> But Sinclair went on to kick start the UK Microcomputer industry. Not even remotely true. There was a large homegrown industry (I worked in Cambridge at the

> But Sinclair went on to kick start the UK Microcomputer industry. Not even remotely true. There was a large homegrown industry (I worked in Cambridge at the time). Sinclair was a well-known early player but many others grew up at the same time and independantly. For a time it was known as the "Cambridge Phenomenon". What did spring from Sinclair was Acorn. If anything kick started the UK microcomputer industry it was the Cambridge University Computer Lab where Sinclair and others got much of their talent.