---
title: "I Can’t Write an Article (I Don’t Have a Word Processor)"
type: "article"
slug: "i-cant-write-an-article-i-dont-have-a-word-processor"
url: "http://localhost/article/i-cant-write-an-article-i-dont-have-a-word-processor/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/i-cant-write-an-article-i-dont-have-a-word-processor.md"
published_at: "2026-03-13T23:54:39+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-13T23:54:40+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Short humorous demonstration that anyone with a TS2068 and a TS2040 printer can contribute to Timelinez without a word processor. A 10-line BASIC program uses READ/DATA and LPRINT statements to print a formatted newsletter article — and the article itself is the very program being described. Makes the practical point that printer output formatted in…"
category:
  - name: "Timelinez"
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    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
post_tag:
  - name: "BASIC (programming language)"
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/basic-programming-language/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "Bill Miller"
    slug: "bill-miller"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bill-miller/"
publication_r:
  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Bill Miller"
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    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bill-miller/"
volume: "2"
issue: "6"
issues_articles:
  - id: 38803
    title: "Timelinez v2 n6"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v2-n6/"
pages: "7"
pubdate: "June 1984"
archive_link: false
---

Short humorous demonstration that anyone with a TS2068 and a TS2040 printer can contribute to Timelinez without a word processor. A 10-line BASIC program uses READ/DATA and LPRINT statements to print a formatted newsletter article — and the article itself is the very program being described. Makes the practical point that printer output formatted in BASIC is a perfectly acceptable submission method.