Articles (579)
| Title | Author(s) | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Bug Corrections] Corrections to Tholean Web program. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| $99! Computer What can you get for S99 these days? Dinner for two at a fancy New York restaurant. A few pairs... | Electronic Fun with Computers & Games | November 1982 | |
| $99.95 Timex Sinclair 1000 microcomputer debuts Calling it a “milestone in the 125-year history of the Timex Corporation,” Timex introduced a $99.95 personal computer with 2K... | Infoworld | May 10, 1982 | |
| 16K RAM Pack Schematic | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| 16K RAM Pack Schematic Corrections Corrections to problems with the 16K RAM pack schematic printed in SYNC 1:5. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| 16K RAM power | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| 16K Sinclair/Timex Computer for $150 Announcement of the T/S 1000. Will be available in computer stores, department stores, jewelry stores and drug stores, more than... | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| 2K Conversion with 6116s ZX81 will accept two 2114 RAM chips or one 6116 RAM, for total of 2K. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| 3D Monster Maze Review of the game published by Melbourne House. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| 4K/1K Blackjack In this 4K/1K ZX80 version of 21 you play one-on-one against the computer-dealer. It deals you two cards face up.... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| 4K/8K ROM Switch Review of the ROM switch kit from Marex Electronics. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| 4K/8K ROMs in One ZX-80 This article describes the final solution that I used to make both ROMs available to my ZX80. 1 installed the... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| 6 Shooter 6 Shooter is a game of skill in which you attempt to hit a randomly moving target. When the target... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| 64K RAM Available Mid-March | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| 6K RAM Addition Frustrated by the limitations of 2K RAM, Jim Graham of Oakham, MA, put 6K “under the hood” of his ZX81.... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| 8K Memory PEEK This slow but simple program peeks memory 100 bytes at a time. It displays consecutive bytes in 5 columns by... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| 8K ROM Updates Updates to Hurkle, Castle Doors, Nichomachus and Widget for the 8K ROM. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| 8K/16K Owners Zeta Software of Greenville, SC, now offers 8K/16K program cassettes. Their latest catalog lists a flicker-free scifi adventure and statistical... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| 8K/1K Slot Machine Another free sample software review—a program directly from New England Software’s tape. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| A $100 Home Computer Last week Timex Corp. announced that it will begin marketing a new compact, lightweight model – the Timex Sinclair 1000... | Newsweek | May 3, 1982 | |
| A Brief Overview of the Chicago Consumer Electronics Show and National Computer Conference in Houston The Sinclair Spectrum was introduced in the US at the CES. TIMEX was actively promoting the $99.00 TIMEX/Sinclair computer. | Compute! | July 1982 | |
| A Keyboard Learning Game New users of the Timex/Sinclair computers sometimes spend a long time hunting for a specific key. The keys that are... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| A Machine Code Graphics Line Drawing Subroutine In the pages of the ZX81 manual, we find a Basic subroutine to draw a line between any two specified... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| A Mouthful for Every Occasion You can call up sensational headlines, forceful commands, whimsical statements, ageless wisdom, and irrelevant nonsense all at the push of... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| A Novice Builds the Sinclair ZX81 One user’s experience building the ZX81 kit. | Dr. Dobb’s Journal | November 1982 | |
| A Package From England, or, How I got a real ZX Printer Details on ordering a printer from WH Smith and adapting for US use. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| 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 Presidential Message | BAZUG Newsletter | September 1982 | |
| A Program to Index Articles Program lets you index and instantly find articles from your favorite publications by name, category, volume, issue and page. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| A Report on the Spectrum The Spectrum is a ZX81 that has been developed by adding a hi-resolution display, color board, improved cassette interface and... | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Add a Full-Sized Keyboard to Sinclair’s ZX80 Interface a surplus keyboard to the ZX80. | Byte | March 1982 | |
| Add Direct Video Output to Sinclair ZX81 Simple schematic to provide monitor video out. | Dr. Dobb’s Journal | May 1982 | |
| Adding a Joystick to Your ZX81 Wire a joystick to map to the arrow keys. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Address and Phone Book This 4k program stores ASCII as codes into an array, getting areund the 4K BASIC’s lack of string arrays. It... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Adventure A Adventure is not for impatient or unimaginative players. It has no bombs, no graphics, and no split-second decisions. It is... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Agenda This meeting marks the first anniversary of the Sinclair/Timex User Group. We are planning a big celebration, and have executives... | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | October 1982 | |
| Alien Treasure In Alien Treasure two kinds of treasure are scattered over the surface of a planet far from earth. Your ship... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| An Alternative Display Method – Tank Battle This game itself inspired by Lloyd Johnson’s article “Paint Duel” in Creative Computing (July 1981). The player attempts to destroy... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| An inexpensive computer and interface for research in the behavioral sciences The Sinclair ZX81 computer and Byte-Back BB-1 control module are very inexpensive devices that can be used to control equipment... | Behavior Research Methods | 1982-11-01 | |
| An Introduction to Expression Evaluation In the Sinclair 8K ROM program of the ZX80/81 the “expression evaluator” is to be found at 0F55-111Bh (improved 8K... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| An Introduction to Machine Code How to start using machine code on the ZX80/81. | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| An Inventory System Program to demonstrate a database on the ZX81. | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Announcement Sue Mahoney has accepted the position of Technical Support Manager with the Timex Computer Corporation. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| Annuity Program calculates the payments needed to pay off a loan or how many years it takes to pay off a... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Another $100 Misunderstanding Tips for constructing the ZX81 kit. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Arithmetic Series Quiz One exercise to sharpen arithmetic skills is to use a series of numbers which require discerning the relationships of the... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Arithmetic with a Smile The computer as an instructional tool is perhaps nowhere more successful than in conducting arithmetic practice drills. Unlike the typical... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Artificial Intelligence for the ZX-81 Program listing for an ELIZA-like that simulates a doctor psychoanalyzing a patient. | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| ASCII Program for ZX/TS Computer CAI just announced an ASCII program to let the ZX/TS computers equipped with CAI/O boards operate as a standard ASCII... | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| At Your Fingertips Review of KOPAK Creations’ Touch-A-Matic. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Attention Readers: You Can Review Products for SYNC! | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Attention TS1000 Owners All information about ZX81s in SYNTAX also refers to Timex-Sinclair 1000s. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Authorized Sinclair Repair Services MicroSync will take over Sinclair’s repair work for ZX80s and ZX81s. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Awari Awari is an ancient African game for two players. Six piles of three stones each are arranged in front of... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Bar Chart Bar Chart uses the 8K PLOT function to simplify the bar chart algorithm. It assumes B(15) has been filled, or... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Basic Computer Programs for Business, Vol. 1 While visiting a favorite book store, I discovered a treasure chest of jewels suitable to adorn the ZX80/81. This book... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| BASIC Fun: A Kids Guide to BASIC Programming | BAZUG Newsletter | August 1982 | |
| BASICare Offers ZX81 Megabyte Memory Decoding BASICare of London introduced their Organic Micro system for ZX81s. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Battleship Solitaire This Battleship Solitaire program allows you to play a similar game against the computer, but with the modification that you... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Beginner’s Basic — INKEY$ Function The INKEY$ function, though more obscure than commands like SAVE and RUN, is simple to use and adds a nice... | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Beginners’ Basic: Getting Information into Your Computer Introduction to variables. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Beginners’ ML — Register to Register Examines the loading, adding and subtracting instructions. Number 5 in series. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Beginning Programming: ZX81 Math Article expands on bits, bytes and binary numbers over the ZX81 and TS1000 manual. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Betting is heavy – and we’re not talking about Ascott Report from England about Sinclair and the BBC’s impending micro; Sinclair being passed over for the BBC micro and Sinclair’s... | Infoworld | June 7, 1982 | |
| Big ad campaign spurs sales of world’s cheapest computer Spurred by a big national advertising campaign, sales of the Time Sinclair 1000 personal computer have taken off. Although Timex... | Infoworld | November 1, 1982 | |
