Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v4 n10

If you find ROM, RAM & PORT addressing and decoding confusing, here’s some explanation of what’s what.

Laserscan wants to liquidate their limited 16K RAM kit.

Review of the program from Atto-Soft.

Program helps you keep track of household or business items.

ZX PRO/FILE uses one of the most sophisticated and efficient data storage and retrieval systems I ever expect to see for the ZX/TS.

Review of the book.

Flash screen by switching between FAST and SLOW.

Program provides an unusual display of machine code (MC) graphics. It alters the I register, which contains the high order address of the graphics table.

Updates from John Oliger, Timex.

Problems with computers, printers, software; replacement keyboard.

Medi Products of Salt Lake City built a system to reclean and resterilize artificial kidneys around a TS1000 with a Votem, Persona, Periconb and a special keyboard from Sinclair Place. The computer completely controls all processes under EPROM software direction.

Stop an auto-RUN program (a program that automatically RUNS when LOADed) before it RUNS.

Sequentially PEEK from the 8K ROM’s machine language operating system (essentially a pseudorandom number table) from a randomly selected starting point to provide “random” numbers.

This program lets you draw on your screen using arrow keys and stores your drawing in an array.

Keeps score for two-person or two-team games.

Federal Trade Commission rules give you some rights when you order by mail.

Zebra’s pen consists of a wand about 6″ long with photocell assembly. It plugs into a board containing input jacks for the pen and ZX/TS 9V power supply, output plugs to power your computer and send the pen’s signal to the EAR port, and hardware to condition the pen’s output.

Convert decimal, binary and hexadecimal numbers easily with this well prompted utility.

Improvement to Spelling word Game; simplify Set Ramtop Automatically.

New products from UAS, John Carson, A. Rodriguez, Williamware, ROMPAK, Intercomputer, Micro-Load, Soft Magic Corp., Larimar Inc., Robotec, Simulsion.

To get correct Puerto Rican and Washington, DC, zip codes in ZIP-TO-STATE… (Sept. 83), delete lines 5140 and 5150 and add the following lines. Also, delete line 5110 (a repetition).

To commemorate their 2nd year, the Boston Computer Society’s 800-member Sinclair Timex User Group will bring together TS owners, user group reps from all over and hardware, software, publication and service vendors for a day-long show and workshops.

Our Timex source says a few TS1500s began their way to your local stores the first week of September. The FCC approved the TS2068 recently; expect it in stores by October.

“We do not have a primary plan to sell computers by mail. The 800-24-TIMEX number provides referrals to stores,” said Timex VP Dan Ross.