Banta Software
Owner(s):
Andrew Banta
8088 Highwood Way, Orangeville, CA 75662
Products
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Beam Design | Calculates shear force and moment diagrams for statistically determinant beams with concentrated and uniform loads. Finds normal and shear stresses for given section or section modulus for a given section. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Football | One or two players, stationary graphics. Uses statistics to calculate gains and plan strategies. Truly a game for the thinking person. TS 2068 version in color. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Home Heating Costs | An analysis of effects of types and amount of insulation, building size and configuration, climate, and various fuel costs. See what you really can save by using alternative fuels for all or part of your building. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Jackpot Casino | Seven casino-type games: roulette, craps, blackjack, one-armed bandit, horserace, acey-ducey, and 5 card draw. 2K Jackpot tape has only 6 games. 2K and 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Key-finder Card | A multi-column reference card with functions listed alphabetically, followed by the cursor necessary, then the key combination that produces the function. Printed on cardboard and designed to fit above the 2068 keyboard. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Murder in the Ram | Race against the computer and other players to solve the murder mystery with clues given by the computer. Up to 6 players. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Pack 'em in Monzxer | Travel through a maze chomping down dots while avoiding goblins, automatically keeps highest current score. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Pipe Flow | Calculates the Reynolds number and friction factor for a given flow condition. Finds the head loss in piping systems which include straight pipe, bends, valves, contractions, and enlargements. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Screen-Calc | Electronic spreadsheet. 1008 cells, each can hold an 8 letter label and a number. The 180 functions, up to 80 characters in length, permit all arithmetic, trigonometric and any other operations in the TS; loops; conditional statements; one step summing and averaging; replace functions at will; FIND and JUMP commands provide quick movement. Menu driven. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Screen-File | Holds and searches files containing over 17,000 data characters. Each file holds name, address, telephone, key line, and up to 6 additional data lines. Locate files by name, number code, key line word. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Screen-Solv | Electronic worksheet for engineers and scientists, capable of solving algebraic or trigonometric equations and definite integrals. Allows up to 48 user defined variables and six 96 element arrays, incorporation of final formulae into BASIC programs, and 288 step SCREEN-SOLV programs. Results can be tabulated or plotted. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Starhike | Battle hostile warships on four levels of difficulty. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Super Monzxer | Find your way through this complex cave network but watch out: you must kill all the “monzxers” and figure what to use to emerge alive. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| T/S Tutor | Introduction to the functions of the TS 1000 keys in all four modes. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Books
Periodicals
Downloads
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Key Support Operations Will Stay | Announcements of support from SoftSync, Byte-Back, Microsync Services, Thomas B. Woods, Banta Software, Kopak. Timex will honor warranties. | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n3) | New products from Compuwiz, R.I.S.T., Banta, Software Unlimited, Z-West, Synergistic, Sinware, Spectra Computer Products. | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n9) | New products from Matthew Zenkar, SyncMaster, John Carson, I.M.S. Enterprises, Banta Software, ZX-Panding, Syber Inc., KSOFT, E-Z Key. | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v5 n1) | New books from Prentice-Hall, Hayden; SRS Speech Recognition System from G. Russell Electronics; DO-CALC; Software from Banta Software; RAMPAGER from Robotec. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Resources (Sync v4 n2) | Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | |
| T/S News | Public domain software from Mountaineer Software, including TextWriter 2000 from Robert Fingerle, ScreenCalc from Banta Software, Unifile (database) and mailing list manager (Mail). Understanding desktop publishing. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |