We have a brief discussion of Sinclair and the impact of his machines in our New History of Modern Computing. 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 costs down). Paul Ceruzzi ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 10:46 PM To: SIGCIS <members@sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Clive Sinclair obituary External Email - Exercise Caution Worth the read: https://www.economist.com/obituary/obituary-clive-sinclair-foresaw-the-future-too-soon/21804959<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fobituary%2Fobituary-clive-sinclair-foresaw-the-future-too-soon%2F21804959&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7Cab91af329d0f4eafac1f08d98afb9f14%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637693636738850728%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=jNdo14C2mvbCt2ytM7f6%2FLUQwGdcM3EyS3QSrB8WqnI%3D&reserved=0> Stay sane and keep wearing a mask (partially for you; more for others), Jonathan Jonathan Coopersmith Professor Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.739.4708 (cell) 979.862.4314 (fax) Voting challenges: https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/texas-should-be-the-model-for-secure-voting/article_4c35a332-e42c-11eb-b0d8-534c59b58ebe.html<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> Preserving space archives: https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/<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> International standards battles: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting<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> FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine (Johns Hopkins University Press)