The “Resources” column lists new products for Sinclair users. Suppliers and users are invited to send brief product descriptions and details for ordering to: Resources, SYNC, 39 E. Hanover Ave., Morris Plains, NJ 07950.
All programs require the 8K ROM and 16K RAM unless otherwise noted.
User Groups
California
Carpinteria, CA, area users who want to start a cooperative self-help amateur club contact:
Harvey Wheeler
[address omitted]
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Florida
South Florida Timex/Sinclair Users Group. Contact:
Bob Pearsall
[address omitted]
Lake Worth, FL 33463
Missouri
Joplin area users. Contact:
Jim I. Brown
[address omitted]
Joplin, MO 64803
New Jersey
Cumberland County area Timex/Sinclair users. Contact:
Jerry Sweet
[address omitted]
Millville, NJ 08332
[phone number omitted]
Massachusetts
The Boston Computer Society. Timex/Sinclair User Group. Publishes a newsletter. For information contact:
Sue Mahoney, Director
Sinclair/Timex User Group
c/o The Boston Computer Society
Three Center Plaza
Boston, MA 02108
[phone number omitted]
New York
SINCUS (Sinclair Computer User’s Society.) Contact:
SINCUS
PO Box 92
Glenn Aubrey, NY 13777
West Virginia
Parkersburg area users interested in forming a group contact:
Gregory Wentzel
[address omitted]
Parkersburg, WV 26104
[phone number omitted]
Canada
Timex Sinclair Users Club
PO Box 7274, Station A
Toronto, Ont.
Canada M5W 1X9
- Sinclair Program Exchange. Join and share your ideas, programs, and product reviews with other users. Several interesting, useful, and fun programs and games in each issue. Sample issue: $2; 6 issues for $10.
Sinclair Program Exchange
c/o Jim Schontzler
1280 Paddington Way
San Jose, CA 95127
- The Original Program of the Month Club. Wide selection of programs: games, educational, family financial. On cassette: $5.99 or less; every 6th program free; limited ongoing purchase agreement. For new members: first 5 programs for $0.99. For further details (SASE appreciated) write:
The Original Program
of the Month Club
3763 W. Crocus Dr.
Phoenix, AZ 85023
Business/Household Programs
- 10 Programs for the 1982 tax return. Menu driven; self-modified; tape saveable; tax deductible; now available are Schedules A/B, C, E, G, SE, and Forms 2106, 2119, 2210, and 3468. Each program: Listing: $4; cassette: $9. (NJ residents add 6 percent.)
Theodore J. Dunn
151 Greenville Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07305
- Income Taxes. Designed to help file your personal income tax form. Step by step instructions to guide you through the IRS forms; explains which deductions to report; does all the mathematical calculation; continuous updates will be available for changes in IRS forms so the program can be used year after year. Cassette:
Orbyte Software
PO Box 948
Waterbury, CT 06720
(203) 753-8308
- Wizard. Asks for stock name, current price, number of shares; calculates broker’s commission; asks whether “Call Option” is wanted; displays exact gain and yield. Portfolio. Menu driven; holds all pertinent data for up to 10 stocks at a time; calculates gains, yields, length of time held; each stock can be modified or deleted. Both programs on cassette with documentation: $29.95 plus $2 s&h (PA residents add $1.80 sales tax).
M. H. Marks Enterprises
315 Thornberry Ct.
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
(412) 486-1694
- IPI. Item Processor & Inventory; inventory program; menu driven; holds about 300 items; alphabetizes, searches, graphics display of quantity of items. Cassette and manual: $19.95.
T. L. McDonald
PO Box 1062
Arcadia, FL 33821
- Service Department Records. Summarizes records for a machine service operation; records and summarizes technician number, call codes, and machine model; up to 25 variables; gives percentage of calls for each call code, technician, and machine. Cassette: $25.
Randy Campbell
2843-B Monroe Ln.
Grand Jct., CO 81503
(303) 242-0724
- Budget Master 1000. Household budget program; user controlled categories; displays totals in monthly, year-to-date, and average formats. Cassette: $15.95.
Human Engineered Software
71 Park Lane
Brisbane, CA 94005
(415) 468-4900
- Program 1: ADDR: $19.95. Program 2: ACCR, $19.95. Loan Analysis, $9.95.; Checkbook Record,. $14.95. Custom programming and modification. For further information contact:
R. Panwar
2035 Kenland Dr.
Houston, TX 77067
- ZX Pro-File. Super fast machine language data base; stores up to 12000 characters in files of any length; single or multiword cross searches, extensive edit and display functions. Cassette and manual: $19.95.
Thomas B. Woods
PO Box 64
Jefferson, NH 03583
- Security Plus. Program codes data, records, files, or personal correspondence using a polyalphabetical substitution cypher system; impossible to decipher without your “key”; stores on tape or printout. Listing and instructions: $5 pp.
