Date: May 1984
Volume: 6
Issue: 5
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 Winter Consumer Electronics Show | 1500, 2068 shown as well as TS 2050 modem, TS 2080 80-column dot matrix printer, TS 2040 printer. Softsync announced Personal Accountant for a variety of computers, incl Timex. | Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 6th Computer Faire | Super Invasion for the ZX80 from SoftSync shown at the faire, along with Double Breakout. | |
| Aging Fast While Learning BASIC | Future Age Calculator program | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Arcader Programs His Own | Arcade ace Tony Snyder founded his own software company and is working on an original game, Tunneling, for the TS 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| B-17 Reunion: The "Little Computer That Could" And A Data-Base Program Bring WWII Vets Together With New Ties | Roberts uses Timex Organizer to keep records for his locksmith business and to track B-17 vets. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Back To The Drawing Board | For many in the computer world, the name Timex conjures up images of a tiny, black “toy.” Timex Computer Corporation now has a larger, more expensive machine, the TS2068, and they are convinced that it is a powerful home computer. After experimenting with the hi-res graphics capabilities of VU-3D, a new cassette-based program for the | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Basic Manuals For Childrens | Computers for Kids, A Kid’s Manual for Programming the Sinclair/Timex Computers and Computer Battlegames and Computer Space Games mentioned. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| BASIC Translation | Letter to the editor from a 2068 user looking for software to type in. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Cheerleader | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Chore Assigner | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Christmas Buyers Guide | Comparison of computers available in December, 1980. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Christmas Tree | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Computer Buyer's Guide: Timex Sinclair 1000 | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Credit Due to Personal Computer World | Follow-up to December 1980 review of ZX80, noting it was a reprint of an article from Personal Computer World, a British publication. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Dateline:Tomorrow: Naked MicroAce On the Way. Also ZX81 | We hear that the MicroAce II will be announced shortly. It will have a full-stroke keyboard, possibly 16K of on-board memory, will run 8K ZX80 Basic, but will not have a case or housing. According to insiders at MicroAce, it is a much improved machine and allegedly better than the recently introduced ZX81 by Sinclair/England. | MicroAce, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Decimal Multiplication for the ZX-80 | The 4K ZX80 ROM only performs integer math. This program does decimal multiplication. | |
| Decision Maker | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Demand for ZX81 Outstrips Supply | Sales have been at 1000 units a day and world-wide sales in October are reported at 40,000. Gladstone Electronics, who import the ZX81 direct from Britain placed the first order from North America but still have an enormous backlog of orders. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Firmware Card | Card to put a 2K or 4K EPROM anywhere in the memory map. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Four-digit Multiplexed BCD to ZX81 Adaptor | Interface binary-coded decimal (BCD) devices to the ZX81. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Improving Your ZX-81 | Circuit modification to improve reliability of SAVEs. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| International Winter Consumer Electronics Show | The semi-annual gathering of the manufacturers and retailers, writers and ad reps, innovators and imitators in the consumer electronics industry: it’s a fabulous show, lasting four days in Las Vegas every January. This year, over 55,000 people in the consumer electronics industry gathered to find out about the newest, latest, the most creative, the best | |
| Interview with Clive Sinclair | ||
| Jack-O'-Lantern | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| K-Mart Committing to Computers | K-Mart announced that 1100 stores will handle the Commodore VIC-20, up from 550 stores two months ago. In addition, a spokesman confirmed that the chain has committed an equal dollar amount (around $10 million) of TI 99/4A home computers. The chain also expects to handle the lower-priced ($100) Timex/Sinclair unit. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Large Scale Fun for Small Scale Computers | Reviews of Keystroke Management (2-Bit), TS Destroyer and Space Raid (SoftSync), Millepede (Axis Software), Meteorites (SoftSync) and Merchant of Venus (Timex/Crystal Computing). | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Learn Names Quicker! | Memorization game. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letters: Can Anybody Help? | Writer seeks program to plot stationary satellite positions for use with TVRO Earth Station. | |
| Letters: Help!, Penance! | One writer seeks service manual for ZX81; other points out that many support options available for Timex/Sinclair 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letters: Last Call | SAMS Computerfacts technical service data for Timex-Sinclair 1000 and Sinclair ZX-81 mentioned. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letters: Timex | G.S. of Cheektowaga, NY, laments lack of info about Timex/Sinclair 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letters: ZX81's OK! | Fan defends the ZX81. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Likes the Sinclair ZX80 | Letter to the editor: reader takes exception to review in the August 1981 Popular Electronics. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Little Programs for Little Kids | Guess a Number | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Machine Code Development System For Your Timex Sinclair 1000 | Turn your Timex Sinclair 1000 or Sinclair ZX81 into a high-speed, machine-code development system. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Machine Code Development System For Your Timex Sinclair 1000 Part II | Turn your Timex Sinclair 1000 or Sinclair ZX81 into a high-speed, machine-code development system. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Money Talks - In Rhyme | Poet uses Timex Sinclair 1000 and random numbers to write poems. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| New Magazine for Timex Sinclair Users | A consortium of North American companies has come to gether to publish the first monthly magazine aimed solely at the 700,000 users of the TS1000 and ZX81. In what is one of the largest magazine launches into the home computer market, Timex Sinclair User will have an initial print run of 100,000. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| New Sinclair Computer | Spectrum announcement. Sinclair has also come to an agreement recently with Timex to distribute the computers in North America; the two companies have been in close alliance for some time as the ZX81 and Spectrum are both manufactured in Timex’s Scottish plant. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sinclair ZX81 |
| New Year's Eve | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| POKEing on the ZX80 | Sinclair ZX80 | |
