Sir Clive Sinclair: Down but never out, the eternal optimist is back

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It's been 25 years since the Sinclair C5 was launched and flopped. But its
inventor refuses to let these knocks get in the way of his ideas. Jonathan
Owen meets Sir Clive Sinclair. Some people don't know when to quit. This
is common among people who are unusually stupid or preternaturally clever.
Sir Clive Sinclair is not stupid. Indeed at one time, he was expected to
take over the computer world. He pioneered personal computers in the early
1980s, running a company which employed hundreds and made millions.

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