“Zebra did most of the order processing on an IMSAI 8080 upgraded with a Z80 card. One BASIC program he wrote made cassette labels. Nearly everyone pitched in with customer service duties, shipping clerk, etc.Īl wrote software, manuals and ran the bulletin board system for Zebra. In addition, there was a computer programmer two production people who assembled, soldered and tested product and one general assistant hobby computer enthusiast. Newfeld was the hardware designer, manager/president, and chief cook and bottle washer. It was a small company, and at its peak, had six employees. He marketed Zebra products by taking out advertisements in various Timex/Sinclair oriented magazines.

Newfeld designed a keyboard-beeper, joystick adapter, A/D converter, and a speech-synthesizer for the TS1000, TS1500 and TS2068.

Newfeld quit a job as plant manager of a manufacturing company to start Zebra Systems, Inc. Incorporated in February 1983, and founded by Stewart Newfeld, Zebra Systems developed products for the Timex/Sinclair 10 computers.

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