| 2068 Telecommunications Notes |
The following is an overview of telecommunications hardware and software available for the T/S 2068 and how it all works. For modems, the 2068 user has several options. The Westridge 2050 300 baud modem is still available through several T/S dealers, but anyone who hasn’t yet purchased a modem should consider a standard 300/1200 baud |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Windows |
Windowing 1s a display technique for dividing a computer screen into separate, independently controlled areas for text, graphics or other forms of information. This article will explore techniques that make windowing possible. For windowing displays, a number of problems must be dealt with. First, screen contents must be preserved when a window is opened (Not |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Editor's Notes |
I apologize for the tardiness of this issue of the BoSTUG newsletter. Part is due to delays in receiving contributions; part is due to my moving, which has scattered my life in three directions and explains come sloppiness in the layout. Again we have a range of offerings, but from only a few contributors. |
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| Going Online, T/S Style |
Okay, so you have purchased a modem and terminal program for your computer, read the user manuals, and are ready to go. What next? Or perhaps you’re wondering what all the fuss is abaot and you’re not sure if you want to go online. Let me describe what you’re missing. The most notable aspect of |
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| Letter to the Editor |
Congratulations for one of the finest (if not THE finest), and most informative User’s Group Newsletter, that I have seen. I am a connoisseur of newsletters; therefore should know whereof I speak. I get four different User’s Groups newsletters from the B.C.S., one from a dealer, two from a National organization, one from a publisher |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Productivity Tips |
A limitation to Paion programs 1s that file nanes may not exceed 8 characters. Right? Wrong! We know that Quill adds the extension ” doc” to any file name saved from it. This is useful in recognizing a file type by its extension. However, you may give any three character extension Including numerals and symbols |
Sinclair QL |
| Query on Abacus |
When using ABACUS on the QL I can ORDER the rows spreadsheet by selecting a column on which to Order, but cannot order the columns by selecting a row. How can I get around this situation? Alternatively, 1s there any way to rotate the spreadsheet 90° so that the rows become columns and the columns |
Sinclair QL |
| RAMDISK for the QL |
RAMdisking capabilities can increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for files. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ran as in ‘ram1_fred’. The other difference is that |
Sinclair QL |
| Sing a Song of Silliness |
[From the D-FW DATA Expansion, the journal of the Dallas Fort Worth T/S User Group, citing ‘ The Prairie Home Companion’ as the sourcel To the tune of ‘A Modern Major General’ from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’. |
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| SuperBASIC for Beginners |
Continuing from last month’s column, we move on to PRINT. Most of us have a pretty clear 1dea of what the KEYWORD PRINT does. |
Sinclair QL |
| TEXT87 - A Review |
Rarely does software arrive on the QL scene with a potential for dramatic changes in the way the computer is used, but TEXT87 is such a program. I only recently received my copy and am not yet familiar with all its features. Otherwise I would be using it to write this newsletter. Briefly it is |
Sinclair QL |
