Long Island Sinclair Timex (LIST) User Group Library Tape #3.5

Date: 198x
Type: Cassette
Platform(s): TS 2068

Library tape 3.5 of the Long Island Sinclair Timex (LIST) user group, a two-sided cassette of TS2068 programs gathered from members and from magazine type-ins. Side A carries 28 saves: games, home and finance tools, educational programs, programming utilities, demos and an OSCAR 10 satellite tracker. Side B carries about 47 shorter programs and utilities.

The handwritten label reads “LIST LIBRARY #3.5.” The first program on side A, LIST3.5, is an intro screen. It tells members to reset the computer before each program, because the RAMTOP set for one may break the next, and warns that programs with CODE parts need more than one load. It also explains that the first recording is a head-alignment test made on LIST’s own equipment, and that most of the programs had been documented in back issues of LISTing and other magazines. Several programs are TS2068 conversions of Spectrum listings from Your Computer, Your Spectrum and ZX Computing, made by Bob Howard (WA6DLI) and Floyd Chrysler.

Side A

  • LIST3.5: intro screen with loading tips and a note that the first item on the tape is an alignment recording.
  • align / alignsears: head-alignment loader and a 24,000-byte test pattern block.
  • Star Trek: T. S. Services public domain Star Trek by Nathan Brown, Don Barnard and James Brown.
  • Lists: flat-file database converted from a ZX/TS 1000 listing in Microcomputing.
  • Formulary: photographic developer formulas from the darkroom of Bob Howard, WA6DLI.
  • Keno: Keno game adapted by WA6DLI from Creative Games by R. Maunder.
  • Graph It: data plotting and linear regression by Paul Bates.
  • Draw: machine-code drawing program from Your Computer, converted by Floyd Chrysler.
  • Xmas and xlist: animated Christmas card by Tony Samuels from Your Spectrum, entered by Floyd Chrysler, saved with two different messages.
  • Span Tutor: unfinished Spanish tutor by Martin Curley.
  • Geography: North America map and state-capitals quiz.
  • OSC-10C: OSCAR 10 satellite tracker by W6WNK, translated by WA6DLI.
  • Resval: standard resistor value calculator.
  • Video File: video tape catalogue.
  • Olympiad: Olympic rings and fanfare.
  • Tape Sched: weekly TV taping schedule.
  • bankrec: checkbook and bank statement reconciliation.
  • tag: small chase game.
  • Hex-spec and HEX2: hex machine code loader and companion screen demo.
  • VARS: variable-listing machine code routine with its BASIC entry program.
  • firstloadr: loader and development tools for David Ornstein’s First Loader.
  • char: character set viewer.
  • tomorrow: Tomorrow Lies in Ambush! word processor by Emmett Jenkins.
  • PRO TECH: Programming Techniques for the TS 2068 screen-effects demo.
  • DEMO: Print ‘N’ Plotter Paintbox demo by Joe Gillespie.
  • missile: Nuclear Attack by Mathew Homer, translated by Bob Howard.
  • bye: two-line sign-off, “Bye for 3.5.”

Side B

mcloader, mcedit, bold, BIGCHAR, word, clock, confusion, curve, 3axisbrcht, randcolor, Turtle Hop, Varslist, Jack, CURVE, Header-t, header, Calendar, EXPLOSION, PATIENCE, MBUDG1, 3D TIC-TAC, calendr2, WORD 5+, xmas, INSTRUCT/HANGDATA/HANGMAN, fruit, mcutil, renum, morechars, word, sendvars, HAMPSONS, OLD GLORY, Specdraw, draw, a.i., KEYWORD68, HEADER, variables, sample, hangout, vars, VAR, endnote.

Content

3 Axis Bar Chart

Program

A 3D bar chart with solid bars, isometric projection, and a painter's-algorithm draw order renders a cosine-based mathematical surface in vivid color.

3-D TicTacToe

Program

A fully playable two-player 3D Tic-Tac-Toe game on a 3×3×3 cube, with isometric block-graphic display and cumulative win scoring across all 49 possible lines.

Artificial Intelligence

Program

A conversational block-world AI lets you move, stack, and query colored shapes using plain English commands parsed by a letter-indexed dictionary with machine code assistance.

Bank Reconciliation

Program

A two-mode checkbook reconciliation program prints formatted ledger columns on screen and paper simultaneously, using integer penny arithmetic to sidestep floating-point rounding errors.

BigChar

Program

A compact machine code utility that prints the text in a REM statement as large text.

Bold

Program

A compact 29-byte machine code routine patches the system to deliver bold text output, loaded and launched by a minimal BASIC bootstrap program.

Calendar

Program

Calculate which day of the week any historical date fell on — this calendar program covers any month and year with full leap-year support.

Calendar Program

Program

Enter a year and up to ten special dates, then watch this BASIC calendar generator print a full 12-month grid with inverse-video highlights and optional hard copy output.

Characters

Program

Step through every character in the set, watching its 8×8 pixel grid and raw ROM byte values revealed row by row with a keypress.

Christmas Card

Program

Christmas scene with a decorated tree, a large star and snowy ground, plus a double-height scrolling message and carols played note by note.

Christmas Special

Program

A dazzling animated scene combines a custom pixel-art backdrop, PLOT/DRAW geometry, scrolling text banners, and a BEEP fanfare into one self-contained display program.

Clock

Program

A fully animated analog clock face with trigonometrically placed hour markers, sweeping hands, and an audible tick rendered entirely in BASIC.

Color Show

Program

A hypnotic random walk paints colored blocks across the screen, drifting through nine paper colors with every unpredictable step.

Confusion

Program

This clever BASIC utility lets you replace the displayed text of numeric literals in any program while leaving their true floating-point values completely intact.

Curve

Program

An interactive Bézier curve designer lets you place up to 20 control points and watch the mathematically computed smooth curve plotted on screen.

Explosion

Program

Place counters on a grid, force chain-reaction explosions, and outwit a score-evaluating computer opponent in this tense two-player strategy game.

FIRSTLOAD

Program

A Z80 machine code installer combines LDIR block-copy routines, a formatted memory inspector, and a region comparator into one compact loader utility.

Formulary

Program

A complete darkroom reference program stores seven black-and-white film developer formulas with chemical weights and development times, all navigated from a single menu.

Geography Quiz

Program

A hand-drawn color map of North America sets the scene for a state-capitals quiz that reads your answer and tells you where you went wrong.

Graph It

Program

Enter up to 50 X/Y data pairs, plot them as points or connected lines with labelled axes, and compute a linear regression with correlation coefficient.

Hampsons Plane

Program

A grid-based puzzle game that uses direct display-file PEEK/POKE to flip 3×3 neighbourhoods of characters — enter a coordinate and watch the board change.

Hangman

Program

A word-guessing game that loads its words from data tapes you build with a companion program, drawing the gallows and figure line by line on each miss.

Header Reader

Program

Intercept and decode tape header blocks in real time using a hand-coded machine language routine that reads the EAR port directly.

HEXSPEC

Program

A hands-on hex loader that lets you POKE machine code directly into memory, with per-line checksum verification to catch any mistyped bytes.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Program

A text adventure in which Jack trades the cow, climbs the beanstalk and steals the giant's goose, harp and gold, with UDG pictures of each object carried.

Keno

Program

Pick 10 numbers from a field of 81 in this casino-style Keno game, where matching all 10 pays out at one-million-to-one odds.

Keyword Entry

Program

A loader for two machine code blocks that change the TS2068 keyboard so BASIC keywords are typed out letter by letter instead of entered with single keys.

LISTS

Program

A fully configurable flat-file database lets you define custom fields, then add, edit, delete, search, sort, and save records — all from a simple numbered menu.

MCLOADER

Program

A machine code loader that POKEs decimal bytes into memory near RAMTOP, computes a checksum, and then tells you exactly how to SAVE the result to tape.

