Sinclair Weekend at the Centre for Computing History

[QLvsJAGUAR]

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/ ... r-Weekend/

I knew about this very special Sinclair Weekend at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge which took place last weekend but sadly somehow missed it to post here in time.

Did anyone heard of this or even attend?

From the pictures I've seen, this must have been fantastic.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/s ... hp?t=46439

I deeply regret that I missed to attend.

IMO this would have been the perfect place and event to celebrate QL is 30. Chance missed.

Glad that there are some pictures around. Here's an article in Cambridge News:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Si ... 183100.htm

[Sparrowhawk]

Never even heard of it until your post. What a shame, I'd have made the journey had I known it was on and Sir Clive was there.

[vanpeebles]

Great to see the photos on that article. They are all legends to me and it's shocking(and appalling) how little the likes of Sir Clive and Chris Curry get a mention in the UK. They should be up there with the Victorian heroes of old.

[vanpeebles]

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambrid ... 144230.htm

"During his brief testimony, Sir Clive received an apology from Griffiths’ counsel for being “dragged” to court to give “a bit of a history lesson” to the jury.

After answering questions concerning Sinclair Research’s laboratories, Sir Clive laughed along with jurors as Drew’s barrister revealed that his wife still possesses a functioning ZX81.

Patrick Harrington QC told the Sinclair Research owner: “I have no questions for you, Sir Clive, but I thought you might like to know that my wife still has a ZX81 and it still works.”

Sir Clive replied: “Thank you very much.”"

Superb!

[QLvsJAGUAR]

What a great event! And there’s now a video about it. See:

Sir Clive Sinclair visits The Centre for Computing History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E64wOdvjBGw

I’m happy to take this virtual tour as a second best option.

[dilwyn]

What a great event! And there’s now a video about it. See:

Sir Clive Sinclair visits The Centre for Computing History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E64wOdvjBGw

I’m happy to take this virtual tour as a second best option.

The video itself was good but whoever did the soundtrack needs a lesson in how to balance audio - by the time I'd turned up the volume enough to hear what people were saying, the speakers virtually fell off the desk when the music came on. Really spoiled the content.