Quarters Fall 1986
Date: Fall 1986
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Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Dear QTS | Sheingorn runs part of his clinical practice on a ZX81; Bower purchased a 2068 to do freelance bookkeeping and writing; Freeline submitted a program that turns a directory listing into a program loader. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| From the Desk of Bill Johnson | Winter 1987 will be last issue. | |
| Input of Default Values in Interactive Programs | Routines to allow users to enter values to override constants if necessary. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| More on TS Disk Drives | Brief review of the Timex FDD disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Zebra OS-64 Sixty-Four Column Cartridge | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Something strange about "VAL" | It you look at the program below, you are inclined to doubt the good judgement of the author, putting “VAL” all over. But when you program it and compare it with the way it is normally written, you find that it uses 14 BASIC bytes (12 %) less than the conventional program with 139 bytes. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| T.O.S. Disk Drive "Start" Program | Create an autoloading menu for Timex/Zebra FDD system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Timex Tips | PEEKs and POKEs to access the built-in “clock”; how to convert a number and first two digits after decimal to an integer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Basic Tutor | Techniques for using SCREEN$ to find out the content of specific locations in the display. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |