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  • "Artificial" Expansion of Timex-1000 Memory
    Memory-efficient programming techniques add to your storage capabilities.
  • 16K Timex Sinclair 1500
    Product announcement for Timex Sinclair 1500, priced at $79.95.
  • Add-Ons for Timex/Sinclair
    Letter to the editor about alternative keyboards for the 1000.
  • Adding a Video Monitor to your Sinclair ZX81
    Simple diagram for tapping off the signals going into the RF modulator.
  • Almost-Free Software for Timex/Sinclair
    Listings for Home Financial Package, an arcade games package and a program similar to Eliza available from Florida Creations. Each package of listings is $3.
  • First Look at Timex/Sinclair's New Color Computer
    In-depth review of the 2068. The TS 2068 offers many features missing on the 1000.
  • Graphing Capabilities for TS1000 (ZX81)
    Product announcement for Data Storage and Display System from ZX-Panding.
  • Improving Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading
    Reduce troublesome dropouts and noise problems with a Z-Dubber. Schematic and PCB layout for the Z-Dubber is provided.
  • In this Corner...
    The battle for supremacy among very-low-cost microcomputers heats up as Texas Instruments’ 99/2 goes head to head with the Timex Sinclair 1000; and the TS2000 and Mattel’s Aquarius square off against the Commodore VIC-20 and the TI 99/4A.
  • Latest in the Price Battle
    Prices on micros plummet; TS1000 down to $30.
  • Learning Timex/Sinclair BASIC
    Announcement of David Lein’s book.
  • Letter: Mail-Order 2068
    Writer wants to know who is selling the 2068 for $148.
  • Rumors & Gossip
    Price of the 2068 expected to drop to the $50-100 range since Timex exited the market. As many as 60,000 units were reported in dealer stocks.
  • Sinclair Timex Add-Ons
    Memotech RAM add-ons, High-Resolution Graphics Pak, Centronics Parallel Printer Interface, RS232 Interface.
  • Sinclair/Timex Analog Interface
    Product announcement for Computer Continuum’s A/D and D/A interface.
  • Sinclair/Timex Memory Kit
    Product announcement for Hunter 8K CMOS RAM board (mapped to 8-16K)
  • Sinclair/Timex Work Station
    Product announcement for Timeworks’ Control Center.
  • Software for Graphic Plotting
    Overview of plotting software options for microcomputers. The Graphic Kit and Programmers Toolkit (Softsync) are mentioned, along with the Memotech memory modules, as plotting tools for the ZX81 and TS 1000.
  • Software for Holiday Giving
    Recommendations for holiday giving for 1000 owners. Products mentioned include Krakit Treasure Hunt, Mazogs, The Artist from KSoft and numerous others.
  • Talk Can Be Cheap
    Interface a ZX80/81 or TS1000 to a Texas Instruments Speak & Spell.
  • The "Truly Portable" Sinclair/Timex
    Powering a T/S 1000 from Polaroid SX-70 batteries and a simple reset switch circuit.
  • Timex Add-Ons
    Product annoucement for VOTEM interface board from Down East Computers.
  • Timex Sinclair Color Computer
    Announcement for TS2000; Spectrum-style mock-up shown.
  • Timex/Sinclair Expansion
    Product announcement for Wisconsin Electronics’ 32K plus I/O module. Adds four parallel I/O ports and 32K RAM.
  • Timex/Sinclair Product Directory
    Table of TS product vendors. Includes reader service card for Sync magazine.
  • Timex/Sinclair Sales Drop
    Sales of the Timex 1000 (ne Sinclair ZX81), once the most popular home computer, have plunged. Orders for its new 1500 and 2000 models are far less than projected. Timex, which pioneered the super-cheap home computer and led in the pricing battles, sold 550,000 units in its first five months. Sinclair had sold 150,000 ZX81s
  • Timex/Sinclair TS1000 Software
    Product announcement for IRA Planner, Home Improvement Planner, Punctuation Master, Ator the ABC Gator, Geometry I, Algebra I, Algebra II from Timex.
  • Tree-Forth
    Product announcement for Tree-Forth from Soft Magic Corp. Supplied as an EPROM that replaces the BASIC ROM.
  • Truly Portable Computers
    Letter to the editor from a Polaroid employee, suggesting the P100 Polapulse Powerpack as an alternative to SX-70 batteries for making a Timex/Sinclair portable.
  • Trying out the new Sinclair Spectrum computer
    Author describes a 16K Spectrum, as seen in a store. Notes that “an NTSC chip is being designed” and “Sinclair is designing a 3 inch disk – not the Hitachi, but a new approach.”
  • Two More Drop Out of U.S. Home Computer Market
    Announcements that Timex is pulling out of the computer market after suffering almost $100m in losses. In the wake of that decision, Sinclair will market the QL.
  • Two New Games
    Product announcement for “Vault of the Centaurs” and “Mega-Mind” by Orbyte Software.
  • Upgrading T/S Video
    Correction to “Upgrading Timex-Sinclair Video” in the May 1983 issue to address a revision to the ZX81 circuit.
  • Upgrading Timex/Sinclair Video
    Provides direct video and white-on-black screen characters.
  • Who's Shipping What?
    Brief report on monthly shipping rates. Timex 1000 was shipping more than 100,000 units/mo.
  • ZX81 Cassette Interface
    The Winky Board II is a cassette interface for Timex Sinclair computers that filters electrical interference to yeild clean easy loading tapes, has a LED volume level indicator, can save a program on two tape recorders simultaneously, and contains a program duplication system.
  • ZX81 Peripherals
    EPROM programmer interface from Wisconsinc.
  • ZX81 Reference Card
    10-panel, 20-page accordian style card.

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