Just a TOY? The Sinclair ZX80 Story

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In 1980s Britain the Sinclair name was synonymous with home computers. It was also synonymous with cheap design, terrible keyboards and long wait times to fulfil orders. Their second computer, the ZX80 had all of this and more. But with clever marketing and a very low price – less than £100 – it kickstarted a British computer revolution and helped to cement Britain today as a home of programming excellence. And yet the leader of the company that made it, Clive Sinclair, wasn’t really interested in making computers. So, why did he produce it, and why was something so flimsy and underpowered so influential? Nostalgia Nerd ZX Spectrum video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9dHI6EwWTU Sharopolis ZX80 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyPpq62b7gw If you'd like to support what I do please consider supporting me below: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car merch: https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv Link to my other channel - Big Car: https://https://www.youtube.com/bigcar2 Sources: Sinclair adverts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Curry_(businessman) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Radionics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundy_NewBrain https://web.archive.org/web/20120716192314/http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/zx80/zx80_sst.htm https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-01/page/n95 https://archive.org/details/kilobaudmagazine-1980-12/page/n169 https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-04/page/n47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroAce https://nosher.net/archives/computers/ads_008 https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerWorld1980-04/page/54 https://archive.org/details/PracticalComputing1981April04/page/n119 http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ZX80/FlickerFree/ZX80_DisplayMechanism.htm #littlecar