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118 User Defined Graphics Characters
According to Chapter 18, page 163 of the TS 2068 User Manual, you can create and use 21 user defined...
The Plotter
2068 BBS Program
This program creates a limited capacity message BBS using a 2068 & 2050 modem. Thanks to Randy and Lucy Gordon...
Randy Gordon
Lucy Gordon
Phillip Basford
July/August 1986
2068 Display Block Moves
In the Z80 microprocessor used in the 2068 is a command called LDIR that may be used to quickly move...
October 1993
2068 Expanding Array
If you create an array for the storage of data, the chances are that you will dimension the array to...
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1987
2068 Full Screen Input
Here is a subroutine for the 2068 to simulate the full screen input feature of most other computers. It was...
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa ChapterApril - June 1984
2068 Home ROM Corrections – Part I
Corrections to the ROM, in part to support bank-switched memory.
Update MagazineApril 1991
2068 Peculiarities
I discovered something very peculiar about the 2068 when I tried to put some machine code into the area of...
Cameron HayneSinc-LinkMay/June 1985
2068 Print Command Compiler
Program that compiles PRINT statements into machine language equivalent that uses the ROM's PRINT routine.
William PowersSyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
2068 Program: Analyzer
Provides the status of Z80 registers at any point.
H. Edward WepplerCATS NewsletterAugust 1987
2068 Programs
Reprint of an article from Sinclair User to demonstrate scrolling one pixel at a time in any one of four...
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa ChapterSeptember 1987
2068 Renumbering
TS 1000 renumbering program adjusted to work with the 2068.
CATS NewsletterJune 1985
2068 ROM Bypass Board Schematic, Revised
Revised and accurate schematic for William Pedersen’s ROM bypass board.
Update MagazineJanuary 1995
2068 Tutorial: Open# Close#
Using the streams built-in to the 2068 to redirect output or accept input.
T-S HorizonsFebruary/March 1985
2068 Window
Machine language screen utility to support replacing and restoring a section of the display with another, pre-defined section.
SyncWare NewsMay/June 1988
2068 Windows
With the wave of new micros touting their window abilities maybe other 2068 owners like myself have been keeping quiet....
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1986
2068 Word Wrap Utility
When printing a text to the screen by using the PRINT statement, words at the end of the screen often...
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1986
32K RAM
32K RAM in the cartridge port for Timex Portugal Disk Drives.
TimelinezSeptember - October 1991
50 Tips
50 Tips for Better Sinclair Computing This is all from a little booklet that I acquired for the SPECTRUM. There...
ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1992
64 Column BASIC
The 64 column utilities in the 2068 technical manual do work, but they are not easy to use from Basic....
SyncWare NewsSeptember/October 1985
A Broken 2068? Fix It Yourself!
Method for testing for and repairing bad RAM chips.
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
A Comparator to Use on Bad 2068 Tapes
Simple comparator schematic to square up signals from a cassette recorder.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterAugust 1984
A Cursor Pad
Hardware and software solution to create an external, cursor keypad.
Sincus NewsSeptember - October 1987
A Fast Well-Behaved Pattern Flood Fill
Tutorial on the display file and a machine code flood fill routine.
ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2003
A Keyboard Interface for Any Timex Computer
For those who do not wish to go into their computer to connect a new keyboard, here is an interface...
SUMSeptember 1985
A piece of cake in Dundee
Lynd Church goes to Scotland to discover just how the ZX-81 is manufactured. In keeping with its philosophy of sub-contracting...
May 1982
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...
April 1988
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...
April 1988
Activating the NMI on TS2068LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1986
Add serial port to your Sinclair
Project to add a 2050-compatible serial port to the 1000 or 2068.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
Andy and Jeff’s Adventures in Ohio
It was on Wednesday the 24th of August that Andy Hradesky called with the news that his ’74 Fiat X1/6...
