
Date: September/October 1984
Volume: 3
Issue: 5
Articles
- Editorial: The best of times, the worst of times...Well, the worst is over and it can only get better. At least that’s how I -feel now as I tap out my -first newsletter on my 2068. I wish to thank all of you who have decided to stick with the newsletter (and, of course, the ZX computers) for your continued support – I…
- Membership RosterWe lost a lot of people when the newsletter changed hands (at least half), but that’s the way it goes.
- Support!Companies still supporting the Sinclair and Timex/Sinclair computers.
- Keyboard Control of GraphicsFast graphics in SLOW mode is not a contradiction in terms. Machine code allows instantaneous control of a moving graphic symbol in this example program.
- Program Conversion: DeepspaceDeepspace is a tatical simulation of ship to ship combat. You are one of a group of captains assigned to patrol a section of your star empire’s borders against hostile aliens. Converted from the original in More BASIC Computer Games by David Ahl.
- Input/Output
- Sprite MakerMachine code program to support fast moving graphics
- Outlook Bright for New Products and ServicesReprinted from E. Arthur Brown catalog.
- Steering to Success: The QL RoadtestReprinted from another source.
- The Sinclair QLReprinted from BYTE UK.