http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk ... y-/bingmap
Wonder if there is anything in a closet there still?
And a pic from the front entrance from back in the day (right hand side of the satelite view)
Bill H
Where it all started
Where it all started
A satelite view of the Timex factory in Dundee where they made the zx81 / ts1000
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk ... y-/bingmap
Wonder if there is anything in a closet there still?
And a pic from the front entrance from back in the day (right hand side of the satelite view)
Bill H
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk ... y-/bingmap
Wonder if there is anything in a closet there still?
And a pic from the front entrance from back in the day (right hand side of the satelite view)
Bill H
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BrunoFlorindo
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Re: Where it all started
I'm not sure if it all started over there. 
I wish Andrew Owen or Johnny Red were here to expand this interesting subject.
At some point in Timex's history most production and ideas were coming out of Portugal. The quality, know-how, etc was there, and I'm not saying this because I'm Portuguese.
I'm saying it because Johnny Red and others have studied this subject for more than a decade, and everyone mentions how terrible it was when someone from the U.K. visited Timex Portugal and basically forced them to hand over all projects, all the knowledge and transfer the whole thing to Dundee and from that point on it all went downhill. I think Margaret Tatcher had something to do with it but I don't have references to post right now. A lot of good people lost their jobs at a time when Timex Portugal was expanding their own computer and peripheral projects (Timex Computer in the U.S. was long gone) and were about to launch a Super Spectrum (TC3256, if I remember correctly). I know Sinclair used Timex to make Spectrums, but Timex did more than that, and it was in Portugal that they did the most for the Timex/Sinclair world. If Timex Portugal hadn't been shut down by force things could've been different.
Johnny Red also shared pictures of the Portuguese Timex factory a few months ago (made a post on the TS2068 Yahoo group). I've read so many interesting things about Timex in the U.S. , in the U.K. and Portugal but unfortunately I'm not good at remembering all the details. I have a Portuguese book in PDF format with interviews to some of the most important people from Timex Portugal back in the day, I've interviewed (with Andrew's help) the senior vice president of Timex here in the U.S. around two years ago and I've been following Timex Portugal's history since 1987. Maybe one day I'll be able to put all this information together!
I wish Andrew Owen or Johnny Red were here to expand this interesting subject. At some point in Timex's history most production and ideas were coming out of Portugal. The quality, know-how, etc was there, and I'm not saying this because I'm Portuguese.
I'm saying it because Johnny Red and others have studied this subject for more than a decade, and everyone mentions how terrible it was when someone from the U.K. visited Timex Portugal and basically forced them to hand over all projects, all the knowledge and transfer the whole thing to Dundee and from that point on it all went downhill. I think Margaret Tatcher had something to do with it but I don't have references to post right now. A lot of good people lost their jobs at a time when Timex Portugal was expanding their own computer and peripheral projects (Timex Computer in the U.S. was long gone) and were about to launch a Super Spectrum (TC3256, if I remember correctly). I know Sinclair used Timex to make Spectrums, but Timex did more than that, and it was in Portugal that they did the most for the Timex/Sinclair world. If Timex Portugal hadn't been shut down by force things could've been different.Johnny Red also shared pictures of the Portuguese Timex factory a few months ago (made a post on the TS2068 Yahoo group). I've read so many interesting things about Timex in the U.S. , in the U.K. and Portugal but unfortunately I'm not good at remembering all the details. I have a Portuguese book in PDF format with interviews to some of the most important people from Timex Portugal back in the day, I've interviewed (with Andrew's help) the senior vice president of Timex here in the U.S. around two years ago and I've been following Timex Portugal's history since 1987.
Maybe one day I'll be able to put all this information together!Re: Where it all started
Perhaps Bruno would be so kind as to provide some documentation here...."Timex Portugal was expanding their own computer and peripheral projects (Timex Computer in the U.S. was long gone) and were about to launch a Super Spectrum (TC3256, if I remember correctly).
Could you tell us a little more about the Super Spectrum 3256?
thanks,
neil
Could you tell us a little more about the Super Spectrum 3256?
thanks,
neil
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BrunoFlorindo
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Re: Where it all started
I'm traveling at the moment and don't have access to all my notes, but most of the information I have was obtained from here:
http://timex.comboios.info/tc.html
http://timex.comboios.info/tc3256proto.html
http://8bit.yarek.pl/computer/zx.tc3256/index.html
http://members.fortunecity.com/johnnyred/tc3256.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair
It's practically impossible to find that computer. If someone ever places one of those for sale on eBay, they will probably get rich, because it is indeed r@re.
http://timex.comboios.info/tc.html
http://timex.comboios.info/tc3256proto.html
http://8bit.yarek.pl/computer/zx.tc3256/index.html
http://members.fortunecity.com/johnnyred/tc3256.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair
It's practically impossible to find that computer. If someone ever places one of those for sale on eBay, they will probably get rich, because it is indeed r@re.