Publisher(s): Sinclair/Timex User Group of the Boston Computer Society
| Title | Description | Computers |
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| [Bug Corrections] | Corrections to Tholean Web program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| 10 REM | Editorial about change of editors. | |
| 10 REM | Sales of the TS 2068 seem to be good. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 10 REM | The continuing adventures Timex Computer Corp. continue, sort of. A good source within Timex reports that “The Timex Computer Corp. is no longer.” The source explains that the TCC has been essentially dissolved and all its functions absorbed into the Timex parent corp. With the departure of TCC Vice President Dan Ross the hierarchy now […] | |
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| 10 REM | More than 1000 people read the newsletter every month. | |
| 10 REM: Take the Money and Run | Editorial on Timex and its role in the computer community. | |
| 192K ZX/TS Laptop | Reprint from ZX-Appeal. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| 2000 Is A Leap Year | Correction to Julian date program for any date since 1592. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| 2068 Telecommunications Notes | The following is an overview of telecommunications hardware and software available for the T/S 2068 and how it all works. For modems, the 2068 user has several options. The Westridge 2050 300 baud modem is still available through several T/S dealers, but anyone who hasn’t yet purchased a modem should consider a standard 300/1200 baud […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Windows | Windowing 1s a display technique for dividing a computer screen into separate, independently controlled areas for text, graphics or other forms of information. This article will explore techniques that make windowing possible. For windowing displays, a number of problems must be dealt with. First, screen contents must be preserved when a window is opened (Not […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Windows | Program to demonstrate “windows” (small, independent areas of the screen) on the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| A Basic Eraser | Short machine language routine to erase a block of a BASIC program, from the current cursor location to the end of the program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| A Bug in TS2068 VU-CALC! | Clearing a sheet crashes the the program. Fix to the code. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Comparator to Use on Bad 2068 Tapes | Simple comparator schematic to square up signals from a cassette recorder. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Comparison of Three Recorders | Recorders compared by recording their output to a frequency spectrum analyzer. | |
| A Quick Way to Dispatch the Edit Line | Did you ever notice that in department stores which showcase the TS-1000, the edit line is always filled with umpteen lines of garbage? You don’t have to do scores of DELETES to get rid of it. Just press EDIT (shift-1) followed by ENTER. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| About Tooklit II | Are there any QL owners who if they don’t have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Anyone who has keystroked COPY mdv2 _fred to mdvl_fred a zilllon times to backup media finds WCOPY worth the price alone. Certainly, the Toolkit II manual is a forbidding document. There is no tutorial; just a […] | Sinclair QL |
| Agenda | This meeting marks the first anniversary of the Sinclair/Timex User Group. We are planning a big celebration, and have executives of both Sinclair Research, Ltd. and Timex Computer Corporation coming to our meeting: We are looking forward to what these two have to say about their companies and products. In addition, we have asked representatives […] | |
| Aids and Hints Compiled by George Mockridge in Timelinez | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| ALTKEY Boot | Sinclair QL, Type-in program | |
| An Apology | ||
| An Improved Label Maker for Larken System | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Announcement | Sue Mahoney has accepted the position of Technical Support Manager with the Timex Computer Corporation. | |
| Another Letter to the Editor | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| April, May and June Meeting Highlights | Roy Glaser described series of programs he’s developing to print sideways. | |
| Archive Character Codes | Sinclair QL, Type-in program | |
| Arithmetic Discredit | Errors in previous issue corrected. | |
| BBS Report | ||
| BCS Programming Project | The BCS Sinclair/Timex User Group has launched a project to develop a state-of-the-art BBS program for the T/S 2068 computer. We are looking for volunteers to participate in the project. A knowledge of Pascal or Z80 Assembly language would be helpful. We will build advanced features Into the software, Including 1200 baud, Xmodem, and networking […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
