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TitleAuthor(s)PublicationDate
(1000) 232 = 2050
Converting the TS 2050 to work as a RTTY modem.
QZXMarch 1988
1000 One Chip Mod: A Built-in NVM
This battery backed-up RAM is a miniaturization and functional equivalent of the famous “Hunter” board. It was designed by Mr....
SyncWare NewsSept-Oct 1986
12 Volt Modification
Reprinted from Jan/Feb 1990 ISTUG newsletter.
ZX-AppealSummer 1990
12 Volt ModificationCATS NewsletterNovember 1993
12 Volt Modification
Replace the 78L12 voltage regulator with a larger capacity model for better power regulation and improved video.
ISTUG NewsletterJanuary - February 1990
12 Volt ModificationLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1994
16K – Fitting it “Under the Hood”LISTing NewsletterNovember 1987
16K RAM Inside the ZX81
This article is adapted from one written by John Bell which appeared in the November 1987 issue of L.I.S.T. It...
John BellQZXJune 1990
192K ZX/TS Laptop
Reprint from ZX-Appeal.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
2068 & Spectrum Customized ROMs
Short article on author’s customized ROMs and brief description of how to create one’s own.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1986
2068 Cassette Connection, Part II
Hints and schematics for improving loading.
ZX-AppealSeptember 1988
2068 Cassette Connection, Part IILISTing NewsletterOctober 1990
2068 Cassette Connection: Part II: Loading Tips
In the last Issue, I recommended removal of a couple capacitors in the SAVE circuitry of the TS2068. This provides...
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
2068 Colour Adjustments
Short program to print color bars and instructions for adjusting the color output.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1987
2068 Digitizer
Adapts an idea by Forrest Mims to digize images using a plotter and photo transistor.
The RAMTOPNovember - December 1986
2068 Fix Star NX-1000/Aerco Centronics I/F FixThe HackerMarch 1990
2068 Fix Star NX-1000/AERCO Centronics I/F Fix
Fix to accommodate STROBE line requirement of Star NX-1000 printer.
SWYMMay 1990
2068 Fix Star NX-1000/AERCO Centronics I/F Fix
Fix to accommodate STROBE line requirement of Star NX-1000 printer.
SWYMJuly 1990
2068 LOAD NotesLISTing NewsletterOctober 1990
2068 Power Supply – Make It Cooler & Quieter
I have discovered that programs SAVED to cassette tapes from the TS-2068 can have a very high Noise/Scratch background level...
SUMJanuary 1986
2068 Power Supply Problem?
From my own personal experience and information gleaned from articles, it is clear that the method of powering the 2068...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
2068 Power Supply ProjectCATS NewsletterNovember 1987
2068 Power Supply: Make It Cooler & QuieterZX-AppealJune 1987
2068 Power Supply: Make It Cooler & QuieterLISTing NewsletterOctober 1990
2068 Power Supply: Make It Cooler & QuieterSLUG NewsletterJuly 1987
2068 Power Supply: Make It Cooler & Quieter
I have discovered that programs SAVE’d to cassette tapes from the TS-2068 can have a very high noise/scratch background level...
James DowellTimex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterAug 1987
2068 Printer Interface and ROM Card
This month I finish up my series on the printer interface with the circuit board layout and simple print driver...
Joseph WilliamsonSUMMarch 1985
2068 Printer Interface and ROM Card
This month I finish up my series on the printer interface with the circuit board layout and simple print driver...
SUM
2068 ROM Bypass Board Schematic, Revised
Revised and accurate schematic for William Pedersen’s ROM bypass board.
Update MagazineJanuary 1995
24 Line I/O
The circuit given on the following page is for an add-on board that will plug into the ZX81’s rear connector...
QZXAugust 1992
24K Internal Non-Volatile MemoryCATS NewsletterJuny 1988
24K NVM InsideZX-AppealApril 1988
2K Conversion with 6116s
ZX81 will accept two 2114 RAM chips or one 6116 RAM, for total of 2K.
