Another Way To Save Data In Pro/File 2068 |
When you’re running Pro/File 2068 and you type “SAVE” from the main menu, program line 107 is executed which performs a normal program save of the Basic program and all the variables including DS, the large character array which contains all your data. Many people have asked if it would be possible, instead, to save |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
Bugs, News, and Miscellanea |
Pro/File 2068 owners take note! A few frustrated folks who added the new Machine Code Sort capability from the BREAKTHROUGH newsletter experienced crashing problems whenever they tried to alphabetize files by one particular line, but ordering by any other line worked fine. This is a bug in the machine code–not a typing error. Robert C. |
Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
Build A Computerized Anemometer Using The Experimenter's I/O Port |
This project is the first in a series of articles which will chronicle my ongoing experiments in the development of a low-cost completely computerized weather station making use of TS computers, the Experimenter’s Universal Input/Output Port, and a collection of common household items. I think you will enjoy following my trials and tribulations. After completing |
Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
Here's A Cheap Home Brew Tone Decoder That Works Great!! |
What’s a tone decoder, you ask? Well, a tone decoder is a vital piece of equipment which must be hooked up in the Morse Code Translator program for the Experimenter’s Universal In/Out Port. It is a circuit that listens to audio dots and dashes from the radio speaker and whenever the sound falls within a |
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The Great Computer Depression |
(What is This World Coming To Dept.) A few weeks back, I took out a subscription to INFOWORLD, a weekly newspaper featuring all the latest jive from the computer world. I figured that since I was “in the business”, it would behoove me to “keep my ear to the rail”. The paper would give me |
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The New Updates |
This issue marks a dramatic change in the newsletter. In our first two years, subject matter was limited rather strictly to applications and enhancements for the TS1000 version of ZX Pro/File. Now, the newsletter has broadened its scope. Instead of detailing just one program, the new Computer Updates will provide indepth information, new uses, program |
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Use "DO" Files To Change Printer Format In ZX Pro/File |
If you find that you frequently need to change the print format (DEFP) in ZX Pro/File for the TS1000, you can save a lot of cumbersome keypresses by assigning a DO file to do it for you. Since the print format is stored in the three basic variables, C1, C2, and S, it is a |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
ZX81 Extended Basic Notes |
Robert Shade from Philadelphia was studying the DEMO program which comes with Extended Basic and asked what function all the OUT commands perform. According to Frits Beniest, author of the program, and programmer extraordinaire, these commands were included to generate sound from the ZON-X sound generator. This peripheral is available in Europe, but to my |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |