LARKEN Electronics

RR #2, Navan, Ontario, Canada K4B-1H9

Owner(s): Larry Kenny

Products

Produce high quality printing with an Epson compatible printer and LKdos. Page is kept on disk and scrolling through the page is as easy as clicking on the joystick or mouse on the icon menu.

TS 2068

LARKEN Disk Editor

Examine or change any byte on a LKdos disk. Useful in repairing damaged or glitched disks, changing the disk name or head speed, etc. You can also examine the track map and disk info headers. Documentation for the disk editor also includes information on how to access LKdos from machine code and information on the

TS 2068

Larken Disk System

Floppy disk interface, LKDOS cartridge, operating manual and LKDOS utilities disk. Can support up to four 3″ to 5.25″ single-sided, double-sided or quad density disk drives. NMI snapshot button and Kempston joystick port on the disk interface.

TS 2068

LARKEN RAMdisk

Expands the 2068 with up to 256K of nonvolatile RAM. Includes LKDOS Extended BASIC cartridge and memory board that attaches to expansion port. LKDOS uses standard BASIC commands (LOAD, CAT, SAVE, etc) to operate the RAM disk. Uses 32K (62256) CMOS RAM chips backed up with a battery; comes with 64K. Compatible with Spectrum, OS-64

TS 2068

Larken ZX81 Disk System

Floppy disk interface for ZX81/TS1000.

TS 1000

LKDOS/Extended BASIC Cartridge

Contains Larken DOS with 8K ROM and 8K RAM on the cartridge. Used to control Larken DSK-400 or other disk interfaces. All LKDOS or extended BASIC commands use the PRINT #4: syntax. Support for all Timex DOS commands. Extended basic commands include CIRCLE, windows, box clear and fill, channel support for devices, variations of POKE,

TS 2068

MAXCOM

Full-featured modem software that links the modem to the disk, allowing uploads or downloads of files larger than 100K. Send NMI saves and large text files as well as Basic or code files, which other modem programs couldn’t send because of memory limitations. Also files can be sent with or without a information header (Spec-term

TS 2068

Sequential/Random Access Files Support Package

RAM-based LKDOS extension adds support for sequential data file support to BASIC commands. Lets you create, read from, or write to very large data files kept on disk. It uses the commands OPEN#, CLOSE#, PRINT#, INPUT#, and INKEY$# to access the files from BASIC. There is also a high speed search command for finding a

