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title: "Halley’s Comet orbit plotted by a Timex/Sinclair 2068"
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# Halley’s Comet orbit plotted by a Timex/Sinclair 2068

This [program plots the orbit of Halley’s Comet](https://www.timexsinclair.com/computer_media/halleys-comet/), starting in 1986. Written by Roald Schrack and published in his user group’s newsletter, the CATS Newsletter, it’s a short but fun demo.

You can [read the article here](https://archive.org/details/cats-newsletter/CATSv4n3Jun1986/page/7/mode/1up).

Tim Swenson typed in the program.

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