Gene G. Buza

Articles (130)

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16K Sinclair/Timex Computer for $150
Announcement of the T/S 1000. Will be available in computer stores, department stores, jewelry stores and drug stores, more than...
Synchro-SetteMay 1982
A Screen Memory Map for the TS 2068Synchro-SetteMarch 1984
Artificial Intelligence for the ZX-81
Program listing for an ELIZA-like that simulates a doctor psychoanalyzing a patient.
Synchro-SetteMay 1982
Binary TeacherSynchro-SetteApril 1984
Break-Even Analysis ProgramSynchro-SetteMarch 1983
Cassette Loading Problems
More suggestions on resolving LOAD issues.
Synchro-SetteJuly 1982
CES Show in Chicago
Report from the Consumer Electronic Show in Chicago. Sinclair dropped price of ZX81 to $99; showed ZX Spectrum. Timex displayed...
Synchro-SetteJune 1982
Chess for the Sinclair
Review of chess programs and tutorial.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1982
Christmas Specials
Here are two programs that give a moving graphics representation of the holiday spirit. The first version is for the...
Synchro-SetteDecember 1983
Client Package – Review
Review of Boss Package #121 from S & S Company.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1983
Color Computer From Sinclair
Announcement for the ZX Spectrum. Lists features.
Synchro-SetteMay 1982
Color Output of the TS-2068
Colors off when displayed on monitor.
Synchro-SetteJanuary 1984
Conjecture
Word game similar to hangman.
Synchro-SetteMay 1983
Continuation of Programs from 3/84 and 4/84 Issues
Three programs were left out of the last two issues. Two are presented; third was on tape.
Synchro-SetteMay 1984
Drawing Ellipsoids on the TS 2068
The DRAW command can draw circles or parts of circles.
Synchro-SetteMarch 1984
Editor Ramblings
We intend to bring to you ready to run programs of interest for both the beginner and advanced computerist. Robert...
Synchro-SetteApril 1982
Editor Ramblings
Description of a potential time-sharing service for Sinclair users.
Synchro-SetteMay 1982
Editor Ramblings
Gladstone selling Sinclair thermal printer. Gladstone replacement keyboard also mentioned. Memotech GP-100 printer. CAI/40 printer from CAI. Timex demo booths...
Synchro-SetteOctober 1982
Editor Ramblings
Magazine printed with daisy wheel printer. Spectrum micro drives not disk. Sinclair and Timex sales figures. Amateur radio users. Educational...
Synchro-SetteJanuary 1983
Editor Ramblings
Cassettes now come with a loader program. ZX-99 tape control system. T/S-1000 now being sold in U.S. Outside software support...
Synchro-SetteAugust 1982
Editor Ramblings
Corrections to programs. Timex T/S-1000 computer sweeping the country. Keyboards from data-assette. Memotech RAM packs. Microdrive from SyncWare. Mindware printer...
Synchro-SetteSeptember 1982
Editor Ramblings
Growth of the magazine. Amateur radio and the Sinclair Computer; QZX. Computers in schools. Watchmaker’s Guidebook. Users group in Hammond,...
Synchro-SetteNovember 1982
Editor Ramblings
Mistakes in November 1982 issue. Sinclair pocket TV. US Spectrum sales. Printer news. RAM pack ribbon connector. Floppy disk for...
Synchro-SetteDecember 1982
Editor Ramblings
Mistakes in the January 1983 issue. Sidewinder, a new printer from Mindware. Synchro-Sette tapes bulk produced. CFASTDATA, CFASTDUET from Cosmonics....
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1983
Editor Ramblings
Tax programs. Basicare modules from Gladstone. New products from Memotech. TS 2040 printer available. TS 1500 printer announcement. TS 2000...
Synchro-SetteMarch 1983
Editor Ramblings
Digitalizer from Eulyn Electronics, Super Winky from G. Russell Electronics. TS 1000 down to $39.95 with rebate. Virtuoso music synthesis...
Synchro-SetteApril 1983
Editor Ramblings
Forth for the ZX/TS. Modem in the works. Update on TS 1500 and TS 2000 pricing.
Synchro-SetteMay 1983
Editor Ramblings
TS 1500s available but without advertising support. Plans to port Syntext to the 2068. What to do with 1000? Emphasis...
Synchro-SetteOctober 1983
Editor Ramblings
K Mart selling 1000 for 29.97. Price drop for Winky 2. TS 2000 as a business machine. Computech offers educational...
Synchro-SetteJune/July 1983
Editor Ramblings
TS-1500 news: Timex plans to manufacture a limited number to test market. Timex drops 16K model of TS 2000. Memotech...
Synchro-SetteAugust 1983
Editor Ramblings
TS 1500 expected to launch September 15, 1983 and TS 2000 around October 15. TS 1000 market almost non-existent. Program...
Synchro-SetteSeptember 1983
Editor Ramblings
Phase-out of Synchro-Sette: October 1984 will be last issue. 2068 available. Customers can order direct from Timex.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1983
Editor Ramblings
Timex Computer marketing policy: discontinue TV ads; advertise in publications where reader is more likely to purchase a computer in...
Synchro-SetteDecember 1983
Editor Ramblings
TS sales below expectations: one source says fewer than 30,000 TS 2068s sold since introduction. TS 1500 cassette signal seems...
Synchro-SetteJanuary 1984
Editor Ramblings
2068 peripherals available from 21st Century Electronics. Partial Pascal available for TS 1000. Tax prep software from K-Soft. EPROM burner...
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1984
Editor Ramblings
Timestar Computers trying to acquire license to 2068. Problems converting 1000 programs to run on 2068. High resolution graphics, word...
Synchro-SetteMarch 1984
Editor Ramblings
TS 2068 books. Syntax to continue. New TS purchasers in bind.
Synchro-SetteApril 1984
Editor Ramblings
Timex Sinclair Shopper and Timex Sinclair News will be published. As of December 1983, Sinclair had sold more than 1...
Synchro-SetteMay 1984
Editor Ramblings
List of companies still actively supporting Timex/Sinclair computers.
Synchro-SetteJune 1984
Frame Save
Short program to create graphics for easy recall.
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1984
History: The Birth of ComputersSynchro-SetteDecember 1982
History: The EDVAC and IASSynchro-SetteMarch 1983
History: The First Lady of Computers
Lady Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1982
Home Budget Review
Checkbook Machine and Billpayer Machine by Synchro-Sette.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1982
How to Make Perfect Cassette CopiesSynchro-SetteMay 1982
How to Save Money on Your Mortgage
Review of Boss Package 117 from S & S Company.
Synchro-SetteSeptember 1983
Important Information for Cassette Use
Suggestions for better LOAD/SAVE.
Synchro-SetteApril 1982
Index of 1983 Issues and CassettesSynchro-SetteJanuary 1984
Inverse Screen and Program Protection
Routine invert the screen and suggestions on protection as an author.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1983
Jump Sort
Implementation of a sort routine.
Synchro-SetteJanuary 1983
Line Renumbering on the TS 2068
Subroutine to renumber program lines.
Synchro-SetteApril 1984
Looking at READ, DATA & RESTORE on the TS 2068Synchro-SetteApril 1984
Matrix 1000
Tutorial on multi-dimension variables.
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1984
Mini Database
Simple database program, capable of storing about 12K on a 16K machine.
Synchro-SetteAugust 1983
New Printer
Publisher switched to printing on a C. ITOH Pro-Writer. New printer from CAI. Sinclair working on battery for its flat...
Synchro-SetteJuly 1982
Number MuncherSynchro-SetteJanuary 1983
Olympic Theme
Sound/graphics program in the spirit of the Los Angeles Olympics.
Synchro-SetteJune 1984
Overcoming Cassette Loading and Saving ProblemsSynchro-SetteApril 1983
Peeker
Programs to examine memory.
Synchro-SetteDecember 1983
Pixie
Review of Boss Package T2203-C, a user defined graphics and drawing program.
Synchro-SetteDecember 1983
Printer Review
Sinclair ZX Printer, Mindware MW-100.
Synchro-SetteDecember 1982
Program Blitz
Attempt to cure program loss due to wobble by repairing insulating pieces inside ram pack.
Synchro-SetteApril 1982
Quantum Leap
The Sinclair QL at the CES show.
Synchro-SetteJune 1984
Review of Boss Package #118: Mail List and Inventory Control
Review of programs from S & S Company, who also published the magazine.
Synchro-SetteMay 1983
Review of Boss Package 114: Biorhythm, Rorschact and Reaction
Review of programs from S & S Company, who also published the magazine.
Synchro-SetteAugust 1983
Short Program Routines
Routine to center a title; checkbook program.
Synchro-SetteJuly 1982
Short Programs
Inflation, Pyramid.
Synchro-SetteSeptember 1982
Short Programs: Happy Holidays; Dates, Past, Present & FutureSynchro-SetteNovember 1982
Simulating the STRING$ FunctionSynchro-SetteAugust 1983
Sinclair’s Quantum Leap in the U.S.
Sinclair announces QL, intended for availability in the fall. Formerly referred to as ZX-83. Editor predicts exit of Timex in...
Synchro-SetteJanuary 1984
Skull Shot
Arcade game where user tries to shoot the skulls that pass over in the least amount of shots.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1983
Spiders
A sound/color graphics demonstration program for the TS 2068.
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1984
Stick it to Timex
Program to demonstrate STICK.
Synchro-SetteApril 1984
Syntext-2000 ReviewSynchro-SetteNovember 1983
The 1984 Consumer Electronics Show
Color printer from Okidata, Okimate 10. New Commodore computers. Coleco Adam. Sinclair QL.
Synchro-SetteJune 1984
The Chicago Consumer Electronics Show
TIMEX had a fantastic booth. A number of Muppet-type puppets appeared on a CRT and interacted with a running dialogue...
Synchro-SetteJune/July 1983
The Computer Tutor: 2000 Programming Awareness
Speculation on how to program the 2068.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1983
The Computer Tutor: Compacting DataSynchro-SetteSeptember 1983
The Computer Tutor: Converting String Variables to Numeric Variables and Back AgainSynchro-SetteJune 1982
The Computer Tutor: Data Graphs
PLOT and UNPLOT.
Synchro-SetteDecember 1982
The Computer Tutor: Data Point GraphsSynchro-SetteApril 1984
The Computer Tutor: Determining Program Size
Short subroutine to report size of a program.
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1983
The Computer Tutor: Dummy Screen Memory Map
Memory-mapping the screen display file.
Synchro-SetteMay 1982
The Computer Tutor: Floating Screen Memory Map
Tutorial on directly programming the TS 1000 screen memory.
Synchro-SetteJune/July 1983
The Computer Tutor: Floating Screen Memory Map, Part 2Synchro-SetteAugust 1983
The Computer Tutor: Line Renumbering
Subroutines to renumber program lines.
Synchro-SetteApril 1983
The Computer Tutor: Moving GraphicsSynchro-SetteSeptember 1982
The Computer Tutor: Out of Sorts
Tutorial on sorting.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1982
The Computer Tutor: Re-Dimensionalizing VariablesSynchro-SetteFebruary 1984
The Computer Tutor: READ, DATA & RESTORE
Simulating READ/DATA/RESTORE on the ZX-81.
Synchro-SetteApril 1982
The Computer Tutor: READ, DATA, RESTORE Revisited
Alternative method of simulating READ, DATA, RESTORE by storing data in a REM.
Synchro-SetteMarch 1983
The Computer Tutor: Reverse Scroll with Machine Language SubroutineSynchro-SetteMay 1983
The Computer Tutor: Simulating Draw & Circle on the TS 1000Synchro-SetteMarch 1984
The Computer Tutor: Simulating Print UsingSynchro-SetteJanuary 1983
The Computer Tutor: Simulating the DEF FN FunctionSynchro-SetteJanuary 1984
The Computer Tutor: Storing and Merging Data Separate from the Program, Part 2Synchro-SetteDecember 1983
The Computer Tutor: Storing Data Separate From the Program, Part 1Synchro-SetteNovember 1983
The Computer Tutor: String Manipulation
More techniques for string manipulation.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1982
The Computer Tutor: Syntactic SumSynchro-SetteAugust 1982
The Computer Tutor: TS 2068 Error TrappingSynchro-SetteJune 1984
The Computer Tutor: TS-2068 Full Screen Use
Printing to lines 23 and 24.
Synchro-SetteMay 1984
The Computer Tutor: ZX-81 Word Processing
Short program to enter text.
Synchro-SetteJule 1982
The Forth Corner
Introduction to Forth and review of Pluri-Forth from Tree Systems.
Synchro-SetteJune/July 1983
The Forth CornerSynchro-SetteAugust 1983
The Forth CornerSynchro-SetteSeptember 1983
The Forth Corner
Review of Word Tree, a word processor for the TS 1000, for use with Tree-Forth.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1983
The GP-100A From MemotechSynchro-SetteMarch 1983
The Incredible Cipher Machine
Documentation for program to create and decode messages by substituting two numbers for every character in the message.
Synchro-SetteJune 1982
The Split Moving Marquee
Two programs to display messages.
Synchro-SetteMay 1983
The SYNTEXT Word Processor
Description of the program functions.
Synchro-SetteApril 1983
The Telephone Connection
Program to convert phone number to a word.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1983
The Timex 2040 PrinterSynchro-SetteApril 1983
The Winky Board II
Review of the Winky Board II.
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1983
The ZX-80 Versus the ZX-81
Incompatibilities between the ZX-80 8K ROM and the ZX-81.
Synchro-SetteMay 1982
This Month’s Cassette Programs
Spider-Dan, Minefield-1, Minefield-2, Rally, TwoDates, Rorschach, Instring, Namesort, Bouncing-Bombs, Biorhythm, Basecon.
Synchro-SetteApril 1982
This Month’s Cassette Programs
1K: Alien-Base, Clock, Mortgage-1, Marquee-1. 16K: Marquee-2, Cipher, Scrambled Words, Mortgage-2
Synchro-SetteJune 1982
This Month’s Cassette Programs
1K/2K: Birthday, Micro-Pro, Rip-Off, Syncro-Smash. 16K: Reaction, Mini-Pro, File, Bulletin
Synchro-SetteOctober 1982
This Month’s Programs
1K/2: Season’s Greetings, Mileage, Chainsaw, Frenzy. 16K: Inventory, Space Docking, Quote, Bulletin
Synchro-SetteDecember 1982
This Month’s Programs
2K: Bank Shot, Deposit Multiplier, Math-Helper, Number Master. 16K: Gran Marquee, Tape File, Sub-Niner, Bulletin.
Synchro-SetteJune/July 1983
This Month’s Programs
2K: Big Char/Exam, Labyrinth. 16K: Tollbooth, Stock Projector, TTD, Thwart, Bulletin.
Synchro-SetteSeptember 1983
This Month’s Programs
Windchill, Census, Sides, Droptest, Cardtrick, Stumper, Acorec, Bulletin.
Synchro-SetteNovember 1983
This Month’s Programs
Respell, Bumper, Burts Game, Elecform, Fifteen, Infofile, Bulletin
Synchro-SetteJanuary 1984
This Month’s Programs
Bomb-catcher, Land-mine, Slot-machine, Bowling, Minicalc, Arvolform, Bulletin.
Synchro-SetteMarch 1984
This Month’s Programs
Binary Teacher, Hexer, Photon, Short-Route, Enigma, Quick-Pay, Bulletin.
Synchro-SetteMay 1984
Timex Withdraws From Home Computer Market
Timex announced they were abandoning their computer product line as of February 22, 1984.
Synchro-SetteFebruary 1984
Try This
Entering line numbers greater than 9999.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1983
View of VU-Calc
Review and tutorial.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1982
What can the 2000 do for you?
Brief overview of 2068 features.
Synchro-SetteOctober 1983
What the TS 2068 Owner Won’t Be Able to Get
Peripherals planned but not launched.
Synchro-SetteApril 1984
Would You Like to Write for Synchro-Sette?Synchro-SetteMay 1982

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TitleTypeCompanyDownload
Area and Volume FormulationProgram
Big Char ExamProgram
BirthdayProgram
Bomb-CatcherProgram
BowlingProgram
FileProgram
Labyrinth 2Program
Land-MineProgram
Micro-ProProgram
Mini-ProProgram
MinicalcProgram
Pythagorean TriplesProgram
ReactionProgram
Rip-OffProgram
Stock ProjectorProgram
Synchro-Sette April 1983CassetteS & S Company, TheDownload
Synchro-Sette December 1982CassetteS & S Company, TheDownload
Synchro-Sette February 1983CassetteS & S Company, TheDownload
Synchro-Sette June 1983CassetteS & S Company, TheDownload
Synchro-Sette March 1984CassetteS & S Company, TheDownload
Synchro-Sette October 1982CassetteS & S Company, TheDownload
Synchro-Sette September 1983CassetteS & S Company, TheDownload
Synchro-SmashProgram
Things To DoProgram
ThwartProgram
TollboothProgram
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