Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
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Participants: Bruno Florindo, Oscar Arthur Koepke, zxspectrum128, Adam Trionfo, rockbobster2mars
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1. Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
zxspectrum128 · 16 Apr 2017 07:11:29 +
In case no one hee has seen these before, here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986. Wondering if similar pictures exist of Sinclair Research, back in the telephone-throwing days. As far as I know, there are no pictures of Timex Computer Corp (USA). Polish and Portuguese Specchums will recognize the Neptun 156 monitors. They were monochrome green, but we loved them.
https://goo.gl/photos/fs2K9L2HQtarcwvK7 https://goo.gl/photos/fs2K9L2HQtarcwvK7
If you have trouble with the link above I'll host the pictures somewhere and post them here, or upload a .zip file with all of them to the group. I'm not sure what was happening (or what was being made), when looking at some of the pictures. It's easy to recognize the motherboards, but I'm not sure about the other stuff.
2. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Adam Trionfo · Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:18
zxspectrum128 wrote:
>>
here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
>>
Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
3. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Bruno Florindo · Mon, 17 Apr 2017 05:59
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
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On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 13:34, Adam Trionfo [email] [ts2068]<[email]> wrote:
zxspectrum128 wrote:
>>
here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
>>
Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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4. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Oscar Arthur Koepke · Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:01
I can also add, that these same computeres were sold(a lot of units) later in Poland(Polonia) all of them manufactered in Portugal by Timex Computer(old Timex Sinclair), but by the names of UK2068 and UK2048(instead TC2068 and TC2048) in Black case(cabinet), just like some of these photos can show us.
Regards,Oscar A. Koepke
From: "Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068]" <[email]>
To: "[email]" <[email]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
zxspectrum128 wrote:
>>
here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
>>
Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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5. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Bruno Florindo · Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:15
I"d like to know the time period if possible. I don't remember reading the year Timex computers reached Poland, or the year the UKxxxx models appeared.
Johnny Red has mentioned, more than once, that Poland had some kind of deal with Portugal. Timex Portugal received the Neptun monitors from Poland, and Poland received computers from Timex. Would love to know more details, and when the exchange started. What I do know is that most Portuguese Timex users didn't use a TV set for their Sinclair needs back then. Everyone I knew had a Polish Neptun 156 monochrome green monitor, or a color Phillips one. That's why you see so many monitors in those pictures. They were all over the place. :) I had a Timex TC2048 connected to one using composite video (we called it banana connection) and a Spectrum +2 connected to another one via RGB. We were spoiled with crisp, clean, detailed image from a young age. :)
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On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 15:16, Oscar Arthur Koepke [email] [ts2068]<[email]> wrote:
I can also add, that these same computeres were sold(a lot of units) later in Poland(Polonia) all of them manufactered in Portugal by Timex Computer(old Timex Sinclair), but by the names of UK2068 and UK2048(instead TC2068 and TC2048) in Black case(cabinet), just like some of these photos can show us.
Regards,Oscar A. Koepke
From: "Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068]" <[email]>
To: "[email]" <[email]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
zxspectrum128 wrote:
>>
here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
>>
Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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6. Re: Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
rockbobster2mars · 18 Apr 2017 05:06:23 +
That looks great. B&W photos were standard for newspapers then, and full color was usually limited to the front page of each section, and any other pages on the same signature, such as the back page.
The lab coats and organized work stations look very professional.
7. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Oscar Arthur Koepke · Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:26
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Hi Bruno.
I found only a little these days...most of it gera lost!Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 00:48, Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
I"d like to know the time period if possible. I don't remember reading the year Timex computers reached Poland, or the year the UKxxxx models appeared.
Johnny Red has mentioned, more than once, that Poland had some kind of deal with Portugal. Timex Portugal received the Neptun monitors from Poland, and Poland received computers from Timex. Would love to know more details, and when the exchange started. What I do know is that most Portuguese Timex users didn't use a TV set for their Sinclair needs back then. Everyone I knew had a Polish Neptun 156 monochrome green monitor, or a color Phillips one. That's why you see so many monitors in those pictures. They were all over the place. :) I had a Timex TC2048 connected to one using composite video (we called it banana connection) and a Spectrum +2 connected to another one via RGB. We were spoiled with crisp, clean, detailed image from a young age. :)
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I can also add, that these same computeres were sold(a lot of units) later in Poland(Polonia) all of them manufactered in Portugal by Timex Computer(old Timex Sinclair), but by the names of UK2068 and UK2048(instead TC2068 and TC2048) in Black case(cabinet), just like some of these photos can show us.
Regards,Oscar A. Koepke
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To: "[email]" <[email]>
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Subject: Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
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zxspectrum128 wrote:
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here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
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Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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8. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Oscar Arthur Koepke · Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:03
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } And Is more information in these page:Timex Computer World - Portugal A
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REgardsOscar
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 08:32, Oscar Arthur Koepke [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
Hi Bruno.
I found only a little these days...most of it gera lost!Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
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Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
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Regards,Oscar
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 00:48, Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
I"d like to know the time period if possible. I don't remember reading the year Timex computers reached Poland, or the year the UKxxxx models appeared.
Johnny Red has mentioned, more than once, that Poland had some kind of deal with Portugal. Timex Portugal received the Neptun monitors from Poland, and Poland received computers from Timex. Would love to know more details, and when the exchange started. What I do know is that most Portuguese Timex users didn't use a TV set for their Sinclair needs back then. Everyone I knew had a Polish Neptun 156 monochrome green monitor, or a color Phillips one. That's why you see so many monitors in those pictures. They were all over the place. :) I had a Timex TC2048 connected to one using composite video (we called it banana connection) and a Spectrum +2 connected to another one via RGB. We were spoiled with crisp, clean, detailed image from a young age. :)
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I can also add, that these same computeres were sold(a lot of units) later in Poland(Polonia) all of them manufactered in Portugal by Timex Computer(old Timex Sinclair), but by the names of UK2068 and UK2048(instead TC2068 and TC2048) in Black case(cabinet), just like some of these photos can show us.
Regards,Oscar A. Koepke
From: "Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068]" <[email]>
To: "[email]" <[email]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
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zxspectrum128 wrote:
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here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
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Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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9. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Bruno Florindo · Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:57
Hi Oscar. I'm familiar with Encarnado's page (I'm Portuguese ;) ), but thank you for mentioning it, for those who hadn't seen it yet. I've been told some of the info on his page may be incorrect, but I can't remember what it was or who told me about it. Still, it's a good website with lots of pictures and history, and I find the last Timex prototype fascinating.
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 6:10, Oscar Arthur Koepke [email] [ts2068]<[email]> wrote:
And Is more information in these page:
Timex Computer World - Portugal A
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 08:32, Oscar Arthur Koepke [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
Hi Bruno.
I found only a little these days...most of it gera lost!Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 00:48, Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
I"d like to know the time period if possible. I don't remember reading the year Timex computers reached Poland, or the year the UKxxxx models appeared.
Johnny Red has mentioned, more than once, that Poland had some kind of deal with Portugal. Timex Portugal received the Neptun monitors from Poland, and Poland received computers from Timex. Would love to know more details, and when the exchange started. What I do know is that most Portuguese Timex users didn't use a TV set for their Sinclair needs back then. Everyone I knew had a Polish Neptun 156 monochrome green monitor, or a color Phillips one. That's why you see so many monitors in those pictures. They were all over the place. :) I had a Timex TC2048 connected to one using composite video (we called it banana connection) and a Spectrum +2 connected to another one via RGB. We were spoiled with crisp, clean, detailed image from a young age. :)
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I can also add, that these same computeres were sold(a lot of units) later in Poland(Polonia) all of them manufactered in Portugal by Timex Computer(old Timex Sinclair), but by the names of UK2068 and UK2048(instead TC2068 and TC2048) in Black case(cabinet), just like some of these photos can show us.
Regards,Oscar A. Koepke
From: "Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068]" <[email]>
To: "[email]" <[email]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
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zxspectrum128 wrote:
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here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
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Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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10. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
Oscar Arthur Koepke · Sat, 22 Apr 2017 02:22 · 📎 8: file, file, file, file, file, file, file, file
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } I know Bruno. Remember I send you some cartoons from Brazil. Revistinhas....Tio Patinhas/mickey.. algumas pra se divertir lendo. Tu encomendou uma revista que comprei no MercadoLivre(eBay daqui).Tu me quebrou um galho(resolveu um problema) de conseguir uma TWISTER board. Se não me engano.
Isso em 2010-2011.
Abraço Oscar
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Em sexta-feira, abril 21, 2017, 18:52, Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
Hi Oscar. I'm familiar with Encarnado's page (I'm Portuguese ;) ), but thank you for mentioning it, for those who hadn't seen it yet. I've been told some of the info on his page may be incorrect, but I can't remember what it was or who told me about it. Still, it's a good website with lots of pictures and history, and I find the last Timex prototype fascinating.
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And Is more information in these page:
Timex Computer World - Portugal A
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REgardsOscar
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 08:32, Oscar Arthur Koepke [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
Hi Bruno.
I found only a little these days...most of it gera lost!Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
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Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
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A Timex of Portugal é um dos melhores exemplos de como a força de vontade e talento dos portugueses conseguiu fabricar produtos de boa qualidade
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Regards,Oscar
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 00:48, Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
I"d like to know the time period if possible. I don't remember reading the year Timex computers reached Poland, or the year the UKxxxx models appeared.
Johnny Red has mentioned, more than once, that Poland had some kind of deal with Portugal. Timex Portugal received the Neptun monitors from Poland, and Poland received computers from Timex. Would love to know more details, and when the exchange started. What I do know is that most Portuguese Timex users didn't use a TV set for their Sinclair needs back then. Everyone I knew had a Polish Neptun 156 monochrome green monitor, or a color Phillips one. That's why you see so many monitors in those pictures. They were all over the place. :) I had a Timex TC2048 connected to one using composite video (we called it banana connection) and a Spectrum +2 connected to another one via RGB. We were spoiled with crisp, clean, detailed image from a young age. :)
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
I can also add, that these same computeres were sold(a lot of units) later in Poland(Polonia) all of them manufactered in Portugal by Timex Computer(old Timex Sinclair), but by the names of UK2068 and UK2048(instead TC2068 and TC2048) in Black case(cabinet), just like some of these photos can show us.
