Sinc-Link v4 n4

Date: August/September 1986
Volume: 4
Issue: 4

Articles

  • President's Message
    New bulletin board system, newsletters from other clubs.
  • Notes
    Replacing capacitor C-21, 1mfd (lower central area) with 10 mfd will resolve issue of intermittent Spectrum ROM boot issues. Error in schematic: ROMCS goes from SCLD to W1, not W2. MREQ goes to W2.
  • To Eliminate Blank Spaces When Using Strings in a Line of Text
    Short code snippet to trim white space from end of string.
  • SincBits
    Cassette signal booster schematic in the May/June 1986 issue of Sincus News. Tasman centronics printer and Foote Print Centronics Interface described. Spectrum games
  • Larken Disk Copier Utility
    Program to copy Larken disks using only one drive. Copies limited to programs up to 14 blocks.
  • Overlooked Logicals
    Using logical expressions to reduce program size and increase speed.
  • TS2068 Reset and Initialization Problems with Solution
    Describes how to add a reset switch to the 2068.
  • Peeks and Pokes for the TS1000
    List of ROM routines programmers may find useful.
  • A 4-Line Program to Set RAMTOP
    Short routine sets RAMTOP via values RAND pushes to the stack.
  • Verify
    Routine to generate a checksum for every line in a program, aimed at assisting correct communication of program listings in newsletters.
  • Bob's Notebook
    Machine language routines for Spectrum. First emulates the block DELETE function in the TS2068. Second emulates ON ERR.
  • Rename
    Utility for Larken DOS to rename a program on disk.
  • Disk Droppings
    Notes on using Radio Shack printers, cheap disks and writing a short routine to clean files for Tasword.
  • TS 2068 Breaking out of a Closed Input Loop
    Breaking out of an INPUT LINE statement. Use CAPS SHIFT and 6.
  • Telecommunications
    Tips from Randy and Lucy Gordon, of the Timex/Sinclair Users Group in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Gordons are creators of TINYBOARD, a BBS for the TS2068.
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