Timex Sinclair 2048
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The "Timex Sinclair 2048" was to be an improved version of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
computer. Never released by Timex Corporation because of TS1500 failure. According to an early Timex Sinclair 2000 computer flyer, it should be a cut-down TS2068
with 16 KB of RAM and advertised as a 40 KB memory machine (24 KB ROM
+ 16 KB RAM).
It seems that Timex Corporation USA used the 2048 model number before. It was the intended model number for what finally got named TS2068
. In an interview with Lou Galie, Senior Vice President of Technology at Timex, he tells what he claims to be the real story. Danny Ross, Timex Computer Corporation president was giving a speech. Lou points: "When Danny announced what was supposed to be the 2048, he mis-spoke and called it the 2068. When I called him on it, he laughed and said 'Rename it. 2068 is better than 2048'".
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
computer. Never released by Timex Corporation because of TS1500 failure. According to an early Timex Sinclair 2000 computer flyer, it should be a cut-down TS2068
Timex Sinclair 2068
The Timex Sinclair 2068 , released in November 1983, was Timex Sinclair's fourth and last home computer for the United States market...
with 16 KB of RAM and advertised as a 40 KB memory machine (24 KB ROM
Read-only memory
Read-only memory is a class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be modified, or can be modified only slowly or with difficulty, so it is mainly used to distribute firmware .In its strictest sense, ROM refers only...
+ 16 KB RAM).
It seems that Timex Corporation USA used the 2048 model number before. It was the intended model number for what finally got named TS2068
Timex Sinclair 2068
The Timex Sinclair 2068 , released in November 1983, was Timex Sinclair's fourth and last home computer for the United States market...
. In an interview with Lou Galie, Senior Vice President of Technology at Timex, he tells what he claims to be the real story. Danny Ross, Timex Computer Corporation president was giving a speech. Lou points: "When Danny announced what was supposed to be the 2048, he mis-spoke and called it the 2068. When I called him on it, he laughed and said 'Rename it. 2068 is better than 2048'".