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I bought this Timex Sinclair 1000 at a thrift store last year. I bought a new membrane keyboard to replace the old one. I finally got it working tonight. It requires a special RF-to-VHF adapter box, and I'm using an old black-and-white television with a VHF knob. The trick to getting it on is to fiddle with a little switch on the box.
I was lucky enough to find this computer in its box with a manual, I've been able to type out some BASIC programs on it, seems to be a fun little machine.
How much more vintage would it need to get to qualify if that doesn't? Super cool.
Literally one of the first PCs. Hard to fit better than this.