There was a very large Timex 1000 / ZX81 user base in the US. I have quite a lot of newsletters and documents from these groups. I even did an exhibit on the subject of SIGs for the Timex 1000 ZX81 at VCF MW a few years ago. You can see stacks of newsletters in stands flanking the machines and tapes.
http://vintagecomputer.net/vcfmw-ECCC_2010/SinclairSIG/ Personally, the $99 Timex 1000 was the only computer I could have afforded back then. Schools had Apple II's but not so many people in their homes then, at least where I lived. Bill On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Apr 26, 2018, at 5:47 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > He not only did the ZX 80, ZX 81, ZX Spectrum and the QL, but also the > Z88, > > the Spectrum Next and others -- along with a lot of other stuff. > > > > I know this is a rather USA-centric list, so probably most of you started > > off with things like the Apple II, the first sub-$1000 home computer. But > > in Britain and Europe back then, we were a lot poorer, and $1000 was an > > impossibly large amount of money -- many months of pay in a good job. > > My first computer was supposed to be a ZX81. I worked all Summer painting > the house to earn it. As it happens, my payment was a VIC-20 with a tape > recorder. The ZX Spectrum has always fascinated me, and nearly 20 years > ago, I traded a Tek cartridge with a list member for a ZX Spectrum 2+. I > still dream of having time to get that system up and running. Even though > I’ve never run it, it’s still one of my favorite pieces in my collection. > > Zane > > > >
