Real started with computers with the TI99A, followed by the Timex 2068, the Sinclair QL, and the Cambridge Z88 notebook.
He was very involved with the Sinclair community, publishing his own newsletters and writing articles for others.
Real Gagnon
Website: https://www.rgagnon.com/howto.html
Location: Canada
Articles (134)
| Title | Author(s) | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2068: Animation en L.M. Animation using machine language on the TS2068. | Real Gagnon | SIN | October-November 1986 |
| 2068: Langage Machine We will undertake a series on machine language programming on the 2068. These articles will be published with the idea... | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1987 |
| Animation en BASIC Short programs to demonstrate animation techniques on the TS2068. | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1986 |
| Ant Attack Brief review of the game, for the ZX Spectrum. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Audio-Scan Program to draw a graphic representation of the audio coming in to the EAR jack. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Binaire <-> Decimal <-> Binaire Programs to convert from binary to decimal and vice versa. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| BLANK_EXE | LISTing Newsletter | August 1991 | |
| Bordure Psychedelique? Short program to generate multicolor border effects. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| C.M.: Attributs (Machine Code: Attributes) Tutorial on setting display attributes from machine language. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| Calcul d’Interets Program to calculate interest. | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1986 |
| Caracteres Alternatifs Yet another set to alternate characters. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Chequered Flag Brief review of the racing game, from Psion, for the 2068. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Clavier.Exe | Sinc-Link | September/October 1989 | |
| Compass Review of the BASIC compiler from JRC Software.. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Entre Deux Octets | Real Gagnon | SIN | February 1986 |
| Entre Deux Octets | Real Gagnon | SIN | March 1986 |
| Entre Deux Octets | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1986 |
| Entre Deux Octets | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1986 |
| Entre Deux Octets With autumn approaching, the future of Sinclair computers is becoming clearer. The Spectrum is in better shape than ever with... | Real Gagnon | SIN | October-November 1986 |
| Entre Deux Octets For this final issue of 1986, SIN offers you a few extra pages. This was made possible thanks to the... | Real Gagnon | SIN | December 1986 - January 1987 |
| Entre Deux Octets | Real Gagnon | SIN | February-March 1987 |
| Entre Deux Octets | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1987 |
| Entre Deux Octets In this issue of SIN, you’ll find another article on 2068 machine programming, this time discussing sound effect production. | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1987 |
| Entre Deux Octets I’ve been asking a few questions lately. Perhaps a reader can enlighten me… Does anyone know if the weekly magazine... | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1987 |
| Entre deux octets (Between two bytes) Editorial about the issue. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| Entre deux octets (Between two bytes) Editorial about the issue. | SIN | January 1986 | |
| Entre deux octets (Between two bytes) Editorial about the issue. | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1986 |
| For Your QL: Archive Secrets Tips for using Archive. | Time Designs Magazine | July/August 1988 | |
| Francisation de Tasword II Changes to Tasword II to support French language users. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| From the QL Library | Sinc-Link | November/December 1990 | |
| Functions Utiles: DEF FN Utility functions for programming. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Generateur de Caracteres (Character Generator) Program that permits redefining UDGs on the 2068. | SIN | September 1985 | |
| Hardware News Report on a light pen by Paul Donnelly, new products from Zebra, a Spectrum ROM/2068 ROM switch board. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| Hardware News Larken Disk Drive controller. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Header-Reader for 2068 Program to read just the header from programs on cassette. | SUM | December 1985 | |
| Joystick (IN 31) Project to create a Spectrum joystick port on a cartridge for the TS 2068. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| La Page du QL As we know, the QL has two serial outputs, SER1 and SER2. SER1 is configured as DCE and is usually... | Real Gagnon | SIN | October-November 1986 |
| La Page du Sinclair QL Announcements of software for the Sinclair QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | February 1986 |
| La Page du Sinclair QL News about the Sinclair QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | March 1986 |
| La Page du Sinclair QL In the previous issue of SIN, we saw that the ROM of the American QL contained some undocumented commands. We... | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1986 |
| La Page du Sinclair QL Updates on hardware and software for the QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1986 |
| La Page du Sinclair QL (Sinclair QL Page) Overview of programming languages for the Sinclair QL. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| La Page du Sinclair QL (Sinclair QL Page) Tutorial on using the QL. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Language Machine Initiation Introduction to machine language. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Le coeur du QL: Le 68008 (The heart of the QL: The 68008) Description of the CPU. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Le decodage du clavier du 2068 (Decoding the 2068 Keyboard) Tutorial on using IN to read the 2068 keyboard. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Le Solitaire The card game for the QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1986 |
| Les Bugs du 2068 (The Bugs of the 2068) Describes several bugs in the 2068 ROM. | SIN | October 1985 | |
| List Des Anciens Numeros Index to articles appearing in earlier issues. | Real Gagnon | SIN | October-November 1986 |
| Liste: La Voix du TS2068 Program listing. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Logiciel (Software) Software for the TS 2068. | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1986 |
| Logiciels (Software) Reviews of Monopoly, Scrabble, The Way of the Exploding Fist. | Real Gagnon | SIN | February 1986 |
| Logiciels (Software) Reviews of Masterchess, Voice Chess, and Highway Encounter. | Real Gagnon | SIN | March 1986 |
| Logiciels (Software) Software for the Sinclair QL and TS2068. | Real Gagnon | SIN | October-November 1986 |
| Logiciels Gratuits du Domaine Public de Sin Public domain software from SIN. | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1987 |
| Manic Miner Brief review of the game, for the ZX Spectrum. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Neuf Logiciels Francais Pour Le QL New software in French for the QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1986 |
| Prog: Souligne in BASIC (2068/SP) | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1986 |
| Program: Graphics Four short programs that draw graphic designs. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Program: Mastermind Implementation of the guessing game. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Program: R-Header Loading a program on a TS 2068 usually takes place in two parts: the header and the program/code/array. This program... | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Program: Toolkit Ultra Res 2068 French language version of an article about high resolution graphics extensions to TS BASIC. | SIN | September 1985 | |
| Programme: Belle Cassette This program allows you to create “cover pages” for your cassettes on your printer. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Programme: Copie de Cassette Short program to make cassette copies with the 2068. | SIN | October 1985 | |
| Programme: Ecran 3D (Screen 3D) Create words with a 3D effect. Based on an idea by John Hunton. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Programme: Grosse Lettres Short program to print letters in 5 different sizes. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| Programme: HEX->DEC DEC->HEX Two short programs for performing hexadecimal to decimal conversions and vice versa. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Programme: La Voix Du TS2068 (The Voice of TS2068) This program allows you to make your TS2068 speak without the help of any peripheral. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Programme: Solitaire BASIC listing for the card game. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Programme: Sphere 3D Short program to plot a 3D sphere. | SIN | October 1985 | |
| Programme: Surface Plane Program to plot various surface planes. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Programme: TITRE 3D Program to create 3D titles. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Programmes: Caracteres Alternatifs (2068) Three programs for alternate characters for the TS 2068. | SIN | October 1985 | |
| Programming Tips on the 2068 Short programs that solve problems. | SUM | November 1985 | |
| Psytron Review of the game for the ZX Spectrum. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| QL Substitution Here’s a program with a very useful function that can save you several minutes of hard work. It takes any... | Real Gagnon | SIN | December 1986 - January 1987 |
| QL: Definition de Window Here’s a utility that can help you determine the correct parameters for the WINDOW command. | Real Gagnon | SIN | October-November 1986 |
| QL: Expansion RAM | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1987 |
| QL: Link_BAS SUPERBASIC allows programmers a relatively easy way to add new commands. However, when it comes to using these commands, they... | Real Gagnon | SIN | October 1987 |
| QL: Substitution Here’s a little utility that will definitely come in handy someday. Let’s say you have a program that references `mdv1`... | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1987 |
| ROMSWITCH Review of the hardware product from G. Russell Electronics that lets the user switch between ZX Spectrum and TS2068 ROMs. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| RS-232c et le Sinclair QL | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1986 |
| Sabre Wulf Review of the game for the ZX Spectrum. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| Sinclair News Updates about Sinclair, the new 128K ZX Spectrum, the new QL. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Sinclair News Updates about the Sinclair QL, software and expanding RAM on the 2068. | SIN | September 1985 | |
| Sinclair News News of Sinclair’s potential sale to Robert Maxwell; news about the QL; and availability of the Timex Computer 2068 from... | SIN | October 1985 | |
| Sinclair News Programming languages available for the TS 2068 (fig-Forth and Pascal), programs available over cable TV, and software available at the... | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Sinclair News News about the Sinclair QL, Spectrum games. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| Sinclair News News about SYNC and Creative Computing magazines, computer clubs in Canada. | SIN | Januart 1986 | |
| Sinclair News | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1986 |
| Sinclair News | Real Gagnon | SIN | February 1986 |
| Sinclair News Update on Amstrad and the Sinclair QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | March 1986 |
| Sinclair News | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1986 |
| Sinclair News QL club in Quebec? New newsletter from SAF User Group, software updates from Psion; Gladstone discontinues support for the Sinclair... | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1986 |
| Sinclair News SUM ceases publication. Kempston compatible joystick. Toronto Timex Sinclair User Club’s newsletter, Sinc-Link. | Real Gagnon | SIN | October-November 1986 |
| Sinclair News Updates on hardware and software for the TS2068 and QL | Real Gagnon | SIN | December 1986 - January 1987 |
| Sinclair News | Real Gagnon | SIN | February-March 1987 |
| Sinclair News Updates on software for the QL and Spectrum. | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1987 |
| Sinclair News Updates on software for the QL, Z88. | Real Gagnon | SIN | June-July 1987 |
| Sinclair News Updates on software for the Spectrum, a computer fest in Cincinnati, and more. | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1987 |
| Softaid Review of the tape for the ZX Spectrum. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| Sound et Stick (Sound and Stick) Techniques for using the 2068’s extra features while using a ZX Spectrum ROM in the 2068. | SIN | September 1985 | |
| Sources of Information Companies and newsletters. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Spectrum ROM -> 2068 ROM Table mapping addresses of ZX Spectrum ROM routines to their locations in the TS 2068 ROMs. | SIN | October 1985 | |
| Stuff 2068 Pokes for TASWORD II on the 2068. | SIN | September 1985 | |
| Stuff 2068 Custom functions for converting Microsoft BASIC LEFT$, RIGHT$, and MID$ to Sinclair BASIC. | SIN | September 1985 | |
| Stuff 2068 Short note about redirecting PRINT output to the printer with OPEN #2,”p”. | SIN | October 1985 | |
| Taswide Review of Taswide, a program that lets programmers use the 64-column mode of the TS 2068. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Technique: Ecrire en C.M. (Write in Machine Code) Machine code primer, focusing on using system RSTs to output information. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Technique: Les Connecteurs du QL Description of the connectors on the QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1986 |
| Technique: Les Signaux Signals of connectors on the TS2068, TS1000 and ZX Spectrum. | SIN | March 1986 | |
| The End… This represents the latest issue of SIN in its current form. | Real Gagnon | SIN | October 1987 |
| The Heart of the Sinclair QL … the 68008 Brief description/overview of the processor. Reprinted from SUM, April 1986. | ZX-Appeal | June 1986 | |
| The Heart of the Sinclair QL … the 68008 | SUM | April 1986 | |
| The Quebec Link Program for 2068 that uses DEF FN to create an underline function. | Sinc-Link | September/October 1990 | |
| The Quebec Link | Sinc-Link | March/April 1991 | |
| The Quebec Link | Sinc-Link | January/February 1991 | |
| The Quebec Link | Sinc-Link | November/December 1990 | |
| The Quebec Link | Sinc-Link | May/June 1991 | |
| The Quebec Link This excerpt is from “The Quebec Link” column in the Sinc-Link Newsletter from the Toronto T/S Users Group. Default device... | Real Gagnon | QL Hacker’s Journal | January 1991 |
| The Stuff of 2068 Short tips about programming the TS 2068. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| Toolkit Caracteres Alternatifs This utility gives an idea, I think, of the power of machine language programming. This routine allows us to access... | Real Gagnon | SIN | March 1986 |
| Toolkit: Scrolls de l’Ecran The following toolkit allows the programmer to perform on-screen scrolls in all directions, as many times as desired, directly from... | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1986 |
| Transfert de Fichers PC<->QL In this article, we will see how it is possible for the QL to communicate with another computer, in this... | Real Gagnon | SIN | October 1987 |
| Truc & Astuces (Tips and Tricks) Two short programs for the TS2068. | Real Gagnon | SIN | August-September 1986 |
| TRUC2068 (Things 2068) It’s easy to add color to the program list. These colors are obtained by pressing a combination of keys on... | Real Gagnon | SIN | March 1986 |
| Trucs & Astuces (Tips and Tricks) Programming tips for the TS 2068 and Sinclair QL. | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1986 |
| Trucs and Astuces (Tips and Tricks) Short tips for the TS 2068. | SIN | December 1985 | |
| TruQL Here are some key combinations that may be useful in the EASEL software. | Real Gagnon | SIN | April-May 1987 |
| Ultra Hi-Res Graphics on the Timex 2068 Machine code toolkit for accessing the 2068’s extra video modes. | October 1985 | ||
| Updates to Programs Updates to Mastermind, speech program, Hex-Loader, and large characters. | SIN | November 1985 | |
| Votre 2068 en system d’alarme The principle of an alarm system is as simple as that of a switch: the classic open circuit or closed... | Real Gagnon | SIN | February-March 1987 |
| White Lightning Review of the game development program that supported 255 sprites and was programmed in FORTH. | SIN | August 1985 | |
| YS Megabasic Review of the programming enhancements for the ZX Spectrum. | SIN | December 1985 |
Periodicals (2)
Books (2)
| Title | Author(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Best of SUM: The Sinclair/Timex Users Magazine A compilation of the best articles, reviews, programs and hardware projects up through December, 1985. | 1986 | |
| The Sinclair Survivalist Handbook The Sinclair Survivalist Handbook is filled with previously un-published program listings and articles, written by regular contributors to TIME DESIGNS,... | 1988 |
Downloadable Files (2)
| Title | Type | Company | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Header 2068 | Program | Download | |
| Sphere 3D | Program | Download |