| A piece of cake in Dundee |
Lynd Church goes to Scotland to discover just how the ZX-81 is manufactured. In keeping with its philosophy of sub-contracting all manufacturing processes, Sinclair Research appointed Timex to produce the ZX-81 when it was introduced in March 1, 1981. Since that time, production at the Timex plant at Dundee has increased from 10,000 to 60,000 |
Sinclair ZX81 |
| Bits and Bytes |
120 On the T/S 2068, it is possible to mess up the joystick ports if a wildly erroneous value is put into the SOUND command. Parameters to the SOUND command are not fully validated, therefore it is possible to specify a number beyond the valid range for a given operation and not get an error. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Publisher's Notes |
Quantum Computing going out of business; American QLs being sold in England. |
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| QL Antenna Program |
Calculates antenna size for specific frequencies. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QZX Friends |
Notes about renewals. Bill Jones is starting a T/S 2068 magazine. |
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| Telecommunications on the QL |
Short program to send CTRL-C, discussion of British ham radio software. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Future of QZX |
Postal rates going up, subscribers decreasing. |
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| The T/S 1000 on Packet |
Discusses converting the TS 2050 modem to an RS-242 port for use with ZTX80 terminal program (from Fred Nachbaur) to do packet radio. |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
