Clive Sinclair claim Spectrum could have beat the PC

[Gryzor]

Who, me?

[Bryce]

No. You're not my uncle!

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Ah ok, so I don't need to bring you Xmas presents!

[Bryce]

Yes, you do!

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Ok, got something in mind... It's long and black.

[Bryce]

Oooo, Liquorice?

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Um....sure, why not. Cheap, too. Won't load any tapes, tho.

[Ygdrazil]

Ok, got something in mind... It's long and black.

Must be a Sinclair QL!


nice x-mas present!


/Ygdrazil

[Gryzor]

Close!

[Bryce]

Must be a Sinclair QL!


nice x-mas present!


/Ygdrazil

8-bits too many for me

Bryce.

[MaV]

8-bits too many for me

So, zero bits then, since its data bus is only 8 bits wide.

[AMSDOS]

Clive Sinclair might of beaten the PC had he purchased the Microbee range of Computers. 

[dcdrac]

I have often wandered what possessed sinclair to sell the QL as serious business machine, sure it could have been a hobbyists home machine, as a business machine not really, those microdrives jsut too unreliable.

[Gryzor]

Keyboard was problematic, too. Sure, several steps above the dead flesh keys, but nowhere near good enough for business use! What a load of crap...

[Ygdrazil]

Clive Sinclair might of beaten the PC had he purchased the Microbee range of Computers. 

You must be joking! 

[MacDeath]

isn't ZX speccy the most sold Z80 computer system ?

be it directly or via the multiple clones all around the world ?
in a sense he is not so wrong.

His Speccy was so cheap that even so called "3rd world" countries and Communist countries could copy and clone it.

[Gryzor]

TRS-80?

[MacDeath]

USA centered stats...
damn them...

[Gryzor]

Eek, logarithmic scale, good luck figuring it out.