SINCUS Exchange Tape 102 – Utilities & Business

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

A utilities and business-focused library tape from the Sinclair Computer Users Society (SINCUS), featuring over 40 programs for productivity, programming, finance, and system tools.

Content

3D Words

Program

Render bold 3D block letters on screen in three sizes, drawn pixel-by-pixel from the built-in font using PLOT and DRAW geometry tricks.

64 Column

Program

A machine-code-powered 64-column text editor.

64 Column BASIC

Program

Machine code driver that patches the display routines to render BASIC PRINT output at 64 columns, with TS2040 printer support and an interactive demonstration of the mode's capabilities.

AERCO Patch

Program

Patch utility modifies MTERM to work with the AERCO printer interface.

Anatomy

Program

Peek inside a BASIC program's raw byte structure — every address, decimal value, and printable character laid out line by line.

Arcscratch

Program

Joystick-driven pixel graphics editor with line, circle, fill, and Bezier curve tools.

Banner3

Program

This banner printer scans the screen's own character pixels with POINT and redirects them as oversized block-graphic text to a printer — two size modes included.

Calculator

Program

A menu-driven columnar calculator lets you define named variables, write algebraic formulas, and generate multi-column result tables — all with a custom expression parser.

Certificate

Program

Design a custom bordered certificate on screen, picking from fourteen user-defined graphic symbols to frame your own centered text lines.

Checkbook Balancer

Program

A step-by-step checkbook balancer that reconciles outstanding checks and unposted deposits against your bank statement, displaying a neatly formatted summary screen.

DoodleJoy

Program

A joystick-driven pixel drawing program uses clever Boolean arithmetic to decode eight-directional movement and wrap coordinates within the screen boundaries.

Dragon's Companion

Program

Cast virtual I Ching coins, decode hexagrams with their ruling lines, and explore trigram attributes — all driven by machine code utilities running in an 85-column display mode.

Font III

Program

A compact 80-byte machine code routine installs into high RAM and switches your system font between Bold, Modern, Italics, and Regular styles on demand.

Gradebook

Program

A menu-driven gradebook program lets teachers manage a full class roster, record and edit individual grades, calculate percentages, and sort scores for distribution reports.

Header

Program

Peek inside a cassette tape's header block — this program decodes file type, filename, and metadata using a clever machine code ROM-switch routine.

Investment

Program

A nine-module personal finance toolkit covering loans, annuities, bonds, life insurance estimates, a calendar, and a utility bill analyzer — all with optional printer output.

Large Text

Program

Type up to 16 characters and watch the program scan and redraw your text at magnified size, with a beep for every pixel found.

Life Insurance Estimater

Program

A step-by-step life insurance estimator walks you through income, Social Security benefits, time horizons, and assets to calculate your exact coverage gap.

Loan Compare

Program

A handy loan payment calculator that crunches amortization math and lets you print or re-run results with a single keypress.

Memscan

Program

A compact 34-byte machine code routine scans your system's memory map and reports what's installed — all launched from a tiny BASIC loader.

Pie Chart

Program

An interactive pie chart generator that draws trigonometric slices from user-supplied percentages, then lets you add labels and a centered title.

Proportional Printing

Program

A self-building proportional text engine that compresses ROM fonts on the fly and patches the LPRINT channel to render neatly spaced characters on screen.

QRL

Program

A compact RLE graphics manager with machine code encode, decode, invert, and wipe routines lets you store, load, and manipulate compressed screen images from cassette.

Renumber

Program

A memory-poking BASIC renumberer lets you reassign a chosen range of program lines to a new start number and step, all without any machine code.

ROM Check

Program

A ROM diagnostic tool verifies memory integrity and floating-point accuracy using byte-sum checksums and deliberate arithmetic rounding-error accumulation tests.

Scrolls

Program

Eight BASIC scroll routines — up, down, left, right, each with and without wrap — all driven by clever single-string manipulation of a 704-character display buffer.

Sound Pro

Program

An interactive AY sound chip programmer lets you set every register, build multi-step sequences, and play back timed soundscapes — all from a menu-driven interface.

Sprite

Program

A self-installing Z80 sprite engine with checksum protection loads into high RAM, controllable with a single USR call or a POKE to disable it.

Statistical Analysis

Program

A comprehensive two-variable statistics package — means, SD, t-test, regression, correlation, and bar charts — packed into a single BASIC program with a built-in instruction manual.

Tape Analyser

Program

A tape analyzer utility reads cassette headers one by one and displays each file's name, type, length, and load address using a tiny embedded machine code loader.

Tape Label

Program

Design and print a two-sided cassette tape index card, complete with bordered columns, program titles, and index numbers for up to 15 entries per side.

The Personal Accountant

Program

A three-mode personal finance tool calculates loan amortizations, future values, and incremental growth—printing detailed monthly schedules to screen or printer.

Tips A-M

Program

A sprawling alphabetical tip database covering everything from BEEP tricks to disk drives, with live demos and computed GOTO navigation built right in.

Tips N-Z

Program

A two-volume interactive tip database covering computing topics N through Z, packed with POKE addresses, joystick code, machine code hints, and community contacts.

Toolkit

Program

A ten-option programmer's toolkit dispatches machine code utilities for renumbering, search-and-replace, and variable analysis straight from a BASIC menu.

Typist

Program

A typing tutor program that draws a full keyboard graphic using custom characters, then scores your accuracy keystroke-by-keystroke across a sequence of practice phrases.

Unifile III

Program

A surprisingly capable flat-file database packed into BASIC, using a 28,000-character buffer, binary search insertion, and live record compaction on delete.

Word Sorter

Program

A Shell-Metzner sort engine for up to n user-supplied words, backed by an external machine code bold-print routine loaded from tape.

ZX Spectrum Editor/Assembler

Program

A two-pass Z80 assembler with a built-in line editor, label resolution, and a DATA-driven instruction encoder — all in pure BASIC with a machine-code insert helper.

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