Robert Hartung

Articles (85)

TitleAuthor(s)PublicationDate
2068 Block-Move Error
Correction to the program in the July issue.
Update MagazineJanuary 1994
2068 Display Block Moves
In the Z80 microprocessor used in the 2068 is a command called LDIR that may be used to quickly move...
October 1993
2068 Screen Copy
When I first got an Aerco interface and a C. Itoh 8510AP printer for my TS2068, my immediate interest was...
SyncWare NewsJanuary/February 1986
A Composite Booster
Consider using a VCR dubbing enhancer to boost video signal output.
Update MagazineApril 1992
A Mail File in Archive
Create a simple database.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
A Multi-Manager for SAFE DOS V2.52Update MagazineOctober 1988
A QL Address File
A simple address database program presented as a tutorial.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
A QL Auto-Loader
By using the storage device for conversion of directory information to data which can be loaded back into array cl$()....
Update MagazineJuly 1989
A QL LList UtilityUpdate MagazineApril 1989
A QL Spreadsheet Matrix
Creating a spreadsheet template in Abacus.
Update MagazineApril 1990
A Regulated-Voltage Power Adaptor
Schematics to build power supplies for the ZX81.
SYNCMarch/April 1983
A Selective Menu-Loader
Program for the QL.
Update MagazineApril 1992
An Introduction to PC-Conqueror
Review of the MS-DOS emulator for the QL.
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Beta Basic 3.0
Extension to Sinclair Basic with 100 new or enhanced commands.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1987
Beta Basic More About Display Windows
Before we move on to other comparisons between T/S Basic and the extended QL and Beta Basics, a few notes...
Robert HartungComputer Trader MagazineSeptember 1986
Beta Basic Review
Among the many outstanding things that software writers and hardware developers have provided for T/S users, some have gone unnoticed...
Robert HartungSyncWare NewsNovember/December 1987
Bob’s Notebook: Renumber before merge, Sort in Tasword
Short utility programs: renumber before MERGE, sort lists in Tasword.
Update MagazineApril 1989
Bootsort Without TK2Update MagazineApril 1992
Break-In for CATs
Short routine for SafeDOS to SAVE or LOAD during CATalog.
Update MagazineApril 1989
Bug Alert!
One of our readers, John McMichael, pointed out that when the Pro/File printer driver routine is relocated to use it...
Robert HartungQuantum Levels
CAT Prints on Your QL
Make hard copies of file directories
Update MagazineApril 1989
Check Your Surge-Protected Circuits
Advice on checking the devices plugged into surge protectors and repairing “zapped” devices.
Update MagazineJanuary 1996
Customized 2-Column Tasword Printouts
Revisions to Tasword to support two-column printing.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Dear Editor
Keyboard audio tone; full-sized keyboard from Double H Electronics; detecting two keys at once; communicating via tape with someone in...
SyntaxMarch 1983
Dear Editor
TS2068 version of Dave Wood’s High Line Numbers; maintaining the ZX81; questions about TS2040, TS2068 and TS1500.
SyntaxJanuary 1984
Dear QTS
Letters from R. L. Pace, Roald Schrack, Robert Hartung, Armand Drucker, E. F. Davis.
Bill Johnson
R. L. Pace
Armand Drucker
Robert Hartung
Roald Schrack
QuarTerSWinter 1986
Defining Characters
Among the extended capabilities of the TS2068 are its high resolution graphics and user defined graphics characters (UDG). Since the...
SYNCMarch/April 1984
Dot-Matrix Bit Graphics
A current ad for a book about dot-matrix printers states that 80% of the users only make use of about...
Robert HartungSyncWare NewsJuly/August 1987
Dropped Bytes
Potential cure for dropped printer data when using an AB switch.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Errata and Addenda
Using loops in QL DO files; moving TS2068 code blocks.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Exploring New Environments
ZX Spectrum emulation; QL subdirectories.
Update MagazineOctober 1992
Fast Save/Load on the ZX81/TS-1000LISTing NewsletterOctober 1998
Forum
Letters from G. W. Goegelein, Robert Hartung, Frances Jackson.
Gerald W. Goegelein
Robert Hartung
Frances Jackson
SyncWare NewsJuly/August 1987
Getting Started with Beta BASIC
Introduction to Beta BASIC, an extension of Spectrum BASIC. Requires a Spectrum BASIC ROM or cartridge.
SyncWare NewsMay/June 1988
Getting Started With Beta BASIC, Part 2
Printer & DOS Routines In Part 1 (SWN Vol, 5 No. 5) of this intro to Beta Basic (BB) we...
Robert HartungSyncWare News
Handy References and a SAFE-DOS File Indexer
DOSDEX file indexer.
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
Hardware Tips
Robert Hartung comments on some letters from readers. His responses should be regarded as suggestions to help look for the...
SYNCSeptember/October 1983
Hardware Tips
Thick Black Bars; Insufficient Filtering Solved; Memory Expansion Power Supply; Ear Input Circuit; Problems with ROM Changing; Top Line Hook...
SYNCJuly/August 1982
Hardware Tips
Robert Hartung to comment on letters from readers. Responses should be regarded as suggestions to help look for the answers.
SYNCNovember/December 1983
How to Do Do In TK2
