TS Bulletin
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Amateur Programmer's Line | Amateur programming with home computers has become more of a niche activity. | |
| Amateur Programmers' Line | Ruminations on amateur programming in light of advancing technology. | |
| American Micro Systems catalog | QL and Z88 hardware and software available. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| BOSTUG, TSUG has mutated | Closing down as a special interest group; restarting as New England QL User Group. | Sinclair QL |
| Bugs, Fixes & What You Can and Can't Do (Maybe) | User group in Ohio working on project to interface Commodore 1541 disk drive to TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Computer Shopper discontinues articles | Had published articles about Commodore 64, Sinclair, TI, Atari 8-bits. | |
| Congratulations to Toronto Timex-Sinclair club | Club continues to support TS 2068 and Larken DOS users. | |
| Disk Library | TS 2068 disk utilities program available from RA Hilsman in Menomonee Falls, WI. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Donald Lambert reports his ZX-81 LDOS disk system up | Fix for mating LDOS with Tandon disk drives. Also working on a custom ZX-81 for controller applications, developed with Mike LeDuc. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Experiment with wordprocessing | Also working on implementing a machine language compression algorithm. | |
| Fix for Timemachine BASIC Compiler | Fix printed in August 1989 CATS and Dec 1989 Timelinez newsletters. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Larken Electronics | Original designers of ZX81/TS 1000 LDOS and TS 2068 LKDOS turning attention to computer-controlled shaper/router/plotter, driven by IBM PC compatible. Software originally written in Pascal on TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Magazine News | SyncWare News lost approximately $5,000 before going out of circulation. | |
| Mailing List Changes | Updates to contacts for groups in Ohio and Pennsylvania. | |
| Mailing list updates | Dec 1989 issues was final newsletter and notice of dissolution of Harrisburgh Area TSUG. | |
| Mark Yost working on deal to buy out-of-business stock | Wide variety of TS 1000 and TS 2068 tapes may be available. | |
| Maxcom TS2068 BBS system for LKDOS | BBS software available from RMG. Larry Kenny working on desktop publishing system and is PC-based marketing plotter, engraver, router/miller. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| MScript upgraded to 5.5 | ||
| News for this year | Macintosh and NeXT emulators being readied. Author working on several self-published books about ZX81/TS 1000 computers. Local group developing simple compiler. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| News from SNUG | Due to illness and personal situations, work on newsletter is delayed. Seeking donations for public domain library. | |
| News of a Local Nature | Ottawa-Hull Timex-Sinclair User Group continued to meet. | |
| Newsletter hardware articles | Trend is shifting to Z88 and QL modifications. | |
| Newsletters and Clubs | Update on Vancouver TSUG, where Wilf Rigter has contributed a number of technical articles. New addresses for other groups, notices of user groups disbanding or discontinuing newsletters. | |
| Ottawa-Hull TSUG meeting | Exchange of experiences in Pascal programming; Dave Solly using HiSoft Pascal on TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Pixel Print Plus (ver 4) released | Indiana Timex Sinclair User reports program was almost finished when Stan Lemke, the author, exited market. Steven Spalding of Sting Graphics completed program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Published-Program Survey of Newsletters | List of programs appearing in user group newsletters in late 1989. | |
| Sincus runs list of TS2068 ROM routines | Source released for non-commercial use. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Supplier File | Updates on contact information for software, hardware and documentation. | |
| Suppliers | Updates on Larken Electronics, RMG, Update Magazine, EMSoft, John McMichael, Byte Power. | |
| Time Designs Magazine v5 n2 issued | ||
| TreeForth | Source code for TreeFORTH (a ROMable, TS1000, slightly non-standard FORTH) has been released for non-commercial use by author Bob Alsum. | |
| TS1000's still available | Gary Young in Iowa has working and non-working units, RAM packs and software. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Useful Sinclair Programmer Notes (On Telephone Nos.) | Hints on how to store a telephone number in three bytes (encoded) versus seven bytes. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Using an audio transformer as cassette load aid | Article appeared in August-December 1989 issue of CRAGIST. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ZX-81/TS1000 Tips | Using the CODE function instead of numbers to save bytes; saving space with DIMensioned variables. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
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