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Retro tech - Spectrum gets rebooted

Name: Retro tech - Spectrum gets rebooted
Uploaded: 2014-12-02T17:18:35.869Z
Duration: 5 min 15 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: What are the chances of success for return of 1980s computer?

The Spectrum was one of the most popular home computers of the 1980s. Sir Clive Sinclair, its designer, has said he hopes to release an updated model. The FT’s Sally Davies and Jonathan Guthrie look at its chances of success and Sir Clive’s legacy.

December 2, 2014

Filmed by Rod Fitzgerald. Additional material courtesy of Retro Computers and Getty Images. Produced by Seb Morton-Clark