| 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! | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 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. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Alpha Strings | Label maker modification; little goodies revisited; user groups. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Computer Terms | The following computer terms appeared in ZX Computing (Feb/Mar ’85, page 40). The author is Jim Lock of Surry, Great Britain. Larry Chavarie sent a copy of the list to TS Horizons and we picked out our favorites. Array – what you shout when your program works first time. | |
| Computers for Convicts Department | A California user group made a gift of two Timex computers and some software to inmadte in a Nevada prison. | |
| Enter | Excitement for First Annual Timex/Sinclair Computer Fest. Speakers include Mark Fendrick, Jerry Chamkis, Jack Roberts, Thomas Woods. | |
| 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, so I hope you like it. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| 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 addresses are used). | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Leave My Stuff Alone | Theft hurts just as much when the stolen item Is useless to the thief as If it were jewels. What is been presented here is not intended to let you penetrate deep secrets for criminal purposes. It is for self-help when things get sticky. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Making 2068 Back-Ups on the A&J Microdrive | Technique for backing software from tape to A&J Microdrive. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 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. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Reviews by Tex: Softaid | The Softaid tape is one cooperative effort to support relief efforts for victims of famine in Africa. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Reviews for the Non-Programmer (TS1000) | "Zapper" (removes electrical spikes); short memory test program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| 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. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| 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. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 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. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Try These | Each line of text appears to scroll outwards into place from the center of the screen. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| 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. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 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 ZX81, including Maplin. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
