| "How to Make Money with Your Microcomputer" - A Book Review |
The title of this book caught my eye as I was browsing one day in a local bookstore. I am the devoted owner of a personal computer (a Timex/Sinclair 1000), and constantly use it in the execution of my profession. It is also my belief that the personal computerist can turn his/her machine into the |
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| "MemoNotes" Debuts |
The SYNCWARE GROUP is pleased to announce the publication of “MemoNotes“, the Newsletter for Memotext and Memocalc users. This Publication will appear four times a year, starting with the summer 1985 issue. It contains information for efficient use of these programs, as well as technically oriented articles for their improvement and adaptation. Subscription price is |
Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| A Keyboard Interface for Any Timex Computer |
For those who do not wish to go into their computer to connect a new keyboard, here is an interface which you can plug on to the rear expansion buss. You can easily add on one of those TI surplus keyboards which are selling for as low as five dollars. This interface uses the same |
Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Adding a "Real" Keyboard to Your 2068 |
Probably the most common complaint I hear about the 2068 is about the keyboard. Although it does work well, it lacks the feel of a full sized keyboard as found on Commodore, Atari, and others, not to mention some of the missing (single dedicated) keys such as the period, comma, semi-colon, and slash keys. In |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How (Not) to Sell Computers: An Editorial |
Hard times have fallen upon many in the computer industry. As a result, companies are having to be a lot more aggressive and informed in selling their product. . .or are they? I’m afraid that my experience has been less than impressive in trying to deal with many computer hardware and software companies. If it |
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| Software Review: Starion & Space Scan |
SOFTWARE REVIEW: “STARION“ This is a 3-D graphics program drawn with extreme precision very quickly and smoothly. The complex shapes can be spun, rotated; the effect is, to say the least, amazing. You blast your way through space. Each time you blast the enemy ship, the cargo becomes a letter. This you collect until you |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Vendor Report |
First to report this month is the goings on with Sinclair in the U.S. and in England. After a seemingly shaky introduction in the U.S., Sinclair is apparently ready to start letting dealers sell the QL instead of only going by mailorder. At the same time, news from England says that the deal between Sinclair |
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| WORM - A Type-it-yourself Game |
Have you been looking for the 2068 that doesn’t a game for require lightning fast reflexes and nerves of steel? Well, Worm will give you a chance to play a game without dodging/blasting ten zillion human eating, earth destroying thingamagigs. As you type in the following program, there are a couple of lines that should |
Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Zebra Graphics Tablet Addendum |
Last month we inadvertently left out the “digitized” cat I tried drawing–so here it is this month to remind you of how powerful the graphics tablet can be. If anyone out there has their own creation using the Zebra Graphics Tablet they would like to show off, send it in and we’ll consider printing it! |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