TS 2068

Articles

2068 Larken Disk Menu Maker
42 Track Converter for the Amdisk III and LKDOS
A 2068 Disk Interface Standard
Recommends TS 2068 users consider the Larken Extended Basic cartridge to make non-Larken systems compatible with the Larken as a standard.
A Break Through DOS for the TS-2068
MAX DOS: combining Oliger DOS and Larken DOS.
A Challenge to Programmers
Challenge to create disk utilities for ZX81/TS1000 that exist for TS2068 users.
A Fist Full of LKDOS Tools
A Fist Full of LKDOS Tools
A LARKEN Disk Library
A Larken TS2068 printer driver for a serial port
A letter from Larry Kenny
A Library of LarKen Procedures and Functions in HiSoft PASCAL for Sequential File Handling
A Menagerie of Opinions and Some Programming Tips
Tips about disks and disk systems; a short program to print labels.
A Programming Exercise
A query from one of our members: TS2068 Larkenized Oliger System
A Review of the Larken Disk Drive
Review and comparison vs tape.
A T/S 2068 Utility to Put Basic Programs into the Larken RAMDisk Banks
It is possible to load any of the RAMDISK banks with code which simulates a BASIC cartridge (an AROS) and to run that code as a BASIC program. This suite of programs will allow you to create your own simulated cartridges in the RAMDISK memory chips. A program running from DOCK leaves the HOME bank…
A Tape/Disk Save Subroutine
A tip about the Larken system and disk drives
A TS2068/Larken Program: File Recovery
Accessing LKDOS from Machine Code
The DOS is easy to access from machine code using the internal jump table starting at address 120 in the cartridge. The jump table is a list of 20 or so entry points to the most often used sub-routines in the dos.
Adapting Programs for Disk Drive
Techniques for adapting ZX81/TS1000 programs to work with the Larken disk drive.
Adding Two More Drives
Add two more drives to a Larken system.
An Improved Label Maker for Larken System
An Improved Label Maker for Larken System
An Interbank Database for the TS2068
Larry Crawford has written a program which makes use of this feature to provide us with a very useful database program. The most significant feature of this database is its size. Its bank-switching capability means that a single database can expand to eight times the usual computer memory. Works with the Larken RAMdisk.
AOS-LKDOS
Autostart Hint for Larken Users
How to create an autostart block/file on a Larken disk system.
Autostart Hints for Larken Users
How to set up an autostart file for Larken DOS.
Bill Pedersen's Diskspeed Program
Adjustments to the disk speed program to make it work with Larken drives.
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Bob Swoger's LogiCall Provides Those Little Extras to Larken Users
Bob's Notebook: Bank Switching Notes For A Beginner
Tips for using the Larken RAMDISK.
Bob's Notebook: Disk Management Utilities
Disk utilities for LKDOS.
Bob's Notebook: Font Loader
Font loader, a type-in program that loads a font from a Larken disk.
Bob's Notebook: Larken Extended BASIC example
Demonstration program that includes Larken Extended BASIC examples. Shows syntax and how quickly the extensions worked compared to Sinclair BASIC.
Bob's Notebook: Larken utilities
Larken utilities.
Bob's Notebook: Making Graphs with Larken Extended BASIC
Making Graphs with LKDOS V3.
Bob's Notebook: Near Letter Quality Printing
Routine to print at near letter quality on the Smith-Corona Fastext 80, an 8-pin dot matrix printer. Requires Larken Extended BASIC.
Bob's Notebook: Odds & Ends
Bob's Notebook: Print a Disk Directory
Program to print a Larken disk directory.
Bob's Notebook: Printer Exerciser
Larken utility.
Bob's Notebook: Printing and TIMACHINE
TIMACHINE and Larken disk system.
Bob's Notebook: Programming Tips
How to add your own NMI routine to Larken Extended BASIC, printer control codes for Tasword and MSCRIPT, using ROM calls instead of INKEY$ for debounced results.
Bob's Notebook: TASWORD Two Patched (Again?)
