The TS1000 keyboard was, unsurprisingly, not the computer’s strongest feature. It required a very specific touch and was finicky. As a result, aftermarket solutions, from full replacement keyboards to “beepers”, were quite popular among serious hobbyists.
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The 1K RAM on the ZX81 was not a lot to work with. A number of programs were written to fit in the restricted space but the real solution was more memory. In addition to the Sinclair and Timex/Sinclair RAM packs, many solutions were available, up to 64K RAM.
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In my previous post, I had revised my converter to use the LM1881 dedicated sync separator. Results, unfortunately, were poor. So, I went back to the data sheets for the AD724 RGB to NTSC/PAL Encoder and the LM1881 Video Sync Separator. Poring over them revealed I’d benefit from a few more capacitors. I also switched from a 3.58mhz
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John Coffey wrote this note to his customers, in part to explain why it was a few months late. by John Richard Coffey I became interested in computers in 1974 when I saw some of the first Apples demonstrated at a mall in my hometown of Columbus, Indiana. I learned a little BASIC then. Later
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The following magazines on archive.org are fully indexed for all issues available:
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Dave Ketchum, an actor, writer and director, was also a Timex Sinclair user. If you’ve seen Get Smart in re-runs or have seen the remake, you’ve seen him: he played Agent 13. In his review of Thomas Woods‘ ZX-Data Finder in issue 3 of Timex Sinclair User, Ketchum alluded to his background in mentioning that
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The Timex/Sinclair 2068 is full of design compromises and shortcomings and the quality of the video signal is one the most annoying. When it was new and connected to a TV, the RF modulator and overall poor bandwidth of TVs did a lot to mask the problem. 2068 owners had two alternatives: composite video or
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Even though there’s a small technical inaccuracy in the article, it’s interesting to read that the first data recorder was a TS 1000. Eisenbarth’s discovery of the Timex Sinclair, a small DOS-based [sic] computer that came with a thermal printer, … provided the great breakthrough. By the early 1980s, they had learned how to graph
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Here are many of the documents I’ve added to archive.org recently. AERCO FD-68 manual Articles from Computer Monthly Articles from Computer Shopper Gesso Products – DOCK IT EPROM Programmer Manual and 2068 ROM Disassembly John L. Oliger prices lists and manuals Machine Code And Better BASIC RMG Enterprises price lists and newsletter The Sinc Times
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About the same time Sinclair brought the ZX-80 to the US, advertisements for the MicroAce appeared in some publications. The MicroAce was an unauthorized clone of the ZX-80 that became authorized via a copyright lawsuit.
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David Stephenson looks back at home-computer based Lunar Landers, and offers up a new one.
A New Lunar Lander for the ZX81 / Timex Sinclair 1000 Read More »
Behold the glory of the Timex/Sinclair 1000 in 1982. The power is within your reach!
Timex/Sinclair Commercial Read More »
Hello! This site will be all about the Sinclair and Timex/Sinclair computers of the early 1980s. I’m just getting started, so there’s not a lot here yet. You may want to take a look at the bibliography: it’s 1700+ articles and books published from 1980 to the mid-90s. If you have something you want to
