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Ah but Sir Sugar was the king of clone! Sir Clive? Well he was a one off! Shame about the bike!
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Meanwhile, I have just received confirmation that the two clone builders who have emerged so far were indeed co-conspirators in the original project. Apparently, the gang consisted of four enthusiasts. So that's two down, with two to go. Who knows, maybe they will now be inspired to have another go!
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Sorry Eddie, but I have to disagree with you on both points there. Alan was the King of Kr*p! In his own words, he used phrases like "a mug's eyeful"! Don't get me wrong, as I admire the man greatly, but his stuff was always of the "pile 'em high, and sell 'em cheap" variety. No technical innovator, Sir Alan! On the other hand, Sir Clive was (and continues to be) a genius guy. Only recently I was browsing through some "Practical Electronics" from the 1960's (as one does). Some of the early Sinclair stuff is in there:- the Stereo 25 amp, the Micro FM radio (smaller than a match-box), the Z-12 mini Hi-Fi amp, etc., etc. All designed by Clive. Forget the C-5. What about the ZX-81 and all the rest?
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Amstrad 512 and its big brother the 640, I used to repair these for a living! Oh and remember the PCW9512? Plug the printer in when it was switched on and presto 100 quid for a new power supply! the PC512 and 640 had an interface called GEM. 3 clicks of the mouse button and it would crash! I also used to Repair Beebs, Archimedes, Commodore 64 and the ZX-81 (ZTX650 transistors and Ram being the only failures) or the occasional Z80 CPU. Then along came the Atari ST and the Commodore Amiga and then, well the whole world changed then didn't it (Motorola 68xxx)!
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Ah ah! As I thought ... a true aficionado! How about starting something going with the expat community "out there", Mate? Interesting thought, that ... I wonder if there are any 1980's micro's in Saudi Arabia? Meanwhile, here's something which may be of interest.
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I already have something going with the community here mate! Bib-soc. Its a sort of periodical comparison/competition of home produce type of thing!
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Sounds a bit esoteric to me, Mate. As an aside, about ten years ago (whilst happily dwelling out in the desert myself), I was seriously considering a venture to import British four-stroke dirt bikes of 1960's vintage. I had this wonderful vision of myself blasting up the dunes on quality machines such as the Matchless G85. Just imagine! But, as we know, the "problem" out there is the need for a local partner.
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Sometimes (better make that often) the simplest ideas are the best. Anyone think of more examples where someone "thought outside the box", and technology (and, therefore, all of us) took a great leap forward? You know, as in "building a better mouse trap".
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OXO cubes?
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