My very first computer was a ZX Spectrum 48K. I got it for my eighth birthday. My very first computer games were Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg. The Hobbit by Melbourne House was my very first computer RPG. From playing it, I developed a love of Tolkien’s works. I learned how to program on it and created my own games. Unfortunately, my mother discouraged my efforts and told me to concentrate on something useful that would make me money.
Marcia McGrail
2 years ago
God speed to whichever destiny is yours, Sir Clive..another big part of my ’70/80’s consciousness [sigh] bites the proverbial.
J Bryant
2 years ago
There seems to be a lot of truth to the old saw that the British are outstanding at scientific discovery but they’re not much good at commercialization, which is a shame.
Gordon Black
2 years ago
Yes – matchbox radio kits – got me into business assembling them for classmates!
Rod McLaughlin
2 years ago
I can’t believe my comment was disapproved because it contained the F word. It was a joke comparing a Welshman to Sir Clive Sinclair.
Don’t take it personally. It looks like unherd has an automatic approval algorithm written by a script kiddie. Perhaps Sir Clive was over-optimistic about the benefits of technology!
I think if it had just contained the word ‘sheepshagger’, it would have survived. Let’s see.
Jon Redman
2 years ago
The technology he backed worked quite well for its day but had no future. Cassette hard drives, for example. He was a sort of Count Zeppelin figure, in a way.
The C5 was hilarious. It was an obvious turkey from the get go. This seems to be the way with British technology entrepreneurs though. Everything Alan Sugar has developed has been an absolute stinker (the Amstrad eMailer being memorably appalling) and he’s held onto his fortune by becoming essentially a property speculation company.
A great man. RIP, Sir Clive
My very first computer was a ZX Spectrum 48K. I got it for my eighth birthday. My very first computer games were Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg. The Hobbit by Melbourne House was my very first computer RPG. From playing it, I developed a love of Tolkien’s works. I learned how to program on it and created my own games. Unfortunately, my mother discouraged my efforts and told me to concentrate on something useful that would make me money.
God speed to whichever destiny is yours, Sir Clive..another big part of my ’70/80’s consciousness [sigh] bites the proverbial.
There seems to be a lot of truth to the old saw that the British are outstanding at scientific discovery but they’re not much good at commercialization, which is a shame.
Yes – matchbox radio kits – got me into business assembling them for classmates!
I can’t believe my comment was disapproved because it contained the F word. It was a joke comparing a Welshman to Sir Clive Sinclair.
Don’t take it personally. It looks like unherd has an automatic approval algorithm written by a script kiddie. Perhaps Sir Clive was over-optimistic about the benefits of technology!
I think if it had just contained the word ‘sheepshagger’, it would have survived. Let’s see.
The technology he backed worked quite well for its day but had no future. Cassette hard drives, for example. He was a sort of Count Zeppelin figure, in a way.
The C5 was hilarious. It was an obvious turkey from the get go. This seems to be the way with British technology entrepreneurs though. Everything Alan Sugar has developed has been an absolute stinker (the Amstrad eMailer being memorably appalling) and he’s held onto his fortune by becoming essentially a property speculation company.