<s>
Loki	B-Device
was	O
the	O
code	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
cancelled	O
home	O
computer	O
developed	O
at	O
Sinclair	O
Research	O
during	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
Norse	O
god	O
Loki	B-Device
,	O
god	O
of	O
mischief	O
and	O
thieves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loki	B-Device
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
intended	O
to	O
rival	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
for	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loki	B-Device
followed	O
two	O
earlier	O
,	O
aborted	O
research	O
projects	O
from	O
Sinclair	O
:	O
the	O
68008-based	O
SuperSpectrum	O
home	O
computer	O
(	O
cancelled	O
in	O
1982	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
LC3	O
game	O
console	O
(	O
cancelled	O
in	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
article	O
published	O
in	O
Sinclair	O
User	O
magazine	O
,	O
Loki	B-Device
was	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
7MHz	O
Z80H	B-General_Concept
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
minimum	O
of	O
128	O
KiB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
two	O
custom	O
chips	O
providing	O
much	O
enhanced	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
compatibility	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
chip	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
Rasterop	O
chip	O
,	O
would	O
have	O
blitter-type	O
functionality	O
and	O
three	O
different	O
modes	O
:	O
512×256	O
pixels	O
with	O
16	O
colours	O
,	O
256×212	O
with	O
256	O
colours	O
,	O
or	O
256×212	O
with	O
64	O
colours	O
and	O
two	O
bits	O
per	O
pixel	O
used	O
for	O
"	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
objects	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comprehensive	O
peripheral	O
support	O
was	O
also	O
claimed	O
,	O
including	O
MIDI	O
,	O
lightpen	B-Device
,	O
joystick	O
and	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
SuperBASIC	B-Language
language	O
from	O
the	O
Sinclair	B-Device
QL	I-Device
was	O
to	O
be	O
provided	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
Sinclair	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
also	O
intended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
Spectrum	O
magazine	O
,	O
Crash	O
,	O
poured	O
scorn	O
on	O
the	O
report	O
in	O
Sinclair	O
User	O
,	O
dismissing	O
the	O
design	O
as	O
"	O
dreamware	B-Application
"	O
in	O
the	O
opinion	O
of	O
an	O
ex-Sinclair	O
designer	O
they	O
consulted	O
,	O
analysing	O
the	O
implied	O
components	O
and	O
costs	O
,	O
and	O
adding	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
may	O
be	O
fun	O
to	O
dream	O
about	O
Loki	B-Device
,	O
but	O
the	O
fact	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
wo	O
n't	O
appear	O
,	O
and	O
nor	O
will	O
anything	O
like	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Martin	O
Brennan	O
and	O
John	O
Mathieson	O
,	O
two	O
Sinclair	O
engineers	O
,	O
took	O
the	O
Loki	B-Device
concept	O
with	O
them	O
and	O
founded	O
Flare	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
they	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
cancelled	O
Konix	B-Device
Multisystem	I-Device
game	O
console	O
,	O
then	O
later	O
worked	O
with	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
on	O
the	O
Panther	B-Device
(	O
cancelled	O
)	O
and	O
Jaguar	B-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Jaguar	B-Device
developer	O
Andrew	O
Whittaker	O
,	O
two	O
other	O
Sinclair	O
employees	O
,	O
Bruce	O
Gordon	O
and	O
Alan	O
Miles	O
,	O
who	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
form	O
Miles	O
Gordon	O
Technology	O
,	O
also	O
used	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
designs	O
in	O
the	O
SAM	B-Device
Coupé	I-Device
.	O
</s>
