I would particularly like comments about the article in this issue on the various Sinclair computers. Most of you already know most of the information in the article, but the average ham who might come across a Sinclair computer at a hamfest sale does not and could use a little guidance as to just what one of these computers could be good for. If any of you has any suggestions as to what further information might be useful to a prospective buyer, please drop me a note.
This month I made up a little time because the text that went with the Index provides much of the background for some of the articles in this issue, such as the one referred to above.
Unfortunately I do not think I will be able to make up any time with the next issue. Just as I mail this issue, I leave for two weeks at the Air Force Academy where I will be attending a workshop on the use of algebraic manipulation programs in the teaching of physics. Unfortunately I know of no such programs that will run on any of our computers, so I will be working mainly with MSDOS type computers.
Immediately after that workshop, my family will join me for a week’s vacation in the Rocky Mountains where computers will not be high on the agenda.
Then, without returning to Las Cruces, I go to Boise, ID where I will be part of a conference on Physics Teaching Laboratories. Computers are playing an increasingly important part in that effort, so I should have an interesting time there.
I hope to get the July issue out shortly after I return.
WA1LOU, the QST columnist, sent me two interesting articles from a June issue of his local newspaper writing about the attempt of the Timex Corporation to become a big factor in the computer market based on the work of Clive Sinclair. For more comments on these stories see the article later in this issue.