26 Apr
2018
26 Apr
'18
8:55 a.m.
There was a very large Timex 1000 / ZX81 user base in the US. I have quite
a lot of newsletters and documents from these groups. I even did an exhibit
on the subject of SIGs for the Timex 1000 ZX81 at VCF MW a few years ago.
You can see stacks of newsletters in stands flanking the machines and
tapes.
http://vintagecomputer.net/vcfmw-ECCC_2010/SinclairSIG/
Personally, the $99 Timex 1000 was the only computer I could have afforded
back then. Schools had Apple II's but not so many people in their homes
then, at least where I lived.
Bill
On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Apr 26, 2018, at 5:47 AM, Liam Proven via
cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
He not only did the ZX 80, ZX 81, ZX Spectrum and the QL, but also the
Z88,
the Spectrum Next and others -- along with a lot
of other stuff.
I know this is a rather USA-centric list, so probably most of you started
off with things like the Apple II, the first sub-$1000 home computer. But
in Britain and Europe back then, we were a lot poorer, and $1000 was an
impossibly large amount of money -- many months of pay in a good job.
My first computer was supposed to be a ZX81. I worked all Summer painting
the house to earn it. As it happens, my payment was a VIC-20 with a tape
recorder. The ZX Spectrum has always fascinated me, and nearly 20 years
ago, I traded a Tek cartridge with a list member for a ZX Spectrum 2+. I
still dream of having time to get that system up and running. Even though
I?ve never run it, it?s still one of my favorite pieces in my collection.
Zane