Time Designs Magazine

Arctan Computer Ventures offers programs for ZX81/TS1000 users; E. Arthur Brown has exclusive publishing rights to The Hacker’s Handbook; Dungeon of Ymir version three available; Money Machine II available; Soundesign and Tracer available from RMG; replacement SCLDs from Capitol Area Timex/Sinclair Users Group; Tomahawk from Knighted Computers; ROMON for Sinclair QL; Zebra Systems purchased the…

Fred reminisces about the Timex/Sinclair computers.

Documents and investigates a problem with pausing and resuming a directory listing with the Zebra FDD.

The 128k Spectrum (code name “Derby”) has been launched in Spain, and will be available in the Spring in Britain. Essentially two computers in one: when turned on, the 128k mode is on automatically but type “SPECTRUM”, and it becomes a 48k Spectrum Plus, completely compatible with all the existing Spectrum software.

Program to calculate 1987 taxes.

Listing of user groups.

The Westridge TS 2050 telecommunications modem is at last really here. It is exactly the same modem that Timex promised and took orders for, but never came through on. It is manufactured and sold by Westridge Communications, a division of Anchor Automation in Marina Del Ray, California.

Short program to demonstrate color.

The program spits out values by time of day for which compass direction (azimuth) to look and how high off the horizon (altitude) to look, to find just what we are searching for. By using any set of RA and Dec values in an astronomy book or from magazines like ASTRONOMY or SKY AND TELESCOPE,…

A couple of graphic goodies that won’t take hours to type in but demonstrate some neat graphic capabilities of the TS2068.

Short, simple “directory” program.

Program to calculate taxes for 1986.

At last! Here is the one that has been promised for some time now. The 2068 Technical Manual isn’t fancy, but it is big. Over 280 pages! It is crammed with detailed information on the in and outs of the 2068 logic circuitry, and also the enhanced display modes. This was the information that Timex…

Short program to play against the computer.

Program to double loading speed from tape. Adapted from original Spectrum program, written by Esben Krag Hansen.

Updates on software and hardware for the TS 2068 to allow it to use ZX Spectrum programs.

This variation of tic-tac-toe has three, identical playing fields. A player can win, or score points, when three of his marks are arrayed in a straight line in any direction.

Improved ZX81/TS 1000 ROM from Tom Bent. Changes include normal FAST mode, 6 character shape improvements, change British pound symbol to an apostrophe, LPRINT decimal numbers with leading zeros, fast SCROLL, proper divide of numbers in repetitive math, proper CLS action, fixed display file, DIMension single string arrays up to 64K and invoke LPRINT commands…

Method for testing for and repairing bad RAM chips.

A “serious” graphics display for the 2068 and 2040 printer.

Documents some of the differences between the TS1000 and PC8300.

How to use the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Mouse with Zebra’s Tech Draw and the Zebra Graphic Tablet.

Loading Spectrum cassettes into the 2068 with the aid of a small amplifier.

Instructions on how to add composite out video to the TS 1500.

The Sinclair Northamerica Users Group (SNUG) was proposed at the 1988 Sunstate T/S Winterfest.

TS computer owners have always considered their exceptionally small micros to be portable, to some degree. While perhaps lacking in slick packaging, the power and flexibility is all there. The special mathematic functions would be especially useful in business, engineering, and educational applications.

Terminal program for the TS 2068 and TS 2050 modem.

Tutorial on numbering systems common with computers.

If you own a full-size dot matrix printer and a Centronics interface, you can now produce full-page graphic screen dumps. You will also be able to faithfully reproduce your color artwork in shades of gray, thanks to Zebra Systems Inc. “ZPRINT-80”.

Subroutine to create a command line and execute it from within a running program.

ACZ GENERAL LEDGER 2.000 is a small business accounting system for the TS 2068 computer. This program will provide the small business with the following financial reports: Monthly and Year To Date Income Statements, Ledger Detail, Balance Sheets, Chart of Accounts, Trail Balance, and Journal Entries.

If you have ever used a word processor for a more expensive computer, like an Apple //e, you have noticed a few features not found on Tasword Two. I regularly use PFS:Write on the Apple //e in my planetarium.

Review of Zebra Systems’ Address Book.

Exploration of RAM organization in the ZX81/TS1000.

At the end of Part One of this article, published in the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER issue, we emerged, unscathed by any “BUGS” from the upper RAM jungle onto the plateau of the safe area. We now descend into the lower RAM jungle where a giant bug lives, ready to devour the unwary.

Conclusion to the series about understanding RAM allocation on the TS 1000 and 1500 computers.

Pre-review of the disk drive system. Jurries reviewed unit number 20 from the initial run.

So far, Aerco has upgraded their EPROM to version .87. Only two features are not included at this date. They are the .CHR (Character Array) and the .DAT (Numeric Array). This means that you can’t save and load string type data.

Tips for using the AERCO disk system.

Technique for merging programs with the AERCO FD-68.

Conversion changes for TASWORD II and PRO/FILE to make them compaible with the AERCO disc system.

Description of features and converting PRO/FILE 2068.

Simple program to turn the computer into an alarm clock.

Short routine to alphabetize data.

Review of the ZX Spectrum game.

From the time I first got my hands on the Zebra Graphics Tablet, I have been investigating the use of a mouse for my TS2068. Granted, the Zebra Track ball for the 2068 is quite impressive, but my search for a Mouse continued. After a little British research I found that the best choices for…

Preview of Diamond Mike from JRC Software.

Introduction to plotting graphics and how to speed them up.

Review of the ZX Spectrum game, running on Spectrum emulator.

Short review of Pyjamarama, a game for the ZX Spectrum.

Review of the program from CP Software. Requires a Spectrum ROM.

Set RAMTOP from within a program.

Review of extension to ZX81/TS 1000 that adds bank switching RAM features to the computer.

Program to remove non-ASCII control codes and expand tokens to full ASCII equivalents so that programs may be uploaded to BBSes and shared with other users.

Review of program to convert TS 1000 programs to the TS 2068.

This time we will discuss the I/O instructions. For those of you that are wondering what I/O means, it is Input and Output. When I was new to computerdom, I thought I/O referred to my financial status

First in a series of articles about programming Z80 machine code on the 1000 and 2068.

Math on the Z80 with addition and subtraction functions.

Lesson focuses on the stack and instructions that use the stack.

One of the series of introductory machine code programming articles.

Unusual Z80 instructions that don’t have a common theme or set.

Extension to Sinclair Basic with 100 new or enhanced commands.

In order to become more than a novice programmer, it is essential that you understand completely the structure of your Random Access Memory (RAM) and how it functions. This is also a prerequisite for future articles in this series. Much of the material presented in my articles is written to correct, what in my opinion…

AERCO FD-68 disk drive interface; A & J Model 2000 stringy floppy; RAMEX offers Millenia K disk interface/package; T/S Smart Terminal Telecommunications guide; ZX81 software; Knighted Computers obtains Quicksilva software rights; new buyer’s guide from D. Lipinksi; other updates.

News from the UK; Mini Xmod communications package; additions to user group list; repair changes; Oliger/Kingsley disk system; TI 99/4A keyboard for the 1000 and other updates.

News about Sinclair Research Ltd., two Timex-based BBSes join FidoNet, SOFTAID fundraising cassette, update on Timex Portugal. Shorter updates on MSCRIPT, RMG Enterprises, an RS-232 interface from Edward Loxterkamp, speech software from Tad Painter, software from Frank Lockhart, Jim Clatfelter and Peter McMullin.

Maxwell deal to buy-out Sinclair falls through. Update on Portugal 2068 and disk drive. Further details on AERCO FD-68. BBS guide. Newsletter for Memotext/Memocalc users. Vendors cut prices.

Review of the game.

Techniques for breaking commercial programs to create back-up tapes.

BRICKWORKER is a utility-type of program for those who require help, or are interested in the “art” of brickworking. BRICKWORKER will operate on either the Spectrum or the un-aided TS 2068 computer.

Short article and program on interfacing directly to the telephone line via the MIC jack. Program uses BEEP command to generate necessary tones.

Converting cassette-based programs to work with the Larken disk system.

Program to plot “dragon curves.” A dragon curve is a regular fractal which forms from an infinitely repeated construction process.

Utility to define the binary and decimal value of a byte; useful with user defined graphics.

A new “standard” for “fool-proof” typing of TS2068 program listings in magazines.

Checksum program for the 1000.

Machine code version of Stan Lemke’s program.

Program demonstrates printing with variable-width fonts using PLOT/DRAW.

In designing a machine code utility one faces the inevitable quandry of too many desires and not enough space. I wrote a wish list of features and then settled from that on a “short list” of must-haves. These fell into three categories (being BASIC compatible, being flexible and easy to use).

Patching a bug from the fourth article in the series.

Continues article from prior issue with window and porthole code.

Two kinds of windows options are described. The first are rectangular with shadows down two sides and the second are round windows for quick footnotes, status reports et cetera. Bingham calls the later “portholes”.

Midwest Sinclair Computer Conference is scheduled for August 27 and 28, in Lakewood, Ohio.

Like it’s namesake, the Colossus of Rhodes, Lemke Software Development’s graphic banner designer utility “Colossus” stands head and shoulders above similar software. Colossus contains features that heavyweight software developer Broderbund Software has just recently added to its popular program “The Print Shop”.

Plans for Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computerfest, held May 3 and 4, 1986, are finalized.

Commodore… soon to join our ranks?

Improved and condensed (to one line) version of Stan Lemke’s program.

Article discusses using a Timex/Sinclair computer with Compuserve, The Source, Delphi and NewsNet.

Review of the BASIC language compiler from JRC Software. Reviewer notes shortcomings of the compiler.

Corrections to bugs in previously published program.

Review of the two programs. Bill’s Coupon Magic is written by Bill Erickson. Dealer’s Den is by Timothy Kessler.

Memory-mapped IO for the 1000 computer.

Game based loosely on Boggle.

Simulating Data/Read.

Updates, bug report and version report.

Updates and features new in version 6.

Program for determining window sizes.

Short review of game for the ZX Spectrum.

Review.

Early in September of 1984, we decided to call our new T/S computer magazine “TIME DESIGNS” for several reasons. One of those reasons was not because of TIMEX (as the “X” has obviously been dropped). At this same time, many users groups had changed their name to SINCLAIR/TIMEX (instead of the reverse), due to their…

QL news,

Describes trip to California, where he met with John Warburton (Sunset Electronics), Jim Howell (A & J Micro), Bob Orrfelt and Dave Clifford.

It’s very hard to think about doing anything constructive with your computer during the summer when so many other things confront you that are much more appealing. But never-the-less, I usually use this time of the year to work on one particular project. Something to keep the fingers limber–the brain from going stale, anything to…

Tutorial and code for storing text in machine code.

Articles planned for this issue are still in the works.

There were a few typos in the article “Adventures In The Ram Jungle (Part One)”.

At a recent meeting of the LIST (Long Island Sinclair Timex) user group, the former head of Research and Development department of the Timex Computer Corporation, Billy Skyrme, attended a gave a talk. Mr. Skyrme is currently the president of Psion, Inc., the manufacturer of the Organizer pocket computer. While Mr. Skyrme admitted that he…

Using procedures to add your own commands to Super BASIC

Three newsletters with type-in improvements to Pro/File 2068, published by Robert C. Fischer.

“Factory service will continue more or less indefinitely…at this time, there are no immediate plans to discontinue this service,” reported a Timex spokesperson.

Full color prints available with John McMichael’s interface and an Okimate 20.

1st Class Fonts II’s main program has three basic parts: a library of “fonts” (or type styles), a simple word process and a “definer” that allows the user to modify or change any character within one of the font sets.

Tips for using Archive.

Desktop publishing software from Lemke Software Development and Charles Stelding. Z88, Spectrum +3 announcement. Notes about Second Annual Midwest Timex Sinclair Computer Fest. PC8300, products from John Mathewson, Specterm 64, Larken disk interface, Sharp’s, more.

TS Machines Thrive in South America When the Timex Computer Corporation here in the States closed their doors for good, a rumor was going around that thousands of TS2068’s had been “dumped” upon the South American consumer electronics market. But the rumor couldn’t be substantiated and was soon forgotten. Later on, an “unauthorized” Spectrum clone…

External keyboard for TS2068, sound booster, RGB interface and cartridge adaptor from John Mathewson. Utility tape for TS1000/ZX81/TS1500 from LST Software. PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises. Compuserve announces GIF format. Desktop publishing program from Charles Stelding. Hardware/software to print to Commodore 1520 plotter. Archive utilties for QL.

Is it a power pack from one of the George Lucas space fantasies, or is it a miniature magnetic tape drive from an IBM main frame? No to both. It is a new data cassette from Recoton Corporation. The first thing you will notice is the clear plastic housing which allows complete inspection and viewing…

About the cover: Tim Woods’ son in a Sinclair C5; Sinclair contracted with Hoover to manufacture the vehicle in the US. Paul Bingham designed the new logo.

Comments on an earlier, tongue-in-cheek editorial about IBM clones.

Themed issues; where to get your computer fixed; computer in business; Maryland doctor uses ZX81; Brazil’s TK 90X; Fred Nachbaur, QL’s price hits rock bottom; more QL news from the UK; Sir Clive’s Z88 update; dates to remember.

Telecommunications II; computer graphics; send in the clones.

Fred Nachbaur is reportedly developing a Timex/Sinclair clone that will incorporate many improvements.

Fix to fully decode the GAMESMATE Kempston compatible joystick interface so it doesn’t conflict with other peripherals.

Lottery number picker.

It appears that the software famine for TS 2068 computer owners may soon be over. A device called the Spectrum Emulator has been introduced here in the U.S. It will allow software produced for the English Sinclair Spectrum to run on the 2068.

BASIC screen dump program for the Gorilla Banana printer with Aerco or Oliger print interface.

Timex/Sinclair Amateur Radio Users Group (TSARUG) organized a FIDO network node.

This program generates a random character, either a letter or a number, and displays it on the screen, enlarged to eight lines. The Player presses the matching key on the ZX81 keyboard and is rewarded with a “Happy Face” and a song.

Suggestions for taking photos of TV screens with an SLR.

One line tips/tricks.

Utility to convert a standard 32 column screen to a 64 column screen.

High resolution graphics version of Blackjack using Silicon Mountain’s SCRAM Hi*Res Extended Basic and non-volatile RAM board.

Program to amortize a home loan.

Instructions on how to connect.