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| Beep Note | Connect a small amplifier to the MIC port for external sound. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Binary on Two Hands | Tutorial on binary; includes short program to convert hex number in a string to a decimal. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Bingo | There are one or two Sinclair computer users who play Bingo, or whose family does. From the ‘HACKER’, the official newsletter of the Timex/Sinclair User Group of Las Vegas, NV, comes this gem for the 2068 that prints out BINGO cards on a 2040 printer. QL users may want to convert to a SuperBASIC program […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Book Review | Taking the Quantum Leap by Mike de Sosa. Taking the Quantum Leap is a professional trainer’s rewrite of the User Guide the way it should have been done the first time. | Sinclair QL |
| Book Review: Converting to Timex Sinclair Basic | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Brand-X | Comparison of Radio Shack MC-10 to TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Buffering the Data Bus | Why it’s necessary to buffer the data bus when adding peripherals and how to do it. How the resistors on the data bus are necessary to the video signal generator. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Buffering the Data Bus | Update on article in prior issue; notes that TS 1500 uses 74LS245 octal transceiver chip to buffer bus. | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| Bug #2 | Newline character in REM statements. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| CATS Capitolfest | ||
| CDIR Directory Printer | Sinclair QL, Type-in program | |
| Chicken? | This game attempts to answer the question “Why did the chicken cross the road?” | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Clive Sinclair Sponsors Half Marathon | ||
| Clouds on a QL | Al Boehm uses his QL at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory and takes it on trips to demonstrate the results of his work. He submitted this delightful SuperBASIC program to display mean cloud contours. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Columnifying Quill | The trouble with having been a working programmer in one’s youth is that you spend the rest of your life under the constant threat of getting readdicted to that particular form of obsessive compulsive behavior. (The trouble with being an exprogrammer who’s also a Published Author, by the way, is that you feel obligated to […] | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Compuserve is Terrific | Overview of Compuserve and what it offers Timex/Sinclair users. | |
| Computer Education: Four Essential Elements | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Computer Hint | Resolve interference by covering antenna selector switch with aluminum foil. | |
| Computer in a Drawer | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Computer Literacy is a Hit at Timex Sinclair Celebration | ||
| Dan Ross – Timex | Mr. Daniel Ross, Vice President of Operations, Timex Computer Corporation, was the second speaker at our Anniversary meeting. He described the Timex company — its relationship with Sinclair Research, its announced computer products, and its plans for a national user group. Timex is the company largely responsible for popularizing the wrist watch. According to Dan, […] | |
| December Highlights | Sue Mahoney presided over a discussion of the state of the Timex computer commuty and Timex Corp’s marketing strategy. Two vendors demonstrated their programs. | |
| Decimal to Fractions | Program to convert decimals to fractions, to the nearest 1/64th. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Def FN Command on the TS2068 | How to use the command. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Did You Know or Care? | Discover “interesting” facts PEEKing into the ROM. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Did You Know or Care? | The first two characters appearing together in the ZX81 ROM are Z and X. | |
| Director’s Column | Maggie Bruzelius, executive VP of the US branch of Sinclair Research, resigned July 20, 1984, to take a position with Alpha Software. Sinclair’s QL is still slated for November release. | Sinclair QL |
| Discount on New Magazine | Timex Sinclair User is a 4-color, monthly, people-oriented magazine and will hit the North American market with 100,000 issues in May. | |
| Does Anybody Know What Time It Is? | Analysis of execution times of various functions. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Does Anybody Really Know What Day It Is? | Program to convert dates to Julian dates for easier date calculations. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Driving a Monitor From the TS 1000 | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| East Coast Sync Fest | The Capital Area Timex Sinclair Group (CATS), Washington, DC has announced it will sponsor a Sinclair Computer Fest in May, 1989. Major Vendors are participating and it is expected to be the outstanding Sinclair Fest. A major advantage of this fest is its central location on the East Coast and will expect attendance from some […] | |
| Editor’s Notes | Tine Designs Magazine recently had a newsletter competition for Sinclair/Timex User Groupe. We submitted our May issue. Surprisingly, we did not finish last. Nor, did we finish first. Said the judges, “…. clean production. Interesting articles … leaning more heavily to the QL. This Sinclair SIG has been around since “day one”. It has had […] | |
| Editor’s Notes | I apologize for the tardiness of this issue of the BoSTUG newsletter. Part is due to delays in receiving contributions; part is due to my moving, which has scattered my life in three directions and explains come sloppiness in the layout. Again we have a range of offerings, but from only a few contributors. | |
