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We have a brief discussion of Sinclair and the impact of his machines in our <i>New History of Modern Computing. </i></div>
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I never owned a Sinclair computer but I did have a Sinclair pocket calculator. As Yoda would say, "Reverse Polish Notation, it had!" (That's the reason I bought one. If you don't get the joke, e-mail me off-line. He used RPN to save a memory register & keep
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 8, 2021 10:46 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [SIGCIS-Members] Clive Sinclair obituary</font>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Stay sane and keep wearing a mask (partially for you; more for others),</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jonathan Coopersmith</span><br>
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<div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Voting challenges: </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheeagle.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Ftexas-should-be-the-model-for-secure-voting%2Farticle_4c35a332-e42c-11eb-b0d8-534c59b58ebe.html&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7Cab91af329d0f4eafac1f08d98afb9f14%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637693636738850728%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2B8Eni%2BfmqaYhmTv0lQN2RVsx4FZ7pm9mtpBV%2F6vOXSw%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/texas-should-be-the-model-for-secure-voting/article_4c35a332-e42c-11eb-b0d8-534c59b58ebe.html" shash="wQnDQ/mKqM1ekUTxkvNMdt3+itHn/p71X8xhgOrqWKYrnCJqSSLhaUYzjV82pF3QD3+tkH0jGj5qWjz6u8pUQgIslUjwG98Ll7ZpK1W9TnNEV7lDjbE5ztE5PCsCwsdPFOsf76P6eE+LXBiFa7C8LVvoAm3TZoCGJj5HyOwXhic=" target="_blank">https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/texas-should-be-the-model-for-secure-voting/article_4c35a332-e42c-11eb-b0d8-534c59b58ebe.html</a></span></div>
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<div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Preserving space archives: <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.toboldlypreserve.space%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7Cab91af329d0f4eafac1f08d98afb9f14%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637693636738860721%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Y2GNWLeVmhXQD%2FmfpiMNTuzHjCtC1DzCgj6vWZJYJeU%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/" shash="sUOJY5/KaE/l5dCCQJsRRN6FIjiW8wPraJh2K9CjB/Eh4131ID6KbnW3A7wE69j9bI+ZgjHvco8pR9DUsouPHsAm53RtYBp3RMFbqkiFpM+qD1AjZZYI8fqm6kTQN03uL+BFm5ANUbEtpzqfmy/fThQQhH83i0awywr8H5Rppfg=" target="_blank">https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/</a></font></div>
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<div>International standards battles: <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fspectrum.ieee.org%2Ftech-talk%2Fgeek-life%2Fhistory%2Flets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting__%3B!!KwNVnqRv!R4dbJx9DOnSkoiNAwXjHq9sp5vMvdGEVtOMlWJUc6AH7iQiRA7bw1VEUYeo6i2St9sgf%24&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7Cab91af329d0f4eafac1f08d98afb9f14%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637693636738860721%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=i%2F5loqCSheJX7%2BqoRpLVU56OIoPwzpRuk8%2BqBtNdbfg%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting__;!!KwNVnqRv!R4dbJx9DOnSkoiNAwXjHq9sp5vMvdGEVtOMlWJUc6AH7iQiRA7bw1VEUYeo6i2St9sgf$" shash="eqYeZ4TxHqth3fm989J5c7jf2uVhZ5NI2qpVbRgAr7nBKgKSwmILuW1CKk0VyuIRd68DCryOvZiXCc7XYYVc5DWn8ohOhk45EazJIVfi6bpjjErKRfTx1FtX79noudqIMDnvvtpPSBO7n5jgP8H7z7nFKTQZL6EYyUIHLj7PeeU=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting</a></div>
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<div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i>FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine</i> (Johns Hopkins University Press) </font><br>
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