Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Articles
Title | Description | Computers |
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Timexpectations: What Can You Expect? | What to expect from the magazine and future Timex products. | |
Clive runs up $200 million | Sinclair Research valued at $204 million with the launch of the Spectrum. | |
The invasion of the U.K. softwarecrats | ||
Here comes the 1500! | First they brought you the T/S 1000! Next they promised the T/S 2000! But from what we have been able to learn, the American public was not as accepting of the redone ZX81 (which is what the machine was originally called in the U.K.) and quite willing to wait for the more sophisticated machine. There | Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2000 |
Sinclair's searching for super software | With much media ado last April, Sinclair Research Ltd. licensed the Timex Corporation to sell its line of personal computers and peripherals in North America. Their first joint product, the Timex Sinclair 1000, hit the stores in August of last year and has been anteing upmarket share in thousands of outlets nationwide ever since. With | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Roll up for the ZX circus | Reporting on Sinclair events in the UK. | |
Fun In The Carrotpatch | Review of Packrabbit. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Flying Your T/S1000 | Review of Night Gunner. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Points Lost for Program Flaw | By skillfully piloting your ship through space and firing at enemy craft, you must protect your convoy from destruction in Cosmos, You must direct your ship near an alien and fire your laser before it gets away. Points are scored by destroying alien ships. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Aliens Attack Again | In Invasion Force, you control a laser base and must shoot through a moving force field and destroy an alien ship. If you hit a black blob in the moving force field, all your damage to the ship is repaired. Smaller ships fly by and drop bombs on you. The game ends when you run | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Happy Simulated Landings | With the Flight Simulation program you must land your airplane successfully on the runway without crashing. Sitting in the cockpit, your control panel shows your speed, altitude, fuel and power. The top of viewing window for the landing. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Link to the real world | Review of Down East Computing’s VOTEM, an all-purpose voltage and temperature measuring system designed to interface with the TS1000, ZX81 computer or any Z80 based system. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Now your computer talks back | Brief of the DCP Speech pack. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Word processing potential | Brief article about the Memotech parallel printer interface. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Back-up system for data | Short overview of the ZX-99 RS232C and tape control system. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Input/Output Board lets you add on peripherals | Micro Developments’ I/O boards. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Meet the man who clogged up Connecticut's phone system | In our premier issue, Timex Sinclair User features an exclusive interview with Dan Ross, the man who heads up the Timex computer division. His decisions will hopefully make T/S computing ever more fascinating in the future. Managing Editor Joe Gladstone reports. Probably the man most difficult to reach in the computer business is Dan Ross, | |
How I started a user group | A lot of people have asked me, “What is a user group and how does one get started?” A user group is a group of people who meet on a regular basis to share and discuss ideas and problems regarding the computer. There are many different types of user groups. Some are formed by owners | |
Program Printout: Rear Gunner | Rear Gunner is a program included specifically for the computer novice, to demonstrate the use of graphics mode and the maneuvering of a display under cursor control. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
Program Printout: Phasor | Remarkable graphics effects are the striking feature of Phasor for the 16K TS1000, ZX81. You are an infamous space pirate travelling home through hyperspace after a hard day’s murder and mayhem. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
Program Printout: Lemonade | You are the budding entrepreneur of a lemonade stand, trying to outsell your rivals and lay the foundations of a fast food empire. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
Program Printout: London Bridge | London Bridge calls for nerve, thought and luck. The display is a graphic representation of the bridge, seen from above. The roadway is made up of a random mix of numbers 1 to 5, representing five types of flagstone. You must cross to the other bank but as you would expect, the bridge is falling | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
Program Printout: Probability | Poisson’s formula is a method of calculating the possibilities of recurrence of an event, based on a number of occurrences in the past. This program implements the formula. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
Program Printout: Beethoven | Program to play tunes via the television speaker. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
A personal computer with many office applications | Biers describes using the TS1000 for business applications. He also authored several programs for business, incuding Business Pack I, Business Pack II and Personal Financial Planning Pack, all published by Gladstone Electronics. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Inside the T/S1000, ZX81 | Description of the hardware that makes up these computers. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Let the structure flow and you are well on the way | Part one of a step-by-step guide to teach readers how to program. Article discusses flowcharting programs. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
This book is clear, witty, useful | Review of Timex Sinclair 1000: Programs, Games and Graphics by Ian Stewart. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Machine language simplified | Review of Machine Language Made Simple For Your Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81. | Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Follow our golden rules for better SAVEs and LOADs | Tips for saving and loading. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Lifetime's obsession can easily be acquired | Advice for new and prospective TS1000 owners. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
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