Update July 1988
Date: July 1988
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Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| A Break Through DOS for the TS-2068 | MAX DOS: combining Oliger DOS and Larken DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Code File Printer | MS-TAS is a utility to peek and print out Mscript and Tasword CODE files. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Print Wheel Problem | Reader problems distinguishing characters from the print wheel used to produce the newsletter. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Save Nothing File | Save a blank “CODE” file that can later be used to clear a machine code program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A TOS (Zebra) Disk Newsletter | Ron Havlen started FDD Express, a resumption of the defunct TOPS Newsletter. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Addendum to Article in January Update "Dock Bank Memory, 20 Cents" | Corrected diagram. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Check the VARS Area | VARS_DIS is a utility to MERGE to any BASIC program to give you a disassembly of the entire VARS area. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| CTM Magazine Quits | Chet Lambert, owner/publisher of CTM Magazine, announced in the June issue that he is quitting. CTM supported amateur radio operators and contributed to the development of packet telecommunications. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dense Pack Basic, and the use of Logical Operators | There has been a considerable amount of questions and interest about Dense Pack programming techniques and the use-of-Boolean logic. While browsing through antique ZX publications I came across an interesting article written in 1983 by Sharon Aker (where are you now Sharon?). Since Sharon’s article merges nicely with my feeble attempts to explain the use | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| DOS-64: A Review | Review of MakeDOS-64, a machine code system which allows use of the OS-64 cartridge code on an Aerco Disk Drive without loss of Aerco DD commands, and with access to the full 256K RAM via bank switching. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Extra Memory | A TS-2068 that has twenty times the maximum capacity of a IBM XT! Do pictures and proof schematics lie? An interesting article by Mr. Charles Bothier sets the technical basis for our cottage industry to provide more memory expansion hardware. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| FDD Express: More Letters | Letters from Bob Orrfelt about the FDD technical manual he was writing; Jack Dohany about Zebra FDD system; Dennis Bryant about Amdek DXY-100 Plotter and sound; Tom Dunlop about moving Profile 2068 to disk. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Help with the Aerco FD-68 | Aerco FD-68 DOS lacks the ability to save character arrays. A solution is proposed. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Larken Disk Doctor | This utility will be found useful in the inspection, analysis, and correction of errors on disks used on the Larken disk drive system. This utility is designed for use with the Larken 350K per disk I/F board. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Letters | Letters from Ray Norton about BASICare modules. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| MAX DOS: A Study of DUAL DOS in the TS-2068 | For several weeks UPDATE has been testing two simultaneous disk operating systems in the TS-2068: the Oliger SAFE DOS and the Larken DOS. The hardware hook-up is the full “two board” Oliger system and the Larken LKDOS cartridge in the dock port. Extensive operation with the combination has revealed an almost complete compatibility between the | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| MS-TAS Documentation: A Tutor in Basic Programming Techniques | Program to view MSCRIPT and TASWORD files. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Peeking and Poking About | One of the fun things about using the TS2068 is the ability to PEEK and POKE in amongst the machine code and particularly when using TIMACHINE. This is the first in a series of articles I’ll write for TS2068 Up-Date on this subject. Bouquets or brick-bats are welcome! For starters, let’s look at a scenario | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| QL Characteristics | About half of the subscribers to UP-DATE are owners of both the TS-2068 and tlie Sinclair QL, the latest member of the Orphan Computer family. Comments received about the QL range from pure disgust to enthusiastic praise. But there is one common denominator amongst the QL owners and that is a desire to learn how | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Software Review: Money Machine II | For those unfortunate ones who are able to observe Vanna infrequently or not at all, but are nevertheless equipped with a T/S 2068, there remains the option of MONEY MACHINE II. This option not only permits discretionary observation of Miss Banna Brite (as shapely an assembly of pixels as one could wish for), but also | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The "PEEK VARS" Utility | The PEEK VARS utility is designed to be MERGED to a Basic program either under construction, or one that is being modified. Use it as a “dangling sub-routine” to be consulted when facts about the System Variables are needed. «GO TO 9000» gets a screen print of the System Variables that may be needed for | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Aerco prcode, and possible Problems | There are at least four versions of the Aerco printer code and each of these may have three variations of configurations set up during the user’s adaptation to his own printer equipment. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Budget Software, Part II | This software began in the April issue. Some repetition is included for convenience of reading. There are several ways of attacking this group of programs. You can key in the listings, which will give you a operating BUDGET and SPREADSHEET program “in basic”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The July/April Issue Disk Consolidated into One | The July and April Issue Diskettes have been consolodated into one giant assemblage of programs and utilities. The consolodation was necessary because the Budget program, by Bob Mitchell, was split between the two issues. I have not ever seen such a combined useful and educational works presented in a computer magazine. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Last Issue of your Subscription | UP-DATE begin in October 1987 with 40 subscribers and climbed to 220. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Logical Operators | Reprint of Sharon Zadetto Aker article from Sync about using logical operators to save time and memory. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Mscript File Printer that printed the above Article | Refers to the DOS-64 review by Pete Fischer. Discusses switching between 32 and 64 column modes in OS-64 and code for an Mscript file printer is included. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The New Oliger V2-52 EPROM | The latest Oliger DOS EPROM includes ERASE / (file name), RESTORE / (old file name to new file name), RESTORE /”new disk name”, RESTORE /(used alone to re-initialize to default parameters), VERIFY /(file name) to check the file for errors, COPY/ copies screen to printer, MERGE /(program name), SAVE //(Save without warning ~ that file | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The October and January Issue Disk | The OCTOBER 87 and JANUARY 88 Issue disks are now available for three Disk Operating Systems; Oliger DOS, Larken DOS, and Aerco FD-68 DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| This JULY UP-DATE Issue- New Programs and New Utilities | Challenges in compiling disks for the various operating system are described. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS-2068 with Unlimited RAM capability | Schematics and machine code to expand the 2068 RAM with port buffer, clock/calendar, 56K or 64K, expansion bank controller and proper address decoding for EXROM. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| User Group Digest: C.A.T.S. The Capital Area Timex Sinclair User Group | CATS is a not-for-profit and has been around since ZX81 ads appeared in Popular Science. About 90 active membets – about a third are active TS-2068 users, more than half have TS-2068s. Monthly newsletter and software library. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Using STR$ to Modify Disk Program Titles | Solution for printing a number of files sequentially with Smart Text. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Utilities "INIT" and "Cclear Code" | The “INIT” utilities for the three Disk Operating Systems are slightly different. Each listing may be used to pick up another little twist for another DOS. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |