Synchro-Sette June 1983

Cassette to accompany the June 1983 issue of Synchro-Sette, the monthly tape magazine for the TS1000 and ZX81 from The S & S Company. It holds a menu loader, seven programs and the month’s Bulletin Board. The issue’s This Month’s Programs lists the first four as 2K programs and the rest as 16K.

The download has each program as a .tzx tape image with a .b81 text listing, in tape order, plus pictures.

Programs on the Tape

• LOAD6/83: menu loader: press 1–8 to load a program by name, or 9 for the next program on the tape.
• BANK SHOT: stars fly diagonally toward five numbered pockets; press the pocket’s number before the star lands to score. (also #57606 Bank Shot)
• DEPOSIT MULTIPLIER: how many years a deposit takes to grow by a given factor at a given yearly interest rate. (also #57607 Deposit Multiplier)
• MATH-HELPER: two-number calculator for adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and powers. (also #57608 Math Helper)
• NUMBER MASTER: Mastermind-style game: guess a four-digit code made from the digits 1–6. (also #57609 Number Master)
• GRAN MARQUEE: scrolling marquee for your own message at a chosen speed, moved by machine code in a REM. (also #57610 Gran Marquee)
• TAPE FILE: catalogue of up to 100 programs on cassette: name, subject, counter position and tape number/side, with sort, print and saving to tape. (also #57611 Tape File)
• SUB-NINER: number puzzle: bring all nine digits down to zero by subtracting random values, with a high score. (also #57612 Sub-Niner)
• BULLETIN: the Synchro-Sette Bulletin Board for June 1983, a title screen followed by scrolling messages.

Content

Bank Shot

Program

Guide falling stars into the right column by pressing 1–5, but can you predict their diagonal path before they land?

Deposit Multiplier

Program

Enter an interest rate and a target growth factor to find out exactly how many years your deposit takes to multiply — using a brute-force compound interest loop.

Gran Marquee

Program

A smooth pixel-by-pixel hardware marquee scroller driven by machine code hidden in a REM statement, with live speed control and custom message entry.

Math Helper

Program

A keystroke-driven two-operand calculator supporting five operations, with a Z-key backspace and live display of the current expression as you type.

Number Master

Program

A digit-based Mastermind clone where you decode a secret four-digit sequence, with block-graphic scoring markers and a nine-guess limit.

Sub-Niner

Program

Can you zero out all nine digits in the fewest moves? This clever number-reduction puzzle uses a weighted random generator and a borrow-penalty mechanic to keep things tense.

Tape File

Program

A fully-featured cassette tape library manager with menu-driven data entry, field-based sorting, and LPRINT support packed into a string array.

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This Month's Programs

2K: Bank Shot, Deposit Multiplier, Math-Helper, Number Master. 16K: Gran Marquee, Tape File, Sub-Niner, Bulletin.

Related Content

• Synchro-Sette v2 n6 (issue)

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