Sinclair: The Information Archive


Everything you ever wanted to know about

(And a lot more besides)


The pages are being completely overhauled at the moment. The current plan is that the present pages will remain around for those of you with slower links, but those with fast connections (this site has a 100Mb/sec connection!) might like to use this new set of Netscape-enhanced hierarchical pages. They have lots of inline images, so those of you with slow links may prefer to stick to the original pages.

Be warned though - not every link will be available... it's very much a case of work in progress!

- Go to the new Spectrum pages


Back in the early 1980s, Sinclair Research helped to revolutionise the fledgling home computing scene. It produced the first sub-£100 computer; it went on to sell 3 million Spectrums; it was floated on the Stock Exchange for over £20 million and subsequently valued at £100 million; but in 1986, it was sold to Amstrad plc for the rather paltry sum of just £12 million. Seven computers with the Sinclair label were launched over a 7-year period from 1980-87 and became the biggest-selling series of home computers in history. This archive tells their story, and that of the people who made a living from the Sinclair machines.

The first part of this archive traces the meteoric rise and fall of Sinclair Research and its visionary founder, Sir Clive Sinclair, and its brief rebirth under Alan Sugar and Amstrad.

The second main section of the archive deals with miscellaneous things associated with the Sinclair machines - programmers, hardware and so on.

The third main section deals with the various Sinclair information resources available on the Internet - FTP sites, FAQs and more.

If an article has been added or given a major update within the last 7 days, a tag will appear next to it.


If you were professionally involved in the Sinclair scene - as a programmer, journalist or publisher, for instance - email me at the address below; tell us about your experiences!


Other Sinclair-related pages

The ZX Spectrum Switchboard - The USA (very useful!)

Spectrum Forever! - Norway

Sam Coupe Web Pages - Britain


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Last updated 15th January 1995 - Chris Owen

tr95006@sable.ox.ac.uk