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, it transitioned to Frank and Carol 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
- 47% LKDOS
- 19% FD-68
- 8% TOS Zebra
- 4% Ramex
- 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.
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| “Miz.B4” (A Mizzery Saver) | Converts an in-memory machine language program into a BASIC loader, with machine program stored as decimal numbers in DATA statements. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| 12 Volt Modification | Modification helps clean up video signal. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 1993 Dayton Computerfest | The last weekend of August on the 28th and the 29th, many Sinclair users will once again be making the trek from their respective homes to Dayton, Ohio, and will be meeting at Hara Arena. This is one, if not the largest computer show put on by a large user group, The Dayton Microcomputer Association. | |
| 2068 Block-Move Error | Correction to the program in the July issue. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| 2068 Display Block Moves | In the Z80 microprocessor used in the 2068 is a command called LDIR that may be used to quickly move defined blocks of data from one RAM location to another. The routine listed below moves all or portions of the screen display (DFILE1) to RAM address 30000 from which it may then be moved back to the display file. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable, Type-in program |
| 2068 Home ROM Corrections – Part I | Corrections to the ROM, in part to support bank-switched memory. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| 2068 Home ROM Corrections – Part II | Corrections to the ROM, in part to support bank-switched memory. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| 2068 Power Supply Problem? | From my own personal experience and information gleaned from articles, it is clear that the method of powering the 2068 has serious problems. My solution to these problems is to provide a husky linear power supply to the computer, printer and accessories. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 ROM Bypass Board Schematic, Revised | Enclosed are copies of “ctas.B1” v9.2. If you have sent copies of the previous version to anyone and happen to have a record of who, send me his name and address and I’ll mail him the latest version. Also enclosed is a schematic of my working version of Bill’s ROM/EXROM bypass board. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 24-Pin Bit Image Graphics for 24-Pin or Bubble Jet Printers in Epson Emulation | Programming tips for printing to 24-pin printers from the 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A Break Through DOS for the TS-2068 | MAX DOS: combining Oliger DOS and Larken DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Capslock Indicator for the QL | As a professional applications programmer, I generally work on either an IBM XT/AT or a UNIX workstation. When several years ago Sinclair USA offered me a great deal on some new QLs, I jumped at the chance to own a machine capable of multitasking and I ordered several. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Cheap and Excellent Twin Disk Drive | You can get the Amdisk III for $49.95. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Code File Printer | MS-TAS is a utility to peek and print out Mscript and Tasword CODE files. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Composite Booster | Consider using a VCR dubbing enhancer to boost video signal output. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Conglomeration of QL TIPS | Initializing Trump card and speed screen in boot programs; copy a complete micro drive cartridge with Trump card; back to business with the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| A Couple of Simple ZX81/Timex 1000 Modifications | Internal 16K RAM using 62256; composite video buffer. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Few Z88 CLI Applications | Short routines for the Z88. | Cambridge Z88 |
| A Fist Full of LKDOS Tools | As more TS-2068 users become LKDOS users the questions roll in. Some are working “Max DOS” (with Oliger Dos), but most are just getting their feet wetter with the rich LKDOS functions. Sometimes the process becomes a bit of a head scratching event. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A Guide to Using CTAS, the Customizer and the Printer | Program that customizes Tasword for Larken and Oliger systems. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Half Dozen or More TOS Tools | This program was converted from Bill Jones “LKDOS TOOLS BY THE HALF DOZEN” published in the July issue. Whereever possible I have used the same range of line numbers. There are many differences between LKDOS and TOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A last minute Addendum | Notes about bugs in the versions of JLO Safe DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Little About Me | Well you know my name but can you pronounce it? The last name is pronounced like “cocaine”. It seems that in middle English “coc” was pronounced “coe” (long O) as is witnessed by the liqueur known as “Coc’s” that is still popular in England. Enough about that. I am a native Floridian, second generation. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A little tab will do you in PipeDream | For the most part, Z88’s PipeDream is fairly simple to use. However, the use of columns and the TAB key seems to be a regular cause of confusion, as was brought to my attention by a reader’s recent letter. | Cambridge Z88 |
| A Look at The Crystal Ball | Crystal Balling Computer trends is my favorite pastime. Sometimes predictions come true almost overnight. The year 1990 ushers in a Warp 10 speed of Computer Evolution. The big trend of change is in HOME COMPUTING. As 1990 began there were some 18 Million computers in use throughout the USA. | |
| A Mail File in Archive | Create a simple database. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Menagerie of Opinions and Some Programming Tips | Tips about disks and disk systems; a short program to print labels. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A Multi-Manager for SAFE DOS V2.52 | Since the final additions have been made to SAFE DOS, I have had several requests to write a “do-all” disk management program that includes all these features, plus the file-indexing provided by DOS_DEX and AUTO_DEX. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A New Sinclair BBS | Bob Newell of Bismark, North Dakota, has started a BBS called “GlobberNet” that specializes in computer games, including Spectrum Games. Bob has over 1200 Spectrum Snapshot (.SNA) files available for download. These snapshot files are supported by the Spectrum (on a Spectrum disk) and by various Spectrum emulators. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| A Personal Time Management Program | Description of the program available from the author. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Practical Study of System Variables: Put Them to Use with BASIC. | Appendix D of the user manual lists the memory addresses of RAM where most of the TS-2068 system variables are stored. The left column “notes” tells whether the variable number is larger or smaller than 255. The significance of this is that system variable numbers larger than 255 require two memory addresses for storage. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Primer for Using a QL-Mutilator | MS-DOS conventions for QL users. | Sinclair QL |
| A Print Using Routine and Demonstration | This interesting batch of string slicing and concatenations does a nice job of aligning decimal places and simulating the print using functions. There are shorter ways of doing it but this one is included for a study of its tricks. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A Print Wheel Problem | Reader problems distinguishing characters from the print wheel used to produce the newsletter. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A QL Address File | A simple address database program presented as a tutorial. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A QL Auto-Loader | By using the storage device for conversion of directory information to data which can be loaded back into array cl$(). This adaptation of the CAT_PRINT routine provides a menu-loader similar to the one for the TS2068 SAFE DOS user. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL Index Program | When you want to repeat something in Superbasic, the easy way is to englobe everything in a REPeat END REPeat loop, instead of GOTO. That's what I have done to your small program. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL LList Utility | This routine may be of particular interest to those such as Bill and myself who do QL listing printouts in column format as master copies for publication. A simple OPEN #n,ser1: LIST #n: CLOSE #n will send a listing to the printer but unless your printer has right-margin setting or column/line setting, long listing lines will splatter the full width of the page. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL Printing Primer | Here is a little tutorial for setting up the QL to print to paper "without a word processor". It does not do much but print un-formatted lines to the left margins as set at the printer. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL Spreadsheet Matrix | Creating a spreadsheet template in Abacus. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Review of ‘Manual A’ for the Z88 | Manual for the Z88 written by Mike Fink. | Cambridge Z88 |
| A Review of a Aerco FD-68 Utilities Program Disk | This is a nifty set of disk utilities for the Aerco FD-68. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Review of Banter, the Banner Maker | Recently I discovered a small gem of a program that I had overlooked. This is strange as I often pride myself upon being very up to date on programs for the QL. Ah! It just goes to show that ego can often get ahead of ones true knowledge! | Sinclair QL |
| A Review of QLerk | There have been several finance programs brought out for the QL since the year 1983, but none that I have felt was good enough to use for the middle-class home or for the small business (earning less than $500,000 per year). | Sinclair QL |
| A Review of Z88 Magic | Book about Z88 that provides information about the computer in an accessible manner. | Cambridge Z88 |
| A Save Nothing File | Save a blank "CODE" file that can later be used to clear a machine code program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Screen Copy in Full Color and More | Review of interface and software to print in color on Okimate 20. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Screen Dump Program | Simple program to dump to Citizen printer | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A Selective Menu-Loader | On QL utility disks which contain both Basic and data files, this program provides for the display of only the type of titles selected for an auto-loading menu, in sorted or unsorted order. By changing line 310 to LET suff$=”” and line 390 to LET yn$=”y” it may be used as a BOOT routine that brings up only file titles for Basic programs or DO files. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A T/S 2068 Utility to Put Basic Programs into the Larken RAMDisk Banks | It is possible to load any of the RAMDISK banks with code which simulates a BASIC cartridge (an AROS) and to run that code as a BASIC program. This suite of programs will allow you to create your own simulated cartridges in the RAMDISK memory chips. A program running from DOCK leaves the HOME bank free to hold another program and/or data. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A TOS (Zebra) Disk Newsletter | Ron Havlen started FDD Express, a resumption of the defunct TOPS Newsletter. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Universal Treatment for Bugs in the Program Area | Editorial about John Oliger's article, "Problems in using the new V2.4 MERGE Command," and how the techniques can be applied to debugging programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Utility that uses System Variables | The following utility really should be in the EXTRA MEMORY section, because it is so useful be able to MOVE a BASIC program to a specific STARTING MEMORY ADDRESS. It is a take off from the “MOVE” utilities given in the January issue of UP-DATE. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A-B Boxes and other Ramblings | DIY switch boxes for disk drives. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A-Dee-Doo-Dah: A Front-End for the Unzip Utility | A month-or-so-ago, I received several ZIP’ed files from Nazir Pashtoon (CATUG) and the UNZIP utility (version 2.00) which had been “ported to Qdos by Erik Slagter” [January 1993]. ZIP’ed files are files which have been compressed by algorithm. The UNZIP utility — like its DOS cousin — is implemented from the “command line” prompt. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| About Disk Drives | There are many types of disk drives available. Commodore introduced a 3 1/2 inch drive with their Amiga computer. Now IBM has a new 3 inch drive. We Safe Disk users have a system that will work with almost anything that can be hooked up to a Shugart Standard Parallel I/O Disk Drive. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| About TOOLKIT II | Are there any QL owners who if they don't have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Article reprinted from BoSTUG Sinclair/Timex Newsletter. | Sinclair QL |
| About TS-2068 Safe Disk Up-Date | TS-2068 SAFE DISK UP-DATE is a general publication to support TS-2068 Users. SDU is orientated to those serious users who have already, or intend to upgrade to Disk Drive system. SDU is written for all levels of user programming. The expert programmer will likely think that the content is too basic and the novice will feel that it is too advanced. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| About your Editor, plus Nostalgia | Short autobiography of Bill Jones. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Accelerating Abacus | Techniques for making the program faster. | Sinclair QL |
| Accessing LKDOS from Machine Code | The DOS is easy to access from machine code using the internal jump table starting at address 120 in the cartridge. The jump table is a list of 20 or so entry points to the most often used sub-routines in the dos. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Add serial port to your Sinclair | It is time for another hardware project: this time a serial interface, for the ZX81, 2068 (and I believe the SPECTRUM). The design is fully hardware and software compatible with the popular TS2050 (TIMEX) modem. As usual, I tried to keep the circuit as simple as possible to make it easy to construct. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Addendum to Article in January Update “Dock Bank Memory, 20 Cents” | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Adding RGB to Your 2068 | Instructions and schematic to connect 2068 to TTL RGB monitor. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Adding Two More Drives | Add two more drives to a Larken system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Addition to TS-2068 Mail Merge | Update to program from October 1987 issue to print out the categories of an index after the program had sorted subjects by title. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Allegro | A experimental musical composition by a tin eared Welshman. There are three GO SUB routines. GO SUB 100 produces an indefinite musical chord which is interrupted by any key. GO SUB 102 gets a 10 second musical pause. GO SUB 122 brings prompts to adjust the chord time duration of a musical interlude. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Amateur Programming Support | Call for tips, articles from readers. | |
| An Electronic Spreadsheet: Function and Application | Description of spreadsheets by the author of ZX-Calc. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| An Introduction to PC-Conqueror | Review of the MS-DOS emulator for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Announcements | Quantum Levels magazines ending publishing. New issue disks. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Announcing “Gulf Micro Electronic” | A company for Bill Jones' software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Announcing: The IKI (An IBM Keyboard Interface for 1000/2068) | The IKI can be used with the ZX80, ZK81, T/S 1000, T/S 1500, Spectrum and T/S 2068 computers. It is compatible with all interfaces for those computers. The IKI works with any IBM XT-compatible keyboard. The keyboard must have an XT/AT selector switch. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Another Approach to Extra Memory Banks | Back in ’86 I was faced with a problem with memory. I had a program in which I stored and sorted movie titles, updating it each month. As the list approached 1000, it was obvious that RAM would soon be full and extra banks of memory were needed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Another QL Beginner Tipster | Well, Old Bill suggested I might want to take up where he left off in the new “QL BEGINNERS COURSE” in the October ’88 UPDATE!. Bein the onery cuss I am, my counter-suggestion is that seein as he is doin real great so far, I druther put my two-bits worth in the next issue, givin my views on more or less what he done commented on in the first place. | Sinclair QL |
