Memotech
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Memotech was a company based in Witney
in Oxfordshire, England. They started out during the early 1980s producing memory expansion packs ("RAMpacks") and other hardware expansions for the Sinclair ZX81
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However, they eventually went on to develop and sell their own MTX family of computers which included the following models: MTX500, MTX512 and RS128.
Although well-regarded, these computers were not commercially successful, and the company went into receivership in 1985.
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
in Oxfordshire, England. They started out during the early 1980s producing memory expansion packs ("RAMpacks") and other hardware expansions for the Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair ZX81
The ZX81 was a home computer produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Scotland by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and was designed to be a low-cost introduction to home computing for the general public...
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However, they eventually went on to develop and sell their own MTX family of computers which included the following models: MTX500, MTX512 and RS128.
Although well-regarded, these computers were not commercially successful, and the company went into receivership in 1985.