Home computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies at the age of 81

The science and technology industry has lost a pioneer today.according to The Guardian It is reported that Sir Clive Sinclair, who was famous in the industry for the ZX Spectrum computer and was active in the UK in the 1980s, has recently bid farewell to the world after a long illness. For many people, the greatest part of Sinclair’s life is to lower the barriers to entry for home computers. In an era when manufacturers were eager to offer thousands of dollars in prices, Clive Sinclair brand equipment was often priced at only a fraction of the price.

In addition, Sir Sinclair also has the identity of an inventor. The pocket calculator that came out in 1,972 is also one of his proud works (Texas Instruments’ first calculator HP-65 that supports programming was not launched until 1974). At the same time, he has also dabbled in electric vehicles. In 1985, he developed an electric tricycle called C5. But this product may be too ahead of the times, and Sinclair’s vehicle business unfortunately ceased less than a year after its birth. Later, the QL computer he launched in 1984 also encountered difficulties, which eventually led to the sale of the company to Amstrad in 1985.

But in any case, the pioneer’s work at that time really affected many people. For example, Linus Torvald, the father of Linux, was a user of the Clive Sinclair computer. After the death of Sir Sinclair, Elon Musk also tweeted to express his condolences.