Time Designs Magazine
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| "All The News Fit to Print" | Arctan Computer Ventures offers programs for ZX81/TS1000 users; E. Arthur Brown has exclusive publishing rights to The Hacker’s Handbook; Dungeon of Ymir version three available; Money Machine II available; Soundesign and Tracer available from RMG; replacement SCLDs from Capitol Area Timex/Sinclair Users Group; Tomahawk from Knighted Computers; ROMON for Sinclair QL; Zebra Systems purchased the | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| "Remember Back When.." | Fred reminisces about the Timex/Sinclair computers. | |
| "S" and "Q" Keys with "CAT*" Command | Documents and investigates a problem with pausing and resuming a directory listing with the Zebra FDD. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| "Thread Spooling" With the Cumana QL Disk Drive Interface | Sinclair QL | |
| 10 Commandments of Good Desktop Publishing | ||
| 128K and Enigma | The 128k Spectrum (code name “Derby”) has been launched in Spain, and will be available in the Spring in Britain. Essentially two computers in one: when turned on, the 128k mode is on automatically but type “SPECTRUM”, and it becomes a 48k Spectrum Plus, completely compatible with all the existing Spectrum software. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| 1987 Federal Income Tax Calculator | Program to calculate 1987 taxes. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 1st Annual North American Timex/Sinclair User Group Directory | Listing of user groups. | |
| 2050 Modem Is Here | The Westridge TS 2050 telecommunications modem is at last really here. It is exactly the same modem that Timex promised and took orders for, but never came through on. It is manufactured and sold by Westridge Communications, a division of Anchor Automation in Marina Del Ray, California. | |
| 2068 Cassette Directory | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| 2068 Color Demo | Short program to demonstrate color. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| 2068 Gazer's Guide | The program spits out values by time of day for which compass direction (azimuth) to look and how high off the horizon (altitude) to look, to find just what we are searching for. By using any set of RA and Dec values in an astronomy book or from magazines like ASTRONOMY or SKY AND TELESCOPE, | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Graphic Goodies | A couple of graphic goodies that won’t take hours to type in but demonstrate some neat graphic capabilities of the TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Program Index | Short, simple “directory” program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Tax Calculator | Program to calculate taxes for 1986. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Technical Manual Released | At last! Here is the one that has been promised for some time now. The 2068 Technical Manual isn’t fancy, but it is big. Over 280 pages! It is crammed with detailed information on the in and outs of the 2068 logic circuitry, and also the enhanced display modes. This was the information that Timex | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Tic Tac Toe | Short program to play against the computer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Turboloader | Program to double loading speed from tape. Adapted from original Spectrum program, written by Esben Krag Hansen. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068/Spectrum Wares | Updates on software and hardware for the TS 2068 to allow it to use ZX Spectrum programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe | This variation of tic-tac-toe has three, identical playing fields. A player can win, or score points, when three of his marks are arrayed in a straight line in any direction. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 8k ROM Upgrade | Improved ZX81/TS 1000 ROM from Tom Bent. Changes include normal FAST mode, 6 character shape improvements, change British pound symbol to an apostrophe, LPRINT decimal numbers with leading zeros, fast SCROLL, proper divide of numbers in repetitive math, proper CLS action, fixed display file, DIMension single string arrays up to 64K and invoke LPRINT commands | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Broken 2068? Fix It Yourself! | Method for testing for and repairing bad RAM chips. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Graphics Problem for the T/S 2068 | A “serious” graphics display for the 2068 and 2040 printer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Letter From Fred Nachbaur (concerning the PC8300 "Timex Clone") | Documents some of the differences between the TS1000 and PC8300. | Lambda 8300, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Mickey Mouse Solution To A Graphic Problem | How to use the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Mouse with Zebra’s Tech Draw and the Zebra Graphic Tablet. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Mini Solution to a Maxi Problem | Loading Spectrum cassettes into the 2068 with the aid of a small amplifier. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Monitor Adapter for the T/S 1500 | Instructions on how to add composite out video to the TS 1500. | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| A National Sinclair Organization | The Sinclair Northamerica Users Group (SNUG) was proposed at the 1988 Sunstate T/S Winterfest. | |
| A Portable TS Computer? | TS computer owners have always considered their exceptionally small micros to be portable, to some degree. While perhaps lacking in slick packaging, the power and flexibility is all there. The special mathematic functions would be especially useful in business, engineering, and educational applications. | |
| A Review of the MTERM II | Terminal program for the TS 2068 and TS 2050 modem. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Study In Numbers | Tutorial on numbering systems common with computers. | |
| A Touch of Grey: ZPRINT-80 | If you own a full-size dot matrix printer and a Centronics interface, you can now produce full-page graphic screen dumps. You will also be able to faithfully reproduce your color artwork in shades of gray, thanks to Zebra Systems Inc. “ZPRINT-80”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A&J Micro Drive System | Subroutine to create a command line and execute it from within a running program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ACZ General Ledger | ACZ GENERAL LEDGER 2.000 is a small business accounting system for the TS 2068 computer. This program will provide the small business with the following financial reports: Monthly and Year To Date Income Statements, Ledger Detail, Balance Sheets, Chart of Accounts, Trail Balance, and Journal Entries. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Adapting the TI Keyboard to the 2068 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Adding a Joystick For the Spectrum/2068 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Adding Professional Features to Tasword Two | If you have ever used a word processor for a more expensive computer, like an Apple //e, you have noticed a few features not found on Tasword Two. I regularly use PFS:Write on the Apple //e in my planetarium. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Address Book | Review of Zebra Systems’ Address Book. | |
| Adventures in the RAM Jungle and Other Mysteries | Exploration of RAM organization in the ZX81/TS1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Adventures in the RAM Jungle and Other Mysteries (Part Two) | At the end of Part One of this article, published in the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER issue, we emerged, unscathed by any “BUGS” from the upper RAM jungle onto the plateau of the safe area. We now descend into the lower RAM jungle where a giant bug lives, ready to devour the unwary. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Adventures in the RAM Jungle and Other Mysteries [Conclusion] | Conclusion to the series about understanding RAM allocation on the TS 1000 and 1500 computers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| AERCO FD-68 Disc Drive System for the 2068 Part 1 | Pre-review of the disk drive system. Jurries reviewed unit number 20 from the initial run. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| AERCO FD-68 Disc Drive System for the 2068 Part 2 | So far, Aerco has upgraded their EPROM to version .87. Only two features are not included at this date. They are the .CHR (Character Array) and the .DAT (Numeric Array). This means that you can’t save and load string type data. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| AERCO FD-68 Disc System | Tips for using the AERCO disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| AERCO Merge Function | Technique for merging programs with the AERCO FD-68. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| AERCO Users Column | Conversion changes for TASWORD II and PRO/FILE to make them compaible with the AERCO disc system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Aerco Users Column | Description of features and converting PRO/FILE 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Alarm Clock | Simple program to turn the computer into an alarm clock. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| All Caps, Please | ||
