Byte Power Dec 86/Jan 87
Date: December 1986/January 1987
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Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 64 Column Print Utility | This is a program utility, it is used to print up to 64 characters per line in normal video mode. It’s fairly simple to use. At the beginning of your program you MUST DIM A$(64, or more), this is the variable that will hold the string to be printed, any variable can be used as | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Amazi-Music | This program allows you to play any music (MUSIcomp compatible data) during any program, even while programming! The music data can be anywhere in memory, all you have to do is to POKE the starting address at 64897. Ex: LET A=40000: POKE 64897,A-256*INT(A/256): POKE 64898, INT(A/256) The main volume, end-note volume, tempo, etc can be | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Better Programming! | This month I will talk about the ‘REAL ECHO’. This one is a little more complicated than the ‘FALSE ECHO’ (NOV ’86). To create a real echo means playing two notes but one slightly off! To create this effect we’ll need a counter. It’s quite easy, don’t worry! First, you’ll have to either put the | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable, Type-in program |
| Classic Moments of Music | This program will play one of 6 tunes. You can play one music at a time or have the computer play them one after the other over and over again. To stop a music just press any key but “Q”. “Q” will quit the program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Clock | This program is quite simply a clock, it might be useful in many ways. Example in a game where you need a timer, or just to know the time while programming. This clock works under interrupt, so you can use it at all time, even while programming! It’s very simple to use, RANDOMIZE USR 65296 | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Editor's Note | Some time ago we asked for program ideas for the magazine, we received a lot of neat ideas. We can’t promise we’ll do them all but we will try! Anyways, send some more or better than that, send programs or articles (SEE SPECIAL NOTE). You probably noticed that on the cover it says DECEMBER/JANUARY 1987. | |
| Ghost Hunters | No! This game is not at all a ‘PAC-MAN’ style of game! This game is divided into 4 parts: First, you are in a maze (city). Stop the ghosts, don’t let them join forces at Zalloo (center of the screen). Then go to a RED or FLASHING building and stop the SLIMER from making messes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Grafix | This program will create six screens. It has no real use but it is entertaining. It is a good example of the graphics that can be created using the SIN and COS functions. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Island | After a violent storm you find yourself on an Island. Can you survive through the night? Be careful your decisions may lead you to a premature death, or to a safe escape. NOTE: This program may be offensive to some readers as it contains violence and profane subject… | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Navy | This game is similar to the ever popular “BATTLESHIP”. First, you will be asked to place your ships. The coordinates are from horizontal 0-9 and vertical 0-9. You can place your ships either horizontally or vertically. The computer will then place its ships and ask you who should play first. There are two boards on | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Q*Ber | As its name implies, this game is very much similar to “Q*bert”. In this game you are “Q*ber” a lonely inhabitant of the planet Cubicus, and your task is to jump on the cubes and change their color (shade) while avoiding the meanies. In level one, you must jump on each cubes once, in level | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Review: Tomahawk | This newly adapted game for the TS2068 from D. K. Marshall (DIGITAL INTEGRATION) is a heck of a lot better than the PSION Flight Simulator! I am not a real fan of Flight Sims, as you can tell, I am still in the dark ages with the old PSION sim! Well, TOMAHAWK won my heart! | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Desk | This program will store up to 100 appointments and 39 phone numbers/addresses. It also features a NOTE-PAD. When the program is loaded, you will be asked if you want to load an old file. If it is the first time you are using it then press “N”. If it isn’t the first time then press | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |