Synchro-Sette May 1984

S & S Company, The

Date: 1984

Type: Cassette

Platform(s): TS 1000

Cassette to accompany the May 1984 issue of Synchro-Sette.

The label reads “Subscription tape for May/84, both sides”. The tape opens with a menu program, LOADER, which lists the seven programs that follow and loads the one chosen with keys 1 to 7. This issue’s bulletin board announces that Synchro-Sette will stop publishing after the October 1984 issue.

Binary Teacher: shows numbers from 0 to 255 in binary, with place-value boxes.
Hexer: a digit-swapping game against the computer using shuffled hexadecimal digits.
Photon: a machine code beam that bounces around a black box and traces a pattern.
Short-Route: race a countdown to clear every starred cell on a 5×7 grid.
Enigma: a number-reversal trick that usually ends in 1089.
Quick-Pay: a payroll calculator with three ways of handling overtime.
Bulletin: the Synchro-Sette bulletin board, with scrolling news for May 1984.

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Binary Teacher

Program

Converts any number from 0 to 255 into eight binary digits, leaving only the place values that add up to it showing in a row of boxes.

Bulletin Board (May 1984)

Program

The May 1984 Synchro-Sette bulletin board scrolls news of Timex's last products for sale and announces that the newsletter will end with its October 1984 issue.

Enigma

Program

A number-reversal trick: subtract a number's reverse, then add the result to its own reverse, and see the total the arithmetic always produces.

Hexer

Program

Take turns with the computer swapping shuffled hexadecimal digits back into order, scoring a point for every digit you drop into its correct position.

Photon

Program

A machine code light beam bounces diagonally around a black box, tracing a criss-cross path of white squares before the pattern clears and restarts.

Quick-Pay

Program

A payroll calculator for one employee at a time, with time-and-a-half overtime worked out daily, weekly over 40 hours, or per pay period.

Short-Route

Program

Race a countdown to visit every starred cell on a 5 by 7 grid of boxes, picking the shortest route before the timer reaches zero.

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Content

Binary Teacher

Bulletin Board (May 1984)

Enigma

Hexer

Photon

Quick-Pay

Short-Route

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