| Binary Addition and Subtraction The point to learning how to add and subtract binary numbers is to see how “carries” are generated and what... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Binary Representation Knowing how to manipulate individual bits in your ZX80 is essential for efficient Machine Code programmming, so knowing what bits... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Blast Effects on ZX81 Subroutine simulates laser, cannon shot and other effect used in arcade-type games. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Block Transfers: Horizontal Scrolling on your 1K ZX81 A programming technique called block transfers of memory adds new possibilities for your programming and for taking advantage of your... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Block Transfers: Variables Transfer (Part 2) One drawback of Timex/Sinclair computers is that LOADing a program erases any data that you have in the variables area... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| BOLEX: Beginner’s Ohm’s Law EXercises BOLEX is a program that solves Ohm’s law equations two at a time. Enter the program into your computer, hit... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Boolean Demonstration Program demonstrates boolean logic. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Break Out with This Sinclair Interface Educate your ZX81 — teach it to talk to your H8 or some other outside device. Includes schematic for a... | Microcomputing Magazine | December 1982 | |
| Breakeven Analysis This program requires only a single video format for all control data input with an option to erase and re-enter... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Britain helps public schools buy micros If elementary schools can raise half the cost of a [computer], then the Dept of Industry will contribute the rest.... | Infoworld | August 16, 1982 | |
| Build Your Own EPROM Programmer and Centronics Printer Interface – Part I Multi-part article series. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Building Heat Load This article gives a program for calculating your building heat load. You may not find all the answers, but you... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Byte-Back Modem Shipments Delayed Byte-Back will ship no modems for 4-6 weeks. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Bytesavers Hint If you are using a PRINT after a line number simply to add an empty line, use two commas instead. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| CAI Instrument’s Widget Board Most of us are pretty tired of waiting up to a year for delivery and then getting equipment and manuals... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| CAI Offers Computer Network Package CAI now offers a network package including Lexicon 11 modem, ASCII modem and cable. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Cardioid Plot Plots a heart-shaped curve. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Cassette Loading Problems More suggestions on resolving LOAD issues. | Synchro-Sette | July 1982 | |
| CES Show in Chicago Report from the Consumer Electronic Show in Chicago. Sinclair dropped price of ZX81 to $99; showed ZX Spectrum. Timex displayed... | Synchro-Sette | June 1982 | |
| Character Reverse Have you ever wanted to put a reverse character in a string but you had no way of doing it?... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Charter Members | BAZUG Newsletter | April-May 1982 | |
| Chase Chase is a game of survival. The object is to survive as long as you can. You are set in... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Checkmate Review of ZXCHESS from Gladstone Electronics. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Chess for the Sinclair Review of chess programs and tutorial. | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Clarification of Bytes Remaining Ian Logan’s 8K Bytes Remaining program, Dec. 81, uses function keywords for all input except E, the numbers, and the... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Clive Sinclair: ‘creative electronics’ visionary Reprint of interview that appeared in July 1982 issue of Practical Computing. | Infoworld | November 29, 1982 | |
| Clive Sinclair: British computer saga continues Second part of article reprinted from Practical Computing. | Infoworld | December 6, 1982 | |
| Color Computer From Sinclair Announcement for the ZX Spectrum. Lists features. | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| Comet Crusher Astronomers have spotted a hitherto unknown comet a million kilometers from the earth. Calculations indicate that it will collide with... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Companies That Support the ZX-80/81 List of companies. | Synchro-Sette | April 1982 | |
| Computer controllers: Adapting the Sinclair ZX-80 for laboratory use Differences between the MicroAce and Sinclair ZX-80 are described. Adaptation of the Sinclair ZX-80 for a previously described laboratory control... | Behavior Research Methods | 1982-05-01 | |
| Computer Hint Resolve interference by covering antenna selector switch with aluminum foil. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Computer Keyboards Professional Keyboard Kit and Enclosure for ZX81 Review of Gladstone’s keyboard and enclosure. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Computers and Society The new Sinclair computer is called the ZX Spectrum – a color computer with 16 or 48K of RAM. This... | Compute! | September 1982 | |
| Computers follow consumers home Drawing considerable retail traffic during the [1982 Summer Consumer Electronics Show] was Timex, which starts national deliveries late this month... | Mart | July 1982 | |
| Computers in Schools [Editor Ramblings] Why Sinclair computers should be considered for teaching programming. | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Consumer Electronics Show wows Vegas Sinclair brought the ZX81 to the show, even though the company does not and will not have a dealer network.... | Infoworld | February 1, 1982 | |
| Copter Short program. | BAZUG Newsletter | June 1982 | |
| Crossing the Asteroid Belt You are the pilot of a space ferry going back and forth through the asteroid belt. This calls for highly... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Curing 16K RAM Random Dumping Suggestions for eliminating RAM pack wobble. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Curve-plotting Graphics Curve-plotting has many applications. For example, an oscilloscope is a curve-plotting device which allows the user to view time-varying voltages.... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Dan Ross – Timex Mr. Daniel Ross, Vice President of Operations, Timex Computer Corporation, was the second speaker at our Anniversary meeting. He described... | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Letters about expanding the Sinclair; software available from Banta; 16K RAM pack; reverse video; Sinclair repair department; parts from Radio... | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Letters about power supply ripple; keyboard labels; crashing; jack connections; where to get parts; saving programs. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Letters about tv/cassette recorder placement; crashes; static electricity; merging programs; suggestions for manufacturers; using extended RAM; tape head alignment; vendor... | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Drop of epoxy on keyboard as placeholder; problems saving and loading; solution to poor connector contact; learning BASIC. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Questions about the Spectrum; entering functions; upgrading a MicroAce; sound from the ZX81; RST 28; merging programs; diodes. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Question about noise during save; keyboard replacement; COBOL for ZX/TS; saving; internal RAM; overheating; loose connector problems. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Cassette recorders; speed with 16K; jumping to program lines quickly; handling negative numbers; wirewrap edge connectors; replacing cassette jacks; techniques... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Dear Editor How to make a program unlistable; program for linear regression; painting heatsinks; FORTH; problems with 8K ROM/keyboard upgrade for ZX80;... | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Dear Editor Sinclair discontinues tech support. Inventory control program sought. Connect full size keyboard to ZX81. Improving ZX80 cooling. | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Dear Editor MicroAce 8K ROM and flicker-free video upgrade board. ZX81 glitches. RAM pack wobble. | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Decimal Multiplication for the ZX-80 The 4K ZX80 ROM only performs integer math. This program does decimal multiplication. | Popular Electronics | February 1982 | |
| Decimal-Hexadecimal Conversion Program Utility converts values in decimal (base 10) from 0-65535 to hexadecimal (base 16) equivalents. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| DEF on the Sinclair One way around DEFine in Sinclair Basic is to replace all FN calls with the expression in the definition. This... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Defective 8K ROMs Defective ROMs and notes about power converter in 16K RAM pack. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Defensive Awari Improvements to author’s program. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Degrees, Grads, and Radians There are three methods of measuring angles: degrees, grads, and radians. However, the ZX81 with all its new trigonometric functions... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Demand for ZX81 Outstrips Supply When the history of the microcomputer is written, the ZX81 is going to deserve a prominent mention: it could well... | Electronics Today International | February 1982 | |
| Developing a Memory Map Consensus Nick Lambert of Quicksilva proposed that suppliers for the Sinclair computers reach a consensus on some kind of memory map... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Diagonal Lines You can make 45 degree angles with two nested FOR-NEXT loops. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Dice and Train Dice strictly speaking is not a game. By simulating the throw of a pair of dice, the computer calculates the... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Dice Roll This program turns your ZX80 into a totally fair dice roller. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| DIM as Calculator Sum-to-Memory DIM arrays can function as a sum-to-memory system found in many calculators. More importantly, it acts as a counter function... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Double Your Memory Although the ZX81 was designed to be inexpensive, a foresighted designer has provided the circuitry to use a 2K x... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Edge Connectors Available Kopak Creations of New York now offers 46-pin edge connectors for ZX80/81s. | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Editing Hints for Print Lines Technique for creating many lines with PRINT statements. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings We intend to bring to you ready to run programs of interest for both the beginner and advanced computerist. Robert... | Synchro-Sette | April 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings Description of a potential time-sharing service for Sinclair users. | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings Gladstone selling Sinclair thermal printer. Gladstone replacement keyboard also mentioned. Memotech GP-100 printer. CAI/40 printer from CAI. Timex demo booths... | Synchro-Sette | October 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings Cassettes now come with a loader program. ZX-99 tape control system. T/S-1000 now being sold in U.S. Outside software support... | Synchro-Sette | August 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings Corrections to programs. Timex T/S-1000 computer sweeping the country. Keyboards from data-assette. Memotech RAM packs. Microdrive from SyncWare. Mindware printer... | Synchro-Sette | September 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings Growth of the magazine. Amateur radio and the Sinclair Computer; QZX. Computers in schools. Watchmaker’s Guidebook. Users group in Hammond,... | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings Mistakes in November 1982 issue. Sinclair pocket TV. US Spectrum sales. Printer news. RAM pack ribbon connector. Floppy disk for... | Synchro-Sette | December 1982 | |
| Education Workshop Series Expanded Technical Education Research Centers, Inc. workshops were designed for professional development for educators, emphasizing hands-on experience with micros including ZX/TS... | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Educational Software Vendor Edson Electronics offers educational programs for ZX80/81. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Elimination Elimination is a traditional dice game which provides a worthwhile vehicle for teaching young children (and others) simple strategy, an... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Entrapment This game pits you against your computer. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| EPROMS: What they are, what they do Description of the chips. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Equational And/Or Many users are confused about the logical use of AND and OR in the 8K ROM. Here is a touchstone... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Etching Program Draws patterns by itself. It traces a continuous line, starting at the left-hand center edge of the screen, bouncing off... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Exchanging Registers, Part 6 In addition to the eight registers A,F,B,C,D,E,H and L covered in an earlier article, the Z80 (central processing unit in... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Expanding Existing 16K Programs If you upgraded to 48K RAM for your ZX81, you may think it simple to add a few program lines... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Experiments in Artificial Intelligence Review of the book by John Krutch. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Expression Evaluators at Work Reprint of the article from the first Kitchen Sync column. | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Fantasy Island Review of Psion’s Fantasy Games. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Fifteen Puzzle 8K ROM version of game published in earlier issue. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Flashing Prompts Subroutine | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Flicker-free Four Times Normal Character Scrolling Programming an active display without the flicker and flash is one of the challenges confronting the ZX80 user. So far... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Floating-Point Calculator | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Galaxy Invaders In Galaxy Invaders you are under attack by a fleet of enemy spacecraft which you must destroy before they destroy... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Gate arrays eliminate TTL glue in high-volume product Reprint of article about the Ferranti ULA that appeared in Electronic Design News. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| Getting Acquainted with Your ZX81 This British book is a good way to move beyond the ZX81 manual if you’re new to computers. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Getting Loaded Tape loading monitor. The monitor consists of two LEDs, a diode, some wire, and a case to house everything. The... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Gladstone Electronics Announces New Products ZXFORTH, Fast Load program, Speech Pack. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Glitchoidz Report Corrections to GRA+PIX; Mini-Billboard; The PEEK Function and POKE Command; An Inventory System; The Hidden Chessmen. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Glitchoidz Report | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Glitchoidz Report | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Glitchoidz Report Note the ROM requirements; An Alternative Display Method; Space Warp; DEF; ZX Destroyer; Renumbering by a USR Routine. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Glitchoidz Report ZX Destroyer; Just for Fun (2:5); Block Transfers. | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Grading Program Program includes 37 student names—enough to satisfy most classroom situations. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Growth of Synchro-Sette [Editor Ramblings] Description of growing pains. | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Handling Strings from Another DIMension The 4K ROM left out the ability to DIMension strings. However, with a few well-placed POKEs, you can plug up... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Hardware Helpers Reset button, high contrast inverse video. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Hardware Hints Techniques for preventing overheating, memory loss. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Hardware Preview: RD8100 System RD8100 motherboards and modules are building blocks that plug onto your computer or together to create instant systems. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Hardware Project This circuit will simplify loading and saving programs by eliminating ground loop noise without the need to pull out the... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Hardware Review: Buffered Buss/Development Board “Expansion Board” Computer Continuum’s buffered expansion board kit is a buffered backplane, providing four 44-pin edge card connectors with the same pinout... | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Hardware Tips Thick Black Bars; Insufficient Filtering Solved; Memory Expansion Power Supply; Ear Input Circuit; Problems with ROM Changing; Top Line Hook... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Hardware Tips Some MicroAce Hardware Peculiarities: keyboard entry, cursor flicker, spare chips, references for troubleshooting. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Hi Res Solution Review of Memotech’s Hi-Res Graphics module. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Highlights from the November Meeting Bob Masters talked about using VU-Calc to verify Blue Cross claims forecasts. J. Michael Coughlin described the Hunter board. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| Highlights from the October Meeting Last meeting we celebrated the. first birthday the user group. Ms. Maggie Bruzelius of Sinclair Research, Ltd. and Mr. Dan... | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| History: The Birth of Computers | Synchro-Sette | December 1982 | |
| History: The First Lady of Computers Lady Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace. | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Home Budget Review Checkbook Machine and Billpayer Machine by Synchro-Sette. | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Home Energy Analysis Takes into account the effectiveness of both heating and cooling systems and other factors affecting energy usage in your home. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Hot Stuff Review of SinWare’s HOT Z. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Hot-Z HOT Z is a valuable tool for the machine language pro or novice. | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| House of Horrors You are trapped in the dreaded “House of Horrors.” Naturally it is filled with monsters, mummies, skeletons, and strange creatures.... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| How COMPUTE! Readers Use Their Computers John Crum of Auburn, WA, started with a ZX-81. Peter Lobl, a tenth grader in Lindenhurst, NY, started with a... | Compute! | December 1982 | |
| How I Made My Fullsize Keyboard Describes how to connect a surplus keyboard to a ZX81. | BAZUG Newsletter | June 1982 | |
| How Many Blocks Like most new computer owners, I was testing my new equipment with some games. My fun was interrupted, though, when... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| How to Invent a Game – Inside Flattop Lander (MCD) The conception and initial game design of Flattop Lander and the Machine Code subroutine that will produce an instant display. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| How to Invent a Game, Part 2 Finishing the programming for the game. | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| How to Make Perfect Cassette Copies | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| Ian Logan Wins First Annual Rosetta Stone | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| IC Inventory This program, written for the CD4000 series of ICs and using the 4K ZX80 ROM and at least 2K RAM,... | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Important Information for Cassette Use Suggestions for better LOAD/SAVE. | Synchro-Sette | April 1982 | |
| Improved Super Monzxer Game Improvements to Super Monzxer, which originally appeared in the November 1981 issue of Syntax. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| In Sync With Sinclair User pleased with his ZX81. | Dr. Dobb’s Journal | June 1982 | |
| Income Tax Program to help prepare a tax return. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Isolation In Isolation you attempt to encircle one of the computer’s men, isolating him from all of his cohorts. A man... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Just for Fun Renumbering by a USR Routine; Sweeper; Ed, the Head. | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Just for Fun Graphics Loop I; Graphics Loop II; Draw It. | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Just for Fun Zap; Blaster; Catch 25, or Playing Left Field; Bombs Away!; Grand Prix. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Just For fun Mousetrap; Unvader; Draw and Store; Number Nine; Eliminator | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| K-Mart Committing to Computers K-Mart announced that 1100 stores will handle the Commodore VIC-20, up from 550 stores two months ago. In addition, a... | Creative Computing | October 1982 | |
| Keyboard Conversions for ZX/TS Overview and how-to attach a full-size keyboard to a ZX81 or TS1000. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Keyboard/System Conversion: The First 40/1 Keys The fundamental conversion described here can be made with almost any KB switch array. 40 keys, new or used, so... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Kitchen Sync As has already been said in the pages of SYNC and elsewhere, Clive Sinclair deserves some sort of medal for... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Kitchen Sync The first thing we did when we finished building our ZX81 kits was to play with them— poking through the... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Kitchen Sync Two to the What? Recently, a cousin from Lincoinwood, Illinois, came out to visit. Along with him, he brought a... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Large Letters for the 8K, 2K Machine One tool that has been useful to me is a Basic subroutine to create 4×4 characters for the 8K ROM.... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Last Meeting Activities Dave Wood described the CAI Widget interface. Henry April gave an update on the large keyboard he developed. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | October 1982 | |
