| Description | |
| Manufacturer | Sinclair Research Limited |
| Model | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Date Announced | July 1982 |
| Date Canceled | Unknown |
| Number Produced | Hundreds of thousands to millions |
| Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
| Price | $99.95 base |
| Current Value | $10 +/- |
| Specifications | |
| Processor | Zilog Z80 |
| Speed | 3.25 MHz |
| RAM | 2K (base) |
| ROM | 8K |
| Storage | Cassette Tape |
| Expansion | Expansion bus usually for RAM expansion |
| Bus | Proprietary |
| Video | 32x22 text, 64x44 graphics - B/W |
| I/O | Expansion Bus |
| OS Options | Cassette BASIC |
| Notes | The TS-1000 was the American version of the Sinclair ZX-81 which followed the successful Sinclair ZX-80. The popularity of these machines was driven by their low price. In an era of $1,000 computers a machine that came in at $100 to start was noticed. |
| Related Items in Collection | Another TS-1000, books, etc. |
| Related Items Wanted | Printer, additional RAM and software. |
The TS-1000s in my collection are not yet tested.
Included in the collection are the machines, manuals, at least one RAM expansion (16K) and some software on cassette.
Thank you to Eric Lakin for the generous donation of a TS-1000 with docs, etc.
(Submitted November 19, 2009 15:04:01 by (a href=mailto:httpkurtstephens.com)Kurt Stephens(/a))
If I remember this correctly, part of the reason this computer was so inexpensive and slow is because the video interface was implemented in *software*, it could only run your program during the horizontal and vertical retrace!
(Submitted October 25, 2009 07:53:56 by Bill McCormack)
Yes, it was slow, but affordable. I was a COBOL programmer when this came out and I used one to teach my kids basic programming at home. My oldest son used it to create a menu for a local restaurant, funny, he now owns a restaurant and a computer. You never know.
(Submitted May 15, 2009 08:11:58 by xinpheld)
This was my first computer. It drove me crazy with its slowness. But I used it anyway, because hey, it was a computer! In my own house!