The RAMTOP Dec 1985
Date: December 1985
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Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 3D Fractals | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Editor's Notes for December | ||
| Layout Guide TS1500 | Timex/Sinclair 1500 | |
| Miscellany | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Musical Christmas with TS 2068 | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Short Utilities/Routines for TS 2068 | Our Friend Eric Yruegas sent this to me. THANKS! ERIC! This month I was rattin’ around my program files and found a few programs that I haven’t used in a while. I thought that I’d share them with you. Bold Characters The first is a short machine code routine that makes bold characters on the | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Spectrum Calls and Pokes | Here are a selection of POKEs and ROM calls for the Spectrum that produce some interesting effects without upsetting the machine. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Star-Trek | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program | |
| T/S Resources | Spectrum 128. | |
| Taswide | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Try This | Two short graphics demos. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Two Tips: Colors, VAL$ | First the Colors I modified Paul Banisik’s “Second display file initialization routine” from the April RAMTOP (1985), and incorporated it into a BASIC program that would poke attribute values into the second display file. To access this display mode, type “OUT 255,2”. In this mode, the computer looks at the first display file (D_File_1) for | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Using the OPEN# and CLOSE# Commands on the TS 2068 | Many people who use the 2068 have generally no idea what the commands OPEN# and CLOSE# are for and what they can do. These commands were intended for use with the Microdrives, but we can use them an entirely different way. By using the OPEN# command you open up what is called a ‘stream’, or | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |