---
title: "Interfacing the ZX81, Part 3"
type: "article"
slug: "interfacing-the-zx81-part-3"
url: "http://localhost/article/interfacing-the-zx81-part-3/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/interfacing-the-zx81-part-3.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:08:10+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T21:39:18+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "The ZX81 (or Timex Sinclair 1000) computer can be turned into a very powerful machine. Article discusses interfacing a clock/calendar chip, temperature indicator, light controller and heater controller."
category:
  - name: "Radio Electronics"
    slug: "radio-electronics"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/radio-electronics/"
post_tag:
  - name: "1984"
    slug: "year-1984"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/year-1984/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
  - name: "ZX81"
    slug: "zx81"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/zx81/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX81"
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    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/zx81/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
indiv:
  - name: "Neil Bungard"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/neil-bungard/"
publication: "Radio Electronics"
publication_r:
  id: 10236
  title: "Radio Electronics"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/radio-electronics/"
authors: "Neil Bungard"
volume: "55"
issue: "9"
pages: "71-76"
pubdate: "September 1984"
archive_link: false
archiveurl: "http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Electronics/80s/1984/Radio_Electronics_September_1984.CV01.pdf"
volumeissue: "v55n9"
---

The ZX81 (or Timex Sinclair 1000) computer can be turned into a very powerful machine. Article discusses interfacing a clock/calendar chip, temperature indicator, light controller and heater controller.