For Timex/Sinclair enthusiasts, published by WMJ Data Systems. A quarterly publication with an emphasis on the use of the BASIC computer language, as it relates to the T/S computers. QTS provides: programming tips and articles, up to date T/S products, dealers, catalogs, publications, reviews on hardware and software.
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| A&J Microdrive 2000 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Acey Ducey | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program | |
| Basic Can Be Faster: A dozen easy ways! | Techniques for making BASIC faster. Last time we discussed four ways of speeding up BASIC. In this article we will discuss eight more ways! Why not write one Line, as foLlows; This will help speed up the program. REM statements are nice and make a program easy to follow. But REM statements do slow down […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Combination | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Database Showdown | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Dealer Catalogs | List of catalogs received. | |
| Dear QTS | Timex/Sinclair 1500 | |
| Dear QTS | Caroline Bower seeks accounting software for the TS 2068. Bill Blau looking for numerological reading software for his 1000. Paul Meyer has questions about the VAL$ and DEF FN functions. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Dear QTS | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Dear QTS | Sheingorn runs part of his clinical practice on a ZX81; Bower purchased a 2068 to do freelance bookkeeping and writing; Freeline submitted a program that turns a directory listing into a program loader. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Dear QTS | Albrecht asks about sound generator playing music independent of a Basic program; Arneson has issue with program in a prior issue; Kealy asks about whether a business can be run on a 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dear QTS | Programming techniques for the 2068; thoughts from a die-hard TS 1000 fan; request for a C64 emulator cartridge; letter from another die-hard TS 1000 fan. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dear QTS | Letters from R. L. Pace, Roald Schrack, Robert Hartung, Armand Drucker, E. F. Davis. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| DLS Buyer’s Guide | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| For You… Dealer Catalogs | ||
| For You… User Groups | ||
| From the Desk of Bill Johnson | Sinclair Research has lowered its price to $299 on the Sinclair QL computer, see page 16 for details. For this low price you get not only the QL but also four of the most used software packages: Word Processor, Data Base, Spreadsheet and Graphics package. Within 10 minutes you can have the QL hooked-up ans […] | Sinclair QL |
| From the Desk of Bill Johnson | ||
| From the Desk of Bill Johnson | Sinclair sells personal computer business to Amstrad. | |
| From the Desk of Bill Johnson | ||
| From the Desk of Bill Johnson | Winter 1987 will be last issue. | |
| From the Desk of Bill Johnson | ||
| Input of Default Values in Interactive Programs | Routines to allow users to enter values to override constants if necessary. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Joystick Applications | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Letter from Joanna Cohen | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Making 2068 Back-Ups on the A & J Mikrodrive | Using Thomas Woods 2068 Profile has proven to be the most convenient data base for our supplier and media contacts. Using it with our 2068 Mikrodrive (same as A & J Microdrive), has further enhanced its utility with extra speed and reliability in saving and loading. I did, initially, have some misgivings about the Mikrodrive […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Mapper | The map above shows’ thunderstorms reported by the National Weather Service. It was created by the TS2068 from data transmitted by CompuServe using the 2050 Modem and Smartterm II software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Matchsticks | Computer version of the traditional game. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| MODEM Communications | List of services available to modem owners. | |
| More on Read/Write for the TS1000 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program | |
| More on TS Disk Drives | Brief review of the Timex FDD disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Product News | Announcements of ROMSWITCH, DLS Buyer’s Guide, A&J Micro Drive, Textwriter software and Fastfile. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| One More Time: Biorythm | EDITOR’S NOTE: We goofed so badly in the FALL 1985 issue when we printed the BIORYTHM program that we decided to run the program again. The program as it appears here is for the TS1000 with no extra memory added. In order to get the program into 2K of memory the following statements must be […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Other Basic Commands | Tips on converting string manipulation to/from other BASICs. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Program to Reformat and Print | Reformats 32 column content to 64 columns for printing. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Program: Biorythm | Here is a short program that was written on the TS1000 with no memory added. It can also be used on the TS2068. It has some interesting features. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Question and Answers | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Review: AERCO FD-68 Floppy Disk Interface for the TS2068 | As an owner of the AERCO Disk Interface for my TS1000, it was only a matter of ‘time before I purchased an interface for my TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Bugaboo | Review of the Quicksilva game for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Disk Drive by Timex of Portugal | A complete disk drive system for the TS2068. Uses 3″ disks and comes with one disk, power supply, operating system disk, all cables, disk controller, TS2068 interface, manual and demo programs on disk. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Lost in Space | It seems that you are the commander of an experimental space ship that is invisible to enemy ships’ detection. On your first voyage your. ship experiences an electrical fire which cripples the main engine, laser, and autopilot controls. Leaving you with only 30 pounds of fuel to operate with. The only controls’ that are functioning […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review: MScript | MSCRIPT is a versatile and easy to use word processor for the TS2068. Unlike its BASIC competitors, it is written in machine code so there is no agonizing key stroke delay or print-out delay. MSCRIPT works with the AERCO and TASMAN interfaces, and MSCRIPT is also written for many other machines, such as the TRS-80 […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Penetrator | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Review: Redcoats | A strategic game written for the Spectrum that will run on the TS2068 with or without a Spectrum emulator | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| REVIEW: Textwriter 1000 | Upon loading the program auto-runs and you are faced choices with the menu. Five choices are subdivided into 2 categories. The first category gives you the choice of beginning a file, displaying the current file, and saving a file. tThe second category gives you two choices of printing in double or single spacing. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| REVIEW: TS1000 Speech Synthesizer | Finally, a speech synthesis program has come of age for us TS1000 users. It is also easy to use and affordable. The speech synthesis package consists of a 2K demonstration, which speaks “I am your computer” in repetition, a biorythym prediction program which also speaks your age based on your birthdate and the day’s date […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| REVIEW: TS1000 Supertape | Supertape is a collection of programs specifically designed for the TS1000 computer. The tape is analogous to a magazine printed onto a cassette tape. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review: TS2068 Speech Synthesizer | Same as the TS1000 reviewed in Fall 1985 issue with enhancements based on the greater power of the TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Zebra OS-64 Sixty-Four Column Cartridge | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Review: Zebra Systems Spectrum Emulator Cartridge | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Reviews: TS2068 Basic Compilers | Reviews of Compass from JRC Software and ZIP Compiler from Knighted Computers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Screen Reader | Fast and versatile machine code subroutine that reads a character off the screen from any print location. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Selective SCREEN$ Line Copy | In the Winter-85 issue of QuarTerS Bill Johnson enlightened us with a TS2068 program to COPY a screen without using the COPY command. The advantage being selected lines could be specified to COPY instead of the entire screen. His program used the SCREEN$ function as the heart of the routine. Although it worked, the SCREEN$ […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Short T/S Tips | Alternate source of 2040 paper; SAVE/LOAD tips. | |
| Short T/S Tips | Hints for saving/loading; using Radio Shack TP-10 paper on the 2040; password protect a 2068 through ON ERROR. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Short TS1000 Programs | Loan calculator, slot machine and address book. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Something strange about “VAL” | It you look at the program below, you are inclined to doubt the good judgement of the author, putting “VAL” all over. But when you program it and compare it with the way it is normally written, you find that it uses 14 BASIC bytes (12 %) less than the conventional program with 139 bytes. […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| T-S Publications | List of then current publications, including: Computer Trader Magazine, Family Computing, SUM, SyncWare News, Syntax, T-S Horizons and Quarters. | |
