---
title: "Dear Editor"
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published_at: "2020-10-27T17:11:26+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T01:08:39+00:00"
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excerpt: "Question about noise during save; keyboard replacement; COBOL for ZX/TS; saving; internal RAM; overheating; loose connector problems."
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publication: "Syntax"
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  title: "Syntax"
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authors: "Ho Tiap Fen; William Mitchell; Lance Fong; Noel Pepin; Max de Arellano; Rex Ward; Jim Giddings; Alger Salt"
volume: "3"
issue: "12"
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    title: "Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v3 n12"
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pages: "12-13"
pubdate: "December 1982"
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volumeissue: "v3n12"
---

# Dear Editor

Question about noise during save; keyboard replacement; COBOL for ZX/TS; saving; internal RAM; overheating; loose connector problems.