| Archive Housekeeping | How to perform garbage collection on an Archive file. | Sinclair QL |
| Archive Made Easy | Intro to using Archive. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Archive Series – Part 1: Database Concepts | Databases for novices. | Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series – Part 2: Archive Data Structure, The Good and The Bad | More basics of databases. | Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series – Part 3: First Commands or Close Encounters of the First Kind | Preparing to build a database in Archive. | Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series – Part 4: Create, Open, Insert Commands | Creating and adding information to an Archive database. | Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series – Part 5: Alter and Delete Commands | Further exploration of Archive. | Sinclair QL |
| Archive: The Final Frontier | All right. I’m probably the last QL user to work with the ARCHIVE/QLDB data base program. The “problem” with ARCHIVE is that the HELP files really don’t “help” you with the program’s syntax. Until you know, you don’t know. | Sinclair QL |
| Are there any mailing lists/e-zines/web-sites for the Spectrum followers? | List of sites, circa May 1996. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Arithmetic: An Arithmetic Drill Program for the QL | A program designed to aid children in learning arithmetic. | Sinclair QL |
| At the keyboard | Email exchange about using the TS2068 "into the next millenium." | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Autostart Hints for Larken Users | How to set up an autostart file for Larken DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Bad QL Membranes Crisis Intervention | How to repair or replace broken keyboard membranes. | Sinclair QL |
| Basic Programming with DEF FN() and Boolean Logic | Program that converts between binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbers and performs math operations across them. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Be Seein You | Letter from former editor. | |
| Become a Sinclair Power User | Suggestions on building a Sinclair system that will be usable for several years into the future. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Beginner’s Programming, All Computers | My, My! I hope that the convoluted title doesn’t scare you off. If you are dazzled by alla them terms, just take a peek at the tiny listing at the end of this article, which uses all of the key words listed in the title. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Bill Pedersen’s Diskspeed Program | Adjustments to the disk speed program to make it work with Larken drives. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Bob’s Notebook: Renumber before merge, Sort in Tasword | Short utility programs: renumber before MERGE, sort lists in Tasword. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Book Review: Epson, Epson, Read All About It! | Review of Julie Knott and Dave Prochnow's book about Epson printers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Bootsort Without TK2 | The following version of the selective menu-loader (BOOTsortCOPY) may be used without initializing TK2. It automatically shows only Basic titles (any without _ext) in sorted order. It does not have the COPY feature but responds more quickly and may be useful as a boot routine on disks which have both Basic and data files. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Break-In for CATs | Short routine for SafeDOS to SAVE or LOAD during CATalog. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Budget | Editor’s Note: Bob Mitchell is retired from two professions, a career in the Canadian Armed Forces, and a subsequent career in Geodetic Survey. Presently Bob lives in beautiful Ontario Canada and “Snow Birds it” to Florida during the Winter months. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| BZ80 Basic Program Filter for the Z88 | Short BBC Basic program translated to the Z88. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | I was pleased to see that in the October & November issues of QL World they gave considerble space to ARCHIVE, the PSION database program we all have. Those of you who have followed this column know that I have high regard for ARCHIVE and have tried to promote it use by more US QL users. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | This issue of UPDATE initiates me as the QL Editor. I am happy to assist Bill Jones in producing this magazine so important to North American QL users. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | Archive series part 22: error handling in Archive with Errnum() function and Error command. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | Is Archive a relational database? | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Solving the Towers of Hanoi puzzle with Archive. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | IF and ALL and MODE commands. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Update and While commands and introducing the "P" word. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Order and Select commands in Archive. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Order, Locate, Reset commands in Archive. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Find, Search, Continue commands. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Backup strategies to prevent data loss. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | PRINT and LPRINT commands with an overview of all input/output commands. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Bycol - a program for displaying and printing databases by columns. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | More on linking databases together and using Sedit. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | Using keys to link databases together and other handy tricks. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | FormEd - A form editor and printer for Archive databases. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | FormEd - a form editor and printer for Archive databases. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | A review - describing how to use some recently introduced procedures. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column | Entering Query - a program to interrogate any Archive database. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | Entering procedures using the Archive program editor. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | Entering procedures using the Archive program editor. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column | Entering procedures using the Archive program editor. | Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column: QL – Archive – PC | Databases, transferring to PC. | Sinclair QL |
| Cables for the Z88 | These examples of how to make up cables for the Z88 to be used with printers, modems, and data exchange with other computers was excerpted from the Z88 Source Book , compiled and edited by Tim Swenson, and available from UPDATE MAGAZINE for $7.00, postage paid. | Cambridge Z88 |
| CAD#5 Intfc Listing for Oliger/Epson | Follow up to earlier article about PCB design program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| CAD#5 Listing for Oliger/Epson | Follow up to PCB design programs in prior issues. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Cambridge Z88 NewsNotes | INFORMATION CHANNELS: When UPDATE purchased the Z88 back in January 1989 three issues of “News Notes” were received. NewsNotes is a very informative two page User newsletter published by Cambridge North America. After not receiving follow on newsletters, a call was made to the telephone numbers given in the literature supplied with the Z88 computer. | Cambridge Z88 |
| CAT Prints on Your QL | Make hard copies of file directories | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Character Recognition for the TS2068? | Converting screen saves to Tasword Two documents. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Character String Emulation in Hisoft Pascal Version 4 | Routines to handle strings in Pascal. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Check Book Balancer | Program that leverages Abacus to balance a checkbook. | Sinclair QL |
| Check the VARS Area | VARS_DIS is a utility to MERGE to any BASIC program to give you a disassembly of the entire VARS area. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Check Your Surge-Protected Circuits | Advice on checking the devices plugged into surge protectors and repairing "zapped" devices. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Checker: A short Lesson on SPDOS | The SPDOS system call is one that checks for a filename's existence on a disk. If you try to load a file that is not on your disk, SPDOS will create an error that cannot be trapped by the usual ON ERR GOTO. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Christmas Return Label Maker | Program to print Christmas labels. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Circuit Circus | Excerpted from SWYM Newsletter, Seattle Sinclair Users Group. Sync inverter for QL, load fix for ZX81/TS1000, TOS power supply, modem power. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Club Z88 Pipeline | Letter about plan to develop a Z88-specific newsletter. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Common Electronics Symbols and Abbreviations | The following are Electronic Symbols and abbreviations, having to do with Voltge, Current, Power, Frequency, Inductance, Reactance, Capacitance, Resistance. For electroncs formulas, refer to the technical (green) section. English Letter Symbols Abbreviations: ABBREVIATIONS — TABLES — SYMBOLS — FORMULAS | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Computer Meandering | I am back again to share with you both those things I have found out about Sinclair computers and those questions I still have unanswered. These thoughts are not particularly ordered, but that is why I call them meanderings. | Sinclair QL |
| Computer Therapy | Author's story of post-stroke recovery via computing, starting with the ZX80. | Sinclair QL |
| Connect A Composite TTL Monitor to a TS1000/QL | Schematic to connect a TS1000 or QL to a monochrome TTL monitor by extracting HSYNC and VSYNC signals. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Copy Screens with “scopy.B6” | Program to print screen files to printer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Corrected QL Membrane Matrix | It has long been known that the layout for the membrane in the QL, as given in the manuals is not correct. This appears to correct most, if not all errors (should you find more or have more to add, send it to the UPDATE editor. | Sinclair QL |
| Corrections to TS2068 Programming in the Abstract | Demonstration of BREAK in during a subroutine and catching and redirecting BREAK. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Corrupted Disks??? | Occasionally you might come across a disk that has become corrupted in its file storage pointer area (track zero) that will simply refuse to load any file at all. What will usually cause this is a glitch on power up of either the drive or computer, with the disk installed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| CPYPRT – Program to print screens to 24-pin printers | This is an assembly language program to copy T/S 2068 screens to an EPSON compatible 24 pin printer. The program resides in the printer buffer area of system RAM and it can copy screens in either the normal 32 column mode or the expanded 64 column mode. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Creating Export Data Files With PSION Software (Abacus/Quill) Then Importing Them to Quill | How to export files from Abacus and read them into Quill. | Sinclair QL |
| CTM Magazine Quits | Chet Lambert, owner/publisher of CTM Magazine, announced in the June issue that he is quitting. CTM supported amateur radio operators and contributed to the development of packet telecommunications. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Customized 2-Column Tasword Printouts | Revisions to Tasword to support two-column printing. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Customized Catalog Command for LKDos | This is an alternative catalog command that can be added to your programs or to use when modifying an existing program for disk. It only prints the selected filenames in a single column without any other info such as disk name of disk parameters. It works very well with windows such as the ones in LKdos or in a program like Art Studio that uses pulldown menus. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| D..base-1 for TOS | Revised version of Bill Jones' program for the TOS operating system, Zebra OS-64 and a centronics printer interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| D.base-1 | DBASE-1 makes maximum use of the computer's free memory, and coordinates disk drive to manage data base files. The sorting functions give the data base Its flexibility for use for any purpose. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Datastore() and Datafetch(): Two Larken DOS Procedures for Hisoft Pascal | Transfer any section of RAM to a file on disk. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Datatronics 2400P Modem Review | I recently bought a new 2400 Baud pocket modem to use with my Z88. A pocket modem is just a smaller version of a full size modem. They are approximately one quarter the size of a standard modem. The modem’s dimensions are 5 inches by 2.5 inches by 1.12 inches. It weighs 0.33 pounds. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Dayton Computerfest Report | Many thanks to all of the folks who made the trek to the Dayton DMA Computerfest at the end of August. Carol and I were pleased to see many old friends and to make some new ones. A great deal of people showed up, and many who said they would be there..were not! | |
| Dbase1 Evolution | History of Dbase1 and updates. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Dense Pack Basic, and the use of Logical Operators | There has been a considerable amount of questions and interest about Dense Pack programming techniques and the use-of-Boolean logic. While browsing through antique ZX publications I came across an interesting article written in 1983 by Sharon Aker (where are you now Sharon?). | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dense Pack Basic: A Method to Conserve Memory and Speed Up Basic | Most computers use variations of the Dartmouth BASIC Language as their operating systems. The assembly language routines in ROM are designed to facilitate the Basic language as used by the operator and the Basic Editors of the computers are designed to process the particular variation of syntax used. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Desktop Publishing? | While discussing this subject, there is often confusion between methods and results. In actuality, only the results are published. The methods are a means to that end, and are important insofar as ease of use is concerned. RESULTS Results appear first on a dot matrix printer having both built-in fonts and various graphic modes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Disjointed Programming Tips | Short descriptions of available DOSes and utilities. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Disk Drives, the Repair thereof, and analogies | Disk drive repair cost exceeds new replacement cost, by way of an analogy about Lincoln cars. | |
| Disk Mate 4 | Most of you will recall a company out of Norway called NASA, known for some games and a program called Disk Mate. I had bought Disk Mate some while back, and recently noticed an ad for Disk Mate 4 in IQLR, as well as a review. | Sinclair QL |
| Dock Bank Memory for Twenty Cents: Convert a TS-1000 Ram Memory for the TS-2068 | How to convert a 64K RAM pack for the TS1000 to map to dock memory on the TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Domino Cubes | This monthly column is to help those who own the Z-88 and to entice those who don't into buying it. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| DooDah Correction | Correction to program that appeared in an earlier issue. | Sinclair QL |
| DOS-64: A Review | Review of MakeDOS-64, a machine code system which allows use of the OS-64 cartridge code on an Aerco Disk Drive without loss of Aerco DD commands, and with access to the full 256K RAM via bank switching. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dot Matrix Printer Driver | Discussion of printer drivers and the challenges of printing graphics to 9 and 24 pin printers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dropped Bytes | Potential cure for dropped printer data when using an AB switch. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Easel Print | The program shows how to use the graphics dump provided with EASEL. Reprinted from ZX-Appeal. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Editorial | Here we go! Like the Wright Flyer, we’re off the ground! This first issue of TS-2068 Safe Disk Up-date cost a bundle because of the insert cover and section separations. But maybe the red ink will change to green by the end of the first year. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Editorial | Carol has brought it to my attention that it is time for me to take computer keyboard in hand and type out another vastly entertaining and educational editorial for your amusement. At least this is how almost all authors hope their work will be taken. Be that as it may, here I go. | |
