David is still active in T/S 2068 programming. He does most of his programming in Hisoft Pascal and has published most of his programs and programming efforts in ZXir QLive Alive!
David was active in his local user group, the (Ottawa-Hull) Timex-Sinclair User Group, serving as group librarian and newsletter editor.
| Title | Author(s) | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2068 Programs Several programs from club members. Secret Agent: adapted from Bill Harmer’s ZX81 version by David Solly. Screen Display: extracted from... | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | April 1987 | |
| A Novelty Program This listing provides a novel title display, which can be incorporated into another program. It was supplied to the club... | George Chambers David Solly | CATS Newsletter | May 1991 |
| A Proposal for the Creation of a True Type Font for Documenting and Archiving of Sinclair Program Listing | ZXir QLive Alive! | Autumn 2001 | |
| Changing the Permanent Screen Attributes From Within a HiSoft Pascal Program | ZXir QLive Alive! | Winter 1999 | |
| Character String Emulation In HiSoft Pascal | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 1999 | |
| Character String Emulation in Hisoft Pascal Version 4 Routines to handle strings in Pascal. | Update Magazine | July 1991 | |
| Clefs pour le ZX Spectrum et Timex 2000 ([Color] Keys for the ZX Spectrum and timex 2000) Tables of color intensities/hues from all black to max white. | ZXir QLive Alive! | Autumn 2000 | |
| Copal Screen Copier Modification of a program by John Bennett; print graphics screens to the Copal Write Hand L1200 printer. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | December 1987 | |
| Datastore() and Datafetch(): Two Larken DOS Procedures for Hisoft Pascal Transfer any section of RAM to a file on disk. | Update Magazine | April 1991 | |
| DataStore() and DataFetch(): Two LarKen DOS Procedures for HiSoft PASCAL | ZXir QLive Alive! | Winter 1998 | |
| Diskette Menu Program for the Timex/Sinclair 2068 (LarKen DOS Version) | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 2000 | |
| Eyesight Saver Adapted from a program that appeared in Practical Computing, May 1984. Memory-resident program to alter display of program listings: adds... | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | December 1987 | |
| First Loader Program Listing Modified by David Solly to be used in conjunction with BASIC2 by Michael Carver to create ASCII text listings of... | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | September 1987 | |
| Font Loader in HiSoft Pascal | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 1999 | |
| From the Editor Letter from David Solly, the club librarian. Club acquired a Larken disk drive system for the TS 1000, other new... | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | September 1987 | |
| Function for Creating User Defined Graphics (UDGs) in HiSoft Pascal | ZXir QLive Alive! | Autumn 1999 | |
| Graphics Procedures for HiSoft Pascal | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 2001 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Dean Mikolajczyk, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Robert Webster, David Solly, Armand Drucker, Burke Mawny, David Hartmann, Dane Stegman. | ZXir QLive Alive! | Winter 2001 | |
| Input/Output Letters from David Solly, Bob Swoger, Glen Goodwin, Jack Boatwright, Fred Henn, Don Oviatt, Rod Gowen | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 1999 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Don Lambert, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Robert Gilbert, Jeff Burrell, Joe Rampolla, Al Feng, Robert Swoger, Louis Florit, David Solly,... | ZXir QLive Alive! | Winter 2000 | |
| Input/Output Letters from David Solly, Tim Swenson, Jay Shepard, Don Lambert, Dean Mikolajczyk, Jack Boatwright, Louis Florit, Peter Leibert-Adelt, Paul Harris. | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 2001 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Luke Perry, Rod Gowen, Darrell Hamilton, Frank Mills, David Lassov, Leon Howell, Dave Bennett, Wilf Rigter, David Solly | ZXir QLive Alive! | Autumn 2000 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Bob Swoger, Les Cottrell, Jack Boatwright, Peter Liebert-Adelt, David Solly, Jay Shepard, Louis Florit, Frank Davis, Rita Jean... | ZXir QLive Alive! | Winter 1998 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Hector Picone, Don Lambert, James Coles, William McBrine, Scott Rossell, Tony Firshman, Ruth Fegley, David Solly, Don Dindang. | ZXir QLive Alive! | Autumn 2002 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Jack Boatwright, Loic Daneels, David Solly, Louis Florit, Luke Perry, William McBrine, Les Cottrell, Bob Hartung, Jim Ditton,... | ZXir QLive Alive! | Winter 2002 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Albert Boehm, Robert Swoger, Les Cottrell, Keith Watson, John Simpson, Peter Liebert-Adelt, David Solly, Glen Goodwin, Mark Anderson,... | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 2003 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Paul Anderson, David Lassov, John Caylor, Stephen Beals, Peter Liebert, William McBrine, Luke Perry, Louis Fornit, Johnny Red,... | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 2001 | |
| Input/Output Letters from Ed Kingsley, Al Boehm, Jose Moreno, David Solly, Peter Liebert-Adelt, Jack Boatwright, Jeff Burrell, Don Oviatt, Earl Kielglass,... | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 1999 | |
