Reply #3: SIGH!

[pnorman]

The most FANTASTIC stuff was made available for those TS 1000s, and later the 2068! I had a replacement ROM for one of my TS 1000, that turned it into a FORTH machine. I recall another hardware device that I ordered from England, that allowed one to perform MAGIC at the ML level (sadly, well beyond me at that time). The expansion bus for the 2068, offered virtually UNLIMITED possibilities for the gifted experimenter (also well out of my reach). I also had a nifty EEPROM unit, that slid into that cartridge slot (details escape me now, but the zing remains in my memory).

But sadly, FCC approval was unaccountably delayed, and Timex missed the VITAL Christmas season for that year! That was the END, and Timex USA promptly went out of the computer bid'ness. Directly Ziff-Davis ceased publishing their Timex magazine. Oh how we Timexies carried on! Much tearing out of hair, wailing, and rending of garments! But the 2068 was well-built. The TS 1000 was NOT well-built, but we each had 5 or 6 of them in reserve. So the local (Seattle) Timex Club lasted for several years more. (SIGH! Oh! To be middle-aged once more!)

pnorman