| Alphabetizer | Short routine to alphabetize data. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| American Football | Review of the ZX Spectrum game. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| AMX Mouse | From the time I first got my hands on the Zebra Graphics Tablet, I have been investigating the use of a mouse for my TS2068. Granted, the Zebra Track ball for the 2068 is quite impressive, but my search for a Mouse continued. After a little British research I found that the best choices for | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| An American Original | Preview of Diamond Mike from JRC Software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Another Look at 2068 Graphics: More or Less | Introduction to plotting graphics and how to speed them up. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Ant Attack | Review of the ZX Spectrum game, running on Spectrum emulator. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Asleep at the Wheel | Short review of Pyjamarama, a game for the ZX Spectrum. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Astronomer | Review of the program from CP Software. Requires a Spectrum ROM. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Automatically Set RAMTOP Without Destroying the Program | Set RAMTOP from within a program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Bank Switching and Operating System - BSOS | Review of extension to ZX81/TS 1000 that adds bank switching RAM features to the computer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| BASIC2text .... Extending the use of MTERM II | Program to remove non-ASCII control codes and expand tokens to full ASCII equivalents so that programs may be uploaded to BBSes and shared with other users. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| BASLOAD | Review of program to convert TS 1000 programs to the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code | This time we will discuss the I/O instructions. For those of you that are wondering what I/O means, it is Input and Output. When I was new to computerdom, I thought I/O referred to my financial status | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 1 | First in a series of articles about programming Z80 machine code on the 1000 and 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 10 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 2 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 3 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 4 | Math on the Z80 with addition and subtraction functions. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 5 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 6 | Lesson focuses on the stack and instructions that use the stack. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 7 | One of the series of introductory machine code programming articles. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code, Lesson 8 | Unusual Z80 instructions that don’t have a common theme or set. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beginning Z80 Machine Code: Final Lesson | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Beta Basic 3.0 | Extension to Sinclair Basic with 100 new or enhanced commands. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beyond the TS 1500 (ZX81/TS1000) User Manual: Your RAM Memory | In order to become more than a novice programmer, it is essential that you understand completely the structure of your Random Access Memory (RAM) and how it functions. This is also a prerequisite for future articles in this series. Much of the material presented in my articles is written to correct, what in my opinion | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Bits and Pieces | AERCO FD-68 disk drive interface; A & J Model 2000 stringy floppy; RAMEX offers Millenia K disk interface/package; T/S Smart Terminal Telecommunications guide; ZX81 software; Knighted Computers obtains Quicksilva software rights; new buyer’s guide from D. Lipinksi; other updates. | |
| Bits and Pieces | News from the UK; Mini Xmod communications package; additions to user group list; repair changes; Oliger/Kingsley disk system; TI 99/4A keyboard for the 1000 and other updates. | |
| Bits and Pieces | News about Sinclair Research Ltd., two Timex-based BBSes join FidoNet, SOFTAID fundraising cassette, update on Timex Portugal. Shorter updates on MSCRIPT, RMG Enterprises, an RS-232 interface from Edward Loxterkamp, speech software from Tad Painter, software from Frank Lockhart, Jim Clatfelter and Peter McMullin. | |
| Bits and Pieces | Maxwell deal to buy-out Sinclair falls through. Update on Portugal 2068 and disk drive. Further details on AERCO FD-68. BBS guide. Newsletter for Memotext/Memocalc users. Vendors cut prices. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Braxx Bluff | Review of the game. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Breaking and Saving 2068 Programs | Techniques for breaking commercial programs to create back-up tapes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Brickworker | BRICKWORKER is a utility-type of program for those who require help, or are interested in the “art” of brickworking. BRICKWORKER will operate on either the Spectrum or the un-aided TS 2068 computer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Build this Super Simple Modem | Short article and program on interfacing directly to the telephone line via the MIC jack. Program uses BEEP command to generate necessary tones. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Cassette to Larken Disk | Converting cassette-based programs to work with the Larken disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Catch A Dragon! | Program to plot “dragon curves.” A dragon curve is a regular fractal which forms from an infinitely repeated construction process. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| Cavern: A Space Arcade Game | ||
| Character Analysis | Utility to define the binary and decimal value of a byte; useful with user defined graphics. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| CK Type | A new “standard” for “fool-proof” typing of TS2068 program listings in magazines. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| CK Type 1000 | Checksum program for the 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| CKTYPE 1000 (Machine Code Version) | Machine code version of Stan Lemke’s program. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Classy Front End, Part I | Program demonstrates printing with variable-width fonts using PLOT/DRAW. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Classy Front End, Part II | In designing a machine code utility one faces the inevitable quandry of too many desires and not enough space. I wrote a wish list of features and then settled from that on a “short list” of must-haves. These fell into three categories (being BASIC compatible, being flexible and easy to use). | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Classy Front End, Part III | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Classy Front End, Update | Patching a bug from the fourth article in the series. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Classy Front End: Windows | Continues article from prior issue with window and porthole code. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Classy Front End: Windows | Two kinds of windows options are described. The first are rectangular with shadows down two sides and the second are round windows for quick footnotes, status reports et cetera. Bingham calls the later “portholes”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Cleveland | Midwest Sinclair Computer Conference is scheduled for August 27 and 28, in Lakewood, Ohio. | |
| Colossus | Like it’s namesake, the Colossus of Rhodes, Lemke Software Development’s graphic banner designer utility “Colossus” stands head and shoulders above similar software. Colossus contains features that heavyweight software developer Broderbund Software has just recently added to its popular program “The Print Shop”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Come to the Fair | Plans for Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computerfest, held May 3 and 4, 1986, are finalized. | |
| Comments by the Editor | ||
| Comments by the Editor | Commodore… soon to join our ranks? | |
| Comments on CK Type | Improved and condensed (to one line) version of Stan Lemke’s program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Comparing the Data Base Services | Article discusses using a Timex/Sinclair computer with Compuserve, The Source, Delphi and NewsNet. | |
| Compass Compiler Assembler Package | Review of the BASIC language compiler from JRC Software. Reviewer notes shortcomings of the compiler. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Contsentration | ||
| Correction for JOS | Corrections to bugs in previously published program. | Sinclair QL |
| Cosmos: QL Software Review | Sinclair QL | |
| Coupon Magic, The Dealer's Den: 2 Programs | Review of the two programs. Bill’s Coupon Magic is written by Bill Erickson. Dealer’s Den is by Timothy Kessler. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Creating a Four Port Expansion Decoder | Memory-mapped IO for the 1000 computer. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| CUBE-IT | Game based loosely on Boggle. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Data/Read on TS 1000 | Simulating Data/Read. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Datagen | ||
| Dear MSCRIPTERS | Updates, bug report and version report. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dear MSCRIPTers | Updates and features new in version 6. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Designing Windows | Program for determining window sizes. | Sinclair QL |
| Desktop Publishing on the TS2068 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Deux Ex Machina | Short review of game for the ZX Spectrum. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| DK'Tronics Sound Synthesizer | Review. | |
| Editor's Corner | Early in September of 1984, we decided to call our new T/S computer magazine “TIME DESIGNS” for several reasons. One of those reasons was not because of TIMEX (as the “X” has obviously been dropped). At this same time, many users groups had changed their name to SINCLAIR/TIMEX (instead of the reverse), due to their | |
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| Editor's Corner | QL news, | Sinclair QL |
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| Editor's Corner | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Editor's Corner | Describes trip to California, where he met with John Warburton (Sunset Electronics), Jim Howell (A & J Micro), Bob Orrfelt and Dave Clifford. | |
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| Editor's Forum | It’s very hard to think about doing anything constructive with your computer during the summer when so many other things confront you that are much more appealing. But never-the-less, I usually use this time of the year to work on one particular project. Something to keep the fingers limber–the brain from going stale, anything to | |
| Embellishing MTERM II | ||
| Entering and Recalling Text in Machine Code | Tutorial and code for storing text in machine code. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Errata | Articles planned for this issue are still in the works. | |
| Erratum | There were a few typos in the article “Adventures In The Ram Jungle (Part One)”. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Ever Hear of the T/S 3068? (And Other Matters) | At a recent meeting of the LIST (Long Island Sinclair Timex) user group, the former head of Research and Development department of the Timex Computer Corporation, Billy Skyrme, attended a gave a talk. Mr. Skyrme is currently the president of Psion, Inc., the manufacturer of the Organizer pocket computer. While Mr. Skyrme admitted that he | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Exclusive Interview: Nigel Searle, "Sinclair Insider" | ||
| Exploring the Mysterious QL: JOS - Adding Your Own Commands to Super BASIC | Using procedures to add your own commands to Super BASIC | Sinclair QL |
| Extensions | Three newsletters with type-in improvements to Pro/File 2068, published by Robert C. Fischer. | |
| Factory Service Still Available | “Factory service will continue more or less indefinitely…at this time, there are no immediate plans to discontinue this service,” reported a Timex spokesperson. | |
| Finally - Full color screen dumps for the 2068 | Full color prints available with John McMichael’s interface and an Okimate 20. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| First Class Fonts II | 1st Class Fonts II’s main program has three basic parts: a library of “fonts” (or type styles), a simple word process and a “definer” that allows the user to modify or change any character within one of the font sets. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For Your QL: Archive Secrets | Tips for using Archive. | Sinclair QL |
| For Your Sinclair | Desktop publishing software from Lemke Software Development and Charles Stelding. Z88, Spectrum +3 announcement. Notes about Second Annual Midwest Timex Sinclair Computer Fest. PC8300, products from John Mathewson, Specterm 64, Larken disk interface, Sharp’s, more. | Cambridge Z88, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For Your Sinclair | TS Machines Thrive in South America When the Timex Computer Corporation here in the States closed their doors for good, a rumor was going around that thousands of TS2068’s had been “dumped” upon the South American consumer electronics market. But the rumor couldn’t be substantiated and was soon forgotten. Later on, an “unauthorized” Spectrum clone | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For Your Sinclair: New Releases | ||
| For Your Sinclair: New Releases | External keyboard for TS2068, sound booster, RGB interface and cartridge adaptor from John Mathewson. Utility tape for TS1000/ZX81/TS1500 from LST Software. PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises. Compuserve announces GIF format. Desktop publishing program from Charles Stelding. Hardware/software to print to Commodore 1520 plotter. Archive utilties for QL. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| From Outer Space? | Is it a power pack from one of the George Lucas space fantasies, or is it a miniature magnetic tape drive from an IBM main frame? No to both. It is a new data cassette from Recoton Corporation. The first thing you will notice is the clear plastic housing which allows complete inspection and viewing | |
| From the Editor | ||
| From the Editor | About the cover: Tim Woods’ son in a Sinclair C5; Sinclair contracted with Hoover to manufacture the vehicle in the US. Paul Bingham designed the new logo. | |
| From The Editor's Cluttered Desk | Comments on an earlier, tongue-in-cheek editorial about IBM clones. | |
| From The Editor's Cluttered Desk | Themed issues; where to get your computer fixed; computer in business; Maryland doctor uses ZX81; Brazil’s TK 90X; Fred Nachbaur, QL’s price hits rock bottom; more QL news from the UK; Sir Clive’s Z88 update; dates to remember. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81 |
| From The Editor's Cluttered Desk | Telecommunications II; computer graphics; send in the clones. | |
| From the Rumor Mill | Fred Nachbaur is reportedly developing a Timex/Sinclair clone that will incorporate many improvements. | |
| Games for the Sinclair QL: A Potpourri | Sinclair QL | |
| GAMESMATE Fix | Fix to fully decode the GAMESMATE Kempston compatible joystick interface so it doesn’t conflict with other peripherals. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Get Lucky | Lottery number picker. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Good News (For TS 2068 Owners) | It appears that the software famine for TS 2068 computer owners may soon be over. A device called the Spectrum Emulator has been introduced here in the U.S. It will allow software produced for the English Sinclair Spectrum to run on the 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Graphex-Pander | BASIC screen dump program for the Gorilla Banana printer with Aerco or Oliger print interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Great TS User Groups | ||
| Guidelines for Ordering from Over-Seas | ||
| Ham Radio | Timex/Sinclair Amateur Radio Users Group (TSARUG) organized a FIDO network node. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Happy Letters: A Teaching Tool for Young Children Using Sound and Graphics | This program generates a random character, either a letter or a number, and displays it on the screen, enlarged to eight lines. The Player presses the matching key on the ZX81 keyboard and is rewarded with a “Happy Face” and a song. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Hatch Your Own... Mickey-Mouse Graphics | Suggestions for taking photos of TV screens with an SLR. | |
| Herb's BASIC One-Liners | One line tips/tricks. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hi-Res/64 Col. Graphics Utility | Utility to convert a standard 32 column screen to a 64 column screen. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| High-Res Blackjack for the ZX81/TS1000/TS1500 | High resolution graphics version of Blackjack using Silicon Mountain’s SCRAM Hi*Res Extended Basic and non-volatile RAM board. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| House Payments | Program to amortize a home loan. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How to Connect With (and Use) a BBS | Instructions on how to connect. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How to Convert a Surplus WC2050 Modem into an RS232 Serial Interface for your TS1000/1500/2068 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| How to Make Music with the TS 2068, Part 1 | Digital computers like the TS 2068 deal with two voltages. These are 0v and +5v, or rather something is true (+5) or something is false (0). We could also call this switched on or off. A popular process today, is to control external equipment with analogous properties and multiple control voltages, with digital computers | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| I Built a QL Kit | Review of user-assembled QL available from dealers. | Sinclair QL |