| Larken Disk-Operating System When I was looking for a disk operating system, the first thing I wanted was a system that would work... | Time Designs Magazine | July/August 1987 | |
| LarKen Diskette | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 2001 | |
| Letters Redirecting output from the screen to the printer on the 2068; Ski and Cavern games a hit; mathematic equalities; help... | Time Designs Magazine | November/December 1986 | |
| Letters to the Editor Suggestions re building club software library; tips for using the Hunter board. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | ||
| Library Corner Update on status of the holdings. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | June 1985 | |
| Line Listing BASIC2 and M-Script: A Surprise Combination Technique for using Michael Carver’s BASIC2 program (from November/December 1986 issue of Time Designs Magazine) with MScript to create ASCII... | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | September 1987 | |
| Meetings in Review Highlights from meetings from April to June 1987. Michael Dove demonstrated a four-way pixel scrolling program. David Solly demonstrated alternate... | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | September 1987 | |
| MSCRIPT Command Summary MSCRIPT shortcuts. | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 2001 | |
| New Acquisitions: May 1989 Report of new additions to the club’s library. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | November 1989 | |
| New Year’s Letter From the Librarian | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | ||
| Ottawa-Hull TSUG meeting Exchange of experiences in Pascal programming; Dave Solly using HiSoft Pascal on TS 2068. | TS Bulletin | March 1990 | |
| Pascal Disk Handler for the Larken Converting HiSoft Pascal to work with the Larken disk system. | Time Designs Magazine | July/August 1988 | |
| Pascal Disk Handler for the Larken Disk Operating System Access to the Larken disk system from within HiSoft Pascal. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | July/August 1988 | |
| Producing Flashy Listings | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 2001 | |
| Report from the Librarian Bill Harmer briefly takes over role; re-recording software tapes. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | September 1985 | |
| Secret Agent Program Code/decode text. Original by Bill Harmer, converted to 2068 by David Solly. | ZX-Appeal | October 1989 | |
| Secret Agent Program | ISTUG Newsletter | December 1987 - January 1988 | |
| Secret Agent Program | Sincus News | July - August 1988 | |
| Setting and Resetting Caps Lock | ZXir QLive Alive! | Spring 2001 | |
| Seven-Bit ASCII Text Filter for the TS 2068 with Larken Disk I/O Program to remove rogue ASCII characters from downloaded files that prevent them from being loaded. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | November 1989 | |
| Seven-Bit ASCII Text Filter for the TS-2068 with LarKen disk I/O | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 2000 | |
| Sinclair ASCII Text to IBM Text File Transfer Utility | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 2002 | |
| sirclive.ttf True Type fonts in characterstic Sinclair styles. | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 2001 | |
| T/S Users Group Library List of programs in the users group library. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | ||
| Tasword to M-Script File Conversion | ZXir QLive Alive! | Summer 2002 | |
| Tips for loading FORTH How to and what to expect when loading ZX Forth. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | September 1985 | |
| Title Display | The Plotter | July - August 1990 |
| Title | Date | Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group July 21, 2024 Johan "Dr Beep" Koelman talked to us about how he got into Sinclair computers and what led him to write... | July 21, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group May 18, 2025 We welcomed a new member, talked about AI-written theme songs, a recent reunion of Timex Portugal employees, discussed the 2068... | May 18, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting April 13, 2025 Jeff gave us an overview of the TS 2060 hardware design and features. We discussed the design of the enclosure... | April 13, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting August 18, 2024 We talked about how to preserve the Timex Sinclair memory and machines in a physical way accessible to many. Is... | August 18, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group meeting December 17, 2023 João Diogo Ramos, of the Load ZX Spectrum museum, discussed the status of two pending projects, including the SCLD documentation... | December 17, 2023 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting December 18, 2022 Discussion about Bob Swoger, a long time supporter of the Timex Sinclair community. | December 18, 2022 | Watch ↗ |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group meeting December 5, 2022 Adam Trionfo dug into the FDD 3/3000 disk images, examining a home-made version of Q*Bert. | December 5, 2022 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting February 16, 2025 Carl Miles discusses plans for a comprehensive expansion board for the ZX81, tentatively called the "1560". Joao Diogo Ramos told... | February 16, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting January 18, 2026 Chris Boisvert, one of