Mart

Drawing considerable retail traffic during the [1982 Summer Consumer Electronics Show] was Timex, which starts national deliveries late this month on its under-$100 TS 1000. Dan Ross, vice president, computer products, told Mart the unit will be on allocation at the beginning. “Having it on allocation allows us to bring some needed order and integrity…

The computer is a Sinclair design; from 25 to 30 software packages will be offered at first. Next month marks Timex’s entry into the personal computer market with an under-$100 unit the company feels will “break the price barrier we feel has stood in the way of millions of American consumers entering the computer field,”…