| Popular Electronics Tests: The Sinclair Research ZX80 Personal Computer | Sinclair ZX80 | |
| Program Conversions With Sinclair BASIC and TI BASIC | Program conversion between BASIC dialects is often easier than imagined. This tutorial demonstrates the compatibility of TI BASIC and Sinclair BASIC and includes helpful tables and sample conversion programs. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Pulse Rate | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Rad Rhymer | Insert your names into a nursery rhyme. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Random Ramblings: The British Scene | Round up of British computers including a brief bit about the ZX80. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Random Ramblings: The Consumer Electronics Show | 1979 summer CES; ZX80 mentioned. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Random Ramblings: The Northeast Computer Show | Photo of the Sinclair booth at the Northeast Computer Show. More than 200 ZX80s were sold. | |
| Servo Interface | Connect a ZX81 to servos. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Sinclair Disassembler | Product announcement for ZX80 1K Disassembler for 4K ROM ZX80 and ZX81 and 8K ROM ZX80. Includes a RAM memory test that shows addresses of failed bytes. From Lamo-Lem. | |
| Sinclair Expansion | Product announcement for Computer Continuum’s Expansion Board. | |
| Sinclair Extensions | Product announcement for SUPER Z from Lamo-Lem. | |
| Sinclair Newsletter | Announcement of Syntax ZX80. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Sinclair ZX80 | Review of the ZX80. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Sinclair ZX81 | Review, reprinted from Personal Computer World. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Sinclair ZX81 - Toy or tool? | Sinclair ZX81 | |
| Sinclair ZX81 Personal Computer | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Sinclair's Latest | Review of the ZX81. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Soft Centered | Software announcements. “The first American software for the Sinclair ZX 80 should be hitting the market soon, courtesy of Image.” | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Supply Protector | Battery backup power supply for ZX81. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| T/S Game In 3-D | Product announcement for Mothership, an arcade-style space fighter game in 3-D. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Thank-You Note | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| The 4th Personal Computer World Show | Report on computer fair. Sinclair products mentioned include ZX82, ZX81 and printer. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| The Timex-Sinclair 2068 | Having stunned the computer world with the inexpensive, tiny, black and white computer that bears his surname, inventor Clive Sinclair set out to build an even more remarkable machine. The result of his efforts first appeared in the United Kingdom as the ZX Spectrum. With several revisions and refinements, the ZX Spectrum has finally made | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Sinclair 1000 | The Timex Computer Corporation will enter the personal computer market with the Timex Sinclair 1000. Sales will begin in July through the more than 100,000 Timex retail outlets, including computer stores, department stores and chains, consumer electronics, jewelry, and drug stores. This step is the result of an agreement between Timex and Sinclair Research Ltd. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex Stops Clock on Computer Operations | ||
| Timex TS 1000 Cuts Price Again! | Price cut to $55, incl $15 rebate. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Trick or Treat | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Turkey | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Vector Graphics | Hardware and software to interface a ZX81 to an oscilloscope or other vector display and draw draphics. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Voice Reproduction | Machine language tools to sample and playback voice recordings. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| What Can You Buy for Under $1000? | A Sinclair ZX80, obviously. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| What's In Store: Timex Sinclair 2000 | Product announcement for 2048 and 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| What's In Store: What Can I Do With My Timex Sinclair 1000? Lots! | Review of the book. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| What's In Store/New Hardware: Timex Sinclair 1500 | Product announcement | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| ZX 80-81 Programs | Four programs: trigonometric Fourier synthesis, program labels, dodge game, rapid descent. | Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX Analogue-to-Digital Converter | Fast eight-bit analog to digital converter project. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX Interface Board | Input/output interface board that works with either ZX81 or Spectrum. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX Interfaces Explained | The ins and outs of Sinclair computers. Details are given for the Spectrum as well as the ZX81. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX-80 Music | The Player ZX80, music synthesis for the 4K ROM ZX80. Single voice with 2-octave range and can perform tunes up to 127 notes long. Space Muse-ak is a random sound program also included. Wm. D. Maples. | |
| ZX80 Games | A Night in Las Vegas (Slot Machine, Roulette, Blackjack and Craps) from Lamo-Lem. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| ZX80 Review | A complete, ready-to-run computer for under $350 would make anyone sit up and take notice. | Sinclair ZX80 |
| ZX80/Microace Games | The Chest of Classics comes with four games: Life (Conway’s Game of Life), Lunar Lander, Mindmaster, and K-Trek, a variant of Star Trek. Complete BASIC listings are provided as well as a color keyboard overlay. From Lamo-Lem. | MicroAce, Sinclair ZX80 |
| ZX80/ZX81 Stock Programs | Product announcement for programs from M.H. Marks Ent. | Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Background Reverse | Circuit to invert ZX81 video signal, provides white on black. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX81 Burgler Alarm | Sinclair ZX81 | |
| ZX81 Games | Product announcement for Super Invasion, Wallbusters, Cyborg Wars, Chess, Trek and other games from Softsync. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Improvements | Simple alternatives to hardware modifications for loading/saving problems on the ZX81. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX81 Memory Expansion | Memotech 64K RAM product announcement and several tapes of software from Sinclair Research. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Printer Review | ||
| ZX81 Software | Announcement of Gladstone Electronics catalog. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX81 Update | Update on accessories, software, a BASIC program, notes on the Spectrum, KRAKIT, fast load software, and a machine language program. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX81 User-Defined Graphics | Small circuit to allow internal RAM to be used for user-defined graphics when the computer has 16K RAM pack attached. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| ZX81 Utility | Product announcement for Cassette I/O from Cosmonics. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
