Date: March 1988
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Articles
Title | Description | Computers |
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Editor's Notes | ||
File Transfers QL to IBM | Moving a file from the QL to an IBM-XT and reverse is really quite simple. | Sinclair QL |
Hardware Tips for the QL | Does your OL sit here and stare at you on power up, just daring you to press F1 or F2? Remembering that the OL has a MEMBRANE KEYBOARD and that kevs can stick. run the back of a finger nail over all the keys (special notice to space bar and ENTER key, please). | Sinclair QL |
IDing QL File Types | There is nothing quite so frustrating as to get a disc or microcartridge full of programs and not know where to start in order to make the programs work. | Sinclair QL |
Letter to the Editor | South Bay Computer Club TS Meeting Notes: | |
QL Programming Tips | I never saw it mentioned anywhere specifically, but I have found that in SuperBASIC you run into trouble if you have too many LOCAL variables. | Sinclair QL |
S/T 2068 Bug | If you try to SAVE, LOAD, VERIFY, or MERGE with an improper filename: E.g. SAVE “file Without a closing quote, line editor rejects structure as being illegal. Keep trying to enter the illegal structure 9 times and the ROM crashes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
Sinclair User Profile | MIKE MITCHELL works for RICHARD DANA Corp as a mechanical engineer. The company designs and builds automatic assembly equipment which need custom cams. Mind you that I never intended to marry it but like many of my projects, it began with the thought that I could do something better than someone else and has progressed | Sinclair QL |
Sir Clive's Z88 | Cambridge Z88 | |
SuperBASIC for Beginners | BoSTUG members Peter Hale and Mike Mitchell are collaborating on a book of the 20 most useful QL SuperBASIC keywords for non-programmers. | Sinclair QL |
T/S 1000 Corner | Here’s another game for your TS 1000 or ZX81. I call it “MARBLES”. It uses the same screen-reading technique as my last program (“MINES”). This program is a pinball-like marbles game. The object of the game is to score the most points by dropping your marbles into the high-scoring Slots. At the beginning, you are | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |