• Tech Talent: How the UK lost six potential titans
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37373937[/url]
[quote]Sinclair Research may have only made its ZX Spectrums for domestic sale, but it licensed Timex to make clones that were sold elsewhere in Europe, the US and South America. Dozens of unofficial versions were a hit in the Soviet Union too, proving their appeal, if not a source of income. [/quote] lmao. Sinclair products outside of the UK and the east bloc were a fucking joke. Sure for $99 I could buy a kit assembled XZ81 which doubled as a doorstop or for $99 however I could buy a VIC-20 for $299 that fucking did circles around it and was available a year earlier. Pure and simple: British computer standards were NOT compatible with North American computer standards. It literally took the PC to hammer something down and even then the UK still couldn't nail down PC clones with systems from Amstrad and Apricot. There was no hope for Sinclair, even if the QL had been successful.
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