| I.S.T.U.G. TS2068 BBS | Review of the simple BBS program written by the Indiana Sinclair Timex User Group. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Improving the Zebra Graphics Tablet | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| In Our Mailbag | More on the TS-PC controversy; don’t let ’em burn; drop down menus; TS2068 graphics; prime factors; a faster joystick. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| In The Mailbag | An open letter to the readers; guest editorial: the “Sleeper Has Awaken”; newer Sinclair user; puzzle of the month fan; last of the simple computer?; Timex/Sinclair — “The Real Thing”; ZEUS Utility revisited; | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Inside the PC 8300 | Overview of the TS1000 “clone”. | Lambda 8300 |
| Interest | This program computes interest over a certain period of time, at a selected interest rate. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Internal 64K RAM for the TS/ZX | Upgrade to 64K with a 43256 static RAM chip and some memory decoding. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Introduction to Computer Control | Introduction to using the TS 1000 as the basis for a robot. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| It Came in the Mail | Letters from readers. Solution to Puzzle of the Month from a prior issue; using serial printers with the TS2068; articles on disk; QL machine code; a program to keep young children occupied on the TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| It Really Is a "Quantum Leap"! | Sinclair Research has done it again! Their new personal computer with 128k RAM, two micro-drives, and four software packages, sells for the almost unheard of price of $499. | Sinclair QL |
| Joystick Wrap Around | BASIC program that uses boolean logic to demonstrate horizontal and vertical wrap around. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Just Released | Comprehensive public domain software library maintained by VISTA (Vashon Island Sinclair Timex) is available. Software available to perform color screen dumps to the Okimate 20, when connected via parallel interface. New business software from Bottle Cap Software, Byte Power. Zunk Custom Electronics is offering CADZ and games from Magicksoft. For QL users, EMSoft and Meta | |
| Kaleidoscope | Many “Kaleidoscope” programs have appeared over the years. These simple, but fascinating graphics displays have been adapted to virtually every computer ever built. The ZX81/TS family is no exception. Unfortunately, since the Z80 CPU in these machines is {effectively} clocked at only -5 mHZ in SLOW mode, the result is rather slow and BO-RING. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Labelmaker | Program to print cassette labels. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Languages | In many fields of learning and occupations, unique and customized languages have evolved, due to the need for efficiency and standardization. Take the medical field for instance. When a doctor writes out a prescription, to you it looks like no more than sloppy scribbling, but to the pharmacist, it is a clear order written in | |
| Larken Disk-Operating System | When I was looking for a disk operating system, the first thing I wanted was a system that would work on ALL of the ROM configurations available for the TS2068. At that time, I was running MSCRIPT, TASWORD II witha Spectrum Emulator, and ZTERM modem software with the Zebra OS-64 cartridge. Secondly, I was looking | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LARKEN TS1000 Disk Drive Interface | Disk interface with built-in DOS for ZX81/TS 1000 computers. User supplied power supply and compatible disk drive. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letters | User attempting to build a printer interface; user views on QL; disassembly of the BEEP routine from ROM. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letters | ||
| Letters | ||
| Letters | BBS software for 2068; redirect screen output to printer; circuit to map one key to two key closures; number of days between dates. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letters | Gorilla printer offered by DAK; how to use VU-FILE and VU-CALC with 64k; bubble sort for 1000; column reviewing Adventure programs suggested; short machine code routine for sound; joystick program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letters | Micro-Prolog for Spectrum; A&J help request; 2068 music; MSCRIPT; Sinclair joysticks; 80 column VU-CALC printing; Spinning Wheel. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letters | Update to Gazer’s Guide form Nov/Dec 85 issue; more about Astronomer reviewed by Bingham in v2n2; Radio Shack thermal paper for the 2040; updates to Dunnington’s articles about RAM; math errors in 2068 ROM; printers; travelling with the 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letters | Redirecting output from the screen to the printer on the 2068; Ski and Cavern games a hit; mathematic equalities; help with Larken disk drive; football prediction program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letters | TS2068 disk drive systems; QL news from the UK; LOAD loader; QL users plea; hurrah for Novelsoft; April fooler; new car shopper. | Sinclair QL |
| Letters | Tasword Two, Okimate color printer, joystick routines. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letters | Answers to question from Vince Stimmel in previous issue from Branson Wilcox and William Andrews. Richard Hurd on machine language articles; Bob Orrfelt on debugging the 2068 ROM; Doug McRoy on printing a screen from the QL. | |
| Letters to the Editor | Letters about the QL, praising the newsletter. | |
| Light Show 2000 | Light Show 2000 will allow your cassette deck (or any other musical source) control your computer. LS 200 will poll the ear port of the TS2068 and decipher any pulse detected into one of four tonal groups. Depending on the note detected, a corresponding color pattern will be displayed on the screen. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Loan Analyzer | Calculate the monthly payments based on loan amount, term and interest rate. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Lollipops | Program for children. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Low Cost High Tech 2068 Burglar Alarm | How to use your 2068 as an alarm system, connected to the joystick ports. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Machine Code Joystick Routine | Short program to accurately read the joystick. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Machine Code Track Reader | Program to read disk tracks on the Zebra/Timex FDD system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Machine Code Tutor | Review of The Complete Machine Code Tutor by Malcom Evans, available from Knighted Computers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Machine Language Program to Read T/S 2068 Tape Headers | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| MacIntosh-type Menu for the 2068 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Part Four | Machine source code. | Sinclair QL |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Part Three | Machine code portion of the program. | Sinclair QL |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Part Two | Program to generate Mandelbrot diagrams. | Sinclair QL |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Update | Update to program. | Sinclair QL |
| MAX 1000: Make the Most Popular "Mods" Compatible On Your TS1000 | Collection of upgrades/modifications to the 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Memory/Trace Using Interrupt Mode 2 | Challenges using interrupt mode 2 on the 2068 and how to use them. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Micro Muse | Fore and Next, a poem about Sinclair computers. | |
| Mid-West TS Computerfest | ||
| Mid-West TS Computerfest Opens May 3rd | Preview of the event. | |
| MIDI for the 2068 | Richard Hurd writes about using RAM Electronic’s MUSIC MACHINE with a twister board and Spectrum software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Midwest Regional TS Conference | Announcement for a conference scheduled for August 26 and 27, 1988. | |
| Midwest TS Computer Fest A Huge Success - Again! | More than 45 dealers and user groups displayed their wares in over 6000 square feet of space; more than 700 attended. | |
| More "Colors" in QL's Mode 4 | Stippling colors to create the illusion of other colors. | Sinclair QL |
| More About ... the Mystery of the Missing 253 | Part 2 of a series of articles about the extended bank switching feature of the TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| More on the Oliger Disc Interface | ||
