Date: July 1988
Articles
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User Group Digest: C.A.T.S. The Capital Area Timex Sinclair User GroupTS 2068 CATS is a not-for-profit and has been around since ZX81 ads appeared in Popular Science. About 90 active membets – about a third are active TS-2068 users, more than half have TS-2068s. Monthly newsletter and software library.
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The Last Issue of your SubscriptionTS 2068 UP-DATE begin in October 1987 with 40 subscribers and climbed to 220.
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This JULY UP-DATE Issue- New Programs and New UtilitiesTS 2068 Challenges in compiling disks for the various operating system are described.
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Help with the Aerco FD-68TS 2068 Aerco FD-68 DOS lacks the ability to save character arrays. A solution is proposed.
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A Code File PrinterTS 2068 MS-TAS is a utility to peek and print out Mscript and Tasword CODE files.
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Using STR$ to Modify Disk Program TitlesTS 2068 Solution for printing a number of files sequentially with Smart Text.
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A Print Wheel ProblemTS 2068 Reader problems distinguishing characters from the print wheel used to produce the newsletter.
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A TOS (Zebra) Disk NewsletterTS 2068 Ron Havlen started FDD Express, a resumption of the defunct TOPS Newsletter.
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A Save Nothing FileTS 2068 Tutorial Save a blank “CODE” file that can later be used to clear a machine code program.
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Check the VARS AreaTS 2068 VARS_DIS is a utility to MERGE to any BASIC program to give you a disassembly of the entire VARS area.
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A Break Through DOS for the TS-2068TS 2068 MAX DOS: combining Oliger DOS and Larken DOS.
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Extra MemoryTS 2068 A TS-2068 that has twenty times the maximum capacity of a IBM XT! Do pictures and proof schematics lie? An interesting article by Mr. Charles Bothier sets the technical basis for our cottage industry to provide more memory expansion hardware.
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The New Oliger V2-52 EPROMTS 2068 The latest Oliger DOS EPROM includes ERASE / (file name), RESTORE / (old file name to new file name), RESTORE /”new disk name”, RESTORE /(used alone to re-initialize to default parameters), VERIFY /(file name) to check the file for errors, COPY/ copies screen to printer, MERGE /(program name), SAVE //(Save without warning ~ that file…
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LettersTS 2068 Letters from Ray Norton about BASICare modules.
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MAX DOS: A Study of DUAL DOS in the TS-2068TS 2068 For several weeks UPDATE has been testing two simultaneous disk operating systems in the TS-2068: the Oliger SAFE DOS and the Larken DOS. The hardware hook-up is the full “two board” Oliger system and the Larken LKDOS cartridge in the dock port. Extensive operation with the combination has revealed an almost complete compatibility between the…
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CTM Magazine QuitsTS 2068 Chet Lambert, owner/publisher of CTM Magazine, announced in the June issue that he is quitting. CTM supported amateur radio operators and contributed to the development of packet telecommunications.
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The Mscript File Printer that printed the above ArticleTS 2068 Type-in program Refers to the DOS-64 review by Pete Fischer. Discusses switching between 32 and 64 column modes in OS-64 and code for an Mscript file printer is included.
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Dense Pack Basic, and the use of Logical OperatorsZX81 TS 1000 TS 1500 TS 2068 There has been a considerable amount of questions and interest about Dense Pack programming techniques andt the use of Boolean logic. This article written in 1983 by Sharon Aker merges nicely with my feeble attempts to explain the use of Boolean Logic in Basic programming.
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QL CharacteristicsTS 2068 QL About half of the subscribers to UP-DATE are owners of both the TS-2068 and tlie Sinclair QL, the latest member of the Orphan Computer family. Comments received about the QL range from pure disgust to enthusiastic praise. But there is one common denominator amongst the QL owners and that is a desire to learn how…
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FDD Express: More LettersTS 2068 Letters from Bob Orrfelt about the FDD technical manual he was writing; Jack Dohany about Zebra FDD system; Dennis Bryant about Amdek DXY-100 Plotter and sound; Tom Dunlop about moving Profile 2068 to disk.
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TS-2068 with Unlimited RAM capabilityTS 2068 Type-in program Hardware project Schematics and machine code to expand the 2068 RAM with port buffer, clock/calendar, 56K or 64K, expansion bank controller and proper address decoding for EXROM.
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Larken Disk DoctorTS 2068 Type-in program This utility will be found useful in the inspection, analysis, and correction of errors on disks used on the Larken disk drive system. This utility is designed for use with the Larken 350K per disk I/F board.
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The Budget Software, Part IITS 2068 Type-in program This software began in the April issue. Some repetition is included for convenience of reading. There are several ways of attacking this group of programs. You can key in the listings, which will give you a operating BUDGET and SPREADSHEET program “in basic”.
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MS-TAS Documentation: A Tutor in Basic Programming TechniquesTS 2068 Type-in program Program to view MSCRIPT and TASWORD files.
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Utilities "INIT" and "Cclear Code"TS 2068 The “INIT” utilities for the three Disk Operating Systems are slightly different. Each listing may be used to pick up another little twist for another DOS.
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Software Review: Money Machine IITS 2068 Software review For those unfortunate ones who are able to observe Vanna infrequently or not at all, but are nevertheless equipped with a T/S 2068, there remains the option of MONEY MACHINE II. This option not only permits discretionary observation of Miss Banna Brite (as shapely an assembly of pixels as one could wish for), but also…
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The "PEEK VARS" UtilityTS 2068 Type-in program The PEEK VARS utility is designed to be MERGED to a Basic program either under construction, or one that is being modified. Use it as a “dangling sub-routine” to be consulted when facts about the System Variables are needed. ยซGO TO 9000ยป gets a screen print of the System Variables that may be needed for…
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Addendum to Article in January Update "Dock Bank Memory, 20 Cents"TS 2068 Hardware project Corrected diagram.
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The July/April Issue Disk Consolidated into OneTS 2068 The July and April Issue Diskettes have been consolodated into one giant assemblage of programs and utilities. The consolodation was necessary because the Budget program, by Bob Mitchell, was split between the two issues. I have not ever seen such a combined useful and educational works presented in a computer magazine.
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The October and January Issue DiskTS 2068 The OCTOBER 87 and JANUARY 88 Issue disks are now available for three Disk Operating Systems; Oliger DOS, Larken DOS, and Aerco FD-68 DOS.
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Peeking and Poking AboutTS 2068 Type-in program Tutorial One of the fun things about using the TS2068 is the ability to PEEK and POKE in amongst the machine code and particularly when using TIMACHINE.
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DOS-64: A ReviewTS 2068 Software review Review of MakeDOS-64, a machine code system which allows use of the OS-64 cartridge code on an Aerco Disk Drive without loss of Aerco DD commands, and with access to the full 256K RAM via bank switching.
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The Logical OperatorsZX81 TS 1000 TS 1500 TS 2068 Tutorial Reprint of Sharon Zadetto Aker article from Sync about using logical operators to save time and memory.
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The Aerco prcode, and possible ProblemsTS 2068 There are at least four versions of the Aerco printer code and each of these may have three variations of configurations set up during the user’s adaptation to his own printer equipment.