Reviews of the machines of the day; all but maybe 2 or 3 of which are in the museum somewhere.
Entries marked with an
H
have been provided by comp.sys.sinclair regular
Hellraiser
, other scans are from Graham Thornton (
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) and Mark Anderson (
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Some 2018 scans arrive thanks to me finding a load of BYTE magazines, these are marked with (
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Update for 2021 is the Positron 9000 PCW Benchtest scans from Mike Miller (
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Atom Prophet
news from Holland
BAT systems
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BBC Micro
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96K launch news
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Control Universal Beeb-Ex
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Exercise Book
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Memotech Disk article
Memotech MTX news
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Multitech Microprofessor MPFII review, page
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One million
Sinclair computers sold
Oric Atmos
Oric MCP40
printer news
Oric-1
launch news
Oric-1
Positron 9000PCW Benchtest review of an early prototype (MM), page
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Quicksilva
'fast to spot new software talent'
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RM Nimbus PC1 review, page
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SAM Coupe
'Rage Hard'
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Sinclair cuts
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Sinclair Interface 2
Sinclair Microdrive
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Sinclair PC200
Sinclair Spectrum
US Price news
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