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Report from the 1987 Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computer Fest, held May 2nd and 3rd, 1987, in Indianapolis, Indiana.article, orig pub: 10.27.20, updated: 11.03.26

Pix Fix is a program designed as an artists aid in creating computer art work. This program resembles MacDraw (for a lesser computer-ed.) to some degree. Pix Fix gives you the ability to zoom in on small sections of the screen and set or reset (Plot and Unplot) the individual bits in the screen display as you desire.article, orig pub: 06.05.22, updated: 11.03.26

Review of Minute Manual for the Dot Matrix Printer.article, orig pub: 08.24.21, updated: 11.03.26

Program to generate Mandelbrot diagrams.article, orig pub: 10.27.20, updated: 11.03.26

The heading really says it all. I’ve been quite pleased and encouraged by your response to Part 1. This is really turning into an “interactive series”, as I’d hoped, and I want to invite you to keep writing and calling with your ideas and questions.article, orig pub: 10.27.20, updated: 11.03.26

Ok, so you’ve got your ZX81, and you’ve learnt how to program it, but now you want to do something really useful. This book will give you a review of various hardware available to add on to your Sinclair ZX81, plus some useful programs to help make them work.book, orig pub: 10.08.26, updated: 10.08.26

This book describes how to build electronic circuits which you can attach to your ZX Spectrum, ZX81 or Jupiter Ace. All the devices have been tested with all of these computers. Most of the circuits probably work just as well when connected to a ZX80 micro or could be adapted to do so fairly easily…book, orig pub: 10.08.26, updated: 10.08.26

Provides you with some ready to use programs and gives an insight into the techniques on which software is built. Full documentation and detailed commentary. Programs include: Dif, Till, Statistics, Cricket, Carbon Dating, Half Life, Reactions, Gas Laws, Doppler, Triangle, Peristalsis, Electrolysis, Spider Invaders, Notes, Music.book, orig pub: 04.05.20, updated: 10.08.26

This book was written for people who feel that they would like to get more out of their computers than games and writing large business programs. The computer should be used as a TOOL for the job in hand, as it makes a helpful companion which does not tire and will carry on quite happily twenty four hours a day.book, orig pub: 10.08.26, updated: 10.08.26

While the Timex Corporation is best known for its watches, it also produced a number of other products since its inception as a clock company in the mid-1800s. During World War II, the company produced fuse timers for defense products, continuing through the 1950s and the Korean war.company, orig pub: 06.19.19, updated: 10.20.26

Software club that sold Timex/Sinclair 1000 programs on cassette by subscription in 1982–1983. Its intro program solicited member submissions on tape, paid on a royalty basis.company, orig pub: 10.20.26, updated: 10.20.26

SpaceTrader is a space trading game in the spirit of the Traveller role-playing game. You own a free trader that is twenty thousand credits in debt to the bank that financed her; you start with a thousand credits, eight tons of fuel and a twenty-ton hold, and the aim is to clear the mortgage before the bank takes the ship back.computer_media, orig pub: 10.28.26, updated: 10.28.26

You are in a maze in which you must get the eggs laid by the bugs, put them in a box, and exit the maze.computer_media, orig pub: 08.13.23, updated: 10.27.26

Classic Chess match between you and the computer.computer_media, orig pub: 06.18.23, updated: 10.27.26

Terminal program supplied with TS 2050 modem.computer_media, orig pub: 02.13.24, updated: 10.27.26

Classic Chess match between you and the computer.computer_media, orig pub: 08.15.23, updated: 10.27.26

1983 eight-page Timex Computer Corporation brochure, bound into magazines as a tear-out insert, introducing the Timex Sinclair 2068: 72K memory, color graphics, 8-octave sound, the one-touch keyboard and Timex Command Cartridges. It samples the new software (car care, spelling, astronomy, loan and solar-heating analysis), shows the TS 2050 modem with Dow Jones News/Retrieval, The Source…document, orig pub: 11.05.22, updated: 10.31.26

The April 1991 issue (Volume 3, Number 4) of RMG Catalog Updates, the monthly newsletter that RMG Enterprises mailed to its customers on a Larken disk, edited by Rod Gowen. Each issue was a set of Tasword pages to load and read or print.document, orig pub: 01.10.21, updated: 10.27.26

Many myths surround the Timex Spectrum clones. Bruno Florindo unravels them with Lou Galie, Senior Vice President of Technology at Timex Group USA Inc and former Director of Engineering for the Timex Computer Corporation.document, orig pub: 10.27.26, updated: 10.27.26

The January 1991 issue (Volume 3, Number 1) of RMG Catalog Updates, the monthly newsletter that RMG Enterprises mailed to its customers on a Larken disk, edited by Rod Gowen. Each issue was a set of Tasword pages to load and read or print.document, orig pub: 10.27.26, updated: 10.27.26

The February 1991 issue (Volume 3, Number 2) of RMG Catalog Updates, the monthly newsletter that RMG Enterprises mailed to its customers on a Larken disk, edited by Rod Gowen. Each issue was a set of Tasword pages to load and read or print.document, orig pub: 10.27.26, updated: 10.27.26

Members of the Timex/Sinclair Online User Group returned to VCF Midwest for a second year, taking three tables with Evan Wright’s table beside them. The show itself was larger than in 2025, having expanded into another wall unit of the convention center.event, orig pub: 09.22.26, updated: 09.22.26

