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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 QL Manual: Style Check 3 For the Sinclair QL by Geoff Wicks Sinclair QL Manual: Style Check 3 For the Sinclair QL by Geoff Wicks   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Manual: Thing & Epron Manager For the Sinclair QL by Joechen Merz Sinclair QL Manual: Thing & Epron Manager For the Sinclair QL by Joechen Merz   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Manual: The Fractal Collection For the Sinclair QL by Q Branch Sinclair QL Manual: The Fractal Collection For the Sinclair QL by Q Branch   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Manual: Page Designer Operating Instructions For the Sinclair QL by Dilwyn Jone Sinclair QL Manual: Page Designer Operating Instructions For the Sinclair QL by Dilwyn Jone   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Manual: Hardback & Finder  For the Sinclair QL by PDQL Sinclair QL Manual: Hardback & Finder For the Sinclair QL by PDQL   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Manual: The APT User Guide  For the Sinclair QL by Shadow Games Ltd Sinclair QL Manual: The APT User Guide For the Sinclair QL by Shadow Games Ltd   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Manual: Q Top For the Sinclair QL by COWO Electronics Sinclair QL Manual: Q Top For the Sinclair QL by COWO Electronics   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Software: Task Swopper For the Sinclair QL by Compware Sinclair QL Software: Task Swopper For the Sinclair QL by Compware   £15.00 Buy now!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: T-Bird Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: T-Bird   £2.50 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Manual: Sidewinder Expanded For the Sinclair QL by Care Electronics Sinclair QL Manual: Sidewinder Expanded For the Sinclair QL by Care Electronics   £5.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Disks: 4 Miscellaneous 3.5 Floppy Disks Sinclair QL Disks: 4 Miscellaneous 3.5 Floppy Disks   £4.00 Buy now!
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Sinclair QL Disks: The Editor (Special Edition) by Digital Precision Limited Sinclair QL Disks: The Editor (Special Edition) by Digital Precision Limited   £5.00 Buy now!
Super Disk Index  For the Sinclair QL by Imrie Dominik Super Disk Index For the Sinclair QL by Imrie Dominik   £2.00 Buy now!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game:  Wonderboy by Activision Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Wonderboy by Activision   £2.00 Buy now!
Sinclair QL Software:  Qspell by Eidersoft Sinclair QL Software: Qspell by Eidersoft   £15.00 Buy now!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game:  Wacky Darts by Code Masters Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: Wacky Darts by Code Masters   £2.00 Buy now!
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game:  American 3D Pool by Zeppelin Games Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game: American 3D Pool by Zeppelin Games   £2.00 Buy now!
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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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