Date: January 1990
Articles
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Domino CubesZ88 Type-in program This monthly column is to help those who own the Z-88 and to entice those who don’t into buying it.
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Trump Card User's GuideQL Hardware review This series of articles will bring to light some of the very powerful features of the TRUMP CARD and TOOLKIT II via real usable examples. The articles may be assembled into a user guide at some future time, if enough interest is shown.
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An Introduction to PC-ConquerorQL Software review Review of the MS-DOS emulator for the QL.
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MSDOS for the Sinclair QLQL MS-DOS emultors for the QL.
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Releasing Printer Power from a QLQL Many with a QL do not know how to get the most out of their printers. This is particularly true of those using QUILL who would like fancier documents, but feel they are limited to the enhancements (highlights) provided in QUILL (High & Low Scipt, Bold and Underlined).
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FlashbackQL Software review Review of the database program and a SuperBasic program to use with it.
- Plotting Equations with RadicalsTS 2068 Type-in program
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IEEE-488 for Sinclair UsersTS 2068 Hardware project It is not widely known that the COMMODORE serial port is a simple form of the IBEE-488 GPIB with serial data transfer in place of parallel. It holds no mysterious secrets. What is needed to do the same with a TS2068, SPECTRUM, or QL is a half way decent interface.
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Sinclair Talks to PC/XTTS 2068 Type-in program Hardware project Routines to transfer files to/from a PC using a parallel printer interface.
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The Sinclair Z88: Considerations for Peripheral DesignTS 2068 QL Z88 Hardware project Since the Z88 uses the Z-80 CPU, some of our better interfaces for the TS-2068 offer the prospects for easy adaptation to the Z88 by BUSS connector changes and re-work of chip addressing. Generally, the engineering has been accomplished for the Z-80 CPU and its 8 bit capability. One seemingly fruitful area is the disk…
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Slave CPU Processing: Applicable to ANY Host ComputerTS 1000 TS 2068 Hardware project Discusses how to apply techniques described in “Interfacing to S-100/IEEE 696 Microcomputers” by Sol Libes and Mark Garatz to the Timex Sinclair 1000 and 2068.
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Speed Comparison Between 2068 Pascal and Compiled BASIC (TIMEMACHINE)TS 2068 Type-in program Recently I have been working on using my 2068 to control a 3 axis drilling/routing machine using stepper motors. To make the machine move in arcs and circles I needed to use the sine and cosine functions in the 2068 ROM. After trying some BASIC and machine language routines I found that the machine couldn’t…
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Wire Frame Sprites with MagnificationTS 2068 Type-in program Using pattern tables to draw wireframe type characters is used a lot with the Apple II computers since they don’t have sprites. This program uses letters stored in a string variable to draw graphics characters with a magnification parameter.
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Cable ColumnQL Type-in program I was pleased to see that in the October & November issues of QL World they gave considerable space to ARCHIVE, the PSION database program we all have. Those of you who have followed this column know that I have high regard for ARCHIVE and have tried to promote it use by more US QL…
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Two Magazines Depart With ClassQuantum_Levels and SyncWare News cease publication with the vol 2 num 6 of Quantum_Levels. List of back issues (incl articles) included.
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TS-2068 ActivitiesTS 2068 There are now three predominent disk systems for the TS-2068. Their order of usage is: LKDOS, Oliger SAFE DOS, TOS, and Aerco FD-68. TOS DISK users hang in there with determination but receive little support. User activities during 1989 has been away from the Aerco FD-68, mostly toward LKDOS. Quite a number of FD-68 users…
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Sinclair Timex Publishing PictureLast year I offered “Update magazine on a platter” to SNUG, I am publicly renewing this offer to SNUG for them to take over publishing Update as the SNUG publication with the October 1990 issue.
- Ruminations from the QL EditorQL