Volume: 4
Issue: 6
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 8K MC Video Invert Routine | Machine code program can almost instantly change everything on the screen to inverse video. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Checkers for Two | Play this game just like board checkers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Color TS2000, 16K TS1500, Modem This Summer | Timex reports it will begin sales this August of TS2000s with 16K or 48K RAM, color/sound capabilities and bank-switching. The 16K version will sell for $149.95; the 48K for $199.95, says Timex. Both versions contain 24K ROM, including 8K ROM for cartridge capabilities and bank-switching. With bank-switching the computer can potentially use up to 256 | Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dear Editor | HP 82954A thermal paper works with 2040; explain Syntactic Sum; transistor cross-reference; relocatable HOT Z from Sinware; DIY resolutions to various problems. | |
| Defining Functions on the ZX/TS | You sit down to type in a non-Sinclair BASIC program into your ZX/TS only to find in the listing a FN(A) statement. Should you forget about the rest of the program? No. We’ll simulate a defining functions feature. This versatile approach is actually better than other micros’ function defining feature. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Design | Run this flashy program on a TV as a personalized store window ad. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Disable Auto-List | This routine tricks Sinclair’s auto-list mechanism into malfunctioning so new program lines do not appear on the screen. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Egg Timer | This simple, practical software timer sets off an alarm to let you know when your egg boils, your game finishes or time’s up. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Frogger | Frogger helps Timex step up to the big time arcade with fast action, good medium resolution graphics and a challenge tough to beat. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letter Recognition Train | Children learning to read must first master skills of letter recognition and discrimination. This simple program teaches that skill, with little help from adults | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Loading One ZX/TS from Another | Send programs from one computer to another directly by wire from the sender’s monitor driver to the receiver’s ear jack. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| LPRINT Bug Bypass for TS2040 | Method to avoid the printing bug in the TS2040. | |
| New Features on TS2000, TS1500 | Advance publicity photos from Timex show some interesting features of the new TS2000 and TS1500. | Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v4 n6) | New products from Daydesign, Compuwiz, G. Russell Electronics, SofTec, DJM Software, Compucraft, DK’tronics, Timeworks, Toptronics, Florida Creations, ZX/TS Software Exchange Club, Busyness, SyncWare, Memotech, Stuart Software. | |
| Program Impovements | Correction to Banner Writer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Syntax Errors | Correction to Banner Writer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| TS1000 in Canada This June | Timex Canada plans to market TS1000s sometime in June, with customer sales starting in late June or early July. The company projects an initial 100,000 unit release, says a Timex spokesperson. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Vendor Report and Notes | Norris Electronics is out of business; Byte-Back memory units might not work with TS2040 printer. Frog Software is distributing May-June issue of Sinclair Computing. | |
| Your Timex Sinclair 1000 and ZX81 | Review of the book by Douglas Hergert. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX/TS Users' Groups |
