| Daisy Be Good - X | OK, guys, let’s start wrapping up the main commentary on Bill Jones’ suite of word Processors, that goes by the name of DAISY, by discussing typewriter mode. In doing so, we will bounce around some of Bill’s fabulous internal menus, and finish the FUNCTION MENU, all except for the last item, which is the “Style Menu”…. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| From the Chairman's Disk | After all the lousy weather maybe we are headed for spring. BUT! it did snow this morning and it has almost all melted. I have my taxes figured and mailed so things do look better now. | |
| Input/Output | Letters from David Lassov, Jose Moreno, Gil Parrish, Seymour Miller, Don Lambert, Bob Swoger, Jon Shepard, Ken Harbit, Steve Johnson, Les Cottrell, Jeff DeCourtney, Robin Barker Di-Ren, George Chambers, Earl Kielgass. | |
| Introducing Aurora QL Graphics Card | The Aurora is a replacement QL motherboard and a graphics card, all in one product. It is intended to be used in boxed QL’s with PC power supplies, but can also (with some work) be mounted into a standard QL casing (this involves soldering, though, and should be undertaken only by people who know what they are doing!!!). | Sinclair QL |
| IRA Pay-Out | IRA’s (Individual Retirement Accounts) are good – for those who can afford them. At present you can put up to $2,000 a year into such an account, and reduce your taxable income by the amount of your deposit. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Parallel I/O Modification | A few years ago, MIRACLE SYSTEMS redesigned their parallel printer interface so that its circuitry now fits safely within the confines of what would appear — from a distance — to be a standard, metal CENTRONICS plug. Oh, how I wish this had been the original design. | Sinclair QL |
| QHJ Announces New Freeware | QHJ Freeware has just recieved the following new QL programs As with all QHJ Freeware files, these can be yours by just sending disks and return postage to the address below. From Jonathan Hudson: Qeyes (8kb, 1 Jan 97) PE Button that has two eyes that follow mouse cursor. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal | The QL Hacker’s Journal (QHJ) is published by Tim Swenson as a service to the QL Community. The QHJ is freely distributable. Past issues are available on disk, via e-mail, or via the Anon-FTP server, garbo.uwasa.fi. The QHJ is always on the look out for article submissions. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Show | Thanks for helping spread the word. Although this is basically a QL event anyone is welcome and Frank Davis will be there offering a wide range of Sinclair products. — Bill Here are the initial details for the ’97 North American QL Show in Bedford, PA. | Sinclair QL |
| QLUTter_BAS | Utility programs vary widely in functionality. Some utility programs are single task while others are multi-task. Some simply deal with file handling while others deal more directly with the storage medium. QLUTter_BAS is a simple, six function, SuperBASIC front-end and utility program designed to help you un-clutter the files of your QL’s various storage media. | Sinclair QL |
| SeekQL 2.09 - Part 2 | | Sinclair QL |
| Surfing the Net with the 2068 | In this article, we discuss several services, provided to us in subscription form, by a computer, that speaks UNIX. We have something to say about telnet, email, mailing lists, the web, usenet, gopher, and ftp. After using telnet to establish computer contact, the rest of those programs communicate off-line. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The LarKen Disk System | It is an inherent problem with any user support group that a newbie does not receive the full benefit of prior activity. Obviously, a user who first shows up in April does not get to see the hardware/software demonstration given in March. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2050 Modem Compatible Serial I/F | In response to Don’s request on page 6 of ZXir QLive to unscramble the schematic in the final issue of UPDATE! magazine. I had already done that – it was a challenge and I recognized the problem. Attached is the unscrabled version. The problem is one of proportional versus non-proportional fonts. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ZX-81 Video Display System - Part 2 | ZX-TEAM MAGAZIN | Sinclair ZX81, Type-in program |
