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Sinclair ZX80 home computer + ZX printer.
In order to use the printer with the ZX80, the 8KB ROM upgrade was needed.
The computer became commercially available in 1980; the spark printer was released in 1981, intended for use with the ZX81.
My girlfriend and I were in an adventurous mood and decided to go see a new exhibit that just came to town. I always loved dinosaurs and the images I saw on the big screen stirred my imagination. Below is the story of how this came to be.
"For thirty-five years our Company has used, as its corporate symbol, a reproduction of the largest creature ever to roam the earth -- Brontosaurus, the giant reptile that spent some sixty million years in a world that was eventually inherited by Man. There are many interpretations one can give to this symbol as it relates to Sinclair: the size and power of our Company; the energy created eons ago, deep in the earth, by the vegetation and animal life that ultimately produced the petroleum products now available at our Sinclair stations throughout a good part of the United States; in short, the graphic meaning of one of nature's greatest natural resources -- oil.
It was not until the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, however, that even greater dimension was given to our familiar Brontosaurus. Although we hoped to have a successful exhibit we had no idea that our family of life-size dinosaurs, built of fiberglass in as exact detail as science could create, would generate such genuine interest and excitement that ten million visitors to the Fair would come to our prehistoric garden. Encouraged by this response we decided to launch a tour following the Fair and take our dinosaurs to the people.
We traveled ten-thousand miles through twenty-five states and visited thirty-eight major cities in little less than ten months. Masses of people crowded the shopping centers that hosted our Dino Caravan, and when the 1966 tour ended, close to another ten million had seen our exhibit.
You can appreciate the depth to which the project extended by noting that it reached the front pages of dozens of major metropolitan newspapers; became photographic features and backgrounds for professional and amateur alike; acted as the main topic of hundreds of radio and television programs; and provided a vital educational experience to hundreds of thousands of school children. The exhibit and the news that it stimulated saturated the media of entire areas and focused all-out community attention on our menagerie.
We are so pleased with the results that we will tour again during 1967 -- and perhaps beyond that. We hope you will enjoy these memories as we review the Dinosaur Tour - 1966.
C. G. Drescher, President,
Sinclair Refining Company"
Sources:
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying
19 February 2016 - Houston, TX, USA
Canada Soccer by Mexsport
Christine Sinclair goal celebration
Janine Beckie, Nichelle Prince, Marie Levasseur, Rebecca Quinn, Melissa Tancredi, Stephanie Labbé, Jessie Fleming, Sabrina D'Angelo
The product of an eccentric millionaire, and one of the many examples of 1950's ingenuity with aspirations far outdoing their abilities.
The Sinclair C5 is a small one-person battery electric vehicle, technically an "electrically assisted pedal cycle". Although widely described as an "electric car", Sinclair characterised it as a "vehicle, not a car". It was the culmination of Sir Clive Sinclair's long-running interest in electric vehicles. Sinclair had become one of the UK's best-known millionaires and earned a knighthood on the back of the highly successful Sinclair Research range of home computers in the early 1980s. He now hoped to repeat his success in the electric vehicle market, which he saw as ripe for a new approach.
The C5 emerged from an earlier project to produce a Renault Twizy-style electric car called the C1. After a change in the law prompted by lobbying from bicycle manufacturers, Sinclair developed the C5 as an electrically powered tricycle with a polypropylene body and a chassis designed by Lotus Cars. It was intended to be the first in a series of increasingly ambitious electric vehicles, but in the event the planned development of the followup C10 and C15 electric cars never got further than the drawing board.
On 10 January 1985, the C5 was unveiled at a glitzy launch event but it received a less than enthusiastic reception from the British media. Its sales prospects were blighted by poor reviews and safety concerns expressed by consumer and motoring organisations. The vehicle's limitations – a short range, a maximum speed of only 15mph, a battery that ran down quickly and a lack of weatherproofing – made it impractical for most people's needs. It was marketed as an alternative to cars and bicycles, but ended up appealing to neither group of owners, and it was not available in shops until several months after its launch. Within three months of the launch, production had been slashed by 90%. Sales never picked up despite Sinclair's optimistic forecasts and production ceased entirely by August 1985. Out of 14,000 C5s made, only 5,000 were sold before its manufacturer, Sinclair Vehicles, went into receivership.
The C5 became known as "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry" and a "notorious ... example of failure". Despite its commercial failure, the C5 went on to become a cult item for collectors. Thousands of unsold C5s were purchased by investors and sold for hugely inflated prices – as much as £5,000, compared to the original retail value of £399. Enthusiasts have established owners' clubs and some have modified their vehicles substantially, adding monster wheels, jet engines and high-powered electric motors to propel their C5s at speeds of up to 150mph!
