Sinc-Link v5 n2

Date: March/April 1987
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
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Articles

TitleDescriptionComputers
BBS for Timex Sinclair UsersAnnouncement of BBS in Toronto area.
Block Printing, Saving, and Loading with QuillHow to extract and work with a small block of text in Quill.Sinclair QL
Bob's Notebook: Organizing Tapes and ProgramsSuggestions for organizing a tape library.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068
CommunicationsReview of Kurt Casby’s Casboard 2068.Timex/Sinclair 2068
Digital Imagizing, Part 2Hopefully by now you have assembled the hardware involved in this project and have obtained the necessary driver software from the club library. The software I have written allows you to do high-contrast scans, grey-scaling (the combining of several images giving one picture with varying shades of grey representing the different colours), cleaning of noiseTimex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program
Games TipsCollection of tips for Elite and Tomahawk.Timex/Sinclair 2068
Letter from the EditorComments from new newsletter editor.
Machine CyclesRough comparison of the 8088 in the IBM PC vs the Z80 in the TS 2068.Timex/Sinclair 2068
Playing with ElectricityRequest for help using modems with the QL’s moderately unorthodox RS-232 port.Sinclair QL
Power Supply for the LARKENBrief discussion of building a linear power supply for the Larken disk drive.Timex/Sinclair 2068
Questions!Questions about the different TS 2068 display modes.Timex/Sinclair 2068
Saving a Headerless File Using a Machine Code RoutineShort code and technique for saving headerless files.Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program
Saving SCREEN$ of LARKENShort routine to save a SCREEN$ file while avoiding the Larken DOS cursor.Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program
Smith-Corona Fastext 80Review of the printer and connecting to the TS 1000.
Techniques for Calling USR RoutinesDescribes how each of the technique for calling USR routines work.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068
The TS 2040 PrinterAnalysis of the printer design.
To Change Screen Attributes Without Affecting DisplayRoutine to change an entire screen’s attributes without disturbing the display.Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program
ZX81 LARKEN Drive SelectListing selects either drive 1 or 2 from any place in RAM.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program