Best of Timex/Sinclair 1000 Articles and Documents

The Timex/Sinclair community explored every aspect about the Sinclair ZX81 and Timex/Sinclair 1000 computers, documenting their findings in numerous articles in magazines, newsletters and other documents.

The articles and resources listed here represent the best of those efforts, describing everything from BASIC and machine language programming techniques, new hardware designs, retro-fitting ZX Spectrum compatibility, and more.

Articles (7)

TitleAuthor(s)PublicationDate
Detecting Multiple Keys
Detecting multiple keys on the TS1000.
Mather WhiteSyntaxFebruary 1984
Keyboard Scanning
Your 2068 uses ports to scan its keyboard, as do all Sinclairs. Each uses the same addresses, but the data...
SyntaxFebruary 1984
Overlooked Logicals
If you would like to speed up your BASIC programs and increase the available storage, you might consider coding with...
Barry MalpasSinc-LinkAugust/September 1986
Print Using
The TS 1000, 1500, and 2068 computers do not support this function but many forms of BASIC do. I have...
Dick WagnerThe PlotterAugust 1987
Techniques for Calling USR Routines
If you’ve examined some of your programs for any of the Sinclair computers containing machine code, you’ve probably seen machine...
David HoshorThe RAMTOPSeptember 1985
The Brick Wall In Your Computer, Part II
Last time we found that every BASIC for every computer contains a “BRICK WALL” that can prevent the computer from...
Wes BrzozowskiSincus NewsNovember - December 1985
TS/1000 VERIFY
With only 8K of ROM in the TS/1000 it’s little wonder that it hasn’t a verify command. This little program...
David NowotnikThe Data ExpansionMarch 1988

Downloadable Files (1)

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