Volume: 4
Issue: 5
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Banner Writer | Use the TS2040 to print banners. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Dear Editor | Battery-backed power; errors in printing floating point numbers; using VU-File with Qsave; Sinclair microdrive; overload the TS1000 stack with a simple program; good service from a vendor; thanks to fellow reader; Byte-Back RAM unit. | |
| Decimal to Floating Point Library | Use built-in floating ROM routine to convert decimal number to floating point format. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Defective Laserscan RAM Replacement Available | Laserscan Electronics discovered that some of their early model 16K RAM packs, produced until mid-January 1983, are defective. | |
| Memotech 32K-Timex Incompatibility Reported | Readers report their Memotech 32K RAMs do not work with TS2040 printers. Memotech knows about this problem and sent a TS2040 to its British office for testing. | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n5) | New products from Timex, J.V. Kane, Silicon Valley North, ZX-Panding, Computer Engineering Services, M-Ware, W.D. Maples, Kaltek Calculator Technology, J.J. Castillos, Florida Creations, Stuart Software, Laserscan Electronics, International Publishing & Software, 2-Bit Software, LINC. | |
| Norris Electronics Back in Slidell | We reported incorrectly that Norris Electronics moved to Metairie, LA (Apr.83). | |
| Personal Net Worth | Track of your personal finances and figures your current net worth. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Program Improvements | Corrections to ON GOTO, Office Manager. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Running MC in a String Variable | You can place and execute machine code (MC) in three places: REM line, memory reserved above RAMTOP, and a string. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Save on Save and Load | Collapse screen memory before saving. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Sun KD-81 full-size keyboard conversion for the ZX/TS | Review of the keyboard kit. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| The ZX/TS and 2716 450ns EPROMS | You may run into trouble using 450ns 2716 EPROMs on your ZX/TS. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex to Sell Replacement Parts for TS1000 | You will be able to get Timex replacement parts for your TS1000 sometime this spring. Timex repair facility will sell parts and schematics. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Vendor Reports and Notes | Frog Software appears to have disappeared; Brainchild backordered on Kolorworks; Memotech RS232 not in stock; first issue of Ramblings out. | |
| ZX/TS Users' Groups | ||
| ZX81 Keyboard from Memotech | The keyboard duplicates Sinclair’s keyboard, but with full-travel keys and an extra shift key in the top right corner. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
