| 2068 SOFTWARE REVIEW |
I had hopes of getting more done on the 2068 machine code routines I was working on but having taken my summer vacation this month, I am a bit behind on just about everything. Thanks to the many users who have written me about the WORM word processor program and hope everyone gets all the |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Spirograph |
The following note accompanied this month’s tape from T.S, Services (formerly known as T.S.T.I.S. – See T.S. News section for more details). Here is a cute routine to show your friends: PLOT 68,28:DRAW 100,100,4100. At first glance you might expect that this program would not work because of the large third number in the DRAW |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Bank Switching for the TS 1000, Part 5 |
To start this month’s installment, we will clear up the increased RF interference on the display and discuss alternative power supplies. There have been several articles describing how to interface a ZX81/TS1000 to a monitor instead of a TV. The advantage, of course, is the elimination of RF interference and a much sharper and steadier |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Bits & Bytes No. 2 |
Hello again. We’re back with “everything you didn’t know, and may not care about”! But you’re getting it anyway! I’m getting a great response from the User Groups around the country, and even from CANADA! If you haven’t sent me info on your group, what are you waiting for?!? I am putting the list on |
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| Correction to "Worm" Word Processor for the TS-1000 |
As many of you who entered Gordon Young’s program from T-S Horizons discovered, the program doesn’t work as published. The problem occurred during the paste-up stage of the magazine when yours truly accidentally rearranged the machine code listing in issue #5. The fault was our own and Gordon Young’s program works beautifully, as many of |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Correction To TS-1000 Music Program |
Mather White, the author of September’s music-generation article, found the following minor-typographical errors (our fault). Hopefully, they did not cause a great problem for our readers. Page 10, Driver 1, second listing in column, line 40: should be double quotes (not single) Page 10, Driver 2, third listing in column, line 20: “(1-25)” should be |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Enter: TSH One Thousand |
Since this issue marks the first anniversary of the publication of T-S Horizons, we are proud to announce that T-S Horizons now officially has 1,000 subscribers. In a conversation with Dave Higgenbottom earlier this month (October) I mentioned that we were near the 1,000-mark, and he requested the “honor” of being #1,000. couldn’t turn down |
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| FORTH for the 2068 |
Everyone should try FORTH. I am unaware of the exact ratio, but a certain percentage of those who try it will like it, and the rest will hate it. There seems to be no middle ground. I recently read (I don’t remember where a statement of the number of active FORTH programmers which indicated that |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hardware Review: Centronics Printer Interface |
The untimely demise of Timex as a computer company left the American Sinclair computer owner in a real pickle. Fortunately, Sinclair has always encouraged the after market producers of software and peripherals. A number of these barnstormers in computer excellence have continued to support the entire line of TS computers. Of special note is AERCO. |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hardware Review: Q-SAVE |
Q-SAVE is a speedy loader device for the TS 1000/ZX81. It can load a 16K program in about 25 seconds (compared to 6 minutes with the normal loading time that’s quite a difference). Q-SAVE is a hardware/software combination. The hardware supplied is a filter/amplifier. It greatly increases the chances of a load (with a Q-SAVE |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Hardware Review: SPECTRUM Conversion Kit |
About a month ago I received a golden flyer from Pheonix Enterprises advertising a product that they claimed would allow me to run Spectrum programs. Needless to say, they had my attention, I had already heard of Doug Dewey’s emulator board, but decided that was more than I wanted to invest at the time. So |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hardware Review: The Zebra Talker Speech Synthesizer |
The Zebra Talker is an excellent choice for a speech synthesizer. It has very good sound for an under $100 dollar speech synthesizer, and is very easy to program. It has no software to operate it, because it comes with it’s own little eprom that just plugs into the port of the TS 1000/ZX81. With |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| In Touch With The World No. 3 |
Welcome again to the column, and this month I will “shift gears in midstream”, so to say. Originally I had planned to review the new SMART II software for the Westridge 2050 modem, Anchor finally released it, and many of you may already have it. I was promised a review copy of SMART II from |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Rebirth of the Timex Computer? |
Dave Higgenbottom has hopes of “reviving” the TIMEX computer line. After hearing this rumor (in at least forty different formats) for several weeks, I was able to contact Mr. Higgenbottom by telephone for the following interview taped on June 18th. Tex: Do you actually have the rights for TIMEX? Dave: No, we are presently negotiating |
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| Software Review: Art for All Ages |
Last month we explored the world of music through the program MUSICOLA for the TS2068. This month we continue our journey through the “Computer Cultural Corner” with a look at another program that allows us to express our artistic tendencies. ART FOR ALL AGES is a program for the TS2068 that allows you to turn |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Software Review: User Defined Graphics |
USER DESIGN GRAPHICS is a neat way to design your own characters for use in games or whatever. The program self starts, presenting the user with a menu that includes a “tutorial” option. This should be selected by the first-time user. It runs through the whole routine of designing a special character, with on-screen narrative. |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Spectrum Section |
The Timex 2068 is based on the English ZX Spectrum computer, which is very popular in throughout Europe. Tons of excellent software is available for the Spectrum, yet very little of it will run on the 2068 due to design changes made by Timex. With the proliferation of Spectrum emulators and ROM chips, more and |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T-S NEWS |
With the decrease of support and a lack of availability of the Timex computers, many Sinclair followers have been looking forward to the U.S. introduction of the Sinclair Quantum Leap (QL). While some reports of disappointment with the new computer have been filtering in from Englaad (where the QL was finally released earlier this year), |
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