THE RAMTOP, Greater Cleveland Sinclair Users Group, 6514 Bradley Ave.(DOWN) Parma, Ohio sent us 5 back issues of their newsletter and we welcome another group into an exchange of ideas.
New Member update: Hi and welcome to Dan Pinko, Parksville, B.C. and Renato Zannese, Downsview, Ont. Canada
ZX Computing mag(England) is going monthly instead of bi-monthly. All those getting this mag, the next will be at Carl Morris at the Mall, and he call you when in.
TS Horizons, a monthly mag, is now publishing every six weeks.
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RAMEX is changing name to Foundations Systems, 17260 26 Mile Road, Washington, MI 48094. Also dropping 2068 support and Millennia disc drives. Will continue to carry the QL.
Time Designs, 29722 Hult Road, Colton OR 97017, $15 for 6 issues. If you want a complimentary issue, drop a note to Tim Woods. If you haven’t seen this mag lately, you might be in for a pleasant surprise.
Some bits of news from Time Designs…”for QL lovers, a free copy of a LISTING for a QL graphics toolkit, send a SASE to R. Lussier, 7937 Elwell St., Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5E 1M3,…look out for Small Digitial Systems, 2089 Chatsworth Blvd. Ste.4, San Diego, CA 92107, ad on Computer Hot Line for TS utility programs has apparently vanished into thin air…”
SUM, 3224 Northwest 30th Ave. Gainesville, FL 32605 $15 a year, monthly. In the Feb issue, the OS-64 is reviewed and some of the software used with it. Pluses and minuses are brought out. Worth the subscription alone on this to read about the products reviewed.
THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR RENEWALS: CURTIS AND MEL MURRAY FOR DUESTHAT TAKE THEM INTO 1987,BINGHAMTON,NY; MARK WHITNEY, TIOGA, PA; CEM BARUT, NYC, NY; AND HELLO AND THANKS TO NEW MEMBER, BEN MCLUCKIE, EUGENE,OR.
APOLOGIES FOR LAST ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER-I HAVE HAD TO SEARCH HI AND LO FOR ANOTHER COPY SOURCE THAT WOULDN’T BANKRUPT US. I WASN’T PLEASED AT ALL WITH THE RESULTS, BUT THE MONEY WAS SPENT, SO I DECIDED TO GO WITH WHAT WE HAD. BETWEEN THE WEATHER AND THE BOUTS WITH THE FLU, AND I COULD NOT AFFORD TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, I FELT ANYTHING WAS BETTER THAN NOTHING. HOPEFULLY IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO DO THE WRITING, TYPING, PASTE UP, COPYING, STAPLING, ADDRESSING, STAMPING AND MAILING I CANNOT SAY IT WONT. REGARDING THE ONLY COMPLAINT RECEIVED BY YOURS TRULY, SEE THE LETTER NEXT PAGE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE POOR COPY, BUT AS FOR THE 64 CHARACTER COLUMNS, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR WITH NO PRIOR COMPLAINT FROM A PAYING SUBSCRIBER OR A SWAPPING USER GROUP. 64 CHARACTER COLUMNS IN SIMILIAR TYPE STYLE IS USED BY MANY OTHER NEWSLETTERS WITH APPARENTLY NO COMPLAINTS….AGAIN SORRY ABOUT THE POOR QUALITY OF COPYING, Paul Hill, Editor, SINCUS NEWS
UPDATE: NOTE FROM JACK DOHANY, RE: THE NEW ENHANCED MSCRIPT VERSION 5 IS NOT YET DONE, AS REPORTED IN PRIOR NEWSLETTER. JACK WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH NEW IDEAS MAYBE BY END OF FEBRUARY IT WILL BE DONE. IF INTERESTED IN LATEST VERSION, WRITE JACK, AND SEND A SASE, AND PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF AN EARLIER VERSION OF MSCRIPT. WRITE TO JACK, AT 325 O’CONNOR ST. MENLO PARK, CA. 94025 CALL(415)321-7684
EB9-E. ARTHUR BROWN’S 9TH CATALOG OF TIMEX-SINCLAIR PRODUCTS IS OUT AND IF YOU ARE ON HIS MAILING LIST, YOU SHOULD HAVE IT BY NOW. WRITE E. A. BROWN, 3404 PAWNEE DR. ALEXANDRIA, MN 56308, CALL (612) 762-8847, 763-6393- ITEMS TO LOOK FOR- BATTERY POWERED MEMORY BOARDS-SALE ON 2050 MODEMS-LAST OF THE ANCHOR MODEMS!! BOOKS-1000 PROGRAMS-SUPER HOT Z-THE QL-SINCLAIR POCKET TV -PRINTERS -SOFTWARE- AND BRAND NEW TS2068s!
KNIGHTED COMPUTERS-707 HIGHLAND ST. FULTON, NY 13069-OMNICALC 2 FOR $19.50-GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST SPREADSHEETS AROUND FOR THE MONEY AND THE 2068-WRITE FOR THEIR MAILER-AND NOW THEY TAKE PLASTIC!!CALL EM AT 315-593-8219 AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY GOT !!!
