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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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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    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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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/09/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets

    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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    Image of jeffk jeffk
    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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    Image of S-Express S-Express
    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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    10/08/09

    @S-Express has a pet troll: Nathan: oh I want one
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    10/08/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    Great read Sean. Thanks!
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    Image of LastError LastError
    09/21/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    Companies like Monoprice showed that it was possible to sell decent cables for cut-rate prices and completely undercut retail pricing. It works in part because cables are pretty stupid simple and many of them get made in the same Chinese factories as the branded ones. The Chinese factory mantra "Best Price! Best Price!" works in this case.

    Amazon is legitimizing the idea with some serious cred. Good.

    That said, there are still tons of people who really DO believe that paying 10 times the money for a cable really does give them something better or special or at least something they can brag about to their friends. Nobody "keeping up with the Joneses" is going to brag about Amazon-branded cables. No, they'll want to brag about Monster gold plated oxygenated fiber optic double shielded quad core buzzword cables that cost a lot.
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    09/20/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    Terrific idea. I wonder why they haven't done private label goods before. All the large retailers do.
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    09/20/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    I like this a lot. I just bought a 6' HDMI cable for about $8 the other day from Amazon, and that was after I tried to buy locally from Best Buy and Radio Shack where the wanted at least $30 for their cheapest cable. The only problem with buying cheap basics from Amazon is that there is a lot of crap on there from unknown manufacturers, so AmazonBasics will actually give me some confidence that there are quality standards in place from a brand I can trust, while still getting a good price.
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    Image of Magnavox Magnavox
    09/20/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    Guys I'm going to blatently plug where I get all my cables from (audio / video /etc.) - monoprice.com. I have never seen any cable prices lower (consistently). I just bought a 15' hdmi, 6' component, and 6' optical cable for $12 (inc. shipping).

    Again, monoprice.com

    (later receives bags of internet monies in the mail)
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    09/21/09

    @Magnavox: I agree. Monoprice is the best. I wired my entire home theater using their HDMI cables and speaker wire.
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    09/20/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    Can anyone translate that Paul Ryder quote? I don't speak marketing-douche.
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    Image of Chewbenator Chewbenator
    09/20/09

    @AT203: "We are putting our name on products that are already sold on our own website so that consumers can confidently buy $3 cables for $8." "Also, those vendors that sell these $3 cables for $15+ can suck it down."
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    Image of ThePeacemaker02 ThePeacemaker02
    09/20/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    Another place to not buy monster cables and get HDMI on the cheap. Well done amazon.
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    09/20/09

    @ThePeacemaker02: I seriously bought a 50ft 3.5mm headphone extension cable from Amazon with Free Shipping for only $.01

    I challenge anyone to find that good of deal anywhere.
    And the cable isnt actually that bad. does the job well. and no static or feedback.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    01/16/09

    In reply to Circuit City to Liquidate, Prices May Go Up to MSRP
    CC's decline started when they decided to dump their appliances department, at a time they were second only to Sears in number of appliances sold. Bad business thinking.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/16/09

    In reply to Breakthrough Spintronics Single-Electron Pump To Bring Faster, More Efficient Processors
    This is very cool indeed. With the Gigahertz Wars starting to wind down and fade into the Battle of the Cores, it'll be very interesting to start seeing the Quantum Holy-fuck-that's-a-fast-electron... Wars, and have Netbooks attain artificial intelligence.
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