have to say i really enjoyed the program, i had not realised Acorn was a fracture of Sinclairs organisation, and the line "had you not insisted on that dam electric car (which finally caused the split) we could have been the British equivalent to IBM' was a brilliant observation and imo very likely true.
i did not feel it showed Sir Clive in to a bad light, the shouting and phone throwing tantrums perhps were not so violent as portrayed, he was/is a very driven man but thats show business.
they twice run with the theme he held no grudges, after a typical heated argument he would then buy drinks to make amends, so the guy had good humility qualities as well as his sheer genius.
i'm 60 now, my first computer was a ZX81 i bought when i was mid 20's, i learn't an awful lot from it using 'sinclair basic' programming, it meant i did not need to learn mind torturing machine code.
frm the program i took it that Sir Clives basic drive was to make technology cheaper, Alan Sugars drive was exactly the same with HiFi but he was better at negotiating with makers which resuted in some quality issues in both companies in order to cut costs.
had they combined at an earlier time before the split taht started Acorn, i wonder if we would now be riding the C500 2 wheel turbo?
regs
alan