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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