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# Book Review: The Essential Guide to Timex/Sinclair Home Computers

Enthusiastic review of ‘[The Essential Guide to Timex/Sinclair Home Computers](http://localhost/book/the-essential-guide-to-timex-sinclair-home-computers-the-only-book-youll-ever-need-to-become-an-expert-at-the-timex-sinclair-1000-and-2000/)‘ by Peter Morse, Ian Adamson, Ben Anrep, and Brian Hancock ($9.95). Reviewer calls it indispensable, covering games, graphics, subroutines, applications, a program library, BASIC instruction, a complete user guide, and color graphics and sound — including a section on the TS 2068 keyboard.