| Analog-Digital Converter | Use with the BB-1 I/O board. Converts at 2.5v and 5v to 8 bit values (0-255). | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dear Editor | Problems with vendors; VU-CALC with larger memory units; expanding memory space; memory problems with a 2040 printer; monitor problems with 2068. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Is Timestar a Dark Star | After months of very loud speculation, plenty of wishful thinking, and innumerable missed deadlines, where is the Timestar? What ever became of the Trinity Magnum Co? Well, Timex says they get the odd phone call, but no real proposal, no funds to bind a deal, nothing to regard seriously. In short, no negotiation. | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v5 n11) | Tom Woods sells enhanced Mscript; Byte-Back offers new A/D converter; Tom Bent's 8K ROM; Powerful Projects with Your Timex/Sinclair; D. Lipinski's buyer's guide; Spec-Tax; control your computer with brain waves; green screen monitors. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Forecast | SYNTAX expects Sinclair Research to make some moves before the end of Apr.85. Recent rumblings in the rumor mill suggest it’s grinding up something. Production and quality issues in the UK seem to be settling out. The CES showing included several new non-computer devices. UK magazines show Sir Clive‘s electric tricycle. | |
| Style and Speed in BASIC | When you write a BASIC program, the order in which you carry out your tasks affects the speed of your program. This routine lets you see simple examples that show how the same task can take 42 seconds at the front of a program , but 78 at the end. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Will Jackintosh Jump on QL? | Reports from CES in Jan.85 suggest that Atari will position it’s 68000-based machine at the same price as Sinclair’s QL. Later news of low earnings at Commodore suggest that they will bear the brunt of Atari’s 8-bit attack early in the year and the 16/32-bit blast later may find Commodore unable to respond. | Sinclair QL |