Timex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterOctober 1991
Another Look at 2068 Graphics: More or Less
Listings #1 and #2 are shown to illustrate but one point. Both are graphically interesting, though this was not my...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1985
Audioscan
Visualize live audio signals in three graph styles using a tiny machine code sampler that reads the EAR port directly...
ZX-AppealJuly/August 1986
Auto Fade for the TS-2068
The April 1986 issue of Your Sinclair had an article and a program listing for a feature which provides for...
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
Automating the Data Line
BASIC program that moves machine language program to DATA statements.
CATS NewsletterMay 1988
Bank Switching SchematicsISTUG NewsletterMarch - April 1989
Basic Can Be Faster: A dozen easy ways!
Techniques for making BASIC faster. Last time we discussed four ways of speeding up BASIC. In this article we will...
Bill JohnsonQuarTerSSummer 1986
Basic Programming with DEF FN() and Boolean Logic
Program that converts between binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbers and performs math operations across them.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Basically “IN”
Using the IN function instead of INKEY$ to sense pressed keys.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1986
Better Sound
Increase the volume of SOUND on the 2068 with this little circuit.
April 1984
Big Keyboard 2068
Schematic for interfacing a keyboard to the expansion bus.
LISTing NewsletterNovember 1985
Bits and Bytes
Resetting the joystick port on the TS 2068 with a SOUND command. Machine language routine for TS 1000 to clear...
QZXApril 1988
Bob’s Notebook: Binary Search
Binary search subroutine.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1986
Bob’s Notebook: Digital Clock for the TS 2068
This bit of code will provide a digital 24-hour clock which can be used in various applications. It uses the...
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1991
Bob’s Notebook: Renumber to 10000+, TASWORD utils
Renumber to 10000+, TASORT, The Loader
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1989
Bob’s Notebook: Short utility programs
Short utility programs. HEX to DEC conversion; COPY 24 lines to the printer; in-line color via the keyboard; increase size...
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1985
Bob’s Notebook: TS2068 Interrupts
The Z80 has three Interrupt modes (IM) two of which are of special interest to the programmer. An “interrupt” is...
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1985
Boriel ZX Basic Compiler
Overview of the compiler with example code.
ZXzineJune 2019
Boriel’s ZX BASIC Compiler & T/S 2068
Notes on adjusting the Boriel compiler to work with the TS 2068.
ZXzineNovember 2021
Bug in Saving VariablesLISTing NewsletterApril 1985
Build a 2068 Cartridge Board
In SWN 2/4 and 2/5, I discussed the construction of an eprom programmer for the 2068 and 1000. Those of...
May-June 1986
Build a Spectrum ROMswitching Circuit For Your TS-2068ZX-AppealSummer 1987
Byte-Mapped Scroll
Most printing to the screen involves just 22 lines and 32 columns. One line scrolling is quickly done with RANDOMIZE...
T-S HorizonsJuly/August 1985
Cassette Tape Record
Program to catalog tapes and programs.
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa ChapterSeptember 1985
Centronics Printer Port – AERCO Style
Schematic for a parallel printer interface using the Zilog Z80-A parallel input/output chip (PIO).
LISTing NewsletterNovember 1985
Cheap 32K RAM Add on For The 2068SWYMOctober 1989
Clocking the 2068
How to read the frame counter to measure execution time.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1986
Creating Additional Colors on the 2068
If you have ever felt limited on the 2068 with only eight colors, here is a way to create up...
SUMMarch 1986
Custom Colors for the 2068LISTing NewsletterOctober 1988
Customize Your 2068 Keyboard
Circuit to generate a series of keystrokes using CMOS oscillator (4011), counter (4017) and switch (4066). Includes examples for CHR$(27);...
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1985
Decoding the EXROM
The following circuit will allow you to use the memory area above the EXROM, which ocupies the 0 to 8K...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1985
Dense Pack BASICJune - July 1987
Dense Pack Basic, and the use of Logical Operators
There has been a considerable amount of questions and interest about Dense Pack programming techniques andt the use of Boolean...
