User Groups

Articles (161)

TitleAuthor(s)PublicationDate
1st Annual North American Timex/Sinclair User Group Directory
Listing of user groups.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1985
A National Sinclair Organization
The Sinclair Northamerica Users Group (SNUG) was proposed at the 1988 Sunstate T/S Winterfest.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
A National Timex Sinclair Directory Being CreatedNite-Times NewsJanuary 1988
A National Users’ Group
One of the more provocative ideas emerging during the WINTERFEST was that of a national Users' Group. The project is...
SyncWare NewsMarch/April 1988
A Trip to the ZX-Team Land
The Fifth Annual (“Jubilee”) ZX-TEAM meeting was held in Dietges, Germany March 2nd through 4th and I was there! I’ve...
ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2001
A ZX/TS Celebration in Boston
On October 22, 1983, the Boston Computer Society’s Sinclair-Timex User Group celebrated their Second Anniversary at the Boston Park Plaza...
SYNCJanuary/February 1984
Alpha Strings
Label maker modification; little goodies revisited; user groups.
T-S HorizonsApril 1986
And Out of the AshesThe HackerSeptember 1990
Announcements
Quantum Levels magazines ending publishing. New issue disks.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Bits & Bytes
The Hacker (user group newsletter) published last issue. T/SNUG news from Bob Swoger.
The Plotter
Bits and Pieces
News from the UK; Mini Xmod communications package; additions to user group list; repair changes; Oliger/Kingsley disk system; TI 99/4A...
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1985
Bits and Pieces
Sinclair Research Ltd. suffering from severe cash-flow problems has been bailed out by Robert Maxwell, owner of the Daily Mirror...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1985
Bulletins
Second anniversary celebration of Sinclair-Timex User Group of the Boston Computer Society; user seeks triangulation software; query about using TS1000...
Timex Sinclair UserNovember 1983
C.A.T.S. Computer Fest 1989Sinc-LinkMay/June 1989
Clubs and Newsletters: Timex Sinclair Amateur Radio Users Group (TSARUG)ByteMay 1986
Come to the Fair
Plans for Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computerfest, held May 3 and 4, 1986, are finalized.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1986
Computers for Convicts Department
A California user group made a gift of two Timex computers and some software to inmadte in a Nevada prison.
T-S HorizonsApril 1986
Data Interrupt
List of user groups.
Nite-Times NewsNovember - December 1989
Dear Reader
The management of SYNCWARE NEWS has asked me to take on the post of editor, as of the first issue...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsNovember/December 1987
Directory of Newsletters
Many user groups and individuals publish newsletters. The user group letters contain news about the group, its activities, programs, members,...
SYNCNovember/December 1983
Directory of User Groups
Joining a user group is one of the best ways of learning about your computer and sharing what you have...
SYNCNovember/December 1983
Down Under ReportZX-AppealJanuary 1989
Editor Ramblings
Growth of the magazine. Amateur radio and the Sinclair Computer; QZX. Computers in schools. Watchmaker's Guidebook. Users group in Hammond,...
Synchro-SetteNovember 1982
Editor Ramblings
Mistakes in the January 1983 issue. Sidewinder, a new printer from Mindware. Synchro-Sette tapes bulk produced. CFASTDATA, CFASTDUET from Cosmonics....
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1983
Editorials and Announcements
Bill Cable is QL editor; advertising dropped, magazine is cooperative effort; seeking volunteers to publish Update.
Update MagazineOctober 1989
For You… User GroupsQuarTerSSummer 1985
For Your Support
ZEBRA SYSTEMS, INC., 78-06 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, NY 11421, (718) 296-2385 is currently offering Graphics Collection tapes for use with...
SyncWare News
Forum
Terminal program for TS1000; bus conversion to Spectrum; tilde character; Byte-Back modem with Modem II; converting Spectrum software; RAMTOP with...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1985
Great TS User Groups
Have we listed your group’s information lately? Send us the club’s name/address for publication. Get noticed. Bring in new members!...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1987
Great TS User Groups
Have we listed your group’s information lately? Send us the club’s name/address for publication. Get noticed. Bring in new members!...
Time Designs MagazineNovember/December 1987
H.A.T.S. Newsletter Prints Its Final IssueThe HackerJanuary 1990
Hacker Bites the Dust and Bids Farewell to Its ReadersLISTing NewsletterMarch 1992
Hints to Users’ Groups
Several valuable suggestions for UGs came out of the Columbus meeting. Which proves the value of UGs in general and,...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
How I started a user group
A lot of people have asked me, “What is a user group and how does one get started?” A user...
