Abed Kahale

Abed was editor, treasurer and publisher of ZXir QLive Alive.

Location: Illinois

Articles (68)

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16K Memopak
Two versions of the Memotech 16K RAM pack.		ZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1993
4 Times Screen
Since my last article on the Tandy DMP105 printer, modifications were made to screen dump 4 times the normal size...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 2002
4 Times Screen$
Print graphics with pixels scaled 4x on the Tandy DMP-105. Reprinted in Sinc-Link, TS-2068 Update and ZXir QLive Alive.		Nite-Times NewsSeptember/October 1992
Auto Scale and Bar Graph
Program to plot data like stock market results.		Nite-Times NewsNovember/December 1992
Beating the High Price of Printer Ink
So you got a good deal on that ink-jet printer only to find out later that the cost of buying...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1999
Broken LINK
The folding of the SINC-LINK, the end of the Best of the Best Sinclair newsletter era, leaves a large gap...		ZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1994
Did You Try This?
Short program to make moire patterns.		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
From the Editor
We are grateful for the appreciation and encouragement we have received especially concerning the last issue. Some asked on how...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1994
From the Editor: Better Late Than Never
Due to my relocation after 30 years in the Chicago area to Arizona thingsgot a little mixed up, some material...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1995
Graphic Screen$ Dump
Print graphics screens to the Tandy DMP-105.		Nite-Times NewsSeptember/October 1992
Graphic Screen$ Dump
Program to print screens to the Tandy DMP105.		Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Graphic SCREEN$ Dump Revisited
Dot matrix printer driver.		Update MagazineJuly 1992
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T/SNUG attempts to raise funds to purchase remainder of Rod Gowen’s inventory before he sends it to the landfill. Letters...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1998
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Letters from will Knight, Joan Kealy, Tim Swenson, John Donaldson, Leon Howell, Don Lambert, Jay Shepard, Jose Moreno, Paul Harris,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 2001
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Letters from David Lassov, Leon Howell, Dave Barnes, Dr. D. H. Williamson, Gene Ray, D. G. Smith, Wayne Knaust, Richard...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
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Letters from Jack Payne, William Horner III, David Lassov, Francine Sklar, Greg Simmons, Quentin Kent, Gilliam Parrish.		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1993
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Letters from Abed Kahale, George Chambers, Bill Harmer, Roy Wisti, Pete Paglia, Hugh Scriven, Bill Allen, Bob Madaris. Recover from...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1991
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Letters from Albert Boehm, Robert Swoger, Les Cottrell, Keith Watson, John Simpson, Peter Liebert-Adelt, David Solly, Glen Goodwin, Mark Anderson,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2003
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Letters from Richard Jelen, Edward Snow, Robert Gilbert, Gene Ray, Robert Barnett, Robert Hartung, Rod Gowen, David Lassov.		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1994
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Letters from Wes Brzozowski, Edwin Phillips, R. Arthur Gindin		ZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1994
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Letters from Jack Boatwright, Loic Daneels, David Solly, Louis Florit, Luke Perry, William McBrine, Les Cottrell, Bob Hartung, Jim Ditton,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 2002
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Letters from Robert Dyl, David Lassov, Dave Bennett, Wes Brzozowski, Thomas Simon, Gyro Burns, Ruth Fegley, Gertie Anderson		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1994
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Letters from Carlos Delhez, Robert Gilbert, Larry Crawford, Rod Gowen, Fred Henn, Gilliam Parrish, Greg Bridgewater.		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1995
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Letters from Les Cottrell, Tim Swenson, Robert Gilbert, Francine Sklar, Harry Miller, David Lassov, Joan Kealy, Bill Cable, Gilliam Parrish,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
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Letters from Hector Picone, Don Lambert, James Coles, William McBrine, Scott Rossell, Tony Firshman, Ruth Fegley, David Solly, Don Dindang.		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 2002
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Letters from Robert Hartung, Paul Robinson, Alvin Albrecht, William Harmer, Donald Lambert, M. H. Binstock, Fred Henn, Leo Moll.		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1995
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Letters from Peter Liebert-Adelt, Fred Henn, Jose Moreno, David Lassov, Kimmy Posey, Simeon Dwyer, Justin Clark.		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1995
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Letters from Ruth Fegley, Jack Boatwright, Ed Kinglsey, Donald Lambert, Bob Hartung, Al Feng, Louis Florit, Robert Swoger, Tony Firshman.		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2002
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Letters from Hugh Scriven, Peter Lievert-Adelt, Gil Parrish, David Lassov, Frank Davis, Bob Swoger, Steve, Johnson, Jose Moreno, George Chambers,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1996
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Letters from David Johnson, Kenneth Harbit, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Bob Swoger, Frank Davis, Jose Moreno, Steve Johnson, John Shepard, Alvin Albrecht,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1996
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Letters from David Lassov, Keith Watson, Jon Kaczor, Bob Swoger, Frank Davis, John Pegram, Al Feng, Joan Kealy, Jose Moreno,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1996
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Letters from Luke Perry, Earl Kielglass, Mike Ingall, Paul Holmgren. Death of Fred Henn, crash involving Frank and Carol Davis.		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2002
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Letters from David Lassov, Jose Moreno, Gil Parrish, Seymour Miller, Don Lambert, Bob Swoger, Jon Shepard, Ken Harbit, Steve Johnson,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
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Letters from Donald Lambert, David Lassov, Gil Parrish, Al Feng, Wally Swentko, Robert Gallagher, Rod Gowen, Seymour Miller, Frank Davis,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1997
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Letters from Seymour Miller, Hugh Scriven, Ed Kingsley, David Lassov, Bob Swoger, Robert Hartung, Tim Swenson, Donald Lambert.		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1997
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Letters from Bob Swoger, Fred Henn, Tim Swenson, David Lassov, Al Feng, Bill McKelvey, Dennis Smith, Rod Gowen, Robert Hartung,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1997
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More of the Rod Gowen liquidation saga. Letters from Jack Boatwright, Michael Henderlight, Harriet (Joan) Kealy, David Lassov, Fred Henn,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1998
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Letters from Paul Anderson, Dennis Smith, David Lassov, Bob Hartung, Fred Henn, Scott Gillespie, Jay Shepard, Jack Boatwright, Rod Gowen,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1998
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Letters from Bob Swoger, Les Cottrell, Jack Boatwright, Peter Liebert-Adelt, David Solly, Jay Shepard, Louis Florit, Frank Davis, Rita Jean...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1998
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Letters from Ed Kingsley, Al Boehm, Jose Moreno, David Solly, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Jack Boatwright, Jeff Burrell, Don Oviatt, Earl Kielglass,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1999
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Letters from Dean Mikolajczyk, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Robert Webster, David Solly, Armand Drucker, Burke Mawny, David Hartmann, Dane Stegman.		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 2001
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Letters from David Solly, Bob Swoger, Glen Goodwin, Jack Boatwright, Fred Henn, Don Oviatt, Rod Gowen		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1999
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Letters from Joan Kealy, Dane Stegman, Stephen Waldman, Richard Burt, William McBrine, Joe Rampolla.		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1999
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Letters from Joe Rampolla, Antonio Castro, Jack Boatwright, Jim Mach, William Girnius, Larry Kenny, Rod Gowen, Al Feng, Mike Kandrac,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1999
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Letters from Paul Anderson, Dane Stegman, Jack Boatwright, Joan Kealy, Paul Anderson, Andy Barber, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Luke Perry, Don Lambert,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2000
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Letters from Joe Rampolla, John Pegram, Al Feng, David Leech, Jeff Burrell, Rod Gowen, Dane Stegman, Robert Webster, Tom Parks,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2000
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Letters from Luke Perry, Rod Gowen, Darrell Hamilton, Frank Mills, David Lassov, Leon Howell, Dave Bennett, Wilf Rigter, David Solly		ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 2000
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Letters from Don Lambert, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Robert Gilbert, Jeff Burrell, Joe Rampolla, Al Feng, Robert Swoger, Louis Florit, David Solly,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 2000
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Letters from Paul Anderson, David Lassov, John Caylor, Stephen Beals, Peter Liebert, William McBrine, Luke Perry, Louis Fornit, Johnny Red,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2001
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Letters from David Solly, Tim Swenson, Jay Shepard, Don Lambert, Dean Mikolajczyk, Jack Boatwright, Louis Florit, Peter Leibert-Adelt, Paul Harris.		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2001
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Letters from Rod Gowen, Ata Tursucu, Hugh Howie, Les Cottrell, Tim Swenson, David Lassov, Jon Kaczor, Steve Johnson, Donald Lambert,...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1996
Keeping Records
Simple database program.		Update MagazineOctober 1993
LogiCall Review
Review of the disk management program by Bob Swoger.		Update MagazineOctober 1994
LogiCall Review
LogiCall contains all the commands required to run LK-DOS (TS-2068 & Spectrum). It prompts for a command and executes these...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
Memories Mean A Lot
As we grow older, memories of our first computer or our first experience with computers is one thing we won’t...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
Mineral Oil and the Printer Ribbon
It seems that every time I am ready to use my printer, the printing looks faded; time for new ribbon;...		ZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1992
RecordKeeping
While there are a few ‘DataBase’ softwares available for the 2068 such as PROFILE, I like to roll my own...		ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1993
T/S News
T/SNUG News; FDD Newsletter Continues; Timelinez Continues.		Computer MonthlyApril 1992
The Information Super Highway Communications – Modems 101
Computers use binary codes of “ON” bit which has a value of 1 and “OFF” bit which has a value...		ZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1994
TS-2068 Talks to a PC by Modem
While I am not familiar with the Z88, here is what appeared in ZQA!, Winter 93. It should work with...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1999
TS-2068 Talks to a PC by Modem
Direct connection via modem.		Update MagazineJuly 1994
TS-2068 Talks to a PC by Modem
It has been a challenge to have a 2068 communicate directly via modem with a PC modem to transfer text...		ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1993
VU-3D 10 Years Later
[Figure: Timex Sinclair VU-3D cassette cover] I bought my TS-2068 and VU-3D among other programs in 1983. Proud of my...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
Wall Street, Here We Come!
Program to plot stock data.		Update MagazineJanuary 1992
ZQA! Signing Off; T/SNUG to Continue
At 3 AM in the morning ten years ago I was unable to sleep. I was thinking about SNUG, the...		ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2003

User Groups (2)

TitleLocationFounded
Chicago Area Timex Users Group (CATUG)
The user group had a BBS, using software written and maintained by Bob Swoger and hosted by his employer, Motorola....		1885A Yorktown Ave., Great Lakes, Illinois 600881986
Timex/Sinclair NorthAmerican User Groups
In 1988, at the Sunstate Timex/Sinclair Winterfest, a group of enthusiasts proposed a nation-wide user’s group. The name of the...		613 Parkwood Cir, Streamwood. IL 601071991