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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 2-Aug-2007 16:03:34
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| So Sky own the Sinclair computer brand then.... get ready for a ZX81 emulator on sky I guess :) |
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 2-Aug-2007 16:20:56
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 2-Aug-2007 16:56:16
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| Alan Michael Sugar TRADing didn't just do (poor) computers.
Alan Sugar is a genius.. He also did LOTS of other things.
CB Radios
HiFi centres
SKY TV boxes
And I'm sure others can list stuff as well...... Good trade name to buy imho
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 2-Aug-2007 18:35:13
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| And as usual, the Amiga sits at the back of a queue, but not totally forgotten. If someone with some sense bought the brand, a lot could happen on nostalgia alone, I think.
But nevermind :)
Alan Sugar definitely knows what he's doing.
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 2-Aug-2007 19:38:56
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 2-Aug-2007 21:02:06
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| Alan Michael Sugar TRADing didn't just do (poor) computers. |
Oi! The CPC rocked!
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 2-Aug-2007 21:02:11
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Alan Sugar is a genius.. He also did LOTS of other things.
CB Radios
HiFi centres
SKY TV boxes |
He did indeed....
CB Radios........I owned an Amstrad 901, bleedover box but it had a cool LED signal meter..AND a bleep 
HiFi centres.....I had an amstrad hifi....again with cool LEDs
SKY TV boxes....think most people will have had a sky box at some point.
I agree he had a very well known brand.
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 3-Aug-2007 0:56:20
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| Perhaps that's why he's sold Amstrad.... to buy Amiga? |
Brilliant! 
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
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| He hasnt done too bad considering he started selling wire coat hangers made into car aerials!
The CPC was certainly one of their better made products I thought... Everything else has felt a bit cheap.
As an ex-Spectrum owner (original 16k in 1982, upgraded with 32k option!) I have to wonder where Sir Clive is these days... |
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
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| "As an ex-Spectrum owner (original 16k in 1982, upgraded with 32k option!) I have to wonder where Sir Clive is these days... "
he's still alive and kicking!
http://www.sinclair-research.co.uk/index.php
he also made a radio, called x1 as tiny as an earplug phone:) http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/audio/x1radio.htm
(i just see now that theres a new edition available, the z1:)
miniaturization and revolute the public transport were always his greatest passions:)) Last edited by $adddam on 03-Aug-2007 at 02:27 PM.
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 3-Aug-2007 16:06:09
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
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Yeah, every computer they made after the CPC was pretty dire. 
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
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| My favourite computers of all time.
1. Amstrad CPC
2. Commodore Amiga
I think that says it all...
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 3-Aug-2007 20:44:12
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My favourite computers of all time.
1. Amstrad CPC
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Tells me you must be mad
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 4-Aug-2007 0:13:20
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| The Amstrad brand most be too old have any real market value, guess they where overpaid |
Eh? Unlike the Amiga brand, the Amistrad brand never stopped shipping products. They make set-top boxes, hence the buy-out by Sky. They also make HiFis, email telephones and other stuff. No, the brand isn't "too old to have any real market value".
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 4-Aug-2007 16:27:33
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Eh? Unlike the Amiga brand, the Amistrad brand never stopped shipping products.
Amistrad ? In your dreams perhaps..  Last edited by Seer on 04-Aug-2007 at 04:29 PM.
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
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Did you consider interviewing him for AmigaWorld?
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Re: A blast from the past - Amstrad sold for �125 million to
Posted on 5-Aug-2007 9:51:33
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| The Amstrad brand most be too old have any real market value, guess they where overpaid |
This is the real world we're talking about here. It is very little about the brand, but about the products, technical expertise and of course, profits.
Three things not relevant in the Amiga World. |
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