Timex Sinclair UserJune 1983
How to Find a Users’ GroupFamily ComputingFebruary 1985
Indiana Sinclair Timex User Group
Now being formed and expanded. FRANK DAVIS 513 EAST MAIN ST PERU, IN 46970
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1986
InputSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
Interesting Tid-Bits
Program to color-cycle 2068 screen to prevent monitor burn-in. Avoiding use of GOSUBs. Renumbering routines. Update magazine background, article index...
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa ChapterNovember 1989
Join a Society
Triangle Sinclair Users Group (TSUG) meets every month in North Carolina.
ByteNovember 1983
Letter from Bill HarmerSinc-LinkMay/June 1992
Letter from Don Lambert
Don is editor of the SNUG Newsletter.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1991
Letter: Toronto Timex-Sinclair Users Club
Short letter about the club and contact information.
ZX ComputingJune/July 1985
Letters
“I have started a Users Group in the Harrisburg Area. I am having trouble locating users. The name of our...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1986
Look Skyward, StrangerCATS NewsletterDecember 1992
Machine Specifics: Orphans
Greater Cleveland Timex Sinclair Users’ Group wishes to swap public domain programs with other user groups.
Patrick SperaFamily ComputingFebuary 1988
Mailing List Changes
Reports new contacts for Sinclair SIGs discovered via SLIX: G. Granger in New Carlisle, Ohio, and Pittsburgh Area Computer Club...
Bill HarmerTS BulletinFebruary 1990
Mailing List Updates
Reports on changes to the TS Bulletin mailing list: Harrisburg Area TSUG (HATS) dissolved after its December 1989 final issue,...
Bill HarmerTS BulletinJanuary 1990
Mexican 2068 Users Group
Group looking for other users.
ZX-AppealDecember 1985
Mid-West TS Computerfest
The Mid-West TS Computerfest held in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 3rd and 4th was a great success, and enjoyed by...
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1986
Mid-West TS Computerfest Opens May 3rd
Preview of the event.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1986
Midwest TS Computer Fest A Huge Success – Again!
More than 45 dealers and user groups displayed their wares in over 6000 square feet of space; more than 700...
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1987
More on S.N.U.G.
Mel Nathanson He asks that correspondence be sent either to him or to: Mary-Lynn Johnson If anything in this release...
SyncWare NewsMarch/April 1988
National Listing
Listing of user groups.
Timex Sinclair UserOctober 1983
National TS User’s Network to Form
Don Barnard of TSS is forming a new club that promises to provide the following services for $30/year. In addition,...
SyntaxSeptember 1984
National TS Users Group Directory
a) 1st Sinclair Users Group of Phoenix c) 1. Tony Toccora (address above) 2. Moosa Marafi (phone number below) f)...
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1988
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n6)
New products from Daydesign, Compuwiz, G. Russell Electronics, SofTec, DJM Software, Compucraft, DK’tronics, Timeworks, Toptronics, Florida Creations, ZX/TS Software Exchange...
SyntaxJune 1983
New Releases
New software from Ron Ruegg; "Touring the TS2068 ROM Operating System" book from William J. Pedersen; Arnold Ramaker is developing...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
News From Around the ClubsSWYMNovember 1989
News From Other User Groups
From Triangle Sinclair User’s Group,their May, June,and July Newsletter, has a machine code peeker (available in Library on tape)and an...
Sincus NewsNovember 1984
News from SNUG
Brief report on SNUG (Sinclair National User Group) noting that its newsletter has been delayed due to the illness of...
Bill HarmerTS BulletinJanuary 1990
Newsletter and Information ExchangeSinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
Newsletter X ChangeCATS NewsletterMay 1985
Newsletters and Clubs
Comprehensive update on the Timex/Sinclair user group and newsletter landscape: Vancouver TSUG seeking material and a new editor; Larken Electronics...
Bill HarmerTS BulletinSeptember 1990
Notice to Former SNUG Members
Update from Paul Holmgren on the status of SNUG.
Update MagazineApril 1994
Odds, Ends, Etc.
While most of the “survivors” of the recent Great Magazine Showdown, as well as the majority of their advertisers, are...
T-S HorizonsDec 1984
Of Interest
EBZUG, PUG, SBAZUG. If you’ve bought one of those cute little Timex computers, and can’t get it to work right,...
Dr. Dobb’s JournalOctober 1983
Oliger Disk Drive BBS Program Issue Disk
Description of the Indiana Sinclair Timex User Group's effort to write a BBS.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
Other Sinclair-Timex Users Groups
List of groups.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterApril 1984
Past and Present MembersZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2003
President’s Report
Notes about forming the Timex Sinclair Users Group of Cincinnati.
