Timex_Sinclair_2050

Timex Sinclair 2050

Timex Sinclair 2050

Computer modem for Timex Sinclair computers

The Timex Sinclair 2050 (TS2050)[1][2][3][4][5] was a computer modem built by Westridge Communications for Timex Sinclair, a joint venture between Sinclair Research and Timex Corporation.[6][7][8]

Initially sold under the Timex Sinclair[4] label and with a Timex designed case, it was then labeled Westridge 2050,[3][9] as Timex exited the computer market when the modem started manufacture.[10] A lot of people bought the modem board and made a custom casing.

The device supports all the Timex Sinclair machines,[11] coming with a cassette containing modem control software for T/S 1000 and T/S 1500 on side A and for T/S 2068 on side B.[12]

It was based on the Intel 8251 USART chip and very slow (300 bit/s). A magazine published a way to modify the modem to convert it to a serial port, allowing users to connect faster modems. At least two bulletin board systems based on the T/S 2068 computer and TS2050 modem existed as of 1988.[13]

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    Red, Johnny (2001). "Timex Peripherals". Timex Computer World. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
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    Red, Johnny (2001). "Timex Sinclair 2050 Telecommunications Modem". Timex Computer World. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
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    "Hardware Review - Westridge 2050 Modem". Syntax. 5 (7): 4. July 1984.
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    Woodworth, Bruce (2020). "Timex Sinclair 2050 Modem". Woodworth's. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
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    "comp.sys.sinclair FAQ - Peripherals". worldofspectrum.org. 2004. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
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    TIMEX CORPORATION TO MANUFACTURE AND MARKET THE FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER PRICED UNDER $100 (PDF). RUDER FINN & ROTMAN, INC. 1982.
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    "TIMEX COMPUTER CORPORATION :: Texas (US) :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com.
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    "Toledo Blade". Toledo Blade – via Google Books.
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    Woods, Tim (1985). "A REVIEW OF THE MTERM II". Time Designs. 1 (2): 12.
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    "HARDWARE REVIEW - Westridge 2050 Modem". Syntax Magazine 20. 5 (7): 4.
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    Enterprise, I. D. G. (1984-01-23). Computerworld. IDG Enterprise. p. 59.
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    "Timex Sinclair 2068 Official and Unofficial Peripherals". 2013-12-09. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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    Netsel, Tom (October 1988). "Closet Computers". Compute!. p. 14. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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