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Timex Sinclair
Timex Sinclair was a joint venture established in December 1982 between the British company Sinclair Research and Timex Corporation in an effort to gain an entry into the rapidly growing early-1980s home computer market in North America. History The choice of partnership was natural, as Timex was already the main contractor for manufacture of Sinclair's ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers at its Scottish plant in Dundee. Due to large demand another manufacturer was needed, so Timex Portugal (''TMX Portugal Lda'', a Portuguese Timex subsidiary), with skilled and relatively cheap labor force, took on the production of models to be exported to the U.S. Although both the Scottish Timex branch and Timex Portugal were full subsidiaries of Timex, internal rivalry meant there was little sharing between the two plants. Timex Portugal sold the Timex Sinclair (ex: T/S 2068) models in Portugal and Poland under the ''Timex Computer'' (ex: TC 2068) brand. In order to market Timex Sinclair pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timex Sinclair 2050
The Timex Sinclair 2050 (TS2050) was a computer modem built by Westridge Communications for Timex Sinclair, a joint venture between Sinclair Research Ltd, Sinclair Research and Timex Group USA, Timex Corporation. Initially sold under the Timex Sinclair'''' label and with a Timex designed case, it was then labeled Westridge 2050,'''' as Timex exited the computer market when the modem started manufacture. A lot of people bought the modem board and made a custom casing. The device supports all of the Timex Sinclair machines, coming with a cassette containing modem control software for Timex Sinclair 1000, T/S 1000 and T/S 1500 on side A and for Timex Sinclair 2068, T/S 2068 on side B. It was based on the Intel 8251 USART chip and very slow (300 bit/s). A magazine published a way to modify the modem to convert it to a serial port, allowing users to connect faster modems. At least two bulletin board systems based on the T/S 2068 computer and TS2050 modem existed as of 1988. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |