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title: "Update Magazine"
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type: "periodical"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/periodical/update-magazine.md"
published_at: "2019-06-01T01:33:48+00:00"
modified_at: "2022-10-23T09:14:22+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
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excerpt: "Quarterly publication that supported Timex/Sinclair 2068, later expanding to all systems."
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    title: "Update January 1988"
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    title: "Update October 1988"
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    title: "Update January 1989"
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    title: "Update April 1990"
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    title: "Update July 1990"
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    title: "Update October 1990"
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    title: "Update April 1991"
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    title: "Update October 1991"
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    title: "Update January 1992"
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    title: "Update April 1992"
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  - id: 26505
    title: "Update July 1992"
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  - id: 26515
    title: "Update October 1992"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-october-1992/"
  - id: 26497
    title: "Update January 1993"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-january-1993/"
  - id: 26488
    title: "Update April 1993"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-april-1993/"
  - id: 26506
    title: "Update July 1993"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-july-1993/"
  - id: 26516
    title: "Update October 1993"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-october-1993/"
  - id: 26498
    title: "Update January 1994"
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  - id: 26489
    title: "Update April 1994"
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  - id: 26507
    title: "Update July 1994"
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    title: "Update October 1994"
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  - id: 26499
    title: "Update January 1995"
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  - id: 26490
    title: "Update April 1995"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-april-1995/"
  - id: 26508
    title: "Update July 1995"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-july-1995/"
  - id: 26518
    title: "Update October 1995"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-october-1995/"
  - id: 26500
    title: "Update January 1996"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-january-1996/"
  - id: 26491
    title: "Update April 1996"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-april-1996/"
  - id: 26509
    title: "Update July 1996"
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archive_url: "https://archive.org/details/ts-2068-update"
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---

# Update Magazine

Started as TS-2068 UP-DATE, Update Magazine was a quarterly publication created to support Timex/Sinclair 2068 users with disk drive systems. Articles about the Sinclair QL and Cambridge Z88 were added as those systems gained users.

Started in October 1987 by [Bill Jones](/tag/bill-jones/), it transitioned to [Frank and Carol Davis](/indiv/frank-davis/) in October 1990 and published until July 1996.

The newsletter was originally sectioned by disk drive system and printed on color stock. That was quickly abandoned and, as time went on, the format become more consistent with other newsletters.

In the April 1989 issue, Bill Jones gave a demographic update. Circulation was about 500 and growing. All 50 US states, all Canadian provinces, and three foreign countries were represented.

Computer ownership among subscribers was 50% TS-2068, 50% Sinclair QL, 12% Cambridge Z88. 70% used two or three of the computers and expressed their intent to continue to do so. Sinclair QL users were evenly divided between using disk drive or microdrive. 95% of TS-2068 users had a disk drive system and were divided:

- 47% [Oliger Disk](http://localhost/company/john-oliger-co/)
- 47% [LKDOS](http://localhost/company/larken-electronics/)
- 19% [FD-68](http://localhost/product/floppy-disk-interface-3/)
- 8% [TOS Zebra](http://localhost/product/fdd-3-disk-drive-system/)
- 4% [Ramex](http://localhost/company/ramex-international/)
- 30% had dual DOS capability

The newsletter went through several name changes, finally landing on Update Computer Systems under Frank and Carol Davis’ leadership.

All issues are available on archive.org.