---
title: "Sinclair Sold to Amstrad"
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slug: "sinclair-sold-to-amstrad"
url: "http://localhost/article/sinclair-sold-to-amstrad/"
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published_at: "2026-03-14T13:31:36+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-14T13:31:37+00:00"
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excerpt: "Brief news item: as reported on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (April 8, 1986), Amstrad Consumer Electronics purchased Sinclair Research Limited for $7.3 million. Sinclair was experiencing financial difficulties. Amstrad plans to begin manufacturing Sinclair computers when supplier contracts expire later in 1986. Sir Clive Sinclair returns to inventing."
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  title: "Timelinez"
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volume: "4"
issue: "4"
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  - id: 38833
    title: "Timelinez v4 n4"
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pages: "7"
pubdate: "April 1986"
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---

Brief news item: as reported on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (April 8, 1986), Amstrad Consumer Electronics purchased Sinclair Research Limited for $7.3 million. Sinclair was experiencing financial difficulties. Amstrad plans to begin manufacturing Sinclair computers when supplier contracts expire later in 1986. Sir Clive Sinclair returns to inventing.