Inside the Timex Sinclair 2000 Computer: A Guide to the Anatomy of the Hardware

by Diane Rogers and Jeff Naylor

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0946408319
• ISBN13: 9780946408313
• Release Date: April 1984
• Publisher: Sunshine Books
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

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A great Jumping-Off Point!

"Inside the Timex Sinclair 2000 Computer: A Guide to the Anatomy of the Hardware" By Jeff Naylor and Diana Rogers. Book Review by Adam Trionfo This slim, but informative, 114 page book was published in 1984. Unlike so many of the books that swamped the market in 1984, this is not another "me too" book that covers BASIC for the Timex / Sinclair 2068. Instead, this book covers the hardware side of the machine. It doesn't go into great detail like the TS 2068 Technical Manual, but it isn't meant to. In fact, this book would make a fantastic companion piece to the tech manual. I'm not sure what the front cover of the book represents. Maybe it is showing electrons flying around inside the computer? More likely it is a cool illustration to attract attention. The back cover of "Inside the Timex Sinclair 2000 Computer" states that "this is a book for people who want to know how their Timex ticks. It will guide you, even if you have no knowledge of electronics, to an understanding of what is going on inside the case of your computer." This seems to be the truth. Here is the detailed table of contents of this book: Part 1 - First Principles Chapter 1 - Electronics of the Digital Kind The fundamentals of electronics with special emphasis on digital techniques. An introduction to the nature of electricity, and simple analogue and digital circuits. Chapter 2 - Numbers and Data Why computers think us humans have the wrong number of fingers: a look at Data Buses; A Binary demonstration program. Chapter 3 - The Microprocessor An exterior examination of the device that runs your computer-- the Z80 CPU: some of the signals required to get it going, including the clock. Chapter 4 - Inside the Box All the contents of the CPU revealed plus a step-by-step account of how a very simple program is executed. Chapter 5 - RAM and ROM Which types of memory are available, why they are needed and a clear distinction between the two main types. Chapter 6 - Language for Machines The interpretation of instructions that are typed in as BASIC commands; how the same principles apply to the running of a machine code program. An introduction to the machine code operations, a monitor program and, finally, a challenge to write your own program. Part 2 - The TS 2000 Series Chapter 7 Introducing the Timex The development of the 2000: a detailed look at the facilities it has to offer and the hardware structure with which it achieves them. Chapter 8 - The Memory Map How the Timex uses its ROM and RAM memory: the way in which extra space is created in the map by bank switching. Chapter 9 - The Keyboard The way that the keyboard is constructed, scanned and decoded. How we can use the keyboard from machine code; plus a demonstration program that shows a method of scanning the keyboard. Chapter 10 - Picture on the Screen The nature of television pictures and how they are displayed; the method by which the Timex generates the signals, and where it stores the informa