The TRS-80 was Tandy/Radio Shack.  Sinclair developed
the ZX80 which was followed by the ZX81, and picked up
the Timex name.  Can't remember why, but perhaps Timex
bought it for US/Asian markets or something.  Then
there was the color version called the Spectrum.  They
were neat, except the (touch) keyboard was difficult to
use, like the Atari 400.

Doing some web surfing and found this nice comprehensive
page of computer images from that era...
   http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_Werbung.HTML

Cheers,
-Neil.




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> Neil, wasn't the TRS-80 made by Timex.  Seems it was a copy of
> the "ahead of
> its time" computer developed by a chap named Sinclair in England.
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> Sid Weaver
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