| Editorial | First of all allow me to offer my apologies to our readers for what may be, if not our latest, then next to it, of ever getting this magazine out to you. We are still here. I am not sure if I should bore you with an explanation, or not. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Editorial | PLEASE, ALL SUBSCRIBERS TAKE THE TIME TO READ AT LEAST THE END OF THIS EDITORIAL. It concerns the future of publishing UPDATE! Magazine beyond the current subscription year. For now let us take a look at other business concerning the Sinclair and Cambridge computers that so many of us like to use, some of us even seem to treasure them as ‘old friends’. | |
| Editorial | Welcome to the beginning of another smashing year of QL, TS2068, Z88, and a dash of TS1000 computing. I hope for this to be our best year yet A few of you may not have realized it, but in the area of the QL and the Z88, the maturity of the machines is beginning to pay off very well. | |
| Editorial | The time has come once more to call the end of a subscription year. This is the last issue of this years subscription (each year begins with October and ends with the July issue of the next year). | |
| Editorial | Reflection on publishing the newsletter and updates. | |
| Editorial | Update on the status of the newsletter and upcoming events. | |
| Editorial | Miracle in Newport (Rhode Island) QL show; DMA Computerfest. | |
| Editorial | Update on the progress of the newsletter and questions from readers. | |
| Editorial and Dedication | William J. Pedersen passed away from complications of lupus. | |
| Editorial and News | Bob Dyl, publisher of IQLR, had heart attack and suspended the magazine. Dyl was owner of English Micro Connection. A heart attack led him to close that, too. Davis points out that the newsletter survives on submissions and subscriptions and both had fallen off. | Sinclair QL |
| Editorial for October Issue | Ruminations on accessing the internet with Sinclair computers. | Sinclair QL |
| Editorials and Announcements | Bill Cable is QL editor; advertising dropped, magazine is cooperative effort; seeking volunteers to publish Update. | |
| Eliad’s Meanderings | This issue I want to touch upon some of the mail that has found its way here to UPDATE MAGAZINE. Folks, I have to admit that it has been a real kick to me to be of help to the Davis family in this magazine, and that I have made a lot of friends (and an occasional jibe) by doing my part. | |
| Eliad’s Wanderings | Requests for help from readers. | |
| Enthusiastic 2068ers | I wish that I could print the dozens of enthusiastic and supportive letters that I have received from dedicated 2068ers. There is a real solid desire for a publication dedicated to TS-2068 support. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Errata and Addenda | Using loops in QL DO files; moving TS2068 code blocks. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Excerpts on the Z88 from The Hacker | I have found that the <> R command in Pipedream is very powerful. Do some partial editing of a paragraph. Now move your cursor to the top of the paragraph. Type <> R and the paragraph will appear the way you want it to. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Exploring Def FN and FN | Programming math formulas using DEF FN. | Cambridge Z88, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Exploring New Environments | ZX Spectrum emulation; QL subdirectories. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Type-in program |
| Extra Memory | A TS-2068 that has twenty times the maximum capacity of a IBM XT! Do pictures and proof schematics lie? An interesting article by Mr. Charles Bothier sets the technical basis for our cottage industry to provide more memory expansion hardware. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Extra Memory | Discussion about using extra RAM in HOME and DOCK banks; errors in the EXROM that affect extended memory usage. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Extra Memory Programming | Most of us can visualize the computer's "regular" memory. We know that the ROM part of memory has "fixed" machine programming put there by Timex when they built the computer, and that there Is a section called RAM that we store our own programs in. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Eye Burn From Computer Monitors | Computer monitors have introducted a damaging phenomenon, "monitor burn." Monitor burn is similar in effect to suburn. One's eyes can become quire irritated after hours before a computer monitor. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| FD-ZX Floppy Disk Interface | Notes for users of the Aerco FD-ZX disk interface. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| FDD Express: More Letters | Letters from Bob Orrfelt about the FDD technical manual he was writing; Jack Dohany about Zebra FDD system; Dennis Bryant about Amdek DXY-100 Plotter and sound; Tom Dunlop about moving Profile 2068 to disk. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Files 2 | Review of file management tool for QL. | Sinclair QL |
| First Time Procedure For Your Z88 | Follow these instructions only when the Z88 has been without any power and must be fully reset and initialized. You should never have to follow these instructions more than once– the first time you put batteries in the Z88. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Fix the ZX-81/TS1000 Loose Jack Problem | The three jacks on the side of this computer that accept MIC, EAR and power plugs are of a somewhat flimsy construction that may become apparent after a few years of use (or earlier on rough usage) of the computer. The cure is fortunately rather simple for the mechanically/electronically handy user or technician. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Flashback | Review of the database program and a SuperBasic program to use with it. | Sinclair QL |
| Fractions: Hard for Youngsters and a Problem for Programming | Those of you who have had to help your children with fractions in arithematic have probaby wished you had a driller for them. The following program can provide that driller and its two major subroutines can be used as a bcusis for your own program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| FREE Blocks | This routine allows you to find the number of free blocks with out displaying the catalog. It will return the number of free blocks in the BC register, so it can be accessed from basic with PRINT USR FREEBL or LET K=USR FREEBL. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| From the Editors Desk | Updates on the newsletters and correspondents. | |
| Graph of a Polynomial | Polynomials are power equations of the type most often written in the form of "ax^b + cx^d + ex^f + ... +g = 0", where a, c, e, and f are usually small whole, positive or negative numbers., and b. d. f. etc are interger exponents arranged in descending order of power. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Graphic Screen$ Dump | Program to print screens to the Tandy DMP105. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Graphic SCREEN$ Dump Revisited | Dot matrix printer driver. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Graphics Printer Trick | Readers who have tried any extensive printer graphics programming (not a screen dump) probably got discouraged with the amount of data required to key in. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Handy References and a SAFE-DOS File Indexer | DOSDEX file indexer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Hardware for your QL | In a recent trip to the States I found that we have much the same things in common when it comes to the types of hardware we should be keeping our eyes out for. | Sinclair QL |
| Help with the Aerco FD-68 | Aerco FD-68 DOS lacks the ability to save character arrays. A solution is proposed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Helper: A SuperBASIC Program | A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format. | Sinclair QL |
| HELPER: A SuperBASIC Program | A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format. | Sinclair QL |
| Hints and Tips on Sinclairs | First off I would like to discuss one of the best ways to improve upon your QL, short of adding more memory, disk drives or a hard drive. That method is to replace the ROM chips that are in your QL with the Tom Bent designed internal eprom board. | Sinclair QL |
| History’s Greatest TS2068 POKEs and Extras | Collection of POKEs from various newsletters. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Home Office on the Cheap | DIY dust buster; DIY printer stand. | |
| Home-made 2068 LarKen Disk Interface | Instructions for building a Larken 2068 disk interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Household Accounts on the TS2068 | Program to track living expenses. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| How Goes It, Update? | MAX DOS vs MS DOS vs QL DOS; SPDOS for Oliger; TS-2068 and Sinclair QL issue disks and micro drive dubbing; copyrights; QL support in this issue; meet some QL programmers; SINCUS programs; the North American Sinclair Society. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How Goes It? | SDU intends to cover ALL TS-2068 Disk Drive Systems. These are: The Oliger Safe Disk, The Aerco FD-68, The Larkin, and The TOS (Zebra). Eric Johnson has agreed to provide writer support for the LARKIN DISK system. By the January issue of SDU we should have a writer lined up to provide coverage of the TOS DISK system, and another for the FD-68 DISK system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How to Build a Larken Dock Board | How to make a dock cartridge board. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How to Convert a Surplus WC2050 Modem into an RS-232 Serial Interface for your TS1000/1500/2068 | The purpose of this article is to show you how, with the addition of a few inexpensive components, you can convert a WC2050 modem board into a general purpose RS232 serial interface. In October of last year, Anchor Automation auctioned off several thousand completely assembled WC2050 Modem boards as electronic surplus. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How to Do Do In TK2 | Using the DO function. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| How to Fit a New QL Keyboard Membrane | HOW TO FIT A NEW QL KEYBOARD MEMBRANE. Disconnect everything from the QL. Turn the QL upside down with the the Microdrives on the left. Unscrew the four short screws along the front edge, and the four long screws along the back. Turn the QL over into the normal position. and carefully. | Sinclair QL |
| How to Modify a Coleco Adam Power Supply for your QL | An ACCURATE DVM, low temp. soldering iron, solder sucker, x-acto knife, 140 watt soldering gun, diagonal cutters, needle nose pliers, drill, a 7912 regulator chip, an assortment of resistors, a 9 pin male “D” connector, some 22 gauge insulated wire, and a little patience. | Sinclair QL |
| Hybiscus: A TS-2068 Software System Five Major Softwares Coordinated | A cohesive set of applications for database management and word processing. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| IBM Archive to Z88 Diary | Procedure to export a file from Psion's Archive to load into the Z88 Diary program. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| IEEE-488 for Sinclair Users | It is not widely known that the COMMODORE serial port is a simple form of the IBEE-488 GPIB with serial data transfer in place of parallel. It holds no mysterious secrets. What is needed to do the same with a TS2068, SPECTRUM, or QL is a half way decent interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| In Memoriam: Ernest J Wider | Ernie died on May 31, 1993, Memorial Day in the United States, the day we honor those who died in defense of our liberty. He died of cancer after a long, hard struggle to beat the odds. | Sinclair QL |
| Inexpensive Z88 Parallel to Serial Converter | I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE OF MY RESISTANCE TO PAYING MORE FOR AN ITEM THAN I THINK IT’S WORTH. I FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT THE PRICE OF CURRENTLY OFFERED PARALLEL TO SERIAL CONVERTORS ESPECIALLY, THOSE OFFERED FOR THE Z-88. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Internal Memory Expansion for the Z88 | Upgrading the Z88 internal RAM. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Internet Resource List for Sinclair Users | FTP, websites, Gopher and other resources. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Is there a QXL in Your Life? | Overview of the QXL: a PC expansion card that emulates the QL on a PC. | Sinclair QL |
| J-Util Listing | Disassembler, poke a decimal table, poke a hex table, convert Hex-Dec-BIN, Mixed Math, Binary Table. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Jack in the Redwoods Heard From | SYNX is a 46-byte relocatable machine language reoutine for Aerco disk users. It allows you to turn off the BASIC syntax checker when writing or editing BASIC lines and to turn it back on. Syntax checking during program execution remains in effect. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Jan 1988 Editorial | Up-Date provides support for disk drive users; Winter Fest in Orlando; Filing Up-Date pages; New software; Up-Date BBS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| July 1995 Editorial | Here we are again and it is once more time to….ASK ALL OF YOU TO RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS (all except for one new subscriber, an Italian Dr.). Other than that one person, everyone is now due to renew their subscriptions. | Sinclair QL |
| Jumper Settings for the 3.2 Meg Drive | Settings for adding disk drives to QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Justified Translates | Addressing a spacing shortcoming in Quill. | Sinclair QL |
| Keeping Records | Simple database program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Larken Directory (Track 0) Repair | The track directory for the Larken disk system is located on track 0. This directory stores the data that is required by the system to locate and load the chosen file. On occasion the system is prone to corrupting the directory track, thus effectively causing the loss of all programs on the disk. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Larken Disk Doctor | This utility will be found useful in the inspection, analysis, and correction of errors on disks used on the Larken disk drive system. This utility is designed for use with the Larken 350K per disk I/F board. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| LarKen DSK 400 Disk Operating System | Review of the disk interface system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Larken RAMdisk for the TS 2068 | I have found that for persons with two drives, the RAMdisk maximizes use of the second drive. And it reduces the number of keystrokes required to operate the Larken system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Larken Tip | Recommendation for LKDOS users to subscribe to SINC LINK. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Layout | Program to display a single sheet with scale outline of a page to allow the user to set margins, etc. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Left Handed Ways of Working a Printer | Why not use my TS-2068 Daisy software to set-up special print pitches and Letter Quality mode, and then throw the the A/B switch over to the QL for printing? | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Let’s Read TS2068 Disks With Your QL | Well, here it is. You can read Timex 2068 Oliger disks with a QL with nothing more then a disk interface and ToolKit II. This is made easy due to the simplicity of the methods used to store information on the 2068 JLO system. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Let’s Talk About Printers and Bit Image Graphics | When it comes to printers and graphics, there is very little standardization. However, IBM compatible printers all use the same common command format. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Letter about converting Microsoft BASIC programs to SuperBasic | Letter includes a program to replace MID$, LEFT$ and RIGHT$ functions with Sinclair equivalent functions. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Letter about Z88 | Thanks for the reminder. I did indeed forget to send you my renewal and am inclosing it with this letter. I find this new issue impressive in size and content. I often have problems finding time to read all of the TS publications I now receive, but now that I am out of school and […] | Cambridge Z88 |
| Letter from Charles Reise | Instructions for setting up check balancing using Abacus on the QL. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Letter from Dick Wagner | Letter about two programs from the editor of The Plotter, the newsletter of the CCATS User Group. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letter from John E. Juergens | Your April issue arrived yesterday. As April proceeded past the 15th, began to think you forgot about out-putting UPDATE for this quarter. (Handwritten reply: Mailed APR 7 BJ. Pony Express back to using horses? | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| Letter in Reply to Left Handed Ways of Working a Printer | Writer's method of connecting two computers to several printers. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letter updating REFIELD | At the end of this letter you will find information about changes I made for the Cable issue disk. I feel that with these changes the overall quality will be greatly improved. The Cable Column looked very good. You did a nice job in laying it out. | Sinclair QL |
| Letters | Letters from Ray Norton about BASICare modules. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Lighthouse, QL Graphics | Program to print a lighthouse on a Tandy CGP-220 printer. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Lightning S. E. and Boot | Setup a boot file for the Lighting QL accessory. | Sinclair QL |
| List Looker | View any file saved to disk as a character array. Enhancement to SDOS Mail Merge. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| LKDOS Off Switch (For MAX DOS Operation) | Add an off switch to resolve conflicts with Oliger NMI functions. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LKDOS Version 3 | One can upgrade to version 3 by ordering a new EPROM for LKDOS. It provides a raft of great improvements. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LKDOS vs JLO SAFE | Comparison of the two disk operating systems. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Locked Out? How to Recover! | How to recover when saving to a non-existent disk with Larken and Oliger systems. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LogiCall Logic, the Explanation | Author's description of what the program does and how it can help TS 2068 disk drive owners. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LogiCall Review | Review of the disk management program by Bob Swoger. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LogiCall v4.3 | Description and listing of the program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Low Cost Voice Recognition for the TS-2068 | With a new chip recently offered for sale through Radio Shack distributors and a few other parts, a speaker-independent word recognition circuit can be easily and inexpensively built. This article will describe how to build the circuit and interface it to a TS2068 via a joystick port. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| LPRINT CHR$ With Oliger Printer Driver | Readers who have programmed in BASIC with the OLIGER printer driver use LET/P=0 command to send data to their large printer. This command works fine for LPRINTing text and messages but not so good for printer codes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Machine States/The Serial Interface | One of the interesting features of the Z88 is its ability to selectively shut down parts of the internal circuitry when it is not required and thus maximise battery life. There are four operational states: The maskable interupt, INTL, is used by the BLINK chip to attract the processor’s attention. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Make the Tasman ‘B’ Centronics Printer Interface Work with the Larken DS400 | Changes to make Tasman B and C printer interfaces work better with Larken disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Making a Wafadrive Parallel Printer Cable | How to build a parallel (Centronics) printer cable that connects to the Rotronics Wafadrive. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Mastering The Management of Character Arrays: The Management Package | Additional programs that work with SDOS Mail Merge. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| MAX DOS: A Study of DUAL DOS in the TS-2068 | For several weeks UPDATE has been testing TWO SIMULTANEOUS Disk operating systems in the TS-2068. This is the Oliger SAFE DOS and the Larken DOS. The hardware hook-up is the FULL “two board” Oliger system and the Larken LKDOS cartridge in the Dock Port. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Menu-Driven Printer_DAT Selection | Program to allow user to select one of several printers at startup. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Merging Archive and Abacus Files | For most QL users the first Psion program is Quill. Later they brave ARCHIVE and ABACUS. A big let-down is discovering that Merge means something different in each program. ARCHIVE data files and ABACUS files do not merge. | Sinclair QL |
| Microdrive Cartridge Repairs | I recently encountered a “stuck” microdrive cartridge. I mean, it was working one minute, and suddenly, all I could get from my QL was “not found”, whatever that means. What it means is that the tape is inserted incorrectly and not moving. | Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport Show Report | Those who have not yet heard of the super time that was had by a group of North American QL users … prepare thyself! On the 5th of June was held the first ever all-QL show in North America, at the Salvation Army Headquarters in Newport, Rhode Island. | Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport Two and Other Stuff | Computer fair report and notes on upcoming software and books. | Sinclair QL |
| Money Machine, Puzzle Maker and additional comment on Money Machine II | The original Money Machine is a little different than Money Machine II: it does not have Bann Brite nor the enlarged type of the latter. It has 400 puzzles and provides for loading in new puzzles. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| More About Daisy Smart Text | I want to take this opportunity to share with you some thoughts about TS-2068 Computing. We TS-2068 users have likely become the most sophisticated and capable of all who use computers. Most of us could be described as “Amateur Programmers”, and we have also learned much about “interfacing”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| More About SDOS MAIL MERGE | Next issue two more functions will be added to SDOS MAIL MERGE. One will quickly let you flip through the listing to find a name or stock list. Presented will be the “Field Number and first line of the field”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| More INPUT on AUTOSTART and other Larken Thoughts | In the January 1993 Update! Magazine page 20, Peter Hyman gave a good clue to writing a better AUTOSTART program for the LarKen disk system. Like Peter, I have seen AUTOSTARTs that use two tracks. They are usually made from another program on the disk, sometimes called Menu.B1. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| More on Larken Maxcom | More notes on the improvements to a TS2068-based BBS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| More on Printers and Printer Buffers | Now I will editorialize about PRINTERS in general. Just a couple of years ago ANY dot matrix printer that had a “Near Letter Quality” mode would cost a guy upward of $500. Then along came the CLONES. I bought a Seikosha SP-1000, an Epson Clone, for $225.00. That was in 1986. | |
| More on problems with integers. | In regards the the programming puzzle put forth by Basil (no last name) in the last issue of UPDATE, I decided to take on the problem and see what I could make of it. For reference here is the short program he had: The problem he was getting was skips in the value of Panel. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Move Catalog to Upper Ram | This routine loads the catalog from the disk, and then moves it from the dos ram to address 50000 where you can search or examine it from basic. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| MS-TAS Documentation: A Tutor in Basic Programming Techniques | Program to view MSCRIPT and TASWORD files. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| MScript Version 5.3 for Larken DOS | Mscript is a totally different word processor from Tasword. Once you get used to the protocol and press the right keys, Mscript is just as easy to use and a lot more rewarding. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| MSDOS for the Sinclair QL | MS-DOS emultors for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| MTERM II: Modification for the LARKEN DD System | Modifications to make MTERM work well with the Larken system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Musings | Now you know ole BJ has a penchant to ramble, eh? Well there is some scattered space to fill, so this will be continued all over the magazine. I’ll try to make the epistles worth the space. First, I want to apologize to several writers whose articles did not appear in this issue. | Sinclair QL |
| Names in Profile | Patch to sort by last name, first name when the two are on separate lines in Profile. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| NESQLUG and the Fourth North American QL Show | Report on the show held in Bedford, MA. | Sinclair QL |
| New Commands Effective with JLO Safe v2.6 | Updates to the disk operating system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| New Sinclair Newsgroup on USENET | comp.sys.sinclair established. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News and New Products for your QL | During a recent trip over to the home of Frank Davis, and during a recent four week vacation which took me to Oregon, Toronto, Montreal and New York, I got the chance to try out several new software and hardware items for the QL. Never be afraid to try new products; it can be fun. | Sinclair QL |
| News and Views on Sinclairs | Paul Holmgren lost his house in a fire;QL resources on the internet. | Sinclair QL |
| News and Views on the QL | Once again we find ourselves looking to see just what is new for the QL, as well as why I firmly believe that it is a computer system well worth staying with and expanding its capabilities. | Sinclair QL |
| News on the Z88 in North America | I would like to take this time to share some of my recent observations on the Z88 and to pass along a couple of tips I hope will be of help to new users. I am but a neophyte at this machine myself. | Cambridge Z88 |
| News Report on the Computerfest | Report from the August 1991 Dayton Computerfest. | |
| Non-Epson Screen Dumps from Easel | Printing from Easel to printers that are not Epson compatible. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Not Quite An Editorial, Just News | Updates on hardware and software for QL, TS 2068 and Z88 users. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Notes on SCLD Failures and potential solutions | UPDATE MAGAZINE P.O. BOX 1095 Peru, Indiana U.S.A. Dear Frank: I am sending my subscription fee ( in cash because I must pay $ 10. plus, for a check), and a few tech. notes about my circuits in repairing TS-2068’s. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Notice | Order his programs through Update; 50% of proceeds support the newsletter. | |
| Notice to Former SNUG Members | Update from Paul Holmgren on the status of SNUG. | |
| October Editorial | Welcome to the first issue of the 1992-93 subscription year of UPDATE Magazine. I hope that all of you will enjoy this issue. If you have failed to renew your subscription (they all came due last July, save for two of you) then please do so at this time. | |
| Oh No! Not Another Interest Computation Program! | Once upon a time a few idle hours I did find. Oh me! Oh my! What to do? Well why don’t I try this copy of IBMCOPY that has been sitting here. Ok, now that I have it fired up, what am I going to try it on. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Oliger Auto-Menu | Program and suggestions to create an auto-loading menu. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Oliger Disk Drive BBS Program Issue Disk | Description of the Indiana Sinclair Timex User Group's effort to write a BBS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ON ERR Programming | A person whom I’d never heard of sent me a cassette, saying that it contained an important program that “hangs up every time it is loaded”. I loaded the program and sure enough it did hang up. A touch of the NMI button on the Oliger DOS board gave me “O.K” at the screen bottom. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| OPEN #, CLOSE #, Channels & Streams – A Tutorial | Let’s delve into the mysterious realm of channels and streams and those two odd tokens OPEN # and CLOSE #. These two commands are extremely powerful and have many uses and yet there is nothing at all about them in the TS2068 User Manual except to say that “these and other commands like FORMAT, MOVE, CAT etc will be used with future peripherals”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Open Letter to All QL Users | Effective close of business March 2, 1993, EMSoft will cease operations. It began in 1987 as a service to promote North American software for the Sinclair QL; it was not to compete with existing suppliers. It was not intended to be a profit-making enterprise. Nor was it to lose money. | Sinclair QL |
| Optimizing BASIC on the 2068 | Systems-Oriented Languages, CORP 2590 N. Jordan DR Tucson AZ 85745-1132 602 884 7667 (voice) 602 882 0388 (data ) 5 7 94 Frank Davis Editor, UPDATE Magazine 513 E. Main Peru IN 46970 Dear Frank : In the April, 1994, issue of UPDATE Magazine, there is an interesting article by Albert F. Rodriguez, entitled “ZX-81 […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Organization of Memory | The Z88 is based on a Z80 central processor running at 3.2876 MHz. The Z80 has a 16-bit address bus and can thus only directly access 64Kbytes of memory. Reconciling oneself to this total amount of memory would be very restrictive for a machine like the Z88 and in fact the Z88 can use up to 4Mbytes of memory. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Other Uses for the T/S 2068 Larken RAMDisk | The LARKEN RAMDISK banks are all mapped into the DOCK bank of the 2068 even though the board is plugged into the back expansion slot. Consequently, it is possible to load any of the RAMDISK banks with data for a database or spreadsheet. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Pallet | After reading your article on “TS2068 Video Bells and Whistles” in the October, 1992 issue of UPDATE, I decided to write a sample program which incorporated incorporated your your ideas on using the high resolution color graphics mode. The result is the enclosed program on disk in LKDOS format. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Peeking and Poking About | Warning! Dont start this one if you’re sleepy. It requires concentration. -ed. One of the fun things about using the TS2068 is the ability to PEEK and POKE about in amongst the machine code and particularly when using TIMACHINE. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Pertinent Points on QL Disk Drives | I have recently ran across some items that I thought it best to pass on to the rest of you. I realize that many of you know some, or perhaps all of this, but it is always good to bring everyone else up to the same speed whenever possible. | Sinclair QL |
| Piano | Allows you to use the keyboard of your QL as if it were a piano. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Plans and Organization | As of this writing there are 45 subscribers to Update. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Plotting Equations with Radicals | Before we get deeply involved in this tutorial, let’s have a brief review of radicals. We will restrict our discussion to that which we need to know to plot equations containing them. A radical is the root of a number, or a number expression, called a radicand. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Plotting the Graph of an Equation | Type-in program that demonstrates the plotting commands. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| plus4 Review | Review of plus4, a sequel to text87. | Sinclair QL |
| Practical Uses of Screen Files and Disk Dependant Programming | Using disk files to save and quickly load menu screens. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Printed Circuit Board Development Program | CAD program and manual for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Printed Circuit Board Development Program CAD#2 for Olivetti PR2300 Printer | Follow up to the PCB development program in the April 1992 issue. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Printer Editor Setup for the Z88 and HP Deskjet 520 | Since the Miracle serial-to-parallel interface cable works on both the QL and the Z88, I’m able to use any of my parallel printers with either computer. Since I have recently picked up an HP Deskjet 520 inkjet printer for the QL, I needed to setup the Z88 to handle the 520. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Printer Interface | Short description of Miracle Systems Centronics Printer Interface. | Sinclair QL |
| Printer Programming or Adapting Software to Printer | Tutorial on sending data and commands to printers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Printer Set-Up | Program for printing basic files. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Printers and Printer Control | The genesis of this work-up goes back to my early work with the Sinclair ZX-81, a computer designed “not to print”. Soon after the Z-81 reached the “million mark”, Cottage industry developed Machine Code “Printer Drivers”. From then until today, our Sinclair Computer fans have not had a minimum diet of “How To Control Printers”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Printing and Formatting: Commanding the Printer | This is one of many selected Daisy.B6 program routines that will be excerpted and given to Public Domain. These routines will be selected for their generic value. This one provides PRINTER CONTROL. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Printing Macros | Short routines for setting printer styles. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Printing VU-CALC on a Large Printer | Printing spreadsheets from the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| PRO/FILE on the QL | With a Gold Card and PC Conqueror, one can run PC Findex on the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Problems in Using the New V2.4 “Merge” Command | Problems traced to attempting to merge corrupt programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Program to Calculate Prime Numbers | I HAVE SPENT 27 YEARS OF MY LIFE SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, IS THERE A FORMULA THAT WILL GENERATE ONLY PRIME NUMBERS OR IS THAT IMPOSSIBLE?. MANY PEOPLE SINCE TIME BEGAN SOUGHT THE ANSWER AND NONE HAVE FOUND IT; WHICH IS WHY I BEGAN THE SEARCH. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| Program to demonstrate math error | Demonstrates puzzling math error with integers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Program.. Patch.Bas | Program to add editing capabilities to BBC Basic on the Z88. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Programming Tips (all computers): Exploring Def FN and FN | How to set up and use user-defined functions. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Programming with SDOS BASIC Commands | Tips for using SDOS commands in BASIC. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Psion Develops Three New Computers | Overview of Psion MC-200, MC-400 and MC-600 mobil computers. | |
| Psion Xchange | The four PSION programs are tied together in the XCHANGE with the ability to share information between the programs without going to all the hassle of changing mdvs or disks or importing and exporting. | Sinclair QL |
| Public Domain Libraries | The CATS TSUG advises that their library for the TS-2068 is on Cassette only. Three tapes are available with over 140 programs total. All three for $9.00 or $3.00 each. Be nice and send an extra buck for postage. Joe Miller CATS, 1704 Dayton St., Hyattsville, MD 20703. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Public Domain Software and the QL | Over the past four years, we’ve seen tremendous growth in the Public Domain sector of the QL world. In this article we’ll try to present a little something concerning the major sources of Public Domain and Shareware Software, and how you can get your hands on as much as you might desire. | Sinclair QL |
| Public Notice from Jack Dohany dated January 1, 1991 | Retired from 2068 support activities as of January 1, 1991. Will continue developing/programming. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Publishing Data | Update has more than 400 subscribers. | |
| QBox-USA BBS | Description of a BBS run on a Sinclair QL. | Sinclair QL |
| QDOS ROM Code | Al Feng is treasurer of the Chicago TSUG (CATSUG) and an expert programmer of the Sinclair QL. Al takes time out from his writing for “Nightime News”, the CATSUG Newsletter, to give us information on three interesting subjects. | Sinclair QL |
| QL + MSDOS | The ability to access the many MSDOS programs is enticing. A look thru catalogs of 3 West Coast dealers in MSDOS Shareware programs certainly proves the point of the availability of a vast range of programs at very reasonable prices. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Acey-Digety Game | I am really impressed with QL SuperBASIC and since my computing expertise is still mostly limited to Basic, one of the ways I wile away my precious time is to convert some of the old “chestnut” programs I’ve enjoyed on the ZX-81 or TS-2068 over to SuperBASIC. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Archive Revisited | Back several issues of UPDATE, we discussed the possibilities of upgrading the address database example within the QL manual. This ‘upgrade’ gave your address database a more personable look, one that was not so sterile. To further advance your use of Archive, go ahead and type the listing below. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Characteristics | About half of the subscribers to UP-DATE are owners of both the TS-2068 and tlie Sinclair QL, the latest member of the Orphan Computer family. Comments received about the QL range from pure disgust to enthusiastic praise. But there is one common denominator amongst the QL owners and that is a desire to learn how to use this strange conputer. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Corner | Great news for QL Users! Psion, UK has declared XCHANGE, a suite of four bundled programs, (Quill, Archive, Abacus and Easel) as public domain software. All QL and QDOS users can freely distribute copies among their groups for personal use. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner | I would like to discuss an additional operation for printing documentation from within Quill. I have recently received requests from some of our corresponding LIST members: “How print large documents, say 10 pages or more, back-to-back”. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner | Di-Ren keyboard interface; Super Hermes; keyboard connections. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner | Patch to fix date problem; repairing the power connector; repairing the keyboard. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Crashes – An Easy Fix | Fix to the QL power supply with an SCR. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Desktop Publishing | Brief overview of Page Designer. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Desktop Publishing | Desk Top Publishing on the QL is a large, yet seldom broached subject for QL users. I hope in this column to be of some help in getting this subject known and in more use. There are several fairly good programs and tools available to us. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Desktop Publishing | Notes on DTP using the QL applications. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Emulator for the Amiga and Some Miscellaneous Ramblings | Yes, for those of you who may not have heard, there is a QL EMULATOR for the AMIGA hardware platform. The version of the Rainer Kowallik’s [Berlin, Germany] emulator software (YES, software!) which Nazir Pashtoon and I tested on two AMIGA computers last summer must currently be considered a beta-version for most North Americans. | Sinclair QL |
| QL FAQ and resources pointer | here is my small list of usefull informations,links and addresses related to the QL. I intend to post this regularly in comp.sys.sinclair and maus.sys.ql.int Email any comments, new sites and those I have forgotten to mention, to [e-mail address omitted] The QL FAQ is maintained by Robert Klein, it contains lot of information about history and current developments, available and historic hardware, software, clubs, magazines and dealers. | Sinclair QL |
| QL FAQ and Resources pointer, news on news | Where to find QL resources, circa May 1996. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Keyboard Connections | The following table are connections to the J-11 keyboard connector, pin 7, on the QL Mother board – 9 pin female – columns 1 thru 9. To use the above table, connect wires from one key switch terminal to the next key switch terminal until each of the ‘J-11’ matrix ‘column’ rows (J-11, 7 for example) are connected together). | Sinclair QL |
| QL Mail File Hints | I received from Dick Wagner some comments and questions about the UPDATE listing and the issue disk/mdv version which suggested that the info I sent him might be helpful to other users also. Because it was written with the intention of demonstrating some elementary Super Basic programming concepts which can be modified and enlarged upon […] | Sinclair QL |
| QL Media Managers | Several menuloader options are provided in this utility issue mdv/disk. The BOOT routine is a string-defined menu which contains only the file names for SuperBasic programs which will run from drive 1 by pressing just the one key 0-9 or a-z (lower-case only). | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Networking | Claims abound for computer hardware and software. The original claims for SINCLAIR'S QL (aka ZX-83) promised the capability of a PEER/PEER NBTWORK because the QL had been designed for use in a "business" environment. The two 'NET' ports bear witness to this intent. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News and Views | Welcome back to my column. I find this always a refreshing change from the world of mental health. For those who do not know me, I am a practicing and a counseling Psychologist. I spend a lot of time either with patient, on the road, or in the air from my New York office to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. | Sinclair QL |
| QL News from Around the World | QL emulator for Mac. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Numbers Into Text | This program converts a number (entered as numerals) into an equivalent word string. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL on Packet | One ham's experience using the QL to communicate via packet radio. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Perks & Quirks | This blurb is intended to provide provocation to those who can answer some questions and enlighten us on the various Tool Kits for the Sinclar QL. References are continually made to this tool kit or that ROM or that VERSION of the Sinclair QL. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Quirks | The article on page 17, UPDATE, Jan '89, by Oscar Sensabaugh presents a problem which has a solution. I am referring to the statement that Oscar uses TWO QL "work copies" in order to implement two printing devices, a QL and a Smith-Corona printer AND he has to make his choice of printing devices BEFORE starting. | Sinclair QL |
| QL RAM Extension | The accompanying circuit is an application of the TMS4500A as RAM extension for the 68008. This chip can drive a maximum of 128K dynamic RAM and provide all necessary signals. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Repair Sources/TS-2068 Repair Sources | Dan Elliott and Tom Bent are recommended for QL. Elliot also repairs TS-2068. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Solitaire | Review of the game from Softshoe Software. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Tidbits and Tips Since the Last Issue | There comes a time when enough people (not just my counseling clients) have asked enough questions about QLs and related items that I feel I need to share what I have found out with the rest of you. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Tips | Tips on printing from the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| QL to IBM Transfers | How to transfer files over serial cable. | Sinclair QL |
| QL to Z88 Linkup | The QZ comes with all instructions on a mdv cartridge and a 10 foot connecting cable. The cable has two different style end D rings, so only one style can fit in the Z88’s D ring. The larger one goes in the QL’s serial port. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| QL_Genealogist | Review of the program by Chris Boutal. | Sinclair QL |
| QLAMBer | File management utility. | Sinclair QL |
| QLAMBer Update | By the time you read this, the latest “variation” of the QLAMBer program should have been out-and-about for several months. The good news is that variation 2×001 can automatically identify the “_doc” extension of a standard Quill/QLWP file, and produce a more easily read HARDCOPY than before. | Sinclair QL |
| QLAND_LORD: A Review | QLAND_LORD is designed to aid in the management of real estate. It provides complete detailed record keeping for all financial transactions, prints rent receipts, provides quarterly reporting and prepares the data required for IRS Schedule E tax reporting. | Sinclair QL |
| QLerk | Review of the program by Bill Cable. | Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi | Tool to make transition between QDOS and MSDOS easier. | Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi 4.80 | QLuMSi/QL.using.**M**’cr~S~ft.interface (yes, it’s pronounced “clumsy”) is a front-end program, an MS-DOS simulation, and a learning tool. QLuMSi is a TURBO-compiled program that can be EXEC(_W)’d on any QL which has TK2_EXTensions. For individuals who move between QDOS and DOS, QLuMSi allows for a smoother transition when invoking command line input — QLuMSi will convert the delimiter for you. | Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi DOS v4.20 | QLuMSi DOS (QL.using.M’cr~S~ft.interface Disk Operating Simulation) has, as the version number might suggest, recently undergone a long awaited upgrade which had been partially delayed by my year of voluntary service (servitude?) on the Eastern Navajo Reservation. | Sinclair QL |
| QLuSTer v5.105 | QLUSTer has recently undergone a long awaited upgrade which had been partially delayed by a year of voluntary service (servitude?) on the Eastern Navajo Reservation. As the version number would suggest, QLUSTer has undergone a significant change, the most important of which is easy access to already “made” sub-DIRectories structures. | Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer_LITE | Iteration of QLUSTer program. | Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer/QL_Utilities | Utility for file management. | Sinclair QL |
| QMOSAIC Chronicles | User experiences with a non-graphical web browser for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Query about Lighthouse program | Reader has difficulty reproducing results with same printer. | Sinclair QL |
| Quick and Easy Routines | Yes - No INKEY$, SDOS Printer Drier, Software check of printer status, Pseudo Hex Vars Table with Letterhead Data | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| QUILL Filesaver | This program reads a damaged QUILL file and converts it to a plain text file. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QXL – Miracle’s New PC Card | Brief description of PC coprocessor card that offered QL compatibility. | Sinclair QL |
| QZX Index | Description of the index. | |
| Reference Card for the ZX80, ZX81 and Timex Sinclair 1000 | Copy of the Nanos reference card. | Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Refield Program | Program that allows one to add, restructure and delete fields in Archive databases. | Sinclair QL |
| Release of ZX81Tape | Announcement of program to convert programs on cassette to MSDOS files. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Releasing Printer Power from a QL | Many with a QL do not know how to get the most out of their printers. This is particularly true of those using QUILL who would like fancier documents, but feel they are limited to the enhancements (highlights) provided in QUILL (High & Low Scipt, Bold and Underlined). | Sinclair QL |
| Report in the Sinclair Expo in Milwaukee | Update about the expo and Timex/Sinclair scene. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Report on Newport 2 | Once again some of us loyal, die hard, QL users made the long trek from the Midwest to the East Coast and found the fair city of Newport, Rhode Island, in the month of May. | Sinclair QL |
| Report on Oak Ridge QL Show | I want to take the time to thank all of the many people who took time out of their schedules to come to the QL show (Bob Dyl thinks perhaps show is a misnomer and that it would more accurately be called a “get together”). | Sinclair QL |
| Report on the Dayton Computerfest | The last weekend of August found Carol and I on our way to the Dayton, Ohio Computerfest for 3 days of visiting, selling and motel living. This was the third year that UPDATE Magazine has attended this show and the fifth year that I have personally attended. | |
| Report on the Dayton Computerfest in August | For the 6th year in a row now, we at Mechanical Affinity, and for the 5th year for UPDATE! Magazine….found our way to the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio on the last weekend in August. | |
| Resurrecting a Crashed Directory on the ZX81 Larken | Technique for manually recovering a crashed directory. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Review of Chris Boutal’s Genealogist 3 | In a group of people gathered around the glowing embers of a fire of a winter evening, the talk can touch on many things, and invariably someone will say something which prompts another to say “I remember—” and the talk will often turn to reminiscences of a family member, relation, or acquaintance, who did this […] | Sinclair QL |
| ROM Bypass Board PCB layouts | The latches must be already reset and ready before the CPU comes on line. CMOS chips usually automatically reset on power-up, so it wasn’t certain that applying the RESET signal was even necessary. The thing to try was to cut the RESET trace and jumper pins 3 and 4 on U4. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ROM Bypass Circuit Description | Board to bypass 0-16K of the HOME bank and 0-8K of the EXROM bank. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ROM/EXROM Bypass Board for External Eproms | Sorry to be so long in getting this off to you but things have been rather hectic around here. You have Bill Pedersen‘s schematics, etc. He, of course, could not physically try them out so I tried out his ideas on my own bypass board until we got it working. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Ruminations from the QL Editor | 1990 promises to be the best year yet for the QL. There are lots of new hardware and software products. Many serious QL users will buy hard disks. 24 pin printers are catching on. The Panasonic KXP-1124 (about $300) seems to be the most popular choice. | Sinclair QL |
