Rick Dickinson
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Rick Dickinson was the in-house industrial designer of Sinclair Research Ltd.
He designed the ZX80 and ZX81 personal computers, including the touch-sensitive keyboard and rubber keyboard of the ZX Spectrum. He also designed the TV80 casing and Sinclair QL. Dickinson is a graduate of Newcastle Polytechnic, and joined Sinclair before he had completed his degree. Dickinson holds two patents, one for the ZX80 and one for the ZX81 designs.
He was also the designer of the Gizmondo handheld console (originally the Gametrac).
[edit] External links and references
- Planet Sinclair - Rick Dickinson
- Sinclair User magazine, Modest award winner sets the pace in micro design, August 1982
- ZX80 patent
- ZX81 patent
