https://dfarq.homeip.net/clive-sinclair-a-us-perspective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clive-sinclair-a-us-perspective David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/clive-sinclair-a-us-perspective/#comment-57147 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:06:14 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=35498#comment-57147 Very good article. Indeed, Clive was king of cheap computing. Just one comment: the QL did not sell with disks, but with a couple of embedded [microdrives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Microdrive), that were not very reliable. Microdrives used tapes to achieve a behaviour similar to a disk.

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/clive-sinclair-a-us-perspective/#comment-56548 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:11:18 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=35498#comment-56548 Odd fact, the Microdrive, a device originally sold with the Spectrum, was a mobius strip tape loop, probably the only time this has been used in this way. This was typical Sinclair, ie very innovative, but maybe not the best solution or implementation.

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