Bill Jones

Articles (158)

TitleAuthor(s)PublicationDate
“Miz.B4” (A Mizzery Saver)
Converts an in-memory machine language program into a BASIC loader, with machine program stored as decimal numbers in DATA statements.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
A 2068 Newsletter
Announcement for UPDATE Magazine.
The PlotterSeptember 1987
A Break Through DOS for the TS-2068
MAX DOS: combining Oliger DOS and Larken DOS.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
A Cheap and Excellent Twin Disk Drive
You can get the Amdisk III for $49.95.
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
A Code File Printer
MS-TAS is a utility to peek and print out Mscript and Tasword CODE files.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
A Fist Full of LKDOS ToolsUpdate MagazineJuly 1989
A Fist Full of LKDOS ToolsSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
A Menagerie of Opinions and Some Programming Tips
Tips about disks and disk systems; a short program to print labels.
Update MagazineApril 1991
A Print Wheel Problem
Reader problems distinguishing characters from the print wheel used to produce the newsletter.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
A QL Printing Primer
Here is a little tutorial for setting up the QL to print to paper “without a word processor”. It does...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
A Save Nothing File
Save a blank “CODE” file that can later be used to clear a machine code program.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
A TOS (Zebra) Disk Newsletter
Ron Havlen started FDD Express, a resumption of the defunct TOPS Newsletter.
Bill JonesUpdate MagazineJuly 1988
A Utility that uses System Variables
The following utility really should be in the EXTRA MEMORY section, because It Is so useful be able to MOVE...
April 1988
About Disk Drives
There are many types of disk drives available. Commodore introduced a 3 1/2 inch drive with their Amiga computer. Now...
Update MagazineOctober 1987
About TS-2068 Safe Disk Up-Date
TS-2068 SAFE DISK UP-DATE is a general publication to support TS-2068 Users. SDU is orientated to those serious users who...
Update MagazineOctober 1987
About your Editor, plus Nostalgia
Short autobiography of Bill Jones.
Update MagazineOctober 1987
Addendum to Article in January Update “Dock Bank Memory, 20 Cents”
Corrected diagram.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
Amateur Programming Support
Call for tips, articles from readers.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Announcements
Quantum Levels magazines ending publishing. New issue disks.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Announcing “Gulf Micro Electronic”
A company for Bill Jones’ software.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Basic Programming with DEF FN() and Boolean Logic
Program that converts between binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbers and performs math operations across them.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Be Seein You
Letter from former editor.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Beginner’s Programming, All ComputersUpdate MagazineOctober 1990
Bill’s LetterZX-AppealApril 1988
Bits & BytesThe PlotterDecember 1987
Bits & PiecesZX-AppealSummer 1990
Cambridge Z88 NewsNotes
When UPDATE purchased the Z88 back in January 1989 three issues of “News Notes” were received. NewsNotes is a very...
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Check the VARS Area
VARS_DIS is a utility to MERGE to any BASIC program to give you a disassembly of the entire VARS area.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
Circuit Cellar Feedback: Multitasking Timex
Letter from Bill Jones noting that he’d built a Timex 1000 and wanted to build another to make a multi-tasking...
ByteMay 1985
Copy Screens with “scopy.B6”
Program to print screen files to printer.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
CorrespondenceThe PlotterApril 1988
Creating Export Data Files With PSION Software (Abacus/Quill) Then Importing Them to Quill
How to export files from Abacus and read them into Quill.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
CTM Magazine Quits
Chet Lambert, owner/publisher of CTM Magazine, announced in the June issue that he is quitting. CTM supported amateur radio operators...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
D.base-1
DBASE-1 makes maximum use of the computer’s free memory, and coordinates disk drive to manage data base files. The sorting...
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Daisy Be Good – I
Series of articles dealing with Bill Jones’ suite of word processing programs.
ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1994
Daisy Be Good – IIZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1995
Daisy Be Good – IIIZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
Daisy Be Good – IVZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1995
Daisy Be Good – IXZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1996
Daisy Be Good – VZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1995
Daisy Be Good – VIZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1996
Daisy Be Good – VIIZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1996
Daisy Be Good – VIIIZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1996
Daisy Be Good – XZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
Daisy Be Good – XIZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1997
Daisy Be Good Update, Part 1ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1994
Dbase1 Evolution
History of Dbase1 and updates.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Dear Editor
Everyone knows that Sinclair Timex computers are dead now that Timex quit, right? Well, I’m always the last to get...
SyntaxMay 1984
Dear Editor
TS2068 version of Dave Wood’s High Line Numbers; maintaining the ZX81; questions about TS2040, TS2068 and TS1500.
SyntaxJanuary 1984
Dear Editor
Complaints over proposed magazine price increase; altering Westridge modem software; retain memory contents after crash; bugs in JRC assembler/compiler. InfoWorld’s...
SyntaxAugust 1984
Dense Pack BASICJune - July 1987
Dense Pack Basic, and the use of Logical Operators
There has been a considerable amount of questions and interest about Dense Pack programming techniques andt the use of Boolean...
July 1988
Disjointed Programming Tips
Short descriptions of available DOSes and utilities.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Disk Drives, the Repair thereof, and analogies
Disk drive repair cost exceeds new replacement cost, by way of an analogy about Lincoln cars.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Editorial
This issue has several useful utilities plus two major programs. The second program “SDOS MAIL MERGE” is outstanding in its...
Update MagazineOctober 1987
Editorials and Announcements
Bill Cable is QL editor; advertising dropped, magazine is cooperative effort; seeking volunteers to publish Update.
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Enthusiastic 2068ers
I wish that I could print the dozens of enthusiastic and supportive letters that I have received from dedicated 2068ers....
Update MagazineOctober 1987
Exploring Def FN and FN
Programming math formulas using DEF FN.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Extra Memory
A TS-2068 that has twenty times the maximum capacity of a IBM XT! Do pictures and proof schematics lie? An...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
Extra Memory Programming
Most of us can visualize the computer's "regular" memory. We know that the ROM part of memory has "fixed" machine...
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
Eye Burn From Computer Monitors
Computer monitors have introducted a damaging phenomenon, “monitor burn.” Monitor burn is similar in effect to suburn. One’s eyes can...
Update MagazineOctober 1987
Good News TravelsVISTA Newsletter
Help with the Aerco FD-68
Aerco FD-68 DOS lacks the ability to save character arrays. A solution is proposed.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
How Goes It, Update?
MAX DOS vs MS DOS vs QL DOS; SPDOS for Oliger; TS-2068 and Sinclair QL issue disks and micro drive...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
How Goes It?
SDU intends to cover ALL TS-2068 Disk Drive Systems. These are: The Oliger Safe Disk, The Aerco FD-68, The Larkin,...
Update MagazineOctober 1987
Hybiscus: A TS-2068 Software System Five Major Softwares Coordinated
A cohesive set of applications for database management and word processing.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
Is This It?SMUG BytesMarch 1990
Is This It? I Guess Not!SMUG BytesApril 1990
J-Util Listing
Disassembler, poke a decimal table, poke a hex table, convert Hex-Dec-BIN, Mixed Math, Binary Table.
Update MagazineOctober 1987
Jan 1988 Editorial
Up-Date provides support for disk drive users; Winter Fest in Orlando; Filing Up-Date pages; New software; Up-Date BBS.
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
Larken Tip
Recommendation for LKDOS users to subscribe to SINC LINK.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
LDOS Version 3
One can upgrade to version 3 by ordering a new EPROM for LKDOS. It provides a raft of great improvements.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Letter about Z88ZX-AppealMarch 1990
LKDOS “Didja Knows”Sinc-LinkMay/June 1990
LKDOS Off Switch (For MAX DOS Operation)
Add an off switch to resolve conflicts with Oliger NMI functions.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
LKDOS Tools by the Half DozenSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
Mailing List
The program is written entirely in BASIC language. It stores from 100 to 425 NAMES, ADDRESSES, and PHONE NUMBERS; lists...
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1986
MAX DOS: A Study of DUAL DOS in the TS-2068
For several weeks UPDATE has been testing two simultaneous disk operating systems in the TS-2068: the Oliger SAFE DOS and...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
More About Daisy Smart TextUpdate MagazineJanuary 1992
More on Printers and Printer BuffersUpdate MagazineJanuary 1989
MS-TAS Documentation: A Tutor in Basic Programming Techniques
Program to view MSCRIPT and TASWORD files.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
MSDOS for the Sinclair QL
MS-DOS emultors for the QL.