| Least Squares Data Analysis with the ZX80/81 One of the most common tasks of a computer is to perform statistical analysis and data manipulative type computations. Many... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Letters 8K ROM Double Images; Taxman; An Inventory System; Hampson's Plane; Flag Use Tip; ZX80/81 World; The Great Circle Route. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Letters Help Wanted, SGN and Inventory. | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Letters Help Wanted, Program Problems, ZX80 Slow Mode, The Hidden Chessmen | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Letters ROMs and RAMS, Memory Saving Tips, The SAVE Signal. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Letters LSCROLL, Flag Use, Key and Token Expressions, Hams and the ZX81, ZX80 ROMs, Hardware Suggestion, Inventory | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Letters Comet Crusher; DEF; Draw It; Strong KBD Signals; List Learning; Pantry Inventory; Lunar Lander. | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Letters to the Editor Questions from readers. | Synchro-Sette | July 1982 | |
| Letters to the Editor Program from a reader; UK Spectrum owner please with computer. | Synchro-Sette | August 1982 | |
| Letters to the Editor Errors in floating point numbers; reader pleased with new cassettes; fixes to earlier programs. | Synchro-Sette | September 1982 | |
| Letters to the Editor Letters about loading issues. Errors in programs. Mindware printer. | Synchro-Sette | October 1982 | |
| Letters to the Editor Problems loading tapes; program patches. Questions about cassette tapes. | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Letters to the Editor Question about calculating odds; how to translate BASIC programs with READ, DATA, RESTORE; 8K ROM for ZX80 doesn’t give SLOW... | Synchro-Sette | December 1982 | |
| Letters: More Memory for the ZX80 Correction to article about expanding ZX80 RAM. Notes on getting ZX80 to recognize 48K. | Byte | June 1982 | |
| Letters: The Sinclair ZX81 Writer assembled ZX81 from a kit and it did not work; claims it was a model for France. Nigel Searle... | Radio Electronics | May 1982 | |
| Letters: Too good to be true? Writer questions whether the ZX81 is real and too good to be true. | Interface Age | May 1982 | |
| Line Print Utility Reading computer-style text, where the words get chopped off at the end of the line, is easy enough once you... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Line Renumbering Two approaches to renumbering program lines, one in Basic, the other in machine code. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Linear Regression Computes the linear relationship between two sets of variables, expressed as the linear regression equation, and calculates the coefficient of... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| List Learning with the Sinclair The Sinclair computers can be effective learning aids if the student or teacher has the software to set up learning... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Loading Hexadecimal Listings This program converts the hex and stores it into a space explicitly for it. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Loading Problems with ZX81 Kits If you have loading problems with a kit ZX81, see if you cracked C10 during assembly. Some machines LOAD fine... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Loading with Syntactic Sum How to use the program. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Logic Chip Failure Symptoms Reader deduced that his ZX81 logic chip (ICl) had failed from the keyboard line and diode matrix. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| London Microfair Show Guides Available Again Limited supply of show guides available. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Lowest Price Yet The Timex Computer Corp., with headquarters in Middlebury, CT, has announced the first computer priced under $100. The Timex Sinclair... | Microcomputing Magazine | July 1982 | |
| LSCROLL – For Spectacular Screen Displays How would you like to be able to create a “Times Square” display which moves from right to left without... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Lunar Lander You are the Command Pilot of the Lunar Lander SYNC. You are now in the final stages of your descent... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| M-16 Memory Module Review of the RAM pack. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Machine Code — CP Branching Tests CPs are 1-3 byte codes that compare two numbers. More exactly, they subtract the number you are looking for from... | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Machine Code Programming — Understanding the Stack Often when writing machine code (MC) programs, it’s useful to keep the MC above RAMTOP. But few people understand how... | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Machine Code Programming: #9, Testing Bits for Branching You can test any bit in any address simply by loading a register and choosing the right instruction code. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Machine Code Screen Fill Simple 16-byte machine code program fills the screen with any character. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Machine Language Programming Made Simple Review of Machine Language Programming Made Simple for your Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81. | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Machine Language Programming Made Simple for Your Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81 | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Macronics Announces Floppy Disk Interface Run a 5 1/4″ disk drive with your ZX/TS and Macronic’s new FIZ 1.1 interface. Interface plugs into rear edge... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Maggie Bruzelius – Sinclair Summary of her presentation at the user group meeting. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Maps and the ZX80/81 In this article, we will examine some ways of putting maps into your ZX80 or ZX81. We will also see... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Mass-marketing computers means shedding the jargon The Timex Sinclair 1000 computer, which sells for $99 and hooks up to a television set, has also seen phenomenal... | Christian Science Monitor | November 23, 1982 | |
| Math Function Execution Time User-tested timing of math functions. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Maximize Display File for MC Poke RAMTOP to create a full display file. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Mazogs In Mazogs you are an adventurer searching for a treasure in a HUGE maze. You must find the treasure and... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| MC Programming #11: Storing MC Subroutines in REM While you can store machine code subroutines anywhere in your BASIC program, the best place is 1 REM (& 2... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| MC Programming #12: Calling and Returning Tutorial on machine language programming. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| MC Programming #9: Jumping Around Most of the machine code subroutines held in REM will be be short around 100 instructions and data. Consequently, you... | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| MC Programs – Where and How to Load Them Tutorial on machine language and tools for loading machine language programs. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| MD-1 Direct-Connect Modem and RS-232 Port Review of Byte-Back’s modem. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Meditations on a Hypotrochoid The plotting capacity of the ZX80(81) enables even the least artistically talented to create some pretty dazzling displays. The much... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Meet Jim Butterfield “One of the most interesting phenomena could be Sinclair,” he says. “Sinclair has introduced a series of small, not very... | Compute! | September 1982 | |
| Memory Decoding Above 16K Sinclair made the ZX81 RAM easy to decode up to 16K, but you may want to add memory beyond this... | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Memory Expansion for the ZX-80 Upgrading the ZX-80 to 16K with a Jade Computer Products MEM-16151K S100 board. The memory board uses 2114-type static RAM... | Byte | January 1982 | |
| Memory with a Memory Review of the Hunter 8K non-volatile RAM board. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Memotech 64K Memopak The Memopak is undoubtedly the ultimate memory expansion for the Sinclair. Try DIM A(9500)! | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Merry Christmas Display a Christmas message. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Meteorites And Red Alert for Sinclair/Timex Review of two video games from Softsync, Inc. | Compute! | October 1982 | |
| Micro Invaders In Galaxy Invaders, you are under attack by a fleet of enemy spacecraft which you must destroy before they destroy... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| MicroAce 8K ROM Replacements from Sinclair If you bought MicroAce’s defective 8K ROM, send it to Sinclair Research with $10. They’ll send back a good 8K... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| MicroAce Out of Business in US “MicroAce will cease trading in the US” in December, Kevin Hawkins of MicroAce just announced. No legal action forces the... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| MicroAce Video Upgrade Smooth flicker free graphics has been the “impossible dream” for Sinclair ZX80 or MicroAce owners, at least until recently. It... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Microcomputing The Sinclair blockbuster. You’ve bought the computer, you’ve read the book — and now, see the movie? Well, so far,... | American Libraries | 1982 | |
| Microsync Speaks Interview with Bob Allen, service manager with Microsync. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Monsters Avoid four monsters (represented by Xs). You must go through a randomly generated maze, get to the other side and... | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Monthly Calendar Displays a calendar for any month in any particular year. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| More Computer Muscle To Power The Machine Upgrades for home computers. Memotech 64k RAM mentioned for Sinclair. Memotech listed in Memory Buyers’ Guide on pg 89. | Personal Computing | October 1982 | |
| More Hardware Hints Polish the board edge contacts for the RAM almost to bare copper. Otherwise grit gets in the solder and causes... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Moving Billboard This program continuously scrolls up to 23 (and more) lines of characters. Do not print more than 32 characters in... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| MULTIFILE — A Data Storage System Review of the program available from Gladstone Electronics. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Need fast ZX80/ZX81 service? Service firm repaired partially-assembled ZX81. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| New 8K ROM Routine Addresses Here are the starting addresses for routines in the corrected 8K ROM. All addresses are hex. | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| New Prices from CAI CAI Instruments announced new prices for their ZX peripherals. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| New Printer Publisher switched to printing on a C. ITOH Pro-Writer. New printer from CAI. Sinclair working on battery for its flat... | Synchro-Sette | July 1982 | |
| New Product Announcement Announcement of Computer Continuum’s analog interface board. | BAZUG Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| New Product Announcement (Syntax v3 n6) ZX FORTH, battery back-up units. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| New Product Announcements (Syntax v3 n5) Darkstar from F/22 Press for photographers; products from RKL Systems, Memotech. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| New Products (Syntax v3 n11) New products from R.S. Panwar, Wisconsinc Electronics, Sinware, P. Pollack, Nanos. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v3 n10) New products from Tom Woods, Hunter, Miller-Zamis, International Publishing and Software, King Software, Hamrich International, P. Pollak, E-Z Key. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v3 n12) New products from Matthew Zenkar, G. Russell Electronics, MicroSync Services, Stephen Adams, E. Alvarez, Norris Electronics, Gladstone, Kopak, M.C. Hoffman,... | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v3 n9) New products from f/22 Press, NIM Electronics, Stuart Software, Norris Electronics, G. Russell Electronics, Lyon Ware, Fulcrum Products, Martin Irons. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| New Products Directory: Fantasy/Adventure Programs Product announcement for “Adventure A” and “Adventure B” from Softsync. | Interface Age | June 1982 | |
| New Products Directory: Personal computer ZX81 briefly described. | Interface Age | March 1982 | |
| New Products Directory: Printer for Timex-Sinclair Product announcement for Mindware MW-100 printer. | Interface Age | November 1982 | |
| New Products: 64k-byte memory for ZX81 Announcement of Memotech 64K RAM pack. | Interface Age | August, 1982 | |
| New Products: Cassette-based software VU-Calc and VU-File available for Sinclair ZX81. | Interface Age | September 1982 | |
| New Products: Portable Computer From Sinclair Sinclair Research Ltd., has introduced the ZX81 microcomputer. The Sinclair ZX81 is based upon an innovative four-chip design, and it... | Microcomputing Magazine | January 1982 | |
| New Sinclair Computer Spectrum announcement. Sinclair has also come to an agreement recently with Timex to distribute the computers in North America; the... | Electronics Today International | July 1982 | |
| New software announced for the Timex/Sinclair 1000 Mindware Incorporated, the first company to market a printer for the Sinclair ZX81 and Timex/Sinclair 1000 computers in the United... | Infoworld | December 20, 1982 | |
| New ZX81 Hardware/Software Vendor Mindware Co. will introduce Barscan for ZX81s in the next few weeks. Barscan uses bar code technology to process collected... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| News, New Products and Services (Syntax v3 n6) New products offerings from Gladstone, Memotech, Instant Software, Sinclair, Hopper & Company, Robill Products, Dilithium Press, data-assette. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Next from Sinclair: pocket-sized TV The flat screen that ICL will be incorporating into its new work station has been developed by Sinclair for a... | Infoworld | January 11, 1982 | |
| Nine Defenders Against the Aliens Review of Quicksilva’s Defender. | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Nonauthorized ZX81 Sales and Service National Electronics III of Concord, TN, has become a nonauthorized reseller of new assembled ZX81 systems. | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Notes on the ZX80 Display File Brook Mick’s letter (Oct. 81) recalls our early experience with our ZX80. We tried the exercise in the manual, p.24.... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Now: World’s First $100 Personal Computer Low cost and wide distribution may make this system the cornerstone of the long-awaited computer revolution. | W. J. Hawkins | Popular Science | August 1982 |
| Nuclear Decay Simulation A popular lab exercise uses special dice to simulate radioactive decay. Marked die faces show the decay probability. After shaking... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Numbers Held Inexactly on the ZX81 The largest is really this 39-digit number: 170141183420855150474555134919112130560. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Numbers Held Inexactly on the ZX81 First in a series of articles on numerical errors in the 8K ROM. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Numbers Held Inexactly on the ZX81, Part 4 The ZX81 doesn’t hold simple decimals like .5 & .25 exactly. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Of Interest Sinclair has announced new ZX81 software, on cassette and developed by ICL, a large British computer company, and PSION, a... | Dr. Dobb’s Journal | September 1982 | |
| Ohm’s Law Program to calculate values based on Ohm’s law. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Organizational Meeting Held at Integral Urban House in Berkely | BAZUG Newsletter | April-May 1982 | |
| Perceptions 4K and 8K ROM Command Conversions 4K and 8KROM Command Conversions In the last issue of SYNC (1 :6) I... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Perceptions In this issue I will discuss the ZX80/81’s display system. The ZX80/81 video display is created almost entirely by software.... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Perceptions The ZX81 Parser and User-Defined Commands; More on the 16K RAM Pack Schematic; Addenda to “The ZX80/81 Video Display System.” | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Perceptions The ZX81 Parser (Part 2). In the last issue I began a discussion of the ZX81’s parser which is a... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Perceptions This article is the third in a series discussing the ZX81 Parser. Since the first two articles may have been... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Perceptions: Syncsums Short program to provide checksums to users as they type in programs, to ensure they’ve been entered correctly. | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Personal computers/calculators: New units do more and cost less; peripheral interfaces further extend their capabilities Reports on recent developments in personal computers and programmable calculators, extending capabilities and reducing costs. | IEEE Spectrum | 1982 | |
| Personal Data Bank Review of Psion’s VU-FILE. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Phone Number Word Generator What does your phone number spell out if changed to letters? A friend’s phone number, 438-5678, spells GET LOST. A... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Pie Chart Graph and Display Program draws a pie chart graph with up to 10 sections. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Player who can crack KRAKIT will win $20,000 KRAKIT is a treasure hunt instead of a game. Using the Timex Sinclair 1000 computer, the ambitious player must find... | Infoworld | December 13, 1982 | |
| Plotting with 4K Basic If you have only 1K of RAM, this program provides you with a field of 10 lines by 7 columns... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Poke: Small Change for Machine Language Pokers Short “monitor” program. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Printer Review Sinclair ZX Printer, Mindware MW-100. | Synchro-Sette | December 1982 | |
| Printer with Mini-Interface CAI has introduced a stand-alone printer with a mini-interface for the ZX/TS computer. It works only with 16K and is... | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Printing on the Bottom Line Here are two different ways to PRINT where you aren’t supposed to. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Printing Strings Faster Use a full-length string of characters to print a bar graph instead of plotting each section. | Martin Irons (K2MI) | Syntax | August 1982 |
| Problem-Solving Circuits If your power line voltage is 120V or higher and you use a 16K RAM, heat build-up in the ZX81... | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Program Blitz Attempt to cure program loss due to wobble by repairing insulating pieces inside ram pack. | Synchro-Sette | April 1982 | |
| Program Improvements Corrections to 8K Digital Clock, Hexadecimal Math and 4K Blackjack. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Program Improvements Improvement to program in Numbers Held Inexactly, Mar and Apr 1982. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Program Improvements Improvements to Big Characters, Line Renumbering and Powers of Negative Numbers. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Program Improvements Improvements to READ-DATA-RESTORE, Flower Plot, Income Tax program. | Martin Irons (K2MI) Frank O'Hara Bill Bruton | Syntax | June 1982 |
| Program Improvements/Refinements Improvement to Harold Miller’s MC screen fill program. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Program Improvements/Refinements Improvement to Sine Name, Hexadecimal Math, Bytes Remaining, Bar Chart. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Program Improvements/Refinements Comment on Math Execution Time. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Programmable Moving Display At last you can know the secret of true flicker-free continuous display through software! If you’re a 4K ROM user... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Programming Contest Computer Engineering Services is sponsoring a Sinclair ZX programmers’ contest. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Publisher’s Remarks: Computer Games Wear Thin Clive Alive! Clive Sinclair visits Boston. ZX-81 is selling for $100 for kit and $150 assembled. Printer mentioend. | Kilobaud Microcomputing | January 1982 | |
| Publisher’s Remarks: Computer Games Wear Thin: When Will The Industry Grow Up? One of the more interesting cultural micro events in recent times was the visit of Clive Sinclair to Boston, where... | Microcomputing Magazine | January 1982 | |
| Publisher’s Remarks: Stay-at-Home Micros Clive Sinclair has been doing a first-rate job of getting his ZX-81 computers into the hands of people interested in... | Microcomputing Magazine | July 1982 | |