July 1988
Dense Pack Basic: A Method to Conserve Memory and Speed Up Basic
Dense Pack BASIC employs memory and time saving techniques integrated with BASIC programming. It is not a new langauge, but...
April 1988
Do It Yourself EmulatorCATS NewsletterDecember 1984
Dunnington Flowcharter
(Editor’s NOTE: This article would be worthwhile reading if it didn’t contain anything but the material on programming above line...
Earl DunningtonSyncWare News
Entering and Recalling Text in Machine CodeThe Plotter
Entering and Recalling Text in Machine Code
Tutorial and code for storing text in machine code.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1985
EPROM Programmer, Part II: Fixing Your Home ROM
Correct the home ROM by transferring it into RAM, changing the code, and then programming a 27128 to replace it.
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
Expanded 2068 Input Prompts
One day, as I was rummaging through the TS2068 ROM, I discovered that there was more to the INPUT command...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1985
Extra Memory Programming
Most of us can visualize the computer's "regular" memory. We know that the ROM part of memory has "fixed" machine...
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
Faster Control
Pokes for faster typing and game controls.
The Plotter
Foote Interface FixISTUG NewsletterMarch 1987
For Your Information: Tidbits About CP/M, TS/TC2068, TC2048, ZX81, TS1500 and QLLISTing NewsletterJuly - September 1986
Forum: Spectrum Compatibility
Add pull-up resistors to ROM, consistent with Spectrum design.
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1985
FractionsCATS NewsletterMay 1988
Gesso 2068 CartridgesThe Plotter
Gleamings
PEEKs, POKEs and short routines for the 2068.
LISTing NewsletterOctober 1992
Golden Goodies for 2068 UsersThe PlotterFebruary 1990
Hackers Note Book: Atari Keypad on 2068LISTing NewsletterApril 1986
Hacking in BASIC: Renumbering Including GOTO and GOSUBCATS NewsletterApril 1985
Hi-Res/64 Col. Graphics Utility
Utility to convert a standard 32 column screen to a 64 column screen.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1986
Hidden Keyboard Commands on Your TS-2068
You’ve just handed over your hard earned cash fora new TS-2068 computer and hurry home to set up the system....
W. Fred ClabueschComputer Trader MagazineMay 1985
Hints for the 2068
Pokes and programming hints from a T-S Horizons article by George Mockridge.
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa ChapterDecember 1987
How To Connect An IBM Keyboard To Your Timex 2068
This article shows you how you can use a full size IBM compatible keyboard with your computer and create a...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesSummer 1986
In Sync: Effective Graphics on the TS 2068
Program to create a scrolling message ticker.
T-S HorizonsJuly/August 1985
Input Cursors (for the TS 2068)The PlotterMay 1993
Instant Sorting
Explanation of Shell-Faulk sorting algorithm and implementation in BASIC and machine language.
SyncWare NewsMay/June 1988
Interfacing Tips and Troubles: Interfacing the Sinclair Computers, Part One
Introduction to interfacing the 1000, 1500, 2068 and a schematic for interfacing.
The Computer Journal
Interfacing Tips and Troubles: Interfacing the Sinclair Computers, Part Two
Basic and machine language routines for interfacing. Tri-state interface schematic.
The Computer Journal
Internal RGB/Reset Button Modification for the T/S 2068LISTing NewsletterOctober 1984
Internal Stop-WatchSeptember 1985
Interrupts
А discussion of interrupts was a bit too advanced a subject to cover in detail in my book ‘Introduction to...
The Data ExpansionOctober 1986
Introduction To Channels On The 2068
Did you know that your 2068 has a feature built-in to it which allows you to link new peripherals into...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesSummer 1986
Joystick Wrap Around
BASIC program that uses boolean logic to demonstrate horizontal and vertical wrap around.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1986
Letters
BBS software for 2068; redirect screen output to printer; circuit to map one key to two key closures; number of...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1986
Linked Lists & Recursion, Part 1SWYMFebruary 1991
Little Goodies for the 2068
A collection of tips, aids, utilities from Sinc Times and Timelinez that should prove helpful in 2068 programming. Includes function...