| MoTSart: Super Music for the ZX81/TS1000/TS1500 | Machine code program to play music over the MIC output or on an AM radio | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| Moving an AROS Cartridge Onto Your AERCO Disk System | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Musician Royal | MUSICIAN ROYAL is one of the most recent programs released for the 2068. Written by Dr. Oleg D. Jefimenko and sold by Electret Scientific Company, it proves to be one of the more comprehensive music programs available. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| National TS Users Group Directory | ||
| New and Upcoming in 1987 | Details about upcoming 2nd Annual Mid-West Timex Sinclair Computerfest; Larken developing RAMdisk for 2068; Thomas B. Woods will be offering RAM board in kit form that operates in the cartridge slot of the 2068. User-expandable from 8K to 120K; TS telecommunications, Sinclair QL; Zebra/Timex Disk support group; new programs and hardware. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Items | 256K RAM from Larken; PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises; tax software from ABBA Soft; Beta Basic 3; BBSes; West coast fair planned; Pixel Print Plus. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Releases | New software from Ron Ruegg; “Touring the TS2068 ROM Operating System” book from William J. Pedersen; Arnold Ramaker is developing an expansion box for ZX81, TS1000, TS1500, TS2068 and QL computers; Matthew Zenkar offers utility for QL owners who use DTP software; Sinclair Artificial Intelligence Network special intereste group forming. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Spectrum Off to Giant; Start American Travelers Abroad Report on PC Show | American Timex Sinclair distributors Rob and Debbie Curry of Curry Computer and John Warburton of Sunset Electronics attended the annual Personal Computer Show in Olympia, Great Britain, the first weekend of September. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| News From the Dealers | Curry Computing; Budget Robotics & Computing; American Design Components; WMJ Data Systems; Novelsoft; Chia-chi Chao; T & C Services; Lemke Software Development; Logic Sales Ltd.; A&J Assembly; Larken Electronics. | Lambda 8300 |
| Night Gunner | Review of the game as translated by Digital Integration for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Notice | Errata for Warren Fricke’s article in the Jan/Feb 1986 issue. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Nova 1000 | Nova 1000 claims to provide the humble TS1000 with the ability to perform multi-tasking. In case you are unaware, the usual method to achieve multi-tasking is to use one of the newer CPUs. The reason is that they have the additional registers and have been specifically designed for multi-tasking. Obviously then, this is no small | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Number Base Converter | Program to convert between number bases. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Number Madness | Type-in game. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Obstacle Run | OBSTACLE RUN is a game for one player, or several players by comparing scores. The object is to move your piece, a heavy circle (that initially appears in the upper left corner of the screen), around the serpentine track, to the finish line, as quickly as possible. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Of String$ and Things | String usage on the TS1000/1500. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| Oliger 2.1 Disk System Update | Review of the 2.1 SAFE DOS ROM. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Oliger SAFE Disk System v2.2 | Updates and tips. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| One More Word On "CK TYPE" | Shorter one-line version. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Op-Amp Design | Short program to assist in designing 741-based opamps. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Ordering Problems from RAMEX/Millenia K | Jurries describes difficulties he experienced in trying to purchase a RAMEX disk drive system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| OS-64 | Review of the Zebra Systems’ OS-64 cartridge. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Pablo Pixel-O | Type-in high-resolution drawing program for the ZX81/TS1000. Revised version for TS 2068 included. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Pascal Disk Handler for the Larken | Converting HiSoft Pascal to work with the Larken disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Paul Bingham Evaluates the Z88: Is the New Computer Too Much of a Break From Tradition? | Cambridge Z88 | |
| PC-IMPORT | File transfer and BASIC language dialect translator. | Sinclair QL |
| Pixel Sketch and Graphics Editor Version 2.0 | Pixel Sketch and Graphics Editor lets you create, edit, and label original graphics and modify, merge, and analyze existing screens with electronic tools. Some of the editing functions on PS/GE are found in Apple graphics software like Mouse Paint and Dazzle Draw. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Playing With Electricity | Short program to support switching between screen areas in RAM. | Sinclair QL |
| Poly-Scroll | ||
| Practical 2068 Bank-Switching | Techniques and program code for using the bank-switching feature in the 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Printer Tips | Re-inking Gorilla Banana printer ribbons; GE TXP-1000 with AERCO and Zebra ZPRINT. | |
| Pro/File 2068 | Review of Tom Wood’s database program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Pro/File Cartridge | Review of the database program. Cartridge-based version has greater data capacity (37k) and boolean operators. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Product News | Oliger 2068 floppy disk interface available; Larken drive controller with Spectrum ROM; uncased 2050 modems; Tech Draw Jr, Spectrum Emulator cartridge, Zebra Talker from Zebra; Amdek plotter; Jack Dohany’s shareware announcement. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Product News | Catalogs from Silicon Mountain Computers, Byte-Back, JRC Software. Service manuals from Sams Computerfact. RAMEX discontinues support for 2068 and Millenia K disk systems. | |
| Product/Dealer News | Larry Kenny of LARKEN ELECTRONICS told TDM about the plans for the 256K RAMdisk for the TS2068. It will use static-type RAMs complete with battery back-up. WEYMIL CORPORATION has released the DELTA DEVICE, a non-volatile memory system for the TS1000. A small circuit board contains 32K RAM divided into four 8K blocks which can be | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Professional's Use TS Computers | Australian Army uses 2068 as inexpensive simulator to teach soldiers the art of calling fire from an artillery battery or mortar platoon onto targets in the field. TS2068 used to run a retail business. Nursery uses TS2068 in many aspects of its business. Power transformer manufacturer uses 2068 for accounting, cost prediction and more. ZX81 | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Programming Concepts | An exercise in learning about the actual aspects, functions and limitations of the Sinclair ZX81 microcomputer and it’s version of the BASIC language. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Programming Concepts | ZX Tic Tac Toe | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Programming Concepts | Part two of tutorial on programming the ZX81/TS1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Programming Concepts | Our example program, ZX TIC TAC TOE (the listing appeared in May/June ’87 on pages 21 & 22), has the LOAD name “TTT”. When storing a program on a cassette, it is better to give it a name, especially when the tape contains other different programs. The procedure is, of course, to use a REM | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Programming in SuperBASIC for the T/S 2068 Programmer | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Programming SRAM HI*RES, Part II | At this point, let’s give credit where credit is due. As you may know, SRAM HI*RES Extended BASIC is a collection of new commands that make use of a high-res core routine developed by Mr. Wilf Rigter. This routine is an invention anywhere as significant as the original “cheap video” system employed in the ZX81. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Programs | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Programs: Pie Chart, Boxes | Two short type-in programs. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Abacus/Spreadsheet "Tips", Part I | Suggestiosn for using the program better. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Abacus/Spreadsheet Tips, Part II | One good indicator that QL Abacus (QL SPREADSHEET in the States) is a quality program is the fact that, despite the proliferation of other software for the QL, there is no other QL spreadsheet. It is a first-class professional computer program. The following is intended to go beyond the QL Abacus documentation in the Sinclair | Sinclair QL |
