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> I don't remember Timex ever being used in the UK at the time? No, indeed it wasn't -- perhaps my initial comment wasn't clear. (Some of that might be the la
by unfocussed_mike 5y ago
> I don't remember Timex ever being used in the UK at the time?
No, indeed it wasn't -- perhaps my initial comment wasn't clear. (Some of that might be the latent British rage of the overlooked)
I've amended a bit.
(In fact I doubt the Timex Sinclair devices even worked here, and vice versa, hence the need for a manufacturing deal that dealt with needing NTSC and 60hz power etc.)
- scoot 5y agoNTSC just needed a different modulator; and the ZX81 used a simple transformer/bridge rectifier/smoothing capacitor brick to convert to 9v DC, with a regulator in the computer to convert down to 5v, so 60Hz wouldn't have been an issue, although the mains power connector is obviously different. So, there's nothing special about a machine for the US market that required it to be manufactured there. Presumably it was commercially preferable to do so. You're correct though that a US model wouldn't work in the UK without modification, and vice versa.