| 2068 Tape Headers |
Partial listing of SAVE commands and tape header parameters for popular commercial 2068 programs including Chess by Psion, VU-File, VU-Calc, VU-3D, Oliger Print Driver, 32-Print 88, and Zeus Assembler/Monitor. Intended to assist users converting cassette software to disk. |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| EBZUG News |
Meeting report for the East Bay Z80 User Group (February 26, 1987). Topics include progress on securing a permanent meeting room at the library, upcoming joint meeting announcement, note about the PC8300 ZX81/TS1000 clone ($29.95) spotted in BYTE magazine, David Gray’s RLE graphics downloading work, and a request for help connecting two computers via a |
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| GUTS/SV Meeting News |
Combined meeting report for the GUTS/SV (Group Using Timex Sinclair / Silicon Valley) user group covering the January 27, 1987 meeting. Includes proposed future meeting topics (Bob Orrfelt on video modes, Pat Morrissey on hardware, TS1000/Aerco disk demo), plans for video taping meetings, SincLink publication history, and new member announcement from Romania. |
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| How to Disable the MERGE Function |
Describes a technique for protecting a BASIC program from being MERGEd by saving it as machine code using the SAVE…CODE command with the program’s starting address and length. Program runs normally when loaded as CODE, continuing after the SAVE command. |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Mailing Labelmaker |
A QL SuperBASIC program for printing mailing labels on a full-size printer. Menu-driven with options to print return address labels, all addresses from a built-in DATA file, selected addresses, or manually entered data. Supports four font modes (regular, enlarged, condensed, combined) and doublestrike. Address book stored in DATA lines with optional extended fields. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Modification to Multi-Tasking Article |
Correction and addendum to the February 1987 multi-tasking article on IM2 interrupts on the TS2068. Clarifies SCLD chip behavior (places 255 on the bus during interrupts), reducing the needed interrupt table to 2 bytes. Also recommends disabling BIT 6 of port 255 during IM2 initialization, adding NOPs, and ending interrupt service routines with RETI rather |
Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Scrolling Banner |
A QL SuperBASIC program that scrolls up to 10 user-entered text strings across the screen in a repeating banner display. Originally written on the ZX81, adapted for the QL with MODE 8, STRIP, and CSIZE commands. Includes keyboard interrupt to re-enter strings or clear data. Full program listing with continuation on the back page. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Sideways Printing |
A 2068 BASIC program that rotates the character set 90 degrees, allowing the Timex 2040 printer to print spreadsheets and other content sideways for wide columns. Author also offers a machine code version (1,024 bytes) that runs approximately 3x faster, available on tape or disk by request. Disassembly also available. |
Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Sinclair Introduces New Computer |
Reprint of a brief item from the San Francisco Chronicle (February 18, 1987) reporting Clive Sinclair’s announcement of a new small laptop computer weighing under two pounds, IBM-compatible, priced at $350–$700, and believed to be the Z88. |
Cambridge Z88 |
