| Add an ON/OFF Switch to Your QL | I’ll never understand what it is that Sir Clive has against the simple and convenient on/off switch. Neither the ZX81, the Spectrum, nor the QL were provided with them. Having to always be plugging and unplugging the power supply is not only bothersome, it quickly wears out the plug components! | Sinclair QL |
| February Meeting: Presidents, BBSes, and Compilers | The February meeting covered a lot of ground. Those of you that read last month’s Newsletter may remember that we were looking for an interim president. Well, we got one! Ruth Fegley volunteered for the post, and she was unanimously voted in by the members present. | |
| From the Editor | If you will look at the back page you will see that I have changed my telephone number. I finally decided to get a dedicated line for my computer, so I will use this for newsletter business as well. Next month the CATS post office box will switch from Virginia to Maryland. This will put | |
| From Where I Sit | I have received a long letter from David Hartman, who I took to task in last month’s column, over his efforts to get his money’s worth from TDM/Tim Woods. David makes several points which are well taken. | |
| Keeping Track of Your Savings Bonds | | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
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| Presidential Ramblings | Elsewhere you will read that I, Ruth Fegley, was elected to serve the unexpired term of the Presidency of CATS. When drafted by the Executive board just prior to February’s General Meeting I had not yet received my Newsletter. Had I read Hank’s poignant description of the type of person he believed is needed to | |
| The C Column | Now that Duane Parker has broadened our horizons with the Pascal Page, I thought I would try my luck with the C language. | |
| The Plotter | This program prints fancy patterns to the screen or to the EPSON HI-80 plotter. The patterns are based on CYCLOIDS, or the movements of a point on a spoke of a wheel turning within another wheel. Ап unlimited number of different patterns can be drawn by changing one or more parameters of the procedure PATTERN. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Tweak and Tinker | It ain’t broke, why fix it? In a previous article (January and Apr 1989), I described the way to get of retrace lines when using the with a Skip Fisher RGB monitor. That earlier design had to compromise the TV/monochrome monitor output to get the best RGB. After a little messing around, I now believe | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