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| Editorial | Editor calls for participation. | |
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| Educator’s Newsletter | The TEC News is a quarterly newsletter to be published by the Timex-Sinclair Educator’s User Group at Texas Wesleyan College in cooperation with the Timex Computer Corporation. | |
| Exchange Newsletters | Since renewing our publication schedule in January, BoSTUG gets exchange newsletters from many groups across the continent. The newsletters are available to members at the bi-monthly meetings. When someone figures out how to keep track of loan-outs, they will be available for take- out and mailout. Suggestions! Quality and quantity vary. The most reliable is […] | |
| February Meeting Highlights | Henry April demonstrated Upload 2000. | |
| File Transfers QL to IBM | Moving a file from the QL to an IBM-XT and reverse is really quite simple. | Sinclair QL |
| Fireworks | Short fireworks display program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Floating-Point Calculator | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Follow-up to Computer in a Drawer | Answers to questions other users had about the system. Adhesive key tops for Werner’s keyboard were purchased from Mule Electronics. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Fresh Squeezed Computer Data | Technique (and code) to compress data on the Sinclair with the RADIX-50 technique. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Fun Mathematics on Your Microcomputer | Review of the book. | |
| Gate arrays eliminate TTL glue in high-volume product | Reprint of article about the Ferranti ULA that appeared in Electronic Design News. | |
| Getting More From Each Keystroke | Hints on adding a full-size keyboard. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Getting Serious With Your TS1000 and TS1500 | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Going Online, T/S Style | Okay, so you have purchased a modem and terminal program for your computer, read the user manuals, and are ready to go. What next? Or perhaps you’re wondering what all the fuss is abaot and you’re not sure if you want to go online. Let me describe what you’re missing. The most notable aspect of […] | |
| Graph 16K | Program to draw bar graph. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Hardware Tips for the QL | Does your OL sit here and stare at you on power up, just daring you to press F1 or F2? Remembering that the OL has a MEMBRANE KEYBOARD and that kevs can stick. run the back of a finger nail over all the keys (special notice to space bar and ENTER key, please). | Sinclair QL |
| Hidden Maze: a game for the TS1000/1500 | Adapted from Bill Behrendt’s “Maze”, from “30 Games” published by Micro Text Publications. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Highlights from the December Meeting | Mike Levy demonstrated Mindware’s “Quickload” feature. Tim Hartnell, head of the National ZX User Club in the UK, attended. Henry April displayed the production version of the keyboard he designed and is marketing through his company E-Z Key. Dave Wood described the software products he has developed and is selling through his company SiriusWare. Dan […] | Timex/Sinclair 2000 |
| Highlights from the November Meeting | Bob Masters talked about using VU-Calc to verify Blue Cross claims forecasts. J. Michael Coughlin described the Hunter board. | |
| Highlights from the October Meeting | Last meeting we celebrated the. first birthday the user group. Ms. Maggie Bruzelius of Sinclair Research, Ltd. and Mr. Dan Ross of Timex Computer Corporation, the top executives of their respective companies in the U.S., each provided a very interesting talk about their company’s history, objectives, and products. | |
| Highlights of the April Meeting | Sue Mahoney demonstrated “Ator the ABC Gator”. Program synchronizes display of letters with song recorded on cassette tape. Al Spencer reviewed The Parrot by R.I.S.T. Mahoney distributed the first issue of Ramblings. | |
| Highlights of the August Meeting | Brint Jefferis gave a review of ToolKit, available from Gladstone. Burt Fisher reviewed VOTEM. Sue Mahoney demonstrated preproduction models of the TS 1500 and TS 2068. | |
| Highlights of the February Meeting | Sue Mahoney reported on public library in Sub Oak, NY, that lends TS-1000 computers. Mike Coughlin led discussion on FORTH. Peter Nichols demonstrated Byte-Back modem. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Highlights of the January Meeting | Introduction of the TS-2000, the Timex version of the Spectrum. Timex has made formal announcement of the TS-2000 at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show (1983) in Las Vegas. | Timex/Sinclair 2000 |
| Highlights of the July Meeting | Sue Mahoney distributed second issue of Ramblings and catalog of software. Irv Frankel and Arman Toorian of Intercomputer demonstrated the Intercontroller. The spring issue of TEC News was distributed. | |
