The Untold History of TIMEX Computers
229The partnership between TIMEX Corp. and Sinclair Research was responsible for a whole new industry in Portugal that generated tons of jobs and exclusive new machines, opening the eyes to a brand-new technological world in the country. Those were vibrant and amazing years that I'm now sharing with you all! 🔔 Click the bell and don't miss a (Pixel) thing!
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
• João Diogo Ramos, for the hi-quality photos of the Timex Sinclair and Timex Computer units shown in this video (check www.collectorsbridge.com for more related content from this collector);
• Ivan Barroso, for kindly providing various historical documents;
• Blog www.planetasinclair.blogspot.com;
• Facebook group "ZX Spectrum Directo da Arrecadação";
• Site www.timex.comboios.info;
• Blog www.retrodundee.blogspot.com;
• Old pictures of Costa da Caparica taken from the YouTube channel of Guilherme Teotónio Jacinto, drone surf footage in Costa da Caparica taken from the YouTube channel of TheNSergio and Transpraia Caparica beach railway Super 8 footage by Planet Television (UK);
• Correio da Manhã, for the pictures taken from inside Timex Portugal in Charneca de Caparica, back from 1986;
• Testimonies of Álvaro Oliveira, Pedro Esteves and Virgílio Rocha obtained through interviews conducted back in 2003 by Eduardo Beira (Minho University), here's one example (in Portuguese): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAbarj1YdT4;
• to my wife Madalena and son Santiago, for all the patience and support.
OTHER REFERENCES AND MATERIAL INCLUDED:
• Musical performance by M-Pex (Marco Pinheiro Miranda) on the event TEDxOPorto, in April of 2015;
• Song "Grândola Vila Morena", by Zeca Afonso;
• "Enigma Gun" (Extended Mix), by neriakX
• "Cybernoid II", by MRT;
• Computer History Museum YouTube channel and the Boston Computer Society for the Presentation of the Timex Sinclair TS2068;
• Book "História dos Videojogos", by Ivan Barroso;
• Book "Videojogos em Portugal: História, Tecnologia e Arte", by Nelson Zagalo;
• TS2068 photo from Wikipedia, by Gregory F. Maxwell.
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