Regards,Oscar A. Koepke
From: "Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068]" <[email]>
To: "[email]" <[email]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
zxspectrum128 wrote:
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here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
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Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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11. Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures) [8 Attachments]
Bruno Florindo · Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:57
I knew it was someone from the Sinclair community but couldn't remember who. I'm glad I was able to help.
And regarding the magazine you sent me, I'm forever grateful. :)
Don't want to go off-topic, but Oscar's mention of Disney magazines reminded me of my other favorite hobby of my youth: reading Disney comics. These weren't childish silly stories. They were good stories by Don Rosa and Carl Barks, that were translated to many languages. While most teens were reading Marvel or DC Comics, I was reading Disney ones.
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On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 19:37, Oscar Arthur Koepke [email] [ts2068]<[email]> wrote: [Attachment(s) from Oscar Arthur Koepke included below]
I know Bruno.
Remember I send you some cartoons from Brazil. Revistinhas....Tio Patinhas/mickey.. algumas pra se divertir lendo. Tu encomendou uma revista que comprei no MercadoLivre(eBay daqui).Tu me quebrou um galho(resolveu um problema) de conseguir uma TWISTER board. Se não me engano.
Isso em 2010-2011.
Abraço Oscar
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Em sexta-feira, abril 21, 2017, 18:52, Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
Hi Oscar. I'm familiar with Encarnado's page (I'm Portuguese ;) ), but thank you for mentioning it, for those who hadn't seen it yet. I've been told some of the info on his page may be incorrect, but I can't remember what it was or who told me about it. Still, it's a good website with lots of pictures and history, and I find the last Timex prototype fascinating.
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And Is more information in these page:
Timex Computer World - Portugal A
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About all Timex related stuff...
REgardsOscar
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 08:32, Oscar Arthur Koepke [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
Hi Bruno.
I found only a little these days...most of it gera lost!Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
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Timex Computer, made in Portugal | P3
De P3, Tratamos tudo por tu
A Timex of Portugal é um dos melhores exemplos de como a força de vontade e talento dos portugueses conseguiu fabricar produtos de boa qualidade
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In português.
Regards,Oscar
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Em terça-feira, abril 18, 2017, 00:48, Bruno Florindo [email] [ts2068] <[email]> escreveu:
I"d like to know the time period if possible. I don't remember reading the year Timex computers reached Poland, or the year the UKxxxx models appeared.
Johnny Red has mentioned, more than once, that Poland had some kind of deal with Portugal. Timex Portugal received the Neptun monitors from Poland, and Poland received computers from Timex. Would love to know more details, and when the exchange started. What I do know is that most Portuguese Timex users didn't use a TV set for their Sinclair needs back then. Everyone I knew had a Polish Neptun 156 monochrome green monitor, or a color Phillips one. That's why you see so many monitors in those pictures. They were all over the place. :) I had a Timex TC2048 connected to one using composite video (we called it banana connection) and a Spectrum +2 connected to another one via RGB. We were spoiled with crisp, clean, detailed image from a young age. :)
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I can also add, that these same computeres were sold(a lot of units) later in Poland(Polonia) all of them manufactered in Portugal by Timex Computer(old Timex Sinclair), but by the names of UK2068 and UK2048(instead TC2068 and TC2048) in Black case(cabinet), just like some of these photos can show us.
Regards,Oscar A. Koepke
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To: "[email]" <[email]>
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Subject: Re: [ts2068] Timex Portugal in 1986 (pictures)
I found these pictures while doing advanced Google searches, looking for any comments related to Timex Portugal (news, former employees, etc). Maybe the original pictures were in color, but the Portuguese newspaper was the one who visited Timex and took them. The digital (website) version of the newspaper had these pictures posted online a while ago. Maybe black and white was all they had left from back then, or maybe they took pictures in black and white because they could, and because a newspaper had no reason to need them in color? :D
Timex left the computer market in the U.S. on February of 1984, but Timex Portugal continued to make computers, and develop news ones and new hardware, until the late eighties. :) At some point, Timex Portugal was making 10000 computers per day, and the quality control was excellent.
When I was in High School, we had Timex computers with FDD3000 and RGB monitors in our computer room.
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zxspectrum128 wrote:
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here's what the Portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" (translation: "Morning Mail") saw when they visited Timex Portugal back in 1986.
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Great pictures. I'm quite surprised by two things about the pictures:
1) They're in black and white. By this time most people used color film. Still, in way, I think B&W photos are able to capture higher quality and contrast.
2) The date is 1986, which seems really late to me. How long were these systems manufactured?
Where did these pictures come from (your own personal collection)? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Adam
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