Walt Mossberg

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Walt Mossberg @waltmossberg

3/ The TS1000 sold for $99.95 and was available everywhere. I bought mine from a sale bin at a drugstore. Like many, I enhanced mine with a plug-in 16K module that cost me another $50. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 6, 2021

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2/ This is a Timex Sinclair 1000. (Photo with label restored is below). It launched in 1982 with 2K of RAM. It had no storage (and no display). For storage, it used an audio cassette recorder. Display was a monochrome TV. Both bought separately. (Sources: my memory & @Wikipedia.) https://t.co/3kTvTBxfCz — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ It was a rebranded knockoff of an early British computer, the Sinclair ZX81. According to Wikipedia, the Timex version doubled the Sinclair’s memory to 2K from 1K, added some shielding, and the proper circuitry for the American TV standard. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 6, 2021