Timex Sinclair 1000 (T/S 1000) | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1982 – 1983
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Zilog Z80A, 3.25 MHz
- RAM: 2 KB
- FDD: –
- HDD: –
- Audio: –
- Connectors/Ports: cassette, memory
- Case: Keyboard type
- Monitor: Monochrome (connects to TV)
- OS: Sinclair BASIC
The Timex Sinclair 1000 features a Zilog Z80A processor at 3.25 MHz and memory of 2kB. It runs with the operating system of Basic Sinclair version.
Timex Sinclair, the joint venture of Timex Computers and Sinclair Research prepared to launch on the early ‘80s the “first computer under 100$”. Of course the computer would target home users, with medium demands and requirements for a device with common features. The first home computer of the series, the Timex Sinclair 1000 was bottom line a slightly modified version of the popular ZX81. Other newer models, such as the Timex Computer 2048 were compatible with the ZX Spectrum, the best selling computer in the UK at the time.
For the joint company though not many models met success. The T/S 2068 and 1500, for example, were failures for the Timex Sinclair series. Timex Portugal was notably successful. Models produced in the country, such as the Timex Computer 2048 in the Portuguese and Polish markets.
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