{"id":477,"date":"2008-06-30T12:39:54","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T17:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2008-06-30T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T18:04:49","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-wheres-the-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/477\/retro-scan-of-the-week-wheres-the-bits","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Where&#8217;s the Bits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/ts1000_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/ts1000_small.jpg\" alt=\"Timex-Sinclair 1000 Ad - 1982\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><span class=\"freecaption\"><em>Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic computer&#8230;.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tiny computer you see above originated in the UK as the Sinclair ZX81, a wildly successful build-it-yourself kit computer.  Due to strong sales, Timex struck a deal with Sinclair to market a fully assembled version of the ZX81 in the United States.  They rechristened the unit &#8220;Timex-Sinclair 1000,&#8221; and the minuscule wedge became the first PC to sell for under $100 (US) fully assembled.<\/p>\n<p>The diminutive, Z80-based 1000 was severely limited in function by its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/383\" target=\"_blank\">tiny membrane keyboard<\/a>, its black &#038; white display, no sound capabilities, and only 2K RAM.  Despite that, it sold well in the US thanks to an incredibly low price.  These days, Timex-Sinclair 1000s are relatively easy to find, and thanks to their nice shape, they make great doorstops.<\/p>\n<p><center><em><small>[ From Personal Computing, 1982 ]<\/small><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion topic of the week:<\/strong> What&#8217;s the cheapest computer you&#8217;ve ever bought?<\/p>\n<p><small><em>If you use this image on your site, please support &#8220;Retro Scan of the Week&#8221; by giving us obvious credit for the original scan and entry.  Thanks.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic computer&#8230;. The tiny computer you see above originated in the UK as the Sinclair ZX81, a wildly successful build-it-yourself kit computer. Due to strong sales, Timex struck a deal with Sinclair to market a fully assembled version of the ZX81 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,26,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-computer-design","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-computers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}