2-Bit Software

Del Mar, CA 92014

2-Bit Software specialized in programs that ran in 2K of RAM.

Sandra Hutchins, one of the principals, was a computer scientist whose area of expertise was speech recognition. Jan Zimmerman, the other principal, was a business and marketing executive who wrote several books on internet marketing.

Hutchins and Zimmerman went on to Emerson & Stern Associates, where Hutchins’ work in speech recognition gained the company numerous SBIR awards.

Two of their cassette tapes are in the Smithsonian Museum’s collections.

Products

NameDescriptionComputers
1, 2, 3, GoExercise skills in counting (Cats and Dragons), knowing left from right (Trace Course), and spelling (Scrambled Eggs; Alphabeasts). Can be played alone or with a friend.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Basic BasicLearn to write your own computer games. Screen display, keyboard input, moving graphics, loops, editing and other programming techniques. Includes program tape, workbook and blank tape. 2K.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable
Crazey Mazey4 games. Byte Bite:can you avoid the doggy’s chomping jaws? Slalom: ski your way through this ever-changing snowy scene. Labyrinth: scatter a few bits along the trail to find your way through 3 mazes. Cat & Mouse: catch your dinner before the cat catches you in this invisible maze.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Games SamplerFour games. Kamikaze Fly: A dexterity game in which Freda the Frog tries to eat dinner. Sketchpad: An easy to use screen drawing program. Navajo Rugs: Generates kaleidoscopic patterns randomly. Biorhythm: Plots your mental, physical, and emotional states on any given day. 2K.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable
GridlockFour programs. Tow Truck: tell the driver where to find your stalled car. Foggy Sea: Cartesian coordinates help you rescue a missing ship. Robot: program the robot arms to repack two cartons in the smallest number of moves. Easy Plot: displays plot of equations for Y as a function of X.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Keystroke ManagementFour games: Musical Desks, Corner Office, Automation and Go to the Top. Musical Desks: it’s more luck than skill to keep your desk when all about you are losing theirs). Corner Office: find your way through the invisible corporate maze to the comer office. Office Automation: will you survive in the brave new electronic workplace?Timex/Sinclair 1000
Making TreksSee the world with variations on adventure games that take you from the calm Pacific to the frosty Himalayas. You may find yourself riding a camel, floating on a hot air balloon, or steaming along on a slow boat to China. The object is to return home before your vacation is over and to haveTimex/Sinclair 1000
Mind BogglersFour brain-testing, brain-twisting trials and triumphs. How good are you at left-brain (analytical) and right-brain (spatial) mental gymnastics. Figure out: Sinclair Towers, Eye-Q, Dots and Spots, Seven Bridges. 2K.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Mind vs. MachineFour opportunities to beat the computer. Tic Tac Toe I and II: Basic and advanced variations of the classic game of strategy. Chocolate Truffles: Makes you plan ahead to “take away” the last luscious truffle. Superspy: Gives you a chance to decode secret messages smuggled out from behind the “silicon” curtain.Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable
Snake EyesOdds On: see just how random the random number generator really is. Roulette: place your bets; you can win this two-player game by chance. Loaded Dice: the “house” has fixed this game, figure out how. Blackjack: figure the changing odds to beat the computer at 21.Timex/Sinclair 1000
SquareThis program could replace the cube. It can be played as a solitaire game or contest with your friends. Many levels of play. You can rerun the move using the right answer to see how it would turn out. Scores are printed at the end. 2K.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Turning the Truth TablesFirst in a series on the principles of programming. Have fun as you find out what “and,” “either,” “or,” “if,” and “then” mean to a computer. Some things may not be so logically impossible as you might think. Ages 12 and up. 2K.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Working Mother's DilemmaPackage of 4 games. Designed as a fun way for women to learn about computers. Mad Dash: Tests your ability to race through the house when you have not had a break all day. Carfool: Figure out how to use the least amount of gas while running errands all over town. Harried Housewife: Adventure gameTimex/Sinclair 1000

