Triangle Sinclair Users Group
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| "PRO" a Program for Surveyors | Program to facilitate work by civil engineers and surveyors. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Header Reader Program | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| 2068 Notes | Here is a program that will give you the correct time whenever you enter “GOTO tm”. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Notes: A Tutorial on Machine Code Programming | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| 2068 Notes: A Tutorial on Machine Code Programming | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| 2068 Notes: A Tutorial on Machine Code Programming | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| 2068 Notes: A Tutorial on Machine Code Programming, Part 6 | Tutorial on relative jumps. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068 Notes: A Tutorial on Machine Code Programming, Part 9 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| 2068 Notes: A Tutorial on Machine Code Programming, Parts 3 & 4 | Programs to help peek and poke code. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2068/80 Column Printer Typewriter | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| 3D Letters for the 2068 | Program to print words in large, 3D letters. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 64 Characters and a Clear Screen? | Program that allows the user to reallocate RAM to make way for a clear screen in the 64 column mode. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 64 Column Screen | Here is a way of seeing the special 64 character mode in operation and convincing yourself that you need a high res RGB monitor or some such new addition. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 8K of Very Low Power CMOS RAM In aWorld Class Computer For Only $40 | Here is a method for installing a Toshiba TCS5S65 PL-15 Very Low Power CMOS SK X B RAM ($40 from Microprocessors Unlimited) in a TS1000 computer. Two of the great advantages of installation are the reduced power consumption (maybe as much as a 30% cut) and the absence of RAM pack wobble and crash. Who | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| 8K ROM Board for the TS 1000 | Review of the Hunter 8K ROM board. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Game and a Graphics Pastime | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| A Loading Aid That Works | You may be interested in a TSZX loading aid which really works; further, it allows one to easily align ones tape heads (the latter has been the source of all my load problems with the TS1000): no tape recorder has been properly aligned when purchased. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Look at the TS 2068 | If you already own a ZX81 or a TS1000 you will be able to use this machine easily from the start. And, provided that the whole system of keyword entry did not turn you off completely with your earlier version of Timex-Sinclairese, this computer should be downright fun to run. One big advantage and also | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Review of Sinware's "STEP" | STEP is a program from Sinware. The ad says STEP is the ultimate debugging tool for programs in BASIC. I cannot say if this is true or not, But it sure comes close. STEP permits the execution of a program by several methods. The simplest is one line at a time. To use STEP, first | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| A Right-to-Left Pixel-by-Pixel Screen Scroll | Machine code program to scroll pixels on the screen. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Word Processor in BASIC | Paragraph in a string word processor design. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| AC Circuit Analysis Review | This is the review of the AC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS program I promised you last month, but didn’t get a chance to do. The program is simply called AC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM and it functions like a miniature version of ECAP. Anyone who knows what ECAP is can skip to the next paragraph. For those who | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Anagram3-6 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Announcements! | The TS 2068 computer will feature high resolution color graphics, a 4-channel programmable sound generator, full plastic keytop keyboards, typewriter format keyboard with full width space bar and dual caps shift keys. The 48K version will have a suggested retail price of $199.95. The TS 2068 has a range of eight colors, and allows separate | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Bank Switching for the ZX81, Part 2 | In this section the various options in the menu of the BSOS (bank switching operating system) will be discussed. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Character Generator II | BASIC program for creating user-defined graphics. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Do You Own a 2068? Or Are You Getting One? And Are You Interested in Machine Code Programming? | Undoubtedly you would like to own a nice machine code loader, and a Simple disassembler, and a hex/decimal decimal/hex converter. Then you could easily follow and learn from Dick Scoville’s machine language tutorial which starts in this issue. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| DO-CALC | Review of the versatile calculation program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Dunbar Aitkens: Silent Conversation and The Glass Plate Game | The Glass Plate Game is a conversational one. Idea cards and markers are used, and the challenge is to build patterns of thought by finding interesting connections between the cards. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Encroaching, Disappearing Menu Window | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Excellent Book by Fred Blechman: Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide | If I were selecting an interesting, affordable textbook suitable far beginners or intermediates, ages 10 to adult, this would be the book. It has a large number of program listing, very well explained, and the programs are interesting as well as useful. Most important is the careful explanations it’s also very well illustrated (even colored | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Fall of the Third Reich | Review of the program by Mark Stueber. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Flash! Flash! Flash! Bad News (& Good) | News and rumors in the Timex community. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Foreign Correspondent Richard Describes the New Sinclair QL Computer | Sinclair has done it again. I expect you haven’t heard about his new computer – the QL – as it was only announced last week in Britain. The specification of the machine is very good and I will list some of the main points. | Sinclair QL |
| Games for Your Timex-Sinclair 2000 | Review of the book by Peter Shaw. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Good News for 2068 and Speccy Enthusiasts | Updates on the user group; PRO, a CAD program from Pankow Engineering; MTERM and MSCRIPT; EMU-1 vs Spectrum ROM; Microdrives; Timex FDD system and more. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hex to Decimal, Decimal to Hex | Short program to covert between the two bases. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hot Z II from Sinware | Review of the editor, disassembler, assembler program. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| How Fast is Fast? How Slow is Slow? A Benchmark Program for the TS1000 | Speed benchmark program adapted from BYTE, January 1983 issue, page 283, listing 5. It is a program for generating prime numbers based on the Sieve of Eratosthenes. Since it is designed to run in compiled languages, the program runs ten times, giving humans a chance to time its speed on faster systems. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| How to Write Articles for your Newsletter | Overview including word processing options. | |
| Interface 3 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| JOY+ | Program to demonstrate STICK command, button and diagonals. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| LabelMaker | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Letter from Edward Loxtercamp | Offers help to users who want to build his RS-232 interface. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letter from Gary Smith | Response to review of XFORTH in the newsletter. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letter from Oxford Data | ||
| Letter from Sharp's | ||
| Letters | Letters from Jesse Peeler, Clark Calkins and Weldon Baker about their projects. Jesse wrote about the issues with surplus TS1000s purchased from Zebra Systems; Clark wrote about his CP/M-like operating system for the Exatron Stringy Floppy and TS1000; Weldon asked for advice about using plotting research data in high resolution. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500 |
| Linda Banta of Banta Software Sends Two Programs to Tell if 2040 is ON or OFF | The REM statement is a short machine code routine which must be the first line of the program. The other lines can be anywhere and can be modified to give other messages. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Maillist, MathZap, Measurement Conversions, Interest Calculator, Menu | Five type-in programs for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Making Readable Text on a 64 Column Page | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Making Your 2040 Printer Print Darker When Using the 2068 Computer | Here’s a way of going through the display file and darkening up each dot, then printing out everything with COPY for a nice dark, hard copy image. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Mea Culpa, Tua Verba | Brief statement about non-copyright protected content reprinted from other newsletters. | |
| Meeting Minutes | ||
| More on Darkening the Printer | Short machine language routine to print on the TS 2040 with darker letters. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Music Maker | Program to aid in composing music. Can produce a code string to allow for using the music in other programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Musical Christmas with TS 2068 | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| My Pet Dinosaur | Interfacing a Model 28 teletype to a TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Product News & Old Product Offers | Delphic Enterprises offers programmer’s utility EPROM, for use with Hunter board. Savage Software, Biocal Software, and Kopak have special deals. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| New Product News, Old Product Offers | Updates on products from Budget Robotics and Computing, ROMPAK, Hunter, Oliger, Compusa, Softmark, W. T. Associates, Markel Software, D. Lipinski, Siriusware and Ace Software. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Product News; Old Product Offers | 64K inside the case from Independence Research, ROMPAK programs; disk drives; CAI Instruments products and more. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Product News; Old Product Offers | GREAT NEWS! TIMEX SINCLAIR USER magazine does NOT appear to be dead, as we last reported, but it may be changing colors! We hope to be hearing from them soon: though in the newsletter press there is some skepticism about this magazine’s reappearance in its original form, now that TIMEX is joined by SYNC who | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Non-Breakable Programs: 2068 Back-up Copies | Code to allow for backing up programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Oliger 2068 Expansion RGB Circuit Instructions | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Olivetti PR2300 Screen Dump | Program to print screens to the Olivetti printer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Operating VOTEM on the Timex 2068 Computer | Instructions and program. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Phil & the TSZX Computer Demonstrate Algorithmic Approaches to Artificial Intelligence & Image Understanding | In our joint meeting with the TI group in January we heard a presentation by Phil Kegelmeyer, son of Bill K, and watched in fascination as a simple program demonstrated ways that a computer can detect edges, vertical edges and corners. We’ll present a report on this program in our March issue. And we’ll also | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Phil Kegelmeyer's Edge Detection Programs Demonstrate Artificial Intelligence | This is really a collection of short programs, reached by appropriate ‘GOTO’ commands. The first part of the program gives the appropriate line numbers names which are easier to remember, and dimensions the arrays. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Programmer's Utility EPROM | Review of the product from Delphic Enterprises. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Programs, Reviews, Information | Review of TS 2050 modem. | |
