Resources (Sync v2 n6) – Timex/Sinclair Computers

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Publication: SYNC

Pub Details: SYNC v2 n6 (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Date: November/December 1982

Pages: 115-120

The “Resources” column lists new products for Sinclair users. Suppliers and users are invited to send brief product descriptions and details for ordering to: Resources, SYNC, 39 E. Hanover Ave., Morris Plains, NJ 07950.

User Groups

Arizona

New Phoenix ZX80/81 Users Group. Contact:

Randy Saxton
[address omitted]
Phoenix, AZ 85033
[phone number omitted]

Connecticut

The New Haven Sinclair Study Group. Publishes a monthly newsletter for children. $6.00 payable to:

Chris Baldwin
Sinclair Study Group
[address omitted]
New Haven, CT 06513

Illinois

Chicago/Des Plaines Area Sinclair Users Group (specializing in CIRCLE CHESS). Contact:

A. F. Stanonis
PO Box 63
Des Plaines, IL 60017

Indiana

Anderson, Indiana, area. Contact:

Richard K. Berg
[address omitted]
Anderson, IN 46011
[phone number omitted] (home)
[phone number omitted] (bus.)

Maryland

Lanham Sinclair Users Group. Publishes The Computerist, a newsletter at irregular intervals. Contact the editor:

Cora C. Dickson
[address omitted]
Lanham, MD 20706
[phone number omitted]

Missouri

Timex/Sinclair Users Group of Kansas City Contact:

Peter B. Wolcott
[address omitted]
Kansas City, MO 64112
[phone number omitted]

New York

Mid-Hudson Users Group. Contact:

Fr. Bruce O. Bowes
Church of the Resurrection
Hopewell Jct., NY 12533
[phone number omitted]

Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania ZX Users Group. Contact:

Jim Whittaker
[address omitted]
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
[phone number omitted]

Turkey

Club Mediterranean ZX81

Mustaffa Sokullu
[address omitted]
Goztope, Istanbul
Turkey

Virginia

Franklin County area users. Contact:

Gary Preston
c/o C. Irvin
[address omitted]
Glade Hill, VA 24092

Washington, D.C. Area

Prince George’s Sinclair Users Group (PG-ZUG). Contact:

Jim Wallace
[address omitted]
Bladensburg, MD 20710
[phone number omitted]

User Group Forming

Sinclair users interested in using the ZX81 for stock market technical analysis. Contact:

Daniel Swenson
[address omitted]
Minneapolis, MN 55407

Educators and parents interested in applying the Timex/Sinclair to educational settings. Contact:

M. Mark Wasicsko
School of Education
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth, TX 76105

World Sinclair users invited to join our sophisticated multi-national club. Send SASE and short computer background.

The Greater Metropolitan Club of USA
ZX Users Group of New York
Box 560 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005

Indiana/S Illinois/SW Ohio/NW Kentucky Area

Send long SASE to:

The FUN-Z
PO Box 914
Jasper, IN 47546

Louisiana

Greater New Orleans Area. Write to:

E.V. Sandy Blaize
[address omitted]
Metairie, LA 70001

New Jersey

Morris County Area. A ZX80/81 Spectrum Users Group. Contact:

Larry Spencer
[address omitted]
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
[phone number omitted] (days) [phone number omitted] (eves)

New York

Southern Tier Area. Sign-up sheet and information newsletters at:

Unicorn Electronics, Small Mall
Harry L. Drive
Johnson City, NY 13790

Ohio

Cleveland area. Contact:

R. F. Sieg
[address omitted]
Cleveland, OH 44135

Canada

Vimont Laval area. Contact:

Bill Walsh
[address omitted]
Vimont Laval H7M 1B7
Canada

Graphics

Graphpak: Program using the Sinclair to present statistical information visually and featuring bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, and area graphs (rectangle divided to show percentage). Program useful for enlivening term papers and proposals, plotting scientific data, assisting in business and family financial planning. Approximately 10K. Regularly $14.95 but $11.95 if ordered before Jan. 31, 1983; s&h included. SASE for details.

