---
title: "Dear Editor"
type: "article"
slug: "dear-editor-7"
url: "http://localhost/article/dear-editor-7/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/dear-editor-7.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:11:26+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T09:39:29+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Semantics about baud vs bits per second; keyboard conversions; solving heat build-up; Timex modem compatibility with ZX80; renumbering program; conversion to ASCII; install RAM pack inside ZX81; interface Selectric typewriter."
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  - name: "1983"
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  - name: "John B. Carson Jr"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/john-b-carson-jr/"
  - name: "Jon T. Passler"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/al-frielink/"
  - name: "Alex Bartlett"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bartlett-alex/"
  - name: "Bob Billson"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bob-billson/"
  - name: "C. M. Broecken"
    slug: "c-m-broecken"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/c-m-broecken/"
  - name: "Dave Agee"
    slug: "agee-dave"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/agee-dave/"
  - name: "George Peterson"
    slug: "george-peterson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/george-peterson/"
  - name: "John Nawrocki"
    slug: "john-nawrocki"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/john-nawrocki/"
  - name: "William Tracy"
    slug: "william-tracy"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/william-tracy/"
publication: "Syntax"
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  id: 10246
  title: "Syntax"
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  url: "http://localhost/periodical/syntax/"
authors: "John Nawrocki; Al Frielink; Alex Bartlett; George Peterson; John Carson; Bob Billson; Jon Passler; Dave Agee; C. M. Broecken; William Tracy"
volume: "4"
issue: "1"
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  - id: 26711
    title: "Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v4 n1"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/syntax-syntax-zx80-v4-n1/"
pages: "10-12"
pubdate: "January 1983"
archive_link: false
volumeissue: "v4n1"
companies_articles:
  - id: 10988
    title: "John B. Carson, Jr."
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    url: "http://localhost/company/john-b-carson-jr/"
  - id: 10995
    title: "Jon T. Passler"
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    url: "http://localhost/company/jon-t-passler/"
---

# Dear Editor

Semantics about baud vs bits per second; keyboard conversions; solving heat build-up; Timex modem compatibility with ZX80; renumbering program; conversion to ASCII; install RAM pack inside ZX81; interface Selectric typewriter.