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excerpt: "Timex dealers have even less to smile about. Ken Coach, marketing and sales director of Softsync, told InfoWorld, \"The Timex-Sinclair 1000 has petered right out.\" Coach hoped that the forthcoming TS 2068, the U.S. version of the Sinclair Spectrum color machine, might share the under-$200 market with Commodore, but saw no prospects for the black-and-white…"
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# Waiting for Santa: The micro industry looks to the Christmas market

Timex dealers have even less to smile about. Ken Coach, marketing and sales director of Softsync, told InfoWorld, “The Timex-Sinclair 1000 has petered right out.” Coach hoped that the forthcoming TS 2068, the U.S. version of the Sinclair Spectrum color machine, might share the under-$200 market with Commodore, but saw no prospects for the black-and-white TS 1500: “I’m not putting any hopes on it at all.”