Discover the legacy of the Sinclair ZX81 45 years after its launch, from its innovative cost-cutting design to its impact on ...

After Sinclair launched the initial ZX80 in 1980, the market was already ready for a more developed version of the Sinclair micro-computer. So when the ZX81 launched on 5th March a year later, it was ...

The Sinclair ZX81 home computer is 30 today. It and its variants such as the Timex-Sinclair 1000 sold over one and a half million units – which combined would have the processing power of around 38 ...

The iconoclastic inventor father of the home micro has died aged 81. I was probably the ideal customer for Clive Sinclair when he got started in the electronics business. He was keen to build a ...

The affordability of Sinclair’s revolutionary 1982 home computer let a generation of young bedroom coders make anarchic, punky games, and its hardware limitations merely fostered extra creativity ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Sinclair ZX81 was the third ...

The golden age of 8-bit computing brought us pixelated graphics in bright colours, accompanied of course by chiptune music. This aesthetic is strong enough to define a collective image of a generation ...

If you would like to experience what home computing was like back in the 1980s, when Clive Sinclair introduced and launched his ZX81 home computer. You may be interested in a ZX 81 compatible Z 80 ...

The Sinclair ZX81 was small, black with only 1K of memory, but 30 years ago it helped to spark a generation of programming wizards. Packing a heady 1KB of RAM, you would have needed many, many ...

After Sinclair launched the initial ZX80 in 1980, the market was already ready for a more developed version of the Sinclair micro-computer. So when the ZX81 launched on 5th March a year later, it was ...

The Sinclair ZX81 was the third microcomputer built by Sinclair but it had limited functionality. It appeared on the market at the right time, though, and enjoyed much popularity. Sinclair teamed with ...