CNET

Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum: ‘This is where the UK games industry came from’

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was one of the most important early home computers, an affordable model that inspired a generation as it brought amateur programming and computer gaming to the masses. It was ...
Hackaday

Sinclair Zx Spectrum

Back in the early 1980s when 8-bit home computers became affordable educational toys for children, the traditional paper publishing industry did its best to keep up. For a few brief years, there were ...
The Verge

Clive Sinclair, inventor of the ZX Spectrum personal computer, has died

Clive Sinclair, who invented the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an early personal computer, died of cancer Thursday at age 81, his family confirmed. Sinclair was an inventor with an impressive list of ...
Game Rant

Sir Clive Sinclair, Inventor of the ZX Spectrum, Dies at 81

Andrew is a freelance writer from UK who specialises in video game news. He has written for What Culture, Rock Paper Shotgun, and PCGamesN. In 2023, he finally caved and bought an Xbox Series X. If ...
CNET

Home computing icon Clive Sinclair, the man behind the ZX Spectrum, has died

Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen and streaming. A member of the Film Critic's Circle, he's covered technology and culture from London's tech scene ...
Ars Technica

RIP Sir Clive Sinclair, creator of UK’s famed ZX Spectrum gaming computer

Sir Clive Sinclair, the namesake of a British electronics manufacturer who helped pioneer Europe’s microcomputing boom, is dead at the age of 81. His company, Sinclair Radionics, is arguably best ...
Inverse

Remembering Clive Sinclair, trailblazer of the home computer

Clive Sinclair, the English inventor best known for helping to popularize home computing systems, died on September 16 after battling a cancer-related illness for more than a decade. Sinclair created ...
Geeky Gadgets

Awesome prototype Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer donated to museum

The awesome Sinclair ZX Spectrum was my second computer and followed on from the 1K ZX81, providing the first taste of colour and a larger memory capable of playing games such as JetPac, Manic Miner ...
Hexus

Rick Dickinson, designer of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, dies

Rick Dickinson, the designer of several iconic Sinclair home computers, died earlier this week. Mr Dickinson, thought to be in his 60s, had recovered after a cancer diagnosis in 2015, only for it to ...
ZDNet

My first computer: The ZX Spectrum

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CNN

Clive Sinclair, an inventor who helped popularize personal computers, dies at 81

Before computers were a staple of workplaces, schools, libraries and many homes, they were bulky, expensive and a luxury many couldn’t afford. Enter Clive Sinclair. The British inventor’s first ...