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# Editor’s Notebook: Report from Chicago CES

Sinclair announced the ZX-81, an improved version of the popular $200 ZX-80, and a $100-odd flatscreen pocket TV, and hinted at the possibility of a pocket combo unit with computer and flatscreen TV.