Documents

TitleDescriptionComputers
2-Bit Software brochureSingle-sheet tri-fold promotional brochure from 2-Bit Software listing their available program tapes for the Timex/Sinclair 1000.Timex/Sinclair 1000

Downloads

NameDescriptionComputers
Basic BASICA hands-on introductory BASIC course teaches INPUT, loops, subroutines, and INKEY$ through a series of block-graphic figures and a simple juggling game.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Games SamplerFour compact programs in one: plot your biorhythm cycles, swat flies with a frog, generate symmetrical rug patterns, or sketch freehand with block graphics.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Mind vs MachineTwo brain-teasing games in one: master a Nim-style chocolate truffle showdown, then crack a randomly shifted Caesar cipher as a superspy operative.Timex/Sinclair 1000

Articles

TitleDescriptionComputers
Bulletins: Software satirizes suburbanites2-Bit Software of Del Mar California, has introduced a software four-pack that satirizes the suburban homemaker. Mad Dash tests your ability to race through the house when you haven’t had a break all day, while Carfool demands you figure out how to use the least amount of gas while running errands all over town. HarriedTimex/Sinclair 1000
Durhamfest, Cmoputer Paper, Forth, and Computer Camps, The 2068 and 2-Bit SoftwareThe Durham Hamfest called the DURHAMFEST will take place Saturday, May 19th, 1984, in South Square Mall under the large parking deck. The least contrast paper for the 2040 printer is that available from TIMEX, the next level of contrast is achieved using the ALPHACOM 42 paper (available from BRENDLES and BESTS and other chainTimex/Sinclair 2068
Editor RamblingsMagazine printed with daisy wheel printer. Spectrum micro drives not disk. Sinclair and Timex sales figures. Amateur radio users. Educational software from 2-Bit Software. Program of the month club. Winky Board 2.
Large Scale Fun for Small Scale ComputersReviews of Keystroke Management (2-Bit), TS Destroyer and Space Raid (SoftSync), Millepede (Axis Software), Meteorites (SoftSync) and Merchant of Venus (Timex/Crystal Computing).Timex/Sinclair 1000
Mini-Reviews: Timex Sinclair User, Nightgunner, moreReviews of Timex Sinclair User magazine, Multi-Program tape from SyncWare, Nightgunner from Softsync, Key Stroke Management and Truth Tables from 2-Bit Software, Inventory Control and Manufacturing Control from Timex.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Mini-Reviews: XFORTH, Synchro-sette, moreShort reviews of XFORTH by Hawg Wild Software, Synchro-sette magazine, direct video interface from AERCO, 123 Go and Making Treks by 2-Bit Software.Timex/Sinclair 1000
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n11)New products from Hawg Wild, Z-West, 2-Bit Software, Phoenix Enterprises, Warren Imports Group, Russell Brewer, Goldwater Manufacturing, John Carson, Labsoft, Occam Research, Golden Stair, E. H. Enterprises.
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n5)New products from Timex, J.V. Kane, Silicon Valley North, ZX-Panding, Computer Engineering Services, M-Ware, W.D. Maples, Kaltek Calculator Technology, J.J. Castillos, Florida Creations, Stuart Software, Laserscan Electronics, International Publishing & Software, 2-Bit Software, LINC.
New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n7)New products from Tom Woods, Kopak, L. Harmon, f/22 Press, 2-Bit Software, Barlog Software, Celestial Software, SyncMaster, CRC Software, Timeworks, K.D.V.H.E. Publishers, Starburst Software, Intercomputer, Hawg Wild, D. Lipinski Software, Polymath, Russell Brewer, Bob Fingerle.
Resources (Sync v4 n1)Listing of new user groups, books and other resources.Timex/Sinclair 1000
Resources (Sync v4 n2)Listing of new user groups, books and other resources.
Software Review: Snake Eyes and Truth TablesReview of the programs from 2-Bit Software.Timex/Sinclair 1000
To Buy or Not to Buy?Reviews of Frogger from Timex, Games Sampler and Mind vs Machine by 2-BIT Software.

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