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Sir Clive Sinclair, 1940–2021

2021-09-16 18:40:18+00:00

Same! I loved that little machine.

My grandfather got it from some time share presentation (he and grandma would go for a “dinner and show”; they’d get a free meal and giggles from the timeshare concept (they built their own cabin on a plot of land they bought on a lake for what a time share would cost), and the free gift was part of their Christmas shopping.) Came with the 16K expansion adapter, a tape cassette player, and a thermal ribbon printer.

It was a seriously weird “we got you a computer for Christmas” gift for the early 90s, but it was awesome. Wrote a word processing program in Sinclair basic, and used linear algebra to make a 3D shooter “game,” and had all sorts of fun.

I seriously pined for the TS2068, though its day had long passed by the time I learned it existed. In a weird twist of fate, I found one in a dumpy state run shop in Kazakhstan. I considered picking it up, but it was the polish version and geared for region 2 TVs, so I ultimately decided not to buy.
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