''Sinclair Programs'' was a magazine published in the
United Kingdom
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, initially by ECC Publications of
London
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and subsequently by
EMAP
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History
Ric ...
. It was originally dedicated entirely to listings for programs for the
Sinclair Research
Sinclair Research Ltd is a British consumer electronics company founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge. It was originally incorporated in 1973 as Westminster Mail Order Ltd, renamed Sinclair Instrument Ltd, then Science of Cambridge Ltd, the ...
ZX80
The Sinclair ZX80 is a home computer launched on 29 January 1980 by Science of Cambridge Ltd. (later to be better known as Sinclair Research). It is notable for being one of the first computers available in the United Kingdom for less than a h ...
,
ZX81
The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-cos ...
and
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer that was developed by Sinclair Research. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982, and became Britain's best-selling microcomputer.
Referred to during development as t ...
computers, contributed by readers. ZX80 listings no longer appeared after the May 1983 issue. Letters and software review pages were added in the March 1984 issue.
The magazine was one of three launched in 1982 by ECC, the other two being ''
Sinclair User
''Sinclair User'' was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum (while also occasionally covering arcade games). Initially published by ECC Publications, and later EMAP, it was publi ...
'' and ''
Sinclair Projects
Sinclair may refer to:
Places
* Lake Sinclair, near Milledgeville, Georgia
* Sinclair, Iowa
* Sinclair, West Virginia
* Sinclair, Wyoming
* Sinclair Mills, British Columbia
* Sinclair Township, Minnesota
* Sinclair, Manitoba
People
* Sin ...
'', the latter dedicated to hardware projects for the Sinclair computers. The magazine was published between May/June 1982 and September 1985.
[British Library Main Catalogue, UIN BLL01011634028. Accessed 22 August 2012]
References
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External links
Archived Sinclair Programs magazineson the
Internet Archive
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Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines disestablished in 1985
Magazines established in 1982
ZX Spectrum magazines
1982 establishments in the United Kingdom
1985 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Magazines published in London