| "TRANS-EXPRESS" Tape to Wafadrive Utility |
The Rotronics Wafadrive system provides a very viable alternative to cassette tape or even disk drives for many Spectrum users in the UK. Now, with the appearance of several “twister” type boards which allow “spectrumized” TS-2068s to run Spectrum hardware, 2068 owners are enjoying the Wafadrive as well. However, there is a fly the soup– |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Adding Microdrives and Interface III to a Timex 2068 |
As a subscriber to SUM, I thought I would sit down and take the time to. share with others my experience with some new hardware that I recently purchased from the English Micro Connection. Although the total purchase price of everything might appear somewhat excessive ($250), the end results are very rewarding. The hardware involved |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Astronomy Program Pack - A Review |
ASTRONOMY PROGRAM PACK, I. Auersbacher, 41 King Street A2, Belleville, NJ 07109; for the TS-2068; $14.95. When you are showing off your computer to someone who is not a computer user, what type of program do you select? A spreadsheet program? A database? A word processor? No, you’ll probably pick out your best game program |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| DK'Tronics Three Channel Sound Synthesizer |
The DK’TRONICS Sound Synthesiser is a hardware and software combination using the AY-3-8912 programmable sound generator integrated chip — the same as that used in the 2068. The hardware portion comes attractively packaged complete with feed through connector for other peripherals. Also included is a four inch speaker in its own separate cabinet. A volume |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Editorial & Apology |
A number of you noted how late your September issue arrived. The fact is…we muffed it! We were late getting the September issue together, then our printing facility was tied up with another job which meant that we had to wait until ours could be printed. The end result: our september issue came out in |
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| Ultra Hi-Res Graphics on the Timex 2068 |
Amongst the differences between the Spectrum and the 2068, there are the 2068’s video modes. These modes are not directly reached by BASIC. To use them, we must write some routines in machine language. This machine code toolkit is for the mode called “extended color”. If we type in normal mode: we will see the |
Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
