This last episode completes a comprehensive documentation analysis, examining October 1983-July 1985 documents revealing continued cost reduction efforts and TS-1500 production extending surprisingly into 1985.
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This episode examines April-May 1983 final launch push, revealing US analysis comparing Portuguese versus Middlebury designs, with Portugal’s version having cost advantages but severe technical problems.
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This episode examines April 1983 documents revealing Portuguese prototypes failed FCC certification just weeks before May launch, plus marketing strategy targeting extreme low-cost computer market.
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This episode covers chronological TS-1500 development boards, March 1983 project management charts, and competing US/Portuguese designs racing toward May launch.
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This episode examines Timex 1500 hardware and February 1983 technical documentation, revealing intensive development work three months before launch, including keyboard specs and RAM remapping discoveries.
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In this second episode of “Timex Connection,” João Diogo Ramos (LOAD ZX Spectrum museum founder) and David Anderson (book author and founder of the timexsinclair.com website) examine both hardware and documentation related to the Timex/Sinclair 1500.
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João Diogo Ramos (LOAD ZX Spectrum museum founder) and David Anderson (book author and founder of the timexsinclair.com website) bring you a new Youtube show, called TIMEX Connection, that delves into the world of TIMEX computers.
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When the T/S 1500 was released, Timex also released the T/S 1510 cartridge system. The T/S 1510 was a cartridge dock that plugged into a 1500 or 1000. Game cartridges were then plugged into the dock and when the 1500 was powered up, the game on the cartridge started up. For the 1000, a USR
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With this special offer for the TIMEX Personal Computer carrying case. It’s big enough to accommodate the T/S 1000 or T/S 1500 and its accessories, but small enough to accompany you wherever you go. This attractively designed, lightweight, and durable carrying case is just not available at any retail store; it’s a TIMEX Computer Club
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One of our readers (whom I won’t identify) wrote to point out that I had omitted the letter “u” from “florescent” in one of our recent issues, Seemed to think that I might have left it out on purpose, to avoid running the risk of the common misspelling, “flourescent”. Sorry about that, but they’re two
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Letters from Jesse Peeler, Clark Calkins and Weldon Baker about their projects. Jesse wrote about the issues with surplus TS1000s purchased from Zebra Systems; Clark wrote about his CP/M-like operating system for the Exatron Stringy Floppy and TS1000; Weldon asked for advice about using plotting research data in high resolution.
