Peter Hale

Location: Massachusetts

Articles (103)

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‘Hacker’ Dead, Long Live IQLR
The venerable ‘HACKER’ from Las Vegas Nevada published its last issue early this year.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
About Tooklit II
Are there any QL owners who if they don’t have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Anyone...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
About TOOLKIT II
Are there any QL owners who if they don’t have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Article...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1988
Accelerating Abacus
Techniques for making the program faster.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1996
An ApologyPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
An Open Letter to All QL Users
Effective close of business March 2, 1993, EMSoft will cease operations.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Archive Character CodesPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Archive Character Codes
Few who use Psion’s Archive realize that it redefines many of the codes in the character set. The following Archive...
Peter HaleCATS NewsletterApril 1989
Archive Housekeeping
How to perform garbage collection on an Archive file.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1990
Awari
Many years ago I keypunched at T/S 1000 game of AWARI from Sync Magazine. It is an ancient African game...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Bad QL Membranes Crisis Intervention
How to repair or replace broken keyboard membranes.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1991
Black Box Notes
Ernie may not be so far from the truth about Q-DOS taking over. IQLR reports іп a BBS download that...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Black Box Notes II
We recently saw an advert for an all black computer (MicroTech Computer) that advertises “State of the Art Computer Systems...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Club QL International
We recently received a copy (hardcopy) of an interesting free newsletter called Club QL International edited by Mike Kenneally, 6...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Columnifying Quill
The trouble with having been a working programmer in one’s youth is that you spend the rest of your life...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
Editor’s Notes
I apologize for the tardiness of this issue of the BoSTUG newsletter. Part is due to delays in receiving contributions;...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
Editor’s Notes
Tine Designs Magazine recently had a newsletter competition for Sinclair/Timex User Groupe. We submitted our May issue. Surprisingly, we did...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
Editor’s Notes
The observant among you will note that we have already changed our name to NESQLUG. This is because we like...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
Editor’s Notes
For once this editor has a number of hobby horses to ride, and the problem is to choose which one...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Editor’s Notes
With the new year comes new things. Notwithstanding that this is still Volume 1 of NESQLUG News (our year runs...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
Editor’s Notes
February, as this is written, may not be the cruelest month but it sure gives the blaghs. The holidays are...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Editor’s Notes
As we conclude the first full year of operation our membership has grown to nearly 40 and includes trans-Atlantic members....
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1991
Editor’s Notes
In the last issue, 1 had promised a lot of new stuff now to compensate for the junk then. Alas,...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Editor’s Notes
I want to draw your attention to two biggies in the QL world. In this issue Gary Norton has an...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Editor’s Notes
We (editorially) have recently heard that Simon Goodwin of Turbocharge, Editor SE and DIY Toolkit fame is upset about the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
Editor’s Notes
AS we reach the end of the second year of operation close, NESQLUG can justifiably pat itself on its collective...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1992
Editor’s Notes
As we start the third year of NESQLUG there is good news and bad news. The good news is that...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Editor’s Notes
There is а lot of good news in this issue. A members-only special deal is being offered by Digital Precision...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
Editor’s Notes
Merry Xmas and a lump of coal in your stocking! A friend said that one of the functions of an...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Editor’s Notes
For once the editor is at a loss for cute things to say on opening the column.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Editor’s Notes
As you will note from your mailing label, there is but one issue left in your current subscription.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Editor’s Notes
A major event occurred at the last meeting at Al Boehm’s house. Wil Horton will take over as editor commencing...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
EditorialPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
Emulators
We have received news of several Sinclair-Timex emulators being developed in Holland by Carlo Delhez. I have left his initial...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Exchange Newsletters
Since renewing our publication schedule in January, BoSTUG gets exchange newsletters from many groups across the continent. The newsletters are...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
File Transfers QL to IBM
Moving a file from the QL to an IBM-XT and reverse is really quite simple.
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
Files 2
Review of file management tool for QL.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1991
Flash!
Some of you have heard about the QL World article on the QL in North America. This article was nice...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Gold Card ROM
Even the famed Tony Tebby Sometimes makes boo-boos. Since its release the Gold Card ROM has been upgraded to add...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Handy Procs
Elsewhere in this issue Ed Kingsley describes some handy ALTKEYs, but don’t forget that PROCedures are useful for many repetitive...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Hardware Tips for the QL
Does your OL sit here and stare at you on power up, just daring you to press F1 or F2?...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
Home Office on the Cheap
DIY dust buster; DIY printer stand.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1990
IDing QL File Types
There is nothing quite so frustrating as to get a disc or microcartridge full of programs and not know where...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
IFE Disk Policy
As many of you are aware, over 90 3.5″ disks were received from the IFE in Germany comprising software from...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
IFE Disk Rules
There is some confusion Public Domain software charges, so let me repeat. NESQLIB disks are $1.00 on your preformatted medium,...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
In Memoriam: Ernest J WiderPeter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1993
Job Openings
For nearly two years Joyce Blaho has abley acted as our newsletter liaison officer.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Meeting Minutes
The September meeting was held in Sherm & Fran Waterman’s garage at Yarmouth Port on Cape Cod.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Meeting Minutes
The regular meeting was held on November 7 at Peter Hale’s house in Chelsea. After reports that the Treasury was...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Megabytes of Free Software
Over the past 6 months NESQLUG has been engaged in establishing contacts with the International Freeware Exchange (IFE).
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Merging Archive and Abacus FilesPeter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1991
Milwaukee “Family Reunion”
We enjoyed this Fest more than any of the others, since we hosted the event last year. You can’t imagine...
Audrey Curnutt
Robert M Curnutt
CATS NewsletterAugust 1990
More on Inter Group Freeware ExchangePeter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
More on SupportPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
NESQLib No2
Ed Kingsley announced the release of the NESQLib2 disk, the second in our PD library. A list of the titles...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
NESQLIBNo1 – The Disk
We have seen the Beta-test version of the final edition of NESQLIBnol, the first disk in our Public Domain Library....
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
New Kid on the Block
All members of NESQLUG and a lot of other people around the world recently received the inaugural issue of the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Open Letter to All QL UsersPeter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1993
Pokes
From the Milwaukee SMUG Bytes, which copied it from the Chicago NITE-TIMES NEWS came the following tid-bits on useful POKE.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Prairie Digital
Some years ago a firm called Prairie Digital marketed a A/D I/O board for the QL. Such a board lets...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Printing DatabasesPeter HaleSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
Production Notes
For the first time the entire issue of this newsletter has been produced on test87. Previously, the newsletter was produced...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Programming by Procedure
In ARCHIVE the only obvious decision making command is: IF … ELSE … ENDIF. It works as you would expect...
Peter HaleQuantum LevelsJune 1989
Psion Productivity Tips
A limitation to Paion programs 1s that file nanes may not exceed 8 characters. Right? Wrong! We know that Quill...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
Psion Productivity Tips
In the three years since getting a QL, I continue to be surprised at little secrets it reveals.
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
Qandex Released
Hugh Howie has recently completed a labor of love in putting a summary of each and every article of any...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
QL Numbers Into Text
This program converts a number (entered as numerals) into an equivalent word string.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
QL Productivity Tips
A collection of three SuperBASIC productivity tips for the Sinclair QL: using the slash-zero character (CTRL+SHIFT+FP) in printer output for...
Peter HaleTimelinezNovember 1988
QL Solitaire
Review of the game from Softshoe Software.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1992
QL World Lives
QL WORLD is publishing again. It was purchased by ARC WIND, LTD., an owner of specialty magazines previously best known...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
QLX Arrives
The recent announcement of Miracle Systems QLX card for the IBM has caused a great flurry of interest both here...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
RecipesSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
Releasing Printer Power from a QL
Many with a QL do not know how to get the most out of their printers. This is particularly true...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1990
Remote Control by the QL
Previous efforts to respond to and control the outside world with a QL have not been successful. Prairie Digital developed...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
RepairsPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
SMUG Export Report
| travelled with Bill Cable of Wood & Wind Computing to the SMUG Expo in Milwaukee the first weekend in...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
SNUG as a Bug
On cold evenings of my childhood my grandmother would wrap me in a handwoven blanket and settle in front of...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
String Slicing, Coercion & Concatenation
String concatenation is a subject that can’t easily be covered in a vacuum. It must include string slicing and coercion...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
Style Sheets, Formats and Macros
I create a document of my letterhead with design, margins, footer, Justification and tabs the way I like them. I...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineApril 1989
SuperBASIC for Beginners
BoSTUG members Peter Hale and Mike Mitchell are collaborating on a book of the 20 most useful QL SuperBASIC keywords...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
SuperBASIC for Beginners
Continuing from last month’s column, we move on to PRINT. Most of us have a pretty clear 1dea of what...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
Surveys and Questionaires
In the past two or three months we have learned of two surveys being onducted in the world of the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
T/S Emulators
Notes on Carlo Delhez’s emulators and letter from Carlo about them.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1992
text 87 and Quill, Part I
Comparison of the two word processing programs.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineApril 1990
TEXT87 – A Review
Rarely does software arrive on the QL scene with a potential for dramatic changes in the way the computer is...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
text87 and Quill, Part IIPeter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1990
text87 and Quill, Part III
Conclusion to the comparison between the two programs.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1991
Text87 ReviewPeter HaleCATS NewsletterJuny 1988
The Printer PortPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
The Printer Port
I want to tell you about what has to be the best printer value for Sinclair users on the market...
Peter HaleCATS NewsletterJanuary 1991
The QL In North AmericaPeter HaleCATS NewsletterOctober 1991
Toronto Sink-Link
I recently received a notice from The Toronto (CANADA) Sinclair group with a sample newsletter and an invitation to join...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Two Tips
Although disks are far more reliable mediums than microcartridges, who among disk drivers has not had the dreaded Bad Medium...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Why Buy a QL (or in the end, keep one)Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1993
Writing an Article
Everyone likes to read newsletters and magazines about the QL. But before a newsletter/magazine exists there must be 1) articles...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Zip Code Printer Automation
The April, 1991, issue of The DATA BUS from the Dayton Microcomputer Association had a BASIC listing to generate the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
ZXir QLive Alive
Apologies to Bob Swoger and Don Lambert for pinching the name of their magazine, but it fits the bill. The...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992

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