---
title: "It Really Is a “Quantum Leap”!"
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url: "http://localhost/article/it-really-is-a-quantum-leap/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/it-really-is-a-quantum-leap.md"
published_at: "2024-01-01T20:29:17+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T11:45:55+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Sinclair Research has done it again! Their new personal computer with 128k RAM, two micro-drives, and four software packages, sells for the almost unheard of price of $499."
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issue: "1"
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    title: "Time Designs Magazine v1 n1"
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pages: "4"
pubdate: "Nov-Dec 1984"
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---

Sinclair Research has done it again! Their new personal computer with 128k RAM, two micro-drives, and four software packages, sells for the almost unheard of price of $499.