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Hawg Wild Software of Little Rock, Arkansas, gives a ten per cent discount on software to preregistered members of clubs, user groups and camps. Good idea, no? Their product list includes a Football Forecaster: $19.95 for either the NFL or College football version and $29.95 for the two. For more information circle 60 on the reader service card.
“Congratulations on the occasion of your first American issue!” writes Richard D. Boltuck, president of an Indiana firm called Silicon Valley North. “Like Timex Sinclair User, our partnership is new. We are dedicated to serving teachers and professors who own the Sinclair family of computers.” SVN’s flagship product is Gradebook, a “sophisticated, friendly and flexible grade management program.” To learn more, circle 61 on the reader service card and drop it in the mail . . .
Michael Day of Daydesign, Troy, Michigan, tells us of a product called My Type, which teaches touch-typing on your add-on keyboard. “Features include key location, review, and token command drills. Mistakes and w.p.m. are given at the end of each lesson.” Daydesign also markets a set of dry-transfer legends to stick on the keys of larger keyboards. For more information, circle 62 on the reader service card at the front and back of this magazine . . .
T-S Systems & Reference of New York City offers an information packet on using PASCAL on the T/S1000,ZX81. For more information, 63 is the number to circle on the reader service card.
“In any other time or galaxy, the dustball of a world called Tai would have been quite unimportant. Times change. Now it is the last remaining outpost of the Republic. You must hold off the advancing Imperial forces until the Republican battle fleet arrives, or an entire civilization will be betrayed.” You’ve been reading Intercomputer‘s description of its Tai arcade program. Sounds an awful lot like Star Wars and probably lots of fun. Circle 64 for more information . . .
Did you know that Mindware Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts, markets 20 software programs that feature a proprietary loading aid called Quickload that makes LOADing four times quicker? Now you do. “Perhaps more significant,” Mindware president Michael Levy tells us, “is the fact that Quickload verifies whether or not the computer is loading properly — which solves a significant problem inherent in the T/S1000 design.” With Quickload, the screen goes blank when information is lost, allowing the user to rewind the program only a short way and resume input. To learn more, circle 65 on the reader service card and see our August issue . . .
Micro Developments of Berkley, California, sends customers informative technical notes regarding the T/S1000,ZX81. “Customer Update #2” addresses cleaning up the video display. “The problem is that the television and the Sinclair do not have a common ground . . . The Sinclair ground is connected to the shield of the television cable (the outside conductor on the jack), which carries through to the case of the television selector box (on the back). For solid state televisions (essentially all modern ones), almost any external metal on the back of the case will serve as the ground connection. We strongly recommend that those with old tube-type sets (because of their high voltage) refrain from trying this simple solution. If they have a problem with video, we suggest that they convert the Sinclair to a UHF modulator.” Circle 66 on the reader service card to learn more about Micro Developments . . .
DK ‘Tronics Ltd. of Saffron Walden, England, informs us that they’ve received their largest single order to date: one of Britain’s largest record distributors wants £150,000 ($240,000) worth of software. How does that stand up against some of our big transactions? . . .
From MicroSync Services, Keene, New Hampshire, you may now obtain a maintenance agreement for your T/S1000,ZX81 and add-ons. It’s $12 for 12 months coverage for a new machine, $10 for a new 16K RAM. For their full schedule of rates, circle 67 on the reader service card . . .
“The Sinclair ZX81 broadcasts a faint radio frequency signal all over the AM and FM band,” writes G. Wayne Finger, whose Jacksonville company, Florida Creations, markets a software package designed to control the radio frequency interference generated by the computer, allowing you to broadcast music and spaceship noises to a nearby radio. Sound intriguing? Circle 68 on the reader service card for more information . . .
L. Harmon of Metairie, Louisiana, announces three new products for the T/S: Mail Master, Data Master and Chart Master. We haven’t tested them, but the descriptions sound good and at $6.95 each, the price is right too. For more information circle 69 on the reader service card . . .
We omitted several credits from the May issue, and we apologize for any embarrassment or inconvenience this may have caused. Filesixty, a company producing keyboards for the T/S1000,ZX81 (see page 2 in this issue) was left out of our ad index. In our Hardware pages we forgot to tell you that Data-Assette distributed the ZX-99 RS232C Tape Control System. And the photos accompanying the User Group article were taken by Patrice Flech of Boston, whose work you’ll be seeing more of in August. Sorry, Pat! . . .
We’d like to thank all of you who brought to our attention the small error in the listing of the London Bridge program in our May issue. Line 220 should read:
220 LET N1=N+5* (INT I-1) +3* (I-INT I)-1We hope you weren’t too inconvenienced by the mistake!
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