My first machine was the Times Sinclair 1000. Still have it! 2k of ram with
a membrane keyboard. Upgraded to the Vic-20 > C64 then IBM XT. Kept one of
each. I did a homebrew Z80 somewhere in there also, CRT and the works. I
remember at the time I saved up $125 dollars to buy just the Z80 CPU.

Really makes the SX seem racey, eh?

-Brad


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From: "PicDude" <picdude@NARWANI.ORG>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Blast from the past


> 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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> > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Sid Weaver
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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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sid Weaver
> > W4EKQ
> > Port Richey, FL
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