CATS v8 n9

Date: February 1991
Volume: 8
Issue: 9
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Articles

Title Description Computers
Estate Planning Don’t snicker at the title, it may be later that you think. I’ve had a will in effect for over 30 years and I know it needs updating. However, I thought it would be a good idea, this time, to know exactly what it says, means, and the implications of it all, rather than take
From The Editor This as last month’s issue is not as big month’s. I don’t think we’ll have any more that big. I was not aware that we had a limit on the number of pages. The last issue put the newsletter into another postal weight category, SO we had to pay some more postage. The way we
GEnie Information Service Those of you using modems may or may not be aware of the large Information Services available to you. Most likely you can access them with a local phone call if you live near a city with a population of 50,000 or greater. The most famous is probably CompuServe. This is a very good service.
Little Languages The first part of any translator or compiler, is the lexical analyser. A lexical analyser takes the “words” of a program and breaks them up into parts that understands. It separates the operators ( +, =, *, etc) , the reserved words (FORWARD, RIGHT, LEFT, etc) , and variables. It does not check to make Sinclair QL
Mandelbrot Set This is version Mandelbrot Set of the program sent in by Stuart Walton. It was converted to the 2068 by Stuart’s nephew, Neal. Neal converted the program from memory and had never used the 2068 before. Not a bad feat. – Ed Timex/Sinclair 2068
Presidential Ramblings Despite a smaller crowd, the usual comradarie and sharing took place at the January meeting. (I have a feeling that the change in meeting date to one so near the holidays was less responsible for absenteeism than the competing loyalty of Redskin fans!)
Prime Numbers Timex/Sinclair 2068
SNUG Update If you are a SNUG member no doubt you have noticed that things have been rather quiet lately. I have not heard anything from SNUG since the June 2nd meeting at the Milwaukee Sinclair Fest. The last Newsletter (SNUG Roundup) was received about a month before the June Fest.
The Good, the Bad, and the, uh, QL? A couple of months ago at the CATS meeting we were sharing about QL’s etc. and to my surprise, it seemed that we had about an equal number of CATS members who: Sinclair QL
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