T-S HorizonsFebruary/March 1986
Logan’s Run…
Interview with Ian Logan, author of several Sinclair ROM disassembly books.
Popular Computing Weekly22-28 September 1983
Meet the man who clogged up Connecticut’s phone system
In our premier issue, Timex Sinclair User features an exclusive interview with Dan Ross, the man who heads up the...
Danny Ross
Joseph Gladstone
Timex Sinclair UserJune 1983
Memory/Trace Using Interrupt Mode 2
Challenges using interrupt mode 2 on the 2068 and how to use them.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1987
Mike’s Notebook: BITS
Knowing the bit patterns of a specific byte can also help to better understand machine code among the many other...
The PlotterJuly - August 1990
Mike’s Notebook: CLIP
One of the fundamental concepts of computer graphics programming is that of viewport clipping, or eliminating all lines of a...
The PlotterNovember 1990
Mike’s Notebook: CMPRES
This months utility will COMPRESS a typical SCREEN$ file up to as much as 1/2 its usual size. In addition,...
The PlotterFebruary 1991
Mike’s Notebook: GETPUT
Here are two commands found in other computer BASICs which are missing from Sinclair BASIC. They are GET and PUT,...
The PlotterJune 1990
Mike’s Notebook: LARGE
Here’s another easy-to-use command utility which quickly PRINTs a string of text at any size and at any pixel coordinate...
The PlotterMarch 1991
Mike’s Notebook: LINES
Sinclair BASIC graphics commands PLOT and DRAW have several disadvantages and shortcomings. One of them is that they only address...
The PlotterDecember 1990
Mike’s Notebook: MACRO
Did you ever do a lot of repetitive keying or wish you had programmable function keys? Here’s a clever little...
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1990
Mike’s Notebook: MKDATA
One of the “must have” utilities that any self-respecting software “hacker” needs in his/her arsenal of tools is a DATA...
SWYMMarch - April 1992
Mike’s Notebook: PARSE64
The following bit of machine code will allow you to print any text string using a clean, fast 64 column...
SWYMNovember 1990
Mike’s Notebook: WINDOW
This months utility gives you a WINDOW command that will -place user defined 3-D window at location and any size...
The PlotterJanuary 1991
More on GETPUTThe PlotterJuly - August 1990
MUSIC DEMO
This program will play 5 musics. Just press A-E to select the music. Break the program and look around in...
Eric Boisvert
Kristian Boisvert
Byte Power 1st Class MagazineFebruary 1988
MUSIprint
This music utility will allow you to play music using the LPRINT (PRINT #3) command. A typical example of how...
Eric BoisvertByte Power 1st Class MagazineFebruary 1988
My kind of town
Tim Hartnell reports back from the Consumer Electronics Show. After some 18 months with the Timex version of the ZX81,...
ZX ComputingAugust/September 1983
My Report of the T/S Fest ’87
My wife Heddy and І arrived in Indianapolis at 5:30PM local time on Friday May ist after an uneventful USAir...
Nite-Times NewsMay 1987
Mystery clouds Amstrad deal
The credibility of Amstrad’s deal with Sinclair has been further eroded with news that, far from having “worldwide rights to...
Sinclair UserJuly 1986
ON ERR Programming
The TS-2068 remembers ON ERR and the line number in an ON ERR statement well after the program line that...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
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...
Update MagazineApril 1990
Overlooked Logicals
Using logical expressions to reduce program size and increase speed.
Sinc-LinkAugust/September 1986
Pallet
Implements some of the techniques of “TS2068 Video Bells and Whistles.”
Update MagazineApril 1993
Planet Sinclair Now Open
Announcement of the Planet Sinclair website.
