Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Articles
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New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n3)New products from Compuwiz, R.I.S.T., Banta, Software Unlimited, Z-West, Synergistic, Sinware, Spectra Computer Products.
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Timex Printers on Their WayTS 2040 Timex printers are en route to distributors, according to a Timex source, and should be in retail stores in March.
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KOPAK Introduces New KeyboardKopak Creations’ new keyboard, ready in 15 weeks, plugs into internal ZX/TS keyboard connector.
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Drive to Run CP/M In the WorksKopak Creations and Aerco are working jointly on a ZX/TS disk drive to run CP/M (world’s most common disk-based microcomputer operating system.) Aerco says the drive will be available in 3 months.
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Wanted: Assembly Language ProgrammersProprietary International needs assembly language programmers for their unreleased ZT21000.
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Vendor ReportUpdates from/about Proprietary International, Norris Electronics, SMUG, Gladstone Electronics.
- Users' Groups
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Program Improvements/RefinementsImprovement to Sweetheart.
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A Sojourn at CompuserveOverview of Compuserve and its services.
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E-Z Key 60 KeyboardTS 1000 Hardware review The keyboard is well designed, comfortable to use, is completely consistent with the style of ZX/TS computers and improves entry.
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MathTS 1000 Type-in program Use Math to introduce your children to the ZX/TS and give them experience with basic skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Where to Move RAMTOP?TS 1000 Type-in program Many programs that put machine code routines above RAMTOP tell you to lower RAMTOP first. This program calculates just what decimal numbers to POKE to put RAMTOP where you want it.
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Pledge KeeperTS 1000 Type-in program Simplifies recording pledges and can be especially helpful during telethons or other fund raising events.
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Dear EditorKeyboard audio tone; full-sized keyboard from Double H Electronics; detecting two keys at once; communicating via tape with someone in England; damaging keyboard leads; curing interference; RAM pack wobble; user-defined graphics on the ZX/TS.
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Computers for Kids -- Sinclair ZX81 EditionZX81 TS 1000 Book review Review of the Creative Computing Press book.
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Direct Input Horizontal and Vertical Line GraphicsTS 1000 Type-in program Lets you draw lines by direct input and loops so you can draw until you run out of memory.
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Real-Time Soft ClockTS 1000 Type-in program Creates a software clock from the 3.25 MHz ZX/TS logic clock using the system variable FRAMES at decimal addresses 16436 and 16437.
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Get Your System TogetherTS 1000 Build a enclosure for your computer to keep everything organized.
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SnakeTS 1000 Software review Review of the game published by Zeta Software.
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Do or DieTS 1000 Type-in program You are trapped in a Mayan maze-like tomb. A block pixel in the central chamber is the only escape route.
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Reverse Video Monitor DriverTS 1000 Hardware project This circuit, using the concept published in Electronics, drives a video monitor and reverses video on demand.
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Reference Card for the ZX80, ZX81 and Timex Sinclair 1000ZX81 TS 1000 Book review Review of the card from Nanos Systems.
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Routine EliminationTS 1000 Type-in program If you PEEK the code from the REM line and POKE into protected memory for running, you can eliminate the loading routine by writing the REM line in hex equivalents to ML decimal codes.