Digital computers like the TS 2068 deal with two voltages. These are 0v and +5v, or rather something is true (+5) or something is false (0). We could also call this switched on or off. A popular process today, is to control external equipment with analogous properties and multiple control voltages, with digital computers

Review of user-assembled QL available from dealers.

Review of the simple BBS program written by the Indiana Sinclair Timex User Group.

More on the TS-PC controversy; don’t let ’em burn; drop down menus; TS2068 graphics; prime factors; a faster joystick.

An open letter to the readers; guest editorial: the “Sleeper Has Awaken”; newer Sinclair user; puzzle of the month fan; last of the simple computer?; Timex/Sinclair — “The Real Thing”; ZEUS Utility revisited;

Overview of the TS1000 “clone”.

This program computes interest over a certain period of time, at a selected interest rate.

Upgrade to 64K with a 43256 static RAM chip and some memory decoding.

Introduction to using the TS 1000 as the basis for a robot.

Letters from readers. Solution to Puzzle of the Month from a prior issue; using serial printers with the TS2068; articles on disk; QL machine code; a program to keep young children occupied on the TS2068.

Sinclair Research has done it again! Their new personal computer with 128k RAM, two micro-drives, and four software packages, sells for the almost unheard of price of $499.

BASIC program that uses boolean logic to demonstrate horizontal and vertical wrap around.

Comprehensive public domain software library maintained by VISTA (Vashon Island Sinclair Timex) is available. Software available to perform color screen dumps to the Okimate 20, when connected via parallel interface. New business software from Bottle Cap Software, Byte Power. Zunk Custom Electronics is offering CADZ and games from Magicksoft. For QL users, EMSoft and Meta…

Many “Kaleidoscope” programs have appeared over the years. These simple, but fascinating graphics displays have been adapted to virtually every computer ever built. The ZX81/TS family is no exception. Unfortunately, since the Z80 CPU in these machines is {effectively} clocked at only -5 mHZ in SLOW mode, the result is rather slow and BO-RING.

Program to print cassette labels.

In many fields of learning and occupations, unique and customized languages have evolved, due to the need for efficiency and standardization. Take the medical field for instance. When a doctor writes out a prescription, to you it looks like no more than sloppy scribbling, but to the pharmacist, it is a clear order written in…

When I was looking for a disk operating system, the first thing I wanted was a system that would work on ALL of the ROM configurations available for the TS2068. At that time, I was running MSCRIPT, TASWORD II witha Spectrum Emulator, and ZTERM modem software with the Zebra OS-64 cartridge. Secondly, I was looking…

Disk interface with built-in DOS for ZX81/TS 1000 computers. User supplied power supply and compatible disk drive.

User attempting to build a printer interface; user views on QL; disassembly of the BEEP routine from ROM.

BBS software for 2068; redirect screen output to printer; circuit to map one key to two key closures; number of days between dates.

Gorilla printer offered by DAK; how to use VU-FILE and VU-CALC with 64k; bubble sort for 1000; column reviewing Adventure programs suggested; short machine code routine for sound; joystick program.

Micro-Prolog for Spectrum; A&J help request; 2068 music; MSCRIPT; Sinclair joysticks; 80 column VU-CALC printing; Spinning Wheel.

Update to Gazer’s Guide form Nov/Dec 85 issue; more about Astronomer reviewed by Bingham in v2n2; Radio Shack thermal paper for the 2040; updates to Dunnington’s articles about RAM; math errors in 2068 ROM; printers; travelling with the 2068.

Redirecting output from the screen to the printer on the 2068; Ski and Cavern games a hit; mathematic equalities; help with Larken disk drive; football prediction program.

TS2068 disk drive systems; QL news from the UK; LOAD loader; QL users plea; hurrah for Novelsoft; April fooler; new car shopper.

Tasword Two, Okimate color printer, joystick routines.

Answers to question from Vince Stimmel in previous issue from Branson Wilcox and William Andrews. Richard Hurd on machine language articles; Bob Orrfelt on debugging the 2068 ROM; Doug McRoy on printing a screen from the QL.

Letters about the QL, praising the newsletter.

Light Show 2000 will allow your cassette deck (or any other musical source) control your computer. LS 200 will poll the ear port of the TS2068 and decipher any pulse detected into one of four tonal groups. Depending on the note detected, a corresponding color pattern will be displayed on the screen.

Calculate the monthly payments based on loan amount, term and interest rate.

Program for children.

How to use your 2068 as an alarm system, connected to the joystick ports.

Short program to accurately read the joystick.

Program to read disk tracks on the Zebra/Timex FDD system.

Review of The Complete Machine Code Tutor by Malcom Evans, available from Knighted Computers.

Machine source code.

Machine code portion of the program.

Program to generate Mandelbrot diagrams.

Update to program.

Collection of upgrades/modifications to the 1000.

Challenges using interrupt mode 2 on the 2068 and how to use them.

Fore and Next, a poem about Sinclair computers.

Preview of the event.

Richard Hurd writes about using RAM Electronic’s MUSIC MACHINE with a twister board and Spectrum software.