| Putting Forth on ZX80/81s Although BASIC is the most common language for programming microcomputers, it is not the only one. Your ZX80 or 81... | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| QSAVE Aids in loading balky tapes and the time saved in loading long programs is certainly worthwhile. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| QSAVE Cuts Save/Load Time QSAVE, a 2-part package, drastically cuts your ZX81 SAVE/LOAD time. The software increases the baud rate, or data transfer, of... | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| QUEST by Aardvark | BAZUG Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Quick Tape Loading and Saving by Mindware QUICKLOAD software loads/saves 6x faster than current ZX/TS software and verifies whether the program loaded properly. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| RAM Decoding for ZX81 Last March we published Al Salt’s plans for adding external RAM to ZX80s. To adapt his Build Additional RAM (SYNTAX... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Random Pixel Plot Two line program to randomly plots points. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Random Walks A program “Random Walks” for the ZX81 duplicates the Hexstat. It is an eye-catching, pretty display and very effective as... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Removing ICs safely and cheaply Instead of buying costly tools for IC removal, get binder clips (with springs). | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Renumbering Basic Statements This article presents two Basic renumbering programs in Sinclair Basic for the 8K ROM. The first program can be used... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Repeat Key Option A repeat key option is relatively simple to build and install. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Report from the 3rd ZX Microfair The third ZX Microfair was held 30 April-1 May 1982 in London. Besides Sinclair’s new Spectrum, we saw some new... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Resources (Sync v2 n1) Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Resources (Sync v2 n2) Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Resources (Sync v2 n3) Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Resources (Sync v2 n4) Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Resources (Sync v2 n5) Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Resources (Sync v2 n6) Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Restart without Reload Use the WAIT signal to restart a ZX81/TS1000. | BAZUG Newsletter | August 1982 | |
| Review: Sinclair ZX81 A refurbished Sinclair ZX81 version— the Timex Sinclair 1000— is now being distributed throughout North America. Timex Corp. (Waterbury, CT)... | Interface Age | October 1982 | |
| ROM Test Program to calculate ROM checksum. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| Rosetta Stone Nominations Being Accepted Nominations are open for the 2nd annual Rosetta Stone award, given for the best independent product (application, software package, peripheral)... | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Rounding Off with Conditional Tests We have all learned in plane geometry classes the Pythagorean theorem: a squared plus b squared equals c squared. Thus,... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Sad About Sinclair User experiences numerous issues with his ZX81. | Dr. Dobb’s Journal | May 1982 | |
| Safe Machine Code Routines More and more programs are appearing in SYNC, under the rubric of “machine language.” There was a time, not too... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Salary Scheduling Cost Computation This 8K/16K program computes salary schedules for two or three classes of teachers (or other workers). For a two column... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Screen Background for Games A dark or solid background often gives a better effect for printing or plotting in games. With an 8K ROM... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Sea War Sea War starts by scrolling from right to left a very impressive “title page” asking for the number of players... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Self Running Programs Making a self-running program on the ZX81 is very simple. Just insert a SAVE statement at the place you want... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Setting Up Bar Charts This program listed works with 1K to chart two years of monthly checking account balances with vertical bars. The graph... | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Shifting Maze This program prints a maze on a 1K ZX81. Run in SLOW for best effect. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Short Program Routines Routine to center a title; checkbook program. | Synchro-Sette | July 1982 | |
| Short Programs Inflation, Pyramid. | Synchro-Sette | September 1982 | |
| Short Programs: Happy Holidays; Dates, Past, Present & Future | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Significant Figures Subroutine Display the significant figures of a number. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Simulate READ, DATA for Strings Although your ZX80 (both ROMs) or ZX81 does not have READ, DATA or RESTORE functions, you can easily mimic them... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Sinclair 8K ROM Problems? How to check for defective 8K ROM. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Sinclair Disassembler Product announcement for ZX80 1K Disassembler for 4K ROM ZX80 and ZX81 and 8K ROM ZX80. Includes a RAM memory... | Popular Electronics | August 1982 | |
| Sinclair Discontinues Tech Info Line Nigel Searle of Sinclair just announced that Sinclair would no longer staff their technical information line in Boston. | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Sinclair Does It Again! Sinclair will soon be invading the U.S. with a low-cost (what else?) color computer featuring improved graphics and a truly... | Microcomputing Magazine | August 1982 | |
| Sinclair donates $10,000 to BCS The Boston Computer Society, the largest nonprofit computing association in the United States, recently received a $10,000 donation from Sinclair... | Infoworld | February 22, 1982 | |
| Sinclair Drops US ZX Prices as of 1 June Sinclair Research lowers the prices on their ZX products in the US 1 June 1982, according to Margaret Bruzelius of... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Sinclair Expansion Product announcement for Computer Continuum’s Expansion Board. | Popular Electronics | August 1982 | |
| Sinclair Extensions Product announcement for SUPER Z from Lamo-Lem. | Popular Electronics | May 1982 | |
| Sinclair miss the bus Sinclair and Timex, were most conspicuous by their absence at the giant West Coast Computer Faire held in San Francisco... | ZX Computing | Summer 1982 | |
| Sinclair UK Unveils New Computer Besides the new machine, Sinclair announced a reported 100K Microdrive for the end of 1982. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Popular Computing | September 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum Like its predecessors, the ZX-80/81 microcomputers, the new ZX Spectrum appears to be yet another price breakthrough for Sinclair Research... | Compute! | August 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum The Spectrum offers colour, high resolution graphics and sound and, at the price, it has just got to be the... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum Update | BAZUG Newsletter | August 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX-81 | Radio Electronics | April 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX81 – Toy or tool? WE SEEM TO HAVE come upon a watershed of computer marketing… it’s getting to the point where we reserve about... | Electronics Today International | March 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX81 Personal Computer | Popular Electronics | March 1982 | |
| Sinclair ZX81 ROM Disassembly Part A: 0000H-0F54H Ian Logan has disassembled and annotated the ZX81 Monitor, easing your access to the improved 8K ROM. | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Sine Name Print any string in the form of a vertical sine wave. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Software Catalog: Darkstar Solves darkroom problems related to print density, magnification, lens opening, neutral density, color balance, filter factors and more. | Micro: The 6502/6809 Journal | August 1982 | |
| Software for Graphic Plotting Overview of plotting software options for microcomputers. The Graphic Kit and Programmers Toolkit (Softsync) are mentioned, along with the Memotech... | Computers & Electronics | December 1982 | |
| Software for Holiday Giving Recommendations for holiday giving for 1000 owners. Products mentioned include Krakit Treasure Hunt, Mazogs, The Artist from KSoft and numerous... | Computers & Electronics | December 1982 | |
| Software For Timex And Sinclair Product announcement for games from Software Development Associates. | Compute! | December 1982 | |
| Software Received Software received by Byte during the prior month. Super Z, extended BASIC commands for the Sinclair ZX-80 and ZX-80 Home... | Byte | January 1982 | |
| Software Review: ZX Galaxians Review of the Artic Computing program. | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Solar Program for Flat Plate Collectors If you’re using solar technology to reduce your energy bills, a computer can help maximize your benefits. SOL will help... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Solving Implicit Functions on the ZX81 The computer can handle problems of this kind by making a series of successive approximations: try out any value of... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Solving Simultaneous Equations This 8K/1K program uses Crout’s reduction to solve simultaneous equations. The number of variables you can use is limited only... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Sources Two publications for TS users. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Space Invaders and Bomber | BAZUG Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Space Taxi You are the pilot of a space taxi in the year 2081. You have just picked up a fare who... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Space Warp – A Graphics Space Game The objective of Space Warp is to reach your base before running out of fuel. In order to do this,... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Spaces in REM Statements If you put your machine code in large REM statements, you need not laboriously type in spaces or digits. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Spectrum Shown at London ZX Fair SYNTAX editors saw Sinclair’s Spectrum at the 3rd ZX Microfair in London (see May 82). | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Spectrum Update | BAZUG Newsletter | June 1982 | |
| Speed Up Your Programs Most Sinclair users are new to the programming game. Many will use lines like: 350 GO TO 710. In most... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Star Hunter In Star Hunter, you control a laser cannon. Your ship is stationary on the left side of the screen as... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Storing 3-Letter Words in an Array I wanted to develop a method of storing as many three-letter words as possible in my 1K ZX80). using as... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| String Function Translation for 8K Equivalents of LEFT$, RIGHT$, MID$ and TL$. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Study forecasts split in personal-computer market What does Timex have in common with IBM? Within the next few years both companies may end up leading different... | Infoworld | August 2, 1982 | |
