---
title: "Newsletter Exchange: Programming Tips from Other NLs"
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published_at: "2026-03-14T14:13:00+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-14T14:13:01+00:00"
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excerpt: "Reprinted programming tips from several newsletters: 'More Tips on String Storage' by Mark Fisher (CATS NL, Bladensburg MD) on storing numbers larger than 255 in string characters using powers of 256. Also: elapsed time subroutine tip (CATS NL); Tasword II AERCO Centronics Interface POKE fixes (Synapse NL, Central PA); Hacking Jet Set Willy with game-modifying…"
category:
  - name: "Timelinez"
    slug: "timelinez"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
post_tag:
  - name: "BASIC (programming language)"
    slug: "basic-programming-language"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/basic-programming-language/"
  - 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: "Mark Fisher"
    slug: "mark-fisher"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/mark-fisher/"
publication_r:
  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Mark Fisher"
    slug: "mark-fisher"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/mark-fisher/"
volume: "4"
issue: "9"
issues_articles:
  - id: 38841
    title: "Timelinez v4 n9/10"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v4-n9-10/"
pages: "235"
pubdate: "September/October 1986"
archive_link: false
---

# Newsletter Exchange: Programming Tips from Other NLs

Reprinted programming tips from several newsletters: ‘More Tips on String Storage’ by Mark Fisher (CATS NL, Bladensburg MD) on storing numbers larger than 255 in string characters using powers of 256. Also: elapsed time subroutine tip (CATS NL); Tasword II AERCO Centronics Interface POKE fixes (Synapse NL, Central PA); Hacking Jet Set Willy with game-modifying POKEs (SLUG NL, Louisville KY); brief modem tip.