SINCUS Exchange Tape 104

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

A further library tape from the Sinclair Computer Users Society (SINCUS) of Johnson City, New York, following Exchange Tapes 101, 102 and 103 and followed by Exchange Tape 105. It mixes music, graphics, printer utilities, games and home programs, many by SINCUS members such as John Colonna.

No original cassette of tape 104 has turned up. Its programs survive on an Oliger (JLO SAFE) disk labelled “Sincus 103-4”, where files 1–16 are the rest of tape 103 and files 17–56 are this tape. A second Oliger disk, “SINCUS #104”, holds the same 40 files. Files 57–99 of “Sincus 103-4” are the first 33 items of Exchange Disk #105 and are now on SINCUS Exchange Tape 105. The download has one TAP per program in the disk’s order, each converted for tape: the disk LOAD /, SAVE / and VERIFY / commands became tape commands, the JLO printer set-up lines (LET /p=…: POKE 23324,10) became REMs and COPY / became COPY. The author’s street address was removed from a REM in bluedanube, and the saved message left in billboard’s variables was cleared. Every program was loaded and run on a stock TS2068 in ZEsarUX.

Programs on the Tape

  • Charts: line graph, bar graph or pie chart from up to n items, with data SAVE/LOAD (ZX-Appeal 1-88) (also #72289 Charts)
  • graphics5: short arc-drawing demo (ZX-Appeal 1-88)
  • MYSMANOR: Mystery Manor, a diary-clue puzzle with two map screens (MM1.SCR, MM2.SCR) (variant of #71376 Mystery Manor)
  • ENORO: shopping-in-Mexico peso and metric converter with a title map (ENORO.SCR) (also #71422 ENORO)
  • IRISHLUK: The Irish Washerwoman in BEEP, with a title picture (IRISH.SCR); from Jefimenko’s Thirty Music Programs
  • ChartsPrnt: Charts with full-screen COPY to the printer
  • builder: Builder: build walls and houses from brick, window and door UDGs (M. Turner, Sinclair User Apr 85) (also #72284 Builder)
  • vc104087tp: a blank VU-Calc 1987 Form 1040 template (data for VU-Calc, not a program)
  • hbtax87: Herb Bowers’ 1987 Federal Income Tax Calculator (also #72294 1987 Federal Income Tax Calculator)
  • Lotto: Lotto number picker (Paul Hill, SINCUS, Feb 1985) (also #72386 Lotto)
  • TS2068SCRN: a TS2068 title picture (SCREEN$)
  • 128 colors: all 128 INK/PAPER/BRIGHT combinations (also #56227 128 Colors)
  • billboard: scrolling message billboard (John Colonna, after Kenneth B. Duda) (also #72280 Billboard)
  • T V: “I love my Timex/Sinclair computer” TV-and-computer picture (Rick Johnson) (also #71465 T V)
  • menudemo: a simple numbered-menu template
  • ESPANOLA: La Paloma and other Spanish songs, with a title picture (PALOMA.SCR) (also #55969 Espanola)
  • QUIKCORD: Quick Chord routines to MERGE into your own music programs (also #71405 Quick Chord)
  • EVRGREEN: Evergreen, words and music (also #55971 Evergreen)
  • THE ROSE: The Rose, words and music (also #55979 The Rose)
  • ENDLESSLUV: Endless Love, words and music (also #55967 Endless Love)
  • CHORDIZE: Chordizer: adds triad chords to BEEP music (also #55965 Chordizer)
  • letters: double-height letters typed straight onto the screen, with a sample screen (John Colonna) (also #72299 Letters)
  • vhs titles: double-height title page for video tapes (J. Kealy) (also #72431 VHS Titles)
  • bluedanube: On the Beautiful Blue Danube in BEEP with a riverboat picture (William J. Tilley; graphics John Colonna) (also #72282 On the Beautiful Blue Danube)
  • checkbal52: Checkbook Balancer v5.2 for a full-size printer (John Colonna) (printer version of #53832 Checkbook Balancer)
  • basicprint: printer-status and double-width print example for the Oliger/AERCO printer port
  • calclock: calendar for any month 1700–1999 plus an on-screen clock (Leslie Weber; Roger Valentine) (also #72287 Calendar and Clock)
  • MPD: Model Plane Designer (Carl Green) (also #71374 Model Plane Designer)
  • circuit: Circuit Sketch, draw circuit diagrams (also #54567 Circuit Sketch)

Four disk-only utilities in the same range are left out because they can’t work from tape: FILE0+1 (JLO file loader), SYNX (AERCO disk syntax switch), COPYCAT (disk copier) and catprint (prints the disk catalogue). big, a RAMTOP big-banner printer, is also left out because it needs a Tasman printer driver that isn’t on the disk.

Content

128 Colors

Program

A complete 128-color display test cycles every ink, paper, and bright combination using a clever checkerboard UDG that visually blends foreground and background hues.

1987 Federal Income Tax Calculator

Program

Works out 1987 US federal income tax from filing status, exemptions, income, capital gains and deductions, imitating the IRS tables below $50,000.

Billboard

Program

Scrolls a message of up to 32 characters endlessly across a framed white billboard on a blue screen.

Builder

Program

Lay coloured bricks, windows and doorways on screen to build walls and houses, then copy the result to the printer with a title.

Calendar and Clock

Program

Prints a calendar for any month from 1700 to 1999 and runs an on-screen clock set from the hour and minute you enter.

Charts

Program

Draws a line graph, bar graph or pie chart from a series of numbers you enter, with editing, a screen copy option and saving of the data to tape.

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.

Chordizer

Program

A chord library that wraps plain BEEP melodies in full three-voice triads using raw sound-chip register values — transcribe sheet music with harmony in minutes.

Circuit Sketch

Program

Draw complete electronic circuit diagrams interactively, placing resistors, capacitors, transistors, diodes, and more using simple single-key commands.

Endless Love

Program

A three-channel chip music rendition of "Endless Love" plays syllable by syllable, each word paired with chord voicings and precise beat durations stored in DATA statements.

ENORO

Program

A travel-ready currency converter for Mexican peso shopping trips also packs metric unit conversions and plays a classic melody from a DATA-driven music engine.

Espanola

Program

A four-song Latin music medley — Granada, Perfidia, Brazil, and Solamente Una Vez — plays melody and live chord accompaniment simultaneously from a menu-driven BASIC program.

Evergreen

Program

A BASIC rendition of "Evergreen" that synchronizes scrolling lyrics with melody and live three-voice chord accompaniment using AY sound chip register programming.

Letters

Program

Turns the keyboard into a big-letter typewriter, printing each letter, digit and punctuation mark two character rows high from pairs of user-defined graphic half-letters.

Lotto

Program

Pick your lottery numbers by moving an arrow cursor around a grid of 1 to 44 and pressing ENTER, with repeated picks flagged and rejected.

Model Plane Designer

Program

Design and visualize a radio-control model airplane in top, side, and front views, with automatic CG calculation, wing loading, and area ratios — all interactively adjustable.

Mystery Manor

Program

Follow a ghostly Victorian heroine's diary clues through 29 haunted rooms in exactly ten moves — but the correct path is mathematically hidden in the data.

On the Beautiful Blue Danube

Program

Plays an arrangement of Strauss's Blue Danube waltz with BEEP from DATA, after a shooting-letters title and a picture of a sailboat on the river.

Quick Chord

Program

A plug-in chord library for three-channel sound hardware, providing GOSUB targets for major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords ready to drop into any program.

T V

Program

A hand-crafted television set screen display combining UDG characters, arc-based DRAW commands, and CIRCLE calls to render a detailed TV graphic with text labels.

The Rose

Program

A fully data-driven BASIC program plays "The Rose" note by note, synchronizing split syllable lyrics with three-voice harmony chords from the AY sound chip.

VHS Titles

Program

Builds a title page for a home video tape in double-height lettering, eleven lines of up to 32 characters, ready to save as a screen.

Image Gallery

Note: Type-in program listings on this website use ZMAKEBAS notation for graphics characters.

Tags

Downloadable TS 2068 Collection