Dear Reader
Welcome to TS Horizons no. 15. We sincerely apologize for being so late with this issue. Now that summer is over and the Duncan household is getting back to normal we hope to be much more depandable and consistent in the future.
WE have been pleased and amazed at the patience that many of our subscribers, advertisers, and writers have shown over past weeks. Among other difficulties that have occured recently, my wife had to have surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome – nothing life threatening but she was unable to use her hands for about a month. With a new baby and a 3-year-old this took a lot of time away from TS Horizons. However we plan to make that up to you in the coming months.
More TS1000 Articles
This issue contains the first of a series of machine code articles. for the TS1000. This series, as the name “MC for the Masses” implies, is written at a basic level so even novices like myself can get a lot out of it. As far as I can recall nothing of this genre has been published since the days of SYNC. We welcome the author, Kevin Bulgrien, and I personally appreciate his patience in dealing with TS Horizons. With the other TS1000 articles by John Marion, Peter McMullin, and James Holder , as well as the material for the TS 2068 we hope we have satisfied all of our readers this time.
On a somewhat related subject we have received several letters concerning the inclusion of “QL Report” in TS Horizons. Some readers are glad to see it, while others feel that that feature is taking up room that could better be used to cover other subjects especially the TS1000. Our feeling is that coverage of the QL in TS Horizons is very appropriate. However we don’t anticipate that we will devote much more than a page or so per issue simply because at this point we cannot do justice to it.
By the way the QL Report as it appears here is a short version of the Curry Computer‘s authentic report. If you have a real interest in the machine you should write or call Curry to be put on their mailing list. The original report is four pages(expect it to expand soon), and mailed on schedule the first of every month, and it contains a lot of material we don’t have room for.
Well I hope you enjoy this issue and that it was worth the wait.
Sincerely, Rick Duncan