---
title: "It Came in the Mail"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/it-came-in-the-mail.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:10:08+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-05-26T13:20:50+00:00"
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excerpt: "Letters from readers. Solution to Puzzle of the Month from a prior issue; using serial printers with the TS2068; articles on disk; QL machine code; a program to keep young children occupied on the TS2068."
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  - name: "Type-in program"
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  - name: "David McCall"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/david-mccall/"
  - name: "Earl Kielgass"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/earl-kielgass/"
  - name: "George Mockridge"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/george-mockridge/"
  - name: "John Austin"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/austin-john/"
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publication: "Time Designs Magazine"
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  title: "Time Designs Magazine"
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authors: "George Mockridge; John Austin; John Bailey; David McCall; Earl Kielgass"
volume: "4"
issue: "6"
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    title: "Time Designs Magazine v4 n6"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/time-designs-magazine-v4-n6/"
pages: "4-5"
pubdate: "September/October 1988"
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volumeissue: "v4n6"
---

Letters from readers. Solution to Puzzle of the Month from a prior issue; using serial printers with the TS2068; articles on disk; QL machine code; a program to keep young children occupied on the TS2068.