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excerpt: "Put your TS1000 to work. With a few inexpensive parts, measure the outside world automatically— light, heat, weight, and more. Turn on lights remotely. Add audible alarms and other sounds to your computer's repertoire. Time events. Add a real keyboard and/or a joystick. Contents IntroductionChapter 1 Unbaffling BitsChapter 2 Know Thy Computer's MemoryChapter 3 The…"
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# Control Things with your Timex Sinclair

Put your TS1000 to work. With a few inexpensive parts, measure the outside world automatically— light, heat, weight, and more. Turn on lights remotely. Add audible alarms and other sounds to your computer’s repertoire. Time events. Add a real keyboard and/or a joystick.

## Contents

- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Unbaffling Bits
- Chapter 2 Know Thy Computer’s Memory
- Chapter 3 The REM(arkable) PEEK and POKE
- Chapter 4 Learning Another Language
- Chapter 5 Tools and Other Unsightly Paraphernalia
- Chapter 6 It’s about Time
- Chapter 7 Sound Advice
- Chapter 8 At the Touch of a Key
- Chapter 9 Power That Doesn’t Corrupt
- Chapter 10 Sensing the Outside World
- Chapter 11 Affecting the Outside World
- Chapter 12 Saving Grace
- Chapter 13 Potpourri
- Appendix A 8-Bit Binary/Decimal Conversion
- Appendix B 8-Bit Hexadecimal/Decimal Conversion
- Appendix C Powers of Two
- Appendix D ASCII Codes
- Appendix E Symbols Used in this Book
- Appendix F Assembly Language Commands
- Appendix G International Morse Code
- Appendix H Sample Tunes for Program 7.7
- Appendix I Screen Images of Programs in this Book

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