the level of creative electronics design to keep him one or more jumps ahead of the would-be competition, is like a shield of righteousness: almost as if he had God on his side against the big battalions.
		Sinclair is amused and gratified by the attention the ZX-81 has received from determined customisers, who fit the machine up with keyboards, character generators, colour cards and so forth until their machine bears no resemblance to the little fl wedge shipped out of Dundee.
		Sinclair does not discount the possibility that the technology to write to an optical disc will eventually become available to the individual, but though he is keeping abreast of the latest developments, he says that Sinclair is not itself doing any work on laser-driven stores.
	www.worldofspectrum.org /CliveSinclairInterview1982 (6483 words)

	Clive Sinclair Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Their most successful products were the Sinclair Microvision'', a miniature television set launched in 1966 and the world's first slimline electronic pocket calculator, the Sinclair Executive, introduced in August, 1972.
		Its success convinced Sinclair that there was a potentially lucrative home computer market waiting to be tapped and in 1980 he founded Sinclair Computers (renamed Sinclair Research in 1981).
		Sinclair produced a variety of electric vehicles between 1992 and the present, with varying degrees of commercial success.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/c/cl/clive_sinclair.html (545 words)

	Sinclair & the Pocket Calculator
		Sinclair in his quest for miniturisation, to produce a true pocket calculator, wanted to use button cells rather than normal batteries, but these would be drained in minutes by the chip and the LED display.
		Sinclair had shown what could be done with miniaturising calculators, and the competition would soon start to follow, so he had to keep an innovative lead.
		Clive Sinclair had a deserved reputation of being a very innovative entrpreneur, but by the end of 1976 Sinclair Radionics was in financial difficulties.
	www.vintagecalculators.com /html/sinclair___the_pocket_calculat.html (2404 words)

	Clive Sinclair
		Their most successful products were the Sinclair Microvision, a miniature television set launched in 1966, and a series of electronic calculators launched during the 1970s.
		This successful design, based on the Zilog Z80 microprocessor, was followed in March 1981 by the ZX81, and in April 1982 by the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a cheap home computer which seemed for a time ubiquitous.
		In 1988, Sinclair launched a portable Cambridge Z88, an A4-sized microcompuer again based on the Z80, featuring a full-sized rubber-key keyboard and a large adjustable LCD display.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cl/Clive_Sinclair.html (286 words)

	Sinclair Calculators
		Clive Sinclair was very innovative in the field of consumer electronics and, for many years in Britain, was widely known as "the man who invented the pocket calculator".
		Nearly all of the calculators were produced by Sinclair Radionics Ltd., though the Wristwatch calculator was produced by Sinclair Instruments Ltd. There is a brief history of Clive Sinclair, his companies, his calculators, and other products in the article Clive Sinclair and the pocket calculator in the Collecting Calculators section of this site.
		Sinclair calculators are known for their innovative and often elegant designs.
	www.vintagecalculators.com /html/sinclair1.html (395 words)

	Young Clive Sinclair
		CLIVE MARLES Sinclair was born near Richmond in Surrey on 30 July 1940.
		Clive came into his own in the holidays, for he loved swimming and boating and at an early age designed a submarine which owed as much to grandfather Georger's naval interests and Jules Verne as to the availability of government surplus fuel tanks.
		Clive found the comparative freedom of holidays a necessary antidote to school; a time when he could pursue his own ideas and teach himself what he really wanted to know.
	www.solvalou.com /speccy_clive.php (2126 words)

	Sinclair Research Limited for the A-Bike, Z1 micro radio, Wheelchair Drive Unit and Sea Scooter
		Sir Clive Sinclair is an inventor who was born in London in 1940.
		The NEB retained the instrument business and Clive Sinclair resigned all executive responsibilities with Sinclair Radionics in July 1979 to establish a new company, Sinclair Research, in the consumer electronics field.
		In May 1999 Sir Clive added to his range of miniature radios with the Sinclair Z1 Micro AM Radio bringing listeners their favourite AM station - local, national or commercial - when and wherever they are.
	www.sinclair-research.co.uk /about-srl.php (1781 words)

	Sir Clive Sinclair
		Sir Clive Marles Sinclair was born in 1940.
		Sir Clive Sinclair was to be less successful with his C5 three-wheel car.
		Sir Clive Sinclair was Chairman of British Mensa from 1980-1997.
	www.biogs.com /famous/sinclairclive.html (284 words)

	Sinclair from FOLDOC
		Evolving from Sinclair Radionics in 1979, Sinclair Research was owned by Sir Clive Sinclair.
		Sinclair Radionics produced electronic components and devices (such as calculators and pocket radios and televisions), but Sinclair Research began by producing some of the first 8-bit home microcomputers.
		The 1K kit-build ZX80, introduced in 1980, was followed by the 1K ZX81 (expandable to 16K) in 1981, the 16K (expandable to 48K) ZX Spectrum in 1982 (then superceded by two distinct 48K models and a 128K model in 1986) and the QL (Quantum Leap) in 1984.
	www.instantweb.com /d/dictionary/foldoc.cgi?Sinclair (352 words)

	OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
		The Sinclair QL was the first attempt for Clive Sinclair to produce a computer for business.
		In January 1984, Clive Sinclair presents the QL to the press, unveiling a very promising and inventive machine, based on the 68008 processor from Motorola.
		It was important for Clive Sinclair to unveil the QL before the Macintosh, but that was also one of the main reasons for the QL's failure...
	www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?c=199 (189 words)

	Uncle Sinclair
		Sir Clive Sinclair is a household name in the UK.
		For a time Sinclair was Thatcher’s favourite entrepreneur in part because he had the flair and vision to challenge the Japanese domination of the consumer electronics market.
		Uncle Clive flies in the shadow of the likes of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates but because of this his title of Uncle is more of affection than of a domineering giant that can be used for others.
	www.xnumber.com /xnumber/sinclair_notes.htm (449 words)

	Sinclair from FOLDOC
		Sinclair produced five microcomputers from 1980 to 1987, all based on the Zilog Z80 microprocessor (except for the QL, which used the Motorola 68008 - a variant on the 68000).
		The 1K kit-build ZX80, introduced in 1980, was followed by the 1K ZX81 (expandable to 16K) in 1981, the 16K (expandable to 48K) ZX Spectrum in 1982 (then superseded by two distinct 48K models and a 128K model in 1986) and the QL (Quantum Leap) in 1984.
		Sir Clive's financial problems in the mid-80s led him to sell the rights to the Sinclair brand to Amstrad in April 1986.
	foldoc.org /?Sinclair (382 words)

	1985 Sinclair C5
		1985 Sinclair C5 Sir Clive Sinclair was a very rich, eccentric genius who amassed a fortune in the manufacture of revolutionary- indeed visionary- electronic devices and products.
		In the '70's, ecological issues were in the forefront, and the British government passed legislation that allowed electric-assisted cycles to be used without a license, as long as they didn’t exceed 15mph.
		Sinclair's directors were critical of spending corporate money on this type of research, so Sir Clive sold a small fraction of his company shares which netted 12 million pounds for the cause.
	www.microcarmuseum.com /tour/sinclair-c5.html (213 words)

	SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR AND THE SINCLAIR C5 - ELECTRIC URBAN RUNAROUND - BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC 3 LAND SPEED RECORD PROJECT
		The Sinclair C5 was first launched in the UK on the 10th January 1985.
		Created by the innovator and inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, most famous for his ZX80 and ZX81 personal computers from 1980, the C5 was a revolutionary electric vehicle weighing in at just 99lbs.
		From day one of its launch the Sinclair C5 came under continuous attack from the media who criticised it for numerous reasons and said that it should be banned.
	www.speedace.info /sinclair_c5.htm (1670 words)

	CHRISTOPHER A LONG - Sir Clive Sinclair
		Sir Clive would hate to be described as a toy manufacturer and he would be quite right.
		Sir Clive Sinclair at 44 is already a national 'guru' and the brains behind an ideas empire worth over £130 million.
		Sinclair believes in small creative groups (only about 50 directly employed at the Sinclair Research Laboratories in Cambridge and only about 25 at the Vehicles plant in Birmingham).
	www.christopherlong.co.uk /pri/sinclair.html (1779 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Magazine \| 'Move over Segway, I'm planning the C6'
		Although several thousand of the tricycles were sold, Sir Clive, famed in the early 1980s for his range of affordable Sinclair home computers, failed to win over a sceptical public.
		Sir Clive was also "disappointed" the Segway did not live up to the early hype, when pundits speculated the then "mystery invention" could be a jet-pack or hover skateboard.
		In fact, Sinclair says he was involved in devising something similar to the Segway - using gyroscope technology - 20 years ago, with a company called Cambridge Consultants.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/magazine/3125341.stm (880 words)

