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Pauls9 · 23-04-2012, 10:26

Thanks for that link, Osem.

My first contact with Sinclair was when I bought a couple of their photo-transistors. I believe they were reject standard transistors repackaged with a transparent case.

I sent off for the Cambridge calculator kit and they sent me an Oxford. When I contacted them they sent the Cambridge and let me keep the Oxford. With some guidance, my then girlfriend was able to assemble one of them. She (and everybody else) was well impressed with her achievement.

My dad bought a ZX81 and spent many an hour programming it.

Always thought the QL should have been more popular than it turned out. Seemed like a pretty good machine for the price.

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Pauls9 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Guildford, Surrey Services: VM TVM HD, BBL, phone; BT phone; Freeview. Posts: 982	Re: ZX Spectrum's chief designers reunited 30 years on Thanks for that link, Osem. My first contact with Sinclair was when I bought a couple of their photo-transistors. I believe they were reject standard transistors repackaged with a transparent case. I sent off for the Cambridge calculator kit and they sent me an Oxford. When I contacted them they sent the Cambridge and let me keep the Oxford. With some guidance, my then girlfriend was able to assemble one of them. She (and everybody else) was well impressed with her achievement. My dad bought a ZX81 and spent many an hour programming it. Always thought the QL should have been more popular than it turned out. Seemed like a pretty good machine for the price.