| Decoding CompuServe's Run-Length-Encoded Graphics on the Sinclair QL |
A SuperBASIC program for the Sinclair QL to display off-line CompuServe RLE (Run-Length-Encoded) graphics files. Explains how to download files via MTERM, details the RLE format, and provides notes on color changes and printing using QDUMPS utility. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| MEMSCAN |
A short machine code routine for the TS-2068 that displays a memory map of the computer by scanning every other address and plotting a dot if non-zero content is found. Relocatable; called with RANDOMIZE USR n. Also includes POKE modifications for Spectrum compatibility and for scanning every byte rather than every other. |
Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Newsletter Exchange: Cincinnati T/S ComputerFest Reports |
Two reports on the Cincinnati T/S ComputerFest from the May 86 RANTOR NL (Cleveland) and the March 1986 Atlanta T/S User Group newsletter. Both describe the large crowds, high sales of QL computers and disk drives, and many user groups in attendance. One reporter meets Eric Truegas, Joe Williamson, Tom Woods, and others. |
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| PUG News |
Peninsula User Group news: upcoming July swap meet details; Jack Dohany’s AERCO CPM terminal connected to TS-2068; Rex Lundgren on peripheral removal damage; TIMELINEZ receives trademark dispute letter from a company using the name ‘TIME LINE’; Pat Morrissey finds pro bono attorney. |
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| Supercalafragalistic Phone Number Word Generator |
A BASIC program for the Sinclair QL that generates all possible words that a phone number could spell, useful for creating memorable vanity numbers. Prints possibilities in pages; last ‘word’ ends with ‘FINE’. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| SVSTUG News |
At the May 27 SVSTUG meeting, Mark Waller demonstrated a battery-operated TS-1000. S.N. Stein showed an engineering department Spectrum trouble-shooting manual and what appears to be a prototype TS-2020 cassette recorder. Notes on new member Bill Phillips and Henry Pollard’s search for a cheap TS-2068. |
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| Swap Meet Announcement and Win-a-Computer Contest |
Announces a Timex/Sinclair Swap Meet on July 20, 1986, at Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame, open to all T/S users and groups. Also announces a year-long contest awarding points for TIMELINEZ contributions, with the winner receiving a new TS-2068. |
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| Using Time(x) Doing Time, or Time Well Spent |
The history of PUG’s prisoner computing aid program, started in 1982 when George Mockridge responded to a letter from a Nevada prisoner who had bought a Sinclair ZX-81. Describes the ongoing correspondence, equipment donations, and how inmates learned BASIC and eventually computerized their prison’s Parole and Probation Office. Includes contact information for donations. |
Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