| Highlights of the Last Meeting | Sue Mahoney opened the meeting with an update on the status of the new Timex computers. She said the TS-1500 and the TS-2000 series would be shipped to the distributors in August. The TS-1500 is an upgraded version of the TS-1000. It has movable keys and 16K of built-in RAM memory. Sue said she has […] | Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Highlights of the March Meeting | Bob Masters reviewed the E-Z Key. Will Stackman reviewed MCODER. Larry Becker demonstrated an intelligent lab station terminal he developed based on the TS 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Highlights of the May Meeting | Sue Mahoney brought a prototype of the TS-1500. Dan Roy presented a prototype of COLORSIN81 and the CAI/Exatron stringy floppy. An article about the COLORSIN81 will appear in the July/August 1983 issue of Sync. Discussion about the incompatibility of Memotech RAM units and TS 2040 printer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Highlights of the September Meeting | Frank Kaplan from Compusa Corporation demonstrated a prototype of the FDC-101 floppy disk system. Jeff Parker demonstrated the Byte-Back MD1 and MD2 modems. | |
| History and Background On Our User Group | This month will mark the beginning of our third year as the Sinclair-Timex User Group. The user group is a group of individuals who get together to share information about their Sinclair and Timex computers. During the past two years, we have grown from 18 members to 800 members. This fantastic growth is indicative of […] | |
| Hypotrochoid, Couldn’t You Tell | Short program by Dave Wood to product hypotrochoid figures. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| IDing QL File Types | There is nothing quite so frustrating as to get a disc or microcartridge full of programs and not know where to start in order to make the programs work. | Sinclair QL |
| Innocents Abroad | Sinclair QL | |
| Ins and Outs on the Timex Computer | Overview of Z80 input/output. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Inside Info From Zilog | Machine Code Group will host Mitch Russo, a local Zilog representative. | |
| Interfacing a Real Printer to the Timex/Sinclair 1000 | Author uses the CAI/O interface board to connect his upgraded MicroAce to an Okidata Microline 92. | MicroAce, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| January Meeting Highlights | Surprise snowstorm let to abbreviated meeting. Discussion of status of Timex Computer Corp. | |
| KEYWHIZ | Sinclair QL, Type-in program | |
| Knowing Left From Right | Hints for understanding order of math operations on the TS 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| LARKEN RAMDisk for T/S 2068: A Review | I recently received an order from Larken Electronics with Ramdisk on a medium-sized (3×7) circuit card and a replacement EPROM chip for the LKDOS disk controller cartridge. The chip is an updated version of the disk operating system so that LKDOS can support the Ramdisk. The Ramdisk board has a feed-thru connector that plugs into […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Last Meeting Activities | Dave Wood described the CAI Widget interface. Henry April gave an update on the large keyboard he developed. | |
| Latest News | Don Weiss exhibited his word processing system, which consists of a TS 1500, Compusa disk drive, Memotech Centronics interface and Seikoska printer. Marty Warner demonstrated MSCRIPT and Tasword II. | |
| Letter from the Editor | Sinclair QL | |
| Letter to the Editor | South Bay Computer Club TS Meeting Notes: | |
| Letter to the Editor | Congratulations for one of the finest (if not THE finest), and most informative User’s Group Newsletter, that I have seen. I am a connoisseur of newsletters; therefore should know whereof I speak. I get four different User’s Groups newsletters from the B.C.S., one from a dealer, two from a National organization, one from a publisher […] | Sinclair QL |
| Line Numbers | How to create line numbers above 9999. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Listing and LLISTing without LIST and LLIST | Basic program to print listings to non-2040 printers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| M/C Group Highlights | Presentation of Zeus Assembler for the 2068; demo of Compusa disk system. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| M/Term Patch | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Machine Code Execution Above 32K | Execute machine code with addition of one chip to create new logic signal. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Machine Code Group Highlights | Presentation and discussion led by Dave Wood about changes to 1500 ROM. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| Machine Code Notes | ||
| Machine Language and Hardware Design Sub-Group | Major presentation was a demonstration of Hot Z. | |
| Machine Language Group Activities | Dave Miller demonstrated his computer system and several programs. Dave Wood briefly described word processor he is developing. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Machine Language Group Highlights | Dave Miller talked abou this experiences working with EPROMs. He’s also corrected the bugs in the 1500 ROM and put it in his 1000. | |
| Machine Language Group Meets | Bob Heath demonstrated his system and machine language projects. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Magazine Reviews | Orphan computers are lonely and have communication problems. It is not enough to be loved. If that orphan is a Sinclair, the other problem is magazine costs. (Sinclair users operate on tight budgets and UK subscriptions also take forever to arrive.) Six vital magazines are published in North America-land and maybe you don’t know about […] | |
| Maggie Bruzelius – Sinclair | Summary of her presentation at the user group meeting. | |
| Magic Nexus Stirs Amid Languish | March 12th edition of Electronic News reported that Sinclair signed license agreement with Samsung to assemble and market ZX81 and Spectrum computers in South Korea. | |
