1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. UK.COMP.HOMEBUILT

  • RIP Clive Sinclair

    From The Other John@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 16 18:50:58 2021
    Much derided but he did popularise home computing. Both my sons are programmers having started on the ZX81 I built from a kit before moving on
    to a Spectrum.

    --
    TOJ.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From GB@21:1/5 to The Other John on Thu Sep 16 19:57:51 2021
    On 16/09/2021 19:50, The Other John wrote:
    Much derided but he did popularise home computing. Both my sons are programmers having started on the ZX81 I built from a kit before moving on
    to a Spectrum.



    Sorry to hear he's died.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From newshound@21:1/5 to The Other John on Thu Sep 16 21:31:58 2021
    On 16/09/2021 19:50, The Other John wrote:
    Much derided but he did popularise home computing. Both my sons are programmers having started on the ZX81 I built from a kit before moving on
    to a Spectrum.

    Certainly a clever guy, but it shows that cleverness is not everything.
    Alan Sugar had much more success getting digital products into the
    domestic marketplace by prioritising what would make them attractive to customers, then getting his smart guys to build stuff to that spec.

    Elon Musk, on the other hand, combines both sets of talents.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to newshound on Thu Sep 16 21:39:01 2021
    newshound wrote:

    Elon Musk, on the other hand, combines both sets of talents.

    most of the time <cough> boring company, hyperloop </cough>

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)