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    A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/10/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    Clive Sinclair did NOT invent the first electronic pocket calculator.. It was the Japanese.

    The first portable calculators appeared in Japan in 1970, and were soon marketed around the world.
    The first truly pocket-sized electronic calculator was the Busicom LE-120A "HANDY", which was marketed early in 1971. Made in Japan, this was also the first calculator to use an LED display, the first hand-held calculator to use a single integrated circuit (then proclaimed as a "calculator on a chip"), the Mostek MK6010, and the first electronic calculator to run off replaceable batteries.

    The first American-made pocket-sized calculator, the Bowmar 901B (popularly referred to as The Bowmar Brain), measuring 5.2×3.0×1.5 in (131×77×37 mm), came out in the fall of 1971, with four functions and an eight-digit red LED display... Wiki
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    10/10/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    We owned a Sinclair ZX-80. Our first home computer.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    I left my first Sinclair Spectrum turned on overnight on my living room floor because I was in the middle of a huge basic program. When I woke up the next day it had melted the floor :(
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    10/09/09

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    I still have the JVC P-100 version of that portable TV packed away somewhere. I wonder if it still works...
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    10/08/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    I wanted a Timex/Sinclair, when my high school had terminals typing on paper rolls for displays. I am not kidding or exaggerating.

    I was also bicycling then and now. And I can tell you that the Sinclair folding bike sucks. But you can see that from the picture.
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    10/08/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    Surely their greatest ever invention was the C5 electric 'car'
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    @S-Express has a pet troll: Nathan: oh I want one
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    10/08/09

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    Great read Sean. Thanks!
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