---
title: "Dear Editor"
type: "article"
slug: "dear-editor-38"
url: "http://localhost/article/dear-editor-38/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/dear-editor-38.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:12:42+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T01:08:27+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Cassette recorders; speed with 16K; jumping to program lines quickly; handling negative numbers; wirewrap edge connectors; replacing cassette jacks; techniques for saving memory variable space."
category:
  - name: "Syntax"
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    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/syntax/"
post_tag:
  - name: "1982"
    slug: "year-1982"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/year-1982/"
  - name: "Bob Berch (company)"
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/bob-berch/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
    slug: "type-in-program"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
  - name: "ZX81"
    slug: "zx81"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/zx81/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX81"
    slug: "zx81"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/zx81/"
indiv:
  - name: "Alfred Spencer"
    slug: "alfred-spencer"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/alfred-spencer/"
  - name: "Dave Taber"
    slug: "dave-taber"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/dave-taber/"
  - name: "John La Pin"
    slug: "john-la-pin"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/john-la-pin/"
  - name: "Ken Kenney"
    slug: "ken-kenney"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ken-kenney/"
  - name: "Ron DeBalko"
    slug: "ron-debalko"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ron-debalko/"
  - name: "William Tracy"
    slug: "william-tracy"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/william-tracy/"
publication: "Syntax"
publication_r:
  id: 10246
  title: "Syntax"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/syntax/"
authors: "Dave Taber; Alfred Spencer; Ken Kenney; William Tracy; Bob Berch; Ron DeBalko; John La Pin"
volume: "3"
issue: "6"
issues_articles:
  - id: 26705
    title: "Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v3 n6"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/syntax-syntax-zx80-v3-n6/"
pages: "12"
pubdate: "June 1982"
archive_link: false
volumeissue: "v3n6"
companies_articles:
  - id: 25271
    title: "Bob Berch"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/bob-berch/"
  - id: 10731
    title: "Cinagro Software"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/cinagro-software/"
---

# Dear Editor

Cassette recorders; speed with 16K; jumping to program lines quickly; handling negative numbers; wirewrap edge connectors; replacing cassette jacks; techniques for saving memory variable space.