| Ruminations From The QL Editor | This will be the last rumination for me. I will continue the Cable Column but give up the QL Editor position for UPDATE when Frank Davis takes over as UPDATE publisher next issue. I was glad to give a hand to Bill Jones for the past year but I feel that someone else could do a better job. | Sinclair QL |
| Ruminations from the QL Editor | There is a lot of interest among QL users about the PC world and MSDOS operating system. Its makes sense because the influence of PCs on personal computing is tremendous. Digital Precisions emulator, PC-CONQUEROR, makes it possible for any QL user with disk drives and memory expansion to turn their QL into a quasi PC. | Sinclair QL |
| S.N.U.G. Sinclair Northamerica Users Group | During one of the organizational meetings of the recent Sunstate Timex/Sinclair Winterfest '88, the idea of a National organization for the advancement of Sinclair computing came up. It was decided that since we had developed a "core group" that was dedicated to promoting Sinclair computing, we would attempt to lay the groundwork for such an organization. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Safe as Houses – Z88 Security | Program to secure your Z88. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| SAFE Questions and Answers | Questions about Oliger 2068 Disk I/F and JLO SAFE DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| SAFE Questions and Answers | This column will answer questions of general interest about the Oliger 2068 Disk I/F and JLO SAFE DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Scan: An Archive Program | Program that allows one to see up to three selected fields displayed on a line for all currently active records. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Screen Files in Strings | In January SDU Bill discussed the use of SCREEN$ files as a means of conserving RAM in programs such as SMART TEXT. Each SCREEN$, of course, takes 6912 bytes in disk file space or two cylinders in SDOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Screen Macros: The “macro.b6” Program | Program to create SCREEN$ and save/load them to/from disk. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| SDOS AUTO_DEX, MARK_MOVE, AND VERI_DISK | DOSDEX stores and accesses from a single disk an index of more files than most will ever get around to using. AUTO-DEX provides an automatic search for a given title. MARK-MOVE moves files from one disk to another. VERI-DISK checks the integrity of files on the disk. All are adapted from programs written by Roelof Mulder. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| SDOS Mail Merge | Database/mail merge program that will work with any Centronics printer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Serial Printer Output Program | Machine language program listing. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Serial Printers, The FDD 3000, and TOS | This article was written specifically for connecting a Brother EP-22 typewriter printer or the SMITH-CORONA DEVILLE III typewriter printer with the Messenger Module to the Zebra FDD 3000 Disk Drives. However, the article should be of help to anyone in connecting a serial printer to the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Setting up Quill for Printers | The “INSTALL_BAS” program in our PSION suite is used to do all of these jobs to make our printer do what we want it to do. INSTALL_BAS is used to revise our PRINTER_DAT program in the PSION suite for use by the Quill, Easel, Archive, and Abacus softwares. So, how do we do it? | Sinclair QL |
| Shell | I am sure that some of you read my article on this subject in TDM but I am also sure that you will find this expansion of the concept a useful one. The listing in this article is a ‘shell’. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Side Bar | Notes about keyboard alternatives for the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair and Timex User Groups and Clubs of North America | Here are some of the known user groups and clubs in North America. We encourage you to join and support them. Should you know of any we have omitted, drop us a line at UPDATES and tell us about them. | |
| Sinclair Computing | Update Magazine has withdrawn its offer to allow SNUG to take over publishing the magazine. This was because of two reasons: 1. It did not appear that SNUG was yet sufficiently organized to take on the responsibilities. 2. Strong opposition to SNUG publishing a magazine developed from other sources. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Internet Resources List | Recently the mass media has discovered the Internet. News reports about the Internet, both broadcast and print, are becoming more popular. More and more books are being written about exploring the Internet. Your local library should have at least a few. | |
| Sinclair Lotto Simulator | Converted from the 2068 program by G. Mockridge. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Sinclair Milwaukee User Group | Our group is called Sinclair Milwaukee Users Group, also called SMUG. We were established in 1983 and work with all forms of the Sinclair Computers. | |
| Sinclair On the Net | Some of the more interesting info pulled off the Internet in the prior few months, including a magazine dedicated to Spectrum emulators, new products for QL and a ZX81 magazine. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sinclair ZX81 |
| Sinclair Publications – A Review | Mentions of ZX-91, International QL Report, QL Hacker's Journal, Computer Monthly column. | |
| Sinclair Publications, 2nd Look | NESQLUG News, FDD Newsletter for Zebra system, QZX, Sinc-Link, RAMTOP, SWYM, ISTUG, The Plotter, CATS Newsletter and Z88 EPROM. | |
| Sinclair Publications: Quantum Levels Still Kicking | Quantum Levels will continue publishing and will absorb Syncware News. | Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Talks to PC/XT | Routines to transfer files to/from a PC using a parallel printer interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Sinclair Timex Publishing Picture | Last year I offered "Update magazine on a platter" to SNUG, I am publicly renewing this offer to SNUG for them to take over publishing Update as the SNUG publication with the October 1990 issue. | |
| Sinclair Z-88 Filling a Market Niche? | What makes the Z88 unique is its packaging. The computer is eight by eleven inches, weighs under two pounds and is only three fourths of an inch thick! This makes it the first truly portable computer. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum micro-FAQ | You can find an up-to-date & fuller version of this document at the following World-Wide Web (WWW) address: Please send your additions and corrections to the email address above. As I am a university student and about to take a year out to go back to the real world this may be the last major update of the FAQ for some time. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Sinclair ZX81 FAQ | Version 1.3, revised June 13, 1995. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Sinclairs and the World Wide Web | The World Wide Web (WWW) is one of the applications making the Internet into a hot item. WWW is composed on two items, a server and a client. The server takes requests from the client (from across the network) and send the information back to the client. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sinclair ZX81 |
| Slave CPU Processing: Applicable to ANY Host Computer | Discusses how to apply techniques described in "Interfacing to S-100/IEEE 696 Microcomputers" by Sol Libes and Mark Garatz to the Timex Sinclair 1000 and 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| SNUG Update | Brief update on progress in establishing the Sinclair Northamerica Users Group. | |
| Software Review: Money Machine II | Does Vanna know about Banna? And in these days of intensive search for true Artificial Intelligence there arises an even more important question: Is Banna aware of Vanna? Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of this digital drama! | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Some comments on bitim.b1, a utility to create and print 1 or 22 one-line screen files to a 24-pin or bubble jet printer | For background information on 24-pin operation see the Tasword file “lbibkg.CT” or choose option [C] of the disk menu. When loaded, a prompt will ask you to enter the name of the screen file. This demo disk contains “mag.C1” and “alb.C1”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Some More Ideas on How to Create Multiple Columns in Z88 Pipedream | I will describe how to create these articles using Z88 Pipedream for a single page. This also works for multiple pages although its a little more tedious. The first thing to do is change the width of Column A with <>W to 40. Then set a right margin of 38 with <>H. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Sorted Directories | Program to save programs in alpha order. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Sound Experimentor | Unlike most home computers, the QL has a very limited noise making capability. What there is can only be dragged out by using the enigmatic BEEP command. Reprinted from ZX-Appeal. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| SPDOS for North America | SPDOS originates from Abbeydale Designers. The American version is marketed by Cuyahoga Valley Software Works. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Speed Comparison Between 2068 Pascal and Compiled Basic (Timachine) | Comparison of floating point (sine/cosine) math between two compilers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Speed Comparison Between 2068 Pascal and Compiled BASIC (TIMEMACHINE) | Recently I have been working on using my 2068 to control a 3 axis drilling/routing machine using stepper motors. To make the machine move in arcs and circles I needed to use the sine and cosine functions in the 2068 ROM. After trying some BASIC and machine language routines I found that the machine couldn't run nearly fast enough to keep the machine busy at full speed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| String Slicing, Coercion & Concatenation | String concatenation is a subject that can't easily be covered in a vacuum. It must include string slicing and coercion as well. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Style Sheets, Formats and Macros | I create a document of my letterhead with design, margins, footer, Justification and tabs the way I like them. I have both my box number and my street address, together with a dummy date and salutation. | Sinclair QL |
| Super Spectrum – the never-released Loki | Details an 8-bit computer designed to replace the Spectrum 128 that was scuttled when Amstrad took over Sinclair. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| SuperBasic Data Types | Whenever we use variables in a SuperBasic program, we tell the SuperBasic interpreter what type of data it may hold in each variable. We don’t necessarily do this deliberately as the system ‘defaults’ to a particular type. But what is a type and how do we take advantage of them? | Sinclair QL |
| Switching Printer Characters | Sending printer codes to change fonts. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| System Variables and Number Storage | Appendix D of the TS-2068 user manual gives four pages of "System Variables", which most users klnda ignore, These variables are used by the TS-2068 operating system to control things, and we users can use the vars to advantage. The most confusing thing about the tables are the "two byte numbers", which leaves us out in the cold climate of mis-comprehension. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Systems-Oriented Languages Bulletin Board System | BBS running on a TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T/S Emulators | Notes on Carlo Delhez's emulators and letter from Carlo about them. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sinclair ZX81 |
| Tax Software for the QL | TAX-l-QL (rhymes with icicle) is the lead program from the Boston QL software house of EMSoft. It is a spreadsheet template to run under ABACUS on the QL to make the IRS tax preparation easier but is does require at least 384K RAM. | Sinclair QL |
| Tax-I-Now | Updating Tax-I-QL templates with current IRS data. | Sinclair QL |
| Telecommunications on the QL | Simple terminal program. Reprinted from the May 1988 issue of Nite-Time News, which itself was reprinted from the Data Expansion, the newsletter of the Dallas/Fort Worth group. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Telecomputing, Where We Stand | Ham radio operators and computer communication via packet radio. | |
| text 87 and Quill, Part I | Comparison of the two word processing programs. | Sinclair QL |
| text87 and Quill, Part II | Last time, we explored a number of differences between Quill and text87, the new word processor for the Sinclair QL and Thor. Mostly, we discussed features found in Quill and the comparable features in text87. | Sinclair QL |
| text87 and Quill, Part III | Conclusion to the comparison between the two programs. | Sinclair QL |
| The “PEEK VARS” Utility | The PEEK VARS utility is designed to be MERGED to a Basic program either under construction, or one that is being modified. Use it as a “dangling sub-routine” to be consulted when facts about the System Variables are needed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Aerco FD-68 Disk System | Review of the system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Aerco prcode, and possible Problems | There are at least four versions of the Aerco printer code and each of these may have three variations of configurations set up during the user's adaptation to his own printer equipment. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The August Dayton Computerfest: A Review | Notes about who attended. Logicall V6 available. | |
| The Budget Software, Part II | This software began in the April issue. Some repetition is included for convenience of reading. There are several ways of attacking this group of programs. You can key in the listings, which will give you a operating BUDGET and SPREADSHEET program "in basic". | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The C.A.T.S Newsletter | Five articles reprinted from the newsletter: The C Column, QL Small-C Comparison, Additions to the QL Library, More on Benchmarks and Dealing With The BBS. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Cable Column | This featured column, by Bill Cable, starts with this issue. | Sinclair QL |
| The Cable Column | More on programming in Archive. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Cable Column: Programming in Archive | Archive has a built-in procedural based language. The author walks through writing a few procedures. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Cambridge Z88 | Discussion of features and capabilities. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The Cambridge Z88 Computer | A Sinclair portable from England: a first impression mini review. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The Cambridge Z88 Personal Computer | Reprint of press announcement. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The Changing Complexion of Timex-Sinclair Computing Seen at the Orlando 1988 Winter Fest | This issue of Up-Date was delayed a week to report upon the Orlando 1988 Winter Fest. Representing the Western USA was Tim and Stephanie Woods (Time Designs Magazine), and the Central USA was represented by the staff of SyncWare News and attendees from the Michigan user group. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Dayton Computerfest – Sinclair Sub Show | Details about upcoming computerfest. | |
| The Editor Speaks | Notes about producing the newsletter and the scene in general. | |
| The Editor Speaks | Welcome once again to the pages of UPDATE. This is the 6th issue that Carol and I have produced since taking this over from Bill Jones. By the way, Bill Jones is also a subscriber. | |
