Inkambo yesenzo:

Umsunguli uClive Sinclair wazibekela umgomo wokuthuthukisa nokuletha emakethe ikhompuyutha yasekhaya yokuqala engabizi ngempela.: bekufanele isebenziseke kalula, kuhlangene, futhi ukwazi ukumelana nekhofi nobhiya! USinclair uthuthukise i-ZX80, 'usayizi omncane' (20×20 cm) ikhompuyutha yasekhaya enekhibhodi enemisebenzi eminingi nengenamanzi. Bekuyikhompyutha yokuqala ukuthengisa ngaphansi 100 GBP, futhi wathembisa ukwenza ikhompuyutha yasekhaya ifinyeleleke ezimakethe ezinkulu.

Umphumela:

Kodwa i-ZX80 nayo yayinemikhawulo yayo - yayinesikrini 'esimnyama' nesimhlophe futhi ingenamsindo. Ikhibhodi ibisebenza ngezinto eziningi futhi ingangeni manzi kodwa yafakazela, lapho isetshenziswa kakhulu, kube nzima kakhulu. Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ukhiye ucindezelwa isikrini sasikhala - iphrosesa ayikwazanga ukuphatha okokufaka kwekhibhodi kanye nesignali yokuphuma kwesikrini kanyekanye.. Ngaphezu kwalokho i-ZX80 yayinenkumbulo elinganiselwe - nje i-1Kram.

Ekuqaleni i-ZX80 yathola ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu emaphephandabeni okuhweba - intatheli ebhalela i-Personal Computer World egunyaziwe yaze yasho ukuthi kwakuwusizo kakhulu ukuthi isikrini sivalwe nge-stroke ngayinye eyinhloko kusukela ngaleso sikhathi wawuqinisekile ukuthi ushaye ukhiye kanye nje! Kwakuwuthando lwesikhashana, futhi eminyakeni embalwa kamuva ukutuswa kwase kuphenduke ukugxekwa: ‘Ngekhibhodi engalungile kanye nenguqulo embi ye-Basic, lo mshini uzobe umise izigidi zabantu ekuthengeni enye ikhompyutha”.

Uma sibheka emuva lokhu kugxeka kunzima kakhulu. Nokho, iqiniso lihlala liwukuthi naphezu kwezinhloso ezinhle zikaSinclair, i-ZX80 yayinezinkinga eziningi kakhulu ‘zokuqina’ ukuze ihlangabezane nesifiso sakhe sekhompiyutha esebenziseka kalula yabantu abaningi.. Ukuthengiswa kwe-ZX80 kumile nxazonke 50.000.

Isifundo:

UClive Sinclair washesha ukuletha ozongena esikhundleni se-ZX80 emakethe - i-ZX81 - lapho 'izingqinamba' eziningi zidingidwa khona., okuhlanganisa neskrini 'esingenalutho'. Ngaphezu kwalokho inkumbulo yekhompiyutha yandiswa. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi i-ZX81 yayisekude nokuphelela, ukuthengiswa kwe-ZX81 bekulinganiselwa ukuthi sekuphelile 1 izigidi. Futhi uSinclair - ngesinyathelo sikaMargaret Thatcher - wahlonishwa 1983 futhi kusukela lapho angazibiza ngoSir Clive Sinclair.

Ngokuqhubekayo:
Imithombo: I-Computermuseum, IplanethiSinclair, I-Wikipedia.

Ishicilelwe ngu:
Umhleli IVBM

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