Quarters Fall 1985
Date: Fall 1985
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Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Dear QTS | Caroline Bower seeks accounting software for the TS 2068. Bill Blau looking for numerological reading software for his 1000. Paul Meyer has questions about the VAL$ and DEF FN functions. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Mapper | The map above shows’ thunderstorms reported by the National Weather Service. It was created by the TS2068 from data transmitted by CompuServe using the 2050 Modem and Smartterm II software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Program: Biorythm | Here is a short program that was written on the TS1000 with no memory added. It can also be used on the TS2068. It has some interesting features. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Review: AERCO FD-68 Floppy Disk Interface for the TS2068 | As an owner of the AERCO Disk Interface for my TS1000, it was only a matter of ‘time before I purchased an interface for my TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Lost in Space | It seems that you are the commander of an experimental space ship that is invisible to enemy ships’ detection. On your first voyage your. ship experiences an electrical fire which cripples the main engine, laser, and autopilot controls. Leaving you with only 30 pounds of fuel to operate with. The only controls’ that are functioning | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| REVIEW: Textwriter 1000 | Upon loading the program auto-runs and you are faced choices with the menu. Five choices are subdivided into 2 categories. The first category gives you the choice of beginning a file, displaying the current file, and saving a file. tThe second category gives you two choices of printing in double or single spacing. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| REVIEW: TS1000 Speech Synthesizer | Finally, a speech synthesis program has come of age for us TS1000 users. It is also easy to use and affordable. The speech synthesis package consists of a 2K demonstration, which speaks “I am your computer” in repetition, a biorythym prediction program which also speaks your age based on your birthdate and the day’s date | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| REVIEW: TS1000 Supertape | Supertape is a collection of programs specifically designed for the TS1000 computer. The tape is analogous to a magazine printed onto a cassette tape. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Selective SCREEN$ Line Copy | In the Winter-85 issue of QuarTerS Bill Johnson enlightened us with a TS2068 program to COPY a screen without using the COPY command. The advantage being selected lines could be specified to COPY instead of the entire screen. His program used the SCREEN$ function as the heart of the routine. Although it worked, the SCREEN$ | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Telecommunications | This column is a new feature which will appear from now on in QuarTerS. What is telecommunications? It is the interaction of two or more computers by the use of telephone lines. Normally a computer user connects with a large data base or a Bulletin Board Service (BBS) by using a device called a modem. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 BASIC Tutor | ATTRIBUTES & PRINT POSITION In the last issue we discussed the limitations of SCREEN$ in detecting and/or recognizing the presence of a character in the PRINT POSITION. We further defined PRINT POSITION as that block on the 32 X 24 grid of the screen where the very next character will be printed. PRINT POSITION is | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| User Groups | List of user groups that had contacted QuarTerS. |