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Chris Young

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Mar 1, 2010, 4:49:43 PM3/1/10
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I can't believe you lot. This surely should have been posted by now:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/clive-sinclair-interview-simon-garfield

I particulary enjoyed this exchange regarding the ZX80 (although I
think he may have been thinking of the ZX81):

Clive: Then very soon a huge number of games came out and the whole
thing exploded.
Simon: Not literally?
Clive: No.

The piece ends on the news that his "little electric car" will be
viewable within a year (so that means five years - Ed).

The article is well worth a read.

Chris


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MarkWills

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Mar 1, 2010, 6:02:24 PM3/1/10
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On Mar 1, 9:49 pm, "Chris Young" <chris.use...@mail-filter.com> wrote:
> I can't believe you lot.  This surely should have been posted by now:http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/clive-sinclair-inter...

>
> I particulary enjoyed this exchange regarding the ZX80 (although I
> think he may have been thinking of the ZX81):
>
> Clive: Then very soon a huge number of games came out and the whole
> thing exploded.
> Simon: Not literally?
> Clive: No.
>
> The piece ends on the news that his "little electric car" will be
> viewable within a year (so that means five years - Ed).
>
> The article is well worth a read.
>
> Chris
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Oh no! He's still banging on about the car.

He's a stubborn old git eh?

Really makes me wonder if his depiction in Micro Men was closer than I
thought. I thought they treated him rather cruelly in Micro Men, and
he really came out as the bad guy, but he still seemed to have an
arrogant streak in that interview! Perhaps it was just because he was
poorly...

Oh well, keep on keeping on our Uncle Clive...

Ian Rawlings

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Mar 1, 2010, 6:04:38 PM3/1/10
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On 2010-03-01, Chris Young <chris....@mail-filter.com> wrote:

> I can't believe you lot. This surely should have been posted by now:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/clive-sinclair-interview-simon-garfield

I did see it but forgot to post it. I didn't think it was terribly
illuminating though, but at least he's still ticking along!

> Clive: Then very soon a huge number of games came out and the whole
> thing exploded.
> Simon: Not literally?
> Clive: No.

Well, there wasn't much else to report was there! In the rest of the
article, he had a cold, and a wife.

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Chris Young

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Mar 1, 2010, 5:26:49 PM3/1/10
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:04:38 +0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC Ian Rawlings:

> Well, there wasn't much else to report was there! In the rest of the
> article, he had a cold, and a wife.

I never said there was any news[1], just that it was worth reading :p
I found it quite entertaining, but of course it was nothing we didn't
already know.

Chris
[1] Except the electric car thing, but that's not exactly news after
God-knows-how-long, the only new thing is the date when he might show
it, but I'd take that with a catering-size box of salt given that I'm
sure he said "next year" last time, and he isn't known for sticking to
deadlines.

Matthew Westcott

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Mar 1, 2010, 7:08:42 PM3/1/10
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Ian Rawlings wrote:
> Well, there wasn't much else to report was there! In the rest of the
> article, he had a cold, and a wife.

Well, not a wife yet in fact. That would actually be something worth
reporting...

OwenBot

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Mar 2, 2010, 3:24:06 AM3/2/10
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Have to disagree with Jack there. The ZX80 was a novelty, but the ZX81
with a 16K RAM pack was perfectly usable. There were plenty of other
mono-machines around at the time for many times the price.

Brian Gaff

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Mar 2, 2010, 4:14:21 AM3/2/10
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But will it be sold mail order before they have built any?

Brian

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spi...@freenet.co.uk

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Mar 2, 2010, 6:16:33 AM3/2/10
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In kit form?

And verily, didst Brian Gaff <bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> hastily babble thusly:


> But will it be sold mail order before they have built any?
>
> Brian
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Matt Rudge

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Mar 2, 2010, 8:15:20 AM3/2/10
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Please allow 28 days for delivery, with 14-day money-back option.

On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:16:33 +0000, spike1 wibbled:

Chris Young

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Mar 2, 2010, 11:56:22 AM3/2/10
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And if it breaks down, simply send it back to Sinclair for repair (in
the original packaging).

