My first computer was a ZX Spectrum my uncle passed on to myself and my brother in the late 80s. The games took a ton of time to load from cassette, but some of

My first computer was a ZX Spectrum my uncle passed on to myself and my brother in the late 80s. The games took a ton of time to load from cassette, but some of them were great fun. My fondest memory is playing Silkworm in co-op with my brother. I always thought the Sinclair machines looked cool too, they had a certain mystique I can't put my finger on. Personal anecdote aside, it's safe to say that without the work of Rick Dickinson and his colleagues at Sinclair Research the UK computing industry would have been much slower to take off. The ZX Spectrum in particular was hugely popular in the UK (alongside its main rival the C64), and did more to push forward the UK computing industry than any other computer I can think of (and I say that as an Amiga fan). Even with the passing of Mr Dickinson his legacy lives on.