People's Computer: Sinclair ZX81 - Computerphile

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Clive Sinclair had a vision, an elegant, affordable computer. Sold as Timex 1000 in the US, the ZX81 was cheap and cheerful; for many programmers, their first rung on the ladder of computing.

Thanks to the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge & Jason Fitzpatrick for showing us one of their ZX81s: http://www.bit.ly/C_ComputerMuseum

1982 Interview with Sir Clive Sinclair: http://bit.ly/moreaboutsirclivesinclair

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

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