Sir Clive Sinclair & British Computer Revolution - Computerphile

Sinclair Computers drove a computing revolution in the UK. At last you could purchase a computer for less than £100 (Approx. $230 in 1980)

RIP Sir Clive Sinclair, the man behind the ZX80, ZX81 & ZX Spectrum (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021)

Thanks to The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
Thanks to the National Videogame Museum, Sheffield
Additional thanks to Spencer Owen @zxspectROM for Sinclair help and to Hrvoje Cavrak for his Sir Clive graphic.

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Atari 2600 VCS Programming:    • Atari 2600 VCS Programming - Computer...  


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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

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