QZX v6 n5

Date: April 1988
Volume: 6
Issue: 5
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Articles

TitleDescriptionComputers
A piece of cake in DundeeLynd Church goes to Scotland to discover just how the ZX-81 is manufactured. In keeping with its philosophy of sub-contracting all manufacturing processes, Sinclair Research appointed Timex to produce the ZX-81 when it was introduced in March 1, 1981.  Since that time, production at the Timex plant at Dundee has increased from 10,000 to 60,000Sinclair ZX81
Bits and Bytes120 On the T/S 2068, it is possible to mess up the joystick ports if a wildly erroneous value is put into the SOUND command. Parameters to the SOUND command are not fully validated, therefore it is possible to specify a number beyond the valid range for a given operation and not get an error.Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program
Publisher's NotesQuantum Computing going out of business; American QLs being sold in England.
QL Antenna ProgramCalculates antenna size for specific frequencies.Sinclair QL, Type-in program
QZX FriendsNotes about renewals. Bill Jones is starting a T/S 2068 magazine.
Telecommunications on the QLShort program to send CTRL-C, discussion of British ham radio software.Sinclair QL, Type-in program
The Future of QZXPostal rates going up, subscribers decreasing.
The T/S 1000 on PacketDiscusses converting the TS 2050 modem to an RS-242 port for use with ZTX80 terminal program (from Fred Nachbaur) to do packet radio.Timex/Sinclair 1000

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