Announcement for a conference scheduled for August 26 and 27, 1988.

More than 45 dealers and user groups displayed their wares in over 6000 square feet of space; more than 700 attended.

Stippling colors to create the illusion of other colors.

Part 2 of a series of articles about the extended bank switching feature of the TS2068.

Machine code program to play music over the MIC output or on an AM radio

MUSICIAN ROYAL is one of the most recent programs released for the 2068. Written by Dr. Oleg D. Jefimenko and sold by Electret Scientific Company, it proves to be one of the more comprehensive music programs available.

Details about upcoming 2nd Annual Mid-West Timex Sinclair Computerfest; Larken developing RAMdisk for 2068; Thomas B. Woods will be offering RAM board in kit form that operates in the cartridge slot of the 2068. User-expandable from 8K to 120K; TS telecommunications, Sinclair QL; Zebra/Timex Disk support group; new programs and hardware.

256K RAM from Larken; PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises; tax software from ABBA Soft; Beta Basic 3; BBSes; West coast fair planned; Pixel Print Plus.

New software from Ron Ruegg; “Touring the TS2068 ROM Operating System” book from William J. Pedersen; Arnold Ramaker is developing an expansion box for ZX81, TS1000, TS1500, TS2068 and QL computers; Matthew Zenkar offers utility for QL owners who use DTP software; Sinclair Artificial Intelligence Network special intereste group forming.

American Timex Sinclair distributors Rob and Debbie Curry of Curry Computer and John Warburton of Sunset Electronics attended the annual Personal Computer Show in Olympia, Great Britain, the first weekend of September.

Curry Computing; Budget Robotics & Computing; American Design Components; WMJ Data Systems; Novelsoft; Chia-chi Chao; T & C Services; Lemke Software Development; Logic Sales Ltd.; A&J Assembly; Larken Electronics.

Review of the game as translated by Digital Integration for the TS 2068.

Errata for Warren Fricke’s article in the Jan/Feb 1986 issue.

Nova 1000 claims to provide the humble TS1000 with the ability to perform multi-tasking. In case you are unaware, the usual method to achieve multi-tasking is to use one of the newer CPUs. The reason is that they have the additional registers and have been specifically designed for multi-tasking. Obviously then, this is no small…

Program to convert between number bases.

Type-in game.

OBSTACLE RUN is a game for one player, or several players by comparing scores. The object is to move your piece, a heavy circle (that initially appears in the upper left corner of the screen), around the serpentine track, to the finish line, as quickly as possible.

String usage on the TS1000/1500.

Review of the 2.1 SAFE DOS ROM.

Updates and tips.

Shorter one-line version.

Short program to assist in designing 741-based opamps.

Jurries describes difficulties he experienced in trying to purchase a RAMEX disk drive system.

Review of the Zebra Systems’ OS-64 cartridge.

Type-in high-resolution drawing program for the ZX81/TS1000. Revised version for TS 2068 included.

Converting HiSoft Pascal to work with the Larken disk system.

File transfer and BASIC language dialect translator.

Pixel Sketch and Graphics Editor lets you create, edit, and label original graphics and modify, merge, and analyze existing screens with electronic tools. Some of the editing functions on PS/GE are found in Apple graphics software like Mouse Paint and Dazzle Draw.

Short program to support switching between screen areas in RAM.

Techniques and program code for using the bank-switching feature in the 2068.

Re-inking Gorilla Banana printer ribbons; GE TXP-1000 with AERCO and Zebra ZPRINT.

Review of Tom Wood’s database program.

Review of the database program. Cartridge-based version has greater data capacity (37k) and boolean operators.

Oliger 2068 floppy disk interface available; Larken drive controller with Spectrum ROM; uncased 2050 modems; Tech Draw Jr, Spectrum Emulator cartridge, Zebra Talker from Zebra; Amdek plotter; Jack Dohany’s shareware announcement.

Catalogs from Silicon Mountain Computers, Byte-Back, JRC Software. Service manuals from Sams Computerfact. RAMEX discontinues support for 2068 and Millenia K disk systems.

Larry Kenny of LARKEN ELECTRONICS told TDM about the plans for the 256K RAMdisk for the TS2068. It will use static-type RAMs complete with battery back-up. WEYMIL CORPORATION has released the DELTA DEVICE, a non-volatile memory system for the TS1000. A small circuit board contains 32K RAM divided into four 8K blocks which can be…

Australian Army uses 2068 as inexpensive simulator to teach soldiers the art of calling fire from an artillery battery or mortar platoon onto targets in the field. TS2068 used to run a retail business. Nursery uses TS2068 in many aspects of its business. Power transformer manufacturer uses 2068 for accounting, cost prediction and more. ZX81…

An exercise in learning about the actual aspects, functions and limitations of the Sinclair ZX81 microcomputer and it’s version of the BASIC language.

ZX Tic Tac Toe

Part two of tutorial on programming the ZX81/TS1000.

