CATS v7 n6

Date: October 1989
Volume: 7
Issue: 6
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Articles

Title Description Computers
Equal Loan Payments Calculator This program is based on one written by Ward Seguin in the March “85 CATS for the 2068. It had an accuracy problem which I finally blamed on the combination of many iterations in the exponential calculation and the short word length used to store real numbers. This problem was shared in all programs for Sinclair QL
From the Editor Who said that the 2068 is dead? Not from the looks of this issue! Last year the newsletter was accused of being to “QLish”. Well, we print what is submitted and this issue is proof that we haven’t forgotten the 2068 (or the 1000). Send it in and I’ll print it.
Mandelbot Maps To my knowledge, no one has ever tried to map the perimeter of the Mandelbrot set before. What follows is my small attempt to enlarge and display a tiny section of the set. Little did I realise when I started this project that it would take over one month to complete, use more than one Timex/Sinclair 2068
News, News, News An even dozen determined souls ventured out close behind the wake of Hurricane Hugo in order to celebrate the Third Annual CATS Family Picnic on Saturday, September 23.
Programming Tips for the 2068 In honor of the “October is TS 2068 Month” movement, CATS is happy to present the following collection of tips, aids, and utilities which should prove helpful with any TS 2068 programing. These gems come to us from the archives of TIMBLINEZ and SINC TIMES. Timex/Sinclair 2068
QL Utilities Program listing. Sinclair QL
The Hanoi Tower This version of the old game of moving a tower of disks from one peg to another, with one intermediate peg, has two interesting features. First, it shows the application of recursive programming which provides an elegant keel of code for the movement of the disks. Second, it gives an example of the use of Sinclair QL
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