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title: "ZX81 Hardware and Software News"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/zx81-hardware-and-software-news.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:09:05+00:00"
modified_at: "2025-11-04T13:28:19+00:00"
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excerpt: "Short notes on ZX81/TS1000. This issue includes brief info on Larken, COMPUSA, Aerco and Oliger 1000/2068 disk systems. Also, why Aerco CP/M was never released. Short reviews of Sinc-Artist for the 2068 and ZX HI-Res. And one user, a Kolorworks owner, mentions writing a TMS9918 toolkit for the ZX81."
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  - name: "Callisto Software"
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  - name: "John Oliger Co."
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  - name: "LARKEN Electronics"
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  - name: "Peter McMullin (company)"
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  - name: "ZX81"
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  - name: "Sinclair ZX81"
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  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
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  - name: "James Hastings-Trew"
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publication: "T-S Horizons"
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authors: "Peter McMullin"
issue: "15"
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  - id: 26858
    title: "T-S Horizons n15"
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    title: "Callisto Software"
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  - id: 11042
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---

# ZX81 Hardware and Software News

Short notes on ZX81/TS1000. This issue includes brief info on Larken, COMPUSA, Aerco and Oliger 1000/2068 disk systems. Also, why Aerco CP/M was never released. Short reviews of Sinc-Artist for the 2068 and ZX HI-Res. And one user, a [Kolorworks](http://localhost/product/kolorworks/) owner, mentions writing a TMS9918 toolkit for the ZX81.