Who has a sinclair scientific programmable?

[johanw]

(12-06-2024 04:08 PM)AnnoyedOne Wrote:  That was my opinion of Sinclair product at the time. I saw their ads in amateur electronics magazines of the era all the time.

Low cost but also "cheap".

Not only their calculators, compare the - in the UK popular - Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer with others from the same age like the Commodore Vic20 or 64. Uncomfortable wobbly rubber keypad, but cheap. Used memory chips that were rejected because half of it was defect but the other half was cheap.

It was the general philosophy of the company. Today we would call it a low-end device, just as with phones.