Date: January 1989
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 2068 Power Supply Problem? | From my own personal experience and information gleaned from articles, it is clear that the method of powering the 2068 has serious problems. My solution to these problems is to provide a husky linear power supply to the computer, printer and accessories. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Another QL Beginner Tipster | Sinclair QL | |
| Club Z88 Pipeline | Letter about plan to develop a Z88-specific newsletter. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Creating Export Data Files With PSION Software (Abacus/Quill) Then Importing Them to Quill | How to export files from Abacus and read them into Quill. | Sinclair QL |
| Disk Drives, the Repair thereof, and analogies | Disk drive repair cost exceeds new replacement cost, by way of an analogy about Lincoln cars. | |
| HELPER: A SuperBASIC Program | A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format. | Sinclair QL |
| Larken Tip | Recommendation for LKDOS users to subscribe to SINC LINK. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LDOS Version 3 | One can upgrade to version 3 by ordering a new EPROM for LKDOS. It provides a raft of great improvements. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Let's Talk About Printers and Bit Image Graphics | When it comes to printers and graphics, there is very little standardization. However, IBM compatible printers all use the same common command format. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letter about converting Microsoft BASIC programs to SuperBasic | Letter includes a program to replace MID$, LEFT$ and RIGHT$ functions with Sinclair equivalent functions. | Sinclair QL |
| Letter about Z88 | Cambridge Z88 | |
| Letter updating REFIELD | Sinclair QL | |
| LKDOS Off Switch (For MAX DOS Operation) | Add an off switch to resolve conflicts with Oliger NMI functions. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Microdrive Cartridge Repairs | I recently encountered a “stuck” microdrive cartridge. I mean, it was working one minute, and suddenly, all I could get from my QL was “not found”, whatever that means. What it means is that the tape is inserted incorrectly and not moving. In my case, reinserting the tape did not help, so I started looking | Sinclair QL |
| Money Machine, Puzzle Maker and additional comment on Money Machine II | The original Money Machine is a little different than Money Machine II: it does not have Bann Brite nor the enlarged type of the latter. It has 400 puzzles and provides for loading in new puzzles. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| More on Printers and Printer Buffers | ||
| Publishing Data | Update has more than 400 subscribers. | |
| QL Repair Sources/TS-2068 Repair Sources | Dan Elliott and Tom Bent are recommended for QL. Elliot also repairs TS-2068. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Tips | Tips on printing from the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Publications: Quantum Levels Still Kicking | Quantum Levels will continue publishing and will absorb Syncware News. | Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Z-88 Filling a Market Niche? | What makes the Z88 unique is its packaging. The computer is eight by eleven inches, weighs under two pounds and is only three fourths of an inch thick! This makes it the first truly portable computer. | Cambridge Z88 |
| SNUG Update | Brief update on progress in establishing the Sinclair Northamerica Users Group. | |
| Tax Software for the QL | TAX-l-QL (rhymes with icicle) is the lead program from the Boston QL software house of EMSoft. It is a spreadsheet template to run under ABACUS on the QL to make the IRS tax preparation easier but is does require at least 384K RAM. | Sinclair QL |
| The Cambridge Z88 Personal Computer | Reprint of press announcement. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The FD-68 Update | Using RP/M (a clone of CP/M by Micro-Methods) with the TS-2068 and FD-68. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Index Printer | Last issue we gave an index printing program for the TS-2068. This time I was determined to make the QL do it. Actually it turned out to be pretty good, and it has some other applications as well. It could be an “outline printer” or could be used for just about any purpose that one | Sinclair QL |
| The MAX DOS Saga | Some are having problems with conflicts. LKDOS users should use RANDOMIZE USR 100 instead of PRINT #4, which conflicts with Oliger DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The QL Beginner's Column: "Software Dependant" Software | Confused title? Nope! We need to understand that the bread and butter for QL computing are the many new softwares, American made, inexpensive, that depend upon the Psion group for operation | Sinclair QL |
| TS-2068 Power Warning | As more devices are hung on the I/O port, the rated output of the voltage regulator is stretched to the limit. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 VARS Save and Re-Load | Program find and save VARS for Larken DOS or cassette. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Z88 Review | I have owned a Z88 for about five months now. I thought I would give my impressions of it. I have always been interested in laptop computers and wanted to buy one for a long time. But they were either too expensive or not powerful enough. That is until the Z88. It is both powerful | Cambridge Z88 |
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