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  • Clive Sinclair of Sinclair Research Trying Again in Consumer ElectronicsZX80 ZX81
    The British, it is said, are great at designing a product but awful at exploiting it. In earlier eras, for example, much of the original work on the jet engine, the computer, radar and the early work on semiconductors was done in Britain. But the money on them was made elsewhere. Clive Sinclair seems living…
  • Computer Lending Grows at Public Libraries
    When librarians at the Connetquot Public Library in Bohemia, L.I., announced in a recent newsletter that the library would soon have three personal computers that could be checked out and taken home, they were nearly overwhelmed by the response.
  • Computer-Curious Clog HotlineTS 1000
    Questions about the TS1000 backed up long-distance phone lines in Middlebury. When the Timex Computer Corporation began to sell the TS1000 in July and then set up a toll-free number in September to handle consumer questions about it, the company office in Middlebury did not anticipate receiving up to 50,000 calls a week.
  • Computers Dropped by Timex
    The Timex Corporation, after watching sales of its inexpensive home computers dwindle to virtually nothing over the last year, officially abandoned its efforts yesterday, saying it had determined it could not make a ”reasonable profit” on the machines.
  • Inventor Trying Again In Consumer Electronics
  • New Computer From TimexTS 1500
    The Timex Corporation announced a successor to its highly popular Sinclair 1000 home computer, and said the new machine would have eight times more memory capacity than its predecessor.The new machine, called the Timex Sinclair 1500, will hold up to 16,000 characters in its memory and sell for about $80.
  • Peripherals; the Little Timex Has Its Fans Even NowTS 1000
  • Technology: The Portable Computer
  • Timex Plans Computer to Retail at About $100ZX81 TS 1000
    The Timex Computer Corporation, an affiliate of the company that introduced the world’s first inexpensive wristwatch, yesterday introduced the first personal computer to retail at around $100.
  • Timex's Marketing Cited for Poor Sales
    Three decades ago, the Timex Corporation made its name by turning wristwatches into commodities, selling inexpensive, reliable timepieces in thousands of drugstores and discount outlets across the country.Yesterday, industry analysts said the same strategy effectively killed the company’s chances in the home computer market. And the company’s traditional secretiveness, they added, greatly slowed the efforts…

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