T-S Horizons n18

Date: April 1986
Issue: 18

Articles

  • Computers for Convicts Department
    A California user group made a gift of two Timex computers and some software to inmadte in a Nevada prison.
  • T-S News
    Zebra Systems announced that the price of the Zebra-Talker has been reduced and the software is compatible with their disk drive. Thomas Woods has developed a 32K Bank-Switched programmable memory cartridge for the 2068.
  • TS2068 Review: The Horace Saga...
    There are three programs in the Horace saga: Horace and the Spiders, Horace Goes Skiing and Hungry Horace. Having all three, I think they are quite entertaining.
  • Reviews by Tex: Softaid
    The Softaid tape is one cooperative effort to support relief efforts for victims of famine in Africa.
  • 2068 Review: Greeting Card Designer
    Thanks to Zebra Systems (the same great folks that brought us Tech-Draw… ZPRINT80… and many other fine products), we now have… GREETING CARD DESIGNER!
  • Part-Way Down the Road with Partial Pascal
    Partial Pascal from Semper Software was the subject of an earlier review. This is a follow-up which includes a book review plus other “adventures” with Partial Pascal.
  • Reviews for the Non-Programmer (TS1000)
    “Zapper” (removes electrical spikes); short memory test program.
  • ZX 81 News and Resources
    ZX81 hardware expert Bruce Taylor, of Budget Robotics & Computing, has announced the release of his book, Build a Microcomputer-Controlled Robot and Other Computer Control Projects. David Clifford has Westridge 2050 boards available along with Mini-Xmod 1.7; is working on Mini-Xmod for the 2068. Review of Aerco’s FD-ZX Floppy Disk System. British companies supporting the
  • Surplus Keyboard Improvements for Extra Shifted Keys
    The TI 99-4A keyboards, still widely available, are an ideal unit for the ZX81/TS1000 computers. Recent and not so recent articles have shown how the shifted keys on the KB-0 line cam be connected using two diodes. This method can give you four useful and often used shifted keys: EDIT, DELETE, quotation marks, and FUNCTION.
  • Textwriter 1000 Enhancements
    One of the best word processors around for the ZX/TS computers is TEXTWRITER 1000 by Robert Fingerle. However, there are a few enhancements that I found which make it even easier to use.
  • Filler Up: For the TS 1000/ZX81
    Have you ever had a use for a partial screen clear or a rapid screen fill with a specific character? Then FILLER UP is for you. It’s a short (24 byte) machine code routine that can be stored in an opening REM statement or relocated to any of your favorite M/C storage spots (no absolute
  • A Right-to-Left Pixel-by-Pixel Screen Scroll
    The following machine code program can be located anywhere you wish. It is very easy to double a number that is given in binary, just as it is very easy to multiply a number by 10 if it is given in decimal — in each case, you Just add a 0 on the right.
  • Etch-Ah-Sketch
    It’s hard to come by a good drawing program with the capabilities represented In this one. This program was originally written for my uncle’s Atari 400 but, after many modifications, I converted It for the 2068 and thought I would share It with other users. I worked on this program two years off and on,
  • Making 2068 Back-Ups on the A&J Microdrive
    Technique for backing software from tape to A&J Microdrive.
  • Alpha Strings
    Label maker modification; little goodies revisited; user groups.
  • Try These
    Each line of text appears to scroll outwards into place from the center of the screen.
  • Enter
    Excitement for First Annual Timex/Sinclair Computer Fest. Speakers include Mark Fendrick, Jerry Chamkis, Jack Roberts, Thomas Woods.

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