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title: "Press Release: Timex/Sinclair 1500"
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published_at: "2022-05-07T14:04:09+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-15T17:41:11+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
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excerpt: "MIDDLEBURY, Conn., May 17 -- Timex Computer Corporation announced the introduction of the first 16K personal computer with a suggested retail price of under $80.00. Named the Timex Sinclair 1500, the computer, which will be shipped in July, is fully-programmable, with black-and-white graphics capability, an expandable memory, a movable-key typewriter-format keyboard and use of either…"
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doc_author: "Bernie Mogelever, Susan O'Sullivan"
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document_date: "May 17, 1983"
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MIDDLEBURY, Conn., May 17 — Timex Computer Corporation announced the introduction of the first 16K personal computer with a suggested retail price of under $80.00.

Named the Timex Sinclair 1500, the computer, which will be shipped in July, is fully-programmable, with black-and-white graphics capability, an expandable memory, a movable-key typewriter-format keyboard and use of either standard audio cassette or unique solid state mini-cartridge software. The suggested retail price is $79.95.

“We believe the many advance features of the TS1500 will generate enthusiastic consumer and retailer response, as did our Timex Sinclair 1000,” said [Daniel D. Ross](http://localhost/indiv/ross-dan/), Vice President of Timex Computer Corporation. “The TS1000, TS1500, the TS2000 series color computers, with the growing line of Timex peripherals and software, constitute the best price/value family of computing products available today.”