Timex Sinclair Users Group Of Cincinnati NewsletterFebruary 1985
Public Domain Libraries
The CATS TSUG advises that their library for the TS-2068 is on Cassette only. Three tapes are available with over...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Report in the Sinclair Expo in Milwaukee
Update about the expo and Timex/Sinclair scene.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Resources (Sync v3 n5)
Listing of new user groups, books and other resources.
SYNCSeptember/October 1983
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...
Update MagazineApril 1988
ScuttlebutSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1990
Sinclair Computing
Update Magazine has withdrawn its offer to allow SNUG to take over publishing the magazine. This was because of two...
Update MagazineApril 1989
Sinclair Down Under
Report on visit to Australia and Sinclair groups there.
ZX-AppealJune 1986
Sinclair Milwaukee User Group
Our group is called Sinclair Milwaukee Users Group, also called SMUG. We were established in 1983 and work with all...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Sinclair News Network
U.S. QL - $299; 128k Spectrum, Pocket TV Performs Well, Product News; User Group Update.
Time Designs MagazineNovember/December 1985
Sinclair News Network
Amstrad buys Sinclair; QL gets A+ support; Product/Dealer News; User Group Update; Misc.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1986
Sinclair News Network
Sir Clive's Confessions; NOVELSOFT Emerges as Premier TS Software House; What's In A Name?; Product/Dealer News; User Group Update.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1986
Sinclair Northamerica Users GroupSinc-LinkJuly/August 1988
Sinclair Northamerican Users GroupSinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
Sinclair Publications, 2nd Look
NESQLUG News, FDD Newsletter for Zebra system, QZX, Sinc-Link, RAMTOP, SWYM, ISTUG, The Plotter, CATS Newsletter and Z88 EPROM.
Update MagazineApril 1992
Sinclair Study Group
As you may be aware, there are a large number of Sinclair-Timex user groups around the U.S. and Canada. We...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay 1983
Sinclair User Group List v1.1LISTing NewsletterMarch 1986
SincLinkTimelinezOctober - November 1987
SNUG Update
Brief update on progress in establishing the Sinclair Northamerica Users Group.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Summer Westcoast TS Fair Features an “All-Star” Cast
Announcement for the fair, to be held August 6 and 7, 1988, in Portland, Ore.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
Sunstate Timex Sinclair Winterfest ’88
A lighter attendance than expected and heavy rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those T/S users who gathered in Orlando,...
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
SWN and Users’ Groups
This is a drum that we are going to beat loud and long. We want to help UGs to survive...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1988
T/S Computer Fest News: Sunstate Winterfest 88 just weeks away
Vacation? How about the best of all Worlds!? Central Florida is one of the most popular vacation spots in America...
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1988
T/S Entrepreneurs
Products that have come from the Central Pennsylvania Timex Sinclair User Group include the Winky Board, ZXLLR8, math packages, inverse...
Timex Sinclair UserOctober 1983
Tax Exemption for Timex User Groups
Doug Dewey reports that the Triangle Sinclair User Group has gained non-profit status.
T-S HorizonsJanuary/February 1984
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...
Update MagazineJuly 1990
The CATS Meow
One of the souvenirs I brought back from the WINTERFEST was a copy of the CATS library of public domain...
John (Basil) WentworthSyncWare NewsMarch/April 1988
The Great Connecticut Kit-Building Experiment
New Haven's Chris Baldwin ignited young minds by introducing 28 students to the world of tech through his 10-week ZX81...
Timex Sinclair UserJuly 1983
The History of the Sinclair/Timex User Group
Last fall, I started the user group to bring owners of the Sinclair computers together to share how they were...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterOctober 1982
The Latest from S.N.U.G.Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
The Newsroom
A Sinclair IBM "Clone" (the Amstrad PC-1640 rebadged as a "Sinclair"). Summer T/S shows: Third Annual Northwest/International Timex Sinclair Mini-Fair;...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1988
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...
Update MagazineApril 1988
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...
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
Timex Sinclair User Groups in USA and CanadaT. S. S. Newsnotes
Timex/Sinclair in the Finger Lakes
Mark Tepper is forming a user group in the Finger Lakes region of NY.
ByteDecember 1983
Top Ten Newsletters
If you have ever been caught in the uncomfortable position of having to accept the badge of “newsletter editor”, then...
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1988
Toronto Timex Sinclair Users Club StatsSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1994
Toronto Timex Sinclair Users Group: A History
In October 1982 a short advert appeared in the classified section of the Toronto Star, asking persons who might be...
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1989
Toronto Timex-Sinclair Users ClubSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
Toronto Timex-Sinclair Users ClubSinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
Toronto Timex-Sinclair Users Club and SINC-LINK
The Toronto Sinclair User Club is one of the most active clubs in North America.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1990
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 -...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
User Group Pow-WowCATS NewsletterSep 1986
User Group Update
Have we listed your group recently? Send us the club’s name/address and get noticed! Southeastern Michigan Computer Organization Timex Sinclair...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
User GroupsInfoworldDecember 10, 1984
User Groups
Northeast Florida T/S Users Group; Montreal Area User Club; Ocean State Timex Sinclair Group.