| T.O.S. Disk Drive “Start” Program | Create an autoloading menu for Timex/Zebra FDD system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Tasword 2 Changes for Multiple Copies | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Telecommunications | This column is a new feature which will appear from now on in QuarTerS. What is telecommunications? It is the interaction of two or more computers by the use of telephone lines. Normally a computer user connects with a large data base or a Bulletin Board Service (BBS) by using a device called a modem. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Telecommunications | A letter that we received from E. F. Davis, see “Dear QTS:” this issue, gave me the idea for this column. Since many of you are thinking of trying telecommunications this column is meant to get you started. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tips | PEEKs and POKEs to access the built-in “clock”; how to convert a number and first two digits after decimal to an integer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Timex Tips | QUESTION: What is the STR$ function used for? ANSWER: The argument (the expression following the keyword) of STR$ must be a number or a variable that stands for a number (like X). The STR$ takes that number and changes it to a string and assigns it to a string variable (like X$). It can now […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tips | Tips for TS 2068 and TS 1000 users. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tips | QUESTION: I own a Timex 1000 with memory expansion module 1016 and I have understood that the memory addresses are limited to something less than 36,000. However, I have found that I can store and execute machine code from addresses up around 50,000. I realize that some peculiarity of the addressing of the buss causes […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex-Sinclair BASIC (Part 1) | Tutorial on programming in BASIC. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| TS 2068 Basic Tutor | In the preceding issue of QuarTerS we pointed out how SCREEN$ sees various characters and learned that it recognizes only those having an ASCII code of 32 to 127. In this lesson, we digress from Print Position to learn more about how to program around some of these short comings. First of all, consider the […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS 2068 Gradebook | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| TS1000 Tips | Programming tips for TS 1000 users. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| TS1500 A&J Microdrive Problem and Solution | Technique for bypassing a SAVE/VERIFY problem brought about by the combination of a TS 1500, TS 1016 RAM and the A & J Microdrive. | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| TS2068 Basic Tutor | Fifth article in a series that discusses the various means that the basic language of the TS2068 provides for the identification of a character in the print position of the screen. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Basic Tutor | EDITOR’S NOTE: The TS2068 Basic Tutor column which appeared in the FALL 1985 issue of QTS contained an error. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Basic Tutor | Techniques for using SCREEN$ to find out the content of specific locations in the display. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Basic Tutor | Fourth article in series that discusses the various means that TS2068 Basic provides for identifying a character in print positions. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 BASIC Tutor | ATTRIBUTES & PRINT POSITION In the last issue we discussed the limitations of SCREEN$ in detecting and/or recognizing the presence of a character in the PRINT POSITION. We further defined PRINT POSITION as that block on the 32 X 24 grid of the screen where the very next character will be printed. PRINT POSITION is […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Basic Tutor: SCREEN$ | SCREEN$ is a very useful function on the TS2068 but it has a few limitations that are well known. It has two principal uses. One is to SAVE a screen to tape. This is explained on pages 160 to 161 and appendix A of the manual. From these sources we learn that… The 6912 bytes […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 LabelMaker | I have been one of those “Sinclair Junkies” since almost the beginning. Yes…I took the abuse…”You have one of those toys!?”… “1 thought that was a high-tech doorstop!”…and so on. B ut, you know as well as I do that you wouldn’t trade in your T/S for anything. Our motley crew of tinkerers constantly come […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Machine Code Helpers | Two programs to help with machine code programming. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Subroutine Adds Intelligence to Programs | Computer users are painfully aware of the need to input information perfectly if a computer program is to understand them. Here’s a short subroutine that adds intelligence to your programs to make them user friendly. It will compare a user’s input to a list of words that a computer is expecting. If an exact match […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Tips | The enclosed hardcopy of my dilemma is rather self explanatory, however just to clarify. Line 10: I want “capacitance” to flash but only until the input is printed. Then it is to remain on the screen in a non-flashing situation. What ever you can do to help would certainly be appreciated. Sincerely, Dave Trevor, Phoenix, […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 Tips | Programming tips for TS 2068 users. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 Tips: Delete | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| User Groups | List of user groups that had contacted QuarTerS. | |
| User Groups We Have Heard From | Short list of user groups. | |
| VISA Program | Program to track charges made to a credit card. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Zebra Joystick Adaptor | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Last updated: October 23, 2022