COLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Top 10 Silliest Computer Mag Covers
For someone about my age, this pretty much sums up computing in the '80s -- going to computer camp, putting your socks way up high, and wearing a propellor beanie. Nearly every issue of Timex Sinclair User (all seven of them) has an
Sinclair ZX81 vs. Timex Sinclair 1000.
this is where it all started for me Sinclair ZX81 home computer Released 1981, Discontinued 1983. I started with a Timex Sinclair 1000 Introduced: July 1982 Processor Z80 @ 3.25 MHz (most machines used the NEC PD780C-1 equivalent)
The Kingmaker
There's a Timex Sinclair 1000 (his first computer), an Apple IIe, a portable Apple IIc, a first-gen Macintosh, a Radio Shack TRS 80 Model 100, a Palm Pilot, an Atari 800. Mossberg was an early home-computing hobbyist, enraptured by the
48K Sinclair ZX Spectrum Compatibility Cartridge for the Timex
The US-based Timex Sinclair 2068, as a follow-up to the Timex Sinclair 1000 and 1500, was a fairly nice system, but didn't last long before Timex pulled out of the market and was mostly incompatible with the computer that it was based
The Computer Revolution
Follow Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear to present the Computer RevolutionI love these videosThere are a total of 8 videos. Tags: Video, Jeremy, Clarkson, TopGear, Computer, Revolution
The Computer Revolution
Follow Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear to present the Computer RevolutionI love these videosThere are a total of 8 videos. 6 of them can be found after the jump. Tags: Video, Jeremy, Clarkson, TopGear, Computer, Revolution
My first computer
Maybe the funnest thing was finding my first computer, a Timex-Sinclair ZX-80, shown above. Oh, the times we had together, and don't forget the 16 kilobyte memory extension (it's in the picure above, hanging out the back.
The Atari Home Computer: Go Ahead. Press Any Key.
My neighbor had a Timex home computer. It was ridiusly small. You almost needed a magnifying glass and a toothpick to work the keys. The flight simulator was two lines: the wings and the horizon. If you tried to write a BASIC
This Year
Marie, Donkey Kong at Grandma’s Restaraunt in Duluth, Minnesota, Rogue at Lakehead University), the BBSing days (Don Sutton’s E2000 board, and Darren’s Trashcan BBS), my first computer (Timex Sinclair 1000, bought at Kalax Computers) to
Party Favors: Hodgman’s Peace Chalk
Because of his recent fame playing “The PC” in the Apple ads, I asked about the legendary Timex-Sinclair. He laughed because he’d been thinking about the home computer that had barely enough memory to hold a recipe.
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