Billy Garrett of Byte, who already owned a ZX80, complimented the Timex/Sinclair 1000's manual (although he regretted the removal of the British original's humour), the "state-of-the-art circuitry", and the BASIC for being "remarkably powerful" despite the small ROM size.
Billy Garrett de Byte, quen xa posuía un ZX80, eloxiou o manual do Timex/Sinclair 1000 (a pesar de que lamentou a falta do humor británico do orixinal), o "circuíto estado da arte", e o BASIC é "extraordinariamente potente" a pesar do tamaño pequecho da ROM.