Loki was the codename for a "Super Spectrum" computer developed by
Sinclair Research. The name either came from the god
Loki or as a play on "Low-cost Colour Computer" aka "LowCCC" or LC
3. Loki was designed to be an
Amiga-beater, but when
Amstrad took over Sinclair in
1986 the project was cancelled.
Martin Brennan and
John Mathieson, two Sinclair employees, took the Loki technology with them and started
Flare Technology and the Loki design was first intended to be launched as
Konix Multisystem that never was released, but the technology finally was released as
Atari Jaguar.
Some of the Loki technology was also used in
Miles Gordon Technology's
SAM Coupé.
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