Gary Kemper
751 E. Linfield St.
Azusa, CA 91702
Camps
- National Computer Camp, 6th season. At Simsbury, CT, Atlanta, GA, and St. Louis, MO. Dr. Michael Zabinski, Professor at Fairfield Univ., director. For ages 9-18, no experience necessary. For further information contact Dr. Zabinski at (203) 795-9667 or write:
National Computer Camp
PO Box 585
Orange, CT 06477
Math and Science
- The Matrix Package. 4 separate topics of matrix multiplication, addition, subtraction, and transformation of user-defined matrices. 2K RAM. Listings with directions: $4.
Stephen Zachev
4859 Elmwood St.
Muskegon, MI 49441
- Math and Electronics. Geometry, graphic trig, resonate circuits, Ohms Law, PI and T networks, temperature conversion. Cassette: $14.95. Book, List, Sort. Cassette: $10.95. For catalog send SASE.
Soft Way
3308 Midway Dr., Dept. 124
San Diego, CA 92110
Games
- The Computerized Domino Game. Adapts traditional game to computer. 28 dominos divided into two ends with a number from 0 to 6. In the arcade version the player plays the computer. For free information write to:
JPR Software
Box 4155
Winter Park, Fl 32793
- River Crossing. You are caught in a forest fire; your only escape is to swim down the crocodile infested waters of the nearest river. 1K RAM. Listing: $150.
The Youth Resources Centre
388 Dundas St.
London, Ontario, Canada N6B 1V8
- Deep Space: $5.95; Football 1 & 2 player versions: $9.95; Gambler One: contains Bandit & Roulette: $9.95; Games Two: Darts & Mastermind; 2K RAM: $4.95.
Software Development Associates
2240 W. McRae Way, Dept. S1
Phoenix, AZ 85027
- Supermastermind 1000. Game rules and easy to read prompts. Cassette: $6.95.
Supermastermind 1000
PO Box 2129
Sheffield Lake, OH 44054
- ZX Froggie. Frog must cross road avoiding traffic and hop across the logs to get home. Machine code action; full screen moving graphics; four levels with varying screens and speeds; name and save best score. Cassette: $14.50.
P. Hargrave
Site V, RR 4
Nanaimo, BC
Canada V9R 5X9
- Space Cruise. Manuver your ship through different types of asteroids; points and graphics; full instructions. Minimum 2K RAM required. Listing: $1 plus SASE; cassette: $3 plus $1 s&h.
Dennis Young
7833 Rolling Hills Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32205
Catalogs/Directories/Product Lists
- Specializing in educational, business, household, and entertainment programs. For free catalog send legal size SASE to:
Biocal Software
340 Cypress Dr.
Fairfax, CA 94930
- Allco Computer Cataolg, #3. Everything you need for your computer can be found in this catalog. Catalog: Free (enclose $1 for shipping which will be refunded with the first order).
Allco Products Computer Catalog
PO Box 43074
Detroit, MI 48243-0074
Publications/Periodicals
- Screen design aide. Design screen using pixel X & Y coordinates, lines, and columns; graphics character set provided for reference; master suitable for copying. $1 plus legal size SASE to:
R. Pearsall
9220 Fountain Rd.
Lake Worth, FL 33463.
- Guide to Spectrum Resources. A complete directory of resources for the Spectrum, including reviews and assessments; illustrated; sections on hardware, software, publications, user groups; cross referenced. £2.50 (overseas £3.00).
Microscene
6 Battenhall Rd.
Birmingham B17 9UD
U.K.
- Learning Timex Sinclair Basic by David A. Lien. Handbook for those with no prior computer knowledge; explains programming step by step; offers special question answer sections at end of many chapters for self-test.
Compusoft Publishing
1050-E Pioneer Way
El Cajon, CA 92020
(800) 854-6505
In California: (619) 588-0996.
Educational Programs
- Programs for amateur runners: Runner’s Log, Pace and Splits, Data and Statistics. Cassette: 16K: $7.95; 2K: $5.95. Training Program. Develops individualized running program based on user’s age, sex, condition; 16K only: $14.95. Music theory and ear training games. Menu driven; levels of difficulty; note reading, intervals, melodic dictation. 16K programs on cassette: $7.95; a few in 2K: $5.95. For free catalog send a SASE to:
Evansoft Associates
1246 Elmwood Ave.
Evanston, IL 60202
Tape Accessories
- Z-Dubber. Interface between the computer and the cassette recorder to help even the most difficult tape to load easily. Allows connecting two recorders together. Operates on 2 AAA cells. $29.95 plus 3 percent s&h:
Bytesize Computer Products
PO Box 21123
Seattle, WA 98111
- A new series of 20 programs for the T/S 1000 and ZX81 using the “Quickload” feature which loads the program up to four times as fast and verifies whether the computer is loading properly. The new line includes 6 business titles, 2 engineering programs, 3 advanced programming aids, 9 games. Priced between $9.95 and $24.95. For further information contact:
Marilyn Darling, Marketing Manager
Mindware, Inc.
15 Tech Circle
Natick, MA 01760
(617) 655-3388