Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
If the 1980s put computers in the home, then Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum - which celebrated its 40th anniversary in April - put coding in the bedroom.
Sir Clive’s laser-like focus on cost efficiency and technical innovation yielded a system of such power and at such an incredibly low-price that a generation could turn their silicon dreams into digital realities. Yesterday’s coders became today’s entrepreneurs, creatives, technologists - and more.
The National Museum of Computing celebrated this legacy with an event on April 23rd 2022 where we heard from some of those behind the story.
We reunite two of the architects behind the ZX Spectrum’s success: hardware designer Richard Altwasser and Dr Steve Vickers, responsible for the ROM and user manuals of the ZX Spectrum and ZX81. Join Richard and Steve for a moderated chat and Q&A tackling all things ZX Spectrum and Sinclair.
Recorded 23rd April 2022 at TNMOC.
If the 1980s put computers in the home, then Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum - which celebrated its 40th anniversary in April - put coding in the bedroom.
Sir Clive’s laser-like focus on cost efficiency and technical innovation yielded a system of such power and at such an incredibly low-price that a generation could turn their silicon dreams into digital realities. Yesterday’s coders became today’s entrepreneurs, creatives, technologists - and more.
The National Museum of Computing celebrated this legacy with an event on April 23rd 2022 where we heard from some of those behind the story.
We reunite two of the architects behind the ZX Spectrum’s success: hardware designer Richard Altwasser and Dr Steve Vickers, responsible for the ROM and user manuals of the ZX Spectrum and ZX81. Join Richard and Steve for a moderated chat and Q&A tackling all things ZX Spectrum and Sinclair.
Recorded 23rd April 2022 at TNMOC.
