In a message dated 6/24/99 1:48:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ware_at_xtal.pharm.nwu.edu writes:
> Could the Brazilian Sinclair clone phenomenon be related to Timex Computer
> Corportation's presence in Portugal? Many of the Timex/Sinclair computers
> sold in the USA were manufactured by Timex of Portugal, and the systems
> apparently remained popular in Portugal after Timex pulled out of the US
> market. If this was the case, then there may have been a ready supply of
> Portugese-language software and documentation for Sinclair clones, making
> them a reasonable choice for cloning in other Portugese-speaking
> countries.
Very interesting theory! I'll have to check with my firends in Portugal &
Brazil.
>
> Speaking of rubber-keyed ZX81 clones, Timex made such a beast for the US
> market - the Timex/Sinclair 1500. It's essentially a ZX81 with 16K of RAM
> in a Spectrum case. I have a picture of one at
>
> http://www.corestack.com/classic/machines/ts1500.html
Please -- the TS1500 case is nothing like the Spectrum case, except for the
rubber keys.
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Glen Goodwin
Received on Thu Jun 24 1999 - 22:56:38 BST