| Bank Switching for the TS1000, Part 6 | Again this month we'll start by reviewing comments and suggestions made by some of you who are building a stacked RAM bank like the one described in this series. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Banner 1000 | The purpose of this program is to print out banners on your Timex printer using your ZX81 or T/S 1000. After typing in and running, you will be instructed to “ENTER YOUR MESSAGE TO PRINT”. Now enter your message and press return. Next you will be asked to choose a “bit character”. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Banner for the TS 2068 | This is a short program to print long banners featuring large characters on the 2040 printer. Unlike some other banner programs, you do not have to type DATA statements that contain each character’s dot makeup. This program looks directly into the ROM for the dot patterns. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Book Review: Munchers | MUNCHERS (The Ultimate Timex/Sinclair Games Book) by Yin Chiu and Henry Mullish Copyright 1984 by McGraw-Hill Book Company ISBN 0-07-010839-0 (It should be noted that the copy being reviewed herein is an “uncorrected page proof” with a “Probable Publication date” of 8/84.) | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Cassette Loading Hints for Timex Computers | The most annoying problem I have had with my T/S 1000 is not being able to load programs, If you have tried all the suggestions in the manual and still have problems, try the following techniques. Using them I get a good load on the first try nine times out of ten. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Enter | We thought we would go out on a limb in this issue and try something new. The result is the institution of the soon-to-be coveted “New Horizon Awards”. These are not material trophies that will be sent out to any of the recipients, but merely a published acknowledgement of contributions made by individuals, organizations, and companies which have benefitted the Timex and Sinclair user community. | |
| First Annual T-S Horizons Awards | Here we recognize the writers who have supported TSH in the last year. Bill Ferrebee, Tex Faucette, Doug Gangi, Gordon Young, Paul Hunter, Ken Lewis, Bill Johnson, Mather White, John Marion, Art Gindin, and all the rest. | |
| From The Cluttered Desk… | First of all I would like to thank all of you who have written to congratulate us on our first birthday. I also want to thank those who have written with suggestions and complaints. As we are still an infant publication it helps quite a lot to know what you are thinking. | |
| Hardware Review: DK' Tronics Flexible Ribbon Connector | DK’ Tronics flexible ribbon connector has a 46 pin female connector on one end, for attaching to the back of your ZX/TS computer, about 8″ of 40 strand flexible flat ribbon cable and a male solder plated ZX/TS connector on the other end. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Hardware Review: The Suntronics KD-81 Keyboard | The Suntronics KD-81 Keyboard $49.95 plus $4.00 postage and handling Order from: Suntronics Company, Inc. 12621 Crenshaw Blvd. Hawthone, California 90250 (1-800-421-5775) (213-644-1149) The Suntronics KD-81 is a full sized keyboard made specially for the Timex 1000/Sinclair ZX-81. It is an excellent keyboard with the Timex legends silk screened in two colors. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| In Touch With The World No. 4 | Hello again, and as you prepare for this festive time of year, I am back to provide you with some information that will help you enjoy your Telecomputing through the Holiday Season. First, let me be among the first to wish you only the happiest of Holidays. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Merry Christmas from T-S Horizons | Seasons greeting program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| More One-Liners for the 2068 | The “2068 Spirograph” routine drew a good bit of response including a letter from Robert Hartung, former writer for SYNC magazine. He informs us that the routine is a variation of one which is at the top of page 472 of Morse, Adamson, Anrep, and Hancock’s Essential Guide To T/S Home Computers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| More Power to Ya | How many of you have experienced this situation?: You are sitting at your keyboard, typing in the “ultimate” program. You’ve been at it for three hours, and you have two lines left. Suddenly, your wife starts the clothes dryer in the basement…you see a glitch on the screen…POOF!!! | |
| MTERM II Tutorial | This will be a short series in the proper use of the MTERM II Telecommunications software package for the Westridge 2050 modem/TS 2068 computer combination. In this series, I hope to unravel the mystery that seems to have arisen since the release of MTERM II. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Odds, Ends, Etc. | While most of the “survivors” of the recent Great Magazine Showdown, as well as the majority of their advertisers, are ignoring our favorite computers, an occasional reference does appear now and then. One recently mentioned a 2800 member “Southwestern Sinclair Users Group”, whose President, John Brown, Jr. | |
| Program Header Listing | If you are like me, you like to have backup copies of your T/S programs to use on a regular basis. I put the master copies of my tapes away so that they don’t get damaged. Some programs are easy to backup. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Programming Tips | Here is an article of immediate practical use if you have ever tried to type in long REM lines for machine code or wanted password protection for your programs. Also included are points on how to reduce SAVE/LOAD time, hidden program lines, PRINTing and COPYing lines 22 and 23, how to find the PRINT coordinates, and "custom" error codes. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Reviews for the Non-Programmer #6 | This author has remained a non-programmer for several reasons: It seems like a lot of work. Most problems have been solved and it seemed easier to use someone else’s programs. The programs as written seemed uncomprehensible. | |
| Software Review: The Hobbit | The Hobbit is a graphics adventure game for the 48K Spectrum. It will run on the Spectrum rom or a Spectrum Emulator. The program takes about 6 minutes to load (and has a very neat screen string, as pictured with the dragon and mountain). The game is very tough. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Software Review: Timegate | TIMEGATE from Quicksilva is a very fast action space adventure arcade-type game for the TS2068. It was originally written for the SPECTRUM and has been faithfully re-done for the TS2068. According to the info flyer from Quicksilva “a hero is needed to save the universe by fighting the evil Swarm…” The directions for this game | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Software Review: Trivia Machine | One of my favorite activities, when I am not working at the keyboard, or at my job, is being a “Trivialist”. I love playing Trivial Pursuit, and of the other trivia games available. That’s why when I received TRIVIA MACHINE, by MANX Software, I was anxious to test myself. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Software Review: UPLOAD 2000 | If you’re like me, the TS 2068 was not the first computer you owned. You probably had a ZX81 or TS1000, and probably have plenty of programs to run on it. Now that you’ve moved on to the more sophisticated TS2068, you probably think to build a library for it, you’ll have to start from scratch, right? | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T-S News | ITEM: The QL is coming! We received a very attractive full color booklet from Sinclair Research that tells everything you’ve always wanted to know about the QL-except when it will be available. Much of the information has been published in T-S Horizons before but it does go into more detail on the word processing, database, spreadsheet, and graphics software. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T/S Help and Information | Welcome to the first installment of the T/S Help and Information. This column is designed to answer questions, give advice, and give general information about the Timex Sinclair family of computers. Our first letter is from John Novak of Munster, Indiana. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Telecommunications: Timex/Sinclair 1000 vs Radio Shack Model 100 | (Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Larry Desch for the newsletter of his local KAYPRO user group in Iowa City, and is reprinted here with the gracious permission of the author.) AN INEXPENSIVE (really!!) and PORTABLE (truly!!) | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| User Groups | Due to a rather good response to a recently published request for user group information, here is a partial list of T/S Groups. If you don’t see one in your area then look again next month when I will give you some more. This partial listing is due to a lack of space. | |
