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Sinclair Research Ltd is a consumer electronics company founded by Sir Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England (originally as Sinclair Radionics in 1961) to sell hi-fi equipment, calculators, radios and other products. In 1966 Sinclair created but never sold the world's first pocket television. In 1972 they marketed the world's first pocket calculator, the Sinclair Executive. Many other pocket calculator variants followed including the Sinclair Cambridge, the Sinclair Scientific and the Sinclair Oxford. Image File history File links Sinclair. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Limited liability company. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (born July 30, 1940), is a British entrepreneur and inventor of, among other things, the worlds first pocket calculator, in 1962 and the beloved ZX Spectrum computer in 1982. ... Nigel Searle was the managing director of Sinclair Research Ltd, and one of the companys longest-serving employees. ... Jim Westwood was the chief engineer at Sinclair Research Ltd in the 1980s, starting at the company in 1963. ... Dickinson designed the ZX81 personal computer, and holds a patent for its design. ... Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science and technology that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations. ... The field of electronics comprises the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons (or other charge carriers) in devices such as thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) and semiconductors. ... High Fidelity is also the title of a book by Nick Hornby and a film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon Hornbys book. ... The Sinclair Executive was Clive Sinclairs first venture into the pocket calculator market. ... The Sinclair Scientific calculator was a 12-function, pocket-sized calculator, selling for about $100. ... The ZX Spectrum was a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... A Sinclair QL The Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap), was a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in January 1984, as the successor to the ZX Spectrum. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom Inflation 2. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (born July 30, 1940), is a British entrepreneur and inventor of, among other things, the worlds first pocket calculator, in 1962 and the beloved ZX Spectrum computer in 1982. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sinclair Radionics Ltd was founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England on 25 July 1961. ... High Fidelity is also the title of a book by Nick Hornby and a film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon Hornbys book. ... A calculator is a device for performing calculations. ... The Sinclair Executive was Clive Sinclairs first venture into the pocket calculator market. ... Sinclair Cambridge with its case (on 5cm squares) The Sinclair Cambridge calculator was a 4-function, pocket-sized calculator manufactured by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... The Sinclair Scientific calculator was a 12-function, pocket-sized calculator, selling for about $100. ... Sinclair Oxford 300 calculator. ...

In the 1980s Sinclair entered the personal computer market with the ZX80 at £99.95, at the time the cheapest personal computer for sale in the UK. In 1982 the ZX Spectrum was released, later becoming Britain's best selling computer, competing aggressively against Commodore and Amstrad. At the height of its success, and largely inspired by the Japanese Fifth Generation Computer programme, the company established the "MetaLab" research centre at Milton Hall (near Cambridge), in order to pursue Artificial Intelligence, Wafer Scale Integration, formal verification and other advanced projects. The combination of the 1984 failures of the Sinclair QL computer and TV80, and the 1985 Sinclair C5 electric vehicle bankrupted the company, and a year later Sinclair sold the rights to their computer products and brand name to Amstrad.^[1] Sinclair Research Ltd still exists today, continuing to market Sir Clive Sinclair's newest inventions. Sinclair ZX80 The Sinclair ZX80 was a home computer brought to market in 1980 by Sinclair Research of Cambridge, England. ... The ZX Spectrum was a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore International, a West Chester, Pennsylvania based electronics company which was a vital player in the home/personal computer field in the 1980s. ... Amstrad is a manufacturer of electronics based in Brentwood in Essex, England and founded in 1968 by Sir Alan Michael Sugar in the UK. The name is a contraction of Alan Michael Sugar Trading. ... The PIM/m-1 machine. ... // Hondas intelligent humanoid robot AI redirects here. ... Wafer-scale integration, WSI for short, is a yet-unused system of building very-large integrated circuit networks that use an entire silicon wafer to produce a single super-chip. Through a combination of large size and reduced packaging, WSI could lead to dramatically reduced costs for some systems, notably... In the context of hardware and software systems, formal verification is the act of proving or disproving the correctness of a system with respect to a certain formal specification or property, using formal methods of mathematics. ... A Sinclair QL The Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap), was a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in January 1984, as the successor to the ZX Spectrum. ... The Sinclair TV80, also known as the Flat Screen Pocket TV or FTV1, was a pocket television launched by Sinclair Research in 1984. ... Sinclair C5 Launched in Britain on 10 January 1985, the Sinclair C5 was a three-wheeled personal transport battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair. ...