the original creators of Byte Power 1st Class Magazine, joined us. He explained how he and... | January 18, 2026 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting July 16, 2023 David talked a bit about the connection between the Koala Pad and Sinclair computers. David also gave an update on... | July 16, 2023 | Watch ↗ |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting June 18, 2023 Richard Booth, author of Applied Sinclair: Subroutines for the Mathematically-Minded, joined us. | June 18, 2023 | Watch ↗ |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting May 5, 2025 Our meeting included introductions from four new-to-the-Zoom meeting members, as well as updates on Greg Bennett's Wordle program and the... | May 5, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting November 20, 2022 Mark Kloosterman showed us some of his large Sinclair and Timex/Sinclair collection. | November 20, 2022 | Watch ↗ |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting November 3, 2025 We showed off a seasonally appropriate turkey program and shared updates on projects. | November 3, 2025 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting November 4, 2024 Hugo Pinto shared his experience with the Load ZX Spectrum Museum's recent recovery of the Tenet educational network system. | November 4, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting October 7, 2024 We talked with David Solly about his new Spectrum Next. Paul DeMelto talked about his use of vintage computers and... | October 7, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online User Group Meeting, March 17, 2024 Our discussion included emulator usage, Baud Day and the TS-1510 | March 17, 2024 | |
| Timex Sinclair Online Users Group October 7, 2024 David and Joe discussed recovering old tapes. Joe described using a homemade dehydrator for 3D printer filaments to salvage tapes.... | October 7, 2024 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group July 20, 2025 ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter launched July 19th. Group discussed hardware repairs, power supply safety, Tim's printer emulator project, international participation,... | July 20, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting April 26, 2026 VCF East: Heathkit H11, an Apple I (real or repro?), a swatting evacuation, and the show's first-ever Timex table. Plus... | April 26, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting August 10, 2025 From Jim Crow to NASA, R. Asa Gordon's journey from punch-card computing to predicting Apollo missions' radio blackouts reveals how... | August 10, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group meeting August 21, 2022 In this week's meeting of our group, we were joined by Ryan Gray, a Timex enthusiast. Ryan has resurrected a... | August 21, 2022 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting August 4, 2025 Discover the ZX81 programming journey of Steven Reid, from his first game 'Water Bug' to the Ultima-inspired 'Gem Quest', pushing... | August 4, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting December 2, 2024 Tim Swenson described differences between Boreal ZX Basic and Sinclair Basic. Carl demonstrated improvements he made to the Timex 1510... | December 2, 2024 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting January 5, 2026 We discussed VCF event planning, ham radio technology, Spectrum Next FPGA replicas, Jupiter Ace computers, retro computing alternatives, and Eastern... | January 5, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting July 7, 2025 James Martin restored a Timex Sinclair 2068 with display issues. Group discussed TS2060 modernization project, planned VCF Midwest 2025 logistics,... | July 7, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting June 22, 2025 Tim Swenson discussed his recent participation in a QL forum meeting; we talked about Forth, chatted about the ZX Spectrum... | June 22, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting March 15, 2026 We talked about archiving milestones, tape recovery techniques, emulator development, preservation concerns, and community history. | March 15, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting March 2, 2026 Our meeting covered keyboard Kickstarter plans, Pascal compilers, AI-assisted coding, TS-Pico debugging, and RAM expansion techniques. | March 2, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting May 17, 2026 Fort Worth user group history, semiconductor fab war stories, the 2060 expansion board project, a Baudot telegraph keyboard interface, Joust... | May 17, 2026 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting November 17, 2024 David, Joe , and Adam discussed a 1983 Timex joystick, noting its unique features and considering a teardown to explore... | November 17, 2024 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting October 19, 2025 Carl Miles presented his projects including a 'super' expansion for classic computers, and a modern TS1000 motherboard replacement. David gave... | October 19, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting Sept 1, 2025 We chatted about preserving Asa Gordon's program from his time at NASA, modern hardware projects, and other Timex/Sinclair topics. | September 1, 2025 | |
| Timex/Sinclair Online User Group Meeting September 21, 2025 We recappped our experiences at VCF Midwest, which took place September 12-13. Many of the group members attended, including folks... | September 21, 2025 |
