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Oct 11, 2021 · Fundamentals

How Clive Sinclair’s Low‑Cost ZX80 Sparked a Generation of Home Computing

Clive Sinclair, the British inventor behind the ZX80 and ZX Spectrum, revolutionized affordable home computing in the 1980s, influencing pioneers like Linus Torvalds and inspiring figures such as Elon Musk, while his later ventures into electric vehicles met mixed success.