Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v4 n6

Timex reports it will begin sales this August of TS2000s with 16K or 48K RAM, color/sound capabilities and bank-switching. The 16K version will sell for $149.95; the 48K for $199.95, says Timex. Both versions contain 24K ROM, including 8K ROM for cartridge capabilities and bank-switching. With bank-switching the computer can potentially use up to 256…

Timex Canada plans to market TS1000s sometime in June, with customer sales starting in late June or early July. The company projects an initial 100,000 unit release, says a Timex spokesperson.

New products from Daydesign, Compuwiz, G. Russell Electronics, SofTec, DJM Software, Compucraft, DK’tronics, Timeworks, Toptronics, Florida Creations, ZX/TS Software Exchange Club, Busyness, SyncWare, Memotech, Stuart Software.

Correction to Banner Writer.

Correction to Banner Writer.

Method to avoid the printing bug in the TS2040.

You sit down to type in a non-Sinclair BASIC program into your ZX/TS only to find in the listing a FN(A) statement. Should you forget about the rest of the program? No. We’ll simulate a defining functions feature. This versatile approach is actually better than other micros’ function defining feature.

This routine tricks Sinclair’s auto-list mechanism into malfunctioning so new program lines do not appear on the screen.

Advance publicity photos from Timex show some interesting features of the new TS2000 and TS1500.

Play this game just like board checkers.

Review of the book by Douglas Hergert.

HP 82954A thermal paper works with 2040; explain Syntactic Sum; transistor cross-reference; relocatable HOT Z from Sinware; DIY resolutions to various problems.

Run this flashy program on a TV as a personalized store window ad.

This simple, practical software timer sets off an alarm to let you know when your egg boils, your game finishes or time’s up.

Children learning to read must first master skills of letter recognition and discrimination. This simple program teaches that skill, with little help from adults

Norris Electronics is out of business; Byte-Back memory units might not work with TS2040 printer. Frog Software is distributing May-June issue of Sinclair Computing.

Frogger helps Timex step up to the big time arcade with fast action, good medium resolution graphics and a challenge tough to beat.

Send programs from one computer to another directly by wire from the sender’s monitor driver to the receiver’s ear jack.

Machine code program can almost instantly change everything on the screen to inverse video.