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by xkeysc0re 1738 days ago
Funny that it was inspiring in its frustrating designs / lack of features, rather than a "positive" sort of inspiration.
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Failure can be a source of inspiration, after all.
Spite is a great motivator
Sinclair was an expert at that. He guided many an industrial product designer to fortune by showing them exactly what not to do.
Sinclair made computers which a kid like me, not from a rich family, could afford. Yeah the computers were of cheap quality with a crappy keyboard - but he changed home computers from being a plaything for the rich to be available to everybody. A lot of clever design went into making them as cheap as possible.
I can't tell - are you praising Sinclair, or shredding him? (I'm on the wrong side of the pond to have any real knowledge of him.)