	Sinclair, Sir Clive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Later that year, Sinclair launched the ‘Executive’, the world’s first truly pocket calculator — initial selling price a then revolutionary £79 — which was to win numerous design awards and earn over £2.5 m in export revenue.
		Sinclair Research, meanwhile was also moving into other consumer electronics markets — notably with the September 1983 launch of the multi-standard flat screen pocket TV.
		During this period, Sir Clive also entered the publishing field — launching Sinclair Browne in partnership with Patrick Browne in 1981 and, for several years, sponsored the £5,000 ‘Sinclair Prize for Fiction’.
	www.ideas21.co.uk /55 (1505 words)

	Making the Modern World - Sir Clive Sinclair
		Sinclair has been an iconic and often controversial figure in British industry for over 25 years.
		Sinclair was forced to sell his microcomputer division and brand to Amstrad.
		Sinclair, who was Chairman of Mensa from 1980 until 1997, was awarded a knighthood in 1983.
	www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk /people/BG.0045 (251 words)

	Sinclair Sir Clive - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sinclair, Sir Clive (1940- ), British electronics engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur.
		Born on July 30, 1940, Sinclair is one of the best-known...
		Woodward, Sir Clive Ronald (1956-), England rugby union player and coach, who famously coached the England side to World Cup victory in 2003.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Sinclair_Sir_Clive.html (101 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Wonderful Computers of Clive Sinclair
		By February 1982, Sinclair's manufacturing rate of 40,000 units per month was unable to keep pace with demand.
		Shortly after the Spectrum's launch, in 1983, Clive Sinclair - known to legions of owners of his computers as 'Uncle Clive' - was awarded a DCBE
		Sinclair did go on to produce other computers, but none were able to repeat the phenomenal success of the Spectrum.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A821648 (1903 words)

	Clive Sinclair - The Bubble Burst - Where is he now?
		In 1985, unveiled the Sinclair C5, a three wheeled vehicle for one person which used a small motor powered by rechargeable batteries.
		The C5 was not well received by the press or the public and was not nearly as successful as Clive's earlier products.
		Rumoured to be in talks about crossing the Sinclair C5 with a fibreglass Reliant Robin.
	www.thebubbleburst.co.uk /bb.php?entry=Clive+Sinclair (313 words)

	Clive Sinclair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clive Sinclair was born in 1940, he and his mother left London to stay with an aunt for safety in Devon, where they eventually travelled to Teignmouth.
		Clive enjoyed the freedom of the holidays and had interests in swimming and boating.
		Sinclair, unavailable to find capital, joined United Trade Press (UTP), based at 9 Gough Square, just off Fleet Street, as technical editors of the journal Instrument Practice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clive_Sinclair (1532 words)

	SwindonWeb - Sir Clive Sinclair opens calculator exhibition in Swindon
		Sir Clive Sinclair, whose company manufactured the hugely popular ZX81 and Spectrum computers in the early 80s (before being bought out by Apprentice star Alan Sugar), was guest of honour at a new exhibition at the Museum of Computing.
		And as the inventor of the world's first affordable pocket calculator, Sir Clive's legacy is very much in evidence in the exhibition.
		Of the 100 exhibits, eighteen calculators represent the range of machines Sinclair Radionics produced between 1972 and 1980.
	www.swindonweb.com /life/sinclair06.htm (264 words)

	Sinclair Research Ltd. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The combination of the 1984 failures of the Sinclair QL computer and TV80, and the 1985 Sinclair C5 electric vehicle bankrupted the company, and a year later Sinclair sold the rights to their computer products and brand name to Amstrad.
		In 1982 Clive Sinclair converted the Barker and Wadsworth mineral water bottling factory at 25 Willis Road, Cambridge, into the company's new headquarters.
		In September the Sinclair TV80 television was launched, using flat-screen technology unlike Sinclair's previous CRT televisions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sinclair_Research_Ltd (2859 words)

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