TS-2068 SAFE DISK UPDATE, 1317 Stratford Ave., Panama City, FL 32404, (904) 871-4513, ia s quarterly newsletter devoted to the support of users who have upgraded to disk drive systems. A section features the Oliger Safe Disk Operating System (SDOS). The annual subscription is $12.
CHARLES STELDING, 1415 South Baxter, Tyler, TX 75701, brings you TIMEX 2068 DESK TOP PUBLISHER. This new program allows the user to layout pages for bulletins, reports, announcements, newsletters, etc. The program will generate headlines, text, and allow placement of SCREEN$’s anywhere on the page. The user may also design his own fonts to add to the ones already included. For the 2040 and most dot matrix printers with appropriate interface. Price $19.95 plus S&H, Olivetti 2300 version $24.95 plus S&H.
SHAWN STAMP, 3405 Mark Lane, Norton, OH 44203, (216)825-8957, challenges you to see just what your TS2068 is capable of doing! CHOPPER COMMAND is billed as a fast-paced action game that takes over where Rambo left off. As a chopper pilot in the Air Force, you rescue POW’s from the jungles of Vietnam. Comes on cassette with instructions to transfer the program to you disk system for only $17.50 (includes S&H).
CHIA-CHI CHAO, 73 Sullivan Drive, Moraga, CA 94556-1209, has his latest catalog available. Included in its pages are bargains like Diamond Mike II and the Great Game and Graphics Show, both for only $10. Compass, the 2068 BASIC compiler/Z80 assembler program for only $10. Word Twister and Vocabuilder for only $10 and Money Machine II for only $11. Most programs are available on either cassette or Aerco disk for the TS2068.
ROBERT D. HARTUNG, 2416 No. County Line Road, Huntertown, IN 46748, (219) 6373081, has offered to place orders for Beta Basic 4.0 through the British supplier for pre-paid US customers. BETA BASIC 4.0 allows structured programming and procedures on Spectrums of Spectrum-emulated computers by 100 new commands and functions to the machines. The cost is $26 plus $1.50 for handling in US funds by check or MO. Contact Mr. Hartung for more details.
C. W. ASSOCIATES, 419 N. Johnson St., Ada, OH 45810, (419)634-4874, are full line QL dealers. Contact them for your QL software and hardware needs. Items listed in the current flyer include an Expansion ROM board, Front Page, Better BASIC, Task Master, and games like Knight Flight, Karate, Squadrons, and Tank Blaster. MC/VISA now accepted.
E. A. BROWN COMPANY, 3404 Pawnee Drive, Alexandria, MN 56308, (612)7638847, is currently distributing their latest catalog. Hardware and software items can be found for Timex, Atari-ST, and IBM computers and compatibles. Some bargains of interest to Timex computer enthusiasts are full size printers, 2068 Mikrodrives, and TS1000 and 2068 software.
LARKEN ELECTRONICS, RR#2 Navan Ontario, Canada K4B-1H9, is currently marketing the LKDOS Cartridge. LKDOS is a replacement DOS for Aerco, Ramex, Oliger, and Larken Disc Systems, and claims to allow compatibility between the four popular TS2068 disk IF systems. LKDOS supports all the token commands such as LOAD, SAVE, CAT, ERASE, MERGE, OPEN, CLOSE, etc., and files types can be BASIC, code, or array. The DOS claims to be fully Spectrum and OS-64 compatible and supports NMI snap-shot memory saves when used in conjunction with the necessary hardware. Priced from $65.00.
SILICON MOUNTAIN COMPUTERS, C-12 MTN. STN. GROUP BOX, NELSON, BC V1L 5P1 CANADA announces that their SCRAM board is in stock and ready for delivery. This functional equivalent and improvement of the “Hunter” board will directly run all of Silicon Mountain’s high-res software. Price is $39.95 postpaid, fully assembled and tested. Bare boards available for $12.