ITEM: Timex Sinclair Survivor Buttons? Display your enthusiasm for low cost computing. The White Church Cabin is selling this three color button, shown actual size below, for $2.00. Quantity discounts are available. Write 219 White Cabin Road, Brooktondale, New York 14817.
ITEM: New Repair Center for Timex. Timex computer’s Little Rock repair center has turned over all operations to TS Connection at 3832 Watterson, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 (513) 271-5575 8 am to 10pm EST. Repair charges are $15-$20 for TS1000’s and $35 to $40 for TS2068’s. They also carry all Timex products for sale.
ITEM: Memotech keyboard compatible with the TS 2068. Bill Stolker of 21st Century Electronics told us that the Memotech keyboard add-on for the TS1000/ZX81 also works on the TS2068. If you’re using your 2068 for word processing the memotech keyboard is more like a typewriter. (The only problem is that it has a “space key” instead of a “space bar.”) 21st Century has some in stock. Their address is 6813 Polk Street, Guttenburg, New Jersey 07093.
ITEM: The April 85 issue of Home Business News features “Profiles of a Home Publisher” which was written by Rick Duncan, publisher of TS Horizons. It tells the story of how TS Horizons was started and contains several helpful hints for anyone considering home publishing.
Home Business News is a monthly magazine which details how to start and operate a profitable home-based business. A 3 month trial subscription is $4 from Home Business News, Box 482 L, Jackson, Ohio 45640.
ITEM: 2 New Releases from Macshak Software for the TS 2068
CASINO KENO. A great party game. Just like the Las Vegas casinos. Players select from 1 to 12 numbers, betting that some of their numbers will be selected by the computer. The computer randomly selects and displays 20 numbers. Winner payoffs are displayed on command.
INVESTCALC. Needed by serious investors for quick answers to complex problems. It covers everything from stock transactions to real estate and includes bond yields to maturity – T-Bill bond equiv’t yield (BEY) – certificate of deposit – fund management – loan financing – and more.
Each program $19.95 plus $2.00 postage. From Macshak, 73-312 Ironwood Street, Palm Desert, California 92260.
ITEM: Back issues of Sync. Sunset Electronics has the last 6 issues of Sync magazine in stock. Sync was a national magazine for TS1000 owners which was cancelled in March 1984. They are available at $2.95 each (add $3.00 to total order for shipping) from Sunset, 2254 Taravel Street, San Francisco, California 94116.
ITEM: Let’s make a deal. We will give you the names and addresses of several companies you can contact to get catalogs chock full of items for use with your computer on one condition: if you write to them say you heard about it through T-S Horizons. Deal?
- E. Arthur Brown (nice selection, nice looking catalog), 3404 Pawnee Drive, Alexandria, MN 56308.
- Knighted Computers (TS 2068 and Spectrum), 707 Highland Street, Fulton, New York 13069.
- Games To Learn By (a lot more than games), P.O. Box 78, Collinsville, CT 06022.
- 21st Century Electronics, 6813 Polk Street, Guttenburg, New Jersey 07093.
- WMJ Data Systems, 4 Butterfly Drive, Hauppauge, New York 11788.
- Hawg Wild, Box 7668, Little Rock, AR 72217.
- Zebra Systems, Inc., 78-06 Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven, New York 11421.
CLARIFICATION: “Doomdark’s Revenge” and “Lords of Midnight” (see TS News last issue for information) are available from the English Micro Connection for $12.95 (plus $1 postage) each, not for the two. EMC, 15 Kilburn Court, Newport, RI 02840. (401) 849-3805.
ITEM: RHEESWARE announces their “TOOLBOX” series of enhancements and programming aids for the TS2068 computer. Each is on cassette and includes complete documentation, instruction, use, and theory.
TOOLBOX 68-A ($15.95) is an all machine code “patch” which allows your BASIC or Machine-code programs to use the TS2068 64 column enhanced screen. There are NO “USR” calls, NO Pokes – it operates from the standard PRINT command. All built-in commands such as “PRINT AT”, “TAB”, “INVERSE”, etc. are fully supported. You can switch back to 32 columns at will. Four operating modes include auto-scrolls and auto-wraparound. PLOT and DRAW commands give you 192 x 512 screen pixels, margins are adjustable, and UP/DOWN scrolls are supported. PLUS, anything can be printed in “Double-Wide” or true italics; and a 64 column wide printout can be made on a TS2040 printer.
TOOLBOX 68-B ($12.95) is an all Machine-Code REALTIME CLOCK which operates from the computer’s quartz crystal but requires NO hardware. It is totally “Transparent” to BASIC meaning that it continues to run independent of any program. The time can be positioned anywhere on the screen, or be used as a timekeeping input to programs. It is user-formattable to any number of digits, UP or DOWN, 12 or 24 hours, etc.
Catalogues available upon request from: RHEESWARE, 1660 S. Duneville, Las Vegas, NV 89102
CORRECTION: The Damco Electronics micro-drive is compatible with the TS2040 printer, despite what was said in TS Horizons #12. We apologize to Dave Macarone of Damco and we hope that no one was put off or confused by our error.