MCUtil

Program

A seven-function machine code toolkit lets you browse, load, relocate, and convert memory contents, topped off with a self-modifying BASIC line renumberer.

Months Budget

Program

A color-coded monthly budget tracker managing 14 expense and 14 income entries, using penny-scaled integer arithmetic to sidestep floating-point errors.

Morechars

Program

Loads a 768-byte replacement character set and switches the system to it with a POKE, listing the program in the new font as a demonstration.

Nuclear Attack

Program

Defend six cities from incoming nuclear missiles with a movable crosshair sight, intercept missiles mid-flight, and earn bonus cities in this arcade shooter with a live high-score table.

Old Glory

Program

Draws the United States flag in block graphics, with half-block characters for the stripes and the stars overprinted on the blue field with OVER 1.

Olympiad

Program

A faithful recreation of the Olympic fanfare complete with five-ring graphics and a custom animated character that tracks each note as the melody plays.

OSC-10C

Program

Track the OSCAR 10 amateur satellite in real time with this BASIC orbital propagator that plots world maps, computes azimuth and elevation, and displays phase and range data.

Patience

Program

A solitaire card game that renders fully pip-illustrated playing cards on screen and challenges you to clear the deck by matching pairs totaling eleven or J-Q-K runs.

Print 'N' Plotter Paintbox Demo

Program

Advertising demo for the Print 'N' Plotter Paintbox, showing switchable banks of UDGs in an animated scene and a slideshow of stored screens.

Programming Techniques for the Timex Sinclair TS 2068

Program

A showcase of screen animation techniques — teletype reveals, sprite movement, curtain effects, scrolling messages, and a dramatic blackout transition — all demonstrated in BASIC.

Renum

Program

A two-pass BASIC renumbering utility that patches both line headers and embedded floating-point GO TO targets directly in memory — no ROM calls needed.

Resval

Program

Calculates the resistance needed for a given voltage and current, then picks the nearest standard resistor value and shows the resulting current and wattage.

SEND VARS

Program

A modem utility that hides and restores BASIC variables and machine code by embedding callable routines directly inside a REM statement for over-the-wire transfer.

Spanish Tutor

Program

An interactive Spanish tutor automatically conjugates any regular verb you enter and teaches suffixes, opposites, and question words with scrolling example sentences.

Spectrum Computing Hangout

Program

A tape-magazine page explaining why a low RAMTOP slows the Spectrum and why RND is pseudo-random, with live demonstrations of the stack and repeatable patterns.

Spectrum Draw

Program

A machine code art package from Your Computer gets a TS2068 conversion—with BASIC-driven parametric circles, screen save/load, and text overlay routines.

Star Trek

Program

A fully playable Star Trek game with custom sprite graphics, synthesized sound effects, procedural galaxy generation, and a mid-game save feature awaits your command.

Tag

Program

Can you catch a randomly wandering target using just four keys before it slips away again in this quick block-graphics chase game?

Tomorrow Lies in Ambush!

Program

A 600-line word processor with bold printer output, tape save/load, and on-screen editing — all packed into one self-contained BASIC program with a machine code font driver.

Turtle Hop

Program

Hop across a river on the backs of four turtles that dive at random, scoring for each jump and each crossing, with UDG sprites, music and redefinable keys.

Variable Lister

Program

POKEs a 173-byte machine code routine under RAMTOP that lists the names and values of a BASIC program's variables, except arrays.

Video Tape File

Program

A video tape catalog manager stores up to 100 titles with searchable subject and tape-number fields, complete with a Shell sort and tape-based data persistence.

Weekly Taping Schedule

Program

Enter your weekly recording schedule day by day and print a neatly formatted timetable complete with channel numbers and program names.

Word

Program

A BASIC word processor holding eight 640-character pages in one string, with cursor-key editing, tab, line commands, tape save and load, and printer output.

WORD 5+

Program

A ten-page text editor with cursor movement, character and line insertion/deletion, tape save/load, and multi-copy printer output — all in BASIC.

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