T-S HorizonsFebruary/March 1985
User Groups
List of user groups exchanging newsletters.
ZX-AppealJuly/August 1986
User GroupsZX-AppealJanuary 1989
User GroupsLISTing NewsletterJuly - September 1986
User GroupsLISTing NewsletterMarch 1985
User Groups
Due to a rather good response to a recently published request for user group information, here is a partial list...
T-S HorizonsDec 1984
User Groups
List of user groups that had contacted QuarTerS.
QuarTerSFall 1985
User Groups
Southern Virginia Timex User Network (STUN) Route 1, Box 21 Gladehill, VA 24092 Gary Preston (Group is seeking to exchange...
T-S HorizonsApri 1985
User Groups Forming, Etc.
New Western South Dakota Users Group forming: For all TS users regardless of background. Call or write – Jim Hunkins,...
T-S HorizonsJuly-August 1986
User Groups We Have Heard From
Short list of user groups.
QuarTerSWinter 1985
User’s Groups
DENVER Cap Hamilton 767 S. Gaylord St. Denver, CO, 80209 FORT WAYNE Robert Carroll Sinclair Midwest User’s Group PO BOX...
Synchro-SetteApril 1982
User’s Groups
CHICAGO, IL L.P. Weigel, [phone number omitted]C.A.C.H.E. INC. Z80/Sinclair ZX S.I.G. Box C-176 323 S. Franklin, #804 Chicago, IL, 60606...
Synchro-SetteMay 1982
User’s Groups
CHICAGO, IL L.P. Weigel, [phone number omitted]C.A.C.H.E. INC. Z80/Sinclair ZX S.I.G. Box C-176 323 S. Franklin, #804 Chicago, IL, 60606...
Synchro-SetteJune 1982
User’s Groups
CHICAGO, IL L.P. Weigel, [phone number omitted]C.A.C.H.E. INC. Z80/Sinclair ZX S.I.G. Box C-176 323 S. Franklin, #804 Chicago, IL, 60606...
Synchro-SetteJuly 1982
Users Group Update
If your Timex/Sinclair Users Group hasn’t been listed in TIME DESIGNS before, such as the directory in the March/April 85...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1985
Users’ GroupsSyntaxMay 1982
Users’ GroupsSyntaxAugust 1982
Users’ GroupsSyntaxSeptember 1982
Users’ GroupsSyntaxOctober 1982
Users’ GroupsSyntaxNovember 1982
Users’ GroupsSyntaxDecember 1982
Users’ GroupsSyntaxJanuary 1983
Users’ GroupsSyntaxFebruary 1983
Users’ GroupsSyntaxMarch 1983
Users’ GroupsSyntaxApril 1983
Users’ GroupsSyntaxJune 1982
USR
The following is a list of good to excellent newsletters that we have seen from various Timex/Sinclair user groups. T.S.U.G....
T-S HorizonsApril/May 1984
USR: User group Service Report
Welcome to the first installment of thee User Group Service Report. Our current, though tentative, plans are to run this...
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1985
Vast support network growing
A VAST support network exists for the T/S1000,ZX81: wherever goes the most popular computer in history, user groups are not...
Timex Sinclair UserJuly 1983
What Price Success? Do we need a central organisation?
Demise of SNUG, appearance of TSNUG, announcement of ZXir QLive Alive”.
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1991
ZX-Team
The third ZX-TEAM-meeting 26-28 march in Dietges was a great success: we had 32 participants, 21 of them stayed over...
ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1999
ZX/TS Users GroupsSyntaxOctober 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxMay 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxJune 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxJuly 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxAugust 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxSeptember 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxDecember 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxNovember 1983
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxApril 1984
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxMarch 1984
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxFebruary 1984
ZX/TS Users’ GroupsSyntaxJanuary 1984
ZX80/ZX81 Users Club
The ZX80/ZX81 Users Club in Surrey, England serves all users, beginner to expert.
SyntaxAugust 1981
ZXir QLive Alive Kick-Off AnnouncementBob Swoger (K9WVY)The PlotterMay 1991

Books (1)

TitleAuthor(s)Date
The Best of The Plotter
Selected articles from the first ten years of The Plotter, the newsletter of the Clackamas Computer Applied Training Society, a...
1994

Documents (1)

TitleAuthorPublisherDatePages
Westinghouse Sinclair User Group List
Membership roster for the Westinghouse Sinclair User Group, listing member names and contact information.
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