Triangle Sinclair Users Group v2 n3

Undoubtedly you would like to own a nice machine code loader, and a Simple disassembler, and a hex/decimal decimal/hex converter. Then you could easily follow and learn from Dick Scoville’s machine language tutorial which starts in this issue.

64K inside the case from Independence Research, ROMPAK programs; disk drives; CAI Instruments products and more.

News and rumors in the Timex community.

Here is a method for installing a Toshiba TCS5S65 PL-15 Very Low Power CMOS SK X B RAM ($40 from Microprocessors Unlimited) in a TS1000 computer. Two of the great advantages of installation are the reduced power consumption (maybe as much as a 30% cut) and the absence of RAM pack wobble and crash. Who…

If I were selecting an interesting, affordable textbook suitable far beginners or intermediates, ages 10 to adult, this would be the book. It has a large number of program listing, very well explained, and the programs are interesting as well as useful. Most important is the careful explanations it’s also very well illustrated (even colored…

The Glass Plate Game is a conversational one. Idea cards and markers are used, and the challenge is to build patterns of thought by finding interesting connections between the cards.

Review of the book by Roger Valentine.

Review of the book by Roger Valentine.

Review of the book by Peter Shaw.

Inside [a Timex Cartridge] one finds three blobs of what looks like high quality tar on a circuit board. Apparently they must weld down the silicon wafers themselves, which gives them a pretty good proprietary grip.

Full copy of the newsletter.

STEP is a program from Sinware. The ad says STEP is the ultimate debugging tool for programs in BASIC. I cannot say if this is true or not, But it sure comes close. STEP permits the execution of a program by several methods. The simplest is one line at a time. To use STEP, first…

This is the review of the AC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS program I promised you last month, but didn’t get a chance to do. The program is simply called AC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM and it functions like a miniature version of ECAP. Anyone who knows what ECAP is can skip to the next paragraph. For those who…

Short program to covert between the two bases.

Sinclair has done it again. I expect you haven’t heard about his new computer – the QL – as it was only announced last week in Britain. The specification of the machine is very good and I will list some of the main points.

The REM statement is a short machine code routine which must be the first line of the program. The other lines can be anywhere and can be modified to give other messages.

Here’s a way of going through the display file and darkening up each dot, then printing out everything with COPY for a nice dark, hard copy image.

Here is a way of seeing the special 64 character mode in operation and convincing yourself that you need a high res RGB monitor or some such new addition.

We will have the Timex modem on hand far a hands on demonstration, continue with the software sharing that went on last meeting, and we will come up with a group project that can be done in a one to two month time period. We will also have an auction of donated materials: Step, Rampager,…

You may be interested in a TSZX loading aid which really works; further, it allows one to easily align ones tape heads (the latter has been the source of all my load problems with the TS1000): no tape recorder has been properly aligned when purchased.

This is really a collection of short programs, reached by appropriate ‘GOTO’ commands. The first part of the program gives the appropriate line numbers names which are easier to remember, and dimensions the arrays.