CATS v6 n9/10

Date: February/March 1989
Volume: 6
Issue: 9/10
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Articles

Title Description Computers
2 QL Jewels Sound Experimentor and Easel Print. Sinclair QL
2068 Fonts Programs to give the 2068 “Data” and “Square” fonts. Timex/Sinclair 2068
A Financial Program Program to compare net earnings taxable and non-taxable investments. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Aerco RP/M CP/M on the 2068 CP/M has been available for Aerco FD-68 disk interface owners for quite some time now. it is simply a floppy disk that that you buy for $25.00. This in all that is needed because the computer has a Z80 processor in it. Computers with other CPUS such as the 6502 must buy an extra board Timex/Sinclair 2068
Alert, Alert, Alert Bug alert in Caloriburn. Corrected here. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Build a Spectrum ROM Switching Circuit for Your TS2068 I recently purchased some Spectrum ROMs from Zebra Systems with the hope that I might be able to make my own Spectrum rom switching circuit without paying the high price of those circuits that are commercially available. When I examined the TS-2068’s ROM circuitry, I realized that this was an easier task than I had Timex/Sinclair 2068
Corewar In May 1984 issue of Scientific American, A. K. Dewdney in his Computer Recreations column describes a game called Core War. The game is run by a monitor program called MARS (Memory Array Redcode Simulator). Essentially what the program does is to control two other programs written in an assembly-like language called REDCODE. The two Sinclair QL
From the Editor Last month you may have noticed—at least I hope you did—that we didn’t publish a newsletter. This is only the second time in six years that we have missed an issue and like the first, there is a very good reason. Our newsletter is published by the folks at Montgomery County Mental Health. I imagine
Keeping Time in the Home Office Since the Sinclair computers have an internal timing feature, they can be used to make a clock display which will give you the time. Two basic programs are given below to do just that. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Modem Fever At the excellent presentation given last October by STEVE GREEN on “Communicating with Sinclairs”, some interesting sidelights were brought out vis-a-vis our growing “modem mania”.
More Adventures with the Larken Disk System In a couple of hours he breadboarded it for me, while I watched and learned and held the tools. It was around midnight when we applied some test power to it – it didn’t work. So I put it in a bag and took it home. Timex/Sinclair 2068
More POKEs Timex/Sinclair 1000
MTERM Stuff Now that there is a sizable group of MODEM owners, perhaps a little advice concerning the use of these marvels will promote a sharpening of interest in their use and an increase in the exchange of useful information between all of us. Following are some hints regarding data transmission via MODEM. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Oldie but Goodies Using the T/S1000 as a Drawing Board by Chris Seguin, Age 13. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Potpourri: News Around the Beltway Things ate moving along real well for the CAPITAL. FEST! We would like to invite all Vendors and User Groups to participate in the affair.
Presidential Ramblings
Professional Publisher Desktop publishing covers a lot of ground. Everything from small display ads, one page fliers, and multi-page newsletters can be produced using specialized programs which mold text and graphics. Two other dtp programs have been developed for the QL, Front Page and Page Designer, but the most extensive and feature laden, as well as the Sinclair QL
QL 'n Packet Here again, back in Florıda after a month of travel to California, Arizona and Mexico. Being exposed to the PC world in San Diego, made think about solving some problems with QLTerm, especially reading and printing files from QLterm. Sinclair QL
RLE Decoder Timex/Sinclair 2068
Screen Merge Here is a program which I downloaded from CompuServe. It merges two screens. The original used tape. I modified it for the Aerco FD-68. You will have to change it back to tape. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Shifting Squares Program to solve 8-square scrambled numbers. Sinclair QL
TS2068 ROM Disassembly TS2068 ROM entry points indexed by address. Timex/Sinclair 2068
ZX81 Screen Clear Here’s a nice touch for a program. It allows erasing “bottom lines” rather than all as in CLS. Timex/Sinclair 1000
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