Re: JAVA IS THE TIMEX SINCLAIR EMULATOR OF THE 90's.

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From: Jonathan Duckworth
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 00:00

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In article <30D22F02.6476@TheTemple.com>, Steven Ericsson Zenith
<zenith@TheTemple.com> wrote:

> 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.

Well, not just a reseller, they manufactured the Spectrum in Scotland
(Dundee I think) it was supposed to be the saviour of the British watch
industry - Timex being watch manufacturers.

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From: jonathan.duckworth@pop3.hiway.co.uk (Jonathan Duckworth)
Subject: Re: JAVA IS THE TIMEX SINCLAIR EMULATOR OF THE 90's.
Date: 1995/12/17
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