| QL Crater | Short program to demonstrate graphics ability by plotting 3D function. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Easel/Business Graphics "Tips" | Sinclair QL | |
| QL Etcher | Etch-a-Sketch for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Flight Simulator | Review of the QL game from Microdeal. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Gas Guide | Program to determine whether you should spend extra money to purchase premium gasoline instead of regular | Sinclair QL |
| QL Kill | Conversion of Russian Roulette from mainframe Pascal. | |
| QL Peintre | Painting program for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Quill/Word Processor Tips | Sinclair QL | |
| QL Quill/Word Processor Tips | Power user tips from Mike de Sosa. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Quill/Word Processor Tips, Part II | Sinclair QL | |
| QL Sound Explorer | Program to make sounds. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Support | Have you heard the latest? A rumor has been circulating in Great Britain for a couple of months now, that Amstrad is rethinking their position on the QL. Amstrad executives have been keeping an eye on how the QL aftermarket support has been developing. Also, it has been common knowledge that Amstrad would like to | Sinclair QL |
| QL VAL String Function | Short program to evaluate functions in strings. | Sinclair QL |
| Qool QL | Some of you who have never encountered heating problems with your QL before, might discover that about August 15, or the hottest day of the year, that your QL will suddenly blank out. Actually, it is not quite so “suddenly”. There are usually small warning signals like a ripple on the screen or the colors | Sinclair QL |
| QSPELL: A Review | Sinclair QL | |
| Quadra-Chart+ | Short program to make pie charts. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Quanta, the Library, and Page Designer | Review of programs and resources for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| QUICKEY 2068 | Keyboard overlays for TASWORD II, MSCRIPT and other programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Rainbow Plus Spectrum Interface | Review of the Spectrum emulator/twister board from DAMCO. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Reader Survey Results Continued | ||
| Reader Survey Results, Part One | Results from 280 readers. | |
| Remember | Game based on memory. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Resident Procedures | Sinclair QL | |
| Review: GRAPHIQL | Review of a CAD program for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| RGB Interface for the TS2068 | Ever since I purchased my TS2068 I have longed for a REAL RGB interface. Sure, the display is OK on my 19” Sony, but the color is “washed out” and there is that ever-present background hash. I thought that by attaching a composite monitor to the monitor jack would at least clean up the hash….but | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Run Length Encoded Graphics | Display RLE graphics on the TS2068 in 32 column video mode. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Russell Electronics ROMSWITCH | Review of the plug-in board that allows for both Timex and ZX Spectrum ROMs inside the computer with a magnet reed switch on the outside. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Screen Display Storage and Memory Relocate | Terminal program for the TS 2068 and TS 2050 modem. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Secret Stuff | Clive Sinclair is working on a transputer-based computer. | |
| Serial Port Driver | Using the 2050 modem board to drive a serial printer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Shoot-out at the QL Desktop Corral! | Review of several QL desktop publishing programs. | Sinclair QL |
| Shuttle Designer | Design a rocket to put the assigned payload into a suborbital trajectory at the correct velocity before it runs out of fuel. If you succeed, then you are given an “access” code. The code is necessary to continue so that you can design a more complicated rocket. A second success gives you a final access | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Simply Music | Basic program that uses the three sound channels of the TS 2068 to create music. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair and Timex Directory of Suppliers | ||
| Sinclair News Network | U.S. QL – $299; 128k Spectrum, Pocket TV Performs Well, Product News; User Group Update. | |
| Sinclair News Network | Amstrad buys Sinclair; QL gets A+ support; Product/Dealer News; User Group Update; Misc. | |
| Sinclair News Network | Sinclair micro update; Meet the QL Clones, Support for QL Continues; Super ZX81 Support from Scotland; Time Designs Acquires SUM; Letter from the Editor of SUM Magazine; Product/Dealer News. | |
| Sinclair News Network | Sir Clive’s Confessions; NOVELSOFT Emerges as Premier TS Software House; What’s In A Name?; Product/Dealer News; User Group Update. | |
| Sketchit-G | Sketchit-G is an artist type of program that exploits the many capabilities of the TS2068 computer to produce graphics of all sorts on the visual screen. These displays can be copied by the TS2040 printer and/or saved on tape for future recall and merging. The Timex computer has several resident functions that can be utilized | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Ski | ||
| Slot Machine | Simulates Vegas-style slots. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Smart Text TS-2068 | “SMART TEXT TS-2068” is Bill Jones’ effort to create an AppleWorks environment for your TS-2068. The package includes a text editor and manager integrated with a small mailing list routine. Other convenient features are printer formatting for a variety of utilitarian purposes and in a variety of type styles. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Software in Review: Colonize the Universe | ||
| Software in Review: Saboteur! | ||
| Some of the Best Programming Around | Eric and Kris Boisvert of BYTE POWER have put together ten issues of their electronic magazine on cassette, which adds up to more than 100 programs for the 2068. | |
| Son of Ultra-Easy Designer Graphics | Patches to upgrade Ultra-Easy Designer Graphics to handle 116 UDGs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Speak Out and Be Counted: dKTronics Speech Synthesizer | Dk’tronics Speech Synthesizer for the Sinclair Spectrum is available in the U.S. from DAMCO. If you have a T/S 2068 and a “twister” allowing Spectrum hardware to be plugged onto your edge connector, Dk’tronics synthesizer can make your computer speak up. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Special Report: 2068 Is Returning to US | Reports on Bob Dyl’s efforts to bring the Portuguese 2068 to the United States. When Bob Dyl of the English Micro Connection contacted Timex of Portugal to see if he could obtain supplies of their new floppy disk system and 2068 “silver avenger” computer (as so nick-named by the British computer press), both of which | Timex Computer 2068, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Spectrum 128K Basic | Overview of the new BASIC. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Spectrum Product News | Twister boards and Spectrum ROMs available. Datel Robotarm, Romantic Robot Videoface, Rotronics Wafadrive, and Tascalc mentioned. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Spectrum Software: White Lightning | Review of graphics development program for the Spectrum. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Spectrum-Notes | Sources for Spectrum hardware and software. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sprites 2068 | SPRITES 2068 is a sprite development and handler package. Those of you that have the Technical Manual will note that there is an appendix, number C-5, devoted to this subject. This program is none other than this same code. SPRITES 2068 co-authors Tidwell and Ruegg have “debugged” the Timex sprite package code. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Starfleet 2068 | STARFLEET 2068 is an all BASIC, low-resolution graphics, shoot ’em up space wars game for the Timex Sinclair 2068. Scenerio: In the late 1990s, NASA finally perfected the first WARP DRIVE engine. Earth Federation, a joint US-Canada-European space agency quickly arose to control deep space exploration. Over the first several decades, 9 major STAR BASES | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Stud Poker: A Casino-Style Game Listing for the TS2068 | Program to play five card stud power against the computer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Summer Westcoast TS Fair Features an "All-Star" Cast | Announcement for the fair, to be held August 6 and 7, 1988, in Portland, Ore. | |
| Sunstate Timex Sinclair Winterfest '88 | A lighter attendance than expected and heavy rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those T/S users who gathered in Orlando, Florida on March 5 and 6 for the Sunstate T/S Winterfest. A good time was enjoyed by all those who could make it. The area is one of the nation’s most popular tourist spots, with | |