On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:15:20 +0000 (UTC) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
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BitNaughty

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Mar 2, 2010, 1:32:08 PM3/2/10
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On Mar 2, 5:08 am, Matthew Westcott <gas...@raww.org> wrote:

> Well, not a wife yet in fact. That would actually be something worth
> reporting...

Hey Matthew,

Why didn't you reply to the email I sent you?


BitNaughty.

Brian Gaff

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Mar 2, 2010, 3:42:16 PM3/2/10
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Who is he going to get to build the thing this time.


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Matt Rudge

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Mar 2, 2010, 4:25:46 PM3/2/10
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On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:49:43 +0100, Chris Young wibbled:

>
> The article is well worth a read.
>

Agreed - although when I first read the title of the post, I thought it
was "Uncle Clive in the Garden". I must be tired! It would be a great
title for a CSSCGC entry though :)

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Mar 2, 2010, 5:03:54 PM3/2/10
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Dyson?

And verily, didst Brian Gaff <Bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> hastily babble thusly:


> Who is he going to get to build the thing this time.

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Guesser

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Mar 2, 2010, 5:19:27 PM3/2/10
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nah, he'd take the wheels off and balance it on a football

Lister

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Mar 2, 2010, 5:44:38 PM3/2/10
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:04:38 +0000, Ian Rawlings <new...@tarcus.org.uk>
wrote:

>On 2010-03-01, Chris Young <chris....@mail-filter.com> wrote:
>
>> I can't believe you lot. This surely should have been posted by now:
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/clive-sinclair-interview-simon-garfield
>
>I did see it but forgot to post it. I didn't think it was terribly
>illuminating though, but at least he's still ticking along!
>
>> Clive: Then very soon a huge number of games came out and the whole
>> thing exploded.
>> Simon: Not literally?
>> Clive: No.
>

0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 rest of the
>article, he had a
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000


OOne of thhhemm only lasts a week or two :)

Chris Young

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Mar 2, 2010, 5:11:25 PM3/2/10
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On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:25:46 +0000 (UTC) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC Matt Rudge:

> > The article is well worth a read.


>
> Agreed - although when I first read the title of the post, I thought it
> was "Uncle Clive in the Garden". I must be tired!

I keep reading it as that too, and I created the thread title. It
wasn't intentional.

> It would be a great title for a CSSCGC entry though :)

It would have to be a crap ALS clone of course :)

Perhaps Clive has invented a new electric-powered lawnmower, and you
have to mow the lawn before the prototype blows up/cuts out.

I've been meaning to write Meteorite Man, a crap rip-off (ie. direct
copy with the graphics and messages changed) of Alan Moore or Spike's
Metal Detector games. It would have the Meteorite Men's ridiculous
trailer-based metal detector (just about visible here:
http://www.meteoritemen.com/photo-gallery/action.htm), depicted as a
one pixel high white line UDG behind a crap car UDG. The bits of
scrap metal and ambiguous rock being picked up would be scientifically
analysed at the end of each stage to determine whether they are
meteorite and their worth. You would visit famous meteorite landing
sites (fields in the middle of nowhere - Ed). It'll be great if I
ever get round to writing [the additional code required for] it.

Brian Gaff

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Mar 3, 2010, 2:59:29 AM3/3/10
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Oh dear, his street cred will be zero soon then.
Is he using the ball wheels from the ball barrow on there do you think to
use them up.

At least its not my old mate Trevor, He makes loads just talking about his
radios that everyone now copies.


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Brian Gaff

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Mar 3, 2010, 3:01:43 AM3/3/10
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Yes, but since Dysan now makes their own motors and also since th e demise
of the washing machine, he might have some spare capacity.


You are all assuming it will be made here. I plump for the Ukraine.

Brian

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BloodBaz

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Mar 9, 2010, 8:53:33 PM3/9/10
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On Mar 2, 9:25 pm, Matt Rudge <mru...@googleswebmailservice.com>
wrote:

>
> Agreed - although when I first read the title of the post, I thought it
> was "Uncle Clive in the Garden". I must be tired! It would be a great
> title for a CSSCGC entry though :)
>
> --
> Matt

The mind boggles as to what Uncle Clive might actually be doing in a
Garden. And whose garden at that?

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