On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 at 19:54, Geoff Oltmans <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think you'd find a few people this side of the pond whose first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000 (our equivalent of the ZX81). I know that was true in our household... My dad purchased one brand-new at Albertson's (a supermarket chain in the southeast US) for $100. We were enamored with it instantly despite its obvious drawbacks :-) I'm pleased to hear this. > and that eventually led to the purchase of a more capable machine, the TI 99/4a. Unfortunately much to my dads chagrin that happening just a few months before its drastic price cut and eventual discontinuation. Now there was a machine that suffered an ill-deserved fate. Mind you, if TI hadn't crippled it as they did, maybe it could have competed more effectively with the CBM machines without the vicious price drops. > RIP. Definitely a very influential machine worldwide and an effort worth feeling proud of. Yes indeed. -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: [email protected] • Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: [email protected] Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
