RIZZI@Usc-Isib@sri-unix (10/21/82)
From: Bill Rizzi <RIZZI@Usc-Isib> A friend of mine is interested in compiling some of the accomplishments of Clive Sinclair other than the reknowned ZX-81. Does anyone know of his efforts in other areas ? Thanks, Bill -------
wmartin (10/21/82)
I recall the following Sinclair products: "Black Watch" digital watch At least two calculators, unusually small for their era, and one (at least) was programmable A very compact 3 1/2 digit digital multimeter (I have one of these) later marketed by Radio Shack under their "Micronta" brand name I think that each of these was available as a kit. They were not the first products in their fields, but they were among the physically smallest and best styled, and priced competitively. You may well find more Sinclair products by looking through back issues of the British magazine "Wireless World" at your library; I believe they would have had their first publicity there. All the ones I mentioned above were on the American market, and there may have been some on the British market that never were sold over here. Will Martin
hamilton (10/22/82)
#R:sri-unix:-392200:uicsovax:3700042:000:391 uicsovax!hamilton Oct 22 15:36:00 1982 before the credit-card sized calculators came out, the sinclair models were about the smallest i had ever seen -- approximately the volume of a pack of cigarettes, truly shirt-pocket-portable (this was about 7 years ago. i havn't seen a sinclair calculator in the stores in a long time). the sinclair tv also comes to mind. i never saw one close up; i think they had 2" diagonal screens.
stephen@sri-unix (10/26/82)
#R:sri-unix:-392200:zehntel:5500002:000:225 zehntel!stephen Oct 26 10:15:00 1982 I seem to recall Sinclair audio kits using reject/retested transistors in UK in early '60's. A friend of mine built one and it didn't work but Sinclair went on to make power amp kits and . . . Steve L. (Zehntel!stephen)