The first twenty years: 1961 to 1980

Sinclair Radionics

On 25 July 1961 Sir Clive Sinclair founded Sinclair Radionics in Cambridge, England after raising funds to start the business by writing articles for Practical Wireless magazine. Sinclair Radionics developed hi-fi products, radios, calculators and scientific instruments. In 1963, Sinclair Radionics introduced their first radio with the "Sinclair Slimline" in kit form at forty-nine shillings and sixpence. A year later in 1964 Sinclair released the "Micro-6", match-box size radio which the company claimed was the "world's smallest radio". It could also be worn on your wrist with the "Transrista". In 1965 the "Micro-FM" debuted as "the world"s first pocket-size FM tuner-receiver", but was unsuccessful due to technical difficulties. Despite problems, illegal clones were produced in the far-east. Sinclair's final 1960s radio kit was the 1967 "Micromatic", it was billed as "the world's smallest radio" like Sinclair's earlier radios. The "Micromatic" was a reasonable success and was sold until 1971. In May 1971 Sinclair Radionics made £85,000 profit on £563,000 turnover; the following year profit increased to £97,000 on turnover of £761,000. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x1118, 222 KB)Sinclair Research Ltd Micromatic radio paper advertisement. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x1118, 222 KB)Sinclair Research Ltd Micromatic radio paper advertisement. ... Image File history File linksMetadata SinclairStereo25. ... Image File history File linksMetadata SinclairStereo25. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Sinclair Radionics Ltd was founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England on 25 July 1961. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1966 Sinclair Radionics entered the hi-fi market with the "Stereo 25", a low-cost pre-amp control system, production was halted in 1968 due to low supply of transistors which had been purchased in 1964 as rejects from other manufacturers. In 1969 it was replaced by the "Stereo Sixty", which soon became Sinclair's most successful audio product, being the second product of the "Project 60" range. The "Project 60" products sold well and were supplemented by the "Project 605" kit in 1972. It was eventually superseded by the more advanced "Project 80" kit in 1974. In September 1973 Sinclair purchased "Ablesdeal" so that he would be able to avoid the delay of incorporating a company if it became convenient for him to shift his ambitions away from Sinclair Radionics. In May 1973 Sinclair Radionics generated £1.8m turnover.

In 1966, Sinclair Radionics developed the world's first portable television, the "Microvision", but never attempted to sell it because development costs would have been too high based on the complicated design the Microvision used. In 1976 it was sold as a revised version, the "Microvision TV1A/MON1A" at £99.95. Supply exceeded demand, and 12,000 units were left unsold until they were sold off cheaply. This resulted in a £480,000 loss for Sinclair. Sir Clive Sinclair was certain that the TV1B model released in 1978 would be more successful, but sales were disappointing. The technology was sold to Binatone. Image File history File links Tv1a. ... Image File history File links Tv1a. ... Binatone is a private company owned by brothers Partap and Gulu Lalvani. ...

During the majority of the 1970s Sinclair focused on building the most affordable pocket calculators, with the best design. In 1972, Sinclair released the world's first slim-line pocket calculator, the Sinclair Executive, for £79.95. The calculator only included basic math functions, and the LED display required lots of power. It is often credited as being the world's first attractively-styled calculator, that didn't require mains power to be used like prior calculators. The executive was a phenomenal success, earning Sinclair £1.8m in profit. In 1973 the "Executive Memory" was introduced at a far cheaper price of £24.95. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1020x1876, 378 KB) Other versions Originally from en. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1020x1876, 378 KB) Other versions Originally from en. ... The Sinclair Executive was Clive Sinclairs first venture into the pocket calculator market. ... Blue, green and red LEDs. ...

In 1975 Sinclair Radionics launched the £29.95 Oxford 300 scientific briefcase calculator. 1975 also saw the release of the Sinclair Scientific, a scientific pocket calculator for £99.95. It used RPN, and displays only in 5 digit mantissa or 2 digit. In 1977 a revised model, the "Scientific Programmable", was released at £29.95. The Scientific Programmable Mark 2 was later released, reducing the price to £17.22. Sinclair attempted to capture the top-end calculator market with the Sinclair Sovereign, available in plated gold or silver, it was critically acclaimed for its excellent engineering and design and enjoyed short success. Sinclair Radionics Ltd was founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England on 25 July 1961. ... Sinclair Oxford 300 calculator. ... The Sinclair Scientific calculator was a 12-function, pocket-sized calculator, selling for about $100. ... Reverse Polish notation (RPN) , also known as postfix notation, is an arithmetic formula notation, derived from the Polish notation introduced in 1920 by the Polish mathematician Jan Łukasiewicz. ... The Silver Sovereign was a high-end calculator introduced by Sinclair Research Ltd of the United Kingdom in 1976, it was one of the last Sinclair calculators. ...

In August of 1975 Sinclair introduced the Black Watch at £17.95 in kit form and £24.95 ready-built. Including a 5-digit LED display, it suffered from technical flaws related with the battery and accuracy. The company began to see significant commercial losses because of the product. In August 1975, Sinclair changed the name of Ablesdeal to "Sinclair Instrument Ltd". Exactly a year later the National Enterprise Board bought a 43% stake in Sinclair Radionics for £650,000. Finding it inconvenient to share control of his company, Sinclair encouraged Chris Curry, who had been working for Radionics since 1966, to leave and get Sinclair Instrument started. Image File history File links Sinclairblackwatch. ... Image File history File links Sinclairblackwatch. ... The Black Watch was a financial disaster for Sinclair Radionics. ... The National Enterprise Board (NEB) was a government body set up in the United Kingdom in 1975 to implement the Wilson Labour governments objective of extending public ownership of industry. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Sinclair Instrument developed the "Wrist Calculator" to generate cash, it soon became a commercial success selling in surprising figures. In July 1977 Sinclair Instrument Ltd was renamed to "Science of Cambridge Ltd". Around about the same time, Ian Williamson showed Chris Curry a prototype computer based around a National Semiconductor SC/MP and some parts taken from an earlier Sinclair calculator. Curry was impressed and encouraged Sinclair to adopt this as a product; an agreement was reached with Williamson but no contract was ever signed, Nat Semi had offered to redesign the project so that it used only their components and they also offered to manufacture the boards. Categories: Electronics companies of the United States | Companies based in California | Corporation stubs ... The SC/MP from National Semiconductor was an early microprocessor, becoming available in early 1974. ...

Science of Cambridge

In June 1978 Science of Cambridge launched a microcomputer kit, marketed as the MK14, based around the National SC/MP chip. By July 1978, a personal computer project was already underway. When Sinclair learnt that the NewBrain could not be sold at below the sub-£100 price that he envisaged, his thoughts turned to the ZX80 instead. In May 1979 Jim Westwood started the ZX80 project at Science of Cambridge, it was launched in February 1980 at £79.95 in kit form and £99.95 ready-built. In November Science of Cambridge was renamed to "Sinclair Computers Ltd". The Microcomputer Kit 14, or MK14 was a computer kit sold by Science of Cambridge of the United Kingdom, first introduced in 1977 for UKÂ£39. ... The Grundy NewBrain was a microcomputer sold in the early-1980s by Grundy Business Systems Ltd of Teddington and Cambridge, England. ... Jim Westwood was the chief engineer at Sinclair Research Ltd in the 1980s, starting at the company in 1963. ... The Sinclair ZX80 was a home computer brought to market in 1980 by Sinclair Research. ...

Success and then decline: 1981 to 1986

Home computers

In March 1981 "Sinclair Computers" was renamed to "Sinclair Research Ltd" and the Sinclair ZX81 was launched at £49.95 in kit form and £69.95 ready-built, by mail order. In February 1982, Timex Corporation obtained a license to manufacture and market Sinclair's computers in the USA under the name Timex Sinclair. In April the ZX Spectrum was launched, priced at £125 for the 16 kB RAM version and £175 for the 48 kB version. In July Timex launched the TS 1000 (a version of the ZX81) in the US. In March 1982 Sinclair made an £8.55m profit on turnover of £27.17m, including £383,000 government grants for flat screen. The Timex computer was a Sinclair ZX81 variant with 2Kbytes of static RAM onboard This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Timex computer was a Sinclair ZX81 variant with 2Kbytes of static RAM onboard This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Timex Corporation, best known for the production of clocks, watches, and other timepieces, attempted to enter the fledgling home computer market of the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Sinclair line. ... Download high resolution version (2168x1593, 439 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2168x1593, 439 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Timex Sinclair 1000 be merged into this article or section. ... Timex Group B.V. is the best-known American watch company. ... Timex Corporation, best known for the production of clocks, watches, and other timepieces, attempted to enter the fledgling home computer market of the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Sinclair line. ... The ZX Spectrum was a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... The Timex Sinclair 1000 (TS1000) was the first computer produced by Timex Sinclair, a joint-venture between Timex Corporation and Sinclair Research. ...

