Sinc-Link v6 n1

Update on health of the Toronto Timex/Sinclair Users Club and club activities.

Details several modifications to Pro/File 2068. Includes saving the data array and its size to disk, changing the array size, and making the machine language sort more convenient.

Rumors of a Spectrum +4, positive response to The RAM Music Machine. TS 2068 UP-Date (later Update Magazine) garnered 140 subscribers in its first year. QL activity includes new programs and a replacement keyboard.

Describes how to make a custom version of MSCRIPT that will print ot the VIC-1520 plotter.

Simple program to make an autoloading menu for disk drive users.

Schematic for interfacing an EPROM, static RAM or SEEQ’s 2K EEPROM to the ZX81/TS 1000.

Report on Timex and Sinclair computers available in Portugal. Notes that a number of products, including disk drive system, are produced by Timex Portugal.

One user found out the hard way that the QL chassis is grounded, resulting in blown video output.

Larken disk interface and Kempston joystick both use port 31.

Machine code utility for loading and saving tracks on the original Larken system.

The Plotter reports that most repairs sent to Dan Elliot are completed and returned quickly. Only those requiring SCLDs take longer. CATS has article about connecting QL to RGB monitor. L.I.S.T. reports A&J Micro no longer supplying microdrives because they cannot obtain tapes.

Tool to reconstruct programs on disks where the directory has become corrupted.

Humorous note about computer terminology.