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C.W. Associates, 419 N. Johnson St., Ada, OH 45810, has two 2068 programs available. Supershaper is a graphics utility program and City 2068 is an adventure type game. Write for info. Prices were not included with the documentation.
Gulf Micro Electronics, 1317 Stratford Ave., Panama City, FL 32404, introduces Smart Text ZX/TS, for the 1000/1500. It is a word processor/dbase/interactive office ulility program. It will work with the JLO Video upgrade and an assortment of printer interfaces. $29.95.
Aerco, PO Box 18093, Austin, TX 78760, (512) 451-5874 has their disk interface ready now. It is 2068, Spectrum and CPM compatible. It comes with an RGB output and 64K RAM in the cartridge bank. $199.00 for the FD-68. Call for group discounts. A complete system is available for $400.00.
G. Russell Electronics, RD1 Box 539, Centre Hall, PA 16828, has the ROMFIX available as a mate to your Romswitch (reported in SWN2/3 Forum) for installation under the Exrom. This allows running of almost all Spectrum programs on the 2068 (with Spectrum ROM). $3.25 ppd.
Melvin MacKaron, PO Box 14466, Albuquerque, NM 87191, (505) 884-8391, has an electronic gradebook, The Complete Teacher, for the 2068 and other computers. Write for info. No prices were given.
Ace Software, 2 E. Oak Ave., Moorestown, NJ 08057, has two budgeting programs available for both computers. Payoff will keep track of what you owe on your credit cards and for how long and Payout is for your monthly forecasting. They are $14.95 each.
Rheesware, 1660 S. Duneville, Las Vegas, NV 89102, has both serial ($59.95) and parallel ($69.95) printer interfaces that plug into the 2068 joystick ports. They also have an analog adaptor which allows hookup of analog joysticks, mouse or touch tablet. $54.95
EZ-Key, Suite 75, 711 Southern Artery, Quincy, MA 02169, (617) 773-1187, has a keyboard interface for both computers. It plugs into the edge connector so that you do not have to open your computer to plug a keyboard in. KBD-1 for the 1000 and KBD-2 for the 2068. $39.95 + $2.95s&h each.
Falmouth Computer Service, 255 Falmouth Rd., Falmouth, ME 04105, (207) 781-4877, has an amendment to Vu-File (2068) which allows single tape loading. $8.00. They also have 16K RAM packs for $15.00. Converted for the 2068, $35.00. Add $2.00s&h
Damco Enterprises, 67 Bradley Ct., Fall River, MA 02720, (617) 678-2110, has the Rotronics Wafadrive. It comes with a Spectrum Emulator, parallel and RS232 ports and 2-128K drives. The whole sytem is $229.95. Add $5.00s&h
A.F.R. Software, 1605 Penna. Ave., #204, Miami Beach, FL 33139, (305) 531-6464, has T/S-Text 2000 for the 2068. This word processor allows editing of 650 lines of text in 32 columns for the 2040 printer. $19.95
John Oliger, 11601 Whidbey Dr., Cumberland, IN 46229, has 2068 cartridge boards, which gives the eproms that you burn your favorite programs on a place to live. $11.95 bare, $15.95 with parts, the expansion board is $14.95 bare, $43.95 with parts (has RGB output capability). Also, the 4.4 Volt/22 Volt power supply board (necessary for the eprom programmer) is $4.95 bare and $9.95 with the board parts. You supply the transformer and fuse.
Van Vangor, Bethlehem Tool, Box 346C Retreat Rd., Island Falls, ME 04747, (207) 463-2835, has offered to sell the Plug Guard, see text and drawing on page 44 of SWN Vol. 1 Reprint, for $7.00ppd.
T-Ware, 40 Aspen, Great Falls, MT 59405, (406) 452-5673, has two educational games available for the 1000. Mr. Math is a compiled, graphic tutor (ages 5 and up) and Spell World is a spelling driller. $10.00 each or $12.00 each on the Aerco disk.
Integrated Data Systems, 30 Brookmount Rd., Toronto, M4L 3N1, has a 2068 emulator board for $10.00, Spectrum ROM for $22.50. They also have for both machines an Eprom burner board ($32.00), power supply ($25.00) and reader board for $15.00. Add $1.50s&h