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Computers by brand Sinclair

Brand: Sinclair
Founded: 1973
By: Clive Sinclair
In: Cambridge GB United Kingdom

Sinclair computers, originally from the United Kingdom, were imported exclusively to Spain by Investrónica, the consumer electronics import subsidiary of El Corte Inglés.
He later manufactured his latest model in Spain to avoid import duties.
Later, and with this experience, he launched the Inves brand, which would eventually build the first IBM PC compatible computer made in Spain.

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Some outstanding models of the brand Sinclair


Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1980
Made in: United Kingdom
CPU: NEC D780C (Z80 clon) @ 3.25MHz
Memory: 1 KB ~ 16 KB
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC

It was the first computer available in the UK for one hundred pounds.

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Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1981
Made in: United Kingdom
CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 3.25MHz
Memory: 1 KB ~ 64 KB
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC

The successor and improved version of the ZX80 was the lowest-priced computer of its time and was sold in kit form for 49.95 pounds sterling, and for 69.95 assembled.

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Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1982
Made in: United Kingdom
CPU: Zilog Z80A @ 3.5MHz
Memory: 16 KB ~ 48 KB
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC

The original model is known as the ZX Spectrum 16.
In a later version, 32KiB more memory was added to this device, giving rise to the ZX Spectrum 48 model.

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Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1984
Made in: United Kingdom
CPU: Motorola 68008 @ 7.5MHz
Memory: 128 KB ~ 896 KB
Support A: ZX Microdrive
Support B: ZX Microdrive
Hard drive: None
Operative System: Sinclair QDOS
Innovations: The first multitasking personal computer to hit the market.

This computer was Sir Clive Sinclair's first attempt at creating a business computer.

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Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1984
Made in: United Kingdom
CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 3.54MHz
Memory: 48 KB
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC

Sinclair incorporated a professional-looking keyboard by abandoning the rubber keys.

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Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1985
Made in: Spain
CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 3.54MHz
Memory: 128 KB
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC

The implementation of the decree on tariffs on microcomputer imports, which imposed a tax of 5,800 pesetas on devices imported from the EEC, led Investronica (exclusive importer of the ZX Spectrum) to decide to manufacture them in Spain.

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Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1986
CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 3.54MHz
Memory: 128 KB
Support: Cassette
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC

After the company was sold to Amstrad, the company began producing this model, based on the ROM of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128 model, and similar in appearance to it, but incorporating a cassette drive.
The +2A and +2B variants, produced in Taiwan and China, respectively, did not include the disk drive controller circuit.

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Manufacturer: Sinclair
Launches: 1988
Made in: United Kingdom
CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 3.54MHz
Memory: 128 KB
Support: Diskette 3"
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC

It incorporated a 3" disk drive and a disk operating system, +3DOS, in ROM.

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