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The Sinclair Machines: 1960s
| Clive Sinclair
went into business for himself in 1962 after some
years of editing electronics magazines and
writing books such as Modern
Transistor Circuits for Beginners for Bernard Babani, the
publisher. He had registered Sinclair Radionics
Ltd in 1961 after he thought he had found a
backer for his miniature radio project (which was
eventually to see light as the Slimline in 1963). However, this
fell through and it was not until the end of 1962
that Radionics produced its first product. The 1960s saw an era of
unspectacular but steady growth for the company,
with a wide range of cheap electronic goods being
produced. Quality was mixed and many of the
quality control problems which were to plague the
later computers were already visible.
Nonetheless, Sinclair ended the decade in robust
financial shape and with a strong position in the
hobbyist market, from which he was beginning to
expand into mainstream high street consumer
electronics. |
| December 1962 | Micro-Amplifier | |
| April 1963 | Slimline - (radio) | |
| January 1964 | TR5 - (amplifier) | |
| September 1964 | TR750 - (amplifier) | |
| September 1964 | Micro-6 - (radio) | |
| December 1964 | X-10 - (amplifier) | |
| June 1965 | Z-120 - (military amplifier) | |
| June 1965 | X-20 - (amplifier) | |
| December 1965 | Micro-FM - (radio) | |
| January 1966 | Z-12 - (amplifier) | |
| May 1966 | PZ-3 - (power supply unit) | |
| September 1966 | Stereo 25 - ("preamp control unit") | |
| February 1967 | Micromatic - (radio) | |
| October 1967 | Q-14 - (loudspeaker) | |
| April 1968 | Neoteric 60 - (amplifier) | |
| October 1968 | System 2000 - (hi-fi system) | |
| June 1969 | IC-10 - (amplifier) | |
| December 1969 | Project 60 - (hi-fi amplifier) |