| 2K Express | SINCUS lost a great supporter and we all lost a true friend in the passing, September 8, of Carl Terry. Carl was one of the first people I met in the summer of 1982 who had a Sinclair computer. As we both learned more about the computer together, we became fast friends. | |
| Bug Alert | What’s that? Bugs in my machine? MY MACHINE? Actually, it’s nothing to be surprised about. Whenever a complex program (like the BASIC Interpreter in the TS2068) is written, there are bound to be a few bugs left inside, no matter how carefully it was developed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Class Schedule & BBS Numbers | TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 7:00 PM VESTAL PUBLIC LIBRARY VESTAL PARKWAY in Vestal (next to Skylark Restaurant) (across from Star Cleaners) PROGRAM – FOR THE NEW COMPUTER USER Paul Hill, SINCUS, will cover many of the things that puzzle the new user after you get the computer home. Bring notepad and lots of questions. | |
| Secretary's Report | The meeting was held in the basement meeting room of the Chase/First City Branch office on the Vestal Parkway at Murray Hill Road (across from S.U.N.Y.) at 7pm August 15. 28 were in attendence. The problems with the poor quality of reproduction of the last SINCUS NEWS was discussed. | |
| Software Review: Fall of the Third Reich | This is one of the few games I’ve had for the 2068. I’ve never brought a “war game” before but the ads got to me. Having no idea what to expect, I expected the sights and sounds of WW2 with minor limitiations due to 48K Ram. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timexly Tips | When I finished assembling my ZX-81 I was led to believe that this mass of silicon and copper foil was an inanimate device, with no human qualities or thoughts of its own. If I gave it a little encouragement by entering a simple instruction it could give me the value of PI to 12 places, but I could sense that it wanted to express itself on more frivolous subjects. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Where Do We Go From Here? | Being an ongoing yet conveniently intermittant column of reviews, ranting, raving and free advertising for those who catch the attention of – Once again it’s time to see who’s still supporting our computers, and there’s some pretty good news; particularly for TS2068 users, who’ve never had that large a selection in the first place. | |
