Byte Power May 1988
Date: May 1988
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Future Hero, Renumber II, Puzzle.
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Clock Radio | This program is simply a clock! It will display a clock radio but cannot play music or have an alarm like a normal clock radio, it is just a “prop”. To change the Hours just press “H” until desired hour, and press “M” for minutes. The seconds will reset to 0 when changing the minutes | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Editor's Note | Hi there in computerland! Again, another issue packed with great programs! Future Hero, a superb platform game! Renumber II, a renumber utility that will renumber any BASIC program! Puzzle, a mind “bugging” game! On Error, an error trapping utility. Slide Show, digitized pictures! Plukkers Hunt II, the sequel! Shrinker, memory saver! Map Out Bad Blocks, | |
| Future Hero | Is it a bird, is it a plane? No! It’s Future Hero! Collect all treasures then return home (starting point) only to go back for more action. The only thing is that it gets harder! | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Map Out Bad Blocks | This LARKEN LKDOS utility will read a disk and take all the bad blocks out of the catalog, then save the new catalog to disk. Doing this will prevent the computer to try and save on a bad block (CRC ER’s when saving) which may result in a bad save or even a system crash | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ON ERROR | This utility is mostly used for error trapping on the Spectrum but can be used on a TS2068 also. It features 2 modes: On Error – Go to and On Error – Continue. The codes are completely relocatable and are 123 bytes long. To load these codes just CLEAR base-1 (if over 23756): LOAD “ON | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Plukkers Hunt II | One hundred years after your first trip to Zirmak, the plukkers almost became extinct. The Intergalactic Committee for Endangered Species has declared plukkers hunt illegal. Since the sport was so popular, I.C.E.S. decided to manufacture electronic plukkers to replace the real thing. As a family tradition, your grandson went on Zirmak for the Plukkers Hunt | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Puzzle | This block puzzle game is played pretty much like the original! The goal of the game is to match a letter pattern (you may select one of five). The game is controlled with an arrow cursor (Standard Joystick). There are 3 menu selections (top of screen), SELECT, ADJUST, and MIX. To move a block or | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Renumber II | This utility will allow you to renumber any BASIC programs. It will renumber GOTO, GOSUB, RUN, LIST, DELETE, LLIST, RESTORE, and LINE. There is no special format for line numbers except that the program will not accept variables or formulaes. Here is an example of what it can and can not renumber… 10 GO TO | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| REVIEW: Videoface | This is a device designed for use with the ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2 computers. It’s purpose is to capture composite video, digitize it and present the digitized screens to the computer. The VIDEOFACE digitizer will successfully operate with the TS2068 through the use of a RAINBOW interface. Other devices which convert the TIMEX 2068 bus to | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Shrinker | This utility will convert all numbers to VAL “number”. This saves a lot of memory and may be a blessing for long programs. We tested it on THE MINOTAUR (August 1986), and it saved over 6000 bytes! One drawback is that the speed of execution is greatly reduced, but when you need the memory space | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Slide Show | This is an example of what VIDEOFACE can do. A total of 8 screens will be displayed. Try it, it is very impressive. (Some distortions in the screens were caused by the VCR and not the interface.) | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |