Sir Clive passed away.

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Sir Clive passed away.

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Just read that the main man has died, aged 81. That's a bummer. I hoped he would go on forever. At least the things he put to market in the 80s are still being tinkered with and will certainly live on.


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Absolutely gutting news :(


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RIP Sir Clive :-(


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:(
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That's very sad. In a very real sense I can say that Sir Clive started me off on my career in computers.

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RIP Sir Clive. A big chunk of the lives of many of us revolved around your products at one time or another.


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In a word, bugger!

Without my zx81, spectrum and ql, I'd never have got the jobs I've had, my wife or our company. I owe him a lot.

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I am not a literary man by any means, doubly so when someone's nearest-and-dearest has died, because I'm always treading on eggshells in my heaviest boots and inevitably an egg or six will get smashed. I've had so many family deaths that I'm somewhat desensitised, so I generally don't say anything.

But now, I'm going to have to. With a fair few others writing words to the effect of "this is the effect Sir Clive had on my life", the easiest way to do the same is to point you all towards the better of the two "About Me" profiles on my two Sinclair websites, and hopefully this won't be seen as a tasteless move. It says everything you'd need to know.

If I had to summarise succinctly, "Sinclair computers saved me from an existence that would otherwise have been a lot less bearable, and are still doing so". Will that do?

I'll have to copy and paste this everywhere I post (i.e. here, Spectrum Computing, WOS and Sinclair ZX World) so if you get a sense of déjà vu from being on multiple forums, it should be understandable under the circumstances.


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