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Offline MrPlow

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Sir Clive
« on: 2021-Sep-17 »
The British inventor that created the amazing ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrums has passed away...

He also created
Pocket Calculator
Pocket TV
C5 Electric car
Earbud radio...

the list goes on...

RIP Sir Clive!
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Speccy-48k, Speccy-128k, Amigas, PCs

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Re: Sir Clive
« Reply #1 on: 2021-Sep-17 »
Oh dear.  :( R.I.P. Sir Clive, the very definition of an eccentric British genius, sad news indeed.
Cheers,

Ian.

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Re: Sir Clive
« Reply #2 on: 2021-Sep-21 »
Sad news indeed

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Re: Sir Clive
« Reply #3 on: 2021-Sep-27 »
Yes. RIP. We're getting old, friends...