Our example program, ZX TIC TAC TOE (the listing appeared in May/June ’87 on pages 21 & 22), has the LOAD name “TTT”. When storing a program on a cassette, it is better to give it a name, especially when the tape contains other different programs. The procedure is, of course, to use a REM…

At this point, let’s give credit where credit is due. As you may know, SRAM HI*RES Extended BASIC is a collection of new commands that make use of a high-res core routine developed by Mr. Wilf Rigter. This routine is an invention anywhere as significant as the original “cheap video” system employed in the ZX81.…

Two short type-in programs.

Suggestiosn for using the program better.

One good indicator that QL Abacus (QL SPREADSHEET in the States) is a quality program is the fact that, despite the proliferation of other software for the QL, there is no other QL spreadsheet. It is a first-class professional computer program. The following is intended to go beyond the QL Abacus documentation in the Sinclair…

Short program to demonstrate graphics ability by plotting 3D function.

Etch-a-Sketch for the QL.

Review of the QL game from Microdeal.

Program to determine whether you should spend extra money to purchase premium gasoline instead of regular

Conversion of Russian Roulette from mainframe Pascal.

Painting program for the QL.

Power user tips from Mike de Sosa.

Program to make sounds.

Have you heard the latest? A rumor has been circulating in Great Britain for a couple of months now, that Amstrad is rethinking their position on the QL. Amstrad executives have been keeping an eye on how the QL aftermarket support has been developing. Also, it has been common knowledge that Amstrad would like to…

Short program to evaluate functions in strings.

Some of you who have never encountered heating problems with your QL before, might discover that about August 15, or the hottest day of the year, that your QL will suddenly blank out. Actually, it is not quite so “suddenly”. There are usually small warning signals like a ripple on the screen or the colors…

Short program to make pie charts.

Review of programs and resources for the QL.

Keyboard overlays for TASWORD II, MSCRIPT and other programs.

Review of the Spectrum emulator/twister board from DAMCO.

Results from 280 readers.

Game based on memory.

Review of a CAD program for the QL.

Ever since I purchased my TS2068 I have longed for a REAL RGB interface. Sure, the display is OK on my 19” Sony, but the color is “washed out” and there is that ever-present background hash. I thought that by attaching a composite monitor to the monitor jack would at least clean up the hash….but…

Display RLE graphics on the TS2068 in 32 column video mode.

Review of the plug-in board that allows for both Timex and ZX Spectrum ROMs inside the computer with a magnet reed switch on the outside.

Terminal program for the TS 2068 and TS 2050 modem.

Clive Sinclair is working on a transputer-based computer.

Using the 2050 modem board to drive a serial printer.

Review of several QL desktop publishing programs.

Design a rocket to put the assigned payload into a suborbital trajectory at the correct velocity before it runs out of fuel. If you succeed, then you are given an “access” code. The code is necessary to continue so that you can design a more complicated rocket. A second success gives you a final access…

Basic program that uses the three sound channels of the TS 2068 to create music.

U.S. QL – $299; 128k Spectrum, Pocket TV Performs Well, Product News; User Group Update.

Amstrad buys Sinclair; QL gets A+ support; Product/Dealer News; User Group Update; Misc.

Sinclair micro update; Meet the QL Clones, Support for QL Continues; Super ZX81 Support from Scotland; Time Designs Acquires SUM; Letter from the Editor of SUM Magazine; Product/Dealer News.

Sir Clive’s Confessions; NOVELSOFT Emerges as Premier TS Software House; What’s In A Name?; Product/Dealer News; User Group Update.

Sketchit-G is an artist type of program that exploits the many capabilities of the TS2068 computer to produce graphics of all sorts on the visual screen. These displays can be copied by the TS2040 printer and/or saved on tape for future recall and merging. The Timex computer has several resident functions that can be utilized…

Simulates Vegas-style slots.

“SMART TEXT TS-2068” is Bill Jones’ effort to create an AppleWorks environment for your TS-2068. The package includes a text editor and manager integrated with a small mailing list routine. Other convenient features are printer formatting for a variety of utilitarian purposes and in a variety of type styles.

Eric and Kris Boisvert of BYTE POWER have put together ten issues of their electronic magazine on cassette, which adds up to more than 100 programs for the 2068.

Patches to upgrade Ultra-Easy Designer Graphics to handle 116 UDGs.

Dk’tronics Speech Synthesizer for the Sinclair Spectrum is available in the U.S. from DAMCO. If you have a T/S 2068 and a “twister” allowing Spectrum hardware to be plugged onto your edge connector, Dk’tronics synthesizer can make your computer speak up.

Reports on Bob Dyl’s efforts to bring the Portuguese 2068 to the United States. When Bob Dyl of the English Micro Connection contacted Timex of Portugal to see if he could obtain supplies of their new floppy disk system and 2068 “silver avenger” computer (as so nick-named by the British computer press), both of which…

Overview of the new BASIC.

Twister boards and Spectrum ROMs available. Datel Robotarm, Romantic Robot Videoface, Rotronics Wafadrive, and Tascalc mentioned.

