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title: "Miscellaneous Items of Interest"
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published_at: "2026-03-14T14:16:22+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-14T14:16:23+00:00"
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excerpt: "Reprinted clippings: PC market share table (through 1985) from Wall Street Journal; telephone long-distance equal-access dialing tips; CST Thor (QL successor) machine announced for PCW Show September; Timex sells 800,000 TS-2068/2048 units to Poland with technology transfer agreement."
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  - name: "Timelinez"
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    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
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  - name: "QL"
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  - name: "TS 2068"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
model:
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  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
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    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
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  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
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  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
volume: "4"
issue: "7"
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  - id: 38839
    title: "Timelinez v4 n7/8"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v4-n7-8/"
pages: "229"
pubdate: "July/August 1986"
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---

# Miscellaneous Items of Interest

Reprinted clippings: PC market share table (through 1985) from Wall Street Journal; telephone long-distance equal-access dialing tips; CST Thor (QL successor) machine announced for PCW Show September; Timex sells 800,000 TS-2068/2048 units to Poland with technology transfer agreement.