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June 2, 2019 · by greg | in ancestors and family, computers | tagged BASIC, Coders, Garrett Marton, Greg Marton, Timex Sinclair Computer, Tom Marton, Tommy Marton | Leave a comment

The picture below, taken in 2003, leaves out an important element — a computer, which is just out of the frame to the right of the image of my son Tom and grandson Garrett.  I remember taking this photo all those years ago, and I remember that the subject of Garrett and Tom’s conversation had […]

tom’s first computer

September 21, 2012 · by greg | in computers | tagged Sinclair Computer, Timex Sinclair 1000, Timex Sinclair Computer, Tom Marton, Tommy Marton | Leave a comment

Tom’s first computer was like the one shown here. This computer only had 2K of RAM without the plug-in expansion unit. There was no monitor — had to be plugged into your TV to use it. If you wanted to save your data, you had to plug it into a cassette recorder and record the […]

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