Hawg Wild Software

Owner(s): Gary Smith
Little Rock, Arkansas 72217

Products

NameDescriptionComputers
2068 fig-FORTHImplementation of Z80 fig-Forth 1.1d on the TS 2068.Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable
Common-Emitter Transistor AmplifierDesign and analysis of common-emitter transistor amplifiers. Biasing, stability, frequency response, input/output resistances, power dissipation, and thermal effects taken into account. Prints schematic and Hybrid-Pi equivalent circuit, stores up to five different transistor spec sheets. 16K.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable
EMU-1 Spectrum EmulatorSpectrum ROM that fits in the cartridge slot.Timex/Sinclair 2068
MinimUF 3.5Minimum usable frequency radio propagation program.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Morse CodeCode practice with built-in audio tone. 16K.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable
Spectrum ForthImplementation of Forth for the Spectrum.Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068
XFORTHForth-79 standard sub-set plus extra utilities. 10K+ available for user code.Timex/Sinclair 1000

Periodicals

NameDescriptionComputers
XForth XChangeNewsletter for 1000/2068 and Jupiter ACE FORTH enthusiasts.

Documents

TitleDescriptionComputers
2068 fig-Forth manual1984 user manual from Hawg Wild Software for their fig-Forth implementation on the Timex/Sinclair 2068; this photocopy of the original is missing its cover and first page.Timex/Sinclair 2068

Downloads

NameDescriptionComputers
2068 fig-ForthImplementation of fig-Forth; includes an editor and TS2068-specific words to support file and exiting to BASIC.Timex/Sinclair 2068
Morse CodeA complete Morse code trainer that uses embedded Z80 machine code to generate precisely timed audio tones, with adjustable WPM speed, random code generation, and a full message editor.Timex/Sinclair 1000

Articles

TitleDescriptionComputers
BulletinsUpdates from Hawg Wild, Silicon Valley North, Daydesign, T-S Systems, Intercomputer, Mindware, Micro Developments, DK’tronics, MicroSync, Florida Creations, Len Harmon, Filesixty, Data-assette.
For You... Dealer Catalogs
For Your SupportIn this column, we will announce any software or hardware that is new or otherwise untested by us. If you have something of interest, we will announce it here. Send us a description of your product. Keep it short, please. We advise readers to send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope), as a courtesy, toTimex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068
FORTH for the 2068Everyone should try FORTH. I am unaware of the exact ratio, but a certain percentage of those who try it will like it, and the rest will hate it. There seems to be no middle ground. I recently read (I don’t remember where a statement of the number of active FORTH programmers which indicated thatTimex/Sinclair 2068
Forth-WithIn Volume 1, No. 5 of Sync Ware News I approached you with the idea of presenting an introductory/ tutorial column on the FORTH language. If you missed my introduction to FORTH article in Volume 1:3, I suggest you go back and read that. Contact Sync Ware News for back issue availability if you needTimex/Sinclair 1000
Mini-Reviews: XFORTH, Synchro-sette, moreShort reviews of XFORTH by Hawg Wild Software, Synchro-sette magazine, direct video interface from AERCO, 123 Go and Making Treks by 2-Bit Software.Timex/Sinclair 1000
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n11)New products from Hawg Wild, Z-West, 2-Bit Software, Phoenix Enterprises, Warren Imports Group, Russell Brewer, Goldwater Manufacturing, John Carson, Labsoft, Occam Research, Golden Stair, E. H. Enterprises.
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n4)New products from Artisan Electronics, Spectra Computer Products, Jim Giddings, L. Harmon, Cosmonics, Memotech, Hawg Wild, Electronic Specialists, Sinware, Cottage Technology, Advanced Interface Designs, Software Unlimited.
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n7)New products from Tom Woods, Kopak, L. Harmon, f/22 Press, 2-Bit Software, Barlog Software, Celestial Software, SyncMaster, CRC Software, Timeworks, K.D.V.H.E. Publishers, Starburst Software, Intercomputer, Hawg Wild, D. Lipinski Software, Polymath, Russell Brewer, Bob Fingerle.
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n8)New products from Magic World Software, Hawg Wild, Bob Fingerle, Gladstone, CompuTech, Pyramid Software, Ultimate Blackwood, SyncWare News, H. R. Brady, Timeware, Biocal, Robotec.
New Products and Services (Syntax v5 n8)Forth from Hawg Wild; Spectrum ROM kit; Multi-Draw 2068.Timex/Sinclair 2068
New Products in Development (Syntax v5 n6)SoftSync’s 2068 version of Arctic’s disassembler expected midsummer. Hawg Wild’s FORTH and graphics packages for 2068. And an expander for 2068s, expected to provide RGB & RS-232 output, disc controller, & 64K of addon memory. Plus a source of Chameleon ROMs.Timex/Sinclair 2068
Resources (Sync v4 n1)Listing of new user groups, books and other resources.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Software Received: XFORTHSinclair ZX81
T-S NewsSurplus hardware from Electronic Supermarket that could be used with TS1000. Two new TS hardware/software directories. Keyboards from E. Arthur Brown and Sinclair Place. Three new magazines: Sync Ware News, TS User and Busyness. Intercontroller from InterComputer. Forth from Hawg Wild.Timex/Sinclair 1000
T-S NewsITEM: The December issue of DISCOVER, and presumably other magazines, has an 8-page booklet from TIMEX with the comic strip character B.C. introducing the TS2068 and the following peripherals: TS 2040 32-column thermal printer ($99.95, nothing new), TS 2050 Modem ($119.95, no mention whether it is TS1000-compatible), TS 2020 Program Recorder ($49.95, cassette recorder), TSTimex/Sinclair 2068
Unknown Tongues Alternative Computer LanguagesAlternatives to BASIC: Forth (Tree-Forth, X-Forth, ZX-Forth) and Partial PASCAL.Timex/Sinclair 1000
XFORTH XChangeOpen forum for owners of FORTH kernels and related products. Distributed by Hawg Wild Software.Timex/Sinclair 2068