| Daisy Be Good - VI | Good morning, fellow TSers. This issue, we approach the description of Bill Jones’ DAISY, the TS-2068 Software System for the LarKen Disk System. by going to our box of 3.5″ disks and selecting the issue disk from UPDATE MAGAZINE, labeled Daisy #1. Let’s pop it into drive #0 and do an AUTOSTART. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| DBEasy - New Version 1.6 Review | Sometimes it takes years to appreciate the many features which a program author has thoughtfully incorporated in an application. DBEasy [Wood and Wind Computing, RR3 Box 92, Cornish, NH 03745] is certainly a well designed program that has rightfully been well received. With the program undergoing an extensive re-writing, it deserves a renewed look. | Sinclair QL |
| From the Chairman's Disk | Since I wrote the last column I was asked about articles on the subject of STREAMS & CHANNELS so I started to go through my newsletters and suddenly realized that there is a wealth information there. I later learned that the person allegedly wanting the information actually didn’t. | |
| Improving a Sector_COPYing Program | The following program LISTing is an enhancement of the earlier SCOPY 1.6 (PLATYPUS) program derived from R. Dwight’s FASTDISK program kernel (QUANTA) and now handles HD (high density) disks. As written, the program does not compile in a functional way with TURBO, but may do so with the LIBERATOR. The program requires TK2_EXTensions. | Sinclair QL |
| Input/Output | Letters from Hugh Scriven, Peter Lievert-Adelt, Gil Parrish, David Lassov, Frank Davis, Bob Swoger, Steve, Johnson, Jose Moreno, George Chambers, Ken Harbit, Jack Dohany, Les Cottrell. | |
| Some Great News | Public domain software from Jack Dohany (supports SmartWatch chip), 2068 Emulator, LogiCall 6.0. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The IKI Interface | Schematic of IBM keyboard to TS 2068 interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| UDGs? | MB> 3. There were a number of hardware add-ons that worked with software similar to the above routines to allow UDG’s and true HRG. DK’Tronics and Quicksilva produced devices that worked with some of their games. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| ZX-81 Hi-Res | : >From the ZX81 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions): I just downloaded this from your home page – many thanks:) Q: Could you get Hi-Res graphics on a ZX81? A: Yes. There were a number of ways. 1. The Z80’s i register pointed to a font table. | Sinclair ZX81, Type-in program |
