Chris Curry

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Science of Cambridge

Shortly after the NEB took control Sinclair encouraged Curry to leave Sinclair Radionics to get Sinclair Instruments off the ground. Curry borrowed some money and rented offices at 6 King's Parade, Cambridge. In an attempt to raise some cash, the Wrist Calculator was designed by John Pemberton and launched by Sinclair Instrument in February 1977. This did suprisingly well and some 15,000 examples were sold.

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In July 1977 the company was renamed to Science of Cambridge Ltd. Around the same time Ian Williamson showed Curry a prototype computer based around a National Semiconductor SC/MP and some parts scavenged from a Sinclair Cambridge calculator. Curry was impressed and encouraged Sinclair to adopt this as a product; an agreement was reached with Williamson but no contract was ever signed - Nat Semi had offered to redesign the project so that it used only their components and they also offered to manufacture the boards.

Related Topics:
Science of Cambridge Ltd - National Semiconductor - SC/MP

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