Reston Publishing Company

320 Hudson Ter., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

Products

One-arm bandit and blackjack. Play against the computer. 16K.
TS 1000
Try to beat the computer. Won the competition at the Consumer Computer Show in London. Also sold as TimeWare Chess.
TS 1000
It’s up to you to stop the moving wall before it reaches the top of the screen. Or, convert your computer into a bowling alley. Your score depends on how hard and accurately you send the ball down the alley. 16K.
TS 1000
Find the temple and escape the evil that lurks around every corner. On your journey uncover as much treasure as you can, and find the right keys to get through the doors. But, avoid the deadly fumes, poison, magic, cave-ins, bottomless pit and more. 16K.
TS 1000
Monarch, Invasion Force and Escape from Shazzar.
TS 1000
The huge mothership hovers above your base raining missiles and bombs down onto you. Blast through its force field and destroy it before you are disintegrated … but donโ€™t hit the reconstruction zones or all the damage you did to the mothership is instantly rebuilt! Fast paced machine code action. 16K.
Downloadable TS 1000
Quizzes about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 16K.
TS 1000
As ruler of the kingdom you must make decisions about the use of land and what will make your people happy. Make the right decisions and keep your crown; otherwise you lose it. 16K.
TS 1000
Nowotnick Puzzle, Demolition and Ten-Pin.
TS 1000
Watch your computer take a simple pattern and scramble it on the screen. You have to return the puzzle to its original pattern.
TS 1000
Timeware Chess and Casino Pak 1.
TS 1000

Books

Galactic Intruders, Checkers, Death Maze, Breakout, Smuggler’s Mold, and 44 other favorites, newly adapted for your TS1000 or ZX81. Contains complete programming instructions, plus easy-to-understand game rules.
ZX81
Covers hierarchy of arithmetic operations; entering programs; branching; arrays; loops; multidimensional arrays; simulating library functions; using subroutines; SLOW and FAST mode; relational operators in logical decisions; plotting; graphics in strings; plotting; slicing; strings in arrays.
ZX81 TS 1000
Covers hierarchy of arithmetic operations; entering programs; branching; arrays; loops; multidimensional arrays; simulating library functions; using subroutines; SLOW and FAST mode; relational operators in logical decisions; plotting; graphics in strings; plotting; slicing; strings in arrays. Contents Preface v 1 The Keyboard 2 Hierarchy of Arithmetic Operations 3 Entering Programs 4 Output to the Screen 5
TS 1000 TS 1500
A new selection of games designed for the TS1000 and ZX81; all in 1-2K. Features such arcade favorites as: Dogfight, Breakout, Outlaw, Galaxian, Roadracer, Alien Invasion, and dozens more.
ZX81 TS 1000
This handbook focuses on the additional features of the TS1000 and 1500. New games and useful learning tricks help show how to write programs that really work. It will guide users from start to finish, through each feature and function of the TS1000/1500 personal computer.
TS 1000 TS 1500
This handbook focuses on the additional features of the TS1000 and ZX81. New games and useful learning tricks help show how to write programs that really work. Guides users from start to finish, through each feature and function of the TS1000/ZX81 personal computer.
TS 1000
Contents CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTIONA brief summary of the book. CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO HEXADECIMAL AND MACHINE CODEComputers count in sixteens, not tens. This system is called hexadecimal, and is quite useful to know. CHAPTER 3 SIMPLE ARITHMETIC“Simple” means very simple! Plusses and minuses only. Division and multiplication are left till later! CHAPTER 4 PEEKING
TS 1000 TS 1500
Using this guide, the reader learns the ins and outs of ZX machine code translation. The handbook reveals the secrets of the ZX81 and shows how to adapt the ZX81 code to the ZX80 machine.
ZX80 ZX81
Children from grades 1 through 6 will find basic arithmetic skill instruction and numerous practice programs. Each of the six packages contains 2 cassette tapes with 32 lessons, games and activities, plus an explanatory booklet. 16K.
TS 1000
About 60 pages of usable insider information (Interrupts, video, block diagram) and 60 more of somewhat undocumented Basic sample programs. The insider stuff does look helpful and a few schematics are provided (16K RAM, PIO, relay driver). This book just might fill in some facts missed elsewhere.
TS 1000
Contains programs ready to run, as well as programming hints to help you create your own programs. Also includes an introduction to machine code, has a complete adventure game entitled “City of Azlan” and guides you to create your own adventure games.
ZX81 TS 1000

Articles

  • Amusement for Brainy Types
    Reviews of The Nowotnik Puzzle, Mega Mind and The Cube Game.
  • How educational are the "educational" programs
    Brief overview of effective educational software and review of educational programs from International Publishing, Mindware, Reston, Softsync and Timex.
  • Resources (Sync v3 n6)
    Listing of new user groups, books and other resources.
  • Software News: TimeWare
    TimeWare, a new line of software and books designed for the Timex/Sinclair 1000 series of computers, is available from Reston Computer Group. The TimeWare product line includes seven new software games, a six-volume series of self-teaching math software and eight books. Adventure games, arcade-type games and traditional games such as chess are included.
  • The Complete Gamer's Guide for all Timex and IBM PC Users
    Short descriptions of games from Creative Software, HES, Melbourne House, Mindware, Orbyte Software, Reston Publishing, Softsync, Timeworks and Timex.

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