Using the DO function.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Input/Output
Letters from Robert Hartung, Paul Robinson, Alvin Albrecht, William Harmer, Donald Lambert, M. H. Binstock, Fred Henn, Leo Moll.
ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1995
Input/Output
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
Input/Output
Letters from Richard Jelen, Edward Snow, Robert Gilbert, Gene Ray, Robert Barnett, Robert Hartung, Rod Gowen, David Lassov.
ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1994
Input/Output
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
Input/Output
Letters from Seymour Miller, Hugh Scriven, Ed Kingsley, David Lassov, Bob Swoger, Robert Hartung, Tim Swenson, Donald Lambert.
ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1997
Input/Output
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
Input/Output
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
Input/Output
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
Input/Output
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
Input/Output
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
Justified Translates
Addressing a spacing shortcoming in Quill.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Letters
Mouthful; Draw and Store; Rounding Off
SYNCMarch/April 1983
Menu-Driven Printer_DAT Selection
Program to allow user to select one of several printers at startup.
Update MagazineApril 1993
More on QPCZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1997
More on QPCZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1997
More One-Liners for the 2068LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1996
Names in Profile
Patch to sort by last name, first name when the two are on separate lines in Profile.
Update MagazineApril 1989
Non-Epson Screen Dumps from Easel
Printing from Easel to printers that are not Epson compatible.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Pro/File Bits & Pieces
Charles Stelding from Tyler, TX writes… Pro/File 2068 makes an excellent calendar and daily schedule. I use it in my...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesSummer 1986
QL Mail File HintsUpdate MagazineApril 1989
QL Media ManagersUpdate MagazineJuly 1989
QL Today NotesZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1999
QL VAL String Function
Short program to evaluate functions in strings.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1988
QL VAL String Function
A long time ago I saw a note by Mike de Sosa on the lack of the VAL string function...
Robert HartungThe Data ExpansionMarch 1988
QPC UpdateZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1998
QPC2 for WindowsZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2002
Quick and Easy Routines
Yes – No INKEY$, SDOS Printer Drier, Software check of printer status, Pseudo Hex Vars Table with Letterhead Data
Update MagazineOctober 1987
Quick Print Your Pro/File & Tasword Files
One day as I was drumming my fingers on the desktop while waiting for my Tasword tape to load, I...
Robert HartungSyncWare NewsMay/June 1987
Quick Screen Display 2068
If you are looking for a way to rapidly store and retrieve an entire screen display, then this approach may...
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
READer INPUT
More controversy over anti-abortion ad in #17.
T-S HorizonsJuly-August 1986
REM Builder for TS1000
Seeing Mather White’s REM-expansion routine in T-S H reminded me of a REMBUILDER routine I use with my ZX81. It...
T-S HorizonsFebruary/March 1985
Running QPC on a PCZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1997
RUNning with Reduced RAM
For most of us, the anticipation of being able to write extended programs when we first plugged in our new...
SYNCJuly/August 1983
Screen Files in Strings
The following demo listing shows how up to a maximum of 704 characters in a 32-column text screen such as...
Update MagazineApril 1988
SDOS AUTO_DEX, MARK_MOVE, AND VERI_DISK
DOSDEX stores and accesses from a single disk an index of more files than most will ever get around to...
Update MagazineApril 1988
Sorted Directories
Program to save programs in alpha order.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Switching Printer Characters
Sending printer codes to change fonts.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
The QL’s Forbidden Byte
Those of us who “cut our computer teeth” on the ZX80/81 learned quite early about the caveat that accompanied any...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Try These
The dear, departed magazine for Timex computers, Sync, ran a regular feature called “Try This” which featured “short programs to...
John BellT-S HorizonsApri 1985
Two-Column & Wide Tasword Printouts
Routine to print side-by-side columns with Tasword.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Using Quill ASCII Files in a DOS DTPUpdate MagazineJuly 1992
Using Quill for ASCII FilesUpdate MagazineApril 1992
When Zero Isn’t Zero
Answer to Basil Wentworth’s question about integer math errors.
Update MagazineApril 1995
WINKJET1 Review
Review of William Pedersen’s printer driver for the Olivetti PR2300 inkjet.
SyncWare NewsMarch-April 1987
ZX81 to TS2068 Data TransferLISTing NewsletterOctober 1998

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