---
title: "PUG/Area News and Tidbits"
type: "article"
slug: "pug-area-news-and-tidbits"
url: "http://localhost/article/pug-area-news-and-tidbits/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/pug-area-news-and-tidbits.md"
published_at: "2026-03-14T14:14:11+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-14T14:14:11+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Compilation of user group news and tips: Rex Lundgren finds assembly problem in TS-1500 ribbon cable that is starting to crack; notes on TS-1000/Stringy Floppy compatibility; VU-CALC formula count increase from 100 to 128; SUM Newsletter merging into TIME DESIGNS; Extended Basic for TS-1000/1500 with 22 new commands now available; John Warburton attending British Personal…"
category:
  - name: "Timelinez"
    slug: "timelinez"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
post_tag:
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
  - name: "TS 1500"
    slug: "ts1500"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1500/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1500"
    slug: "ts-1500"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1500/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "George Mockridge"
    slug: "george-mockridge"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/george-mockridge/"
publication_r:
  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
authors_r:
  - name: "George Mockridge"
    slug: "george-mockridge"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/george-mockridge/"
volume: "4"
issue: "9"
issues_articles:
  - id: 38841
    title: "Timelinez v4 n9/10"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v4-n9-10/"
pages: "233"
pubdate: "September/October 1986"
archive_link: false
---

Compilation of user group news and tips: Rex Lundgren finds assembly problem in TS-1500 ribbon cable that is starting to crack; notes on TS-1000/Stringy Floppy compatibility; VU-CALC formula count increase from 100 to 128; SUM Newsletter merging into TIME DESIGNS; Extended Basic for TS-1000/1500 with 22 new commands now available; John Warburton attending British Personal Computer Show for U.S. resale research.