News

11 October 2003

Lots of updates!

• New improved method of searching for second-hand Sinclair products on eBay.
   
• Coverage of Sinclair's latest electric vehicles, the SeaScooter and Wheelchair Drive Unit.

• Greatly expanded coverage of the Sinclair amplifier, hi-fi, radio and instrument products, with image galleries and original adverts. There's also an entirely new page on the Microquartz car clock.

• New image galleries for Executive, Scientific and Sovereign pocket calculators as well as the Timex/Sinclair range of computers, the Sinclair Peripherals and the legendary Sinclair C5. Appearance of all other image galleries has been improved. As always, we're looking out for pictures - if you have anything interesting, please let me know through the contact page.
   
• A new gallery of original Sinclair adverts, currently covering audio products, computers and miscellaneous electronics.
   
• A new section on how Sinclair sold his products, analysing the company's striking and often successful marketing tactics.

10 June 2002

• New image galleries for Microvision TV1A and TV80 pocket TVs.

9 June 2002

• Added a new PC200 image and more information on Russian and eastern European Sinclair clones.

8 June 2002

• More information on the PC200 is available, including a photo gallery and resources. The links to eBay are now working again.

28 July 2001

• The complete CRASH History is now on the site, covering the development of CRASH magazine over 48 issues from 1984 through to 1988.

16 July 2001

Several updates today, including:

• Key people at Sinclair Research - coverage of Rick Dickinson (the Spectrum's designer), Nigel Searle (Sinclair's managing director) and Jim Westwood (Sinclair's chief engineer).
   
• Information about the SAM Coupé, a British Spectrum clone.
   
• A plot of Sinclair's turnover and profits from 1981-95.

15 July 2001

Welcome to the new-look Planet Sinclair!

This is the third version of the Web's most comprehensive archive of Sinclair-related information. Planet Sinclair covers the full range of Sir Clive Sinclair's products, released over forty years - audio devices, calculators, clocks, computers, televisions, vehicles, watches and more. In this latest version of the website, the range of information has been greatly increased. Highlights include:

• New look and feel for the entire site
• More detailed information and many new photos of Sinclair products
• Coverage of obscure items such as eastern European clones of Sinclair computers
• Sinclair chronology and business history
• New coverage of prominent Sinclair programmers and publishers.
• Quick links to online auctions of specific products or product types

There will, of course, be many more updates to come. Check this page regularly for news of additions to the site.

Since the first version of Planet Sinclair was created in 1994, Sinclair retro-nostalgia has taken off enormously - scores of websites dedicated to Sinclair products (especially the computers) now exist and hundreds of vintage Sinclair items are now bought and sold online every week. Planet Sinclair could not have come into existence without the help of the online community of Sinclair enthusiasts and the kind support of the Nettverksgruppa of the Norwegian University of Technology and Science in Trondheim. Many thanks to everyone who helped.

© Chris Owen 1994-2003