Presented below is a list of currently available products related to the Sinclair ZX-80. Such a list can never be complete, of course. We intend to run this as an ongoing column and in addition, we intend to expand the entries to include a description of each product. In this and other issues you will find in-depth evaluations and reviews of many of these products.
We welcome entries from manufacturers and readers for the resources column. Please include the name of the item, a brief description, price, and complete data on how to obtain it. Send contributions to SYNC Resources, 39 East Hanover Avenue, Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950.
Computers
Sinclair ZX-80 (Great Britain):
1K assembled — £100.00
1K kit without power source — £80.00
Science of Cambridge
6 Kings Parade
Cambridge, Cambs CB2 1SN
England
Sinclair ZX-80 (United States):
1K assembled — $200.00
Sinclair Research Limited
50 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114
MicroAce Computer:
1K kit — $149.00
2K kit — $169.00
MicroAce
1348 East Edinger
Santa Ana, CA 92075
Hardware
Plug in RAM chips for the ZX-80.
1K — £20, 2K — £30, 3K — £40
Quicksilva
56 Bedford Place
South Hampton, Hants
England
Software and Books
Games and technical information for the Sinclair ZX-80.
Bobker
29 Chedderton Drive
Unsworth, Bury, Lancs
England
Four cassette tapes — £3 each:
1. Moon-landing, Hangman, Code breaker, Intercept
2. Bio-rhythm, Solitaire, Battleship, Dice
3. Bingo, Minefield, Remcard, Sequences
4. Five Mathematics Programs
Bug-Byte
251 Henley Road
Coventry CV2 1BX
England
1K Games for the ZX-80:
Mastermind, Hangman, Simon, Computamath — £2 each, four for £5.50 incl.
4K Element Math Package — £7.50 incl.
Bush Green Enterprises Limited
80 Dumont Avenue
Point Clear, Essex CO16 8JR
England
ZX-80 Software (games and educational): Dicethrow, Mastermind, DIV Package, Electro Bandit, Math Programs, and Word Puzzles — £5.00 each, three for £12.00
CDS Micro Systems
10 Westfield Close, Tickhill
Doncaster DN 11 9LA
England
Software on cassette for 1K ZX-80: Simon, Mind Bender, Destroyer, Fruit Machine — £5.00, and a general mathematics program for £5.00
Econo Soft
4 The Loont
Winsford,Cheshire CW 7 1EU
England
Software for the ZX-80
Tim Hartnell
44-46 Earls Court Road
London W8
England
Software Cont.
ZX-80 game for 1 or 2 players — £1.50 in UK
R. Hindle
139 Penrhyn Road
Sheffield, S11 8UP
England
Offers an extensive line of ZX-80 Software. Includes Computer Learning Lab book and tape package — $49.95, a wide selection of game programs, as well as Software produced by Linsac, Melbourne House, and Creative Computing.
Image Computer Products
615 Academy Drive
Northbrook, IL 60062
Games package for 1K ZX-80: K Treck, Life, Mind Master, Lunar Lander, four for $9.95, and an Introductory tape for $2.99
Lamo-Lem
712 Pidgeon Street
San Diego, CA 92114
The ZX-80 Companion — $19.95, and nine programmed cassettes, of both educational material and games — $6.95 each.
Linsac
68 Barker Road
Middlebrough TS5 5ES
England
ZX-80 Active Display — £5.00, and software.
K. Macdonald
26 Spiers Close
Knowle, Solihull B93 9ES
England
30 Programs for the ZX-80 — £7.45 in the UK, £7.95 outside the UK
Melbourne House Publishers
Glebe Cottage, Glebe House
Station Road, Cheddington
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
England
Software Packages for the ZX-80
The Software House
146 Oxford Street
London W1
England
Games for the ZX-80, three cassette packages — £4.95 each
Syntax Software
96 Collingwood Gardens
Giants Hill
Ilford, Essex
England
ZX-80 Magic Book — £4.75, and ZX-80 memory and I/O boards
Timedata Limited
57 Swallowdale
Basildon, Essex
England
ZX-80 Teaching Aids:
2X to 10X times tables on cassette — £5.00
Higher level teaching programs — £5.00
Turner Consultants
Falconsbeck
Holbeck Lane, Windmere, Cumbria
England
20 ZX-80 Programs, a book for £5.25
cassette and book for £11.00
Zipprint
11 Romsey Road
Winchester, Hants
England
Users Groups and Newsletters
Publishes Syntax ZX-80. 12 month subscription — $25.00 in The United States, $39.00 in Western Europe, and $30.00 in Canada.
The Harvard Group
RD 2 Box 457
Bolton Road
Harvard, MA 01451
Bi-monthly newsletter, low cost software, subscription — £6.00 in UK, £10.00 overseas
ZX-80 User’s Club
c/o D. Blagden
P.O. Box 159
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
KT2 5UQ
England
Seeks to create and share software for the 1K ZX-80. Membership is free (enclose postage). Publishes the newsletter, Interface.
ZX-80 User’s Club
c/0 Tim Hartnell
[address omitted]
London W12
England
SYNC cannot vouch for any of the sources listed above. We welcome objective, in-depth reviews of any of these items and others related to the ZX80.