In May 1979 Jim Westwood started the ZX80 project at Science of Cambridge, which was launched in February 1980 at £79.95 in kit form and £99.95 ready-built.
In May 1979 Jim Westwood started a project to design a new microcomputer based on the Zilog Z80 microprocessor at Science of Cambridge. This was launched as the ZX80 in February 1980 at £79.95 in kit form and £99.95 ready-built.