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Sinclair Research Limited was founded by Sir Clive Sinclair in the 1960s to take advantage of a boon in home electronics and the desire to bring electronics projects to the masses.

It started off by selling small projects for people to build at home, including amplifiers and radio kits.  During the late 1970s, a range of calculators came out, with their first home computer, the Sinclair ZX80 being released for under £100 in 1980.

Although still in kit form, it was not until the launch of the ZX81 in 1981, that Sinclair Research began to gain a mass following.  The Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1982) and ill-fated Sinclair QL (1984) soon followed, but the Company's products and name were sold to rival Amstrad in 1986, following financial difficulties due to poor sales of the Sinclair QL, the flat screen pocket TV (TV80) and the first electric car, the Sinclair C5.

Sinclair launched the portable computer the Cambridge Z88 under the name Cambridge Computer Limited.

Sir Clive Sinclair still continues to produce different products today, although a long way from the computer heyday - he has produced electric and folding bicycles, an X1 radio which fits inside your ear, a Wheelchair Drive Unit and even a sub-aqua SEADOO SEA-SCOOTER.

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Sinclair ZX80 ZX81 Spectrum RF Computer to Analogue TV Cable Lead Sinclair ZX80 ZX81 Spectrum RF Computer to Analogue TV Cable Lead   £2.41 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- Animated Graphics by EMAP Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- Animated Graphics by EMAP   £1.00 ¡Cómpralo ya!
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Rockman Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Rockman   £1.25 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Tiger Road Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Tiger Road   £2.99 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: HardBall! Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: HardBall!   £1.99 ¡Cómpralo ya!
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Techno Cop Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Techno Cop   £2.99 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- Gift From The Gods? Thor : QL II by EMAP Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- Gift From The Gods? Thor : QL II by EMAP   £1.00 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- Supertoolkit The Ultimate Enhancement? by EMAP Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- Supertoolkit The Ultimate Enhancement? by EMAP   £1.00 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- First Aid- QL Repairs by EMAP Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- First Aid- QL Repairs by EMAP   £1.00 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- MIDI- Wired For Sound by EMAP Sinclair QL Magazine: Sinclair QL World- MIDI- Wired For Sound by EMAP   £1.00 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Frankenstein Jnr Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Frankenstein Jnr   £3.99 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Video Olympics Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Video Olympics   £1.25 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game Compilation: Multimixx Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game Compilation: Multimixx   £1.99 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Vendetta Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Vendetta   £1.99 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: The Games, Winter Edition Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: The Games, Winter Edition   £1.99 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Advanced Soccer Simulator Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Advanced Soccer Simulator   £2.50 ¡Cómpralo ya!
Sinclair QL Software: QL-Mega- Toolbox published by Compware Sinclair QL Software: QL-Mega- Toolbox published by Compware   £15.00 ¡Cómpralo ya!
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RWAP Software - Retro computer specialists
RWAP Software - Retro computer specialists

Although our roots are firmly based with the Sinclair QL, we supply a wide range of second hand and original software and hardware, for both the QL, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

Over the past few years, we have been instrumental in getting the DivIDE Plus compact flash interface for the ZX Spectrum built, along with replacement ZX81 Keyboard Membranes, 48K ZX Spectrum keyboard membranes and ZX Spectrum faceplates.

Visit our website - http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk for more details on what we offer.

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ZX Spectrum Retro Shop
ZX Spectrum Retro Shop

 

We offer Case Kits, Capacitor Mod Kits, Parts & DIY Kits for Sinclair Computers ZX 81 & ZX Spectrum.

When ordering 2 or more different items, please request an invoice so that we can combine shipping.

 

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DataServe Retro
DataServe Retro

DataServe Retro

Preserving the 8-Bit Micro since 2006

Visit our website - https://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk for the full range products

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Tynemouth Software
Tynemouth Software

Welcome to the Tynemouth Software store on Sell My Retro.

Here I plan to list PCBs that I have designed, as well as a number of built and tested items. Many of these used to be sold as kits, but I am selling these as PCB only so that you can have the fun of trying to source all the parts yourself. 

These will include Minstrel 2, 3 and 4th Z80 computers, RC2014 modules, test and diagnostic products for vintage computers, as well as my remaining stocks of USB keyboard controllers.

I have had to limit shipping to within the UK at the moment as it's just not practical for a very small business to trade internationally these days. Please address all complaints to the UK government.

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AmericanRetro.shop
AmericanRetro.shop

AmericanRetro.shop - the best place to find products & parts for retro computers!

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