| Super Detailed Disk Directory | 32 and 64-column disk directories for the AERCO FD-68. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| SuperBASIC Editor for the QL | Using Quill to edit SuperBASIC programs. | Sinclair QL |
| Supertape | Review of the tape from JRC Software. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Synx | Machine code routine for AERCO disk users to turn off syntax checking when writing or editing programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T/S 1000 Digital clock | Excerpt from Highfalutin’ Computin’. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| T/S 1000/ZX81 External Keyboard Buffer | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| T/S 2068 Grade Book | Short review of teacher assistance program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T/S BBS | Brief into to bulletin-board systems and a list of four that support TS users. | |
| T/S Computer Fest News: Sunstate Winterfest 88 just weeks away | ||
| T/S MODEMS | Short article about modems available to TS users. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T/S V.I.P. | Timex/Sinclair Video Identification Program | |
| Tape Transfer Utility | Utility to transfer software from tape to the Rotronics Wafadrive. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TASPRINT and AERCO Printer Interface | Pokes necessary to adjust TASPRINT. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tasword Two Tips | POKEs for 2040 printing; large print. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tasword Two+ | Patches to add new features to Tasword. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TASWORD Word Count Utility Modification | ||
| TDM Columnist Makes "Big Time" | Duncan Teague is a regular contributor to COMPUTE! Magazine. | |
| Technical Applications for T/S Computers | Linear Programming, is the minimization or maximization of a linear form, subject to linear constraints, containing non-negative variables. Program uses the “simplex” method to do this. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Terrific Tips | ||
| Text87: An Advanced QL Wordprocessor | Sinclair QL | |
| The Bookshelf | Review of Minute Manual for the Dot Matrix Printer. | |
| The DAMCO/Rotronics Wafadrive Reviewed | Review of the streaming cassette storage system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Disciple Disk-Operating System | The Disciple Interface is primarily a disk interface, but it also offers several other features which probably make it the best value in disk interfaces for the Sinclair Spectrum currently available. The Disciple is intended for use on a 48K Spectrum. To use it on a TS2068, it requires the addition of a “twister” board | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Editor's Forum | Letter from Jim Preston comments on Timex Sinclair Computer Fest in Indianapolis, repair options for TS owners. Tim Woods notes Jim passed away at 66. | |
| The Editor's Forum | Description of Tim Stoddard’s “souped-up” ZX81: 64K RAM, improved heatsink, digital aquisition module (A/D, D/A, realtime clock) as encountered at the 1987 Midwest TS Computer Fest. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| The Folks Who Bring You Time Designs | ||
| The Future of the QL in America and Some QL Graphics Systems | Status of the QL and how to potentially improve the commercial viability of the product; discussion of QL drawing/graphics programs. | Sinclair QL |
| The Great Game and Graphics Show | Review of the cassette (with 17 programs) from JRC Software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Lords of Midnight | Review of the game. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| The Mystery of the Missing 253 | When Timex released its Technical Manual for the TS2068, we learned how to add memory to and switch between its three internal memory banks. This was wonderful stuff, and it’s given us many excellent TS2068 products long after the “profane world” thought that the Timex computer was dead. Still, if we think back, we may | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Mystery of the Missing 253, Part Four | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| The Mystery of the Missing 253, Part Three | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| The Mystery of the Missing 253: Conclusion | Part 5 of series of articles about bank switching as originally designed in the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Newsroom | A Sinclair IBM “Clone” (the Amstrad PC-1640 rebadged as a “Sinclair”). Summer T/S shows: Third Annual Northwest/International Timex Sinclair Mini-Fair; 1988 Midwest Timex Sinclair Conference. | |
| The Old Shell Game | Simulation of shell guessing game. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Oliger 2068 Floppy Disk Interface | Review of the disk drive system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Omni-Emu | Review of the Spectrum emultor from Doug Dewey. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Portuguese Connection | Tips on using the Zebra disk drive system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Portuguese Connection | Converting VU-3D, VU-CALC, VI-FILE and Timex Chess to the Zebra disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Programming Corner | Questions about Larken disk system; programming in machine code; recovering from data loss. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Rise and Fall of the Timex Computer Corporation, Part 1: What Happened? | I don’t know exactly what came to your mind when you heard the news, but as for myself, I experienced the five classic reactions to a death. First denial, then anger, and so on. It crept suddenly up on us all like a trap catches a mouse. We should have seen it coming. We should | |
| The Rise and Fall of the Timex Computer Corporation, Part 2: On the Drawing Board | Throughout the month of January and even into the early part of February, before the bad news had hit, the product planning department at Timex was bustling. Led by director Billy Skyrme, a long time company employee, this division was creating a bit of excitement among TS user groups and in the computer press. Speculation | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Super-QL: Using the Sinclair QL with 640K RAM | Sinclair QL | |
| The TS 2068 Software Directory | Listing of vendors and their products. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The TS2068 and the Commodore 1520 Plotter | Review of John McMichael’s interface and driver software to allow for printing to the 1520. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Z-Link Interface ... a synopsis | Description of twister board and other accessories for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Through the Magnifying Glass | Short review of Sherlock, a game for the ZX Spectrum. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TIMACHINE - A BASIC Compiler | Timachine will compile virtually all of the Sinclair BASIC commands into a much speedier program. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TIMACHINE on AERCO Disk | Hint for moving Novelsoft’s TIMACHINE to disk. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Time Designs Tests | Sinclair QL | |
| Time Designs Tests: QRAM, Archivist MP, Text87 & Mailbag | Sinclair QL | |
| Time Designs Tests: Speedscreen, Flashback, Type 22 and Refield | Sinclair QL | |
| Time Designs Tests: Tax-I-QL/87, PACIOLI and THE SPY | Reviews of the programs. | Sinclair QL |
| Time Zones | Determines time differences in global location. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Meets Dave Higginbottom | Update on Higgenbottom’s effort to take over the 2068. | |
| Timex/Sinclair Lives! | Editorial announcing magazine. | |
| Tips on ZX81/TS1000 Computer Repair | Tips for resolving common problems. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Tomahawk | Review of the flight simulator program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tone/Phone 2068? | Program to simulate the tones produced by a touch-tone phone. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Top Ten Newsletters | ||
| Top Ten of 1985 | Top Spectrum games and programs for the year. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Trouble-shooting the QL | Hints on overcoming issues with faulty QL computers. | Sinclair QL |
| TS 1000/1500 Program Chaining, Part One | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 | |
| TS 1000/1500 Program Chaining, Part Three | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 | |
| TS 1000/1500 Program Chaining, Part Two | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 | |