Practical Computer Products
21111 Strathmoor Ln.
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

4K Graphics ROM for the ZX81. Provides 257 extra characters including lower case letters, graphics for various popular games, and inverses; board can be fitted with up to 4K extra ROM or RAM for machine code, U.D.G.s, etc.; board fits inside the ZX81 case under the keyboard; 3 solder connections. $125.

Ultimatum
3470 McKinley Dr.
Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 6B7
Canada

Magic Graphics. Draws in 8 directions, lifts and moves the drawing point, redraws the graphic, gives all coordinates of any graphic you create, moves your graphic to new position on the screen. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. $14.95.

Orbyte Software
PO Box 948, Dept. SR
Waterbury, CT 06720
(203) 753-8308

Power Supplies and Switches

Power on/off switch for ZX81 or T/S 1000. Greater convenience and eliminates wear and tear on plugs and jacks. 1½ x 1½ x 1 inches; plugs into the computer. $14.95.

Robert F. Downs
Lyon Ware
1520 S. Lyon
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 835-9512

Power supply to meet expansion needs of the T/S 1000, ZX80/81 Well-filtered, 2 amp supply powered by 3 terminal grounded wall transformer; rectifying and filtering elements housed in small black enclosure. Plugs directly into input jack. $19.95 plus $2.50 s&h.

Hurricane Electronics
PO Box 87
Dolton, IL 60419

ZX81 Power Supply. 2 well-filtered outputs Output 1: 5 volts at 1.5 amps: output 2: screwdriver adjustable from 6.5 to 15 volts at 1.5 amps. Incorporates push button to clear the computer, an LED power-on indicator, and connecting plug and cable; overcomes problem of heat in the original power pack; housed in 5 x 4 x 3 inch aluminum enclosure. $37.50 plus $3.50 s&h. (California residents add 6½ tax.)

MacSwan-Packaging Co.
PO Box 4697
Downey, CA 90241

Educational Programs

Educational Programs for the ZX81 (16K). Ages in parentheses. French Revisions (14-17); Maths Revisions (14-17); Intermediate Maths 1 & 2 (8-13); Intermediate English 1 & 2 (8-13); Arithmetic for the under 8’s; Educational Quiz for all the family. Cassettes, $10 each plus $4 per order shipping and packing.

Rose Cassettes
148 Widney Lane
Solihull
West Midlands B91 3LH
U.K.

Words. Exciting fun and education for all ages; six category spelling game; high motivation; positive reinforcement; one or many players. $14.95. The Quiz. Math game for grades 1-4; will improve skills at all ages; virtually unlimited problems of addition, subtraction, multiplication with reinforcement graphics. $12.95.

Orbyte Software
PO Box 948, Dept. SR
Waterbury, CT 06720
(203) 753-8308

Lunar Cycle. Approximation for determining the lunar phase for any day this century; accuracy usually within 1 day; rarely over 3 days. Permutations and Combinations. Orders up to 33 items in one group. Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions. Computes the value and sum of a specified number of terms with a common difference or ratio, starting with the first user-defined term. 8K ROM; 2K RAM. Listing and directions: $2 for each program.

Stephen Zachev
4859 Elmwood St.
Muskegon, MI 49441

Games

Lost in Space. Moving graphics; flicker-free. Steer ship past meteors and enemy ships; land on fuel ship for bonus; status monitor. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. Cassette and instructions: $11.95 plus $1.50 s&h (New Jersey residents add 5% tax).

M. C. Hoffman Company
PO Box 117
Oakland, NJ 07436

Acid Rain. Missile Alert. Superb graphics. Machine code. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. Both on one cassette: $14.

Chris Taraba
Box 394
Goderich, Ontario
Canada N7A 3Y5

Appolo. Red alert, defend your missile station. $14.95. Chopper. Manuever your helicopter through the treacherous cavern, dodge the enemy fire. $19.95. Mission Escape. Simulates fight and flight in space; all graphic. $14.95. Froggy Hop. Help the frog cross the road to the lake. Tennis. Take on the computer. Gobbling Goblins, Horse Race, and High Rollers. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. Each on cassette: $9.00 except as noted.

