# What Happened top Clive Sinclair?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-top-clive-sinclair/61612>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 11, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-top-clive-sinclair/61612 "2001-04-11T17:05:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![egkelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@egkelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/egkelly)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-top-clive-sinclair/61612/1 "2001-04-11T17:05:12Z")

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I was cleaning out my closet and came across an old “Sinclar” calculator-the thing was tiny and had an LED display-something from the electronic dark ages! I remember reading about this guy-he made miniature calculators, and branched off into mini-TV sets, and later came out with an electric bicycle. Anybody in the UK know what happened to this guy-did he go bust? I remember reading that he had big plans, but his companies were always undercapitalized. Anybody know more?

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-top-clive-sinclair/61612/2 "2001-04-11T21:51:19Z")

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Just bumping it because I’m curious, too. Had a TS1000 (ZX-81) as the first computer I paid for. IIRC, he got a knighthood for his gadgets.