Technology pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81, his family have confirmed. The entrepreneur was most widely known for popularising the use of a home computer and was also the inventor ...

稍為年長的讀者或者曾經聽過 Sinclair ZX Spectrum 這部於 1982 年推出的家用電腦，當年除支援彩色螢幕顯示外，更有不少經典的 8 bit 遊戲可以玩到。如今就有人將它重新打造成一個遊戲手掣，而且 ...

Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...

If you are reading this article you are probably a home computer owner, or are surfing the web when you should be working! But as little as 35 years ago calculators - let alone computers - were the ...

The ZX Spectrum was a 1980s icon which played a starring role in the revolution that brought computers into the UK’s homes for the first time. The 8-bit computer arrived in 1982 with its distinctive ...

Hey! If you have fond memories playing Manic Miner or Jet Set Willy on your family TV, you’ll love The Rubber Keyed Wonder. It’s a new documentary chronicling the birth, life, death and rebirth of the ...

Sir Clive Sinclair shows off the latest Spectrum computer, resplendently sporting a built-in tape loader and an obscene amount (128k!) of memory. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 13 February 1986.

Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum home computer was a minimalist slab of plastic and rubber, topped off with rainbow stripes down the side – a masterpiece of understatement in an age of overkill. And ...