Transition of platforms in british education 3197

On 2 Apr 2006 09:45:15 GMT

Ah well, yes. The Spectrum and even worse the ZX80-ZX81 now those were true examples of the evils of designing down to a price.

I could have furnished the address at the time and a fairly large number of helpers1 too :)

I wish I'd been able to get video tape of him disco dancing at the Torch launch party - I'm sure an mpeg of it would get a lot of downloads :)

Well yes - but you have to look at his earlier products to see that these boxes were nothing more than a continuation of the trend exemplified by such wonderous devices as the matchbox radio kit, the Micro FM, Project 60 and (bletch) Project 80 audio gear, the (oh god I feel ill) Black Watch, and we really shouldn't forget what he did *after* the ZX series and the QL, that wonder of all wonders the C5.

1 Old Cambridge joke Clive Sinclair: "Can I have a new design team, I've broken the last one".

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