---
title: "Dear Editor"
type: "article"
slug: "dear-editor-11"
url: "http://localhost/article/dear-editor-11/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/dear-editor-11.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:11:36+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T09:38:46+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Battery-backed power; errors in printing floating point numbers; using VU-File with Qsave; Sinclair microdrive; overload the TS1000 stack with a simple program; good service from a vendor; thanks to fellow reader; Byte-Back RAM unit."
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  - name: "Syntax"
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post_tag:
  - name: "1983"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/year-1983/"
  - name: "Byte-Back Co"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/byte-back-co/"
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  - name: "Bob Rettew"
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    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bob-rettew/"
  - name: "Dean Cuadra"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/dean-cuadra/"
  - name: "James Shoaf"
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    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/james-shoaf/"
  - name: "Joseph Dominiecki"
    slug: "joseph-dominiecki"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/joseph-dominiecki/"
  - name: "Mike Wagner"
    slug: "mike-wagner"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/mike-wagner/"
  - name: "Paul Crecca"
    slug: "paul-crecca"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/paul-crecca/"
  - name: "Ralph Hilton"
    slug: "ralph-hilton"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ralph-hilton/"
  - name: "Sidney Parker"
    slug: "sidney-parker"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/sidney-parker/"
  - name: "Steven Rohall"
    slug: "steven-rohall"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/steven-rohall/"
publication: "Syntax"
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  id: 10246
  title: "Syntax"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/syntax/"
authors: "Joseph Dominiecki; Mike Wagner; Paul Crecca; Ralph Hilton; Dean Cuadra; James Shoaf; Bob Rettew; Sidney Parker; Steven Rohall"
volume: "4"
issue: "5"
issues_articles:
  - id: 26715
    title: "Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v4 n5"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/syntax-syntax-zx80-v4-n5/"
pages: "12-13"
pubdate: "May 1983"
archive_link: false
volumeissue: "v4n5"
companies_articles:
  - id: 10711
    title: "Byte-Back Co"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/byte-back-co/"
---

# Dear Editor

Battery-backed power; errors in printing floating point numbers; using VU-File with Qsave; Sinclair microdrive; overload the TS1000 stack with a simple program; good service from a vendor; thanks to fellow reader; Byte-Back RAM unit.