Just Games
172 Fifth St.
Stamford, CT 06905.

Treasure Seeker. Graphics fantasy game; search for a treasure through multiroom dungeon while fighting different types of monsters. Three other games included: Skiier, Mars Lander, Crumblin Caverns. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. Cassette: $7.95 plus $1 s&h.

Spartan Software
1403 Gloria Ln.
Boulder City, NV 89005

Mars Lander. Position your cargo ship over your Mars base and land safely. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. For details write:

Mark E Rogers
553 Melrose Dr.
LaPlace, LA 70068

Space Adventure. Choose your speed and direction to navigate through the gravitational fields of four black holes to reach home safely; new configuration of black holes and home planet each run. Cassette and Basic listing: $10.

Aries Associates
511 Mary Ave.
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006.

Demon-Driver. Car chase with the user vs. the ZX81. Fully machine code. Send international ostal couoon for information sheet. Double-saved cassette, air mail to U.S.: $10; to U.K.: 5.

Mrs. Dan Kurth
Langgasse 51
CH-3292 Busswil
Switzerland

Utility Programs

EX-HEX. Allows user to read, write, and test machine language programs in hexadecimal code; performs from menu: conversions (hex to decimal and decimal to hex), block moves, program insertions and deletions, RAMTOP setting, program saving (including programs stored above RAMTOP). 8K ROM; 16K RAM. Cassette and instructions: $9.95 plus $1 s&h per order.

RCO Technical
PO Box 773
St. Ann, MO 63074

The Display File Map. $1.00. (Free with order). Further information upon request.

Harthun Engineering and Research
PO Box 111
Albany, KY 42602
(606) 387-8391

“Teach Your ZX80/81 to Talk.” Detailed plans for hardware, parts sources, and software to make your computer produce natural speech; sounds human, not like science fiction robots. 8K ROM. $5.00 pp.

Harthun Engineering and Research
PO Box 111
Albany, KY 42602
(606) 387-8391

“Adventures in Artificial Intelligence.” Life forms created range from simple “reflex” creatures to those capable of “learning” and “killing”; entire “communities” are set up. Machine code for fast action. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. Cassette and manual: $8.95; manual only: $5.00.

Harthun Engineering and Research
PO Box 111
Albany, KY 42602

Program “CWSS”. Split screen CW Transceive Program. Received CW is printed on the top 10 lines of the screen; the transmit display, the bottom 10 lines; the two halves scroll independently; will copy CW up to about 40 wpm. Cassette: $10 pp. I/O interface required; 2 board etched circuit board set for the interface: $12 pp.

Cliff Nunnery, NU4V
313 Vaugh St.
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

Publications

Time/Sinc Directory. Lists Timex, Sinclair users and user groups in your area. For two issues (early 1983 and mid-1983) send $2.00 and 2 long SASEs to:

Time/Sinc Directory
PO Box 23170
Milwaukee, WI 53223

ZX Source List. An up-to-date listing of over 165 supplies of hardware, software, books, and users groups in the U.S. and Canada. $3.00.

G. E. Topp
PO Box 388
Klamath, CA 95548

SYNC-hronizing Education and Games. Vol. 1, no. 1, now available. Programs include: Shoot the Teacher, Artist 2, Warship, and Attack. Features articles and tips. Yearly subscription (16 programs): U.S., $7.00; Canada, $8.00.

SYNC-hronizing Education and Games
Henry Svec
668 Sherene Terrace
London, Ontario
Canada N6H 3K1

QZX. The journal covering amateur radio and Sinclair computers (ZX80, MicroAce, ZX81, and Timex/Sinclair 1000) is continuing publication with Alex F. Burr, K5XY, as publisher and Ambrose “Bo” Barry, W4GHV/5, as editor. The new address is:

2025 O’Donnell Dr.
Las Cruces, NM 88001

The DATAmerica ZX-Index. A sourcebook of software, hardware, publications, services, and users groups for the ZX80, ZX81, MicroAce, T/S 1000, and Spectrum computers. If you are interested in listing anything, contact:

The DATAmerica Computer Users Group
[address omitted]
New York, NY 10028

A Directory of software and hardware suppliers being compiled for distribution in the U.S. and West Germany. Suppliers are invited to send information about products and books for inclusion to:

Walter Gampper
Zollamtstrasse 50
675 Kaiserslautern
West Germany

RAM Expansion

16K RAM pack for the ZX81. Injection molded plastic case; overcomes wobble and disconnection problems characteristic of other units; optional extra is a keyboard sounder giving audible feedback when a key is pressed. RAM pack: $19.95; RAM pack and sounder: $24.95.

