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Who remembers acoustic tape computer storage? A few weeks ago I wrote about the influence Sir Clive Sinclair had on my tech career: As part of that article I spoke about my first computer, a ZX81 kit. Now for the younger readers we did have floppy disks back then, floppy disks that bent, as opposed …

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It was announced yesterday that the inventor and computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair died at his home in London after a long illness. Although according to his daughter he was still inventing last week. Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81 – BBC News If you follow the link to the article above you …

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