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title: "Timex Update"
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published_at: "2026-03-13T20:38:50+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-13T20:38:50+00:00"
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excerpt: "Report on January South Bay meeting product demos by Billy Skyrme (Timex): Vu-3D, Ant Attack, Scrabble, and an experimental Hobbit cartridge. Confirms a Timex/Digital CPM agreement and upcoming language cartridges (Forth, Pascal, Logo). Notes the microdrive and 8-column printer were shown, the modem is delayed, and a sub-4-inch disk drive is rumored for September."
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model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
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indiv:
  - name: "Bill Skyrme"
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  - name: "Rita Carr"
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  title: "Timelinez"
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  - name: "Rita Carr"
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volume: "2"
issue: "2"
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  - id: 38801
    title: "Timelinez v2 n2"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v2-n2/"
pages: "1"
pubdate: "February 1984"
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---

# Timex Update

Report on January South Bay meeting product demos by [Billy Skyrme](http://localhost/indiv/bill-skyrme/) (Timex): Vu-3D, Ant Attack, Scrabble, and an experimental Hobbit cartridge. Confirms a Timex/Digital CPM agreement and upcoming language cartridges (Forth, Pascal, Logo). Notes the microdrive and 8-column printer were shown, the modem is delayed, and a sub-4-inch disk drive is rumored for September.