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* 12 January: The [[Sinclair QL]] ("Quantum Leap") is introduced, at £399, and is intended to compete in the business market. Based on a Motorola 68008 CPU with an 8-bit data bus, it comes with 128 KB of RAM and supports the ZX Microdrive (rather than a floppy disk drive). With delivery promised within 28 days, the machine is plagued by production problems, delaying deliveries until April and requiring an external expansion card (the "kludge"/"dongle") holding 16 KB ROM to be used with early machines, needed as the QL's operating system would not fit into the 32 KB of ROM provided internally. | * 12 January: The [[Sinclair QL]] ("Quantum Leap") is introduced, at £399, and is intended to compete in the business market. Based on a Motorola 68008 CPU with an 8-bit data bus, it comes with 128 KB of RAM and supports the ZX Microdrive (rather than a floppy disk drive). With delivery promised within 28 days, the machine is plagued by production problems, delaying deliveries until April and requiring an external expansion card (the "kludge"/"dongle") holding 16 KB ROM to be used with early machines, needed as the QL's operating system would not fit into the 32 KB of ROM provided internally. | ||
* January: The magazine [[Your Spectrum]] is launched by Sportscene Specialist Press (later renamed to Dennis Publishing in April 1987). | * January: The magazine ''[[Your Spectrum]]'' is launched by Sportscene Specialist Press (later renamed to Dennis Publishing in April 1987). | ||
* February: The magazine [[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] is launched by Newsfield Publications Ltd. | * February: The magazine ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]'' is launched by Newsfield Publications Ltd. | ||
=== 1985 === | === 1985 === | ||
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* January: The ZX Spectrum 128 goes on sale in the UK at a price of £179.95. As well as including 128 KB of RAM, it provides a more stable video output (avoiding dot crawl), a [[AY-3-8912]] sound synthesis chip, a Spectrum+ style plastic keyboard, and a tokenising editor intended to be used in preference to the original ZX Spectrum's context-based keyword entry system. | * January: The ZX Spectrum 128 goes on sale in the UK at a price of £179.95. As well as including 128 KB of RAM, it provides a more stable video output (avoiding dot crawl), a [[AY-3-8912]] sound synthesis chip, a Spectrum+ style plastic keyboard, and a tokenising editor intended to be used in preference to the original ZX Spectrum's context-based keyword entry system. | ||
* January: After 21 issues, Your Spectrum is relaunched as [[Your Sinclair]]. | * January: After 21 issues, ''Your Spectrum'' is relaunched as ''[[Your Sinclair]]''. | ||
* 7 April: All Spectrum-related assets and the "Sinclair" brand name are acquired by [[Amstrad]] plc. | * 7 April: All Spectrum-related assets and the "Sinclair" brand name are acquired by [[Amstrad]] plc. | ||
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=== 1990 === | === 1990 === | ||
* April: Your Sinclair is published under ownership of Future plc for the first time. | * April: ''Your Sinclair'' is published under ownership of Future plc for the first time. | ||
* June: Miles Gordon Technology goes into receivership. | * June: Miles Gordon Technology goes into receivership. | ||
=== 1992 === | === 1992 === | ||
* May: | * May: ''Crash'' becomes ostensibly incorporated into ''Sinclair User'' as of the 123rd issue. In practice, very little changes in the publication. | ||
* 15 July: [[SAM Computers Ltd]] (SAMCo) goes into receivership. | * 15 July: [[SAM Computers Ltd]] (SAMCo) goes into receivership. | ||
=== 1993 === | === 1993 === | ||
* April: The 134th and final issue of Sinclair User is published. | * April: The 134th and final issue of ''Sinclair User'' is published. | ||
* September: The 94th and final issue of Your Sinclair is published (not counting the 21 issues of Your Spectrum). The closure effectively marks the end of what was left of the commercial life of the Spectrum. | * September: The 94th and final issue of ''Your Sinclair'' is published (not counting the 21 issues of ''Your Spectrum''). The closure effectively marks the end of what was left of the commercial life of the Spectrum. | ||
=== 2010 === | === 2010 === | ||