SINCLAIR QL's 18th birthday! Congratulations and a surprise...

Urs König

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Jan 11, 2002, 6:00:23 PM1/11/02

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On January 12th 1984 (exactly 12 days earlier than Steve Jobs lauched the
Apple Macintosh) Sir Clive Sinclair presented the QL professional-computer
to the world in a hollywood-style event at the Intercontinental Hotel, Hyde
Park Corner, London. Today, 18 years later we congratulate and celebrate to
the QL's 18th birthday!

Viele Grüsse aus der Schweiz / Best regards...Urs König
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Chris Young

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Jan 12, 2002, 8:43:51 AM1/12/02

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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:00:23 +0100, Urs König (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
wibbled on for an age:

> On January 12th 1984 (exactly 12 days earlier than Steve Jobs lauched the
> Apple Macintosh) Sir Clive Sinclair presented the QL professional-computer
> to the world in a hollywood-style event at the Intercontinental Hotel, Hyde
> Park Corner, London. Today, 18 years later we congratulate and celebrate to
> the QL's 18th birthday!

Blimey. Three inventions launched by Uncle Clive in a space of three
days (spread over three different years, though). Was he trying to go
for the Christmas market each time, but completely missed the
originally planned release date?

Chris

Duncan Snowden

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Jan 12, 2002, 6:25:35 PM1/12/02

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On Saturday, Chris Young wrote:

> Blimey. Three inventions launched by Uncle Clive in a space of three
> days (spread over three different years, though). Was he trying to go
> for the Christmas market each time, but completely missed the
> originally planned release date?

He was obviously aiming for that crucial untapped Easter market.

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Dave

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Jan 12, 2002, 6:57:41 PM1/12/02

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"Chris Young" <unsatis...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:3C403D96.MD-1.4....@bigfoot.com...

> On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:00:23 +0100, Urs König (of comp.sys.sinclair
"fame")
> wibbled on for an age:
>
> > On January 12th 1984 (exactly 12 days earlier than Steve Jobs lauched
the
> > Apple Macintosh) Sir Clive Sinclair presented the QL
professional-computer
> > to the world in a hollywood-style event at the Intercontinental Hotel,
Hyde
> > Park Corner, London. Today, 18 years later we congratulate and celebrate
to
> > the QL's 18th birthday!
>
> Blimey. Three inventions launched by Uncle Clive in a space of three
> days (spread over three different years, though). Was he trying to go
> for the Christmas market each time, but completely missed the
> originally planned release date?
>
> Chris
>

Sounds about right ... ever known a Sinclair invention to arrive on time?

Tomaz Cedilnik

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Jan 15, 2002, 5:43:15 AM1/15/02

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Dave wrote:

> Sounds about right ... ever known a Sinclair invention to arrive on time?

At least his inventions worked properly. Or am I wrong?

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Andrew Owen

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Jan 15, 2002, 6:12:07 AM1/15/02

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in article 3C4407C3...@ntlworld.com, Tomaz Cedilnik at
tced...@ntlworld.com wrote on 15/1/02 10:43 AM:

> Dave wrote:
>
>> Sounds about right ... ever known a Sinclair invention to arrive on time?
>
> At least his inventions worked properly. Or am I wrong?

The Spectrum 128? :)

-Andrew

Tony Firshman

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Jan 15, 2002, 6:27:02 AM1/15/02

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On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 at 10:43:15, Tomaz Cedilnik wrote:
(ref: <3C4407C3...@ntlworld.com>)

>Dave wrote:
>
>> Sounds about right ... ever known a Sinclair invention to arrive on time?
>
>At least his inventions worked properly. Or am I wrong?

You are. Mdvs on the QL never did. He pushed the speed up from 80k to
100k (nominal) on the QL, and made them totally unreliable.

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