SLUG Newsletter June 1988
Date: June 1988
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Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| A ZX Pipe Dream | Fred Nachbaur is contemplating a ZX compatible computer. Author’s ideas of what should be included. | |
| A ZX Pipe Dream | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Club Notes | ||
| Computer Virus Hits Sinclair Family | Reprint of information from April 1988 issue of CTM claiming a virus is spread via TS disk systems. | |
| Computer Virus Hits Sinclair Family | A news item reprinted from The Plotter about a self-replicating machine code virus embedded in the COMMAND.COM disk utility that spreads to floppy and hard drives by corrupting directory sectors. Advises T/S disk users to detect it using PRINT FREE# before and after loading a suspect program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Meeting Minutes — May 1988 | Secretary Bob Crecco’s report on the May 11, 1988 SLUG meeting. Covers discussion of the Cleveland users group meet, Jim Pitts’s demo of a B.G. Micro 80-column thermal printer (originally for IBM PCjr, $29.95), a printer buffer/switcher purchase, and a call for members to compile software library lists. | |
| Modifying TASWORD — RS-232 Printing | Step-by-step guide for modifying TASWORD to output to a serial printer (IBM PCjr thermal printer) via the TS-2068’s 2050 modem/RS232 interface. Involves disassembling TASWORD with ZEUS, modifying the 8251 UART initialization, reconfiguring I/O port addresses, and setting TASWORD interface control codes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Notes from Sinclair Louisville Users Group Meeting | Jim Pitts demoed 80 column IBM printer. | |
| Pipe Dream | Jim Pitts describes a wish list for a hypothetical improved ZX-compatible computer, suggesting fully decoded I/O, multi-channel sound, interrupt servicing, high-resolution video, user-defined graphics, on-board 64K RAM, composite video out, joystick ports, 8255 PPI, ADC/DAC, real-time clock, floppy disk controller, enhanced BASIC, Apple-style expansion slots, and an improved keyboard. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Printer Programming | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Printer Programming — OR — Adapting Software to Printers | A comprehensive reference (reprinted from the January 1988 UP-DATE) on TS-2068 printer communication via the Oliger and Aerco Centronics Parallel Interface. Covers ASCII codes, ESC command sequences, OUT 127 syntax, printer status check routines using INKEY# 3, and DIP switch configuration for margins and line feeds. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Printer Programming or Adapting Software to Printers | Hints about editing software to work with most printers. Reprinted from Sincus News. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tasword-2050/RS-232 Modification | Modify TS 2050 and Tasword to work with a serial printer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Tasword-2050/RS-232 Modification | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Timex/Sinclair BBS Directory | ||
| Timex/Sinclair BBS Directory | ||
| Timex/Sinclair BBS Directory (April 1988) | A reference listing of approximately 34 Timex/Sinclair bulletin board systems from April 1988, with phone numbers and parameter codes indicating baud rate settings, message base activity, file transfer support, subscription requirements, and PC Pursuit accessibility. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |