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...Sales in Cambridge, Mass., Texas Instruments micros that retailed for $525 in 1981 could be had for less than $100. Gemco stores in California were selling Commodore 64 computers for $199 each, two-thirds off their price of six months ago. In Chicago, K mart was unloading tiny Timex Sinclair 1000s, listed last year at $99.95, for $29.97 each...
...beginning, almost all U.S. cars were "convertibles," so-called touring cars open to the air. Sedans were the exception. In his 1925 novel Arrowsmith, Sinclair Lewis wrote of "enclosed motors" as luxuries. Closed cars became standard, though, in the 1920s. By 1927 about 83% of all U.S. autos were enclosed, creating a booming market for gasoline and other auto products because cars were being driven year round. After World War II the convertible again began to rise in favor. By the mid-1960s, half a million convertibles were selling yearly, accounting for 7% of car sales. All the major automakers...
...Ever since he was a youngster in England, Clive Sinclair, 42, has had big thoughts about little things. At twelve, he built small mechanical calculators. At 22, after a brief stint as a science writer and editor specializing in home electronics, Sinclair and his wife Anne set up a mail order house selling transistors and later kits for miniradios no bigger than match boxes. In the 1970s he made one of the earliest pocket calculators with advanced mathematical functions, designed a pioneering, inexpensive digital wristwatch, and introduced a tiny TV with a 2-in. screen. Ahead of their time, none...
...balding, bearded and largely self-taught Sinclair (he passed up the uni versity) kept thinking small. In 1980 he introduced the world's littlest and cheapest personal computer, the Sinclair ZX80. Last September a more sophisticated version of the ZX80 made its debut in the U.S. as the Timex Sinclair 1000 (list price: $99). Since then, the 12-oz. units have been in a race with Commodore for top spot in worldwide computer sales...
...Timex Sinclair 1000 ($99). This tiny toy is good for dipping one's toes into the micro revolution and not much more. It will play video games with boxy, black-and-white graphics and speaks only one language: BASIC. A buttonless "membrane" keyboard is well designed for learning the fundamentals of computer programming, but for written work it is a step down from the old typewriter. With 600,000 sold in 1982 alone, there is sure to be more software on the shelves soon. A more powerful model that speaks child-oriented Logo is expected out this spring...