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{{Short description|Sinclair home computer cancelled in 1986}} {{infobox computer | Photo = | Type = [[Home computer]] | Released = Cancelled | Discontinued = | Processor = [[Z80]] @ 7 MHz and equivalent | Memory = 128 [[kilobyte|KB]] (1MB max) | OS = [[SuperBASIC]] variant, [[CP/M]] | graphics = ''Rasterop'' chip | display = 512Γ256 with 16 colours, 256Γ212 with 64 or 256 colours | memory card = Floppy disk. | input = MIDI, lightpen, joystick | baseprice = Β£200 | sound = 8-bit DAC }} '''Loki''' was the [[code name]] for a cancelled [[home computer]] developed at [[Sinclair Research]] during the mid-1980s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Red |first=Johnny |date=2001 |title=Sinclair "Loki" |url=https://sinclair.comboios.info/zxloki.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Timex Computer World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Chris |date=2003 |title=Loki, Janus, Pandora - The Unreleased Sinclair Computers |url=https://rk.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/loki/loki.htm |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Planet Sinclair}}</ref> The name came from the Norse god [[Loki]], god of mischief and thieves. Loki was based on the [[ZX Spectrum]], but intended to rival the [[Amiga]] for video games. ''Loki'' followed two earlier, aborted research projects from Sinclair: the [[Motorola 68008|68008]]-based SuperSpectrum home computer (cancelled in 1982) and the LC3 game console (cancelled in 1983).<ref name="Adamson">{{cite web |last=Adamson |first=Ian |author2=Kennedy |first2=Richard |date=1986 |title=Sinclair and the 'Sunrise' Technology: The Quantum Leap β to where? |url=http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/ql/ql_sst.htm |accessdate=2007-06-03 |work=Planet Sinclair}}</ref>
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