| Did You Try This? | Short program to make moire patterns. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| From Chairman's Disk | In trying to get Spectral Writer converted from the Oliger interface to LarKen I ran into a problem.. Or should I say several problems. First one is that the EPROM for SPECTRUM on the LarKen disk board will not work with the Oliger disk interface or else there is something that I don’t know. | |
| Frustrated PC Users Flood Help Lines | Austin – The exasperated help-line caller said she couldn’t get her new Dell computer to turn on. Jay Albinger, a Dell Computer Corp. technician, made sure the computer was plugged in and then asked the woman what happened when she pushed the power button. | |
| Input/Output | Letters from David Lassov, Leon Howell, Dave Barnes, Dr. D. H. Williamson, Gene Ray, D. G. Smith, Wayne Knaust, Richard Jelen, Rod Gowen, Robert Shade, Gil Parrish. | |
| LogiCall Review | LogiCall contains all the commands required to run LK-DOS (TS-2068 & Spectrum). It prompts for a command and executes these commands with a minimum of typing. Moves from drive to drive with 2 keystrokes; moves into and out of a word processor, database, spreadsheet, terminal program and other programs using a few keystrokes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Moving RAMTOP in ZX-81/TS-1000 | This article will explain how to change the amount of memory you have available on the ZX-81 and TS-1000 computers. More importantly it will explain how to use 32K and 64K RAM packs efficiently. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| News You Can Use | has recently announced/demonstrated their Super Gold Card [£325 + vat {UK residents}]. The SUPPER GOLD CARD uses a 25 MHz. 68020 (vs. 68000) with 4 Mbytes of memory. There is a trade-in policy which is very generous, and I would definitely put this at the top of my things to do/get list if I had | |
| Ni-Cad Charger | Constant current charger for TS 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Oliger Utilities - Software | I thought that I would give a sort of review and step through manual for DISK FILE MANAGER which is an Oliger utility. So far as I know there is not a manual for this software that is in public domain. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Date Gate: Making Modifications to DBEASY | DBEASY by Bill Cable / Wood And Wind is a program which I appreciate more and more each time I use it. As Bill notes in his documentation, it is open to the user and readily available for modification. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Video Output Circuit | As I’ve gone to only using monitors (or TV’s that have AUX. inputs) for my Timex computers. I bought an 8-pin DIN and following the service manual schematic I hooked it up and found that it is reverse, but no problem, as the mono composite video is the only one hooked up and doesn’t have | Sinclair QL |
| QL Woes | I. Bill Lawson article (Nov/Dec 92 Toronto’s SINC-LINK) mentioned a myriad of symptoms of his malfunctioning QL system. I hope he has resolved and sorted out these problems. The symptoms he mentioned; Cursor disappears and machine locks up. READ/WRITE FAILED Double listing of Directories. Use DELETE, get PROGRAM DOES NOT EXSITS. Windows changing constantly. Code? | Sinclair QL |
| TIMACHINE and the FDD System | TIMACHINE may not work properly with the Zebra FDD system. Depending on which version of the FDD you have, either the keyboard will lock up as soon as TIMACHINE runs or everything will work correctly until you use FDD I/O commands. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 - CMOS on Board | Change most ICs on 2068 to CMOS to reduce power consumption, for running off batteries. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| VU-3D 10 Years Later | I bought my TS-2068 and VU-3D among other programs in 1983. Proud of my new computer, I took it to the office to show-and-tell my coworkers. A couple of weeks later, the boss called and advised that I am to give a command performance with the VU-3D to no less than our General Precision and Link Simulator divisions who were involved in the space program at that time. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ZX-81 POKEs & Calls | RAND USER 681 in FAST mode, prevents report code from display. RAND USER 757 in FAST mode saves a program without a name. RAND USER 836 in FAST mode, will load a program and STOP it even if it is self starting. Gives a C error code but disregard. | Sinclair ZX81 |