| TS 1000/TS 1500 Program Chaining, Conclusion | Last article in series on loading programs in sequence. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| TS 2068 Products for Experimenters from the John Oliger Company | Cartridge boards, expansion boar, EPROM programmer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS 2068/Spectrum-Wares | Update on Spectrum emulation options, accessories for TS 2068 users with an emulator ROM. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS 2068/Spectrum-Wares | Spectrum ROM/adapter options from Doug Dewey, Pheonix Enterprises, Foote Software and Long Island Sinclair Timex Group. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS 2068/Spectrum-Wares | Updates on the Clifford and Associates Z-LINK 2068/Spectrum interface card, new products from DAMCO and English Micro Connection. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS Communique | Change R67 on TS2068 to adjust output impedance of composite video out. Saving Tomahawk to disk. Joystick and printing problems. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS Communique | Questions about MSCRIPT, monitors, interfaces for the Okimate 10/20, glitches printing to Smith-Corona TP-II. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS Communique | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| TS Communique | Programming ROMs to contain multiple operating systems; problem with Amdisk III; problem with converted TI keyboard; saving certain programs to disk with NMI SAVE button. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS Communique | A forum for people having problems with their 1000, 1500 and 2068. | |
| TS Communique: Your Hardware Problems Explored | Mindware MW-100 printer with TS2068; composite/RGB monitor blanking when used with 1000; interfacing to TTL monitors; Hacksel interface with Radio Shack DMP-105; DMP-105 with Memotech I/F and 1000; non-linearity of 2040 printout. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS Computerfest II Plans Aired | Groundwork for the Second Annual Mid West TS Computerfest underway. | |
| TS1000/1500 Program Chaining, Part Five | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 | |
| TS1000/TS1500 Program Chaining, Part Four | For a practical demonstration of a chained program, using the Above RAMTOP method of passing data from one module to another, I have chosen one consisting of three modules. A module to set RAMTOP (“RT”), a text entry module (“TE”), and a text LPRINT module (“PRT”). The program will allow you to enter, store above | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| TS2068 Drop Down Menus | Utility program to support Macintosh-style dropdown menus. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Turbo Esprit | Review of the ZX Spectrum game. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Turbos | “TURBOS” is a computer program for engine building enthusiasts. By taking an engine that has no turbo, blower, ect., and using its rated horsepower, the rpms it was rated at, and the engine’s cubic inch displacement, one can figure the cubic feet of air flow through the engine and thus calculate new horsepower. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Two Names Change - Service Remains the Same | Ed Grey Enterprises (formerly Grey & Clifford Computer Products) continues to support Timex/Sinclair market. Variety Sales changes its name to Variety Computers & Electronics. | |
| Two Programs from Executive Workshop | Review of the Straits of Hormuz and Executive Clue, both for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Ultra-Easy Designer Graphics | A colorful little utility which leaves you all the fun of designing user defined graphics and little of the drudgery. It allows the user to design four UDG characters on screen at once and by the use of on-screen menus to alter, move or save them. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Understanding and Upgrading the TS1016 RAM Pack | This is the first of a two-part article on how dynamic rams operate, how the TS1016 works, and how to upgrade the ram pack to use the newer 5 volt 64k dynamic rams. | |
| Understanding and Upgrading The TS1016 RAM Pack | This is the second part on upgrading your TS 1016 RAM pack to 64k. Last issue we discussed the ins and outs of dynamic memory and how the Sinclair RAM pack works. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Upgrading Your QL | Recommended hardware upgrades. | Sinclair QL |
| User Group Update | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Using Oliger SAFE DOS Version 2.52 | What’s new and updated in the Oliger DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| VAMP: TV to Monitor Kit | Conversion kit for TVs to allow for direct composite input. | |
| Vieword Mailist Formail | VIEWord, MAIList, and FORMail are utility programs that would be most suited for the small business environment or personal home computing. VIEWord is an interesting (but easy-to-use) word processor. MAIList, as the name implies, is an address manager, and FORMail is a utility that uses files from both VIEWord and MAIList, to print formal type | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Warren's 2068 Basics: Horizontal Bar Chart | Routine to plot and print bar charts. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| What's New | Update on the Spectrum 128K, TASWORD Three, computer astronomy newletter. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Where Are We Going? | An interview with the editor/publisher of Time Designs Magazine. | |
| Where Goest Fred? | Fred Nachbaur accepted a position with a firm in Ottawa. | |
| Which System Do You Use? Reader Tips and Hints for Mass-Storage | ||
| Who Was There? What Was There? Another look at the 1987 Sinclair Extravaganza... | Report from the 1987 Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computer Fest, held May 2nd and 3rd, 1987, in Indianapolis, Indiana. | |
| Why the QL? | Reasons not to give up on the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Why the QL? Reasons Why You Should Take The Quantum Leap | The Sinclair QL, with its compact and efficient keyboard console, its 32-bit CPU, its twin Microdrives, its excellent operating system and highly regarded SuperBASIC, its exceptional “bundled” software, its comprehensive user guide, and finally, its available hardware and software support, is a “best buy” by a considerable margin at $299. | Sinclair QL |
| Wind Chill Chart | Type-in program inspired by similar program in Computer Shopper. | Sinclair QL |
| You Too can be an Artist | Review of The Artist by Bon Jangeborg, published SofTechnics. Requires Spectrum ROM. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Z Column | Cambridge Z88 | |
| Z-Column | Column about the Z88. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 ... more on Sir Clive's microchip wonder | Overview of the laptop computer. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Zebra Disk Drive System for the 2068 | Unless you have been out of the country for the past year, I am sure that you have heard about the Timex Portugal Disk Drive System that was made in Europe and might be sold here in the United States. For a time, it seemed that this system would not be sold here. But thanks | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Zebra Graphics Tablet for 2068 | Review of the Koala Pad and adapter, plus software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Zebra-Talker Speech Synthesizer | Review of the Votrax SC-01-based speech synthesis unit. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Zebra/Timex FDD Disk System | Disk handler (program) and tips for using the Zebra disk drives. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Zeus Utility | Converts Zeus source code files into ASCII files for either Mscript or Tasword Two. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ZIP Basic Compiler | Review of the program, notes issues. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ZX ... Phone Home | Program to determine words based on the last four digits of a phone number. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX Color? Chroma-Soft | Review of Russell Electronics’ “experimental software color graphics” that used software tricks to create the illusion of color. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX-CALC + R.F.R.G. | ZX-CALC + R.F.R.G. is a complex and comprehensive spreadsheet/accounting package. R.F.R.G. is a supplement to ZX-CALC called an “accounting model” (R.F.R.G. stands for Rodriguez Financial Report Generator). The author states that it is used primarily for sole proprieterships who do not have the company’s assets tied up in land. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX-Term*80 | Review of the terminal program for the TS1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Data Acquisition Module | A/D converter for the TS/ZX using the TLC548. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Data Acquisition Module | Part two of series on building a digital-to-analog converter. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Publisher: Time Designs Magazine Company
Started in late 1984 by Tim Woods and others, Time Designs Magazine was a bi-monthly that had aimed fill the void created by the departure of SYNC, TIMEX SINCLAIR USER, and SYNTAX. By 1986, their mailing list included more than 3,000 Timex Sinclair readers.
The first year of the magazine was republished in The Best of Time Designs.
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