Byte Power September 1986

Date: 1986
Type: Cassette
Platform(s): TS 2068
Tags: Software

Tape-based magazine.

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A three-cycle biorhythm plotter that uses pre-computed DATA tables and a custom UDG marker to draw your physical, emotional, and intellectual curves for any target month.
A compact looping tone built from a single SOUND statement hammering seven AY-3-8910 registers at once — hear what envelope shape 8 actually sounds like.
A compact three-line loop drives the TS2068's AY sound chip through multiple registers simultaneously to recreate the thrum of a helicopter rotor.
A compact looping sound effect that programs the AY-3-8910 chip's registers directly to produce a repeating helicopter-like audio pattern.
A compact three-line AY chip sound demo programs the envelope, noise, and mixer registers to recreate a helicopter sound effect.
A Byte Power demo fires up the AY sound chip with a single SOUND statement, then silences it on a keypress — minimal code, maximum bark.
A tape-based phone book that packs 250 contacts into a fixed-width string array and saves entry counts to a clever two-byte machine address on tape.
A tight three-voice AY chip sweep that drives harmonically spaced pitches across all tone channels before silencing itself and looping forever.
A BASIC program uses Zeller's congruence and a computed GO TO trick across 1,300+ line numbers to find your birthday and star sign instantly.

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