Review of graphics development program for the Spectrum.

Sources for Spectrum hardware and software.

SPRITES 2068 is a sprite development and handler package. Those of you that have the Technical Manual will note that there is an appendix, number C-5, devoted to this subject. This program is none other than this same code. SPRITES 2068 co-authors Tidwell and Ruegg have “debugged” the Timex sprite package code.

STARFLEET 2068 is an all BASIC, low-resolution graphics, shoot ’em up space wars game for the Timex Sinclair 2068. Scenerio: In the late 1990s, NASA finally perfected the first WARP DRIVE engine. Earth Federation, a joint US-Canada-European space agency quickly arose to control deep space exploration. Over the first several decades, 9 major STAR BASES…

Program to play five card stud power against the computer.

Announcement for the fair, to be held August 6 and 7, 1988, in Portland, Ore.

A lighter attendance than expected and heavy rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those T/S users who gathered in Orlando, Florida on March 5 and 6 for the Sunstate T/S Winterfest. A good time was enjoyed by all those who could make it. The area is one of the nation’s most popular tourist spots, with…

32 and 64-column disk directories for the AERCO FD-68.

Using Quill to edit SuperBASIC programs.

Review of the tape from JRC Software.

Machine code routine for AERCO disk users to turn off syntax checking when writing or editing programs.

Excerpt from Highfalutin’ Computin’.

Short review of teacher assistance program.

Brief into to bulletin-board systems and a list of four that support TS users.

Short article about modems available to TS users.

Timex/Sinclair Video Identification Program

Utility to transfer software from tape to the Rotronics Wafadrive.

Pokes necessary to adjust TASPRINT.

POKEs for 2040 printing; large print.

Patches to add new features to Tasword.

Duncan Teague is a regular contributor to COMPUTE! Magazine.

Linear Programming, is the minimization or maximization of a linear form, subject to linear constraints, containing non-negative variables. Program uses the “simplex” method to do this.

Review of Minute Manual for the Dot Matrix Printer.

Review of the streaming cassette storage system.

The Disciple Interface is primarily a disk interface, but it also offers several other features which probably make it the best value in disk interfaces for the Sinclair Spectrum currently available. The Disciple is intended for use on a 48K Spectrum. To use it on a TS2068, it requires the addition of a “twister” board…

Letter from Jim Preston comments on Timex Sinclair Computer Fest in Indianapolis, repair options for TS owners. Tim Woods notes Jim passed away at 66.

Description of Tim Stoddard’s “souped-up” ZX81: 64K RAM, improved heatsink, digital aquisition module (A/D, D/A, realtime clock) as encountered at the 1987 Midwest TS Computer Fest.

Status of the QL and how to potentially improve the commercial viability of the product; discussion of QL drawing/graphics programs.

Review of the cassette (with 17 programs) from JRC Software.

Review of the game.

When Timex released its Technical Manual for the TS2068, we learned how to add memory to and switch between its three internal memory banks.  This was wonderful stuff, and it’s given us many excellent TS2068 products long after the “profane world” thought that the Timex computer was dead.  Still, if we think back, we may…

Part 5 of series of articles about bank switching as originally designed in the TS 2068.

A Sinclair IBM “Clone” (the Amstrad PC-1640 rebadged as a “Sinclair”). Summer T/S shows: Third Annual Northwest/International Timex Sinclair Mini-Fair; 1988 Midwest Timex Sinclair Conference.

Simulation of shell guessing game.

Review of the disk drive system.

Review of the Spectrum emultor from Doug Dewey.

Tips on using the Zebra disk drive system.

Converting VU-3D, VU-CALC, VI-FILE and Timex Chess to the Zebra disk system.

Questions about Larken disk system; programming in machine code; recovering from data loss.

I don’t know exactly what came to your mind when you heard the news, but as for myself, I experienced the five classic reactions to a death. First denial, then anger, and so on. It crept suddenly up on us all like a trap catches a mouse. We should have seen it coming. We should…

Throughout the month of January and even into the early part of February, before the bad news had hit, the product planning department at Timex was bustling. Led by director Billy Skyrme, a long time company employee, this division was creating a bit of excitement among TS user groups and in the computer press. Speculation…

Listing of vendors and their products.

Review of John McMichael’s interface and driver software to allow for printing to the 1520.

Description of twister board and other accessories for the TS 2068.

Short review of Sherlock, a game for the ZX Spectrum.

Timachine will compile virtually all of the Sinclair BASIC commands into a much speedier program.

Hint for moving Novelsoft’s TIMACHINE to disk.

Reviews of the programs.

Determines time differences in global location.

Update on Higgenbottom’s effort to take over the 2068.

Editorial announcing magazine.

Tips for resolving common problems.

Review of the flight simulator program.

Program to simulate the tones produced by a touch-tone phone.

Top Spectrum games and programs for the year.

Hints on overcoming issues with faulty QL computers.

