Misc Programs – Timex/Sinclair Computers

Date: 198x

Type: Cassette

Platform(s): TS 2068

A two-sided TS2068 cassette of mixed programs, recorded on a Sony HF60 and labelled by hand. Side A lists “City 2068”, “CIDS”, “Images” and “Demos”, with earlier titles crossed out. Side B lists Shaper, Shapemove, Library1, Library2, Dancer, 64 Chars, Script and Solitaire.

Four of the programs are already in the archive and are linked below. The other four are described in their own entries.

Side A

CIDS: a card index database with a full-screen editor, sorting and tape storage.
City 2068: a 60-room text adventure set in post-apocalyptic Manhattan.
Applied Sinclair Demonstration Programs (Demos): Richard Booth’s 37 numerical methods demonstrations, dated 4/10/85.
Word Images: a random sentence generator with a vertical typographic display.

Side B

Supershaper (Shaper, Shapemove, Dancer, with the Library1 and Library2 shape files): a joystick UDG designer with tools for merging the shapes into other programs, by Ken Wildman (© 1983 Ken Wildman, © 1984 C.W. Associates).
64 Chars (DEMO64): a machine code 64-column display with demo and documentation.
Script: installs a handwriting-style typeface above RAMTOP.
Solitaire: Golf-style patience with UDG card faces, carrying a VideoSpectrum heading.

Content

Applied Sinclair Demonstration Programs

Program

Thirty-seven numerical methods demonstrations, covering vectors, plotting, special functions, calculus, matrices, regression, differential equations and multiple-precision arithmetic, chosen from a numbered menu.

CIDS

Program

A full-featured flat-file card index database with a command dispatcher, two-mode full-screen editor, Shell sort, numeric zone summation, and tape persistence — one of the most architecturally complex BASIC productivity applications for the Sinclair platform.

City 2068

Program

A 60-room text adventure set in post-apocalyptic Manhattan, with subway transit, key-based door unlocking, and a hot air balloon escape on the rooftop.

DEMO64

Program

A machine code-backed 64-column display system gets a full animated demo and interactive documentation, complete with plot, unplot, print, and clear-screen routines callable from BASIC.

Script

Program

Installs a handwriting-style script typeface for all upper and lower case letters above RAMTOP, switched on and off by POKEing the CHARS system variable.

Solitaire

Program

Golf-style patience: clear seven columns of face-up cards by playing them one rank up or down onto the pile, with king and ace wrapping round.

Supershaper

Program

Design user-defined graphics with a joystick on an 8×8 grid, or enter them as binary or decimal rows, then save the set and merge it into your own programs.

Word Images

Program

This random sentence generator lets you define custom word-order templates or choose from seven presets, then displays the results in a striking vertical typographic layout.