| Ask Mannie -- Version 2 |
NOTE: The following is a continuation of the Q A A session originated in July by CATS member MANNIE QUINTERO, the coverage of which began in the August, 1988 CATS Newsletter. |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| CYA Workshop |
We have a new name, now CYA stands for Cover Your Assets (not Anatomy), with a QL(eaf), of course. Stock market data will be made available by Bob Diggs–for show or copy. Also, inflation indicators (GNP Deflator and Producer Price Index and their uses will be discussed along with money (M2V) growth and GNP’s (Real |
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| Desktop Publishing |
Desktop publishing is one of the hot personal computer areas these days. Computer magazines are filled with dtp ads. We look at them, with the slick looking page layouts, and say to ourselves, “Hey, | can do that. No sweat!” So we go out and buy the program, load it up, and find that it |
Sinclair QL |
| From the Editor |
I just found out thee civilian life is very much like it was in the military. When I got the packet of materials for the newsletter from Bill Barnhart, I found out that I was “in charge” of the group buy for the keyboard controller chips. Sort of reminds me of the “old days”, when |
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| Graphics and the Z88 |
The Z88 has no facilities to show graphics on its screen. But in combination with a QL it is possible to get graphic output from a Basic program, run on the Z88! What you need is a cable from the Z88 to the SER port on the Qi and the TURBO compiler to compile a |
Sinclair QL |
| It's Group Buy Time Again |
If you are like me, whenever I get around a computer I forget all about the correct way I learned to type “way back” in high school. Now I just use a “one finger” method. Not pretty but effective. Well, sort of…! still “fat finger” a lot of keys and, with the QL, it is |
Sinclair QL |
| Oh Banna ... Give Me a Letter |
Remember when (not meaning to sound like Andy Rooney…but) you had to buy a board game to play your favorite T.V. quiz program? Well, if “Wheel of Fortune” is your favorite gameshow, it is now available for the 2068 computer. Herb Bowers and ABBA Software offer a ‘Wheel of Fortune’ clone called ‘Money Machine Il’ |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Presidential Ramblings |
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| QL on the QT |
WRITETURN Last month | promised an in depth look at Writeturn, Sector Software’s answer to the problem of “the too big spreadsheet” and how you can print it. This is a problem on printers with 8 1/2″ carriages, if you want to label rows and include all 12 months plus a yearly total. f you |
Sinclair QL |
| RAMDISK for the QL |
RAMdisking capabilities саn increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for f1les. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ram as in ‘ram1_fred’. The other difference is that |
Sinclair QL |
| WRx16 Revisited! |
Concluded from the July and August 1988 issues and delete the demo portion everything between and including lines 7 through 540). |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
