British company announces inexpensive computer: The Sinclair ZX81 will sell for $149.95

Sinclair Research, Ltd., a British company that makes the low-cost zx80 personal computer, has announced its latest model, the ZX81. It is an eight-bit, Z80A-based machine with 1K static memory and 8K ROM. It costs $99.95 in kit form and $149.95 assembled. Sinclair has recorded 1000,000 unit sales since it introduced the machin in Britain in March. This figure equals last year’s total sales for the ZX80 model.