Triangle Sinclair Users Group v2 n1-2

Response to review of XFORTH in the newsletter.

In my Physical Science class we were given the assignment to do a science fair project. I chose to do a project to see whether north or south facing rooms differed in temperature from one another. We discussed all of the problems with using a real house to take measurements and decided that we would…

Our family had initiated a “job-jar” of weekly chores to spread out the housekeeping duties. My wife, who works, had strongly suggested that we all pitch in for the good of the family. Our two sons (aged 7 and 10) agreed and we selected a list of 20 jobs to be completed weekly. These jobs…

Here is a program that will give you the correct time whenever you enter “GOTO tm”.

In our joint meeting with the TI group in January we heard a presentation by Phil Kegelmeyer, son of Bill K, and watched in fascination as a simple program demonstrated ways that a computer can detect edges, vertical edges and corners. We’ll present a report on this program in our March issue. And we’ll also…

Speed benchmark program adapted from BYTE, January 1983 issue, page 283, listing 5. It is a program for generating prime numbers based on the Sieve of Eratosthenes. Since it is designed to run in compiled languages, the program runs ten times, giving humans a chance to time its speed on faster systems.

Program that allows the user to reallocate RAM to make way for a clear screen in the 64 column mode.