Timex/Sinclair 1000
PCLS 1000
PCLS 1000 is a handy tool for managing the display file. It allows the user clear all or any portion of the screen with either background, white or black, almost instantly.
Pet ASCII Output Program
Original manuscript for article published in SyncWare News.
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Printscreen Utility User Manual
Program submitted to SyncWare News’ 1985 contest.
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Quick Mode for ZX81, TS1000, TS1500
We’re all used to the FAST vs. SLOW dilemma. In FAST mode, the machine cruises right along, but you can’t see the display. In SLOW mode you have a continuous display, but the overall speed often leaves much to be desired. Well, how about a FULL-SIZE, continuous display, while running almost three times as fast
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TS 1000 Scrollist
Short machine code program that produces a continuous listing of your BASIC program, which scrolls at a selectable speed.
The Amazing Bi-Plot
This article gives а demo of a way to do high-resolution grey-scale graphics. That’s right! Though I may be stretching the definition, we’ll actually see the ZX81/TS1000 display a high-res scale of three shades – black, white and grey. A quote I just invented runs, “Three shades doth verily a grey-scale maketh.”
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The Third Language
Many of you know that the ZX family of computers (including Spectrum/TS2068) use a “third language” to perform the precise floating-point calculations that cur machines are renowned for. You also probably know that it is “FORTH-like,” a fact that has been driven into the ground since the early days. You may NOT know, however, that
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Timex/Sinclair 1000 Branching Techniques
Branches in a program are singles steps or routines (sets of steps) which cause the computer to go to certain places in the program. You, the programmer, may tell the computer where to go in the program in two general ways: directly, with a GOTO or GOSUB command, or; indirectly, with a variety of routines.
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Translations (2040 printout)
Notes about Carol Milazzo’s PET ASCII translation program/hardware.
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