Family Computing

Short bio about the author as intro to his game, Scales. Game presents user with 25 random weights that must be balanced across four scales. If the difference between individual scales is too much, they topple.

Where/how to get service.

The new Timex Sinclair 2068 Color Computer weighs in at less than three-and-a-half pounds, but it’s no lightweight when it comes to computer power. It compares favorably with other computers in its price range, and some of its features are generally found in only much higher-priced models. It’s a suitable computer for the novice, and…

Brain Terrain puzzle/game.

Future Age Calculator program

Roberts uses Timex Organizer to keep records for his locksmith business and to track B-17 vets.

Computers for Kids, A Kid’s Manual for Programming the Sinclair/Timex Computers and Computer Battlegames and Computer Space Games mentioned.

Product announcement for Gladstone’s modular expansion system.

Timex will honor warrantees, dropping everything else.

Puzzle game.

Toni Martinazzi wants to know where to get memory and color packs for his 1000. 2068 is recommended.

Letter from Robert Chesser looking for business software for his 2068.

Corrections to Ski Trek (February 1984) and Decision Maker (January 1984).

Names locations to hid easter eggs.

Program displays flowers. Listings for 1000 with 16k, 1500.

Celestial BASIC (programs from Eric Burgess’ Celestial BASIC book) and Halley’s Comet, both from S&T Software, mentioned in the Software For Stargazers table on p 38.

Mystery Manor puzzle/game for multiple platforms, including 2068.

Generate a message to relatives.

A directory of memory, video, and print enhancements to give your old machine more get-up-and-go. Vendors of Timex/Sinclair software/hardware listed.

Memorization game.

Guess a Number

Greater Cleveland Timex Sinclair Users’ Group wishes to swap public domain programs with other user groups.

Timex/Sinclair Disk Drives. Aerco Drive Interface for 2068 (FD-68). RPM (CP/M) upgrade available. FD-ZX (for 1000/1500) also available.

Timex Tabloids: SyncWare News, Time Designs Magazine mentioned.

Larken Electronics redesigned disk controller for 2068.

Timachine, a BASIC compiler, from Novelsoft.

Hardware and software for 1000/1500 from Zebra, RMG and Markel Enterprises. Spectrum ROM from Knighted, Sprites 2068 from Zebra, ROMSWITCH from Russell Electronics.

Soundesign 2068, available from RMG Enterprises, is menu-driven and only three keys are needed to design a sound effect, which can then be used in a BASIC program.

TS 2068 technical manual from Time Designs.

Three user groups in San Francisco gathering ZX81/1000s and donating them to Nevada prisons. The Guide to T/S Telecommunications, a pamplet by Steve Ishii and Peter Fischer, mentioned.

Mention of The Fantastic Music Machine and Light Show by Simulsion.

Poet uses Timex Sinclair 1000 and random numbers to write poems.

Program plays the musical part. Listings for multiple computers, including 2068.

Timex Sinclair User’s Encyclopedia announcement. Pub by Arrays, Inc. of Los Angeles.

Design a personalized Valentine message. Includes version for 16K 1000/1500.

Long distance cost estimator.

Insert your names into a nursery rhyme.

Skiing simultor. For 16K 1000/1500.

Puzzle game.

Yard Improvement Planner, by Timex Computer Corp. for the 2068, is one of the programs mentioned.

Review of the book.

Brief overview of the 1500.

ZCOMM 16/64K, Byte-Back Modem, Spectra Term mentioned.

I used to use my Timex Sinclairs mostly for business purposes. I don’t consider myself much of a games player, and most game programs obtained from books require long and laborious typing, a process for which I don’t have (or won’t take) the time. Then along came “30 Games.” All of the games in “30…

Review of program from Red Balloon Software, similar to Spinnaker’s FaceMaker.

Product announcement for 2048 and 2068.

Review of program.

Review of the book.

Product announcement

Short review of several Timex/Sinclair books.