MIDWEST TIMEX/SINCLAIR COMPUTERFEST ’86, MAY 3RD & 4TH 9AM TO 5PM, AT THE RAMADA INN, SHARONVILLE, OHIO. AT THE CORNER OF I-71 AND I-275 CONTACT T/S COMPUTERFEST, 3832 WATTERSON AVE., CINCINNATI, OHIO FOR ANY DETAILS.
SYNAPSE-1525 N. Ashwicken Ct., State College, PA 16801-$12/year Bob Heil, editor, is putting out a “book” for a newsletter, full of info and help for the 1000 and the 2068 user, and the QL owner as well. For a “pro” looking newsletter, subscribe to this one.
LIST-PO BOX 438, Centerport, NY 11721-0438, $15/yr-Bob Gilder does part 3 of his explaination of disc drive controller and interfacing. If keyboards are your bag, Cedric R. Bastiaans starts off part 1 of Keyboard Mania, this and more in the Feb 86 issue. Heavy duty data in this newsletter but you need patience to read the tiny type.
TSUG-Mile High Chapter-914 S. Victor Way, Aurora, CO 80012 Frank Holland wants to start a central clearing house on the OS-64 boards (for the advancement of use and problems and solutions) and maybe grow from a column in the newsletter to a newsletter in itself. Write to Frank Holland, 1423 S. Pearl St., Denver CO 80210-send a SASE for a reply!
PUZZLE TIME-DURING LUNCH HOUR AN ASSISTANT BOOK STORE MANAGER SOLD THREE BOOKS FOR $10 EACH TO THREE CUSTOMERS. UPON RETURNING FROM LUNCH, THE MANAGER DISCOVERED THAT THE BOOKS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR THAT MUCH, AND GAVE THE ASSISTANT $5 AND TOLD HIM TO RETURN THE OVERAGE TO THE CUSTOMERS. BESIDES BEING A LITTLE LAZY, THE ASSISTANT WAS ALSO A LITTLE DISHONEST, AND DECIDED TO KEEP $2, AND GIVE EACH CUSTOMER ONLY $1 BACK. HE FOUND ALL THREE CUSTOMERS BEFORE THEY LEFT THE SHOPPING MALL. NOW EACH GOT $1, AND THE ASSISTANT KEEP $2. IN EFFECT, THE THREE NOW PAID $9 EACH AND THAT TOTALS $27 PLUS THE KEPT $2 EQUALS $29. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER $1?
LEMKE Software Development, 2144 White Oak, Wichita KS 67207, has several programs for the 2068-NEW-PIXEL SKETCH & Graphics Editor-$19.95: 64 column ext color and hi res video modes- 3 character sets-Modern, Italic and Bold, and combine anyone of the three.It is compatiable with Aerco amd Tasman driver codes and works in all 3 video modes. Price includes postage.
Sinclair ZX Expansion Unit-low price-mass storage-rapid access these are the bennies of this system according to Steve Ishii, in an article in Timelinez, Feb/Mar 86, price is under $150, speed is 12-16 secs to load Tasword, and 80K is average storage capacity of the microdrives. The op system is housed in the Interface 1 unit, and if you have a TS2068, you need a twistor board to connect the IF up. The IF also has an RS232 port and a network port(to connect several computers together) With the RS232 and a serial printer, no need for print driver software, as LPRINT and LLIST function from the keyboard. COPY does need a screen driver routine. Currently software comes with the package, Tasword 2, Masterfile, and Ant Attack and Games Designer. Steve got his from EMC, 15 Kilburn Ct., Newport RI, 02840: Timelinez,PO Box 1312, Pacifica, CA 94044-$15 annual.
SUNSET ELECTRONICS, 2254 TARAVAL STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116, 416-665-8330(INFO) 416-665-6161(ORDERS) HAS A BIG STOCK OF 1000 AND 2068 SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, CALL OR WRITE FOR LATEST CATALOG. ZX81 KITS STILL AVAILABLE AS OF LAST SEPT.
Stan Livingston reports on how to buy cheap from England. He recently purchased Machine Code for the Spectrum for the Absolute Beginner from W. Heffer & Sons LTD, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge, England CB2 3NG, and he paid in US dollars to Heffer’s account with American Express Int’l Bank Corp., Commercial Bank Division, NY Agency, PO Box 740, NY, NY 10008. This way he saves money order fees and conversion rates are taken care of.
A note from E. A. Brown and Jack Dohany helped me understand and use the printer codes in MScript-the set up lines look like this >#0=27,#1=52, then each is embedded seperately in the text like this a0a1, the a standing for the function G symbol and just use the manual that comes with the printer and enter the codes for what you want it to do. Thanks to Eban and Jack!
check the mailing label for the date under your address-there should be a year/month,eg 86/03, if yours is like that your dues are due, we might be able to carry some for an extra issue but only if there are extra copies, so stay with us, and renew TODAY- thanks, Paul Hill, Ed.