Rick Dickinson, designer of the Sinclair Spectrum, dies following battle against cancer

Stuart Sumner
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Rick Dickinson designed the Sinclair ZX80, ZX81 and Spectrum

The designer of the Sinclair Spectrum home computer, Rick Dickinson, has died in the US following a battle against cancer. Dickinson was also behind the design of the other classic Sinclair home...

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