Timex Sinclair Users Group Of Cincinnati Newsletter

Title Description Computers
Autolist dialer Program derived from Randy Kuhn’s modem control from BASIC. Dials up to 100 numbers. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Corrections to Copytape Program One bug appeared in the COPYTAPE program. Also provided is a BASIC loader program to load/save the COPYTAPE program. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Corrections to the TS 2068 Technical Manual Timex/Sinclair 2068
Does QL Stand for Quite Late? Sinclair QL
Feb News from the T/S Connection Target date for the 2068 disk interface is February 20 (1985). Z-Link is available. Review of Spec-Tax. Draw II, by Jon Rokententz, reviewed in March issue of Computer Shopper and available from T/S Connection. Timex/Sinclair 2068
From Newsletters Around the World The “sizzle” on some 1500s and 2068s is from an isolation tranformer magnetic core halves. Recommended solution is to superglue the halves together. Program to produce a darker display that in turn will produce a darker print when using COPY. Timex/Sinclair 2068
From the Project Table Interfacing an Atari trackball to the 2068. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Latest News from SUM Portugal is going to start shipping a version of the 2068 called the Silver Avenger. Timex/Sinclair 2068
March News from The T/S Connection T/S Connection “received just about everything from Little Rock” [the Timex repair facility]. Calls to Timex computer department in Connecticut and Arkansas redirect caller to T/S Connection for repairs or service.
Mass Storage for the TS-2068 List of mass storage options, including: ZX-Microdrive, A&J Microdrive, DAMCO/Rotronics Wafadrive, AERCO 2068 disk system and RAMEX Millenia K interface. Timex/Sinclair 2068
November News from The T/S Connection AERCO disk interface should be ready; new printer interface for 1000. No news on Higgenbottom/Timex. K-Power, sent as replacement for Timex Sinclair User subscriptions, ceased publication.
October News from The T/S Connection AERCO has set target date of Oct. 30 (1985) for completion of 2068 drive interface. Smart II terminal program arrived. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Outlook Bright? One recent evening, I arrived home to find a rather thick envelope from a company called Ramex. Inside was a number of pieces of advertising for add-on products to the Timex 2068 computer. Timex/Sinclair 2068
President's Report
President's Report Paid membership: 50; meeting attendance 20-30 members.
President's Report
President's Report Notes about forming the Timex Sinclair Users Group of Cincinnati.
Response from Timex on T/S 2068 Response about an issue with the 2068. A “Timex engineer admitted that the problem was in the custom chip, and that only a redesign would cure the problem. The problem apparently stems from the different scan rates between U.K. and U.S. TV sets.” Timex/Sinclair 2068
Secretary's Report
Secretary's Report
September News from The T/S Connection Stu Lotwin passed away. Update on David Higgenbottom’s talks with Timex. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Sinclair Chasing BBC Contract
Smartips Tips for using Smarterm II. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Softwares Buyers Guide List of programs and their types; more than 200 programs offered by at least 30 suppliers. Author offered copies of the VU-File database to readers. Timex/Sinclair 2068
SPDOS Condensed and edited version of article that appeared in the January and February (1985) issues of Sinclair User. Timex/Sinclair 2068
T/S 2068 -- Spectrum Three devices to allow TS 2068 to run Spectrum programs: Spectrum ROM available from Foote Software; ROMSWITCH from G. Russell Electronics and EMU-1 from Enter Lingua. Timex/Sinclair 2068
T/S 2068 Tape Copy Utility This machine language program can be used to copy programs, arrays, screens, and code from one tape to another. The program copies the entire program, array, etc into memory; and then writes it to the output tape. The program is designed to use two parallel control ports to start/stop both the input and output cassette Timex/Sinclair 2068
T/S Hostel System Attempt to set up a hostel system for Timex/Sinclair fans.
Taming the Bug in VU-Calc T/S 2068 Add a CLEAR statement to fix a memory allocation problem. Timex/Sinclair 2068
The Unknown Programmer Short program to draw mountains; two line sound program. Timex/Sinclair 2068
The Unknown Programmer Very short programs. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Timex-Sinclair Publications Brief descriptions of T-S Horizons, SUM and Time Designs.
USR 832 Save and load protected programs. A little known trick (first described in Syntax) that will load protected programs. Instead of using the normal LOAD “name” comand, use a USR call. Timex/Sinclair 1000

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