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
MusingsUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
New 2068 MagazineCATS NewsletterJanuary 1988
New 2068 Magazine
Announcement for TS-2068 Update.
The Data ExpansionNovember 1987
New NewsletterSincus NewsSeptember - October 1987
New Newsletter?LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1987
New, News, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsJanuary - February 1987
Notice
Order his programs through Update; 50% of proceeds support the newsletter.
Update MagazineApril 1991
ON ERR Programming
The TS-2068 remembers ON ERR and the line number in an ON ERR statement well after the program line that...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Printers and Printer Control
The genesis of this work-up goes back to my early work with the Sinclair ZX-81, a computer designed “not to...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Printing and Formatting: Commanding the Printer
This is one of many selected Daisy.B6 program routines that will be excerpted and given to Public Domain. These routines...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Printing Macros
Short routines for setting printer styles.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Product/Dealer News
Larry Kenny of LARKEN ELECTRONICS told TDM about the plans for the 256K RAMdisk for the TS2068. It will use...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
Programming Tips (all computers): Exploring Def FN an FN
How to set up and use user-defined functions.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
Psion Develops Three New Computers
Overview of Psion MC-200, MC-400 and MC-600 mobil computers.
Update MagazineApril 1990
Public Domain LibrariesUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
Publishing Data
Update has more than 400 subscribers.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
QL Characteristics
About half of the subscribers to UP-DATE are owners of both the TS-2068 and tlie Sinclair QL, the latest member...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
QL Repair Sources/TS-2068 Repair Sources
Dan Elliott and Tom Bent are recommended for QL. Elliot also repairs TS-2068.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
QZX Friends
Notes about renewals. Bill Jones is starting a T/S 2068 magazine.
QZXApril 1988
READer INPUT
More controversy over anti-abortion ad in #17.
T-S HorizonsJuly-August 1986
Remember Time Designs?
Short plug for Update magazine.
TimelinezJuly - December 1990
SAFE Disk Up-DateNite-Times NewsDecember 1987
Screen Macros: The “macro.b6” Program
Program to create SCREEN$ and save/load them to/from disk.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
SDOS Mail Merge for Oliger DiskLISTing NewsletterFebruary - March 1988
Setting up Quill for PrintersUpdate MagazineApril 1990
Sinclair Publications: Quantum Levels Still Kicking
Quantum Levels will continue publishing and will absorb Syncware News.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Sinclair Timex Publishing Picture
Last year I offered “Update magazine on a platter” to SNUG, I am publicly renewing this offer to SNUG for...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Slave CPU Processing: Applicable to ANY Host Computer
Discusses how to apply techniques described in “Interfacing to S-100/IEEE 696 Microcomputers” by Sol Libes and Mark Garatz to the...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Smart Text TS-2068
Many programs may be evaluated and either reviewed or rejected in a single session at the keyboard. This IS NOT...
T-S HorizonsJuly-August 1986
Telecomputing, Where We Stand
Ham radio operators and computer communication via packet radio.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
The “PEEK VARS” Utility
The PEEK VARS utility is designed to be MERGED to a Basic program either under construction, or one that is...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
The Aerco prcode, and possible Problems
There are at least four versions of the Aerco printer code and each of these may have three variations of...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
The Budget Software, Part II
This software began in the April issue. Some repetition is included for convenience of reading. There are several ways of...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
The Cable Column
This featured column, by Bill Cable, starts with this issue.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
The Cambridge Z88
Discussion of features and capabilities.
Update MagazineOctober 1989
The Cambridge Z88 Computer
A Sinclair portable from England: a first impression mini review.
Update MagazineApril 1989
The Extra Memory Section
We can use the DOCK BANK for programs and the HOME BANK for DATA. We can put a 64K program...
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
The Index Printer
Last issue we gave an index printing program for the TS-2068. This time I was determined to make the QL...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
The J-Utilities
How can one name a program that has six diverse functions? J-Util combines most “number functions” needed in computing.
Update MagazineOctober 1987
The July/April Issue Disk Consolidated into One
The July and April Issue Diskettes have been consolodated into one giant assemblage of programs and utilities. The consolodation was...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
The Key-In Projects
The two programs in this issue are long and complex but worth the effort to key in.