Patches to Tasword Two. Includes re-activating the 2040 printer, a word count feature and an option for saving for autostart with a Larken disk system.
Bug Alerts & Updates
Cassette to Larken Disk
Converting cassette-based programs to work with the Larken disk system.
Check Disk Drive Speed
Clean Screens Please!
Request for change to how users save programs to prevent cluttering screen with feedback from Larken disk command calls.
Congratulations to Toronto Timex-Sinclair club
Club continues to support TS 2068 and Larken DOS users.
Converting Tape Programs to Larken Disk Programs
Correction: Other Uses for Larken RAMDisk
Customized Catalog Command for LKDos
This is an alternative catalog command that can be added to your programs or to use when modifying an existing program for disk. It only prints the selected filenames in a single column without any other info such as disk name of disk parameters. It works very well with windows such as the ones in…
D.O.S. for the 2068
Data Interrupt
Describes variations of Larken hardware and software.
Datastore() and Datafetch(): Two Larken DOS Procedures for Hisoft Pascal
Transfer any section of RAM to a file on disk.
DataStore() and DataFetch(): Two LarKen DOS Procedures for HiSoft PASCAL
Did You Know ... 2068/Larken Tips
Did You Know?
Larken ROM disassembly and cartridge schematic. 0000-05BC section of ROM.
Did You Know?
Discussion of LKDOS ROM disassembly.
Did You Know?
Discussion of LKDOS ROM disassembly. 164E-1FFF section of LKDOS ROM.
Did You Know? 2068/Larken Tips
Did You Know... 2068/Larken tips
Discan: A Larken Utility for the TS2068
Disjointed Programming Tips
Short descriptions of available DOSes and utilities.
Disk Doctor
Disk Droppings
Describes the Larken Electronics RAMdisk for the TS 2068.
Disk Droppings
Disk Menu Loader
Disk System for T/S 2068 For Under $200
Diskdriving with a Joystick
Larken disk interface and Kempston joystick both use port 31.
Diskette Menu Program for the Timex/Sinclair 2068 (LarKen DOS Version)
Drifting Away?
THE PLOTTER was originally produced as a vehicle to dispense news to the membership of CCATS about the meeting time and date as well as to disseminate information about the new and exciting Timex/Sinclair computers. That was over 12 years ago! The purpose of the newsletter has not changed. It is still sent to members…
Error in simple Sound Port
Correction to the schematic.
Excerpts from Bill Harmer Guide to the Larken ZX81/TS1000 Disk System
Hints, notes and techniques for using the Larken disk system for the ZX81/TS1000.
File Header Reader Larken TS2068
For Your Sinclair
Desktop publishing software from Lemke Software Development and Charles Stelding. Z88, Spectrum +3 announcement. Notes about Second Annual Midwest Timex Sinclair Computer Fest. PC8300, products from John Mathewson, Specterm 64, Larken disk interface, Sharp’s, more.
For Your Support
Product announcements from G. Russell Electronics, Byte-Back, Variety Sales, Chia-Chi Chao, Larken Electronics, Sams, Fred Nachbaur, Lemke Software Development and E. Arthur Brown.
For Your Support
Product announcements from John Oliger Co., NovelSoft, Willcocks Research Consultants, Grey & Clifford Computer Products, Knighted Computers, G. Russell Electronics, Jim Houston Enterprises, Larken Electronics, Chia-Chi Chao, Fred Nachbaur, Robert Fischer, Bill Heberlein, Bill Bell, C. W. Associates.
For Your Support
Product announcements from Chia-Chi Chao, NovelSoft, Willcocks Research Consultants, Grey & Clifford Computer Products, Knighted Computers, Fred Nachbaur/Silicon Mountain Computers, Robert Fischer, Larken Electronics, Bill Bell, Thomas Woods, Jim Houston Enterprises, WIDJUP Co., David Hill.
For Your Support
Product announcements from Fred Nachbaur, John Oliger Co., Grey & Clifford Computer Products, Larken Electronics, Chia-Chi Chao, Robert Fischer, Bill Bell, G. Russell Electronics, EZRA Group II, RMG Enterprises, David Hill, Paul Holmgren, GLENN Technics, John Deering.
For Your Support
