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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 172745" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>The general problem being, Uncle Clive was (and is!) undeniably eccentric, which tends to polarise opinions, so he gets classified either as a genius or an idiot.</p><p></p><p>After making lots of stuff for years in a sort-of smallish way, he suddenly hit the big time with The Spectrum, achieved instant fame, then very suddenly fell out of favour.</p><p></p><p>People who talk about Sir Clive often say something like: "how can somebody come up with all these ingenious designs, then always compromise them by saving a few pence with cheap components?"</p><p></p><p>I think that's a misunderstanding. Sir Clive is - perhaps - best characterised as a "great showman", who knows his audience very well indeed. His products were all "gadgets", being designed at a certain price, using clever advertising and a "high-tech" appearence (brushed aluminium panels, with the "Sinclair" logo), aimed at a specific group of purchasers.</p><p></p><p>For a "fairly balanced" view, see:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research</a> .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 172745, member: 192438"] The general problem being, Uncle Clive was (and is!) undeniably eccentric, which tends to polarise opinions, so he gets classified either as a genius or an idiot. After making lots of stuff for years in a sort-of smallish way, he suddenly hit the big time with The Spectrum, achieved instant fame, then very suddenly fell out of favour. People who talk about Sir Clive often say something like: "how can somebody come up with all these ingenious designs, then always compromise them by saving a few pence with cheap components?" I think that's a misunderstanding. Sir Clive is - perhaps - best characterised as a "great showman", who knows his audience very well indeed. His products were all "gadgets", being designed at a certain price, using clever advertising and a "high-tech" appearence (brushed aluminium panels, with the "Sinclair" logo), aimed at a specific group of purchasers. For a "fairly balanced" view, see: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research[/URL] . [/QUOTE]
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