Sinware
Owner(s):
Ray Kingsley
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Kingsley was prolific in documenting how to program in machine language and produced several tools for programmers.
Products
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Debugged EXROM | Ray Kingsley’s fixes to the Timex EXROM, available as a 2764 EPROM. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| HOT Z | Z80 disassembler and debugger in Hot Z. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
| HOT Z-II | Adds interactive assembler to the disassembler and debugger in Hot Z. Line-by-line assembler checks syntax as you enter Z80 mnemonics and assembles directly to memory. Multiple commands to support program development. 16-64K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
| Hot-Z 2068 | Disassembler/assembler with data displays, ROM floating-point code display, four letter names for commonly used addresses (built-in and user-defined) and more. Features hex code input, two breakpoints, single-step with register, flag, and stack display, LOAD ZX/TS tapes,and a powerful on-the-fly assembler with delete and insert code commands. Saves and loads byte files, prints to the TS2040, | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| STEP | Debugging tool that quickly pinpoints BASIC programming errors. Provides line-at-a-time execution of programs and allows for checking the display and the values of program variables for unexpected results. Other modes allow breakpoints to be set by line number for quick testing of long programs, by the number of passes for testing loops, or by limits | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Z Extra | Display manager and data filing program in machine code. Provides a full screen editor for a direct keyboard-to- screen link with full editing and plotting features. Filing and display facilities permit page-flip animation or horizontal or vertical scrolling through windows. Stores up to 99 screens in 64K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Z-TOOLS | BASIC utilities that enhance programming power. MERGE programs from your own library of tested subroutines to build new programs quickly. RENUM provides neat listings, includes numbered GOTOs and GOSUBs, and flags those with expressions. COPY and DELETE blocks of lines for quick restructuring. VERIFY the contents of your tape against memory and eliminate losses to | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Books
Periodicals
Downloads
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Z 2.51 | Multiple versions, including images for running in EXROM space and as an AROS cartridge. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| HOT Z Disassembler | Versions 1.43, 1.84, 1.86, 1.94 and 1.95 for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hot Z II 16k v2.11 | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Hot Z II 64K v2.02 | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Hot Z v1.6 | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Hot Z v1.72 | Hot Z on a John L. Oliger 2764×2 READ EPROM board. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| HOT Z-II 48-64K | Hot Z-II on EPROM, mounted on a John L. Oliger 2764×2 READ EPROM card. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Dear Editor | Using Firstloader; response to review of HOT Z-2068; information about Timex Sinclair User. | |
| For Your Support | Product availability announcements from Imre Auersbaucher (educational software), Hawg Wild Software (2068 fig-Forth, CP Spectrum Forth, EMU-1 Spectrum emulator, User Design Graphics toolkit), Dale Lipinski Software (5 new programs for the 2068, and 8 new ones for the 1000 and 1500, dealing with accounting and file management), Sinware (updated HotZ 2068), Games to Learn By | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hot Stuff | Review of SinWare’s HOT Z. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Hot Z-2068 | Review of the disassembler from Sinware. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| HOT Z/Zeus Comparison | Comparison between the two machine-language utility programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hot-Z | HOT Z is a valuable tool for the machine language pro or novice. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Machine Code Topics: 2068 BASIC ROM Calls | This is the first of an occasional and indefinite series on machine-code programming for the 2068. I do not intend to take you through the rudiments of Z80 instructions, nor even the discovery and invention of the poked REM statement, but if you know how to do it even a little bit, then maybe I | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Machine Language and Hardware Design Sub-Group | Major presentation was a demonstration of Hot Z. | |
| More Software: Hot Z | Review of the disassembler/monitor from Sinware. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| New Product News | Spectrum emulators available; disk systems for 2068; terminal software for modem; cartridge version (HOT Z-AROS) of Hot Z-2068 available. | |
| New Products (Syntax v3 n11) | New products from R.S. Panwar, Wisconsinc Electronics, Sinware, P. Pollack, Nanos. | |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n12) | New products from TAG Software, Gesang Associates, Intercomputer, ACE Software, Thomas B. Woods, Delphic Enterprises, Sinware, E. Arthur Brown, Softsync, Macshak Software. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 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 n4) | New products from Artisan Electronics, Spectra Computer Products, Jim Giddings, L. Harmon, Cosmonics, Memotech, Hawg Wild, Electronic Specialists, Sinware, Cottage Technology, Advanced Interface Designs, Software Unlimited. | |
| Resources (Sync v3 n6) | Listing of new user groups, books and other resources. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Software: Z Extra by Sinware | Product review. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| To Buy or Not to Buy? Software | Review of Z-Tools and Step by Sinware. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Vendor Report | Byte-Back has nearly cleared up its backlog of 2068 modem orders; Ray Kingsley of Sinware believes that some of you may have purchased bootleg copies of an early version of HOT-Z with a bug in it; allegation of Gladstone copying software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |