Paul is a long-time Timex/Sinclair user and supporter.
Paul wrote the BBS software for ISTUG, his local user group. He also partnered with Frank Davis in Mechanical Affinity.
Paul Holmgren
Location: Indiana
Articles (43)
| Title | Author(s) | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computerfest Update Details about the 1987 T/S Computerfest, held in Indianapolis, Indiana. | SyncWare News | March-April 1987 | |
| Dayton Computer Festival The Dayton Computerfest was held on August 27th and 28th. This event serves as a yearly gathering place for the... | CATS Newsletter | November - December 1994 | |
| Dayton Computer Show Report Five members of our group, Gene Wilson, Greg Dupuy, Neal Elias, Jon Kaczor and myself travelled to Dayton for the... | The RAMTOP | Fall 1994 | |
| Documents for MonMan Next we have the instructions and tips For running Paul Holmgren’s type in program for handling and tracking your financial... | ISTUG Newsletter | August 1987 | |
| For Your Support Product announcements from Shawn Stamp, Chia-Chi Chao, Robert Hartung, Weymil Corporation, Fred Nachbaur, E. A. Brown, G. Russell Electronics, Cuyahoga... | SyncWare News | July/August 1987 | |
| For Your Support Product announcements from Fred Nachbaur, John Oliger Co., Grey & Clifford Computer Products, Larken Electronics, Chia-Chi Chao, Robert Fischer, Bill... | SyncWare News | Jan-Feb 1987 | |
| For Your Support AN-TO Productions is marketing QUICKEY 2068 keyboard overlays. Overlays are available for the following programs: AccuDraw T2, Artworx v1.1, Tasword/Tasprint,... | SyncWare News | March-April 1987 | |
| Forum Letter from Paul Holmgren inviting Timex/Sinclair owners to attend the Second Annual Midwest Timex-Sinclair Computer Fest. Letters detailing: wish list... | SyncWare News | March-April 1987 | |
| Input/Output | Nite-Times News | November - December 1991 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Luke Perry, Earl Kielglass, Mike Ingall, Paul Holmgren. Death of Fred Henn, crash involving Frank and Carol Davis. | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 2002 | |
| ISTUG BBS | ISTUG Newsletter | September 1986 | |
| ISTUG BBS Program BBS program written by Paul Holmgren and Willie Jones is available for sale. Program features automatic word wrap, real time... | ISTUG Newsletter | October 1986 | |
| Let’s Read TS2068 Disks With Your QL Well, here it is. You can read Timex 2068 Oliger disks with a QL with nothing more then a disk... | Update Magazine | October 1991 | |
| Letter from Pete Fischer I received a pleasant surprise about Thursday of last week, Pete Fischer, co-author of the Telecommunications Guide for Timex Computers,... | David Baulch Pete Fischer | The Data Expansion | April 1988 |
| Lightning S. E. and Boot Setup a boot file for the Lighting QL accessory. | Update Magazine | April 1993 | |
| Listing Scanner Here is a short listing you might find useful. I developed it after trying to find the mistakes, and there... | Paul Holmgren | SyncWare News | 1984 |
| Listing Scanner | ISTUG Newsletter | August 1986 | |
| M*5: Best Overall The SyncWare News 2nd (sort of) Annual Programmers’ Competition 1st Prize winner. Paul Holmgren got the that appeared in idea... | Paul Holmgren | SyncWare News | July/August 1987 |
| 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 Newsletter | February 1988 | |
| Milwaukee “Family Reunion” We enjoyed this Fest more than any of the others, since we hosted the event last year. You can’t imagine... | Audrey Curnutt Robert M Curnutt | CATS Newsletter | August 1990 |
| Money Manager This was a TS1000 program first published in SYNC Jan/Feb 1983 submitted by Alan Pattison. It had a lot of... | ISTUG Newsletter | July 1987 | |
| More Timex Sinclair Twas the Night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a Sinclair was blinking, not even a “mouse.” The... | Micheal O'Brien | Computer Shopper | February 1987 |
| More Timex Sinclair Dust off the modem, in just a few short weeks as the temperature cools, telecomputing activity zooms to new heights.... | Micheal O'Brien | Computer Shopper | September 1987 |
| News and Views on Sinclairs Paul Holmgren lost his house in a fire;QL resources on the internet. | Update Magazine | January 1996 | |
| NVM and the 2068 Often while folks gather and talk about their computers I hear something like this, “Why don’t you try this” and... | SyncWare News | ||
| Oh No! Not Another Interest Computation Program! | Update Magazine | April 1992 | |
| Power Switch for TS 2050 Modem | ISTUG Newsletter | December 1986 | |
| QUANTA’s Feb 1992 revisions of the Library | ISTUG Newsletter | March - April 1992 | |
| QUANTA’s Jan 1991 revisions for the Library | ISTUG Newsletter | March - April 1991 | |
| Rhode Island Show This past May I made the trek to Rhode Island. Paul Holmgren was good enough to give me a ride.... | CATS Newsletter | November - December 1994 | |
| The Fame and Glory After much deliberation, the winners of The SyncWare News 2nd (sort of) Annual Programmers’ Competition have been decided. The winning... | SyncWare News | July/August 1987 | |
| This-N-That | ISTUG Newsletter | September 1987 | |
| Timex Publication Index, part 1 | Update Magazine | October 1994 | |
| Timex Publication Index, part 2 | Update Magazine | January 1995 | |
| Timex Publication Index, part 3 | Update Magazine | April 1995 | |
| Timex Publication Index, part 4 | Update Magazine | July 1995 | |
| Timex Tidbits | Nite-Times News | November 1988 | |
| TS/ZX BASIC Block Delete | ISTUG Newsletter | July 1986 | |
| TYD*BYTS If you’re using tape for mass storage, you may be neglecting a very valuable resource. It’s awfully easy to forget... | Paul Holmgren | SyncWare News | January/February 1988 |
| TYD*BYTS PRO/FILE TO MSCRIPT When you don’t know any better, anything might be possible, Operating on that theory I said, “Why... | Paul Holmgren | SyncWare News | January/February 1988 |
| World Map Geography lesson for the ZX81, TS1000 or TS1500. | Update Magazine | July 1994 | |
| World Map, Part 2 | Update Magazine | October 1994 | |
| Zone Selection Notes Paul Holmgren has refined our zone selection program one more step. If you want to know whether a given number... | ISTUG Newsletter | March 1987 |
Companies (1)
Products (1)
| Title | Company |
|---|---|
| I.S.T.U.G. TS2068 BBS Bulletin board system for the unexpanded TS2068. Works with TS2050 modem and TS2040 printer. Holds 40 535-character messages; has “chat... |
Downloadable Files (8)
| Title | Type | Company | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| AID | Program | Download | |
| Constellations | Program | ||
| How To Enjoy an Expanded Timex 2068 | Article | Download | |
| ISTUG-BBS | Program | Download | |
| Kingdom | Program | ||
| Money Manager | Program | Download | |
| Skyplot | Program | ||
| Stock Exchange | Program |
Documents (1)
User Groups (2)
Events (9)
- 1987 Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computerfest
- 1990 Dayton Computerfest
- 1990 Sinclair Computer Exposition
- 1991 Dayton Computerfest
- 1993 Dayton Computerfest
- 1994 Dayton Computerfest
- 1994 IQLR Show: The Miracle in Newport II
- 1995 3rd IQLR QL Fest
- 1997 North American QL Show
Videos (32)
| Title | Date | Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group May 18, 2025 We welcomed a new member, talked about AI-written theme songs, a recent reunion of Timex Portugal employees, discussed the 2068... | May 18, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group May 21 2023 Adam gave an update on the activities of the Albuquerque Timex Sinclair User's Group, made up of Ryan Gray, Carl... | May 21, 2023 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting August 18, 2024 We talked about how to preserve the Timex Sinclair memory and machines in a physical way accessible to many. Is... | August 18, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting December 1, 2025 In this meeting, we reviewed the history of the Timex Computer Corporation and development of the Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500... | December 1, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting December 21, 2025 We had a little demonstration of a Christmas program and a snowflake design, as well as updates from Ingo and... | December 21, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting February 16, 2025 Carl Miles discusses plans for a comprehensive expansion board for the ZX81, tentatively called the "1560". Joao Diogo Ramos told... | February 16, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting February 2, 2026 We discussed custom keycaps for a full-size keyboard for the ZX81/TS1000, Carl and Ingo's work on getting Carl's new full-featured... | February 2, 2026 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting February 22, 2026 On this 42nd anniversary of Timex's departure from the computer industry, we discussed the announcement, the context and the impact... | February 22, 2026 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting February 6, 2023 In this meeting we learned that former Supreme Court Justice David Souter was a Timex/Sinclair 2068 user. | February 6, 2023 | Watch ↗ |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group meeting January 1, 2024 Adam and Ryan considered creating a podcast focused on unusual stories of how people used their Timex and Sinclair computers. | January 1, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting January 18, 2026 Chris Boisvert, one of the original creators of Byte Power 1st Class Magazine, joined us. He explained how he and... | January 18, 2026 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting June 2, 2025 We discussed the original ZX81 manual in this meeting's "Book Nook" and talked about the coordination for VCF Midwest. | June 2, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting May 5, 2025 Our meeting included introductions from four new-to-the-Zoom meeting members, as well as updates on Greg Bennett's Wordle program and the... | May 5, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting November 4, 2024 Hugo Pinto shared his experience with the Load ZX Spectrum Museum's recent recovery of the Tenet educational network system. | November 4, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting October 7, 2024 We talked with David Solly about his new Spectrum Next. Paul DeMelto talked about his use of vintage computers and... | October 7, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting September 15, 2024 Ingo Schmied shows his KiloZed, a pumped up and moderately larger Sinclair ZX81, and Joe Vandezande talked about his process... | September 15, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online Users Group October 7, 2024 David and Joe discussed recovering old tapes. Joe described using a homemade dehydrator for 3D printer filaments to salvage tapes.... | October 7, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair User Group Meeting June 23, 2024 We talked about reasons for enjoying the ZX81/TS1000, Mowgli Assor joined and told us of his experiences. | June 23, 2024 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group July 20, 2025 ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter launched July 19th. Group discussed hardware repairs, power supply safety, Tim's printer emulator project, international participation,... | July 20, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting April 21, 2024 In this meeting, we talked about the TS Pico project, new members, records with ZX programs and more. | April 21, 2024 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting August 10, 2025 From Jim Crow to NASA, R. Asa Gordon's journey from punch-card computing to predicting Apollo missions' radio blackouts reveals how... | August 10, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting August 4, 2025 Discover the ZX81 programming journey of Steven Reid, from his first game 'Water Bug' to the Ultima-inspired 'Gem Quest', pushing... | August 4, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting December 2, 2024 Tim Swenson described differences between Boreal ZX Basic and Sinclair Basic. Carl demonstrated improvements he made to the Timex 1510... | December 2, 2024 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting January 5, 2026 We discussed VCF event planning, ham radio technology, Spectrum Next FPGA replicas, Jupiter Ace computers, retro computing alternatives, and Eastern... | January 5, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting July 7, 2025 James Martin restored a Timex Sinclair 2068 with display issues. Group discussed TS2060 modernization project, planned VCF Midwest 2025 logistics,... | July 7, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting March 15, 2026 We talked about archiving milestones, tape recovery techniques, emulator development, preservation concerns, and community history. | March 15, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting March 16, 2025 Ryan Gray told us about a program called ZX Basicus, which interprets Sinclair Basic code at high speeds. Ryan also... | March 16, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting March 2, 2026 Our meeting covered keyboard Kickstarter plans, Pascal compilers, AI-assisted coding, TS-Pico debugging, and RAM expansion techniques. | March 2, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting May 4, 2026 We look at the N-Go Spectrum Next clone from Spain, a PC-8300 ZX81 clone, and various tools for converting images... | May 4, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting November 17, 2024 David, Joe , and Adam discussed a 1983 Timex joystick, noting its unique features and considering a teardown to explore... | November 17, 2024 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting October 6, 2025 Alger Salt joined and took us back to the early 1980s, when he and a colleague built an analog interface... | October 6, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting September 21, 2025 We recappped our experiences at VCF Midwest, which took place September 12-13. Many of the group members attended, including folks... | September 21, 2025 |
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