ZX80 - was: SN76477N

[Pete Turnbull]

On Nov 10 2005, 20:13, Tony Duell wrote:
> > So I guess it works.  This thing seems to be made in the same way
that the
> > Sinclair LED wristwatch I once had was--CHEAP is the biggest
consideration.
>
> Exactly. And don't care if it works properly, or if it's convenient
to
> use. Remember Sinclair once sold a scientific calculator that gave
you 3
> accureate significant figures if you were lucky!

That would be the one that took longer to calculate the sine of an
angle than it took to open Chambers 6-figure tables and look it up, as
I was reminded at our recent Open Day (we had a few such things on
display along with real computers, micros, and calculators).

Having said that, I was quite upset when my Sinclair Cambridge Memory
calculator began to misbehave a couple of years ago, and eventually
died altogether.  It was a nicer shape and size than any other simple
calculator I've owned, great for one-handed operation.  I have an
"ordinary" Sinclair Cambridge, and a Scientific as well, but they're
not as nice to use.  The memory version seems to be relatively rare,
and the last two I saw on eBay went for moe than I'd consider sensible.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York