| Superposition Program models superposition by graphing two sinusoids, waves of constant wavelength and amplitude, and their combination. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Surplus Keyboards Plus Directions The $20 surplus keyboards from John J. Meshna Jr., Inc., mentioned in the Dec. 81 issue, now come with wiring... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Sync Notes Introduction to special issue, describing regular content of the magazine. Includes instructions for potential authors. | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Sync Notes MicroAce Discontinues U.S. Operations; Sinclair to Replace Defective MicroAce 8K ROMs; Sinclair Policy Change on Technical Phone Inquiries; Sync Notes... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Sync Notes The Second ZX Microfair Report | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Sync Notes Timex Sinclair 1000; Questions about Sync. | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Sync Notes SYNC in Outer Space: Space games lead the list of games that SYNC receives. | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Sync Notes SYNC in the Classroom; ROMs and RAMs. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Sync Notes SYNC at the Drawing Board; Theme Sections Coming; The ZX81 BASIC Programming Manual; SYNC is Growing! You CAn help! | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Syntactic Sum Loader Machine code routine to help assure correct program entry. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Syntactic Sum with Variables Modified version of Syntactic Sum to check variables in memory as well as program. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Syntax Error Correction to 4K Phone Number Word Generator. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors SABRE’s address is 1718, not 1719, Autrey (Nov.81). Lance Ward’s 8K Slalom program (Dec.81) contained 1 error. | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Peter Ulrich, New York, sent corrections for Paul Ezra’s Brownian Motion program (Dec. 81). David Ornstein corrected his New 8K... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Correction to Phone Number Generator (Feb 82). | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Error corrections for previous articles. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Corrections to Printing on the Bottom Line. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Correction to Machine Code Screen Fill. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Corrections to Grading Program, Unit Pricer, Monthly Calendar, Hex Math. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Corrections to Monthly Calendar Program, Black Box, and Hex Math. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Syntax Errors Using Program 1 in Frank O’Hara’s Numbers Held Inexactly, Apr.82, 1E13 gives 172 17 132 231 42. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Syntax Quarterly Debuts Syntax Quarterly debuted at the Northeast Computer Show, Boston, in Nov. SQ offers in-depth hardware and application stories, reviews and... | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Syntax Quarterly Debuts Nov. 82 SQ, The Syntax Quarterly, will be available by subscription and on newsstands Nov. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Syntax ZX80 Updates Name SYNTAX ZX80 now answers officially to its abbreviated name, SYNTAX. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Taming Output Techniques for formatting numeric output. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Tape Level Indicator Bar-graph level indicator using LM3914. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Teach Kids to Count with the ZX81 Some education theorists suggest that learning to count and read is enhanced if you create a large, sharp image in... | Thomas B. Woods | Syntax | August 1982 |
| Teaching with the ZX81 The Educational ZX80/1 Users 1 Group (EZUG) had a triple celebration in January. First, we were able to breathe a... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Technical Details for ZX Printing Discusses how the ZX printer works. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| The “QS Sound Board” for the ZX80/81 Based on the extremely versatile AY-3-8910 sound generator chip, the QS Sound Board features complete software control of the frequency... | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything Short program that gives the answer. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| The Complete Sinclair ZX81 Basic Couse Review of book/tapes by the same title. | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: Converting String Variables to Numeric Variables and Back Again | Synchro-Sette | June 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: Data Graphs PLOT and UNPLOT. | Synchro-Sette | December 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: Dummy Screen Memory Map Memory-mapping the screen display file. | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: Moving Graphics | Synchro-Sette | September 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: Out of Sorts Tutorial on sorting. | Synchro-Sette | October 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: READ, DATA & RESTORE Simulating READ/DATA/RESTORE on the ZX-81. | Synchro-Sette | April 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: String Manipulation More techniques for string manipulation. | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: Syntactic Sum | Synchro-Sette | August 1982 | |
| The Computer Tutor: ZX-81 Word Processing Short program to enter text. | Synchro-Sette | Jule 1982 | |
| The Crystal Ball American Express is now selling the Sinclair ZX81 computer, the world’s cheapest micro, through the mail, in a brochure inserted... | H & E Computronics | May 1982 | |
| The Expandable ZX80 and ZX81 Author offers seven documented projects and several ideas for additional projects. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| The Exploding Bookshelf Books published about SincIair/MicroAce computers. | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| The Flags of the 8K ROM Program The ZX81 manual states that the three system variables FLAGS, FLAGX and CDFLAG hold various flags to control the BASIC... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| The Flags Register Part 3 of series on machine code programming. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| The Game of Life Revisited – An Assembly Version The Game of Life, printed in SYNC 1:2 (pp. 28-30), was written in Basic. This Basic program may be replaced... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| 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 Newsletter | October 1982 | |
| The Incredible Cipher Machine Documentation for program to create and decode messages by substituting two numbers for every character in the message. | Synchro-Sette | June 1982 | |
| The Man Behind the ZX81 | Personal Computing | January 1982 | |
| The New Wave of Home Computers Summer CES. Sinclair showed Spectrum. Timex debuted 1000. Data-Assette showed its keyboard and ZX-99. | Compute! | August 1982 | |
| The Quicksilva Programmable Character Generator The Quicksilva Programmable Character Generator is a single circuit board which plugs into the QS Motherboard or the QS Edge... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| The Sinclair ZX81 Programming for Real Applications This book is aptly billed as being for people who want to get down to business with their ZX81s. | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| The Sinclair ZX81: Small Review of a Small Computer The ZX81 is the recent entry from Sinclair for lowest cost computers, and a very delightful entry it is. It... | Jerry Chamkis | Dr. Dobb’s Journal | April 1982 |
| The Tholean Web Short program to display a pattern from the Star Trek TV series. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| The Timex-Sinclair 1000 as a Low Cost Communicator. A gestural-assisted menu-driven communication system for motorically impaired persons was developed using a low-cost microcomputer with adaptations and adjustments to... | Journal of Special Education Technology | 1982 | |
| The Zedex Microfair Touted as the “largest single display of ZX products under one roof anywhere,” this 4th ZX Microfair more than lived... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| The ZX-80 Versus the ZX-81 Incompatibilities between the ZX-80 8K ROM and the ZX-81. | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| The ZX80 as a Cipher Machine Implementation of the Vigenere cipher. | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| The ZX81: Upgraded Computing Power | Personal Computing | January 1982 | |
| This Month’s Cassette Programs Spider-Dan, Minefield-1, Minefield-2, Rally, TwoDates, Rorschach, Instring, Namesort, Bouncing-Bombs, Biorhythm, Basecon. | Synchro-Sette | April 1982 | |
| This Month’s Cassette Programs 1K: Alien-Base, Clock, Mortgage-1, Marquee-1. 16K: Marquee-2, Cipher, Scrambled Words, Mortgage-2 | Synchro-Sette | June 1982 | |
| This Month’s Cassette Programs 1K: Loader-1K, Message, Artist, Labyrinth, Multiply, Char-Code. 16K: Loader-16K, Bulletin, Bar-Gen, Name/Add, Star Lander | Synchro-Sette | August 1982 | |
| This Month’s Cassette Programs 1K/2K: Birthday, Micro-Pro, Rip-Off, Syncro-Smash. 16K: Reaction, Mini-Pro, File, Bulletin | Synchro-Sette | October 1982 | |
| This Month’s Programs 1K/2: Season’s Greetings, Mileage, Chainsaw, Frenzy. 16K: Inventory, Space Docking, Quote, Bulletin | Synchro-Sette | December 1982 | |
| Timex buys it up Sinclair Research have signed a deal with Timex in America to get the ZX81 sold through some 171,000 retail outlets... | ZX Computing | Summer 1982 | |
| Timex is in computer field with under-$100 unit The computer is a Sinclair design; from 25 to 30 software packages will be offered at first. Next month marks... | Mart | June 1982 | |
| Timex modifies ZX-81 for U.S. TIMEX is learning from its close association with Sinclair Research and introducing its own low-cost microcomputer in the States. Selling... | Sinclair User | June 1982 | |
| Timex Printer and Modem Info Timex’s 40-column thermal printer will be available in Dec.82 for $99.95, says Timex VP Danny Ross. Despite its 40-column format,... | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Timex Sinclair 1000 Timex, the watch company that has always built Sinclair computers, will market and distribute Sinclair-based products in North and Central... | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Timex Sinclair 1000 The Timex Computer Corporation will enter the personal computer market with the Timex Sinclair 1000. Sales will begin in July... | Creative Computing | September 1982 | |
| Timex Sinclair 1000 Article condensed from Sync May/June 1982 issue. | BAZUG Newsletter | June 1982 | |
| Timex to Market SR Products in North America Sinclair just announced a license with Timex to manufacture and retail Sinclair computers, peripherals and software via Timex outlets in... | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Timex will market Sinclair computer Sinclair Research, maker of the ZX81, the world’s biggest-selling computer, has made a number of major announcements concerning future sales... | Infoworld | March 15, 1982 | |
