5 Sep
2001
5 Sep
'01
1:49 p.m.
I could be mistaken about this, but IIRC, a risky bet,
but ...
wasn't the ZX80 a
<$50 proposition back in the '80's and the '81 slightly less, on the order
of
$29.95?
Ooops..I spoke too soon with my last message. I found an
advertisement in the back of 'Syntax ZX80' dated May 1982, showing
the assembled ZX-81 for $149.95 and the kit for $99.95. The kits
were dropped when Timex introduced the TS-1000 later in the year at
the same price, but for the assembled units. There's a
pre-announcement of the TS-1000 in the same issue, stating it's
shipping date as 4th quarter of 1982. I'm sure later clearance
sales, especially after Timex got out of the computer business,
dropped the price considerably.
Jeff
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