Macronics
26 Spiers Close, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands U.K. B93 9ES
Originally advertised as K. Macdonald.
Products
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 16K High Resolution | Create your own artwork, 192×192 pixels. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Breakout | Uses the Amazing Active Display to implement the game of breakout. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| F.I.Z. Floppy Disk Interface | Disk drive controller with routines on ROM plus 2K RAM buffer. True random access data files supported. Compusa marketed this interface in the United States. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Nightmare Park | Few who enter ever return. Can you outwit the demons and sorcerers who haunt the dreaded Nightmare Park? Confronted by all sorts of ‘happenings’, you’ll be taken to your wits end. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
| Space Invaders | Machine code, ‘flicker free’ graphics. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| The Amazing Active Display | Machine language routine that allows a continuous display. Intended for use with user’s programs. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| ZX81 1K Super Trio | 3 1K RAM games: Breakout, Music Maker, and Space Invaders. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Bumper Pack-1 | 7 machine code/BASIC games on 3 cassettes. Space Invaders, Zac-man, Nightmare Park, Space Rescue, Dragon Maze, City Patrol and Sabotage. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Books
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Making the Most of Your ZX80 | Errors in R. Bissell and K. MacDonald’s Amazing Active Display program reported in Syntax v2 n10. Correction in Syntax v2 n11. | Sinclair ZX80 |
Downloads
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Nightmare Park | Navigate a treacherous park maze while surviving seven deadly mini-game encounters — each one using clever screen memory tricks to animate and detect your fate. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Changes to Amazing Active Display | John Sampson of College Point, NY, called in response to the letter in the Oct. 81 issue about The Amazing Active Display. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Fiz-zy Floppy | Review of Floppy Interface for ZX81 (FIZ) from Macronics Systems. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Macronics Announces Floppy Disk Interface | Run a 5 1/4″ disk drive with your ZX/TS and Macronic’s new FIZ 1.1 interface. Interface plugs into rear edge connector with an expansion bus. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Resources (Sync v2 n2) | Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | |
| Resources for the ZX-80 and MicroAce (Sync v1 n1) | Currently available hardware, software, books and user groups and newsleters. | MicroAce, Sinclair ZX80 |