| Tioga Toads In the following program, three of these toads hop across the screen and announce their order of arrival at the... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| To Err is Human Bugs in the ZX81/TS-1000 ROM. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| Translating BASICs — What Won’t Work With all the software available for other computers, many ZX80 owners want to convert programs from Microsoft BASIC (used in... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| Translating Programs: On … Go To Techniques for translating programs from other BASICs. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Travel Package to London ZX Show Mindware Co. is sponsoring a travel package to the ZX80/81 Micro Fair show in London. Leaving Jan. 28 from Logan... | Syntax | January 1982 | |
| Try This Short program. | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Try This Short program to plot Lissajous patterns. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | October 1982 | |
| Try This | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Try This Get a small AM radio and tune it for best response. Then press RUN and NEWLINE. Note the sound as... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Try This This column will feature short programs to show off your computer, impress your family and friends, and tickle your imagination... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| Try This Type in the following program. Then RUN and NEWLINE. Type in any character or symbol when the quotation marks appear... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Try This | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| Try This | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Trying out the new Sinclair Spectrum computer Author describes a 16K Spectrum, as seen in a store. Notes that “an NTSC chip is being designed” and “Sinclair... | Computers & Electronics | December 1982 | |
| TS1000 Service Center and Computer Hotline Contact information for both. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| TS1000 Test and Review Syntax purchased and tested the TS1000. | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Turkey Program to display a turkey. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Turtle Graphics Have you ever wished for an easier way to create graphics displays on your Sinclair computer? You can always use... | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| TV Sync Solution Dim lines and horizontal distortion moving up or down the screen are signs of the computer not syncing with horizontal... | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Two Numbers in One Byte Storing two integers (0-15 range) in one byte. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Two Problem-Solving Circuits: Preregulator and Battery Backup Add a voltage regulator to your Sinclair power supply; build a batter backup unit. | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Two Switch Human Interface for the Communicative Impaired The program will usually display three rows of characters on the screen at any lime: the upper alphabet (UA) row,... | SYNC | May/June 1982 | |
| UK Products Listing Want to know first-hand what’s happening with British ZX hardware, software and publications? We have a limited number of official... | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Understanding Floating-point Arithmetic, Part 2 Describes the workings on the ‘third language’ of the 8K ROM – the CALCULATOR LANGUAGE – that is used to... | SYNC | March/April 1982 | |
| Understanding Floating-point Arithmetic, Part 3 In this article on floating-point arithmetic, we will consider the algorithms that are used in the 8K ROM program to... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Understanding Floating-point Arithmetic: Part 1 The aim of this article is to give the reader some insight into the complex world of floating-point arithmetic. Since... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Understanding Your ZX81 ROM SYNC readers will recognize Dr. Logan as a major ZX80/81 expert whose writings are well worthwhile. Understanding Your ZX81 ROM... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| Unit Pricer Program calculates the unit price of two similar products. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Upcoming Shows and Exhibitions | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Update: Sinclair to be sold by Timex Sinclair Research has licensed exclusive North American marketing rights to Timex Corp. | Interface Age | August, 1982 | |
| User Report: Insight’s 16K RAM Pack At first glance you might ask, “Is that all there is to it?” I opened the shipping box to find... | Syntax | February 1982 | |
| User’s Groups | Synchro-Sette | April 1982 | |
| User’s Groups | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| User’s Groups | Synchro-Sette | June 1982 | |
| User’s Groups | Synchro-Sette | July 1982 | |
| Users’ Groups | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| Users’ Groups | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Users’ Groups | Syntax | September 1982 | |
| Users’ Groups | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Users’ Groups | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| Users’ Groups | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| Users’ Groups | Syntax | June 1982 | |
| Using Extra Keys on Big Keyboard – A Simpler Approach Connections to map a single key to replace two keystrokes. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| Using Key and Token Expressions Keywords as well as tokens could be typed into program lines in full — spaces and all— with practically a... | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Video Artist | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| Video Upgrade Kits for ZX80 in US Again Once again ZX80 and MicroAce owners can enjoy the flicker-free qualities of ZX81/TS1000s | Syntax | August 1982 | |
| Video-Plan, Computacalc Review of two spreadsheet programs. | Syntax | March 1982 | |
| View of VU-Calc Review and tutorial. | Synchro-Sette | October 1982 | |
| VOTEM interface board VOTEM stands for voltage and temperature, and that’s what this new interface from Down East Computers is all about. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| VU-CALC Review. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | December 1982 | |
| WARP 81: Making a 4K Program Run in 8K Details converting a specific program to work with 8K ROM Sinclairs. | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| Warranty and support from micro makers The British mass-marketer is also approaching the problem of service by using an outside service bureau. Microsync in New Hampshire... | Infoworld | October 4, 1982 | |
| WH Smith Brings ZX-81s to the High Street Reprinted from Your Computer. | Creative Computing | May 1982 | |
| What about the ’81 The Spectrum does not replace the ZX81, as the 81 did the 80 – it’s an addition to the range... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| What’s So Difficult About ZX-80 Machine Code? Even inexperienced users unfamiliar with the ZX-80’s inner workings can program — in Zilog Z-80 | Microcomputing Magazine | June 1982 | |
| When Your Computer Gets Full Techniques for saving on memory. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| Wherefore the DATA Statement Technique for simulating READ, DATA, RESTORE. | Sinclair Timex User Group Newsletter | November 1982 | |
| Will the marketplace ruin itself? Another forum tidbit was that Timex won’t have to pay royalties to Sinclair for the little computer after sales reach... | Infoworld | June 14, 1982 | |
| Will the Spectrum steal sales from the BBC Micro? | BAZUG Newsletter | May-June 1982 | |
| Window A machine language monitor is a utility, provided by most computer systems, which aids in the development of machine language... | SYNC | Special Issue 1982 | |
| Window A machine language monitor is a utility, provided by most computer systems, which aids in the development of machine language... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Would You Like to Write for Synchro-Sette? | Synchro-Sette | May 1982 | |
| Writing for SYNC | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| You May Fire When Ready, Gridley! Have you ever wished that you could command a submarine, survey the sea through the periscope to locate the enemy... | SYNC | January/February 1982 | |
| Your Own Computer: $100 to $500 Round up of options in this price range. Includes ZX81. | Radio Electronics | October 1982 | |
| Your Timex/Sinclair Can Become a Terminal Build a 8251 USART interface to connect a Sinclair to a modem. | SYNC | November/December 1982 | |
| ZETAPAK #3, SciFi Fantasy Review of the games from Zeta Software. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| ZX Destroyer ZX Destroyer is a fast moving action game which is written in a hybrid Basic machine language program to create... | SYNC | July/August 1982 | |
| ZX Memory Map Memory map as designed, where current peripherals fit in the map and suggestions about standardization. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| ZX-81 taking off in the States THE ZX-81 is beginning to take off in the States. An agreement between Sinclair Research and the American Express credit... | Sinclair User | August 1982 | |
| ZX/TS Directory Program Telephone directory program; stores up to 90 names, addresses and telephone numbers. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| ZX/TS Power Supplies Table of details about and schematics of the ZX80, ZX81 and TS1000 power supplies. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| ZX/TS University Review of several learning programs from Sinclair Research. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| ZX80 Circuit Diagram Schematic of the ZX80. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| ZX80/ZX81 Stock Programs Product announcement for programs from M.H. Marks Ent. | Popular Electronics | October 1982 | |
| ZX81 Basic Book Review of the book by Robin Norman. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| ZX81 Calculator Use the Sinclair’s expression evaluator to make a calculator. | Syntax | December 1982 | |
| ZX81 Chess vs. ZX Chess II Computer chess is becoming a very popular hobby for those who cannot find opponents on their level, and a large... | SYNC | September/October 1982 | |
| ZX81 Games Product announcement for Super Invasion, Wallbusters, Cyborg Wars, Chess, Trek and other games from Softsync. | Popular Electronics | August 1982 | |
| ZX81 Home Computer Package Lamo-Lem’s Home Computer Package of 4 machine code programs offer a good variety. | Syntax | November 1982 | |
| ZX81 Intro Subroutine for use at the beginning of user-friendly programs. | Syntax | May 1982 | |
| ZX81 Logic Signals Reference signal levels for troubleshooting. | Syntax | October 1982 | |
| ZX81 Memory Expansion Memotech 64K RAM product announcement and several tapes of software from Sinclair Research. | Popular Electronics | September 1982 | |
| ZX81 Schematic | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| ZX81 Software Announcement of Gladstone Electronics catalog. | Popular Electronics | October 1982 | |
| ZX81 Utility Product announcement for Cassette I/O from Cosmonics. | Popular Electronics | August 1982 | |
| ZX81/TS1000 Circuit board Photos of top and bottom of circuit board showing component placement. | SQ Syntax Quarterly | Winter 1982 | |
| ZX99 Tape Control System Review of the system available from data-assette. | Syntax | September 1982 |