AN-TO Productions is marketing QUICKEY 2068 keyboard overlays. Overlays are available for the following programs: AccuDraw T2, Artworx v1.1, Tasword/Tasprint, Mscript (regular and V5) and Omnicalc II. There is also a key finder and a blank overlay for your own programs. Bill Bell announces the availability of an Oliger Video Version of BBDOS for the…
FREE Blocks
This routine allows you to find the number of free blocks with out displaying the catalog. It will return the number of free blocks in the BC register, so it can be accessed from basic with PRINT USR FREEBL or LET K=USR FREEBL.
From Internet to LarKen-2068
From Members' Letters
Code to copy memory contents to Larken disk.
From Members' Letters: Data from AERCO LKDOS System
From the Editor's Desk
This month’s newsletter contents includes a nice review of a Jack Dohany series of utilities for working with Larken disk systems. It is nice to know that there is still more information and use being generated for this system so it is far from being dead.
Garbage Gobbler
Home-made 2068 LarKen Disk Interface
Instructions for building a Larken 2068 disk interface.
Hot Rumor: Spectrum/AERCO Disks
How to Build a Larken Dock Board
How to make a dock cartridge board.
Index.B1 TS2068 Larken
Input/Output
Letters from David Solly, Bob Swoger, Glen Goodwin, Jack Boatwright, Fred Henn, Don Oviatt, Rod Gowen
Interbank Database, Part 2: TS-2068 and the Larken RAMdisk
Interbank Database: TS-2068 and the Larken RAMdisk
JLO with LKDOS Cartridge
Label Maker
Directory label maker.
Label Maker Update
Correction to Label Maker.
Larken "Maxcomm" BBS Software
Larken & Hunter
Add a switch to the Hunter 8K memory board so it will work with the Larken DOS ROM, which occupies 12-16K region.
Larken 2068 Disk Interface [schematic]
Larken and the Large Printer
LARKEN Cartridge Disk Operating System
Observations and tips on using the LARKEN Cartridge DOS.
LARKEN Cartridge DOS
Description and review of the LARKEN Cartridge DOS.
Larken Cartridge Schematic
Larken DDI Report
Larken DDI Report/Living With a Larken
Larken DDI Report/Living with a Larken
Larken DDI Report/Living with a Larken
Larken Directory (Track 0) Repair
The track directory for the Larken disk system is located on track 0. This directory stores the data that is required by the system to locate and load the chosen file. On occasion the system is prone to corrupting the directory track, thus effectively causing the loss of all programs on the disk.
Larken Disk Copier Utility
Program to copy Larken disks using only one drive. Copies limited to programs up to 14 blocks.
Larken Disk Copy Utility
Program to copy a disk on a Larken system with either one or two disk drives.
Larken Disk Doctor
This utility will be found useful in the inspection, analysis, and correction of errors on disks used on the Larken disk drive system. This utility is designed for use with the Larken 350K per disk I/F board.
Larken Disk Drive
One user’s experiences with an early Larken setup.
Larken Disk Drive Information
Larken Disk Drive Operation
How to make a boot tape for a Larken disk system.
Larken Disk Drive review
LarKen Disk Drive: Spectrum Emulator Compatible
Larken Disk Drives
Instructions for setting up a Larken disk system, including providing power to the disk drive.
Larken Disk Drives
Introduction to disk drive systems.
Larken Disk Editor: Review
LarKen Disk Interface Circuit
Larken Disk Library
Larken Disk Library
Larken Disk Library
Larken Disk Library
Larken Disk Library Notes
Larken Disk System
Larken Disk System Review, Part 1
LarKen Diskette
LarKen DSK 400 Disk Operating System
Review of the disk interface system.
Larken DSK 400 Review
Review of the third generation disk interface system.
Larken DSK400 Disk Operating System
Larken Electronics
Original designers of ZX81/TS 1000 LDOS and TS 2068 LKDOS turning attention to computer-controlled shaper/router/plotter, driven by IBM PC compatible. Software originally written in Pascal on TS 2068.
Larken Electronics Launches Maxcomm
Larken Electronics' LKDOS
Larken Electronics' LKDOS
LARKEN EPROM DOS Version 3