Update MagazineOctober 1987
The Last Issue of your Subscription
UP-DATE begin in October 1987 with 40 subscribers and climbed to 220.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
The Lonesome Dock
To date little information has been published about how dock cartridge programs, home bank memory and disk drives can be...
Update MagazineOctober 1987
The MAX DOS Saga
Some are having problems with conflicts. LKDOS users should use RANDOMIZE USR 100 instead of PRINT #4, which conflicts with...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
The Mscript File Printer that printed the above Article
Refers to the DOS-64 review by Pete Fischer. Discusses switching between 32 and 64 column modes in OS-64 and code...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
The October and January Issue Disk
The OCTOBER 87 and JANUARY 88 Issue disks are now available for three Disk Operating Systems; Oliger DOS, Larken DOS,...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
The Oliger TS-2068 SAFE DISK System
Review of the hardware and DOS.
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
The Printer Revolution
Commentary about printer prices dropping.
Update MagazineApril 1989
The Programs for This Issue
SDOS Mail Merge and Outline, a database.
Update MagazineOctober 1987
The QL Beginner Course
If you have dug around as I have between the four sections in the back of the QL manual, you...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
The QL Beginner’s Column: “Software Dependant” Software
Confused title? Nope! We need to understand that the bread and butter for QL computing are the many new softwares,...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
The Round-Up: An Update Programming Tutorial
This is a program designed for UPDATE to demonstrate several abilities of dealing with numbers. FIRST, the “INT” function “ROUNDS...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
The Sinclair Z88: Considerations for Peripheral Design
Since the Z88 uses the Z-80 CPU, some of our better interfaces for the TS-2068 offer the prospects for easy...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
The Universal Code Data Printer
This neat program will work with any TS-2068 configuration, Including cassette, or disk systems (with modifications). The program is designed...
Update MagazineJuly 1989
This JULY UP-DATE Issue- New Programs and New Utilities
Challenges in compiling disks for the various operating system are described.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
Toronto Timex-Sinclair Users Club and SINC-LINK
The Toronto Sinclair User Club is one of the most active clubs in North America.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
TS 2068 VARS Save and Reload: TOS Disk System Version
Modification to work with TOS.
Update MagazineApril 1989
TS-2068 Activities
There are now three predominent disk systems for the TS-2068. Their order of usage is: LKDOS, Oliger SAFE DOS, TOS,...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
TS-2068 Data Input – a utility for: data base generation, keyboard reading, character concatenation, screen display, full editing
This is an audacious attack upon the most famous weaknesses of the TS-2068, slow data input and poor screen editing....
Update MagazineApril 1989
TS-2068 Extra Memory Recap
In January 1988, UPDATE began a series about extra memory. The first objective was to explore the ways and means...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
TS-2068 Power Warning
As more devices are hung on the I/O port, the rated output of the voltage regulator is stretched to the...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
TS-2068 Program “Dbx.B6” A software for RECORD KeepingUpdate MagazineJuly 1990
TS-2068 Programming In The Abstract
Manipulating the stack from BASIC.
Update MagazineApril 1990
TS-2068 Super Calc
Multifunction calculator program.
Update MagazineOctober 1991
TS-2068 Tool to Convert Chr Strings
Program to convert two dimensional character arrays to three dimensional arrays.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
TS-2068 VARS Save and Re-Load
Program find and save VARS for Larken DOS or cassette.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
TS2068 Up-Date
I am just back from the Orlando Winter Fest where all TS-2068 and QL products were selling like hot-cakes. Even...
Bill JonesThe Data ExpansionApril 1988
Two Magazines Depart With Class
Quantum_Levels and SyncWare News cease publication with the vol 2 num 6 of Quantum_Levels. List of back issues (incl articles)...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Update Changes Publisher
Frank Davis will take over publishing with the October 1990 issue.
Update MagazineApril 1990
Update LivesSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
Update! MagazineThe PlotterJune 1990
User Group UpdateTime Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
Using STR$ to Modify Disk Program Titles
Solution for printing a number of files sequentially with Smart Text.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
Utilities “INIT” and “Cclear Code”
The “INIT” utilities for the three Disk Operating Systems are slightly different. Each listing may be used to pick up...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
Z88 Battery Replacement
Bill Jones discovers that the Z88 retains programs/data even when the batteries die.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Z88 to Sinclair Transfer Link
Review of program/cable to transfer files from Z88 to/from QL.
Update MagazineApril 1989

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