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   DaveG to All   
   Re: Tandy BASIC [Was: Old Basic Question   
   10 Dec 05 01:28:24   
   
   XPost: alt.lang.basic   
   From: dave-ng@nospam.tld   
      
   Sometime on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:11:36 -0800, Bill H scribbled:   
      
   > The TS1000 was the US version of the ZX81 with 2k Ram on board. Timex   
   > was actually building all the zx81's at the time for sinclair.   
      
   Ah yes thanks, now I remember...the UK ZX81's came from the Timex plant in   
   Scotland   
      
   > They   
   > later came out with the ts1500 (a ts1000 with 16k ram and a chicklet   
   > keyboard) and then the ts2048 and ts2068 which were upgraded Spectrums   
   > before they stopped building computers during the computer wars of the   
   > 80's between Commodore and Atari.   
      
   I don't think any of the "upgraded" ZX81 were produced or sold here.  The   
   upgraded Spectrums available here were the "+" range with some others   
   being after Amstrad took over IIRC.   
      
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   Dave   
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