Welcome to the premier issue of Time Designs Magazine. It has been over six months now since the departure of Timex Corporation from the home computer market, and several good things have come out of the ordeal. First of all, there is a real feeling of unity among the TS users and user groups. They have banded together and are distributing information, and are supporting one another. Second, Sinclair Research is still with us, and their computer line is still going strong. As a result of this, we in the U.S.A. may benefit directly from software and add-ons, that may soon become compatible and available for our own TS computers. Sinclair has also just introduced their new “Quantum Leap” computer, and will be one piece of equipment to watch. Also many of our friends are still around such as Thomas B. Woods of the ZX Pro/File fame. Companies like Byte Back Co. and Softsync,Inc. are still going strong.
So the good news is Timex/Sinclair Computers still live! This magazine is dedicated to that ideal. As our policy says, we are devoted to the TS 2068 and other Timex and Sinclair computers. We do however, have a heavy emphasis on the 2068. This is because in a way it was short changed as far as published information goes, and it was primarily in it’s infancy, when Timex decided to abandon it. But we won’t forget the old stand bys either; the ZX81, the TS 1000 and 1500. We will feature them also, from time to time.
Our goal here at Time Designs is two-fold. First, we want to keep the interest of the newer Timex/Sinclair user, by providing interesting and informative articles that teach, but won’t confuse. For them we will contain a good deal of features on BASIC. Then on the other hand, we want to offer our long-time users a useful magazine with special features such as equipment reviews, construction projects, and articles ranging in subjects from machine cod[illegible] to mass storage devices.
We have a lot of neat plans for our future issues and we hope that you will take advantage of our subscription offer in the back of our magazine. I would also like to point out the software and article offer that is in our Shopping Mart section[illegible] This is a great opportunity for any potential authors who would like to have their features published in our magazine.
If there is ever any questions, comments, or helpful suggestion that you would like to make about our magazine, please feel free to drop me a line. We would appreciate any response from our readers. In our second issue we will have a feature called “The Mail Box” where we will publish selected correspondence from our readers.
We here at Time Designs Magazin[illegible] are excited to serve you in this capacity and look forward to a long and friendly relationship. We are proud of our magazine and we hope that you are pleased also. And remember…..Timex/Sinclair lives!
p.s. We would like to compile a complete directory of any Timex/Sinclai[illegible] user groups in the U.S. and Canada. If you have such a group or know of one, please send the name and correct address of the group to Time Designs Magazine.