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excerpt: "Reprint of a brief item from the San Francisco Chronicle (February 18, 1987) reporting Clive Sinclair's announcement of a new small laptop computer weighing under two pounds, IBM-compatible, priced at $350–$700, and believed to be the Z88."
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# Sinclair Introduces New Computer

Reprint of a brief item from the San Francisco Chronicle (February 18, 1987) reporting Clive Sinclair’s announcement of a new small laptop computer weighing under two pounds, IBM-compatible, priced at $350–$700, and believed to be the Z88.