Sinclair ZX Spectrum 30th Anniversary

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 22, 2012 @04:37PM from the quick-someone-write-a-treacly-pop-song dept.

It's not just the TRS-80; new submitter sebt writes "ZX Spectrum, the microcomputer launched in 1982 by Sinclair Research (Cambridge, UK) turns 30 today. The launch of the machine is seen by many today as the inspiration for a generation of eager young programmers, software and game designers in the UK. The events surrounding its launch, notably Sinclair's well-known rivalry with Acorn, later helped to inspire the design of the ARM architecture and most recently the Raspberry PI (based on ARM), in an effort to reboot the idea of enthusiastic kid programmers first captured by the Spectrum and Acorn's BBC micro. Happy birthday Spec!"

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For the love of God... by Amiralul · 2012-04-22 16:56 · Score: 4, Funny

Please STOP IT!.
1. Re:For the love of God... by mwvdlee · 2012-04-22 18:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  What is that link supposed to be?
  Is it like one of those flyers they put behind the windscreen wipers of your car?
  
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Nostalgic! by putaro · 2012-04-22 17:36 · Score: 4, Funny

Sinclair Computing - corporate motto: A computer in every closet!
Clive declined to take part in the conversation: by s-whs · 2012-04-22 19:49 · Score: 3, Funny

Sir Clive declined to take part in the conversation.

Actually, I heard he wanted to do participate via online conferencing, but his computer suffered from RAMpack wobble...