LISTing NewsletterNovember 1996
POINT FunctionThe RAMTOPMarch 1986
POKEs, Etc for 2068The PlotterMarch 1993
POKEs, Etc for 2068The PlotterApril 1993
Poking AroundZX-AppealFebruary - March 1988
Polygons
Program demonstrates TS2068 plotting commands by drawing polygons.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1984
Pot PourriLISTing NewsletterNovember 1985
Power Supply and the 2068
Upgrading power supply and reducing noise.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1989
Practical 2068 Bank-Switching
Techniques and program code for using the bank-switching feature in the 2068.
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
PRINT or LPRINT
Each new book І have bought on the TS 2068 has taught me quite a bit about programming on the...
Nite-Times NewsMay 1987
Printing From ArraysThe PlotterJuly - August 1989
PRINTUSINGThe PlotterOctober 1987
Producing Sprites on the 2068SUMApril 1986
Programmer’s CornerLISTing NewsletterApril 1985
Programming TipsLISTing NewsletterOctober 1992
Programming TipsNite-Times NewsJuly - August 1993
Programming Tips for the 2068ZX-AppealSummer 1990
Programming Tips for Timex Sinclair ComputersT. S. S. NewsnotesJuly - August 1985
Programming Tips on the 2068ZX-AppealMarch - April 1989
Programming tips, part 2
Notes about how the computer store numbers; PAPER, INK, etc on the 2068.
Hampton Roads T/S User Group NewsletterOctober 1985
Protection SchemesLISTing NewsletterNovember 1985
Put MSCRIPT on EPROM
Describes how to make an AROS EPROM cartridge from the original MSCRIPT tape version.
SyncWare NewsMarch-April 1987
Quick Screen Display 2068
If you are looking for a way to rapidly store and retrieve an entire screen display, then this approach may...
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
Random Numbers, Etc.CATS NewsletterMay 1988
Reading the JoysticksCATS NewsletterJanuary - February 1985
Recipes for 2068 Advanced Video
Programs that demonstrate the 64 column mode.
SyntaxFebruary 1984
Relocate
Relocates a machine code program to new location in RAM.
LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1992
Save Memory: Use Buried Color Codes Instead of Color CommandsThe PlotterJanuary 1987
Saving 2068 Programs RevisitedLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1984
Saving RAM MemoryThe PlotterJanuary 1985
Saving VariablesCATS NewsletterAugust 1985
Screen Display Storage and Memory RelocateLISTing NewsletterNovember 1991
Screen Splitter
Utility routine that enables you to save a SCREEN$ in one of 30 different ways, combinations of top pixels, middle...
The Data ExpansionDecember 1987
Screen Store Program for TS2068ISTUG NewsletterNovember 1986
Scrolling 2068CATS NewsletterMarch 1985
Scrolling TipThe Plotter
Short Utilities/Routines for TS 2068The RAMTOPDecember 1985
Simple Output PortLISTing NewsletterDecember 1983 - January 1984
Sinclair EchoSWYMJanuary 1990
Sinclair ECHOSWYMJune 1990
Snowflakes
Here is a code for the 2068 that will produce snowflake-like patterns. Each run will produce a different pattern. The...
CATS NewsletterAugust 1985
Something strange about “VAL”
Program to demonstrate memory vs time savings on using VAL instead of actual values.
QuarTerSFall 1986
Sound: Exploring the PSGLISTing NewsletterMarch 1986
Sounder: Using SOUND on the 2068
Program that lets you edit the sound registers of the AY-3-8912, store the values, save them to tape and play...
SUMJuly 1986
Soviet Block Crumbles: Spectrum Secrets UncoveredISTUG NewsletterMay - June 1992
Special Notice
Proposal to develop a nation-wide Timex/Sinclair bulletin-board network.
The PlotterSeptember 1988
Spectrum Calls and PokesThe RAMTOPDecember 1985
Spectrum Emulator
One of the biggest drawbacks of the 2068 is the selection of software available for it. With the project described...
