Time Designs Magazine v4 n2 – Timex/Sinclair Computers

Date: January/February 1988

Volume: 4

Issue: 2

Articles

Quanta, the Library, and Page DesignerQL Software review
Review of programs and resources for the QL.
QL Sound ExplorerQL Type-in program
Program to make sounds.
Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Part TwoQL Type-in program
Program to generate Mandelbrot diagrams.
QL VAL String FunctionQL Type-in program
Short program to evaluate functions in strings.
Serial Port DriverTS 2068 Type-in program
Using the 2050 modem board to drive a serial printer.
ZX-Term*80TS 1000 Software review
Review of the terminal program for the TS1000.
TomahawkTS 2068 Software review
Review of the flight simulator program.
Spectrum 128K BasicZX Spectrum Hardware review
Overview of the new BASIC.
Tips on ZX81/TS1000 Computer RepairZX81 TS 1000
Tips for resolving common problems.
Inside the PC 8300Hardware review
Overview of the TS1000 “clone”.
CK Type 1000TS 1000 Type-in program
Checksum program for the 1000.
Classy Front End, UpdateTS 2068 Type-in program
Patching a bug from the fourth article in the series.
Time ZonesTS 2068 Type-in program
Determines time differences in global location.
Loan AnalyzerTS 2068 Type-in program
Calculate the monthly payments based on loan amount, term and interest rate.
Quadra-Chart+TS 2068 Type-in program
Short program to make pie charts.
1987 Federal Income Tax CalculatorZX81 TS 1000 TS 1500 TS 2068 Type-in program
Program to calculate 1987 taxes.
Z88 ... more on Sir Clive's microchip wonderZ88 Hardware review
Overview of the laptop computer.
Professional's Use TS ComputersZX81 TS 1000 TS 2068
Australian Army uses 2068 as inexpensive simulator to teach soldiers the art of calling fire from an artillery battery or mortar platoon onto targets in the field. TS2068 used to run a retail business. Nursery uses TS2068 in many aspects of its business. Power transformer manufacturer uses 2068 for accounting, cost prediction and more. ZX81…
TS CommuniqueTS 1000 TS 2068
Programming ROMs to contain multiple operating systems; problem with Amdisk III; problem with converted TI keyboard; saving certain programs to disk with NMI SAVE button.
New ItemsTS 2068 QL Software review
256K RAM from Larken; PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises; tax software from ABBA Soft; Beta Basic 3; BBSes; West coast fair planned; Pixel Print Plus.
T/S Computer Fest News: Sunstate Winterfest 88 just weeks away
From The Editor's Cluttered Desk
Telecommunications II; computer graphics; send in the clones.