Ground Control
Alfreda Ave.
Hullbridge, Essex SS5 6LT
United Kingdom

ZX81 2K upgrade. Kit including instructions and IC socket: $14. Send $24 and your ZX81, and have your upgrade done for you.

Micro Basics
5768 Albans Circle
Lithonia, GA 30058

Expand your ZX81 1K to 16K or 16K to 32K for unde $30. Fits inside yoru ZX81. Plans: $5. SASE for list of peripherals.

T. W. Cook
MACS-24 MCAF
Quantico, VA 22134
(703) 640-3188

Organic Micro. A collection of modules to expand the ZX81 with the capability of reconfiguration to form an upgraded system in the future. Modules available: Persona—an interface to enable an Organic Micro to Grow on the ZX81 (£24.95); Minimap—a memory mapping device to extend the address space of the ZX81 from 64K to 1M (£29.95); RAM 08— expands RAM from 2K to 8K (£19.95); RAM 16—16K RAM add-on (£21.95); RAM 64—64K RAM add-on (£64.95); Toolkit—a module to take up to 8K of utilities in EPROM/ROM (£17.95); DROM (£32.95); Pericon a (£22.95), b (£27.95), and c (£34.95) —I/O modules; Userfont—user definable characters for RAM 08, DROM, and Toolkit (£6.95).

BASICare Microsystem Ltd.
5 Dryden Ct.
London SE11 4NH
United Kingdom
01-735-6408

Joysticks

Add a joystick to your 8K ROM ZX80. Hooks up in minutes. Plans and parts (does not include Atari type joystick): $6. Specify your machine.

Ron Howard
1 Ridgelan, Apt. 5
Florissant, MO 63031

Hook up your own Atari joystick to your ZX81. Accessed through basic or machine code; examples given. Complete kit; a little soldering: $39.

Chris Taraba
Box 394
Goderich, Ontario
Canada N7A 3Y5

EPROM

I/P Nonvolatile Memory EPROM Programmer. New ZX81 plug on module has 6 I/O prots and 4 sockets for 2K memories; static RAM or 2716 EPROM may be used; save USR program in EPROM for ready access or use static RAMs. Kit: $79; assembled and tested: $99. Low cost EPROM programmer for 2716 EPROM. Interfaces to ZX81 through 3 parallel ports; includes software to program or copy EPROM. Assembled and tested: $79.

Wisconsin Electronics
PO Box 332
Milton, WI 53563

Program Collections

ZX81 Programs. Tape (3) Business; Tape (5) Quiz; Tape (1) Games; Tape (4) Investment; Tape (6) General; Tape (2) Diet. 8 programs per tape. 8K ROM; 1K RAM. Cassette: $8 each.

Roman Software
788 Mercury Circle
Littleton, CO 80124

Programs for the ZX81 or T/S 1000. Games, business, household, education, graphics, and other general items. For free catalog send SASE to:

ZXAD Software Unlimited
404 Edgewood Dr.
Exton, PA 19341

Printers & Supplies

Paper rolls for the ZX printer now available in the U.S. by mail. Electrosensitive paper with a whiter background for superior contrast and legibility. 3 rolls: $12 postpaid.

E. Alvarez
PO Box 1025
Oviedo, FL 32765

Business/Household Programs

Z-Wryter Word Processor. Allows user to write, edit, and save text on cassette; edit functions to modifify pages, lines, or individual characters. 8K ROM; 16K RAM. Cassette and instructions: $9.95 plus $1 s&h per order.