---
title: "Contest Nears Conclusion"
type: "article"
slug: "contest-nears-conclusion"
url: "http://localhost/article/contest-nears-conclusion/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/contest-nears-conclusion.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:09:31+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-05-26T14:10:21+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "60+ contestants who submitted over 80 programs to the Big Contest; Timex 2068 disk drive has been submitted to the FCC for approval; Kirt Olsen of Syntax has stated that he will not take on any new subscribers; QL is out of the FCC (after one year) and is available by mail order."
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  - name: "Syntax"
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  - name: "Tom Bent (company)"
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  - name: "TS 2068"
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  - name: "Zebra Systems"
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publication: "SyncWare News"
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  title: "SyncWare News"
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  url: "http://localhost/periodical/syncware-news/"
authors: "Tom Bent"
volume: "2"
issue: "6"
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  - id: 26685
    title: "SyncWare News v2 n6"
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pages: "1"
pubdate: "Jul-Aug 1985"
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volumeissue: "v2n6"
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    title: "Tom Bent"
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    title: "Zebra Systems, Inc."
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---

60+ contestants who submitted over 80 programs to the Big Contest; Timex 2068 disk drive has been submitted to the FCC for approval; Kirt Olsen of Syntax has stated that he will not take on any new subscribers; QL is out of the FCC (after one year) and is available by mail order.