The Timex Sinclair 1000

Welcome to 1982

The Story

Virtual Unboxing

Connect the Computer

Plugs in your hand

Sockets on the machines

The Machine

This is a working Timex Sinclair 1000. Click the keys below, or click the screen once and type on your own keyboard. Press P and watch PRINT appear: one key, one keyword.

SOLID STATE • CHANNEL 2
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TIMEX SINCLAIR 1000

SHIFT is sticky for touch: tap it, then tap a key. ENTER is the big key. SHIFT 0 is DELETE. SPACE is BREAK while a program runs.

Machine panel

Supply a TS1000/ZX81 ROM image you own (8,192 bytes) to switch from the reconstruction to full hardware emulation. The file stays on your computer.

At the inverse K cursor press P, then SHIFT P for a quote, spell HELLO, close the quote, and press ENTER.

Inside the Machine

Z80A CPU Ferranti ULA 2 KB RAM 8 KB ROM Keyboard membrane ribbon Expansion edge connector 5V regulator

Click a part on the board.

Living With the Limits

Learn BASIC in 1982

The Cassette Ritual

Pick a tape on the Software shelf. Loading plays out on the machine screen, and the museum takes you there so you can run it.

The Software Shelf

Life with Two Kilobytes

Go to the Machine, start typing a program, and watch the meter under the television climb.

Legacy

About This Exhibit

Settings

Scanlines and glass curvature
Mute everything

Sources