Date: November/December 1984
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Articles
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Timex/Sinclair Lives!Editorial announcing magazine.
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2050 Modem Is HereTS 2050 The Westridge TS 2050 telecommunications modem is at last really here. It is exactly the same modem that Timex promised and took orders for, but never came through on. It is manufactured and sold by Westridge Communications, a division of Anchor Automation in Marina Del Ray, California.
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Good News (For TS 2068 Owners)TS 2068 It appears that the software famine for TS 2068 computer owners may soon be over. A device called the Spectrum Emulator has been introduced here in the U.S. It will allow software produced for the English Sinclair Spectrum to run on the 2068.
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It Really Is a "Quantum Leap"!QL Sinclair Research has done it again! Their new personal computer with 128k RAM, two micro-drives, and four software packages, sells for the almost unheard of price of $499.
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Factory Service Still Available“Factory service will continue more or less indefinitely…at this time, there are no immediate plans to discontinue this service,” reported a Timex spokesperson.
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2068 Technical Manual ReleasedTS 2068 At last! Here is the one that has been promised for some time now. The 2068 Technical Manual isn’t fancy, but it is big. Over 280 pages! It is crammed with detailed information on the in and outs of the 2068 logic circuitry, and also the enhanced display modes. This was the information that Timex…
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From Outer Space?Is it a power pack from one of the George Lucas space fantasies, or is it a miniature magnetic tape drive from an IBM main frame? No to both. It is a new data cassette from Recoton Corporation. The first thing you will notice is the clear plastic housing which allows complete inspection and viewing…
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The Rise and Fall of the Timex Computer Corporation, Part 1: What Happened?I don’t know exactly what came to your mind when you heard the news, but as for myself, I experienced the five classic reactions to a death. First denial, then anger, and so on. It crept suddenly up on us all like a trap catches a mouse. We should have seen it coming. We should…
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The Rise and Fall of the Timex Computer Corporation, Part 2: On the Drawing BoardTS 2068 Throughout the month of January and even into the early part of February, before the bad news had hit, the product planning department at Timex was bustling. Led by director Billy Skyrme, a long time company employee, this division was creating a bit of excitement among TS user groups and in the computer press. Speculation…
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The TS 2068 Software DirectoryTS 1000 TS 2068 Listing of vendors and their products.
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A Portable TS Computer?TS computer owners have always considered their exceptionally small micros to be portable, to some degree. While perhaps lacking in slick packaging, the power and flexibility is all there. The special mathematic functions would be especially useful in business, engineering, and educational applications.
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LanguagesIn many fields of learning and occupations, unique and customized languages have evolved, due to the need for efficiency and standardization. Take the medical field for instance. When a doctor writes out a prescription, to you it looks like no more than sloppy scribbling, but to the pharmacist, it is a clear order written in…
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How to Make Music with the TS 2068, Part 1TS 2068 Digital computers like the TS 2068 deal with two voltages. These are 0v and +5v, or rather something is true (+5) or something is false (0). We could also call this switched on or off. A popular process today, is to control external equipment with analogous properties and multiple control voltages, with digital computers