Jeff Fetta had s Sinclair display with seven machines: a Sinclair QL, a ZX Spectrum fitted with a Harlequin board, a Timex/Sinclair 2068, a ZX81 with a Memotech keyboard, a ZX80, a Timex/Sinclair 1500, and a Memotech MTX 512. He also had Timex hardware boxes, period manuals, and reference books.event, orig pub: 09.10.26, updated: 09.10.26

VCF Midwest 20 drew what was likely the largest gathering of Timex/Sinclair enthusiasts in many years. More than a dozen members of the Timex/Sinclair Online User Group exhibited together in a coordinated display, and the group met new members at the show.event, orig pub: 08.22.26, updated: 08.23.26

VCF East ran April 17–19 at the InfoAge Science and History Museums in Wall, New Jersey — a Friday pre-show followed by two public days. The 2026 theme was “Dawn of the PC.” Sixty exhibits filled eight rooms and the lobby, alongside talks, computer classes, vendors, consignment, and a hardware workshop run by GlitchWorks.event, orig pub: 08.22.26, updated: 08.22.26

VCF Southwest ran May 29–31 at the Westin DFW Airport in Irving, Texas, across multiple show halls. Jeff Kuhlmann held a Timex/Sinclair table for all three days, with his friend Joseph helping. The anchor of Jeff’s display was a TS1000 running on a small black and white television.event, orig pub: 08.22.26, updated: 08.22.26

The Timex Canada Computer Club Newsletter.periodical, orig pub: 10.09.26, updated: 10.09.26

Originally a user group newsletter, it transitioned to a full magazine.periodical, orig pub: 06.01.19, updated: 08.01.26

Written in BASIC, the text of a column is stored in REM statements at the beginning of the program. Allows for headlines and some formatting.product, orig pub: 09.29.20, updated: 11.03.26

Practice card-counting skills before you gamble. Up to 6 players, 6 “real” decks, keeps track of stake, split, double-down, buy insurance.product, orig pub: 11.30.19, updated: 10.23.26

Expands the 2068 with up to 256K of nonvolatile RAM. Includes LKDOS Extended BASIC cartridge and memory board that attaches to expansion port. LKDOS uses standard BASIC commands (LOAD, CAT, SAVE, etc) to operate the RAM disk. Uses 32K (62256) CMOS RAM chips backed up with a battery; comes with 64K.product, orig pub: 11.30.19, updated: 10.16.26

Three integrated programs. Compile reports, automatic posting, data base, add messages to entries, profit/loss statements, amortization/payment schedules; create as many accounts as you need; single entry posted into proper categories.product, orig pub: 09.26.20, updated: 10.05.26

Decimal-based assembler that includes converter for hexadecimal/decimal/binary/2-byte values.product, orig pub: 10.24.20, updated: 10.03.26

People who bought a Larken disk system for the Timex/Sinclair 2068 or an AERCO FD-68 disk system serviced by Larken, from Larry Kenny’s customer lists at LARKEN Electronics (“AERCO DISC OWNERS” and “LKDOS Users A to Z”). The lists show how many people had these systems; addresses are not shown.usergroup, orig pub: 10.27.26, updated: 10.27.26

Subscribers to TOPS (Timex of Portugal Systems), Dave Franson’s newsletter for owners of the TMX Portugal disk drive systems, from a 1994 name list on Don Lambert’s Oliger disk. Addresses are not shown.usergroup, orig pub: 10.27.26, updated: 10.27.26

People who ordered LogiCall, the Larken disk menu and file manager, from Bob Swoger’s LogiCall order list. Addresses are not shown.usergroup, orig pub: 10.27.26, updated: 10.27.26

This informal group has twice a month meetings online (via Zoom). Like in-person user group meetings, we have guests, talk about our projects and a wide array of computing topics. This group has its origins in the Yahoo TS 2068 Group, which migrated to groups.io when Yahoo Groups shut down.usergroup, orig pub: 04.21.23, updated: 10.25.26

In 1988, at the Sunstate Timex/Sinclair Winterfest, a group of enthusiasts proposed a nation-wide user’s group. The name of the group, Sinclair Northamerica Users Group (SNUG), made it clear it intended to include all users in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Mel Nathanson and Mary Lynn Johnson were the initial contacts.usergroup, orig pub: 06.17.20, updated: 10.24.26

A YouTube video by Michael Wessel that shows Memopak HRG (High Resolution Graphics).video, orig pub: 10.28.26, updated: 10.30.26

In the tradition of the WPIX Yule Log, enjoy eight hours of the 8 Bit Yule Log! Featuring programs for the Timex/Sinclair 1000 and Timex/Sinclair 2068 computers, by:video, orig pub: 10.28.26, updated: 10.30.26

a song by Thomas Hynesvideo, orig pub: 10.28.26, updated: 10.30.26

a song by Thomas Hynesvideo, orig pub: 10.28.26, updated: 10.30.26

Harry Peters submitted this animation to SyncWare News, a magazine for Timex/Sinclair owners, in April 1985. He was 68 at the time. This animation uses user defined graphics to create a running dog.video, orig pub: 10.28.26, updated: 10.30.26