| The Extra Memory Section | We can use the DOCK BANK for programs and the HOME BANK for DATA. We can put a 64K program in the Dock Bank, and keep almost all of the 38K of FREE memory for data storage and management. This capability of the TS-2068 has been neglected and few realize the increase in power that the use of EXTRA MEMORY BANKS offer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The FD-68 Update | Using RP/M (a clone of CP/M by Micro-Methods) with the TS-2068 and FD-68. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The FD-68 Update | The following list is just a few of the programs I find indispensable and which I strongly recommend you obtain. It is certainly not exhaustive, but are a few that I use almost daily. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The FD-68 Update | Program/routines to switch between Sinclair/Timex mode and CP/M mode on the FD-68. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Future of the TS2068 | In this issue we have a few pages sent to us by Larry Crawford, one of our Canadian programmers and friends concerning a project that he and the late Bill Pedersen of WIDJUP were working loosely on. I too was working on this in another effort with Bill. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The GEnie Information Service | Those of you using modems may or may not be aware of the large Information Services available to you. Most likely you can access them with a local phone call if you live near a city with a population of 50,000 or greater. The most famous is probably CompuServe. This is a very good service. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The History of QZX | History of the ham radio focused computing magazine founded by Martin Irons. | Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The History of the RAMEX Millenia K | There once was a little orphan computer named TS 2068. Like all orphans, it was not responsible for being an orphan. Along came the carpet baggers. Ramex was just one of many of this species. They sought to exploit the poor orphan by making grandeous additions. When the orphan was unable to support their standard of living, they abandoned their addition. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Hungry Orphans | There are two TS-2068 Disk Drive Systems that are still in use despite the fact the their manufacturers have discontinued support of the systems. These are The RAMEX MILLENIA K, and the TIMEX of PORTUGUAL Disk drive systems. Information sources for these disk drive systems are scarce and are drying up as time goes by. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Index Printer | Last issue we gave an index printing program for the TS-2068. This time I was determined to make the QL do it. Actually it turned out to be pretty good, and it has some other applications as well. It could be an "outline printer" or could be used for just about any purpose that one needs to print short lines to a page with TAB control. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Issue Disk | The UP-DATE ISSUE DISK is a valuable tool to verify all of your key-in work. Larken Disk section contains Budget by Robert Mitchell. John Oliger and Larry Kenny for the nucleus of the 2068 disk drive support system; Aerco has slowed developed of FD-68 DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Issue Disk Program | Generally, the feature programs included in the issue diskette are original programs never before offered to the TS-2068 user group and not for sale from other sources. The April Issue diskette will include the Feature Software "Budget", plus the compiled program, plus the printer annex, plus the customized "Loader Manager" for either Oliger Safe, or Larken LKDOS system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The J-Utilities | How can one name a program that has six diverse functions? J-Util combines most "number functions" needed in computing. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The July/April Issue Disk Consolidated into One | The July and April Issue Diskettes have been consolodated into one giant assemblage of programs and utilities. The consolodation was necessary because the Budget program, by Bob Mitchell, was split between the two issues. I have not ever seen such a combined useful and educational works presented in a computer magazine. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Key-In Projects | The two programs in this issue are long and complex but worth the effort to key in. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Larken Disk Section | This section in UP-DATE is devoted to providing information about the Larken Disk System(s) in the same manner as we provide the section titled "Computing with SDOS, by John Oliger." | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Last Hardcopy Editorial | Last issue of Update. | |
| The Last Issue of your Subscription | UP-DATE begin in October 1987 with 40 subscribers and climbed to 220. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Logical Operators | Reprint of Sharon Zadetto Aker article from Sync about using logical operators to save time and memory. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Lonesome Dock | To date little information has been published about how dock cartridge programs, home bank memory and disk drives can be "cross utilized." | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The MAX DOS Saga | Some are having problems with conflicts. LKDOS users should use RANDOMIZE USR 100 instead of PRINT #4, which conflicts with Oliger DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Mscript File Printer that printed the above Article | Refers to the DOS-64 review by Pete Fischer. Discusses switching between 32 and 64 column modes in OS-64 and code for an Mscript file printer is included. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Mysterious “DEF FN and FN” Functions | One Monday morning at the Timex Literature Department Mary was given a task that would normally been assigned to Gus, the Mathematician. Gus had his usual Monday morning problem. Now Mary majored in Greek Literature, not Greek Mathematics symbols. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The New Oliger V2-52 EPROM | I recently received the latest Oliger DOS EPROM, which includes some real fine additions. Included now are the functions ERASE / (file name), RESTORE / (old file name to new file name), RESTORE /”new disk name”, RESTORE /(used alone to re-initialize to default parameters), VERIFY /(file name) to check the file for errors, COPY/ copies […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The North American Timex Sinclair Association | “THE NORTH AMERICAN TIMEX SINCLAIR ASSOCIATION”: The Florida User Groups, who organized Winter Fest, came to Orlando with a plan to organize a National Timex Sinclair Association. Quickly “National” changed to “North American” a more appropriate name which includes the Canadian user groups. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The October and January Issue Disk | The OCTOBER 87 and JANUARY 88 Issue disks are now available for three Disk Operating Systems; Oliger DOS, Larken DOS, and Aerco FD-68 DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The October Editorial | Once again I set fingers to the keyboard. I often realize just how much I have come to rely on word processors to do my letters and for other text items. It is so much better to see the whole concept and be able to change it in a matter of seconds…and to make as many copies of it as I wish. | |
| The Oliger TS-2068 SAFE DISK System | Review of the hardware and DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Printer Revolution | Commentary about printer prices dropping. | |
| The Programs for This Issue | SDOS Mail Merge and Outline, a database. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Q(old_S)LAW Project | Notes about a user survey project that netted only 2% response at that point. | Sinclair QL |
| The QL Beginner Course | If you have dug around as I have between the four sections in the back of the QL manual, you know that these books were not written in a 1, 2,3, sequence that lets you get right to it. I believe that, for this discussion, we should start with the printer itself. | Sinclair QL |
| The QL Beginner’s Column: “Software Dependant” Software | Confused title? Nope! We need to understand that the bread and butter for QL computing are the many new softwares, American made, inexpensive, that depend upon the Psion group for operation | Sinclair QL |
| The QL Network device without ToolKit 2 | Connect two QLs together. | Sinclair QL |
| The QL’s Forbidden Byte | Those of us who “cut our computer teeth” on the ZX80/81 learned quite early about the caveat that accompanied any use of CHR$ 118 when machine code was stored in REMs. Like the Cheshire cat, the line could disappear right before your eyes till nothing was left but the grin! | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Release of XCHANGE | Recently I received a whole stack of disks from Ron Blizzard, and on one of the disks was a treatise on Xchange, the recently released Psion program. The article deals with how Xchange was released, and gives a lot of information on the use of this program. | Sinclair QL |
| The Reliable QL | (I had seen this file on the BBSs several times over the last year, and had thought it might be of assistance to those few of you who may still be having any problems with your QL mechanically. | Sinclair QL |
| The Round-Up: An Update Programming Tutorial | This is a program designed for UPDATE to demonstrate several abilities of dealing with numbers. FIRST, the "INT" function "ROUNDS DOWN" figures. All businesses do the opposite, ROUNDING UP to the nearest cent. This can make a busy department store quite a few dollars during a day's operation. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Sinclair QL | Letter from Donald Jones about upgraded power supply resolving problems. | Sinclair QL |
| The Sinclair Z88 “Lap Top” Computer | So far as I can tell, there are only praise and enthusiasm coming from the owners of the Sinclair Z88. Frankly, I dont like the term "lap top", as it seems to have a connotation of "tinker toy" which demeans the extraordinary capabilities of the Z88. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The Sinclair Z88 Small But Powerful | Demonstration of mixing word processor and spreadsheet features in same document. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The Sinclair Z88: Considerations for Peripheral Design | Since the Z88 uses the Z-80 CPU, some of our better interfaces for the TS-2068 offer the prospects for easy adaptation to the Z88 by BUSS connector changes and re-work of chip addressing. Generally, the engineering has been accomplished for the Z-80 CPU and its 8 bit capability. One seemingly fruitful area is the disk drive controllers for the TS-2068. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Trump Card | The Trump Card combines a disk interface, 768K of RAM, Toolkit II for SuperBASIC, screen dump, static and dynamic RAM disks and a dynamic printer buffer. Reprinted from ZX-Appeal. | Sinclair QL |
| The TS-2068 Disk Drive Systems: Combinations to Achieve Increased Capability | All of the above Disk Systems are compatable with Cassette LOAD and SAVE operations. Cassette is the “Transfer Medium” to SAVE programs that are formatted by any disk system; then re-load to the TS-2068 that has a different disk controller installed; then EDIT the program lines and MODIFY the DOS SYNTAX; then SAVE to Disk with the DOS that is in use. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Ultimate Autostart | Autostart menu construction for Larken users. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Universal Code Data Printer | This neat program will work with any TS-2068 configuration, Including cassette, or disk systems (with modifications). The program is designed to be a MERGE IN program for the new DAISY.B6 software, but it operates independently, with RUN or GO TO 5226. When MERGED to any Basic program, It provides the capability to PRINT-OUT data files previously SAVED as ASCII files in code. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Update Editorial | Well, here we are once again, taking thought to paper, via my old trusty QL and TS2068 (both are used in the creation of UPDATE! Magazine, as well as the infrequent use of the Z88). | |
| The Versions of QPAC2, Thru December 1993 | (A Pointer Environment Front End Program For The QL, from CARE Electronics, available from Mechanical Affinity and Dilwyn Jones Computing) If you find that you have an older version that displays one or more of the errors listed, then see one of these companies about upgrading (notes by Eliad P. Wannum) This program was created […] | Sinclair QL |
| The XChange Version of Quill | Although Quill is old, most QL owners still use it, at least part of the time. It is a very good general purpose word processor. The enhancements in version 2.35, especially when running with Athene’s Turbo Quill+, has made the program a lot less buggy and much more responsive. | Sinclair QL |
| The Year of Discovery | Call to make 1992 the "year of discovery" for Sinclair. | |
| The Z88 and Telecommunications | Notes on connecting a Z88 to another computer. | Cambridge Z88 |
| The Z88 and Telecommunications | The Z88 is particularly well suited for communicating to modems and other computers. A serial port which communicates up to 38,400 baud, a VT52 terminal program and a dedicated file transfer utility are included with the stock Z88. The Z88 also weighs only 2 pounds and is easily transported right next to the device you want to communicate with. | Cambridge Z88 |
| This JULY UP-DATE Issue- New Programs and New Utilities | Challenges in compiling disks for the various operating system are described. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex 2068 Emulation on a PC Using Z80 | How to use Gerton Lunter's Spectrum emulator, Z80, as a Timex 2068 emulator. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Clubs of North America | Following is a list of Timex Clubs of North America. A few may be missing and will be published as information is received. Some of these clubs publish excellent newsletters that are worthy of subscribing to. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Publication Index, part 1 | Many moons ago I had to prioritize the many ideas I had for my computing projects that were filling my spare time. I also had a LOT of Timex/Sinclair publications with tons of neat articles that I was interested in doing with my Timex/Sinclair machines. | Sinclair ZX80, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Publication Index, part 2 | Sinclair ZX80, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Timex Publication Index, part 3 | Sinclair ZX80, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Timex Publication Index, part 4 | Sinclair ZX80, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Timex Technical Data: Connector Signal Layout | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Timex Technical Data: TS-2068 Schematic | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Timex Technical Data: TS2068 PC Board Component Layout | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Timex/Sinclair 1000 Emulator for MSDOS | Review of the emulator by Jeff Vavsour. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Tips and Small Items | Short programming tidbits. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tips on ZX81/TS1000 Computer Repair | Troubleshooting tips for fixing TS1000 problems. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| TMX Disk Operating System Boot Disk Program | Program to automatically load from disk when the computer is booted. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Toronto Timex-Sinclair Users Club and SINC-LINK | The Toronto Sinclair User Club is one of the most active clubs in North America. | |
| Toronto Timex-Sinclair Users Club Information Sheet | Many people inquire about our club, and these notes have been put together to provide, in a convenient form, a little background information about ourselves. Our club had its start when a new ZX81 owner, Pete Harvey, placed an ad in the Toronto Star. | |
| Transferring Z-88 Files to the 2068 | I got my Z-88 so I could have a truly portable computer. Not a 2068 or a 1000 in a suitcase, but a real notebook, at a price that was affordable. I wanted a Sinclair product on which I could continue my efforts while on the road on my job. | Cambridge Z88, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Traveling with the Z88 | Notes on using the Z88 on the road, including connecting a modem. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Trump Card User’s Guide | Documentation to supplement the small manual that comes with the card. | Sinclair QL |
| Trump Card User’s Guide | This series of articles will bring to light some of the very powerful features of the TRUMP CARD and TOOLKIT II via real usable examples. The articles may be assembled into a user guide at some future time, if enough interest is shown. | Sinclair QL |
