The Aerco Disk Drive System
Review of the AERCO disk drive system for the TS 1000.
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Timex/Sinclair 1000
Directory of Newsletters
The newsletters that we know about are listed below in alphabetical order by name. The name and address of the publisher or sponsoring group follow. The size (full or half), the number of pages (this is approximate and often varies), number of issues per year/ annual subscription rate for U.S. residents (the cost of most
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The Linear Search
Do you want to store and retrieve information with your computer? This program uses a machine language search routine that is so fast you can blitz through a full 13000 bytes of files to find the one you want in less than a second!
“Hello, Z80 Calling…”
Looks at ‘ROM calls’ the machine code subroutines stored in the ROM of your computer. They can help keep your Z80 programs shorter, and save programming time and effort.
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The ZON X-81 Sound Generator
The Bi-Pak ZON promises a “huge range of possible sounds.” It certainly has great potential, but that potential is not so easily realized.
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Speech Synthesizers
Your ZX/TS computer can talk to you, with the help of a ‘Speech Synthesizer’ system. Speech or voice synthesis systems are combinations of hardware and software which, when tied in with your computer, can put electronically generated sounds and noises together into intelligible words and phrases.
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Say What?
Simple speech recognition hardware and program for ZX/TS computers (with at least 16K RAM).
Making Music with the ZON X-81
Programming the ZON, Bi-Pak’s sound generator, to play a simple tune is no simple task. On the other hand, it is far from impossible, and this article should be of help to aspiring computer musicians. Channel Tuning Although many ZON registers are involved in programming a melody, the most confusing to deal with are the
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Staff: Teacher and Tester
“Staff” is a versatile music education program that reviews notes from the first ledger line below the staff to the first ledger line above.
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The Fantastic Music Machine and Light Show
The Fantastic Music Machine is a unique program that transforms your computer keyboard into a 3-octave musical instrument with reasonably good tonal quality with 16K it can handle up to 7000 notes.
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Wind Chimes and the ZX/TS Computer
Program to calculate the lengths of tubing for wind chimes.
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