John (Basil) Wentworth

Location: Indiana

Articles (59)

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2068 Character Builder
The TS2068 offers a very powerful feature in its capacity to build up user-defined characters. However, the procedure for building...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1985
2068 Piano
Type-in program to let you play the TS 2068 like a piano, using BEEP.
SyncWare NewsMarch-April 1987
A Screen Dump Program
Simple program to dump to Citizen printer
Update MagazineOctober 1992
A Small Frame-UpISTUG NewsletterJuly 1987
A Word to Authors
Here are a few tips for any of you who ever wanted to get your name (and your thoughts) before...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
AlphaISTUG NewsletterJune 1987
An Easy Wordsearch ProgramISTUG NewsletterNovember - December 1990
And in This Corner
Tom Woods, the venerable publisher of SyncWare News, will be stepping down from that post іп the near future. An...
SyncWare NewsSeptember/October 1987
Basil’s Accounts TS2068ISTUG NewsletterSeptember 1986
Basil’s Compendium
So far, the Z80 chip must impress you as being a singularly inflexible device. It will do what you ask...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsSeptember/October 1987
Basil’s Compendium
This chapter will treat the machine code equivalent of the FOR…NEXT loop, and introduce the four “packaged loops” whose mnemonics...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJuly/August 1987
Basil’s Compendium: “Painless” MC Development
This chapter will give you a look into “real life”, and will show you how to make a “rough draft”...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare News
Basil’s Compendium: A Few No-Nos
Recaps utility routines described in prior articles and why machine code containing the values 118, 126 and 11 may be...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1986
Basil’s Compendium: Addition, Overflow, Carry
This article will show you how to add and subtract, and how to “increment” and “decrement” registers; it will tell...
SyncWare NewsSept-Oct 1986
Basil’s Compendium: Basic Machine Code for the ZX-81/TS1000
As the title implies, this series is designed to introduce the beginner to the basics of machine coding. The beginner...
SyncWare NewsSept-Oct 1984
Basil’s Compendium: Deluxe Loader Program
This installment gives you a simple loader program that will make it very easy for you to enter machine code...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1985
Basil’s Compendium: Go To/Go Sub
This article introduces the concepts of JUMP and CALL, the machie code analogs to Basic’s GOTO and GO SUB.
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1987
Basil’s Compendium: Hexadecimal and 256-imal
This article introduces the concept of hexadecimal notation and “256-imal.”
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
Basil’s Compendium: Let A = …
This installment is going to show you how to assign values to a number of variables — or, as computer...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1986
Basil’s Compendium: LET A= …
This installment will teach you how to enter an actual program in machine code.
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1985
Basil’s Compendium: PEEK, POKE & USR
Reviews the operation of the ZX81 memory, discusses PEEK and POKE and introduce the USR command.
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1984
Basil’s Compendium: TS1000 and TS 2068
That’s right–Basil’s Compendium is going to add the TS2068 to its repertoire. But you ZX81/TS1000 enthusiasts need not lose heart....
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsMarch/April 1988
Basil’s Compendium: Where to Put the Program
This chapter will list some requirements for the place where we will put the machine code, and will show you...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1985
Basil’s Compendium: Why Use Machine Code?
If you have the choice between simple and complicated, simple is usually the more elegant. It’s often a poor bargain...
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1986
Basil’s Parting Word
A story that I read when I was very young left a deep impression on me. It was called “The...
John (Basil) WentworthQuantum Levels
Basil’s Compendium
Chapter discusses conditional instructions and behavior of various flags.
SyncWare NewsMarch-April 1987
Big LettersISTUG NewsletterDecember 1986
Columbus Day
One of my first opportunities as your Editor was to attend a mass meeting of Users’ Groups in Columbus, Ohio,...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
Cryptograms on the Computer
Let me start out by saying what this program does NOT do. In spite of the title, it does not...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsMarch/April 1988
Curve Tracing – 2068
Use the TS 2068 to print mathematical curves, handwriting, doodles, etc.
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1985
Dear Reader
The management of SYNCWARE NEWS has asked me to take on the post of editor, as of the first issue...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsNovember/December 1987
Error ReportISTUG NewsletterJune 1987
ETAMITLU – The Simplest Word Processor
Don’t ask me how to pronounce that word. Don’t ask what it means, either. If you know how my mind...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsMarch/April 1988
Forum
Computerfest Update; SyncWare programmers contest; who is Orrin McGill; external power; questions about color monitors; ZX81 flight trainer; what’s a...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1987
Hints to Users’ Groups
Several valuable suggestions for UGs came out of the Columbus meeting. Which proves the value of UGs in general and,...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
Household Accounts on the TS2068
Program to track living expenses.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Just for Fun
Renumbering by a USR Routine; Sweeper; Ed, the Head.
SYNCMay/June 1982
Let Icons Be IconsISTUG NewsletterMarch - April 1990
Let Icons Be IconsISTUG NewsletterOctober - November 1987
Letter Scramble
Game that challenges the player’s ability to analyze patterns.
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa ChapterJuly/August 1988
Letter Scramble
Short program presents scrambled words to user, user must unscramble them.
SyncWare NewsMay/June 1988
Letters
LSCROLL, Flag Use, Key and Token Expressions, Hams and the ZX81, ZX80 ROMs, Hardware Suggestion, Inventory
SYNCJuly/August 1982
Letters
REM on the 4K ROM; Mini-Billboard for 8K ROM; “Bar Charts” and Rubber Cement; Splitting Strings; Short Video Cable; The...
SYNCSeptember/October 1981
Midwest Users Group Meeting
On January 30th, several of us attended a meeting held in Columbus, Ohio at the Linden Branch of the Columbus...
ISTUG NewsletterFebruary 1988
Pounding Brass and Blinking Symbols
You might at some time have read a story written in round-robin technique. A story that is started by one...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
Pro/File Bits & Pieces
Charles Stelding from Tyler, TX writes… Pro/File 2068 makes an excellent calendar and daily schedule. I use it in my...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesSummer 1986
Program to demonstrate math error
Demonstrates puzzling math error with integers.
Update MagazineJanuary 1995
Screen Store Program for TS2068ISTUG NewsletterNovember 1986
Solving Implicit Functions on the ZX81
The computer can handle problems of this kind by making a series of successive approximations: try out any value of...
SYNCSeptember/October 1982
Sound Approach
This trainer incorporates the following features:
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
SWN and Users’ Groups
This is a drum that we are going to beat loud and long. We want to help UGs to survive...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
The CATS Meow
One of the souvenirs I brought back from the WINTERFEST was a copy of the CATS library of public domain...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsMarch/April 1988
The Fame & The Glory
And now, here are a few more words about the last contest. First, we would like to thank all of...
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1986
This-N-ThatISTUG NewsletterSeptember 1987
TYB*BYTS
USE THE BEEPER The next time you have a program that takes a long time to run (or to SAVE/LOAD),...
John (Basil) Wentworth
Kent Cook
Fred Nachbaur
SyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
What’s in a Name?
We also talked abut the term COMPUTERFEST. Gary Ganger pointed out that the term is owned by the Dayton Microcomputer...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
Words In LineISTUG NewsletterSeptember 1987
Zone Selection
Program successively adds 232 and 10 to the DATA value. If the initial value is > 23, the first addition...
ISTUG NewsletterFebruary 1987
Zone Selection Notes
Paul Holmgren has refined our zone selection program one more step. If you want to know whether a given number...
ISTUG NewsletterMarch 1987

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