ITEM: Ezra Group has a wide variety of software for the TS1000 and TS2068 at prices between $1.95 and up. Send 22 cent stamp for free information, to Ezra Group., P.O. Box 5222, San Diego, CA 92105. Tell them what computer you have and that you heard of them through T-S Horizons.
ITEM: We just got a copy of “The 1985 Sinclair User Annual” from Curry Computer. The annual is published by Sinclair User, the British Magazine for the ZX81 and Spectrum. Chapter 1 is a comprehensive review of all the news for 1984 (though it barely mentions the Timex drop-out) including the QL story. Also contained are buyer’s guildes to joysticks (at least 13 are manufactured specifically for Sinclair machines, which do not have built-in joystick parts), add-on keyboards, and printers; the best and worst computer games; business software section; a machine code section; 25 pages of program printouts; and more. Some general impressions from the annual: The Spectrum is THE MOST popular home computer in the U.K., the main emphasis is on games, and there seems to be no great interest in disk drives for the Sinclair computer. The Annual is available from Curry Computer (5344 W.Banff LA., Glendale, AZ 85306) for $7.95 while supplies last.
Item: The Timex Sinclair Amateur Radio Users Group is made up of computer users who are interested in putting their Timex or Sinclair computers to use in amateur radio operations. Most of the members are not computer experts; but they do have a good technical background in electronics, so they quickly learn quite a lot about their computers.
The journal of this group is called QZX, and the journal is the main benefit of membership. It is sent monthly by first class mail to all members. Membership costs $12 per year (with a $7 postage surcharge for members who live outside of the United States, Canada, and Mexico). The journal publishes complete programs and hardware projects submitted by members. The journal also publishes personal items about the members and information about operating events such as nets in which the members might be interested.
The group is a small but active collection of people who are working hard to expand the usefulness of their computers by writing programs and buying and inventing hardware additions. There are members in almost every state and in about 20 different countries.
Those who wish to join ( and they need not be licensed amateurs) can do so by sending $12 dues to Alex. F. Burr, K5XY; [address omitted]
