---
title: "SyncBits: Bay Area TS/Spectrum/QL Hardware and Software News"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/syncbits-bay-area-ts-spectrum-ql-hardware-and-software-news.md"
published_at: "2026-03-14T12:42:10+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-14T12:42:12+00:00"
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excerpt: "News column covering the still-unsettled Spectrum ROM/emulator situation on TS2068; English Micro Connection as UK hardware agent (TC2068 $159.95, disc drives $239.95 first, $125 second); Zebra Systems Koala Pad; ARTWORKX graphics software by David Ridge; Ray Kingsley's Exrom bank-switching cartridge; corrected TS1000 ROM from Tom Bent; SINC-ARTIST ZX81 graphics; Spectrum Beta Basic 60Hz poke; Spectrum…"
category:
  - name: "Timelinez"
    slug: "timelinez"
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    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Bank Switching"
    slug: "bank-switching"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/bank-switching/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX Spectrum"
    slug: "zxspectrum"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/zxspectrum/"
  - name: "Timex Computer 2068"
    slug: "timex-computer-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/timex-computer-2068/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "Ian F. Robertson"
    slug: "ian-f-robertson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ian-f-robertson/"
publication_r:
  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Ian F. Robertson"
    slug: "ian-f-robertson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ian-f-robertson/"
volume: "3"
issue: "6"
issues_articles:
  - id: 38821
    title: "Timelinez v3 n6"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v3-n6/"
pages: "2"
pubdate: "June 1985"
archive_link: false
---

# SyncBits: Bay Area TS/Spectrum/QL Hardware and Software News

News column covering the still-unsettled Spectrum ROM/emulator situation on TS2068; English Micro Connection as UK hardware agent (TC2068 $159.95, disc drives $239.95 first, $125 second); Zebra Systems Koala Pad; ARTWORKX graphics software by David Ridge; Ray Kingsley’s Exrom bank-switching cartridge; corrected TS1000 ROM from Tom Bent; SINC-ARTIST ZX81 graphics; Spectrum Beta Basic 60Hz poke; Spectrum Plus details.