| Pseudo ROM Programs | Program to create and save character sets for the pseudo ROM board developed by Demby. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| QSAVE Revisited | Adjustments to QSAVE for memory, speed et cetera. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| RAMPAGER: A Review | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| Ray Kingsley Takes a Look Inside a Timex Cartridge and Adds Other Comments | Inside [a Timex Cartridge] one finds three blobs of what looks like high quality tar on a circuit board. Apparently they must weld down the silicon wafers themselves, which gives them a pretty good proprietary grip. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Report from Boston Computer Society Timex-Sinclair Celebration | We have been to Boston to the Boston Computer Society Timex-Sinclair Celebration and were thoroughly introduced to the upcoming wonders of this machine. It is a very fine color computer with wonderfully fine color – much better than most of the competition: it will be able to send signal to a color monitor, color TV | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Review: Aerco FD-68 disc interface | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Rotronics Waferdrive Questions & Specifications | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Routine to Print Headers | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| RPNZL Quartet | Short article republished from RPNZL Notes. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Screens | Programs that draw interesting designs on the screen and their output. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ShadowFire | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | |
| Sinc Artist 1.3 | ||
| Sinclair News | Sinclair QL | |
| Sinclair News | Updates on the Spectrum+, flat screen TV, wafer drives, cell phone and QL. | |
| Smart Mailbox | Mailing list program that uses a long string to store data instead of an array. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Software Review: Snake Eyes and Truth Tables | Review of the programs from 2-Bit Software. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Spectrum Emulator or Chameleon | Product announcement for Doug Dewey’s EMU-1 and EMU-2. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sphere | Short program to plot a sphere. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Suggested 2068 ROM Changes | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Super Variable | Program to demonstrate use of arrays | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Syncbits | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Technical Comments relating to Sinclair ZX-81 and Timex-1000 Computers and 16K External RAMs | Identifying issue 1 vs issue 3, modifications for better load/save, opening the computer and other suggestions. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Telecommunication Notes | Resolving issues with the 2050 modem when used with 2040 printer. Byte-Back keeping up with 2068 modem orders. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Continuing Saga of 64 Columns | Analysis of Carole Corcoran’s code from the technical manual. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Early Sinclair | Letter from a reader about Sinclair’s first product, a radio called the Micro-6. | |
| The March 4th Meeting and Bill McCotter's Gift | We will have the Timex modem on hand far a hands on demonstration, continue with the software sharing that went on last meeting, and we will come up with a group project that can be done in a one to two month time period. We will also have an auction of donated materials: Step, Rampager, | |
| The Nickels' Family Job Jar: A Program Promoting Harmony at Home | Our family had initiated a “job-jar” of weekly chores to spread out the housekeeping duties. My wife, who works, had strongly suggested that we all pitch in for the good of the family. Our two sons (aged 7 and 10) agreed and we selected a list of 20 jobs to be completed weekly. These jobs | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Power of the Stack | BASIC program to demonstrate how FORTH makes use of a stack. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The QL Report | Volume 1, issue 3 of the short newsletter about the Sinclair QL. | Sinclair QL |
| The Timex Sinclair 2068 | Review of the book by Roger Valentine. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Timex Sinclair 2068 | Review of the book by Roger Valentine. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The UDGs Meet The Data Statement | Acey-Ducey, a type-in game that demonstrates user-defined graphics. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| This is Word Sinc II.5 | Product announcement. Includes WordFont examples. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Tidbits from Fred Nachbaur | ||
| To Exchange a "BASIC" Program Via MTERM-II | Steps for tranferring programs via modem. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Understanding Sinclair Basic | Tutorial to teach BASIC on the TS 1000. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| User Friendly Programs for the Beginner | Introduction to programming. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Using Two TS1000 Computers and Two VOTEMS and John Snakenburg's Data Program for a Jr. High Science Project | In my Physical Science class we were given the assignment to do a science fair project. I chose to do a project to see whether north or south facing rooms differed in temperature from one another. We discussed all of the problems with using a real house to take measurements and decided that we would | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Video Board Upgrade for Your TSZX | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| VU-File as a Word Processor | Letter detailing how the author uses the database program as an ersatz word processor. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| War in the East: The Invasion of Russia, July 1941 | Review of the war strategy game, for both the TS1000 and TS2068. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Welcome | ||
| What to do with an extra TS1000 (and some extra cash)? | Options include adding a FORTH interpreter, modem from Byte-Back, and ham radio uses. | Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Word Sinc II.5/Oliger Video Upgrade Notes | Timex/Sinclair 1000 | |
| XFORTH XChange | Open forum for owners of FORTH kernels and related products. Distributed by Hawg Wild Software. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| XForth Xchange v2 n1 | Full copy of the newsletter. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
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