In 1982 Clive Sinclair converted the Barker & Wadsworth mineral water bottling factory at 25 Willis Road, Cambridge into the company's new headquarters. It was sold to Cambridgeshire County Council in December 1985 due to Sinclair's finance troubles. In many places, mineral water is often colloquially used to mean carbonated water (which is usually carbonated mineral water, as opposed to tap water). ... Reusable glass milk bottles A bottle is a small container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a mouth. ...

In January 1983 the ZX Spectrum personal computer was presented at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. In September the Sinclair TV80 television was launched, using flat-screen technology unlike Sinclair's previous CRT televisions, the TV80 was a commercial failure only selling 15,000 units and not covering its development costs of £4m. This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... The Sinclair TV80, also known as the Flat Screen Pocket TV or FTV1, was a pocket television launched by Sinclair Research in 1984. ... It has been suggested that Crookes tube be merged into this article or section. ...

In 1983, the company bought Milton Hall in the village of Milton, outside Cambridge, for £2m, establishing their MetaLab research and development facility there.

In late 1983, Timex decided to pull out of the "Timex Sinclair" venture, which had failed to break the US market as expected due to strong competition. However Timex computers continued to be produced for several years in other countries. Timex Portugal, with the TS 2048 and 2068, launched improved versions capable of displaying more colours, and a better circuit design. They also developed and launched the FDD 3000, a floppy disk system, that was not well received by the market. The Timex Sinclair 2048 was an enhanced version of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer. ... The Timex Sinclair 2068 (TS2068), released in November 1983, was Timex Sinclairs fourth and last home computer for the U.S. market. ...

The Sinclair QL was announced on January 12, 1984, shortly before the Apple Macintosh actually went on sale.^[2] This was a new computer, to be aimed at the business market and costing £399. However, at this point the final design had not yet been completed. Shipping finally started in May, with 13,000 orders taken, but only a few hundred units delivered at first. Because the initially supplied ROM had proved insufficient, early machines were shipped with a "kludge" or "dongle" hanging out of the machine containing an additional ROM chip^[3]. Your Sinclair noted that it was "difficult to find a good word for Sinclair Research in the computer press". A Sinclair QL The Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap), was a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in January 1984, as the successor to the ZX Spectrum. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Your Sinclair magazine logo Your Sinclair Issue 1, January 1986 Your Sinclair or YS as it was affectionately known, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, specifically the ZX Spectrum. ...

Fully working QLs were not available until late summer; complaints against Sinclair regarding delays were upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority in May of the year (in 1982 it had upheld complaints about delays in shipping Spectrums). Especially severe were allegations that it was cashing cheques months before machines were shipped. The QL was nowhere near as successful as Sinclair's earlier computers. In the autumn, Sinclair were still publicly predicting it would be a "million seller", with 250,000 sold by the end of the year ^[4]. QL production was suspended in February 1985, and the price was halved by the end of the year ^[5]. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the independent British self regulatory organisation (SRO) of the advertising industry. ...

Between 1981 and 1988 Sinclair created ten peripherals for their computers, including joysticks, a spark printer and memory expansion modules. Some of the peripherals were developed by other companies but still marketed under the Sinclair brand. External storage for the Spectrum was usually on cassette tapes, as was common in the era. Rather than an optional floppy disk drive, Sinclair instead opted to offer their own system, the ZX Microdrive, a tape-loop cartridge system that was rather unreliable. This was also the primary storage device for the QL. Joystick elements: 1. ... A spark printer uses a special paper coated with a layer of aluminium over a black backing, which is printed on by using a pulsing current onto the paper via two styli that move across on a moving belt at high speed. ... For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that comprises a circular piece of thin, flexible (hence floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic wallet. ... The ZX Microdrive was a tape-loop storage system from the 1980s, used in Sinclair Researchs ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL home computers. ...

The ZX Spectrum+, a retooled ZX Spectrum with a new keyboard, was launched in October and appeared on WHSmith's shelves the day after release. Retailers stocked the machine in large numbers in expectation of good Christmas sales, however it did not sell in the numbers expected and, because retailers still had unsold stock, Sinclair's income from orders dipped alarmingly in January. The Spectrum+ had the same technical specifications as the original Spectrum. An upgraded Spectrum, the ZX Spectrum 128, was launched in Spain in September 1985, by the Spanish firm Investronica^[6]. January 1986 saw the machine launched in the UK, apparently in an attempt to generate cash^[7]. The entrance to a small WH Smith store in York train station This article is about the retail chain; for people of that name, see William Henry Smith. ...

