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Sinclair Research was formed in England in 1973.

Sinclair released their first home computer in 1980 with the ZX80 which was followed in 1981 by the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum in 1982. Sinclair released different flavours of the ZX Spectrum over the period of a few years which included Spectrum 16K & 48K, Spectrum+ and the Spectrum 128.

Sinclair was sold to Amstrad in 1985

Year Formed : 1973

Year Closed : 1985

Country : England

I currently own the following Sinclair computers / peripherals :

  • 1981 - ZX81 by Sinclair
  • 1982 - ZX Spectrum by Sinclair
  • 1984 - ZX Spectrum+ by Sinclair
  • 1986 - ZX Spectrum 128 by Sinclair
  • 1984 - Sinclair QL by Sinclair
  • 1981 - ZX Printer by Sinclair
  • 1981 - ZX 16K RAM by Sinclair
  • 1983 - ZX Microdrive by Sinclair
  • 1983 - ZX Interface 1 by Sinclair
  • 1983 - ZX Interface 2 by Sinclair

ZX81

Year of Release : 1981

Original Price : £69.95

Memory RAM : 1K

CPU : Z80 @ 3.25MHz

Display Resolution Pixels : 64 x 48

Colours : 2

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ZX Spectrum

Year of Release : 1982

Original Price : £125 or £175

Memory RAM : 16K or 48K

CPU : Z80A @ 3.5MHz

Display Resolution Pixels : 256 x 192

Colours : 8

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ZX Spectrum+

Year of Release : 1984

Original Price : £179.95

Memory RAM : 48K

CPU : Z80A @ 3.5MHz

Display Resolution Pixels : 256 x 192

Colours : 8

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ZX Spectrum 128

Year of Release : 1986

Original Price : £179.95

Memory RAM : 128K

CPU : Zilog Z80 A @ 3.5469MHz

Display Resolution Pixels : 256 x 192

Colours : 8

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Sinclair QL

Year of Release : 1984

Original Price : £399

Memory RAM : 128K

CPU : 68008 @ 7.5MHz

Display Resolution Pixels : 256 x 256

Colours : 8

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ZX Printer

Year of Release : 1981

Manufacturer : Sinclair

Price : £59.95

Specification : 32 characters or 256 pixels

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ZX 16K RAM

Year of Release : 1981

Manufacturer : Sinclair

Price : £29.95

Specification : 16K RAM Pack Expansion

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ZX Microdrive

Year of Release : 1983

Manufacturer : Sinclair

Price : £49.95

Specification : 85KB Storage at 15KBs per second

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ZX Interface 1

Year of Release : 1983

Manufacturer : Sinclair

Price : £49.95

Specification : Drives upto 8 ZX Microdrives

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ZX Interface 2

Year of Release : 1983

Manufacturer : Sinclair

Price : £19.95

Specification : ROM Cartridge Software and Joystick Interface

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Retro 8-Bit Computer Collection from 1979 to 1986.

A short history of retro 8-bit computers spanning from 1979 with the Atari 400 through to 1986 and the ZX Spectrum 128.

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