thesinclairstory

From "The Sinclair Story" by Rodney Dale

"In September 1983 Clive Sinclair was presented with a special custom-made Spectrum at Timex of Dundee to mark the production of the one millionth unit. He was somewhat reluctant to go to the presentation; the idea was that he should follow the special millionth computer in its white case round the production line as it was being assembled. He came to the end; the Spectrum was being tested; all the cameras were there. There was a terrific atmosphere on the shop floor, all the girls on the production line gathered round. Barry Lawson (the Timex director of manufacturing operations) said his few words and handed the computer to Sinclair, who suddenly changed into top gear, made a terrific speech about Timex, held the computer high for the cameras, and all the girls cheered . . . it was a tremendous performance.

The Spectrum continued to go from strength to strength."