Zing Tsjeng
speaker
5,313 appearances
20 recordings
9 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 4d ago
Zing Tsjeng’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And then 1986, a big moment, because they made an IBM-compatible computer, meaning that it was designed to run the same software, use the same hardware architecture as the IBM PC, which was becoming and had become the industry standard for business computing.
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The campaign slogan was, and this is pure Alan Sugar, compatible with you-know-who, priced as only we-know-how.
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So, you know, this is computing for the masses.
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And people were getting to know him in the UK.
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He was becoming a bit of a public figure.
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He was described in the press as streetwise and bullish.
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He was pugnacious but effective.
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And there was a begrudging respect for his success.
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But...
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There was also hostility from the city establishment, which Alan threw right back at them.
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He was now the 15th richest man in Britain and he set about spending like it.
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He bought a fleet of expensive cars, Rolls Royces, I've seen one of those, Bentleys and big houses in Essex and Florida.
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He's living the dream.
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And I remember this.
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I was a teenager at the time, and it was amazing how quickly...
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Amstrad went from being like, oh, I've got an Amstrad.
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Aren't I great?
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To like, what a load of rubbish.
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Because people like Dell and IBM themselves were getting into the mass market as well.
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And Amstrad was seen as a kind of shabby second best.
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