Spectrum Emulator RevisitedSUMSeptember 1984
Spectrum to 2068?CATS NewsletterMarch 1985
SQ NotesSLUG NewsletterApril 1988
SQ Notes: BiorhythmsSMUG BytesFebruary 1988
SQ Notes: DIY ROM SwitchSMUG BytesOctober 1989
SQ Notes: FunctionsSMUG BytesSeptember 1988
SQ Notes: INPUTSMUG BytesDecember 1988
SQ Notes: Math FunctionsSMUG BytesOctober 1988
SQ Notes: Terminal ProgramSMUG BytesApril 1989
Stacking the CalculatorCATS NewsletterMay 1988
Static RAM on Cartridge
One area which peaked my interest is the idea of adding more memory. I was excited about the idea of...
May-June 1986
Streaming AlongCATS NewsletterJuly 1984
Streams and ChannelsLISTing NewsletterOctober 1986
String INPUT Hints
There another use of the keyword "LINE" beside starting a program at that line when saving a program. If the...
The RAMTOPNovember 1985
STRING$
STRING$ is a BASIC command used by some BASIC languages and is not the same as STR$. Knowing its meaning...
The PlotterFebruary 1988
Stuff 2068
Custom functions for converting Microsoft BASIC LEFT$, RIGHT$, and MID$ to Sinclair BASIC.
SINSeptember 1985
Style and Speed in BASIC
When you write a BASIC program, the order in which you carry out your tasks affects the speed of your...
SyntaxNovember 1984
Suggested 2068 ROM ChangesTriangle Sinclair Users Group
Super ScrollSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1989
System Variables
Here is a program which you can eerge with one you have written and which will print out a list...
Sincus NewsSeptember - October 1986
T/S 2000 Tips
There have been a number of tips for the 2000 that have shown up at news letter meetings and in...
CATS NewsletterApril 1984
T/S 2068 Color Monitor Difficulties
Some hams have difficulty using some color monitors with the T/S 2068. There are very good reasons for these difficulties....
LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1994
T/S 2068 Keyboard Scanning
Most programs require user interaction through the keyboard, and use the INPUT or INKEY$ functions to do this job. This...
CATS NewsletterDecember 1984
T/S Helpline
Had a couple of to PEOPLE aSK how make 2068 programs that start as soon as they are loaded. The...
The Plotter
T/S Tinyboard BBSCATS NewsletterMay 1986
Tape Records
Here is all you wanted to know about saving to tape but didn’t know where to look. Except for minor...
LISTing NewsletterMarch 1986
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...
The RAMTOPSeptember 1985
That Zero Line AgainLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1989
The ‘Old Gents’ Flowcharter
Program for the T/S 2068 that will draw a flowchart of another program, which is loaded from tape.
SyncWare News
The 2068 Emulator
I have finished the code to make the Timex run under Gerton’s Z80 emulator and finally debugged the Series One...
The RAMTOPFall 1994
The Backplane Map: Spectrum vs 2068CATS NewsletterJanuary - February 1985
The Brick Wall In Your Computer, Part 2Sincus NewsMay 1984
The Brick Wall In Your Computer, Part 3Sincus NewsJanuary - February 1986
The Guy From Timex
Timex planned to manufacture and sell a 3068 computer with 1 meg. of memory, 256 colors, and virtual memory for...
LISTing NewsletterFebruary - March 1988
The Keyboard Scanning Ports of the TS-2068
Some time ago when first attempting to translate a “SPECTRUM” program for operation in the TS-2068, I was exposed to...
The Data ExpansionSept 1987
The Logic Operator, NOTLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1991
The Mysterious “DEF FN and FN” Functions
The two functions DEF FN and FN are used together like bread and butter to store math formulas in memory...
Update MagazineApril 1988
The Organizer
Type in this program for the 48K Spectrum and save it as SAVE “ORGANISER” LINE 1. But do not forget...
The Data ExpansionFebruary 1988
The VAL$ FunctionNovember 1985
Timex Logic, Part 1LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1991
Timex Logic, Part 2LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1991
Timex Logic, Part 3LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1991
Timex News UpdateTimelinezOctober 1983
Timex Portugal Coming to American Market!
New “Timex 2068” and Disc Drive to Lead the Way In an exclusive interview with the Managing Director of Timex...
SUMApril 1985
Timex Quits But We’ll Go OnTimelinezMarch 1984
Timex Sinclair Electronic NewsletterThe PlotterSeptember 1989
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsDecember 1987
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsFebruary - March 1988
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsDecember 1988
Timex TipbitsISTUG NewsletterNovember 1988
Timex TipsQuarTerSSummer 1985
TogglingSLUG NewsletterSpecial Edition
TraceSLUG NewsletterAugust 1987
Trace RoutineSLUG NewsletterJuly 1987
Trace: Find StringsThe PlotterFebruary 1988
Transparent InkThe PlotterMarch 1987
Tricks of the TradeISTUG NewsletterMay - June 1989
Tricks of the Trade
Anyone who uses a wordprocessing program has done it. Greeting card programs even do it. But what if I want...
ISTUG NewsletterNovember - December 1989
Tricks Sinclair Never Gave Us
At the January meeting of CATUG, Bob Swoger said he would like to see a new article by me for...
Nite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1990
TRS-80 MC-10 ‘battles’ T/S 2000
The mass-market personal computer battle continues to heat up. Timex and Radio Shack have announced new home computers. Radio Shack’s...
InfoworldJune 20, 1983
Try These
Note pad, Overprinting and Grey Scale Graphics.
LISTing NewsletterDecember 1985
Try ThisTimelinezAugust 1984
Try This
Two short programs demonstrate attribute settings in the display file.
The RAMTOPAugust 1985
Try this… TS 2068
Short program that demonstrates a bug in saving variables.
LISTing NewsletterApril 1985
TS 2068 Bank Switching, Part 2LISTing NewsletterApril 1986
TS 2068 Basic TutorQuarTerSWinter 1987
TS 2068 HOME ROM BypassISTUG NewsletterNovember 1988
TS 2068 Printer Interface
Last month when I started my article for the printer interface, I came up with the idea of using the...
Joseph WilliamsonSUMFebruary 1985
TS 2068 Printer Interface
This month I will discuss building a printer interface for the 2068. With all the software out on the market...
Joseph WilliamsonSUMJanuary 1985
TS-2068 Data Input – a utility for: data base generation, keyboard reading, character concatenation, screen display, full editing
This is an audacious attack upon the most famous weaknesses of the TS-2068, slow data input and poor screen editing....
Update MagazineApril 1989
TS-2068 Home ROM BypassNite-Times NewsDecember 1988
TS-2068 Memory ExpansionNite-Times NewsMarch - April 1989
TS-2068 Programming TipsNite-Times NewsMarch - April 1989
TS-2068 Tool to Convert Chr Strings
Program to convert two dimensional character arrays to three dimensional arrays.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
TS-2068 VARS Save and Re-Load
Program find and save VARS for Larken DOS or cassette.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
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...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
TS2068 Basic Tutor: SCREEN$QuarTerSSummer 1985
TS2068 Drop Down Menus
Utility program to support Macintosh-style dropdown menus.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
TS2068 Home RAM MapISTUG NewsletterSeptember - October 1993
TS2068 HOME ROM BypassLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1989
TS2068 Ins and OutsCATS NewsletterAugust 1987
TS2068 Joystick OperationLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1992
TS2068 Keyboard ScanningLISTing NewsletterApril 1985
TS2068 Programming Tips
Although the TS2068 users manual does an outstanding job in acquainting the user with the computer, obviously it cannot include...
Sharon Zardetto AkerSYNCMarch/April 1984
TS2068 Reset and Initialization Problems With Solution
Reset solution for TS 2068. Works with base computer and expanded systems.
ZX-AppealOctober 1986
TS2068 Reset and Initialization Problems with SolutionLISTing NewsletterMay 1988
TS2068 Screen Addressing
Instructions for PEEKing and POKEing to the display file.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1986
TS2068 Subroutine Adds Intelligence to Programs
Here’s 3 short subroutine that adds intelligence to your programs to make them user friendly. It will compare a user’s...
