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title: "Timex at K-Mart"
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published_at: "2025-04-17T18:42:43+00:00"
modified_at: "2025-04-18T12:55:24+00:00"
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excerpt: "Timex, and most other computer vendors, offered a standalone “kiosk” to display their wares in-store. The Atari Computer Demonstration Center was, as one might imagine, quite nice. In May 1983, Timex offered the “T/S 1000 MERCHANDISING DISPLAY,” a unit that..."
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  - "Timex Computer Corporation"
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Timex, and most other computer vendors, offered a standalone “kiosk” to display their wares in-store. The [Atari Computer Demonstration Center](https://forums.atariage.com/topic/372275-atari-computer-demonstration-center-store-kiosk/)
 was, as one might imagine, quite nice.

In May 1983, Timex offered the “T/S 1000 MERCHANDISING DISPLAY,” a unit that designed to:

- Fit space and selling requirements
- Generate traffic
- Maximize return on selling area
- Reduce consumer reliance on sales * 16K RAM memory expansion module sample personnel
- Create optimum visibility for T/S 1000 and all accessory products
- Stimulate sales through [effective, easy demonstration](/product/eprom-store-demonstrator/)

The mechandising display unit was 36” wide by 24” deep by 6’ high.

What is was not was free: retailers were expected to pay $300 for this unit. More details about the merchandising are available in the [May 1983 price list](/document/timex-price-list-may-1983/)
.

In two of the images below, you can make out the Timex display, packed in a much larger “Home Electronics” kiosk within a K-Mart.

The demonstrator ran the program in the video below.

 [/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-kmart-home-electronics-department-circa-1983-1.webp](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-kmart-home-electronics-department-circa-1983-1.webp)
 [/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-kmart-home-electronics-department-circa-1983-2.webp](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-kmart-home-electronics-department-circa-1983-2.webp)
 [/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Timex-Price-List-May-1983_0005.jpg](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Timex-Price-List-May-1983_0005.jpg)

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[Timex/Sinclair](/category/timex-sinclair/)
[TS 1000](/tag/ts1000/)
[Timex Computer Corporation](/tag/timex-computer-corporation/)

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I'm a big fan of the Timex/Sinclair computers: my first was the TS 1000. I love building things for my TS 2068 and sharing them with others on this site and andertone.com.