Last article in series on loading programs in sequence.

Cartridge boards, expansion boar, EPROM programmer.

Update on Spectrum emulation options, accessories for TS 2068 users with an emulator ROM.

Spectrum ROM/adapter options from Doug Dewey, Pheonix Enterprises, Foote Software and Long Island Sinclair Timex Group.

Updates on the Clifford and Associates Z-LINK 2068/Spectrum interface card, new products from DAMCO and English Micro Connection.

Change R67 on TS2068 to adjust output impedance of composite video out. Saving Tomahawk to disk. Joystick and printing problems.

Questions about MSCRIPT, monitors, interfaces for the Okimate 10/20, glitches printing to Smith-Corona TP-II.

Programming ROMs to contain multiple operating systems; problem with Amdisk III; problem with converted TI keyboard; saving certain programs to disk with NMI SAVE button.

A forum for people having problems with their 1000, 1500 and 2068.

Mindware MW-100 printer with TS2068; composite/RGB monitor blanking when used with 1000; interfacing to TTL monitors; Hacksel interface with Radio Shack DMP-105; DMP-105 with Memotech I/F and 1000; non-linearity of 2040 printout.

Groundwork for the Second Annual Mid West TS Computerfest underway.

For a practical demonstration of a chained program, using the Above RAMTOP method of passing data from one module to another, I have chosen one consisting of three modules. A module to set RAMTOP (“RT”), a text entry module (“TE”), and a text LPRINT module (“PRT”). The program will allow you to enter, store above…

Utility program to support Macintosh-style dropdown menus.

Review of the ZX Spectrum game.

“TURBOS” is a computer program for engine building enthusiasts. By taking an engine that has no turbo, blower, ect., and using its rated horsepower, the rpms it was rated at, and the engine’s cubic inch displacement, one can figure the cubic feet of air flow through the engine and thus calculate new horsepower.

Ed Grey Enterprises (formerly Grey & Clifford Computer Products) continues to support Timex/Sinclair market. Variety Sales changes its name to Variety Computers & Electronics.

Review of the Straits of Hormuz and Executive Clue, both for the TS 2068.

A colorful little utility which leaves you all the fun of designing user defined graphics and little of the drudgery. It allows the user to design four UDG characters on screen at once and by the use of on-screen menus to alter, move or save them.

This is the first of a two-part article on how dynamic rams operate, how the TS1016 works, and how to upgrade the ram pack to use the newer 5 volt 64k dynamic rams.

This is the second part on upgrading your TS 1016 RAM pack to 64k. Last issue we discussed the ins and outs of dynamic memory and how the Sinclair RAM pack works.

Recommended hardware upgrades.

What’s new and updated in the Oliger DOS.

Conversion kit for TVs to allow for direct composite input.

VIEWord, MAIList, and FORMail are utility programs that would be most suited for the small business environment or personal home computing. VIEWord is an interesting (but easy-to-use) word processor. MAIList, as the name implies, is an address manager, and FORMail is a utility that uses files from both VIEWord and MAIList, to print formal type…

Routine to plot and print bar charts.

Update on the Spectrum 128K, TASWORD Three, computer astronomy newletter.

An interview with the editor/publisher of Time Designs Magazine.

Fred Nachbaur accepted a position with a firm in Ottawa.

Report from the 1987 Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computer Fest, held May 2nd and 3rd, 1987, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Reasons not to give up on the QL.

The Sinclair QL, with its compact and efficient keyboard console, its 32-bit CPU, its twin Microdrives, its excellent operating system and highly regarded SuperBASIC, its exceptional “bundled” software, its comprehensive user guide, and finally, its available hardware and software support, is a “best buy” by a considerable margin at $299.

Type-in program inspired by similar program in Computer Shopper.

Review of The Artist by Bon Jangeborg, published SofTechnics. Requires Spectrum ROM.

Column about the Z88.

Overview of the laptop computer.

Unless you have been out of the country for the past year, I am sure that you have heard about the Timex Portugal Disk Drive System that was made in Europe and might be sold here in the United States. For a time, it seemed that this system would not be sold here. But thanks…

Review of the Koala Pad and adapter, plus software.

Review of the Votrax SC-01-based speech synthesis unit.

Disk handler (program) and tips for using the Zebra disk drives.

Converts Zeus source code files into ASCII files for either Mscript or Tasword Two.

Review of the program, notes issues.

Program to determine words based on the last four digits of a phone number.

Review of Russell Electronics’ “experimental software color graphics” that used software tricks to create the illusion of color.

ZX-CALC + R.F.R.G. is a complex and comprehensive spreadsheet/accounting package. R.F.R.G. is a supplement to ZX-CALC called an “accounting model” (R.F.R.G. stands for Rodriguez Financial Report Generator). The author states that it is used primarily for sole proprieterships who do not have the company’s assets tied up in land.

Review of the terminal program for the TS1000.

A/D converter for the TS/ZX using the TLC548.

Part two of series on building a digital-to-analog converter.