| Maintaining a Tape Library | Hints for storage of computer programs and data. | |
| Marathon Operating Times for the Timex-Sinclair | Techniques for preventing overheading-related shutdown. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| March Highlights | Marty Warner-Dubay, formerly of Timex and now with Games to Learn By, reported on the condition of the Timex community. Estimated that 45-50,000 TS2068s had been sold by March 1984, 10-15,000 were in Timex’s warehouses and 90,000 were still at the factory in Korea. Dave Wood’s book was cancelled; thinking of self-publishing. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
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| Merge | Call for articles for upcoming issue. | |
| Mike Levy on Board of Directors | At the general meeting in December, Mike Levy was voted to the Board of Directors of the Boston Computer Society. Mike is president of Mindware Inc., a company marketing hardware and software for the Sinclair and Timex computers. | |
| Modem Notes | Software supplied with Westridge 2050 modem only acts as a dumb terminal. Smart II has more features. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| More 2068 Tips ‘n Hints | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| More Fresh Squeezed Data | Demonstrates how data compression/decompression routines can be used. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| More on Support | ||
| More On-Board Memory For ZX-81/TS-1000 | Options for internal memory upgrades to these computers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Multi-Tasking MS-DOS | Sinclair QL | |
| Need a Clock? | Program that uses the FRAMES system variable to keep time. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| New Improved ROM Bugs – TS1500 Bug #1 | New bug created when ROM was edited to accommodate the cartridge mechanism. Bug surfaces when LOAD aborts. | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| News From Timex | Where, 0, Where are the TS2068 technical manuals? I’ve spoken with many people who ordered the new tech manual from Little Rock in April or May and still have not received them, while several other persons have. Why should this be? It turns out that Timex originally produced 200 copies of the approximately 300-page manual […] | |
| Newsletter Exchange | ||
| Notes from a Traveller | Sinclair QL | |
| November Highlights | Dick Govatski of Memotech spoke of their line of peripherals and their commitment to “continue to support our TS customers. Over 35,000 of them,” even though they have “no plans to add onto the TS line.” | |
| October Meeting Highlights | Group celebrated its second anniversary; an estimated 800 people atttended. | |
| Octopus Credit | The octopus was sketched for the newsletter by Joe Hamel as a favor to member Bob Dyl. | |
| On the Magazine Scene | Overview of contemporary computer magazines supporting Sinclair computers. | |
| On the Timex Printer/Memotech Memory Compatibility Problem | Memotech technician believes problem lies in the 2040 printer, is caused by capacitors C4, C5 and C6. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| On the Timex Printer/Memotech Memory Compatibility Problem | Clipping the C4, C5 and C6 capacitor solved the problem. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| One-Liners | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Organizer Application | One user built a database of 3500 45 records. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Other Sinclair-Timex Users Groups | List of groups. | |
| Outline of the Sinclair and Timex Computers | Table of the various models. | |
| P-ary “Decimals” | Followup to article on binary: program to convert numbers to any base. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Password Security | Simple security for TS 2068 programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Pastime | Short program to plot a diagram. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Pointers | Answers questions from readers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Polygons | Program demonstrates TS2068 plotting commands by drawing polygons. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Printing QL Fonts | Sinclair QL, Type-in program | |
| Professional Publisher | Sinclair QL | |
| Program | The program does nothing very useful, but watching it amuses the hell out of its author. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Psion Productivity Tips | Ways to improve your use of the Psion programs that come with the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Psion Productivity Tips | A limitation to Paion programs 1s that file nanes may not exceed 8 characters. Right? Wrong! We know that Quill adds the extension ” doc” to any file name saved from it. This is useful in recognizing a file type by its extension. However, you may give any three character extension Including numerals and symbols […] | Sinclair QL |
| Psion Productivity Tips | In the three years since getting a QL, I continue to be surprised at little secrets it reveals. | Sinclair QL |
| Public Domain Library for the TS-1000 and TS-2068 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| QL Keyboard Membrane Repairs | Sinclair QL | |
| QL Programming Tips | I never saw it mentioned anywhere specifically, but I have found that in SuperBASIC you run into trouble if you have too many LOCAL variables. | Sinclair QL |
| QLAND_LORD | Sinclair QL | |
| Quanta | Most QL owners are now aware of QUANTA (QL Users And Tinkerers Association) which publishes a monthly newsletter of software and hardware reviews and worldwide doings with the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Query on Abacus | When using ABACUS on the QL I can ORDER the rows spreadsheet by selecting a column on which to Order, but cannot order the columns by selecting a row. How can I get around this situation? Alternatively, 1s there any way to rotate the spreadsheet 90° so that the rows become columns and the columns […] | Sinclair QL |
| Quill Filesaver | More than once, my QL has mangled a long Quill document through poor disk or microdrive I/O. Either I removed the cartridge before closing a file, or the QL tried to write part of the file to a non-existent track on the disk or the QL crashed. The result is the same – any attempt […] | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QZX CQ | Short description and information about QZX. | |
| RAM-Pack Wobble | List of solutions to address wobble. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| RAMDISK for the QL | RAMdisking capabilities can increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for files. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ran as in ‘ram1_fred’. The other difference is that […] | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Random Pokes | If you don’t want the “side-effect” of changing the random number seed in USR calls, try: IF USR address THEN. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Recipes | Sinclair QL | |
| Repairs | ||
| Reserving Space in a REM Statement | Machine language routine to create a REM statement to specific size for machine language. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Review of Bouncy | Review of video game produced by Infinity Research Development. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review of DBAddres An Archive Program | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Review of Graphics Kit | Review of the programming kit from Softsync. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review of Master Math | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Review of Matrix Planner | Review of the program from Mindware. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review of MCODER, An Integer Compiler | Review of the compiler from Personal Software Services. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review of The Organizer from Timex | Review of the data base program from timex. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review of VOTEM | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Review of ZX Forth from Gladstone | Review of the software, originally available from Artic Computing. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Review: Timex 2068 Color Computer | Reprint of the review that appeared in Infoworld. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ROM Bug #3 | There is an error in the ROM program in our computer which causes numbers between 0.01 and 0.00001 to be LPRINTed incorrectly. The bug occurs only with printers using the LPRINT command, such as the Timex and Sinclair printers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ROM Bug #3 Revisited | ROM Bug #3, which causes numbers with leading zeros (i.e., 0.01 thru 0.00001) to be LPRINTed incorrectly, was independently discovered by Robert L. Carter. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ROM Bug #4 | There is no effective way to clear the stack without executing a NEW or pulling the plug. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| ROM Test | Program to calculate ROM checksum. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| S.N.U.G. | ||
| S/T 2068 Bug | If you try to SAVE, LOAD, VERIFY, or MERGE with an improper filename: E.g. SAVE “file Without a closing quote, line editor rejects structure as being illegal. Keep trying to enter the illegal structure 9 times and the ROM crashes. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Saver | Sinclair QL, Type-in program | |
| Saving and Loading Programs – Trial and Error? | ||
| Security Blanket | Ways to bypass copy protection schemes. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Simple Justice Department | ||
| Sinclair QL Presented at BCS General Meeting | Nigel Searle spoke about the U.S. introduction of the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Shows | ||
| Sinclair Study Group | As you may be aware, there are a large number of Sinclair-Timex user groups around the U.S. and Canada. We have tried to get in contact with the by sending them our newsletter. Many have reciprocated. Recently, we asked if we could reprint some of their material. The overall response was “great.” This month we […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2000 |
| Sinclair User Profile | MIKE MITCHELL works for RICHARD DANA Corp as a mechanical engineer. The company designs and builds automatic assembly equipment which need custom cams. Mind you that I never intended to marry it but like many of my projects, it began with the thought that I could do something better than someone else and has progressed […] | Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair-Timex Related Books Found in the Greater Boston Area | ||