| TS 2068 Standard Memory Configuration | Memory map diagrams from the technical manual. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS 2068 VARS Save and Reload: TOS Disk System Version | Modification to work with TOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 Activities | There are now three predominent Disk systems for the TS-2068. Their order of usage is: LKDOS, Oliger SAFE DOS, TOS, and Aerco FD-68. TOS DISK users hang in there with determination but receive little support. User activities during 1989 has been away from the Aerco FD-68, mostly toward LKDOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Business Software | This comprehensive software proves that the TS-2068 is a mighty fine computer for running a business. The equilivant of this program in use throughout the World costs hundreds of dollars. Jim Bretz designed and uses this AR1-9 software to run his large hardware business. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 Cottage Software Support | Fairware (Jack Dohany), Chia-Chi Chao, RMG Enterprises, S&K Enterprises, Lemke Software, Byte Power, Grey & Clifford, Bill Pedersen. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Data Input | This is an audacious attack upon the most famous weaknesses of the TS-2068, slow data input and poor screen editing. The result is a INPUT SECTION of programming that can be used for many purposes. Programmers have overcome the problems mentioned by developing their own independently running Machine Code in RAM. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 Data Input (re-visited) or “A new hiding place for code” | Concatm.C1 relocated to an area other than print buffer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 Extra Memory Recap | In January 1988, UPDATE began a series about extra memory. The first objective was to explore the ways and means of using existing extra memory hardware. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Power Warning | As more devices are hung on the I/O port, the rated output of the voltage regulator is stretched to the limit. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Program “Dbx.B6” A software for RECORD Keeping | “”Dbx.B6″” is a New “Record Data Base” Software that takes advantage of the MERGE function to conserve FREE MEMORY and thus provide the largest data base ever before created with the TS-2068. In addition, there is a word processor included, “Search and Find”, and the most versatile of Sorting choices ever before offerred. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 Programming In The Abstract | Manipulating the stack from BASIC. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 Publication Support | There are some excellent small publications that are worthy of a look: QZX, CATS Newsletter, QL USA, D-FW Data Expansion, ZX Appeal, SINCUS News, DATSN, The Plotter, Timelinez, Smug Bytes, LISTing, FDD Newsletter, SINC LINK. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Super Calc | Multifunction calculator program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 Suppliers | Following is a listing of Suppliers of Software and Hardware for the TS-2068. There must be more, and Up-Date will publish additions to this listing as information is obtained. A+ Computer Response 220 Centre St. Sullivan, NH 03445 APR Software 1606 Pennsylvania Ave. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Supporting Publications | Changes at Syncware News: Tom Woods departs the scene, and Jeff Moore steps up from Editor to Publisher. Basil Wentworth, well known to most of us “timers” becomes Editor of Syncware News. Fred Nachbaur, the original founder and publisher, continues as Technical Advisor. Sounds like an enduring combo to me. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Talks to a PC by Modem | Direct connection via modem. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 Tool to Convert 2D String Arrays to 3D String Arrays | Often we get stymied by having a character array file having a wrong dimension for the job we want to do. This tool was made to convert TWO DIMENSION CHARACTER ARRAY FILES to THREE DIM FILES. With minor adjustments the program can be used to convert other dimensions to other dimensions. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 VARS Save and Re-Load | Program find and save VARS for Larken DOS or cassette. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS-2068 with Unlimited RAM capability | Schematics and machine code to expand the 2068 RAM with port buffer, clock/calendar, 56K or 64K, expansion bank controller and proper address decoding for EXROM. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS1000 Turbo | Add a switch to add "turbo" mode to the TS1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| TS1500 memory mod | Expand TS1500 to 32K internally. | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| TS2068 Key Top Protector | Young user protects his keyboard with plastic cling film. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 Payroll Program for Larken | Program to calculate wages, payroll, etc. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS2068 Power Supply Information from QZX | Overview of the AC adaptor and internal voltage regulation. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 ROM Bypass Schematic | Schematic and notes about a proposed expansion system. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 SOL BBS Report | Progress report on improving the features and reliability of the database software with the help of Jack Dohany and Larry Kenny. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 Tape to Disk Projects and Availability | Over the years those of us who have steadfastly used our TS2068s have contended with the fact that many of our old favorite programs that came on tape only were never upgraded to disk for us to use on our favorite disk interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS2068 Video Bells and Whistles | Stay away from advanced video modes at any cost! Who needs them? Besides, what we can already do is all anyone really needs. The screen is divided up into 24 rows of 32 characters, each of which can have 8 ink and paper colors plus bright and flash attributes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Two Magazines Depart With Class | Quantum_Levels and SyncWare News cease publication with the vol 2 num 6 of Quantum_Levels. List of back issues (incl articles) included. | |
| Two-Column & Wide Tasword Printouts | Routine to print side-by-side columns with Tasword. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Update Announces “Daisy.B6” for TS-2068 | Program for complex printing options. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Update Changes Publisher | Frank Davis will take over publishing with the October 1990 issue. | |
| Update Gets a New Editor After July | Carol and Frank Davis will publish Update after July 1990. | |
| Updates | THIS ISSUE and NEXT: Guess you’ve noticed the 17 point print size of this issue. This resulted in 35% more (BEEF) content, but this print is about as small as we dare go. A very painful task was to keep the page count down to 50. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| User Group Digest: C.A.T.S. The Capital Area Timex Sinclair User Group | CATS is a not-for-profit and has been around since ZX81 ads appeared in Popular Science. About 90 active membets - about a third are active TS-2068 users, more than half have TS-2068s. Monthly newsletter and software library. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Using BASIC String/Arrays in Machine Code Programs | I looked over your letter concerning the use of BASIC variables and arrays inside machine code programs. You said that you needed to locate a specific variable in the BASIC VARS area of memory in order to use the data in a machine code program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Using Quill ASCII Files in a DOS DTP | As noted in my final paragraph of USING QUILL FOR ASCII FILES (p.23 April UPDATE) at that time I did not have a PC or clone to use with files translated in this manner. | Sinclair QL |
| Using Quill for ASCII Files | One of the features of QUILL (WP) that somehow got lost in the translation of the v.12/84 QLUG is that ASCII files may be saved and loaded using the PRINT and IMPORT modes, respectively. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Using STR$ to Modify Disk Program Titles | Solution for printing a number of files sequentially with Smart Text. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Using the Larken Sequential/Random Filing System to Produce a TS2068 ROM Disassembly | Recently, I decided to develop a disassembly of the code contained in the TS2068 ROM. The procedure required the use of the Larken Sequential/Random filing system which is a software product available from Larry Kenny. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Using the OS-64 Cartridge with TOS | How to boot TOS with the OS-64 cartridge installed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Using the QL | Notes from a QL user. | Sinclair QL |
| Utilities “INIT” and “Cclear Code” | The "INIT" utilities for the three Disk Operating Systems are slightly different. Each listing may be used to pick up another little twist for another DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Video Interface with QL Computer | Notes on connecting TV or a variety of monitor types to the QL, along with generating the necessary signals. | Sinclair QL |
| VU-CALC Tutorial, Wide Printer Enhancement and Additional Notes on VU-Calc | Printing spreadsheets on wide printers. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Wall Street, Here We Come! | Program to plot stock data. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| What is New for the QL | Having just got back from New York, from a Mental Health Conference, I decided to rest up by reviewing, at least briefly, some of the new software and hardware I have picked up the last three months. | Sinclair QL |
| When They Built the Timex 2068 Computer They Threw Away the Mold! | Schematic diagram of the Z80, SCLD and memory along with call to correct the problems with the computer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| When to Upgrade: The QL in Transition | Shortly after I bought my first QL, I learned about both the THOR and the FUTURA. I thought: “Gee, I wish own about the THOR …” Consider that I was just “graduating” from the TS-2068; and, I was still faced with the (then daunting) task of adding a disk drive interface, the actual drives, et cetera. | Sinclair QL |
| When Zero Isn’t Zero | Answer to Basil Wentworth's question about integer math errors. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Whither Goest, TS-2068 UP-DATE | This April issue of UP-DATE marks the third of a four issue year, and a time for a decision for the second year. I am having fun publishing UP-DATE and learning a bit with each issue. But it is a lot of work: I hope that you like what is being done because it has cost me about $160.00 more per issue than gross income. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Why Buy a QL (or in the end, keep one) | Back in 1984 I was the last person in North America to pay full retail list to Sinclair for a QL – $499.95 + $10.00 s+h. I bought it because I had a ZX-81 and trusted Sir Clive. | Sinclair QL |
| Why Use Archive? | Twelve reasons to use Archive. | Sinclair QL |
| Window Defining: A Program, Part I | When programming, to get the full power out of your Sinclair QL one must learn how to effectively use its windows. Using the SuperBASIC commands can become tedious and slow. This series of four articles will develop a program to completely define any window giving all relevant facts about it. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Window Defining: A Program, Part II | In this article we will write and discuss the different functions that will be used. SuperBASIC gives us the ability to write very versatile, many variable functions which can do more than merely return a number. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Window Defining: A Program, Part III | The following article, by David McCall, is second in a series. The first article was given in the October 1989 issue. The Program Listing given in this issue can be linked with that given in the Oct. issue. Or, the individual programs will work independantly. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Wire Frame Sprites with Magnification | Using pattern tables to draw wireframe type characters is used a lot with the Apple II computers since they don't have sprites. This program uses letters stored in a string variable to draw graphics characters with a magnification parameter. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Word Perfect Power with the Z88 | Editing Z88 documents with Word Perfect. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Word-Master Is Ready | Word processor with graphics capabilities. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| World Map | Geography lesson for the ZX81, TS1000 or TS1500. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Type-in program |
| World Map, Part 2 | WORLD MAP Part 2 | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Type-in program |
| XREF – A Review | Review of a utility that helps programmers improve their Basic programs on the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Xtricator, Version 1.75 | Review of the ZX-81 emulator by Carlo Delhez. | Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| You Could Call This An Editorial | Notes about how to submit articles. | |
| Z88 ASCII Translation Programs | Program to convert Z88 text file to one that can be used on a QL or PC. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| Z88 Battery Replacement | Bill Jones discovers that the Z88 retains programs/data even when the batteries die. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| Z88 Biorythm Program | It’s a Biorythm program that will help you know when the good and bad days hit. Hope you enjoy it. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| Z88 Connections to Hayes Modem | Two methods of connecting a modem. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 External Battery Box | Ever since I got my Z88, I’ve always been worried about running low on batteries. 20 hours on one set of batteries is nice, but good batteries are not cheap. Almost immediately I picked up an AC adapter for the Z88. This allowed me to work without the worry about going through batteries. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 Fax News | New publication for the Z88 that is distributed by fax. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 Fax News | Z88 FAX NEWS – June 1990 – Page Three Publisher……….Curtis Claar Facsimile……….Promo Productions 1820 MacTavish Ct. #112 • Rawlins, Wyo. 82301 Fax or voice (307) 324-6600 Another new column: Jim Hunkins gives technical assistance Keeping the keyboard working Z88 TECH HELP – James Hunkins It is amazing what portability does for productivity. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 Flow Chart | ANY DATA, TYPED INTO PIPEDREAM, DIARY OR PROGRAMS IN BASIC, WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE TEMPORARILY SAVED IN SUSPENDED ACTIVITIES, WHEN GOING FROM ONE APPLICATION TO ANOTHER. TO SAVE A FILE PERMANENTLY, IT MUST HAVE A NAME AND BE SAVED TO THE FILER. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 Glossary of Terms | Application – A program set up according to the appropriate machine conventions. Bank – 16K chunk of memory, always on a 16K boundary in the logical address space. Binding – this refers to switching a bank to a segment or to switching a file device to an particular stream with the CLI BLINK – the name given to the Z88’s gate array chip. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 Hardware Connections | The Z88 connects to external electrical devices by using the serial port, the card slots at the front of the machine and via the expansion port (situated below the ENTER key on the right hand side of the machine). | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 MacLink Review | I bought a Macintosh Classic in late 1991 to supplement my Sinclair collection of computers. Quite a few Mac to Z88 programs were uploaded in the GEnie Laptops Roundtable by their author Richard Haw. So I decided to buy a Mac and try them out. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 News | It is no surprise that Cambridge NA has gone belly-up and is no longer involved in Z88 distribution and support. Their lack of support of the Z88 users was reported several times in Update Magazine. Never the less, the Z88 is a nice portable computer and is liked by all who own one. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 News and Information | What is new for the Z88 over on this side of the big pond (Atlantic Ocean) in 1994? Not as much as I would like to report on, and yet a few very good things. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 Prime Number Benchmark | A couple of years ago in the Captial Area Timex/Sinclair (CATS) Newsletter, Duane Parker ran a Prime Number benchmark on the QL using different languages. Later, Herb Schaaf converted the benchmark to C and ran it on a number of different computers. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| Z88 Review | I have owned a Z88 for about five months now. I thought I would give my impressions of it. I have always been interested in laptop computers and wanted to buy one for a long time. But they were either too expensive or not powerful enough. That is until the Z88. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 ROM and Internal RAM Upgrade | The Z88 Users’ Club in England is no longer viable. Membership had fallen to 1000 members from 4000 members. Roy Woodward decided to discontinue the Group. He is still providing support for the Z88 in a business called Woodward Technology. Roy is selling back issues of the Club Magazine ‘Z88 Eprom’. | Cambridge Z88 |
| Z88 Spreadsheet Use | For those occasional times when you run across a neat spreadsheet that is listed in a book or magazine in something like the format below, this program will make your life easier. A1 “This is a spreadsheet” D56 (A2+A4)/.34 and so on. Just type it in and save it. | Cambridge Z88, Type-in program |
| Z88 to Sinclair Transfer Link | Review of program/cable to transfer files from Z88 to/from QL. | Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| Z88BAS.TXT | Here is a list of Z88 BBC BASIC Commands Statements and functions, I’ve commented on some to help clarify. Abbreviations are listed in brackets, they can be typed in as such to save memory. | Cambridge Z88 |
| ZX-Text | Description of the program available from the author's company. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ZX81 Emulator for the Atari ST | While doing a little net surfing looking for more Sinclair resources on the net, I ran into a mention of a ZX81 emulator for the Atari ST. Having recently picked up an ST, I decided to try the emulator out. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX81 Emulators | A: Yes. I’m aware of four at the moment. I’d rank them in the following order: In summary: The Atari emulator is just about perfect for playing most games on, but due to the slow speed of the original, typing in long programs is a bit of a chore. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX81 Tic-Tac-Toe | Documentation, part 2. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Tic-Tac-Toe | Documentation for the program. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Last updated: October 23, 2022