Long Island Sinclair Timex (LIST) User Group Library Tape #2

Date: 198x
Type: Cassette
Platform(s): TS 2068

Library tape #2 of the Long Island Sinclair Timex (LIST) User Group: 16 programs, with utilities, graphics and curve plotting, a satellite tracker, music and a few games and quizzes. Several of them are also in the Capital Area Timex Sinclair Users Group (CATS) library: Bank Reconciliation, Taping Schedule and Video File (Volume 3), Geography and Spanish Tutor (Volume 6), Tag (Volume 1) and Varslist (Volume 8).

The download has a TAP, a TZX and a text listing (.tap.txt) of each program, with screenshots of OSC-10C, Olympiad, Taping Schedule and Video File. Char Design (#55185) is linked to this tape on the site, but it is not in the download; its file is on Library Tape #7.

Programs on the Tape

  • 3 Axis Bar Chart: a 3-D bar chart of a cosine surface, drawn back to front (also #56040 3 Axis Bar Chart)
  • Bank Reconciliation: checkbook reconciliation to screen and printer (also #54520 Bank Reconciliation)
  • BigChar: machine code that prints the text in a REM as large letters (also #55001 BigChar)
  • Bold: a 29-byte machine code routine for bold text (also #55002 Bold)
  • Clock: an analog clock face with moving hands and a tick, in BASIC (also #55003 Clock)
  • Confusion: changes how numbers appear in a listing without changing their stored values (Floyd Chrysler) (also #55004 Confusion)
  • Curve: place up to 20 control points and plot a Bézier curve (also #55005 Curve)
  • Curve 2: plots a Bézier curve with an optional control polygon (also #55006 Curve 2)
  • Geography: a states-and-capitals quiz with a map of North America (also #54559 Geography Quiz)
  • OSC-10C: tracks the OSCAR 10 amateur satellite on a world map with azimuth and elevation (Bob Howard, WA6DLI) (also #55008 OSC-10C)
  • Olympiad: the Olympic fanfare with the five rings and an animated figure (also #55009 Olympiad)
  • Spanish Tutor: Spanish verbs, suffixes, opposites and question words (Martin Curley) (also #54556 Spanish Tutor)
  • Tag: catch a wandering square with four keys (also #54508 Tag)
  • Taping Schedule: prints a weekly video-recording schedule (also #54536 Weekly Taping Schedule)
  • Varslist: a 173-byte machine code variable lister (also #55013 Varslist)
  • Video File: catalogues up to 100 video tapes (also #54539 Video Tape File)

Content

3 Axis Bar Chart

Program

A 3D bar chart with solid bars, isometric projection, and a painter's-algorithm draw order renders a cosine-based mathematical surface in vivid color.

Bank Reconciliation

Program

A two-mode checkbook reconciliation program prints formatted ledger columns on screen and paper simultaneously, using integer penny arithmetic to sidestep floating-point rounding errors.

BigChar

Program

A compact machine code utility that prints the text in a REM statement as large text.

Bold

Program

A compact 29-byte machine code routine patches the system to deliver bold text output, loaded and launched by a minimal BASIC bootstrap program.

Char Design

Program

Draw an 8×8 character pixel-by-pixel, then watch the program calculate the exact decimal byte values and redefine a custom graphic automatically.

Clock

Program

A fully animated analog clock face with trigonometrically placed hour markers, sweeping hands, and an audible tick rendered entirely in BASIC.

Confusion

Program

This clever BASIC utility lets you replace the displayed text of numeric literals in any program while leaving their true floating-point values completely intact.

Curve

Program

An interactive Bézier curve designer lets you place up to 20 control points and watch the mathematically computed smooth curve plotted on screen.

Curve 2

Program

Enter a set of control points and watch this program compute and plot a smooth Bézier curve, with an optional wireframe overlay showing the control polygon.

Geography Quiz

Program

A hand-drawn color map of North America sets the scene for a state-capitals quiz that reads your answer and tells you where you went wrong.

Olympiad

Program

A faithful recreation of the Olympic fanfare complete with five-ring graphics and a custom animated character that tracks each note as the melody plays.

OSC-10C

Program

Track the OSCAR 10 amateur satellite in real time with this BASIC orbital propagator that plots world maps, computes azimuth and elevation, and displays phase and range data.

Spanish Tutor

Program

An interactive Spanish tutor automatically conjugates any regular verb you enter and teaches suffixes, opposites, and question words with scrolling example sentences.

Tag

Program

Can you catch a randomly wandering target using just four keys before it slips away again in this quick block-graphics chase game?

Varslist

Program

A 173-byte machine code utility reveals every BASIC variable currently in memory — just call it with RANDOMIZE USR to inspect your program's state.

Video Tape File

Program

A video tape catalog manager stores up to 100 titles with searchable subject and tape-number fields, complete with a Shell sort and tape-based data persistence.

Weekly Taping Schedule

Program

Enter your weekly recording schedule day by day and print a neatly formatted timetable complete with channel numbers and program names.

Image Gallery

Note: Type-in program listings on this website use ZMAKEBAS notation for graphics characters.

Tags

Downloadable Long Island Sinclair Timex Group TS 2068 Collection