Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v4 n1

Volume: 4
Issue: 1

Articles

  • Proprietary International Announces ZT21000
    Details of their new co-processor for ZX/TS computers, the ZT21000.
  • KOPAK Creations Opens Retail Store
    Retail location was at 119 Peter St., Union City, NJ.
  • Second Annual Rosetta Stone Award
    Sponsored by Mindware Inc. is for outstanding achievement in ZX/TS hardware or software development.
  • New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n1)
    New products from KSOFT, D. Lipinksi, ZX Software Team, M.C. Hoffman, Run-it Software Club, Startext, Expense Cutters Products, Computa-Dek, Bytesize Computer Products, Computer Continuum, Martin Irons, Rose Aircraft. Charles Durang will not publish ZX Newsletter, focus on books instead.
  • Users' Groups
  • Program Improvements/Refinements
    Correction to Star Hunter, Composer by Lamo-Lem, Solar Program, Etching.
  • Syntax Errors
  • Monthly Income Graph
    Creates a monthly income graph for a year. It lets you see which months your income rises and which months it falls.
  • Grimm's Fairy Trails
    Review of Timex’s response to PACMAN. The maze-pursuit game has 6 levels of play, from crawl to very fast.
  • Converting Decimals to Floating Point Binary
    Explains how positive integers are converted to Sinclair’s internal floating point.
  • BB-1 8-Bit Input/Output Module Kit
    Two Intel 8212 8-bit I/O port chips are the heart of the BB-1. Byte-Back’s module is compatible with both ZX and Timex units and neatly uses memory locations 32764 and 32766 to store input and output information.
  • Dear Editor
    Semantics about baud vs bits per second; keyboard conversions; solving heat build-up; Timex modem compatibility with ZX80; renumbering program; conversion to ASCII; install RAM pack inside ZX81; interface Selectric typewriter.
  • Speech Pack
    Speech Pack gives you computer-generated speech through your ZX/TS. Speech Pack is a black box with a special processor and ROM containing words. It has three other sockets so other word ROMs can plug in.
  • Byteing Deeper Into Your Timex/Sinclair 1000
    Review of the book by Mark Harrison.
  • Chase
    Avoid the snake by moving tokens with 4 cursor control keys. Chase ends and prints your score when the snake catches you or you accumulate 100 points.
  • Sinking Fund
    How much money do you need to save each month to have a certain sum accumulated at a certain time? That is a sinking fund calculation.
  • Tone Generator
    Generate tones on your ZX/TS by building this circuit and using a machine code routine with it connected.
  • Byte-Back M-64 Memory Expansion
    Review of the RAM pack.
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