---
title: "Machine Specifics: Orphans"
type: "article"
slug: "machine-specifics-orphans-3"
url: "http://localhost/article/machine-specifics-orphans-3/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/machine-specifics-orphans-3.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:08:44+00:00"
modified_at: "2025-12-16T16:32:47+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Timachine, a BASIC compiler, from Novelsoft."
category:
  - name: "Family Computing"
    slug: "family-computing"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/family-computing/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Novelsoft"
    slug: "novelsoft"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/novelsoft/"
  - name: "TIMACHINE"
    slug: "timachine"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/timachine/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "Patrick Spera"
    slug: "patrick-spera"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/patrick-spera/"
publication: "Family Computing"
publication_r:
  id: 10131
  title: "Family Computing"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/family-computing/"
authors: "Patrick Spera"
authors_r:
  - name: "Patrick Spera"
    slug: "patrick-spera"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/patrick-spera/"
volume: "5"
issue: "1"
issues_articles:
  - id: 61460
    title: "Family Computing (v5 n1)"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/family-computing-v5-n1/"
pages: "34"
pubdate: "January 1987"
related_articles:
  - id: 6330
    title: "TIMACHINE – A BASIC Compiler"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-a-basic-compiler/"
  - id: 39233
    title: "TIMACHINE Review"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-review/"
  - id: 46660
    title: "TIMACHINE and FDD System Compatibility"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-and-fdd-system-compatibility/"
  - id: 46781
    title: "TIMACHINE and FDD System Compatibility"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-and-fdd-system-compatibility-2/"
  - id: 22731
    title: "TIMACHINE and the FDD System"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-and-the-fdd-system/"
  - id: 15430
    title: "TIMACHINE on AERCO Disk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-on-aerco-disk/"
  - id: 23603
    title: "Timachine – A Fix"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-a-fix/"
  - id: 23251
    title: "Bob’s Notebook: Printing and TIMACHINE"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/bobs-notebook-5/"
  - id: 42064
    title: "Bob’s Notebook: TIMACHINE"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/bobs-notebook-timachine/"
  - id: 44939
    title: "Patch for *C, *D and *E bugs in Timachine"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/patch-for-c-d-and-e-bugs-in-timachine/"
  - id: 21968
    title: "Speed Comparison Between 2068 Pascal and Compiled Basic (Timachine)"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/speed-comparison-between-2068-pascal-and-compiled-basic-timachine-2/"
  - id: 22953
    title: "Speed Comparison Between 2068, PASCAL and Compiled BASIC (TIMACHINE)"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/speed-comparison-between-2068-pascal-and-compiled-basic-timachine/"
  - id: 43280
    title: "*D & *E Compilation Bug"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/d-e-compilation-bug/"
  - id: 23244
    title: "A Letter from Cameron Hayne"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/a-letter-from-cameron-hayne/"
  - id: 42115
    title: "Bob’s Notebook: Peeking and Poking About"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/bobs-notebook-peeking-and-poking-about/"
  - id: 60061
    title: "Comparing ZXbasic and TimeMachine"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/comparing-zxbasic-and-timemachine/"
  - id: 21687
    title: "Peeking and Poking About"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/peeking-and-poking-about/"
  - id: 47055
    title: "TIMACHINE: A sort of review"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timachine-a-sort-of-review/"
  - id: 23604
    title: "TS2068 Timachine – A Fix"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/ts2068-timachine-a-fix/"
  - id: 60057
    title: "TimeMachine on Zesarux"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/timemachine-on-zesarux/"
product_reviews:
  - id: 26070
    title: "TIMACHINE"
    type: "product"
    url: "http://localhost/product/timachine/"
archive_link: false
archiveurl: "https://archive.org/download/family-computing-41/Family_Computing_Issue_41_1987_Jan.pdf"
volumeissue: "v5n1"
companies_articles:
  - id: 26068
    title: "NovelSoft"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/novelsoft/"
---

# Machine Specifics: Orphans

[Timachine](http://localhost/product/timachine/), a BASIC compiler, from [Novelsoft](http://localhost/company/novelsoft/).