| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 64K RAM for Timex/Sinclair | Product announcement for Gladstone Electronics’ 64K RAM expansion. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Brief Overview of the Chicago Consumer Electronics Show and National Computer Conference in Houston | The Sinclair Spectrum was introduced in the US at the CES. TIMEX was actively promoting the $99.00 TIMEX/Sinclair computer. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Timex/Sinclair Tip | A short program to find program lines in memory and change the line number. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Add 64K To Timex/Sinclair | Product announcement for Sunflower Systems’ 64K RAM pack. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| BASIC Translation | Letter to the editor from a 2068 user looking for software to type in. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Capute! ZX-81/TS-1000 Data Management | Correction to ZX-81/TS-1000 Data Management program that appeared in the March 1983 issue of Compute! | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Computer Diet for T/S | Product announcement for Personal Weight Control Program, a computerized diet and nutrition program from International Publishing & Software. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Computer Literacy And The Three R’s On The Sinclair/Timex | Three programs for teaching math and spelling skills. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Computer Literacy On The Timex/Sinclair | Correction to earlier article. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Computers and Society | The new Sinclair computer is called the ZX Spectrum – a color computer with 16 or 48K of RAM. This computer is already being sold in the UK for under $350. | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Computers and Society | Among the several new computers introduced at the June CES, one of the most interesting entries was the Sinclair ZX-80. This Z-80-based computer (which weighs only slightly more than its instruction manual (320 g vs. 250 g)) contains a full typewriter-like keyboard (membrane type), 1 KB of RAM and a 4 KB BASIC. Keywords are […] | Sinclair ZX80 |
| Fortress of Adnil | Correction to an earlier article. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Gamestape 1 For The Timex/Sinclair | Review of Melbourne House’s Gamestape 1, a collection of 11 games for the 2K Timex/Sinclair. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Graphics and Programming Utilities For Sinclair/Timex | Review of Programmers Toolkit and Graphics Kit from Softsync. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Graphics On The Sinclair/Timex | This short guide to the graphics capabilities of the Sinclair/Timex computers demonstrates pattern creation, circles, conic sections, and bar graphs. To show how graphics can be used in games, there is “Asterbelt,” which will test your abilities as a spaceship pilot. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| How COMPUTE! Readers Use Their Computers | John Crum of Auburn, WA, started with a ZX-81. Peter Lobl, a tenth grader in Lindenhurst, NY, started with a ZX-80. | Sinclair ZX81 |
| Keyboards For The Timex/Sinclair | Product announcement for KOPAK Creations KOPAK Keyboard and E-Z Key 60. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Making Change | This game is an excellent educational tool for children and is based on a previously published Compute! article. The author also include conversion tips for T/S users who want to translate programs originally written for other computers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Mazogs for Sinclair/Timex | Single-player treasure/maze game. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Meet Jim Butterfield | “One of the most interesting phenomena could be Sinclair,” he says. “Sinclair has introduced a series of small, not very powerful, but remarkably inexpensive computers. While people who are used to the speed of, say, a PET or a VIC would find some of the existing Sinclair computers very slow, we can’t ignore the fact […] | |
| Meteorites And Red Alert for Sinclair/Timex | Review of two video games from Softsync, Inc. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Micro Math Educational Programs | Product announcement for Micro Math. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Mothership For Timex/Sinclair | Review of Softsync’s Mothership video game. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| New Home Computers At The Winter Consumer Electronics Show | More than a dozen new home/personal computers made their debuts at the recent Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This four-day extravaganza seemed to fulfill many of the predictions of a home computer revolution we’ve been hearing for the past several years. The T/S 2000 is mentioned on page 34, along with the printer. | Timex/Sinclair 2000 |
| Paycheck Analysis | This short program analyzes your paycheck for accuracy and lets you predict future take-home pay so you can budget accordingly. Also included is a variable table for easy and personalized modification. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Player ZX81: A Tune-Playing Program For The Sinclair/Timex | Review of Player ZX81 from Wm. Maples. | Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Program Conversions With Sinclair BASIC and TI BASIC | Program conversion between BASIC dialects is often easier than imagined. This tutorial demonstrates the compatibility of TI BASIC and Sinclair BASIC and includes helpful tables and sample conversion programs. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Recorder Interface for Sinclair/Timex | Product announcement for Z-DUBBER from Bytesize Computer Products. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Relational Operators | Relational operators can make your BASIC programs more efficient. Here are some techniques which use relational operators on the Commodore, Atari, TI, Apple, IBM PC and PCjr, Color Computer, and Timex/Sinclair machines. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Resource Guide For Timex/Sinclair Users | Product announcement for The Watchmakers Guidebook to the Timex/Sinclair Computers. Lists 120 software suppliers, 50 hardware suppliers and 20 ancillary suppliers. Also contains directories of user groups and Timex/Sinclair specific magazines and books. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Like its predecessors, the ZX-80/81 microcomputers, the new ZX Spectrum appears to be yet another price breakthrough for Sinclair Research and founder Clive Sinclair. It offers features and memory capacity heretofore unavailable in machines costing up to $1,000 – yet it is selling for the equivalent of only about $200! | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Sinclair/Timex Guess That Animal | This article adapts a previously published Compute! program to the Sinclair ZX-81. It is also a brief tutorial on the special features of the ZX-81’s BASIC, showing how you can reload programs without losing data previously saved. The program requires 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Sinclair/Timex Screen Splitter | This short, clever technique allows you to put text on screen and then clear the screen below at will, leaving your messages intact. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Software Assortment For Timex/Sinclair | Product announcement for Blackjack, Checkbook, Data Filer, Graphics Drawer, Phone Book, Pixel Drawer, Tic-Tac-Toe and Word Scramble from Dynacomp. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Software For Timex And Sinclair | Product announcement for games from Software Development Associates. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Sound on the Sinclair/Timex | Short machine language routine to play tones via the computer’s mic output. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Speech Synthesizer for Timex/Sinclair | Product announcement for The Parrot from R.I.S.T. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Statistical Graphs For The Timex/Sinclair | Product announcement for Graphpak from Practical Computer Products. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| T/S Game In 3-D | Product announcement for Mothership, an arcade-style space fighter game in 3-D. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| T/S Text Editor, Input Utility | Product announcement for The Screen Machine, a machine language utility that allows input anywhere on the screen and performs some data validation, and Vu-Write Text Editor, a menu-driven text editor. Both by Syncmaster. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Tax Return Programs For Sinclair/Timex | Product announcement for Ksoft’s Tax Return Helper. Seven programs to help with Form 1040 and schedules A, B, C, C1/C2, D and E. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| The Fall Computer Collection At The Summer Consumer Electronics Show | Overview of computers shown at the 1983 Summer Consumer Electronics Show. Timex showed the 2048 (“48K RAM and 24K ROM”) and T/S 2024 (“24K RAM and 16K ROM”), this time in the Timex case, and the Timex/Sinclair 1500. | Timex Computer 2048, Timex/Sinclair 2000 |
| The Flight Simulator For The Timex/Sinclair | Review of The Flight Simulator, available from Gladstone Electronics. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| The Fortress of Adnil | Adventure game for the Timex/Sinclair 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| The New Timex 2000 | Letter to the editor asking if T/S 1000 software and printer will work with T/S 2000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2000 |
| The New Wave of Home Computers | Summer CES. Sinclair showed Spectrum. Timex debuted 1000. Data-Assette showed its keyboard and ZX-99. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| The New, Low-Cost Printers | You no longer have to pay more for your printer than you did for your computer. There are now a number of good, low-cost printers that offer many of the features found in more expensive models. Includes Timex/Sinclair 2040 Thermal Printer. | |
| The Timex/Sinclair 2040 Printer | Review of the T/S 2040. | |
| The Timex/Sinclair 2068 | The Timex/Sinclair 2068 is the latest addition to the Timex line of home computers. Retailing for $199.95, the 2068 features 72K of internal memory, eight colors, and sound, making it the most powerful Timex computer yet. The 72K is achieved through the use of bank switching and consists of 24K of ROM and 48K of […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tutorial | Product announcement for The Programming Kit I, a BASIC tutorial for Timex/Sinclair users, Family Pak, a set of five 2K programs, and Scyon’s Revenge, a deep-space combat game that includes 3-D simulation. All programs are from Timeworks. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex/Sinclair Compatibility Problem | Letter about incompatibility between Sinclair ZX81, Memotech Memopak 32K RAM and Timex/Sinclair 2040 printer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex/Sinclair Control Center | Product announcement for the Timeworks Computer Control Center, a molded plastic tray that holds a T/S-1000, several cassettes, RAM pack and a 13-inch TV. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex/Sinclair Games | Product announcement for four games from JPR Software: Megawurm, The Assassin, Orgs & Ogres and The Dark Empire. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex/Sinclair Guidebooks | Product announcement for The Timex/Sinclair 1000 Basic Handbook, from Sybex, and How to Use the Timex/Sinclair, from dilithium Press. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex/Sinclair Making Change | Correction to earlier article. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Timex/Sinclair Screenscrolls | As anyone who has worked with a ZX-81 or TS-1000 knows, the scroll facility could be expanded and improved. It cuts down the display file, and screen POKEs (which are difficult at best) are made nearly impossible. This article provides the solution. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Timex/Sinclair Screenscrolls | Addendum to screen scrolling program to let it work with 2K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex/Sinclair Selections | Product announcement for Tutor, List, Check, Index, Stock and Inven from D. Lipinski Software. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading Aid | Product announcement for L-Monitor. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Traveling Timex | Product announcement for Car Comp, a “rigid platform to which the computer and cassette recorder can be attached.” L&G Enterprises. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Update On Sinclair/Timex Sound | Suggestions for making sound on the ZX-81, a comparison of the ZX-81 vs TS-1000, improving usability of the 16K RAM pack. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Weather Forecaster | This program enables you to make quite accurate local weather predictions. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Zones of Unpredictability, Part 2 | Use of the RND command. Specific instructions for TS-1000 included. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX-81 Home Computer Package for Sinclair/Timex | Sampler of four programs, all run in 1K. Etch-A-Screen, Music Composer, Checkbook Balancer, and Billboard by LAMO-LEM Laboratories. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX-81 Software | Product announcement of Math Drill, Golf and Towers of Hanoi from RAK Electronics. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZX-81/TS-1000 Data Management | The user of the Timex-Sinclair computer can store and work with data files, even though some commands for handling data are missing. This program can be easily adapted for other kinds of data management, too. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
Last updated: December 7, 2020