Rebuilt SR Bulleid Light Pacific, Battle of Britain class No.34059 , "Sir Archibald Sinclair" undergoing rebuild in the workshops at Sheffiled Park.
('See Behind the Steam' weekend with behind the scenes tours of parts of the Bluebell Railway. 15 September 2019
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying
14 February 2016 - Houston, TX, USA
Canada Soccer by Mexsport
Christine Sinclair celebrates 159th career goal
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying
19 February 2016 - Houston, TX, USA
Canada Soccer by Mexsport
Christine Sinclair goal celebration (with Shelina Zadorsky)
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying
11 February 2016 - Houston, TX, USA
Canada Soccer by Mexsport
Christine Sinclair walk out
Sinclair's was once one of Belfast's most prestigious department stores. The first part of the store on Royal Avenue was built in 1926 in the classical style. By 1935, Sinclair's was extended with an Art Deco style addition by Belfast-born architect James Scott, who had previously designed the 1926 building. The panels carry a gilt-edged circular 'Sinclair' shield with an embossed gilt-edged capital 'S' letter.
As a consequence of the troubles, the department store closed and on 1 September 1972 and the building was sold off to a Japanese company for just ÂŁ60,000. Today it is occupied by a cafe, with office space above. The building is listed Grade B+, the equivalent to Grade II* listed status in Britain.
Digital is here, but this is another use for old tube televisions. It has been 25 years since I played this game, back in 1986, seems just like yesterday, maybe I'll get a bit farther this time...
A bit of explanation: There are no Sinclair gas stations in the state of Washington. Every other station I've seen in eastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho has been a Sinclair.
See also: the rideable one found in Utah.
Addendum 9 years later: There are actually several Sinclair dinosaurs around here, it turns out, but no Sinclair gas stations.
FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011
Canada bus
Leonardo Raveggi
Max Colucci
Misty Thomas
Andrea O'Brien
Dr. Pietro Braina
Sian Bagshawe
Fabrizio DiFrancesco
Carolina Morace
Andrea Neil
Elisabetta Bavagnoli
Maeve Glass
Mario Familari
Karina LeBlanc
Emily Zurrer
Kelly Parker
Carmelina Moscato
Robyn Gayle
Kaylyn Kyle
Rhian Wilkinson
Diana Matheson
Candace Chapman
Christina Julien
Desiree Scott
Christine Sinclair
Sophie Schmidt
Melissa Tancredi
Jodi-Ann Robinson
Jonelle Filigno
Brittany Timko
Erin McLeod
Chelsea Stewart
Marie-Eve Nault
Stephanie Labbé
Rachelle Beanlands
Melanie Booth
Brooke McCalla
Chelsea Buckland
Approaching Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute..
Cargo ship:
Launched in 2006 Margaret Sinclair is a 21m coastal landing craft, purpose built for Inverlussa Marine Services by Alexander Noble and Sons Ltd, of Girvan. The vessel was built to the company's exact specifications, to provide an all-round work boat fit for the varied and challenging terrain of the West Coast of Scotland.
With a cargo-carrying capacity of 68 tonnes, this highly flexible vessel, with its bow thruster and high lift rudders, offers great manoeuvrability and the ability to hold a stationary position when required. The spacious, clear working area on deck make the boat suitable for everything from ferry contracts, to cargo carrying, to survey work.
Length: 21m. Breadth; 7.2m
Shallow draft
Wide bow loading ramp
32t/m crane with 14.5m outreach
7t SWL A-Frame
2 x 3t winches
MCA CAT 2
Speed peed (avg./max):
Av. speed: 6.9 kn. Max: 9.2 kn
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying
14 February 2016 - Houston, TX, USA
Canada Soccer by Mexsport
Christine Sinclair celebrates 159th career goal
Remember when gas was only $1.30 a gallon? Saw this old Sinclair gas station on the outskirts of Ardmore, Oklahoma. From the prices on the sign, this place hasn't been open for quite some time.
I've always love the Sinclair logo. That's was the product is... million year old dinos. Seeing that sing, brings visions of gas stations along Route 66, even more than seeing that old Phillips 66 logo.
same dune as the cactus beach shot, an hour or so later - oh, to have been here just a little before... oh well...
point sinclair conservation reserve, far west coast, south australia
Sinclair Pipeline Company operates crude oil pipelines in Wyoming and refined petroleum pipelines in Wyoming, Colorado, Missouri and Iowa. Sinclair operates a pipeline control center in Sinclair, Wyoming which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
BaoAn Cup CFA International Women's Football Tournament
11 January 2015 - Shenzhen, CHN
Christine Sinclair captain's armband and pennant
Sinclair Lewis, first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature (1930). Author of Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), It Can't Happen Here (1935), etc. The photograph shows Sinclair Lewis in Minneapolis working in the usual furnished room he rented for writing. (Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection).