Update January 1989

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

Add an off switch to resolve conflicts with Oliger NMI functions.

As more devices are hung on the I/O port, the rated output of the voltage regulator is stretched to the limit.

Some are having problems with conflicts. LKDOS users should use RANDOMIZE USR 100 instead of PRINT #4, which conflicts with Oliger DOS.

One can upgrade to version 3 by ordering a new EPROM for LKDOS. It provides a raft of great improvements.

Update has more than 400 subscribers.

Disk drive repair cost exceeds new replacement cost, by way of an analogy about Lincoln cars.

Quantum Levels will continue publishing and will absorb Syncware News.

Reprint of press announcement.

Brief update on progress in establishing the Sinclair Northamerica Users Group.

Letter about plan to develop a Z88-specific newsletter.

Recommendation for LKDOS users to subscribe to SINC LINK.

Tips on printing from the QL.

Dan Elliott and Tom Bent are recommended for QL. Elliot also repairs TS-2068.

How to export files from Abacus and read them into Quill.

Program find and save VARS for Larken DOS or cassette.

Letter includes a program to replace MID$, LEFT$ and RIGHT$ functions with Sinclair equivalent functions.

A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format.

Using RP/M (a clone of CP/M by Micro-Methods) with the TS-2068 and FD-68.

When it comes to printers and graphics, there is very little standardization. However, IBM compatible printers all use the same common command format.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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…