| 2068 Disk Utility: Superboot |
Super Boot gives the FD68 user utilities not found on the original Aerco DOS. |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
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| Computers and Biophysics |
Did you know that there’s a working computer which is based on protein molecules? Neither did I until I read about it in “DISCOVER” magazine of November 1991. |
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| From The Editor |
This month we have a bunch of short but interesting articles. Most come fram three persons. My thanks to them for providing them. |
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| Getting It In(to) The NEC |
So, you might say,”this guy can’t spell for beans,so why should I read anything he says?” Well, if you were one of the lucky ones who got a NEC Spinwriter Model 3515, through the good offices of Tom Robbins, these words, ahead, might save you some cogitation and frustration. |
Sinclair QL |
| Holiday Party |
Believe it or not, the time is rapidly approaching for the sixth CATS Holiday Sinclair Celebration. And it’s something YOU can bea part of while at the same time making history, if you’re so inclined. |
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| Icehouse |
Two years ago this December, CATS members were entertained by a demo of a locally developed game called ICEHOUSE. The originators of the game –generally University of Maryland graduates working at Goddard Space Flight Center — showed how their boardless board game goes when played by experts. |
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| More PSU Stuff |
Barry Washington reports a burnout of a diode in a modified QL Power Supply Unit (PSU). See “Tweak & Tinker” in the October 1990 CATS newsletter describing the use of “spare” extra diodes from a modified QL PSU for dropping the voltage delivered to the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| October Meeting Subject |
Featured at the October general meeting was a presentation by longtime CATS member HERB SCHAAF about the group’s ongoing software project involving the QL and its database package, ARCHIVE. |
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| Presidential Ramblings |
Wishing you the best for the Seasons anda Happy Holidays. Come to the December meeting for fun, food, and merriment. See you all there. |
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| Program Schedule |
Happily some of our CATS members are not body-builders or iron-pumpers, hence their arms are not exaggeratedly muscular and thus have been fairly easy to twist. Whence the arm-twisting?? Why, from the need to arrange presentations for the information and edification (does that word mean building buildings?) of our members at our monthly meetings. We |
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| Status Report on CATS QL Library |
Well over a year ago I agreed with Tom Robbins to work on a library of QL programs from the members. Tom produced Disk #1 with a selection of programs and utilities from the QUANTA collection. He also did Disks #2 and #3; #2 being games and #3 a set of tutorials on the Pascal |
Sinclair QL |
| The NEC 3515 Printer |
I could not get a long document to print out at 9600 baud, nor at 1200 baud, but it did just fine at 300 baud. |
Sinclair QL |
