Secrets of Better BASIC by Ernest Mau offers programming, debugging methods, contains five appendices of BASIC information. $14.95. Microcomputers Can Be Kid Stuff by Anna Mae Walsh teaches kids BASIC, Pilot, games, problem solving. Pbk, $8.95. (Books do not use Sinclair BASIC.) Hayden Book Co., 50 Essex St, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662.
MY TYPE teaches touch typing on your Big ZX81 Keyboard. Mistakes, WPM listed at end of each lesson. $8 per 16K tape. Daydesign, 790 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI 48084, 313/528-0469.
COMPUWIZ SOFTWARE offers discount for new customers–3 tapes with 8 games for $12 plus $2 P&H until Dec., CA residents add 6.5% tax. COMPUWIZ SOFTWARE, POB 390078, Mt. View, CA 94039.
UCLA Extension offers Introduction to Computer Programming with the Timex 1000, a course for adults with no programming background, by Roger Palmer, UCLA School of Library and Information Science. Course notes from CIBBARELLI, 11684 Ventura Blvd., Suite 295, Studio City, CA 91604, 213/760-8110.
Free to teachers–TEC News, a quarterly newsletter for Timex educational applications. Includes getting started, teacher reports, lesson plans, programming tips. From TS Educators User Grp., Texas Wesleyan College and Timex Computer Corp. M. Mark Wasicsko, Associate Dean, School of Education, TWC, Ft. Worth, TX 76105.
Hi-Res Printer Graphics 16K tape uses machine code routines to print high resolution graphic plots of 192×256 pixels. High speed line drawing routine and demonstration programs. $10 PP. G. Russell, RD 1 Box 539, Centre Hall, PA 16828.
TAX BREAKS FOR COMPUTER BUYERS by Vernon Jacobs, CPA, gives info on how to deduct up to $5,000 yearly for computer use in business, investment management, program development, some personal uses. 26-pages, $9. Research Press, Box 8137-P, Prairie Village, KS 66208.
Universal Software Market Identifier, an international software product registration system, identifies software publisher, software package, computer model, minimum hardware configuration. USMI Market Directory with listings distributed to software dealers. Software publishers listed free. Updated bimonthly. Technique Learning, 40 Cedar St., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522, 914/693-8100.
SofTec offers three computer-aided design programs to automatically calculate component and circuit values for amplifier and power supply configurations. All CAD programs in BASIC. $10.95 amplifier CAD, $12.95 power supply CAD. SofTec, POB 432, Fairport, NY 14450. Send SASE for free brochure.
DJM Software Grand Opening offer, Graphit! Pie Chart Generator 16K $9.95, 16K and Memopak HRG $14.95. Each $5 off regular price. Opening June 15. Orders must be postmarked by July 15. DJM Software Co., 2214 Horine Road, Festus, MO 63028.
1983 Software Writer’s Market by Christine Leu contains information on selling software and books for Timex Sinclair markets. Lists publishers, shows, distributors, manufacturers. $19.95, $2 P&H, Kern Publications, 190 Duck Hill Rd., POB 1029, Duxbury, MA 02332.
SIFT, Statistical Interactive System For the TS1000 and ZX81, includes statistical routines such as linear regression, T-tests, analysis of variance. $25. COMPUCRAFT, POB 149, Hinsdale, NH 03451.
Avoid losing programs during crashes with Flexible Ribbon. Stops movement between computer and RAM pack during white-outs or crashes. Comes with six inch ribbon and two connectors. $15, DK’Tronics, Unit 2, Shire Hill Industrial Estate, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 3AQ, UK.
Computer Control Center work station eliminates cable clutter, provides sleek, professional look to computer area. Holds RAM packs, tapes, 13″ screen. 20″x14 1/2″. $29.95. TIMEWORKS, 405 Lake Cook Rd., Bldg. A, Deerfield, IL 60015, 312/291-9200.
Sinclair Full Travel Keyboard with high quality keyswitching. $54.81. Bulk order discounts over 25. Toptronics, 4018-A W. Chandler Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92704.
User group discounts on printers, paper, ribbons. Call collect with user group name for special buying status. Midwest Micro-Peripherals, 119 S. Springfield, St. Paris, OH 43072, 513/663-5488.
BUY-PHONE electronic yellow pages, free videotext service for West Los Angeles area. Contains over 10,000 listings of products, services, entertainment. BUY-PHONE, POB 29307, Los Angeles, CA 90027, 213/279-1074. Access number 213/474-0270.
Heart of Texas Computer Show, Sept. 16-18, includes Sinclair products, emphasis on small business systems, educational applications and medical office use. Bud Houston, Heart of Texas, POB 12094, San Antonio, TX 78212, 512/226-4636.
Music/Sounds Package includes instructions for broadcasting music and spaceship noises to a nearby radio. No hardware mods required. Controls ZX/TS RF interference. Five BASIC program listings $3. Florida Creations, Dept. P, Box 16422, Jacksonville, FL 32245.
Hand-held DBH Converter easily converts dec, hex and binary, no need to load a program. $3.50 assembled, includes P&H. Rois Harder, 995 Shakespeare Ave, N. Vancouver, BC, Canada V7K 1E7, 604/980-4167.
Computer Show & Office Equipment Expositions, includes 4-hr. seminar using TS1000, $89.95 for seminar and TS1000. Mid-Atlantic, Washington Convention Center, Wash. DC, Oct. 27-30; Southeast, Civic Center, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 8-11. Computer Expositions, POB 3315, Annapolis, MD 21403, 800/368-2066, 800/492-0192 in MD.
Increase your ZX/TS library–join an exchange club, find a Compu-Pal to share ideas. ZX/TS Software Exchange Club, Box 5021, Suite 100, Spring Hill, FL 33526. Send large SASE for prompt reply.
BUSYNESS, a new magazine for business/professional TS users. Subscribers, new products, reviews needed. Shaun Ralston, Busyness, POB 421773, San Francisco, CA 94101, 415/861-7741.
ONLINE ’83 conference for database users, Palmer House, Chicago, Oct. 10-12. Jean-Paul Emard, Online, Inc., 11 Tannery Ln., Weston, CT 06883, 203/227-8466.
Four fast-action 16K MC games, NFLX Football, Storm Lander, Miner’s Revenge, Super Slide. $9.95 each, includes P&H. SyncWare, POB 5177, El Monte, CA 91734.
Save $100 from Memotech when you order any product and printer package together. Memotech Corp., 7550 W. Yale Ave., Denver, CO 80227, 800/662-0949. Until June 30 only.
MAA, Multi-Attribute Analysis, a decision aid to help make complex decisions, $19.95, $2 P&H, Stuart Software, 25381-G Alicia Pky, Suite 316, Laguna Hills, CA 92653.