QuarTerSSpring 1985
TS2068 TipsSMUG BytesSeptember 1989
TS2068 TipsQuarTerSSummer 1985
TS2068 UtilitiesSMUG BytesJune 1989
TS2068 UtilitiesSMUG BytesJuly 1989
TS2068 UtilitiesSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
TS2068 vs TI 99/4A and TRS-80 Coco II
Many people have asked me which computer is the “best” computer. That has always been a tough question to answer....
Sincus NewsDecember 1984
Two Tips: Colors, VAL$
Using the second display file for color attributes and a string version of VAL().
The RAMTOPDecember 1985
Tyd-Bits
Poking MODE; Help for Tasword.
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1985
UDGMaker
Program to make User Defined Graphics.
LISTing NewsletterMarch 1991
Ultra Hi-Res Graphics on the Timex 2068
Machine code toolkit for accessing the 2068’s extra video modes.
October 1985
Ultra-Easy Designer Graphics
A colorful little utility which leaves you all the fun of designing user defined graphics and little of the drudgery....
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1986
UnisortSUMAugust 1985
Universal LROS/AROS Development BoardSincus NewsNovember 1984
Universal LROS/AROS/Development Board SchematicSincus NewsNovember - December 1985
UpdatesSincus NewsMarch 1985
UpdatesSincus NewsMay - August 1985
UpdatesSincus NewsJanuary - February 1987
Use Less RAM By Typing MoreNite-Times NewsMay - June 1992
Use Your 80 Column Printer From BASICThe PlotterMarch 1987
Useful ROM Routines in the TS 2068
List of routines programmers may find useful.
September/October 1986
Using BASIC String/Arrays in Machine Code Programs
Program to transfer the location of a specific variable to a machine code program.
Update MagazineApril 1990
Using BIN Within a Program
Using the expression evaluator to get around the limitations of BIN.
The Data ExpansionOctober 1987
Using DEF FN and FN
Given are three little example programs that mixes up a brew of ways to use DEF FN and FN. There...
The PlotterApril 1991
Using Point!
What is POINT? Our 2068 manual simply states that POINT tells you whether a PLOT point specified by coordinates is...
The PlotterJanuary 1991
Using the OPEN# and CLOSE# Commands on the TS 2068
Many people who use the 2068 have generally no idea what the commands OPEN# and CLOSE# are for and what...
The RAMTOPDecember 1985
Using Your T/S 2068
Notes on using the SOUND command and a touch-tone dialer program to type in.
LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1998
VAL FunctionZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1997
VAL$ (2068)April 1986
VAL$ on Your 2068
This feature demonstrated is one of the subtleties implied by the statement “Sinclair machines always call the expression evaluator”, and...
SyntaxOctober 1984
Variables in Input PromptsCATS NewsletterJul 1986
WATER BALLOON MASTERS
You have heard of shoot’em up games? Well, how about a splash’em down game? Yes, a major breakthrough in computer...
Eric BoisvertByte Power 1st Class MagazineFebruary 1988
WEIRD BALLS (ASTRO II)
Shoot everything that moves!!! Don’t let them pass you by or you’ll lose points. Features the famous 3-WAY JOYSTICK SYSTEM!...
Eric BoisvertByte Power 1st Class MagazineFebruary 1988
Z-SI/O Serial InterfaceNite-Times NewsApril 1987
ZVOICE
Like many of you, I have been fascinated by the idea of speech synthesis. I even bought a GI SP0256...
ZX-AppealOctober 1986
ZVoice Test ProgramZX-AppealApril 1987
ZX81/TSXXXX Out-Board Real-Time ClockLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1988
ZXVoice
For starters, would you please dig out your October 1986 issue of ZX-Appeal and read Wilf Rigter’s article on pg...
ZX-AppealMarch 1987

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