ZXzine

Title Description Computers
Aardvark Adventures Overview of the company and its adventures, short interview with one of the programmers. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Active T/S 2068 Group Mention of the groups.io TS2068 group. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Adding Assembly to BASIC How-to incorporate assembly into a BASIC program using Linux tools. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Astronomical Algorithms on the ZX81 Examples of astronomical algorithms from More Uses for Your Timex/Sinclair 1000: Astronomy on Your Computer. Sinclair ZX81
B-1 Bomber for ZX81 Description of the game. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Basic Compilers for the T/S 2068 Brief overview of two BASIC compilers. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Basic Computer Games Review of the book by David Ahl.
Basic Tools for T/S 2068 Emulators Tools to make using the T/S 2068 emulators easier to use. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Berch Assembler & Disassembler Review and overview of Bob Berch’s ZX Assembler/Disassembler. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Boriel ZX Basic Compiler Overview of the compiler with example code. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Boriel's ZX BASIC Compiler & T/S 2068 Notes on adjusting the Boriel compiler to work with the TS 2068. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Circle Implementation of Bresenham’s circle algorithm. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Dice Roller Implementing polyhedral die roller routines in C with Z88dk. Sinclair ZX81
Drawing a Line Code that implement’s Bresenham’s line algorithm in C and BASIC for the ZX81. Sinclair ZX81
Editorial Introduction from Tim Swenson, author and publisher. Describes goals and scope of the e-zine.
Expanding T/S 2068 Software Thoughts on typing in programs from newsletters. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Hidden Cave - A Fighting Fantasy Game Implementation of a short dungeon crawl adventure that uses the Fighting Fantasy combat system. Sinclair ZX81
Home Computer Crash of 1983-85 Describes the impact of the video game and home computer crash, fueled in part by Sinclair and Timex’s computers.
JtyOne Overview of a ZX81 emulator written in Java. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Loading a File into Memory Uses a LOAD command in sz81 to manipulate data. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Loading Screens Loading screens in the sz81 emulator. Timex/Sinclair 1000
MicroAce History of the MicroAce, a Sinclair ZX80 clone that could be upgrade to be a ZX81 clone. MicroAce
MicroSync Services Brief article about “Sinclair’s Exclusive Authorized Service Center.” Sinclair ZX81
More Astronomical Programs on the ZX81 Programs written in C and compiled with z88dk for the ZX81 Timex/Sinclair 1000
My Start with the ZX81 How Tim Swenson came to own a Sinclair ZX81 and, for a short while, was a software publisher. Sinclair ZX81
Orbit Short program examples that demonstrate an object orbiting another object. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Othello Review of several variations of Othello/Reversi. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Partial Pascal Overview of the three-part Pascal compiler/interpreter. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Plotting with Z88dk Describes how to add ZX BASIC PLOT/UNPLOT commands to the Z88dk C compiler. Sinclair ZX81
Porting Assembly from Spectrum to T/S 2068 Brief notes about ROM differences. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Prime Number Benchmark Comparison of prime number benchmarks written in BASIC and C, across several emulators. Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068
QDDASM - Quick and Dirty DisAssembler Tim writes his own disassembler. Timex/Sinclair 1000
QDDASM2 Tim improves his disassembler. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Random Number with Assembly Test of five random number algorithms. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Saving Screen Blocks Two routines for saving and loading a block of memory to/from an array. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Solving a Maze with Cellular Automata Implementation of Basem Nayfeh’s cellular automata rules to solve a maze. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Sound Players Programs that support the Zon-X81 sound system. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Structured Programming with ZX81 BASIC Discussion of structured programming techniques and how to apply them to the ZX81 Timex/Sinclair 1000
sz81 Emulator Review and how to use the emulator. Timex/Sinclair 1000
T/S 2068 and ZX81 ROM Routines Comparison of routines in both computers. Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068
T/S 2068 Assembly Language Programming Overview of using Pasmo to compile assembly language programs for the TS 2068. Timex/Sinclair 2068
T/S 2068 Emulators Overview of several emulators. Timex/Sinclair 2068
T/S 2068 ROM Disassembly Tim begins disassembling the TS 2068 ROM with QDDASM2, his disassembler. Timex/Sinclair 2068
T/S 2068 Specifications Description of features that differentiated the TS 2068 from the ZX Spectrum. Timex/Sinclair 2068
The ZX80 and ZX81 in the USA Background about Sinclair Research Ltd., its entry into the United States marketplace, and its first two computers. Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81
Time Designs Magazine Overview of the magazine and its history. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Timex Sinclair 2068 History Review of the history of the computer. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Toby Radloff Brief article about the minor MTV celebrity and TS 2068 user.
tsmake Linux shell script to convert TS 2068 keywords to characters that zmakebas can process. Timex/Sinclair 2068
Typing in Assembly Four assembly language programs that demonstrate accepting user input via the keyboard. Timex/Sinclair 1000
Using HRG-ms Overview of a high-resolution toolkit for the ZX81 by Matthias Swatosch. Sinclair ZX81
VuCalc Overview of Vu-Calc, a spreadsheet for the ZX81/TS1000. Sinclair ZX81
VuCalc vs VisiCalc Comparison two spreadsheets. Timex/Sinclair 2068
z80asm Short introduction to the z80asm assembler. Timex/Sinclair 1000
z80dasm Short review and how-to use the z80dasm disassembler. Timex/Sinclair 1000
zeditor Review of a high-resolution word processor for the ZX81. Timex/Sinclair 1000
ZX81 Basic Compilers Overview of several compilers available in the early 1980s for the ZX81, including ZX Autocoder, MCODER, ZXpress, and The ZX Compiler. Sinclair ZX81
ZX81 in Science Review of academic papers that cite using the ZX81. Timex/Sinclair 1000
ZX81 Resources on the Internet Archive Summary of magazines and newsletters. Timex/Sinclair 1000
zxpaint2 Program to convert output from ZXpaintyone to a BASIC program. Timex/Sinclair 1000
ZXpaintyOne Converting ZXpaintyOne save files to load in sz81. Timex/Sinclair 1000

Actively published electronic magazine, produced with open source software. Most issues include a ZIP file with the code, .p files or anything else that accompanies the articles. Published by Tim Swenson.

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