The death of the British innovator, Clav Senkler, inventor of the calculator

British inventor, Clav Senkler, has died of creative laptops and cheap household computers, at the age of 81.

His daughter Blinda told the Guardian newspaper that he died at his home in London on Thursday morning after a long struggle with illness;"He was a wonderful and very smart person, and he was always interested in everything. My daughter and her husband are engineers so he was talking to them about engineering."

Snkir invented the calculator, but was famous for promoting home computer, and bringing him to the major British stores at relatively reasonable prices.

The beginnings of adolescence

Senkler left the school at the age of 17 and worked for 4 years as a technical journalist to raise funds to establish "Sinklair Radionics".

In the early 1970s, a series of calculators were invented to be small and light enough to fit the pocket, at a time when most of the models available in large and ancient size were."He wanted to make things small and cheap so that people could reach them," said his daughter.

A climb to the summit

His first home computer "ZX80" (ZX80) - which was called the name of the year in which he appeared - a revolution in the market, although it was far from today's models.

And at a price of 79.95 pounds sterling (109.95 dollars) and 99.95 pounds ($ 137.47) with accessories, this represented about five other household computers at that time.

His company sold 50 thousand units, while the price of his successor, "ZX 81" (ZX81), reached 69.95 pounds, and sold 250 thousand units.

Many veteran gaming professionals began writing programs on the touch keyboard, and they became addicted to games such as "3D MONSTER MAZE" and Mazogs.

These two "ZX" computers made it very rich.In 2010, Senkler told the Guardian that "within two or 3 years we achieved a profit of 14 million pounds."

In 1982, the famous computer "K48 ZX SPCTRUM" (48k ZX Spectrum) launched its rubber switches, strange colors and small voice, which was appreciated by games developers, and inspired them to make many famous games, which included "Jet Set Willy" (Jet Set Willy "Horas Goes SkING and "Chuckie Egg" and many others.

Thanks to these devices, Senkler became a familiar name, as its products were running out of the shelves, and he got the equestrian medal in 1983.

Illon Musk, President of Tesla and Spacex, commented on a article on Senkler and described it as the father of ZX Sibekker, saying, "Laqqh peace, Sidi Senkler, I loved this computer."

Resounding fall

Although the name of Senkler was synonymous with success and inventions, it was also associated with one of his least successful inventions, which will cost him financially.

C5 (C5), which is a battery three -wheelbara in January 1985, fired, expecting sales up to about 100,000 units in the first year.

But she stumbled, and his company found itself under judicial guard by October of the same year.The competent authorities expressed their concerns about the safety of the bike driving, which is located below the line of vision of other car drivers, as well as exposure to weather factors, and in the following year Sinklir sold his computer's work in the company of Amsrad.

He did not use his inventions

The strange thing about this genius inventor was that he did not use his inventions personally;His daughter said that he had never had a pocket calculator as she knew, but was using the traditional calculator, and he also told the interlocutors that he did not use a computer or email.

His interests included hair, marathon running and paper.