That’s very sad. Oddly enough, I’ve just finished reading an early biography of him, really interesting book.
Bit of a maniac. Most of his big successes were achieved in spite of him.
Does this mean I am never going to get that refund on the ZX81 that he sold me ?
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Mate worked at his R&D facility in Winchester mid 80s.
I visited and we worked on miniturising the circuits in his design for a combined cable free phone that was a landline AND a mobile. He was a few years ahead of Nokia.
Never got the funding for production prototypes.
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Whatever happened to the phone that actually did that? Think it was called the Rabbit, it connected to your landline and switched to a mobile network as soon as you’re out of landline range. 
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That’s just what she told you it was for.
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Now you mention it, the dial tone was a very loud buzzing sound…
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No ring tone either, just several vibrate modes…
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The latex covering made it waterproof, right?
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Just to put an end to this tasteless innuendo…
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So, the raised rubber “nipples” (?)
For added sensation 
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Fuck right off 
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Gutted for him. I had a ZX81 and a ZX Spectrum - many many hours of entertainment and programming (not very well in my case) were thanks to him.
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Tbf, it does help if you can press the fucking keys on a computer while programming.
I’ve linked this before - well worth a a view. I’ve also seen a video with the key people saying how much of it is true. Much of it is.
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Jimmy Greaves has made his final pass.
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Couldn’t have picked a more apposite day to snuff it. Spurs v Chelsea.
A great finisher to the end.
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I’m assuming that the obligatory minute’s applause is a given. 
Dropping like flies.
Roger Hunt goes. 83.
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A lot going in their early 80s.