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Steven Ericsson Zenith (zenith@TheTemple.com) wrote:
: -- Simon Jennings wrote:
: > 
: > In article <4asb7f$i9n@news.mountain.net>, "Duncan C. Kinder"
: > <dckinder@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com> writes:
: > > I hate to stick my neck out, but what is a Timex Sinclair
: > > Emulator?
: > >
: > 
: > Same thing as a Sinclair Spectrum Emulator ( Timex rebadged / manafactured ( I'm
: > not sure which ) the spectrum in the US ).
: > 

: Well ... In fact the Sinclair's were English. Designed by Clive 
: Sinclair's company Sinclair Research. In England they were known as the 
: ZX80 and the ZX81. Later came the Sinclair Spectrum. Sir.Clive went out 
: of business after an abortive attempt to get into the electric car 
: business with Hoover. HA! Now there's a funny story! Last I heard back 
: in 1989 he was building a core microprocessor to emulate all other 
: microprocessors. Timex was simply a reseller.

Not quite. The later Timex/Sinclair machines had different designs than the
english versions! Especially the TS spectrum derivative! It had an AY chip
years before sinclair released the SPECCY 128!
 
: --
: Steven Ericsson Zenith - Sunnyvale, California.
: mailto:Steven@TheTemple.com, http://www.TheTemple.com/Steven
: "Never confuse wisdom with luck." Rule #44

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