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title: "EBZUG News"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/ebzug-news-5.md"
published_at: "2026-03-14T14:17:23+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-14T14:17:23+00:00"
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  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Report on the April 24, 1986 EBZUG meeting: discussion of Amstrad's acquisition of Sinclair; reports on Computer Faire and swap meets; TS-1000 library updates with new modem/BBS software; Woody reporting on OX-Tour kits; David Gray and Kirk Adams demonstrated software including a 2068 80-column word processor in BASIC."
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  - name: "Timelinez"
    slug: "timelinez"
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    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
post_tag:
  - name: "User Group Minutes"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/user-group-minutes/"
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  - name: "Fred Templeton"
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  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
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  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Fred Templeton"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/fred-templeton/"
volume: "4"
issue: "5"
issues_articles:
  - id: 38835
    title: "Timelinez v4 n5"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v4-n5/"
pages: "210"
pubdate: "May 1986"
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---

# EBZUG News

Report on the April 24, 1986 EBZUG meeting: discussion of Amstrad’s acquisition of Sinclair; reports on Computer Faire and swap meets; TS-1000 library updates with new modem/BBS software; Woody reporting on OX-Tour kits; David Gray and Kirk Adams demonstrated software including a 2068 80-column word processor in BASIC.