---
title: "Timex [News]"
type: "article"
slug: "timex-news-3"
url: "http://localhost/article/timex-news-3/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/timex-news-3.md"
published_at: "2026-03-12T23:25:19+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-12T23:25:19+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Timex news covering the March 1 launch of the TS2040 thermal printer, the TS1500 announced at $99.95 with built-in 16K RAM and movable keys, new peripherals (joysticks, cartridges, 32K RAM pack), a mid-year modem, and 80-column printer and mass storage in development."
category:
  - name: "Sinclair Users Network"
    slug: "sinclair-users-network"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/sinclair-users-network/"
post_tag:
  - name: "TS 1500"
    slug: "ts1500"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1500/"
  - name: "TS 2040"
    slug: "ts2040"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2040/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1500"
    slug: "ts-1500"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1500/"
publication_r:
  id: 21559
  title: "Sinclair Users Network"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/sinclair-users-network/"
volume: "2"
issue: "2"
issues_articles:
  - id: 26559
    title: "Sinclair Users Network March 1983"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/sinclair-users-network-march-1983/"
pages: "1"
pubdate: "March 1983"
archive_link: false
---

Timex news covering the March 1 launch of the TS2040 thermal printer, the TS1500 announced at $99.95 with built-in 16K RAM and movable keys, new peripherals (joysticks, cartridges, 32K RAM pack), a mid-year modem, and 80-column printer and mass storage in development.