Maggie Philbin talks about Clive Sinclair and some of his inventions, including his pocket calculator, the Spectrum, and the C5. Features Andy Kavanagh of comp.sys.sinclair "fame".
My perception is that he is remembered far more for the ZX81 and Spectrum than the C5. I once saw a TV80 for sale for a token amount at a car boot sale in the 1990s. I've always regretted not buying it.
2 years later.... when I was 14 years old I was first kid in my school to have an electronic calculator, the Sinclair Cambridge! Its cost £14.99 old money and ate batteries for a living. I was very popular for about 3 days, but once everyone had seen it I was back to being a weird geek again. It did not handle divide by zero and went into an epi and the only way out was to switch off and on. Because of owning this calculator I never learnt my tables and my mental arithmetic is now very very bad. Thanks Sir Clive!
Stamping on the hero is often the case, especially in Britain. Funny how he was a kind of Steve Jobs of his time, but perhaps even more versatile, as he's obviously both a technical and marketing visionary. It must have been a very exciting time to run his business, and I have to commend him for bringing tech to the everyday person. Definitely a very positive influence. So sorry he's no longer with us
Cambridge pocket calculator febunk.Sinclair did not patent the first pocket calculator Texas Instruments might have done though with their SR (slide rule) 56 , which would have cost about a month's salary back in 1968. A bit like the top of the range I Phone but just a pure mathematical tool.
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There was a great inventor and highly innovative, it's sad that he ignorant only remember the bad and are clueless about all the creations and advancements he made.
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RIP Sir Clive. Such a loss. He gave me so many memories of a great time growing up in the 80s
Sir Clive should be remembered more for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum and not the C5!
My perception is that he is remembered far more for the ZX81 and Spectrum than the C5. I once saw a TV80 for sale for a token amount at a car boot sale in the 1990s. I've always regretted not buying it.
I have many Sinclair computers clive Is Pioneer of the computer age
Mum walks into room game stops loading - nylon undergarments causing static discharge Messing up the load operation
Very cool upload. Thanks
Maggie Philbin. Single since 1993. That is a crying shame. She is beautiful. Be happy in all that you do, Maggie!
Also my thoughts 😘
2 years later.... when I was 14 years old I was first kid in my school to have an electronic calculator, the Sinclair Cambridge! Its cost £14.99 old money and ate batteries for a living. I was very popular for about 3 days, but once everyone had seen it I was back to being a weird geek again. It did not handle divide by zero and went into an epi and the only way out was to switch off and on. Because of owning this calculator I never learnt my tables and my mental arithmetic is now very very bad. Thanks Sir Clive!
woah look at clive go!
football manager remember it well lol
Stamping on the hero is often the case, especially in Britain. Funny how he was a kind of Steve Jobs of his time, but perhaps even more versatile, as he's obviously both a technical and marketing visionary. It must have been a very exciting time to run his business, and I have to commend him for bringing tech to the everyday person. Definitely a very positive influence. So sorry he's no longer with us
Such a sad loss
"Calculator Owner" 2:44
Awwww, look at you. Sooo young.... and RUN BABY RUN!
Does anyone recognise the songs in this video?
Computer Love by Kraftwerk
Cambridge pocket calculator febunk.Sinclair did not patent the first pocket calculator Texas Instruments might have done though with their SR (slide rule) 56 , which would have cost about a month's salary back in 1968. A bit like the top of the range I Phone but just a pure mathematical tool.
Er - HP35. On sale in 1972 if I remember right.
R Tape loading eror, 0:1...Actually over 40 years cassette tape has proved itself as a storage medium, unlike flash drives that can poop out on you at any given moment.
3:57 Rick Dickinson RIP
my friend davis always he say he has see there ghoast :-O
mystical auras thats text messages on a bbc only £440 but teachers get 17.5% off thats £77
good old bbc 5m spectrums and an entire games industry just when the tories put 5m out of work and over a million on sikness benefit
Funny how mobility scooters are a thing. The c5 missed its market. It could have been a big deal
Clive was no loser
Clive Sinclair needs to get back into computing we need his input today be fore he leaves us
After watching Micro Men he was shown warts an all to actually be a Steve Jobs type, a right nasty pushy bastard!
@@jaymcd8577 yes but he has to be, no one wins being nice
@@jaymcd8577 : guess you’d rather he wrapped up his employees with kid gloves and sang them lullabies? What is wrong with people nowadays?
@@billybollockhead5628 Right, because those two extremes are clearly the only two options.
@@jaymcd8577 but I wonder if that portrayal is a bit exaggerated?. Micro Men a docudrama not a documentary and they do tend to spice things up a bit.
Even the russians copied zx spectrum in the late 1980's
Maggie is still pretty hot!
There was a great inventor and highly innovative, it's sad that he ignorant only remember the bad and are clueless about all the creations and advancements he made.
How many times does she say “highly collectable”? And if it’s true she’s still single, can someone get me her number, I’ll show her highly collectable