LISTing Newsletter January – February 1987

Date: January -February 1987

Articles

Title	Description	Computers
Bankswitching, etc., on the T/S 2000 Series Computer: Part I	Reprint of a section of the Timex Sinclair 2000 Third Party Software Guide.	Timex/Sinclair 2068
Comments on Dr. Watson's Bankswitching Article	In the previous issues of LIST you have seen the contributions of Bill Pedersen concerning Bankswitching on the TS2068. I had a long phone conversation with Bill, and asked him to provide LIST with a comprehensive culminating article to the series. Let us hope that he finds the time, and writes an article which will	Timex/Sinclair 2068
Minutes of the December 14, 1986 LIST Meeting	Updated QL purchase information was presented by Nazir Pashtoon. Nazir stated that those members who had provided him with their names and addresses for a QL purchase would receive documentation from Doug Dewey shortly. Nazir stated that A+ does accept plastic and it probably be in the purchasers best Interest to make payment with either
QL Computer "Kit" Notes	In the paragraphs to follow we thought we will share our experience of the QL Kit with LIST readers. To begin, the use of the word ”kit” is misleading, because all you need is a Philips screw driver and may be a long nose plier to finish the assembly. In our case the assembly job	Sinclair QL
QL Failure Modes	The following info. concerning possible failure modes of QL computers was gathered after talking with experienced users and QL dealers. The QL uses some custom CMOS chips which are static sensitive, and can be destroyed easily.	Sinclair QL
Resources and Products for the QL	The last two months I called up various vendors and asked for their catalogs of QL products. The information supplied by these vendors is tabulated and cateogorized in the tables presented below.	Sinclair QL
Telecommunication	Letter from Pete Fischer and Steve Ishii about their book, “Guide to Timex/Sinclair Telecommunications.”	Timex/Sinclair 2068