Clive sinclair, the renowned British inventor, passed away at age 81, as reported The Guardian. According to information provided by family members, Sinclair died at his London home after battling a long illness. “He was an amazing person. Of course, he was very smart and always interested in everything,” said Belinda Sinclair, his daughter.
Clive Sinclair was born on June 30, 1940 in the English capital. From a young age he showed interest in the technology of the time and, when he was 17 years old, he left school to found Sinclair Radionics in 1961. Just at the beginning of his career as an inventor, he made evident his taste for portable devices and for bringing technology to the masses.
However, the product that established its importance in the history of technology was the first pocket calculator, which saw the light during 1967. Clive Sinclair was really interested in reducing the dimensions of devices that, today, are common to carry in the palm of the hand. “He wanted to make things small and cheap so that people could access them,” said his daughter.
With the experience gained with various calculator models, Clive Sinclair entered the world of computers. In 1980 he presented the ZX80, considered at the time as the smallest and most affordable computer in the world. Its specifications, of course, are far from what we can obtain today: 1 KB of RAM and an operating system based on BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). It certainly lacked a graphical interface.
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