| Sing a Song of Silliness | [From the D-FW DATA Expansion, the journal of the Dallas Fort Worth T/S User Group, citing ‘ The Prairie Home Companion’ as the sourcel To the tune of ‘A Modern Major General’ from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’. | |
| Sir Clive’s Z88 | Cambridge Z88 | |
| SNUG as a Bug | On cold evenings of my childhood my grandmother would wrap me in a handwoven blanket and settle in front of the fire to read me a story. But before the story she would always say, “and there you are, snug as a bug in a rug.” Then sense of being protected has lasted with me […] | |
| SNUG Conference | [Minutes of the SNUG Sinclair North American User Group) conference of 8/17/88 on Compuserve] We met on the Timex section of Compuserve on Wednesday, August 17 at 9pm to discuss SNUG. Among the 13 active participants were: Mel Nathanson (Chairman pro-tem of SNUG), Gary Lessenberry (of CATUG), Paul Holmgren (ISTUG), Sysop Dave Rothman (Compuserve), Jim […] | |
| Some Names at Timex | Two remaining contacts at Timex. | |
| Some Notes on the Unreliability of Cassettes | ||
| Sources | Two publications for TS users. | |
| Speech Recognition System | Review of the program from G. Russell Electronics. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Spyro Gyro | Program to draw patterns based on two gears. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Stop Me If You’ve Heard This Before | Sinclair QL | |
| Summing Up the 1500 | ROM checksum value, for comparison to other models. | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| SuperBASIC for Beginners | Continuing from last month’s column, we move on to PRINT. Most of us have a pretty clear 1dea of what the KEYWORD PRINT does. | Sinclair QL |
| SuperBASIC for Beginners | BoSTUG members Peter Hale and Mike Mitchell are collaborating on a book of the 20 most useful QL SuperBASIC keywords for non-programmers. | Sinclair QL |
| Supplier Notes | Henry April, owner of EZ-Key, retires from national retailing. QLs available for $99. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Support for the TS 1000 and the TS 2068 | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| T/S 1000 Corner | Short minesweeper style program to demonstrate how display files work on the TS1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| T/S 1000 Corner | Here’s another game for your TS 1000 or ZX81. I call it “MARBLES”. It uses the same screen-reading technique as my last program (“MINES”). This program is a pinball-like marbles game. The object of the game is to score the most points by dropping your marbles into the high-scoring Slots. At the beginning, you are […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| T/S 2068 ROM Bugs | Five bugs documented. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Telecommunicating | Sinclair Research established a presence on The Source. | |
| Telecommunications and the Timex/Sinclair Computer | Brief introduction to using modems with Timex/Sinclair computers. | Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Telecommunications on the QL | Simple terminal program for the QL. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| TEXT87 – A Review | Rarely does software arrive on the QL scene with a potential for dramatic changes in the way the computer is used, but TEXT87 is such a program. I only recently received my copy and am not yet familiar with all its features. Otherwise I would be using it to write this newsletter. Briefly it is […] | Sinclair QL |
| The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Machine Code Programming on the ZX81/TS1000/TS1500 | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything | Short program that gives the answer. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| The Chess Exhibit | Several chess programs were exhibited at the celebration. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Continuing Adventures of the Flashing Cursor or Highlights from the September Machine Language Group Meeting | Notes from the meeting and the failure of hardware preventing demonstration of flashing cursor. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| The Demise of Timex Computer Corporation | I was one of the first people to learn that Timex was getting out of the personal computer retail market. A friend of mine, who was working there, called me to tell me the news just minutes after she received the word herself. My first reaction was that it was hard to believe, although Timex […] | |
| The History of the Sinclair/Timex User Group | Last fall, I started the user group to bring owners of the Sinclair computers together to share how they were using them, as well as to discuss problems and discover solutions. During late summer of 1981, I did some contract work with Sinclair Research in Boston. I was curious and anxious to meet people who […] | |
| The New TS1500 ROM | Analysis of differences between 1000 and 1500 ROMs. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| The Printer Port | ||
| The Return of ‘Val’ | One of Sinclair Basics’ more valuable contributions to the BASIC language were the keyword VAL and VAL$. These permitted formulae to be entered as text strings and then be evaluated. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Strange One | Sinclair QL, Type-in program | |