Larken Index.B1 A Printer Fix
Larken Lines
Questions and answers about LARKEN. Copied from the CCAT/S User Group Newsletter, The Plotter.
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Larken Load/Save Routines
Machine code utility for loading and saving tracks on the original Larken system.
Larken Lock
Add a lock code to Larken disks.
Larken Maxcom
Larken News
Larry branching out to CAD-CAM drilling/routing machines.
Larken NMI-F Autorestart Menu
Larken Notes
Larken Ramdisk
LARKEN RAMdisk (Bug Alert)
Some LARKEN RAMdisk boards may have a diode reversed.
Larken RAMdisk at the Space Center
Larken RAMdisk for the TS 2068
I have found that for persons with two drives, the RAMdisk maximizes use of the second drive. And it reduces the number of keystrokes required to operate the Larken system.
Larken RAMdisk for the TS 2068
Larken Repair Program
Suggestions for improving a disk repair program printed in an earlier issue.
Larken Screen Dump
LARKEN Sequential/Random Files Utility
Larken System Disk Drive Menu Loader
Larken Tip
Recovering from error with diskettes.
Larken Tip
Recommendation for LKDOS users to subscribe to SINC LINK.
Larken Tip
Larken Tips
Three tips for dealing with quirks in the Larken disk system.
LARKEN TS1000 Disk Drive Interface
Disk interface with built-in DOS for ZX81/TS 1000 computers. User supplied power supply and compatible disk drive.
Larken User Notes
Tips for using the Larken disk system.
Larken Utilities
Lists and describes utilities members of the Toronto Timex Sinclair User’s Club wrote for the Larken disk system.
Larken ZX-81 Disk Interface
Larken: A Tip on Disk Drives
Larken: Cracking Spectrum Programs
LDOS Version 3
One can upgrade to version 3 by ordering a new EPROM for LKDOS. It provides a raft of great improvements.
Letter about Larken LK-DOS
User describes his system.
Letter from Robert Shade
Letter from Steve Gunhouse
Listing for Disk Menu Maker
LKDOS "Didja Knows"
LKDOS Disassembly
11FF-164C section of LKDOS ROM.
LKDOS Disassembly
05BD-0BBF section of LKDOS ROM.
LKDOS Disk Utility Double to Quad
LKDOS Machine Language CALLs Explained
LKDOS Off Switch (For MAX DOS Operation)
Add an off switch to resolve conflicts with Oliger NMI functions.
LKDOS Tools by the Half Dozen
LKDOS Version 3 EPROM: Highlights and First Impressions
LKDOS vs JLO SAFE
Comparison of the two disk operating systems.
Locked Out? How to Recover!
How to recover when saving to a non-existent disk with Larken and Oliger systems.
Locked Out? How to Recover!
LogiCall v4.3
Description and listing of the program.
Machine Specifics: Orphans
Larken Electronics redesigned disk controller for 2068.
Make the Tasman 'B' Centronics Printer Interface Work with the Larken DS400
Changes to make Tasman B and C printer interfaces work better with Larken disk system.
Make the Tasman 'B' CPI Work With the LarKen DS-400
Make the Tasman 'B' CPI Work With the Larken DS-400
Mass Storage for the TS-1000 Has Arrived!
Overview of load utilities and mass storage systems including ZXLR8 Fasload, Winky Board, A & J Microdrive, and Aerco and Larken disk systems.
Mastering "Merge" (LKDOS)
MAX DOS: A Study of DUAL DOS in the TS-2068
For several weeks UPDATE has been testing two simultaneous disk operating systems in the TS-2068: the Oliger SAFE DOS and the Larken DOS. The hardware hook-up is the full “two board” Oliger system and the Larken LKDOS cartridge in the dock port. Extensive operation with the combination has revealed an almost complete compatibility between the…
Maxcom TS2068 BBS system for LKDOS
BBS software available from RMG. Larry Kenny working on desktop publishing system and is PC-based marketing plotter, engraver, router/miller.
Meet News, club notes
Discusses attempt to duplicate Bill Jones’ Max-Dos.
Mike's Notebook: LOADER
Program uses the SCREEN$ function to facilitate loading software from a Larken disk system.
Mike's Notebook: LOADER
Read the output of CAT via SCREEN$ and load programs.
Modifying ARTIST II for the Larken Disk System
Modifying the 2068 Larken Disk Title
More INPUT on AUTOSTART and other Larken Thoughts
Move Catalog to Upper Ram
Mscript Version 5.3 for Larken DOS
Review
MSDOS to Larken and MSCRIPT
MTERM II: Modification for the LARKEN DD System
Modifications to make MTERM work well with the Larken system.
NEC FD1035 Disk Drive Review
New and Upcoming in 1987
Details about upcoming 2nd Annual Mid-West Timex Sinclair Computerfest; Larken developing RAMdisk for 2068; Thomas B. Woods will be offering RAM board in kit form that operates in the cartridge slot of the 2068. User-expandable from 8K to 120K; TS telecommunications, Sinclair QL; Zebra/Timex Disk support group; new programs and hardware.
New, News, Views and Reviews
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News from the Northwest
News Items
Update! magazine renewal time; Welcome our new treasurer, Abed Kahale; Hard disks for Sinclair?; EPROMS for the TS2068; Dohany EPROMS for Larken.
News, New Views and Reviews
SNUG is gearing up. CapitalFest coming up. MAXCOM, from Larken, for 2068. Ray Byler provided a TS2068/Spectrum ROM call listing, both alphabetical and by address for each machine. Will be printed in future issue.
News, New, Views and Reviews
Announcements about newsletters, MAXCOM from Larken.
News, New, Views and Reviews
October News Roundup
Oliger proposes Detente with Larken
Bob Swoger’s LogiCall description and discussion of features. Oliger for LKDOS, allowing compatibility of Oliger/LarKen systems.
Other Uses for the T/S 2068 Larken RAMDisk
The LARKEN RAMDISK banks are all mapped into the DOCK bank of the 2068 even though the board is plugged into the back expansion slot. Consequently, it is possible to load any of the RAMDISK banks with data for a database or spreadsheet. This means that up to 256K more information can be handled and…
Other Uses for the T/S 2068 Larken RAMdisk
Pages missing from Larken ROM Disassembly
Partial Review of Maxcom
Pascal Disk Handler for the Larken
Converting HiSoft Pascal to work with the Larken disk system.
Pascal Disk Handler for the LARKEN Disk Operating System
Pascal Disk Handler for the Larken Disk Operating System
Access to the Larken disk system from within HiSoft Pascal.
Power Supply for the LARKEN
Brief discussion of building a linear power supply for the Larken disk drive.
President's Address
Notes about low attendance at summer meetings; author’s experience setting up a Larken disk system.
Product News
Oliger 2068 floppy disk interface available; Larken drive controller with Spectrum ROM; uncased 2050 modems; Tech Draw Jr, Spectrum Emulator cartridge, Zebra Talker from Zebra; Amdek plotter; Jack Dohany’s shareware announcement.
Program Printout: Disc Catalog
Programming the TS2068: Opening Larken Files
Programming Tips
Programming tips... LARKEN System
Psi Chess and the Larken
Quick Directory Sorter
RAMDISK for Phillip
RAMDisk to Disk Backup
RAMDisk to Disk Backup: A Larken 2068 Utility
RAMdisk-RAMdisk-RAH-RAH-RAH
Redwood Goodies
Larken DOS programs from Jack Dohany.
Rename
Utility for Larken DOS to rename a program on disk.
Repair - A Larken Utility
Corrections to a program used to reconstruct a Larken disk directory.
REPAIR: A Larken Disk Repair Utility
Tool to reconstruct programs on disks where the directory has become corrupted.
Resurrecting a Crashed Directory on the ZX81 Larken
Technique for manually recovering a crashed directory.
Saving SCREEN$ of LARKEN
Short routine to save a SCREEN$ file while avoiding the Larken DOS cursor.
Scrabble and the LARKEN System
Patch to make the program work with the Larken disk system.
Service Corner
Setting up LKDOS User-Defined Commands
Seven-Bit ASCII Text Filter for the TS-2068 with LarKen disk I/O
Simple Sound Port
Add a simple sound port to the rear of a Larken disk interface.
SNODGITS and the Larken System
Stepping Rate Fix
Program to adjust stepping rate on LarKen systems; allows for reading/writing disks from other LarKen users.
Stepping Rate Fix
Program to assist in fixing stepping rates on Larken systems.
Stepping Rate Fix
Stepping Rate Fix
Suppliers
Updates on Larken Electronics, RMG, Update Magazine, EMSoft, John McMichael, Byte Power.
System 15000 on the Larken Disk System
TASWORD and the Larken Printer Driver
Patch for Tasword.
Tech Draw and the Larken
Technician Ted and the Larken
The Amdek Amdisk III and the Larken LKDOS System
The Changing Complexion of Timex-Sinclair Computing Seen at the Orlando 1988 Winter Fest
This issue of Up-Date was delayed a week to report upon the Orlando 1988 Winter Fest. Representing the Western USA was Tim and Stephanie Woods (Time Designs Magazine), and the Central USA was represented by the staff of SyncWare News and attendees from the Michigan user group.
The Larken Disk Section
This section in UP-DATE is devoted to providing information about the Larken Disk System(s) in the same manner as we provide the section titled “Computing with SDOS, by John Oliger.”
The MAX DOS Saga
Some are having problems with conflicts. LKDOS users should use RANDOMIZE USR 100 instead of PRINT #4, which conflicts with Oliger DOS.
The Programming Corner
Questions about Larken disk system; programming in machine code; recovering from data loss.
The Tasman 'B' CPI
Make it work with the Larken DS-400.
The Ultimate Autostart
Autostart menu construction for Larken users.
The Ultimate AUTOSTART
Timex Tidbits
Our Timex brethren in Milwaukee are producing Digitizers for the TS-2068. The cost of a completely assembled and tested unit with postage is $52.95 while the bare board alone costs $22.95! These prices include the software. For more information write to SMUG, Р.O.Вох 101, Butler, Wisconsin 53007. RMG Enterprises have expanded their Timex/Sinclair inventory by…
Timex Tidbits
Timex Tidbits
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Transferring MSDOS files to the TS2068
Utility to move MSDOS text files to Larken LKDOS.
Transferring MSDOS Files to the TS2068
Techniques and program for loading files from an MS DOS disk using a Larken disk system.
Trivial Pursuit: Converting to Larken Disk Operation
TS 2068 - Copying a Screen$ to the TS-2040 Printer Using the Larken User-defined NMI/F-key Option
TS-2068 Activities
There are now three predominent disk systems for the TS-2068. Their order of usage is: LKDOS, Oliger SAFE DOS, TOS, and Aerco FD-68. TOS DISK users hang in there with determination but receive little support. User activities during 1989 has been away from the Aerco FD-68, mostly toward LKDOS. Quite a number of FD-68 users…
TS-2068 VARS Save and Re-Load
Program find and save VARS for Larken DOS or cassette.
TS2068-Larken NMI-F Key: Another Application
TS2068-Larken Tidbit
TTSUC LarKen Disk Library
Utilities "INIT" and "Cclear Code"
The “INIT” utilities for the three Disk Operating Systems are slightly different. Each listing may be used to pick up another little twist for another DOS.
Utility to Print Out the Catalog of a Larken Disk
Utility to Print Out the Catalog of a Larken Disk
Vera Cruz on the Larken Disk System
Port the program to a Larken system.
ZX Resources
Larken disk system; Eprom Services Programmer, MODified Shapes for T/S.
ZX81 Hardware and Software News
Short notes on ZX81/TS1000. This issue includes brief info on Larken, COMPUSA, Aerco and Oliger 1000/2068 disk systems. Also, why Aerco CP/M was never released. Short reviews of Sinc-Artist for the 2068 and ZX HI-Res. And one user, a Kolorworks owner, mentions writing a TMS9918 toolkit for the ZX81.
ZX81 Larken I/F Cased
Diagram for building a case to enclose the Larken ZX81 disk interface.
ZX81 News & Resources
AERCO and Larken disk systems for ZX81/TS 1000 available. Reports on difficulties with Mini XMOD. Silicon Mountain Computer products discussed.
ZX81 News and Resources
Larken Disk system for TS1000, Mini XMODEM 1.7 for ZX81 and TS 2050, Fred Nachbaur’s JOBASIC.
ZX81 Resources
Larken LDOS, Eprom Services Programmer, modified version of program that appeared in Compute.
ZX81-LARKEN Tip
Note from a user about fix to disk copy program.