Rick Dickinson - Designer of ZX everything, dies
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His computers are probably key to the direction I chose in life... [Rick Dickinson, designer of Sinclair home computers, dies | Technology | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/apr/27/rick-dickinson-designer-sinclair-home-computers-dies-in-us)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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His computers are probably key to the direction I chose in life... [Rick Dickinson, designer of Sinclair home computers, dies | Technology | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/apr/27/rick-dickinson-designer-sinclair-home-computers-dies-in-us)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
Let's hope he's not spending the rest of eternity on a C5.
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Let's hope he's not spending the rest of eternity on a C5.
Absolutely, although I don't believe he was responsible for that one.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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His computers are probably key to the direction I chose in life... [Rick Dickinson, designer of Sinclair home computers, dies | Technology | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/apr/27/rick-dickinson-designer-sinclair-home-computers-dies-in-us)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
The eulogy will start as soon as we get the volume and treble controls in exactly the right place...
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His computers are probably key to the direction I chose in life... [Rick Dickinson, designer of Sinclair home computers, dies | Technology | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/apr/27/rick-dickinson-designer-sinclair-home-computers-dies-in-us)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
Sad to hear of his passing. My first computer was a Timex Sinclair ZX80. Still have it. Have not fired it up in decades. Dad bought it from a CES in Chicago when it was still here. $99 IIRC 1K RAM with optional 4K module. BASIC lang. TV used as monitor. Cassette tape storage. Learned to program on it. Good memories except for having to turn the cassette player upside down every once in a while.