From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
> > I had one of those miniature a Timex Z80 computers...
> >
> > Anyone remember that? Circa 1980...
>
> I had one of it's predecessors for awhile, a Sinclair ZX81. Basically the
> same thing, Timex licensed the TS-1000 from Sinclair (which is the 'S' in
> TS-1000). Unpleasant little beast, hardly worth the effort.
You bet. I had one and it was worse than useless. After about a half hour it
would overheat and crash. I found I could extend the run time by putting it in
the freezer before I used it. It didn't have the guts to do anything useful.
The missle game I had for it was so lame it made Pong look fantastic.
The Atari 800 was perfectly useful for email on dialup. I also had a database
that was good enough for me to keep track of customers and samples when I was a
calendar salesman for Brown & Bigelow in the middle 80s.
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