Leigh Thompson Sinclair User

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I'm away for the weekend in Broadstairs, and we walked along the coast to Ramsgate and we stumbled across the Micro Computer Museum. If you get a chance to go, it's an amazing place with a huge selection of old computers

Anyway, I got chatting to Leigh Thompson who used to write stuff for the Sinclair User covertapes. He was a most interesting chap to talk too.

I'm on my mobile, so can't check in detail but couldn't find him credited in ZXDB.

This is all I could find online:

http://bbb.retroscene.org/prod.php?p=1427

I will have a proper look when I'm back home.
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PeterJ wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:15 pm Anyway, I got chatting to Leigh Thompson who used to write stuff for the Sinclair User covertapes. He was a most interesting chap to talk too.
How did this come about? Does he work there?
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He's not always credited in the magazine. but his Tips Amazing did feature on quite a few of the covertapes from that era.
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(Issue 119)

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R-Tape wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:28 pm
PeterJ wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:15 pm Anyway, I got chatting to Leigh Thompson who used to write stuff for the Sinclair User covertapes. He was a most interesting chap to talk too.
How did this come about? Does he work there?
Yes, he volunteers there and we got talking.
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8BitAG wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:52 pm Sinclair User 117 The Great 8
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=13737
Well found sir. It would be nice if we could get him some credits. I will contact [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention].
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He will be credited in the next ZXDB update!
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Einar Saukas wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:57 pm He will be credited in the next ZXDB update!
Thanks Einar. Please contact me if you would like any help collating his contributions.
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Thanks [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention]

I'm sure Leigh will be most excited!
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You are welcome!

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=8366

Please let me know if he should be credited for anything else.
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Hi all,

I just Googled myself and found this.

Many thanks for the credit and the kind words.

Even though it's not Spectrum related but I also restore C5's which I have three. I also have the Zike, Zeta 1 & 2 and just found a wheelchair drive unit Sir Clive also invented.

PeterJ is correct, I volunteer at the museum in Ramsgate, which I'm their Sir Clive expert and hopefully I will soon be doing some things with his nephew Grant.
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Anything Sinclair related is totally great! I remember seeing C5s tearing around the roadway around the MK bowl back when they were first made, maybe 1986-ish. Always wanted one. I know a chap I went to school with owns one he’s got gathering dust in his garage.
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