Well it had to happen at some time, this issue I ran out of room for all that I wanted to cover. The sad part of all of this is that I wanted to have more coverage for the Z88, but I am stuck with what is submitted to the magazine. We have picked up at least 6 more of our readers that have Z88s, so I hope to see this improve a bit in the future. At the present about 30% of you have and use to some extent a Z88. Over half of you have QLs and about 40% of you have TS2068s. Many of you have 2 or more of the above, and at least 25% still have a TS1000 and still consider it a neat little machine to use.
For those who have or are considering a Gold Card for your QL, I have included something in this issue that I normally do not do, an article taken from another magazine. The article was of such high quality and the news of such importance that I felt duty bound to make this data available to my readers. This article concerns the 3.2 meg drives and the proper settings to use the TEAC version of these. The article is by Dick Taylor and is from the International QL Report. Thanks guys!
Also, when you come to the ads for Mechanical Affinity for the Gold Card, they are no longer $500 plus $10 P & H; they are now going for $490 and this includes P & H and insurance. They are in stock and available. Plans are also in the works to include much more in the way of English, German and Italian hardware and software for the QL and the Z88. If they do not have what you want in stock they can usually get it for you. We need to have more North American dealers for our computers!
More good news to follow.
In this issue we have started the first part of an extensive program for you to type in that will allow you to create printed circuit boards, high definition art, logos, banners, etc. on your TS2068. It is a full featured Computer Aided Design program, and it is a biggy. We did not have room for all of it in one issue, so more in the next issue. For those in a hurry or not wanting to spend all of their available free time typing it in…it is being offered as an Issue Disk. Check the back pages for details on how to obtain this work of art from Bill Pedersen for the Larken and Oliger disk systems. For those who order, they will get many files all set to use for printed circuit boards.
Some news on the Z88 front from Mike Fink of Domino Cubes and a new location. Domino Cubes, 484 W. 43rd St., Suite 27Q, NY, NY 10036. Phone No. 212-971-0368, and FAX is 212-268-4122. Mike promised me some articles and ads for the next issue, and said to tell all of you that he has at least 3 things for your Z88 that can be found no where else: (a) a mail merge that really works for the Z88, (b) Remote Control Macro that does DTP and multiple copies and you can turn it on and off from anywhere, (c) single stroke loading of selected files from an eprom into an empty filer. Of course he also sells Z88s and books, cables, software, etc.
Nigel Searle of 16 Church Street, Keene, NH 03431, Telephone 1-800-388-9836, has for sale: Z88s for $199, Memory 128K for $40, Memory 512K for $160, and other items.