Trouble and Amstrad acquisition

In January 1985, Sinclair released the "FM Wristwatch Radio", an LCD wristwatch with a radio attached. The aerial was built into the strap and the battery was hidden in the clasp, presumably in an attempt to balance out the considerable weight of the watch. The watch had several usage problems, and never went into full production, making it one of the rarest Sinclair products. LCD redirects here. ... This page is about timekeeping devices. ...

Sir Clive had long held an interest in electric vehicles and during the early 1980s worked on the design of a single-seater "personal vehicle". A new company, Sinclair Vehicles Ltd, was formed in March 1983 (allowing Sinclair Research to concentrate on electronics) and its Sinclair C5 electric vehicle was launched on 10 January 1985. The battery powered vehicle aimed to solve environmental problems and be the first truly affordable vehicle at £399. It was a commercial disaster, selling only 17,000 units and losing Sinclair £7m, Sinclair Vehicles going into liquidation later the same year. The C5, combined with the failures of the QL and the TV80, caused investors to lose confidence in Sir Clive. Image File history File links SinclairC5. ... Image File history File links SinclairC5. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Sinclair Vehicles Ltd was a company formed in March 1983 by Sir Clive Sinclair as a focus for his work in the field of electric vehicles. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sinclair C5 Launched in Britain on 10 January 1985, the Sinclair C5 was a three-wheeled personal transport battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sinclair TV80, also known as the Flat Screen Pocket TV or FTV1, was a pocket television launched by Sinclair Research in 1984. ...

On 28 May 1985, Sinclair had announced that it wanted to raise an extra £10m to £15m to restructure Sinclair Research. Given the loss of confidence in the company, this proved hard to find. In 1986, the company sold its entire computer product range and the "Sinclair" brand name to Amstrad.^[9]^[10]^[11] This deal did not involve the company, merely its name and products. May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The tireless inventor: 1990s to present

Today the company still exists, but in a completely different form than it did in the 1980s. In 1993, 1994 and 1995 Sinclair made continuing losses on decreasing turnover, and began to worry investors since Clive Sinclair himself was using his own personal wealth to fund his inventions. By 1990 Sinclair's entire staff had been reduced to Sinclair himself, a salesperson/administrator, and R&D employee. By 1997 reportedly only Sinclair on his own was working at his company.

In 1992, the "Zike" electric bicycle was released, Sinclair's second attempt at changing means of transportation. The "Zike" was a commercial failure much like the C5 was, and only sold a total of 2,000 units. It had a maximum speed of 10 mph (16 km/h), and was only available through mail order. The Zike, or Sinclair Zike, was a light-weight electric bicycle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair and marketed by his company Sinclair Research Ltd in 1992. ... Sinclair C5 Launched in Britain on 10 January 1985, the Sinclair C5 was a three-wheeled personal transport battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair. ...

In 1997, Sinclair released the world's smallest radio with the "Z1 Micro AM Radio". In 2003, the Sinclair "ZA20 Wheelchair Drive Unit" was introduced, designed and manufactured in conjunction with Hong Kong's Daka Designs, a partnership which also led to the SeaDoo Sea Scooter, an underwater propulsion unit.

On July 12, 2006, the A-bike, a folding bicycle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair, was released and went on sale for £200. It was originally announced two years previously, in 2004. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A-bike is a light-weight folding bicycle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair in the United Kingdom and released on July 12, 2006. ... A Brompton folding bicycle // A folding bicycle or folder is a type of bicycle that incorporates a number of hinges or joints, which may be lockable, that permit it to be folded into a more compact size, typically via folding one or more of the bicycles components, most often...

Cancelled projects

The following computer products were under development at Sinclair Research during the 1980s, but never reached production:

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Facts and trivia

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Contents

The first twenty years: 1961 to 1980

Sinclair Radionics

Science of Cambridge

Success and then decline: 1981 to 1986

Home computers

Trouble and Amstrad acquisition

The tireless inventor: 1990s to present

Cancelled projects

Facts and trivia

See also

References

References and further reading

Books

Magazines

External links

Contents

The first twenty years: 1961 to 1980 GA_googleFillSlot("encyclopedia_square");

Sinclair Radionics

Science of Cambridge

Success and then decline: 1981 to 1986

Home computers

Trouble and Amstrad acquisition

The tireless inventor: 1990s to present

Cancelled projects

Facts and trivia

See also

References

References and further reading

Books

Magazines

External links

The first twenty years: 1961 to 1980