| The Tholean Web | Short program to display a pattern from the Star Trek TV series. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| The Timex/Sinclair as an Intelligent Lab Station Terminal | Imagine a science laboratory with up to 16 stations, each containing a computer capable of instrument control as well as analog and digital data collection. Each lab station computer could either display the data as they are being received or store the data. The stored data could then be sent to a larger computer for […] | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| The TS-1500 | Timex announced that the TS-1500 will also feature solid-state cartridge software and 8-bit bank switching to give 64 megabytes of addressability—like the TS-2000 series. | Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| The Worm Turns | Adaptation of the snake game. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| They’re Out There! | Updates, hints and tips from other newsletters. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Three Software Reviews | Reviews ZX PRO/FILE, Critical Path Analysis and The Fantastic Music Machine. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Time-Out | Dave Miller provides correction to Julian date program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Timex News | Sue Mahoney reports Timex printer is being shipped. Newsletter is being prepared; will be called Ramblings. | |
| Tiny LOGO | Review of the version of LOGO, implemented in BASIC. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| To Err is Human | Bugs in the ZX81/TS-1000 ROM. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Try This | Short program to plot Lissajous patterns. | Sinclair ZX81, Type-in program |
| TS 1000 Bug #5 Division | Floating point bug related to division in the 1000 was corrected in the 1500. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| TS 2040 Power Check | Banta Software provides two routines (1000 and 2068) to check if the printer is on. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| TS 2068 Machine Code: A Book Review | Introduction to 2068 Machine Code by Dr. Lloyd Dreger & Advanced 2068 Machine Code by Dr. Lloyd Dreger / S.M.U.G. [A note to readers: The differences between “assembly language” and “machine language” are subtle and unimportant in this review. For the purposes of this article, the two terms may be considered equivalent.] There are many […] | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS1000 in the Operating Room | TS1000 was used in open heart surgery cases at University Hospital in Boston to perform calculations of hemodynamic status. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| TS2068 Utilities | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program | |
| Turkey | Program to display a turkey. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Turning Your Sinclair-Timex into a Smart Terminal | Review of Byte-Back MD-1 and MD-2 modems. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Two High Speed Loading and Saving Systems for Tapes | Review of two fast load systems. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Two Memories in One Space | Simple solution to multiplex the 8k-16k memory space. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Update Lives | ||
| User Group Library | Reston Publishing donated several books to the library. | |
| User Group Meeting | At the May meeting, Dan Roy will unveil the add-on color capability for the T/S-1000. The product he developed is called Colorsin81. | |
| Using Bob Master’s Book | Notes on techniques from “Getting Serious With Your Timex/Sinclair”. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| USR 832 | Load/save copy protected programs using ROM routine. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| VP Ross Released By Timex | Dated December 5, 1983. Ross, a longtime veteran of the computer industry, was said to be surprised and shaken by the sudden action. | |
| VU-CALC | Review. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Wanna Get Somebodies’ Attention? | Try this on your TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| What’s Become of the Sinclair-Timex Retail Network | The retailing network for Sinclair-Timex products in Boston is in a shambles. For months now users have been asking the user group about where to buy Timex products and what Timex is doing about the situation. I’ve known for a while about the problem, but didn’t realized how bad it was until I looked into […] | |
| WHEN_ERROR | The listing in the Atomic Powered QL, in the last issue, had an error. | Sinclair QL |
| Wherefore the DATA Statement | Technique for simulating READ, DATA, RESTORE. | Sinclair ZX81, Type-in program |
| Why a Computer Show? | Personally, I was tired of hearing “What can you do with a personal computer?” not to mention, “What can you do with a Timex Sinclair?” I knew that through my work with the user group and my contacts across the country that there were a lot of exciting applications. To me it was obvious that […] | |
| Why Use Machine Language | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program | |
| Word-Wrap | Routine to ensure text wraps properly on the screen. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| You’ve Got the Look | Recommendations about what to look for in a computer monitor. | |
| Your REMs | Solution for loose power connectors; error correction to DATA article; old ROM checksums. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Zebra Catalog Available | ||
| Zebra Joystick | Review of the joystick adaptor. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| ZXLR8 | Review of load/save accelerator. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
Last updated: January 19, 2026