Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter v6 n1

Date: November 1988

Volume: 6

Issue: 1

Title	Description	Computers
Excerpts from Bill Harmer Guide to the Larken ZX81/TS1000 Disk System	Hints, notes and techniques for using the Larken disk system for the ZX81/TS1000.	Timex/Sinclair 1000
From: Editor	Information about the club’s bulletin board system.
Interesting Tid-Bits	Reprinted from Syncware News and Update magazines. Program to color-cycle 2068 screen to prevent monitor burn-in. Avoiding use of GOSUBs. Renumbering routines. Update magazine background, article index User groups in North America	Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068
New Acquisitions: May 1989	Report of new additions to the club’s library.
Seven-Bit ASCII Text Filter for the TS 2068 with Larken Disk I/O	Program to remove rogue ASCII characters from downloaded files that prevent them from being loaded.
Timex is in computer field with under-$100 unit	The computer is a Sinclair design; from 25 to 30 software packages will be offered at first. Next month marks Timex’s entry into the personal computer market with an under-$100 unit the company feels will “break the price barrier we feel has stood in the way of millions of American consumers entering the computer field,”	Timex/Sinclair 1000