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Sinclair Research history
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In 1966 Sinclair created but never sold the world's first pocket television.
Finding it inconvenient to share control of his company, Sinclair encouraged Chris Curry, who had been working for Radionics since 1966, to leave and get Sinclair Instrument started.
In 1969 it was replaced by the "Stereo Sixty", which soon became Sinclair's most successful audio product, being the second product of the "Project 60" range.
In May 1971 Sinclair Radionics made £85,000 profit on £563,000 turnover; the following year profit increased to £97,000 on turnover of £761,000.
The "Micromatic" was a reasonable success and was sold until 1971.
The "Project 60" products sold well and were supplemented by the "Project 605" kit in 1972.
In 1972, Sinclair released the world's first slim-line pocket calculator, the Sinclair Executive, for £79.95.
In May 1973 Sinclair Radionics generated £1.8m turnover.
In 1973 the "Executive Memory" was introduced at a far cheaper price of £24.95.
In 1966 Sinclair Radionics entered the hi-fi market with the "Stereo 25", a low-cost pre-amp control system, production was halted in 1968 due to low supply of transistors which had been purchased in 1964 as rejects from other manufacturers. It was eventually superseded by the more advanced "Project 80" kit in 1974.
Sinclair Black Watch1975 The Black Watch was launched in September 1975 by Sinclair Radionics, later Sinclair Research, the company behind the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.
In June 1978 Science of Cambridge launched a microcomputer kit, marketed as the MK14, based around the National SC/MP chip.
Sir Clive Sinclair was certain that the TV1B model released in 1978 would be more successful, but sales were disappointing.
Sinclair ZX80 Prototype PDZ 4732 Basic ROM - Nine Tiles1980 The Sinclair ZX80 was a home computer brought to market in 1980 by Sinclair Research of Cambridge, England.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k23rd April 1982 The ZX Spectrum is remembered for its rubber keyboard, small compact size and distinctive rainbow motif.
In July Timex launched the TS 1000 (a version of the ZX81) in the US. In March 1982 Sinclair made an £8.55m profit on turnover of £27.17m, including £383,000 government grants for flat screen.
The Sinclair QL was announced on January 12, 1984, shortly before the Apple Macintosh actually went on sale.
Investronica Sinclair Spectrum 1984 Sinclair chose the Spanish company Investrónica who were a subsidiary of El Corte Ingles, a department store group, to be their Spanish distributor.
In January 1985, Sinclair released the "FM Wristwatch Radio", an LCD wristwatch with a radio attached.
On 28 May 1985, Sinclair had announced that it wanted to raise an extra £10m to £15m to restructure Sinclair Research.
January 1986 saw the machine launched in the UK, apparently in an attempt to generate cash.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum +31st June 1987 The ZX Spectrum +3 looked similar to the +2 but featured a built-in 3-inch floppy disk drive (like the Amstrad CPC 6128) instead of the tape drive, and was in a black case.
In 1992 the "Zike" electric bicycle was released, Sinclair's second attempt at changing means of transportation.
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