QZX v6 n5

Date: April 1988
Volume: 6
Issue: 5

Articles

Title Description Computers
A piece of cake in Dundee Lynd Church goes to Scotland to discover just how the ZX-81 is manufactured. In keeping with its philosophy of sub-contracting all manufacturing processes, Sinclair Research appointed Timex to produce the ZX-81 when it was introduced in March 1, 1981.  Since that time, production at the Timex plant at Dundee has increased from 10,000 to 60,000 Sinclair ZX81
Bits and Bytes Resetting the joystick port on the TS 2068 with a SOUND command. Machine language routine for TS 1000 to clear just the bottom of the screen. Programming hints for the 1000 and QL. Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068
Poor presentation handicaps teaching aids Another book which will be of interest to ZX-81 owners is The Ins and Outs of the Timex TS-1000 and ZX-81, by Don Thomasson. The book looks as if it were written for a readership in the States but it has some relevance in Britain. It explains the hardware of the ZX-81 and includes a Timex/Sinclair 1000
Publisher's Notes Quantum Computing going out of business; American QLs being sold in England.
QL Antenna Program Calculates antenna size for specific frequencies. Sinclair QL
QZX Friends Notes about renewals. Bill Jones is starting a T/S 2068 magazine.
Sinclair Research message spreads Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000
Some micros may die It looks a little like the situation in the U.S., where the price war at the cheap end of the market has meant that both Texas Instruments and Atari computer operations are said to be running at a loss and sales of Times Sinclair machines have been sliding. The T/S problems led Sir Clive Sinclair Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2000
Telecommunications on the QL Short program to send CTRL-C, discussion of British ham radio software. Sinclair QL
The Future of QZX Postal rates going up, subscribers decreasing.
The T/S 1000 on Packet Discusses converting the TS 2050 modem to an RS-242 port for use with ZTX80 terminal program (from Fred Nachbaur) to do packet radio. Timex/Sinclair 1000
The writing on the wall It is a widely-held belief that whatever happens in the United States will, sooner or later, happen on this side of the Atlantic If that is so, we must view with some anxiety the sudden withdrawal of Timex from the home computer market in the U.S, a withdrawal announced with a somewhat ominous prediction from Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068
Timex makes a clearer printer The TIMEX 2040 thermal printer is the standard printer used with the American version of the ZX-81. The US version of the Spectrum had yet to appear at the time of writing. It works with a different paper, 4 1/2 in. wide plain white paper with a special coating sprayed on to the top of
Timex modifies ZX-81 for U.S. TIMEX is learning from its close association with Sinclair Research and introducing its own low-cost microcomputer in the States. Selling at $99.95, the Timex Sinclair 1000 is a 2K RAM version of the ZX-81 and is the first computer to sell for less than 100 dollars. The ZX-81 costs slightly less than 150 dollars. Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000
Timex Sinclair 1000 sales disappointing One blot on the rosy scene of the Sinclair Research financial year was the disappointing performance of the Timex Sinclair 1000 in the U.S. Two factors seem to have affected sales badly, the raging personal computer price war which brought the selling price of the TS 1000 crashing to a derisory $39 and what some Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2000
ZX-81 taking off in the States THE ZX-81 is beginning to take off in the States. An agreement between Sinclair Research and the American Express credit card company has resulted in a flood of orders for the machine. The credit card company sent a direct mail offer to its two million card-holders in the U.S. at the end of May. In Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000

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