Date: Fall 1988
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| COPY ENTIRE DISK | This LKDOS utility will allow you to make up to 4 backup copies of a disk at a time. The program is quite easy to understand, all you need to do is enter the ORIGIN DRIVE, NUMBER OF COPIES and the COPY DRIVES. All the rest is automatic! Loading name COPYProgram type LKDOS UtilityWritten by | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| DATA MAKER | This program will allow you to transform codes into DATA statements in a BASIC program. This is particularly useful for sending machine language programs to magazines and such. All you need is to set up the routine… Just enter the base address for the DATA MAKER, then enter the starting address of your codes, then | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Editor's Notes | Happy Halloween! Yes, it’s almost time for the ghouls, ghosts and other spirits to roam our streets and come to our doors (ooh, how scary!). Hope you like the cover screen! In this issue we have, as always, nice little goodies! We have a new improved spreadsheet: Spreadsheet II, a Tape Corrector: a REAL tape | |
| GUESS WHAT? | This is a “WHEEL OF FORTUNE” type of game in which you guess hidden phrases, names, etc… In the menu… PLAY The 3 players take turns trying to solve the puzzle. There are 3 rounds, so 3 puzzles will have to be solved and the player with the most money will go on to the | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| ROCKETS | This program was sent to us by one of our subscribers, we feel it is a very good example of how the EASYsprite routine can be used. The graphics are impressive and Mr. Zarembka has put a lot of work into them. This program will simulate a launch of a rocket. You have 8 to | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| SCREEN COMPACTOR | This utility is used to compress screens so as to make the codes much shorter and allowing you to store more screens into memory. An example of a compacted screen: the cover screen of this magazine. It started at 6144 (screen without colors) and was compressed to 3691 bytes! It was reduced by 40%! The | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| SLIDE SHOW II | This program will display 8 screens just like its predecessor. Some screens were digitized with VIDEOFACE (see MAY 88), some are from CompuServe. Just sit back and enjoy! Loading name SLIDE IIProgram type EntertainmentWritten by Eric Boisvert | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Spreadsheet II | You will find this program to be a great improvement over the ‘JUST ANOTHER SPREADSHEET!’. It has more file space, it is faster and it is much easier to work with… The menu is controlled with a ‘menu arrow’. Using [Q]-UP, [A]-DOWN, [O]-LEFT, [P]-RIGHT and [SPACE]-SELECT or the JOYSTICK, you can move around, select options | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| TAPE CORRECTOR | You know how those tape to tape backup routines usually only work on “good” original copies, but what about a tape that’s not so good? Is there a way to save that tape? The other day, I received 2 tapes full of Public Domain programs, of course they were recorded on a different tape recorder | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
- Spreadsheet II
- Screen Compactor
- Slide Show II
- Copy Entire Disk
- Guess What
- Tape Corrector
- Data Maker
- Universal Joystick
- Rockets