SyntaxMay 1982
2K to 4K RAM Upgrade – An Introduction to ZX/TS HardwareSYNCJuly/August 1983
2K-SDP: A Serial Data Port
A system which allows transfer of data between ZX/TS and ТS2068 computers and cassette tape operations in TS2068 format.
Kent CookSyncWare NewsSeptember/October 1987
32K NVM System RevisitedZX-AppealSummer 1988
32K RAM
32K RAM in the cartridge port for Timex Portugal Disk Drives.
TimelinezSeptember - October 1991
32K SRAM for the ZX81LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1996
40K Non-Volatile MemorySWYMNovember 1989
4K/8K ROMs in One ZX-80
This article describes the final solution that I used to make both ROMs available to my ZX80. 1 installed the...
SYNCMarch/April 1982
64K Byte Memory Expansion for the T/S 1000TimelinezJuly - August 1983
6K RAM Addition
Frustrated by the limitations of 2K RAM, Jim Graham of Oakham, MA, put 6K “under the hood” of his ZX81....
SyntaxFebruary 1982
8-16K Switch for Cheetah 64K RAM Pack
Detailed hardware modification for adding a DPDT switch to the Cheetah 64K RAM pack, allowing the 8-16K address block to...
Doug HoilesTimelinezOctober 1984
8K EEPROM Board
Build a non-volatile memory expansion board with the Seeq Technology 8K EEPROM.
Sinc-LinkNovember 1984
8K of Very Low Power CMOS RAM In a World Class Computer for Only $0LISTing NewsletterDecember 1989
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...
Triangle Sinclair Users GroupMarch 1984
A Big Keyboard
A DIY project for building a full-size keyboard for the ZX/TS using a bare keyboard board purchased at a hamfest...
Sinclair Users NetworkJanuary 1983
A Broken 2068? Fix It Yourself!
Method for testing for and repairing bad RAM chips.
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
A Cheap and Simple EPROM Programmer
This article will show you how to build an EPROM programmer. Those interested in peripherals for the Sinclairs (floppy disk,...
SYNCJanuary/February 1983
A Cheap and Simple EPROM ProgrammerLISTing NewsletterApril 1990
A Comparator to Use on Bad 2068 Tapes
Simple comparator schematic to square up signals from a cassette recorder.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterAugust 1984
A Complete RTTY Transceive System for the ZX81 and Spectrum
From the British Sinclair Amateur Radio User Group Newsletter done by Paul Newman, G4INP. (Reprinted with permission). Here’s a nice...
QZXNovember 1983
A Couple of Simple ZX81/Timex 1000 Modifications
Internal 16K RAM using 62256; composite video buffer.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
A Cure for OverheatingZX-AppealFebruary 1989
A Cure for OverheatingLISTing NewsletterMarch 1992
A Cursor Pad
Hardware and software solution to create an external, cursor keypad.
Sincus NewsSeptember - October 1987
A Hot QL FixThe PlotterApril 1990
A JLO FDD Interface Hardware Project
My system consists of a TS-2068 with a JLO Disc Interface with a 5.25 inch drive and a pair of...
Nite-Times NewsMarch 1987
A Keyboard Interface for Any Timex Computer
For those who do not wish to go into their computer to connect a new keyboard, here is an interface...
SUMSeptember 1985
A Load/Save Switch, Test Tapes, Azimuth Alignment Revisited and Micro CartridgesLISTing NewsletterDecember 1985
A Long Cable For 2040 PrintersThe PlotterMay 1985
A Monitor Adapter for the T/S 1500
For several years, publications have carried articles on connecting T/S 1000 and ZX81 computers to monitors, to improve the quality...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1985
A Monitor Connection for the T/S 1500ZX-AppealJanuary 1989
A New House for the QLCATS NewsletterMarch - April 1996
A New Life for Sinclair/Timex ComputersZX-AppealSummer 1987
A Parallel Interface for the ZX-80/MicroAce Computer
Construct a simple parallel interface for the ZX80/MicroAce computers with the Z-80 PIO.
SYNCJuly/August 1981
A Power Supply for Your Cassette Recorder
A use for the extra output winding on the transformers supplied with surplus 2040 printers.
SynapseJanuary and February 1985
A Regulated-Voltage Power Adaptor
Schematics to build power supplies for the ZX81.
SYNCMarch/April 1983
A Serial Interface Project for the ZX81 & TS1000
This is the second article of a series dealing with a serial interface with which to connect your ZX81/TS1000 to...
Vic B. RiceComputer Trader MagazineMay 1985
A SERMouse Adapter
Sometime ago, having been encouraged by John Impellizzeri’s review of SERMouse, I took the plunge and bought a serial mouse...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
A Simple Loading Aid
Plans for a small device to monitor signal levels when loading programs.
T-S HorizonsJanuary/February 1984
A Subroutine for Serial Data Output
Trying to write machine code subroutines for the ZX80 presented some problems. This article details the problems with their solutions,...
SYNCJuly/August 1981
A Sure Cure For TS Wobble
If you’re suffering from this dreaded disease, here’s a simple hardware trick that will have you and your computer feeling...
Microcomputing MagazineAugust 1983
A Video Reverse Board
The easiest way to connect your computer to a monitor is to simply take the composite video signal from pin...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
A Video Upgrade?
Why? Is the predominant first question. If you find that your computer does its job, but you would like to...
SyncWare NewsSept-Oct 1984
A-B Boxes and other Ramblings
DIY switch boxes for disk drives.
Update MagazineOctober 1990
Activating the NMI on TS2068LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1986
Adapting the TI Keyboard to the TS1000LISTing NewsletterMarch 1985
Adapting the TI Keyboard to the TS1000LISTing NewsletterSample Issue
Adapting the ZX81 Rampack to the TS2068
Adapt the 1016 ram pack, memory mapped to the DOCK bank.
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1985
Adapting the ZX81 RAMpack to TS2068LISTing NewsletterAugust 1985
Add a Full-Sized Keyboard to Sinclair’s ZX80
Interface a surplus keyboard to the ZX80.
ByteMarch 1982
Add an ON/OFF Switch to Your QL
I’ll never understand what it is that Sir Clive has against the simple and convenient on/off switch. Neither the ZX81,...
John RileyCATS NewsletterMarch 1990
Add an On/Off Switch to Your QLLISTing NewsletterApril 1988
Add an On/Off Switch to Your QLCATS NewsletterDecember 1987
Add an RS-232 Port to Your ZX81
Shows how to add a standard communications interface to the ZX81 – an RS-232 serial communications port that will let...
Hands-On ElectronicsSpring 1985
Add Direct Video Output to Sinclair ZX81
Simple schematic to provide monitor video out.
Dr. Dobb’s JournalMay 1982
Add RGB to Your 2068
RGB on the 2068 is probably one of the most gratifying additions you can get. The problem is that there...
QZXNovember 1992
Add serial port to your Sinclair
Project to add a 2050-compatible serial port to the 1000 or 2068.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
Addendum to Article in January Update “Dock Bank Memory, 20 Cents”
Corrected diagram.
Update MagazineJuly 1988
Addendum: A Simple EEPROMER
Update to Paul Hunter’s article on Bankswitching for the TS1000 (TS Horizons part 4).
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1988
Adding a Counter in Hardware
Adding hardware timer/counters to the Microace.
SYNCJuly/August 1983
Adding a Joystick For the Spectrum/2068
Having converted your 2068 to Spectrum mode of operation, you will find that most British software can be operated successfully...
Jack KeeneTime Designs MagazineMay/June 1986
Adding A Joystick To The Timex-Sinclair 1000
Adapt an Atari joystick to emulate the arrow keys.
SYNCJuly/August 1983
Adding a Joystick to the ZX81
First part of an article about wiring a joystick to the computer.
Sinc-Link
Adding a Joystick to Your ZX81
Wire a joystick to map to the arrow keys.
SyntaxJune 1982
Adding a TTL Monitor to Your TS-2068ZX-AppealJanuary 1988
Adding a TTL Monitor to Your TS-2068SLUG NewsletterJuly 1987
Adding a TTL Monitor To Your TS-2068Nite-Times NewsApril 1987
Adding a Video Monitor to your Sinclair ZX81
Simple diagram for tapping off the signals going into the RF modulator.
Computers & ElectronicsMarch 1983
Adding an LED Load Monitor to the MicroAceLISTing NewsletterJuly - August 1994
Adding an LED Load Monitor to the ZX80
Single LED (light emitting diode) added to the tape “ear” input of the computer. The voltage for lighting the LED...
SYNCJanuary/February 1981
Adding Dimension in 2068 Computing … Using a Plotter
The versatile TS 2068 computer never ceases to amaze me on its capabilities. Each of us has a pet application...
SUMMarch 1986
Adding On To Gladstone
Many memory expansion boards have been offered for ZX81’s and TS1000s. One of the first to break down through the...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1985
Adding Ports to your QLCATS NewsletterSeptember 1992
Adding RGB to Your 2068LISTing NewsletterDecember 1994
Adding RGB to Your 2068
RGB on the 2068 is probably one of the most gratifying additions you can get. The problem is that there...
SUMFebruary 1986
Adding RGB to Your 2068
Instructions and schematic to connect 2068 to TTL RGB monitor.
Update MagazineOctober 1992
Adding Two More Drives
Add two more drives to a Larken system.
Update MagazineJuly 1995
Adding Two More DrivesNite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1994
Additional Byte-Back Memory Pack Notes
Thanks to John Oliger’s NOT M1 decoding circuit, many new and excellent pieces of software are coming into the market...
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
Adjustments to the TS 2020 for Volume and Rewind/FF SpeedSLUG NewsletterJune 1989
AERCO Parallel Printer Interface CaseLISTing NewsletterDecember 1983 - January 1984
Alignment Tape: Screwing Your Head on StraightLISTing NewsletterJune - August 1989
All-Purpose Beeper
Circuit to emit a “beep” every time your ZX80 or MicroAce reads from or writes to a selected memory address.
SyntaxJune 1981
Alternate Modem Power SuppliesLISTing NewsletterDecember 1989
Alternate Modem Power SuppliesLISTing NewsletterFebruary - March 1988
Alternate Modem Power SuppliesSLUG NewsletterMay 1988
An Easy Improvement for Your TS-2068 KeyboardNite-Times NewsJune 1987
An Illuminating Idea
Hardware and software to switch up to four 5-amp loads at up to 110v.
Timex Sinclair UserDecember 1983
An Improved Joystick
It was interesting to see in page 10 of the 1:1a issue of SyncWare News, a joystick circuit that is...
Cedric BastiaansSyncWare News1984
An LED for Your 2040LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1988
An RGB Monitor for the TS2068
I purchased a Model No. 4084 TV/ monitor from Sears (#364,.00 including tax) together with RGB Cable Model 6529 (#18.00)....
SUMJanuary 1985
And Now For Something Completely Different
Print 2068 images to an OKIMATE 10 or 20 printer; transfer those images to clothing. Requires either McMichael’s Commodore interface...
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
Announcing: The IKI (An IBM Keyboard Interface for 1000/2068)
The IKI can be used with the ZX80, ZK81, T/S 1000, T/S 1500, Spectrum and T/S 2068 computers. It is...
Update MagazineOctober 1995
Another $100 Misunderstanding
Documents assembly errors in the ZX81 kit: missing instructions for capacitors C13/C14, inductors I1/I2, vertical installation of resistors R27/R29, and...
Bob NadlerSyntaxMarch 1982
Another 2068 Color Monitor Adapter
RGB monitor interface using a transistor and integrated circuit (74LS04).
ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 2001
Another Approach to Extra Memory Banks
I put together a board using eight 43256 chips, giving 256K in eight banks. This article will describe how it...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Another Look at 450ns EPROMS vs the ZX81/TS1000
Paul Hunter’s comments on using 450ns EPROMs on ZX/TS computers (May83) strike me as true but incomplete. Paul shows how...
SyntaxJuly 1983
Audio Transformer Load AidLISTing NewsletterNovember 1989
AutotapeSinclair Users NetworkMay 1984
Bank Switching for the TS 1000, Part 1T-S HorizonsMarch 1984
Bank Switching for the TS 1000, Part 2
Describes some of the hardware needed for the project.
T-S HorizonsApril/May 1984
Bank Switching for the TS 1000, Part 3T-S HorizonsJune 1984
Bank Switching for the TS 1000, Part 4
THE NONVOLATILE MEMORY BANK After constructing the two 16K banks described last month, and experimenting with them, I felt the...
Paul HunterT-S HorizonsJuly/August 1984
Bank Switching for the TS 1000, Part 5
To start this month’s installment, we will clear up the increased RF interference on the display and discuss alternative power...
Paul HunterT-S HorizonsOct/Nov 1984
Bank Switching for the TS 1000, Part 8
This is the last instant of this series. Routines to save (and reload) bank data on tape are included in...
T-S HorizonsFebruary/March 1985
Bank Switching for the TS1000, Part 6
Again this month we’ll start by reviewing comments and suggestions made by some of you who are building a stacked...
Paul HunterT-S HorizonsDec 1984
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.
Triangle Sinclair Users GroupDecember 1985
Bank Switching SchematicsISTUG NewsletterMarch - April 1989
Bankswitched RAM on the TS2068 and SpectrumLISTing NewsletterNovember 1996
Battery Back-up The EI Cheapo BBU
The circuit shown is the simplest scheme possible to provide power-down protection for your ZX/TS. You just need a battery...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
Battery BackupCRAGIST NewsletterJanuary 8, 1989
Battery-Backup and Entrycheck
Here is a simple sketch on how you can provide battery backup for your computer. Cost of parts is small,...
QZXMarch 1983
BBU for T/S MachinesCATS NewsletterJune 1985
Beep, Beep
Beep circuit for TS 1000.
ZX-AppealDecember 1987
Beep, beep
Keyboard beeper.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
Better RGB CircuitLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1989
Better RGB CircuitLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1995
Better RGB Circuit
RGB adapter with option for positive or negative sync and positive or negative color signals.
SUMJuly 1986
Better Sound
Increase the volume of SOUND on the 2068 with this little circuit.
April 1984
Big Keyboard 2068
Schematic for interfacing a keyboard to the expansion bus.
LISTing NewsletterNovember 1985
Bits & Bytes
This column will and try to track document the quirks, fixes, and unique modifications done to the Sinclair computers. We...
Alex Burr (K5XY)QZXApril 1983
Bordure Psychedelique?
Short program to generate multicolor border effects.
SINDecember 1985
Break Out with This Sinclair Interface
Educate your ZX81 — teach it to talk to your H8 or some other outside device. Includes schematic for a...
Microcomputing MagazineDecember 1982
Break the 1K Barrier
Double the ZX81 RAM to 2K with a 6116 static RAM.
Microcomputing MagazineMarch 1983
Brother EP-44 to Sinclair IF OneLISTing NewsletterDecember 1985
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...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember 1983
Bug Alert: One-chip NVM
The “One-chip NVM” in SWN 4:1 shows a minor discrepancy between the schematic (Fig. 3) and the pictorials and instructions.
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1987
Build a 2068 Cartridge Board
In SWN 2/4 and 2/5, I discussed the construction of an eprom programmer for the 2068 and 1000. Those of...
May-June 1986
Build a 64K Dynamic Memory BoardSQ Syntax QuarterlySummer 1983
Build A Computerized Anemometer Using The Experimenter’s I/O Port
This project is the first in a series of articles which will chronicle my ongoing experiments in the development of...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesWinter 1986
Build a Spectrum ROM Switching Circuit for Your TS2068
I recently purchased some Spectrum ROMs from Zebra Systems with the hope that I might be able to make my...
Gary LessenberryCATS NewsletterFebruary/March 1989
Build a Spectrum ROMswitching Circuit For Your TS-2068ZX-AppealSummer 1987
Build a Spectrum Romswitching Circuit for your TS-2068LISTing NewsletterApril 1988
Build a Spectrum ROMswitching Circuit for Your TS-2068SLUG NewsletterJune 1987
Build a Spectrum ROMswitching Circuit for Your TS-2068Nite-Times NewsMay 1987
Build a Spectrum Romswitching Circuit for your TS-2608CATS NewsletterOctober 1987
Build Additional RAM
How to upgrade the ZX80 to 8K RAM.
SyntaxMarch 1981
Build an Uninterruptible Power Supply
Add a small UPS to the TS1000.
T-S HorizonsNovember 1983
Build this Super Simple Modem
Short article and program on interfacing directly to the telephone line via the MIC jack. Program uses BEEP command to...
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
Build your own EPROM blower without blowing a fortune
Because most users of the T/S1000/ZX81 are software orientated, the hardware has been made simple in this design. The software...
Timex Sinclair UserJuly 1983
Build Your Own EPROM Programmer and Centronics Printer Interface – Part I
Multi-part article series.
SQ Syntax QuarterlyWinter 1982
Build Your Own EPROM Programmer and Centronics Printer Interface – Part IISQ Syntax QuarterlySpring 1983
Build Your Own Surge Suppressor
One of the most overlooked accessories for the low priced home computer is a voltage surge suppressor. Maybe you ve...
CATS NewsletterApril 1990
Build Your Own Surge Suppressor
Add MOVs to a power strip and make a surge suppressor.
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1985
Building an RS-232 Port into the 2050 Modem
Step-by-step guide to installing the Zebra RS-232 circuit board inside the TS2050 modem case with a 3PDT switch for selecting...
Loren LatkerTimelinezApril 1987
Building an RS-232 Port into the 2050 Modem
Step-by-step guide to adding a Zebra Systems RS-232 circuit board inside the TS2050 modem case, selectable via a 3PDT mini-switch...
Loren LatkerTimex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterJune 1987
Built In BBU
Yes, folks, there’s plenty of room left in even your tiny “stock” case to include re-chargeable BBU INSIDE THE COMPUTER....
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
Byte-Back RS-232 and Tasword TwoLISTing NewsletterJuly 1985
ByteBack to Interface 1 RS-232LISTing NewsletterOctober 1985
CAI Stringy Floppy Modification for A&J Interface / ESFOA SIG Announcement
Instructions for modifying a CAI Stringy Floppy drive to work with the A&J (4K ROM) interface: one trace must be...
Bill MillerTimelinezJune 1984
Can We Talk? On Communicating ComputersSincus NewsNovember - December 1986
Cassette Connection CommentsLISTing NewsletterOctober 1990
Cassette Eavesdropper
Use this simple circuit to listen to your programs as they save and load or to search for programs on...
SyntaxDecember 1980
Cassette Recorder Interface
Build a small interface unit to improve program loading.
Sinc-Link
Cassette Tape Load/Save MonitorZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1993
CDROM on a QXL
Before my life as a computer tech head started, I had a distrust of computers. Those things that could file...
Dennis DonahueInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
Centronics Printer Port – AERCO Style
Schematic for a parallel printer interface using the Zilog Z80-A parallel input/output chip (PIO).
LISTing NewsletterNovember 1985
Centronics Style Port TS-1000LISTing NewsletterJuly - September 1986
Cheap 32K RAM Add on For The 2068SWYMOctober 1989
Cheap Power
Surplus power supplies can double a ZX/TS’s load capabilities.
SyntaxSeptember 1983
Circuit Circus
Excerpted from SWYM Newsletter, Seattle Sinclair Users Group. Sync inverter for QL, load fix for ZX81/TS1000, TOS power supply, modem...
Update MagazineOctober 1990
Circuit CircusSWYMOctober 1990
Circuit training helps to build good characters
Expansion to allow user-defined characters.
Timex Sinclair UserAugust 1983
Clearer VideoLISTing NewsletterDecember 1992
Color Blind to ColorfulSUMJanuary 1986
Composite Color on the QLLISTing NewsletterOctober 1989
Computer Repairs
Tips for repairing the TS 2068.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
Computer Tip for the Sinclair Line
Hardware tip recommending replacement of LS-series TTL ICs with HCT or HC CMOS equivalents in the Timex/Sinclair 2068 expansion bus...
James DuPuyThe RAMTOPMay-Jul 1988
Computer Weather Station: Part 2 Tell Which Way The Wind Blows
In the last issue’s “anemometer” article, I showed how to build a simple but effective (and cheap) device to tell...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesSpring 1986
Connect A Composite TTL Monitor to a TS1000/QL
Schematic to connect a TS1000 or QL to a monochrome TTL monitor by extracting HSYNC and VSYNC signals.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Connect a Monitor to the TS1000
How to connect a TS1000 directly to a composite monitor.
SYNCJuly/August 1983
Connect a Monitor to the TS1000LISTing NewsletterDecember 1995
Connect a Monitor to the TS1000LISTing NewsletterFebruary 1996
Connect a Monitor to the TS1000Nite-Times NewsAugust 1988
Connecting an RGB Monitor
Describes how to connect an RGB monitor using a kit from E. Arthur Brown.
Sinc-LinkJanuary 1985
Connecting The Amdek Amdisk III to the Zebra FDD 3000Nite-Times NewsFebruary - March 1988
Conversion 2068 to Spectrum
Adapt your 2068 to run Spectrum software.
SINApril-May 1986
Convert your T/S,ZX to Color
Build an add-on to connect a 6847 video display generator (same as in Radio Shack Color Computer) to your TS1000.
Timex Sinclair UserOctober 1983
Convert Your TV into a Computer Monitor
Schematic and instructions for converting a black and white TV to a monitor.
SUMMay 1985
Converting the Oliger 64K Ram for the 2068
To use the JLO 64 K RAM board (from the TS1000) on the 2068, it is necessary to make these...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1985
Converting Your 2068 to a SpectrumLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1984
Cooling Your ZX81/TS 1000LISTing NewsletterApril 1985
Correct cassette loading problemsSincus NewsSeptember - October 1985
Correction to Battery Back Up ArticleCRAGIST NewsletterFebruary 12, 1989
Creating a Four Port Expansion Decoder
Memory-mapped IO for the 1000 computer.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1988
Creating Quad Density 5 1/4″ Disk Drives
With all the interest in ED disks these days, it may seem odd to discuss 5 1/4″ drives. Well, I...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Curing 16K RAM Random Dumping
Practical guide to fixing intermittent memory loss in the Sinclair 16K RAM pack, covering insulator trimming, grounding spring inspection, and...
Burt HabermanSyntaxMarch 1982
Curing 16K RAM Random Dumping
Suggestions for eliminating RAM pack wobble.
SyntaxMarch 1982
Cursor Joystick (for the ZX81 & 2068)
Describes how to wire a joystick port for use with a Spectrum ROM.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1985
Custom Keyboard Tip
Did you hook up one of those TI keyboards to your ZX81/TS1000? Don’t you wish it had all the Sinclair...
SyncWare NewsMay-June 1986
Customize Your 2068 Keyboard
Circuit to generate a series of keystrokes using CMOS oscillator (4011), counter (4017) and switch (4066). Includes examples for CHR$(27);...
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1985
D.I.Y. Keyboard
Since on interest had been expressed in a lower priced replacement keyboard for the QL, I determined to attempt to...
James CookQL ReportAugust 15, 1987
Data Transfer on the Serial Port
Many users now own or have access to more than one computer and find one may have certain advantages over...
Dave SchoenwetterCATS NewsletterJanuary 1991
Dead Key RowThe PlotterOctober 1989
Decoding the EXROM
The following circuit will allow you to use the memory area above the EXROM, which ocupies the 0 to 8K...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1985
Did You Know?
Schematic for an AERCO style printer interface.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
Digital Imaging Hardware Project, Part I
Reprint of Eric Michaud’s Digital Imagizing, Part I from Sinc-Link v5 n1.
CATS NewsletterApril 1987
Digital Imaging II
Reprint of the original, with modified schematic and example scan showing Toby Radloff and Harvey Pekar. Reprinted from the Cleveland,...
Sinc-LinkNovember/December
Digital Imagitizing, Part 1
Have you ever wanted to have some REAL pictures for your 2068? 1 don’t mean your usual pictures from your...
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1987
Digital Imagizing Part II
Second part of a video digitizer hardware project series for the Timex/Sinclair 2068. Provides a corrected schematic addressing errors from...
Eric MichaudThe RAMTOPMay-Jun 1987
Digital Imagizing, Part 1
Reprint of Eric Michaud’s Digital Imagizing, Part I from Sinc-Link v5 n1.
The RAMTOPFebruary 1987
Digital Imagizing, Part 2
Hopefully by now you have assembled the hardware involved in this project and have obtained the necessary driver software from...
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1987
Digital Logic Probe
Construction guide for a logic probe using half of an LM-339 quad comparator, compatible with both CMOS and TTL logic...
Lance WardSyntaxApril 1982
DigitizerSMUG BytesOctober 1989
Direct Video Mod
Here’s a video reverse/clean-up mod that started as W4MHQ’s “Direct Video Output” in QZX VOL.1 NO. 2. Like W4MHQ’s, this...
Fred NachbaurQZXJune 1983
Direct Video Output for the TS1000
Hardware modification article describing how to add composite monochrome video output to the TS1000 using a single NPN transistor and...
SWYMAugust 1989
Do It Yourself EmulatorCATS NewsletterDecember 1984
Dock Bank Memory for Twenty Cents: Convert a TS-1000 Ram Memory for the TS-2068
How to convert a 64K RAM pack for the TS1000 to map to dock memory on the TS2068.
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
Double Your Memory
Although the ZX81 was designed to be inexpensive, a foresighted designer has provided the circuitry to use a 2K x...
SYNCJuly/August 1982
Driving a Monitor From the T/S 1000CATS NewsletterApril 1985
Driving a monitor from the TS 1000
Reprint of an article from an earlier issue. Transistor-based circuit.
CATS NewsletterAugust 1988
Driving a Monitor From the TS 1000VISTA Newsletter
Driving a Monitor From the TS 1000Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Driving a Monitor From the TS 1000CATS NewsletterAugust 1988
E-Z Load Modification
Based on the information on the recorder to computer interface for the ZX81 which appeared in the Jan 8 3...
Edwin Solov (K2SE)QZXJune 1983
Easy Keyboard FixThe PlotterSeptember 1988
Easy Keyboard Fix
Fixing the TS 2068 space bar. Reprint from Clackamas County Area T/S User Group
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
Electrical Transient Protection Made EasyZX-AppealJanuary 1989
Emergency Power for the 2068SUMApril 1986
EMU-1 Spectrum EmulatorLISTing NewsletterSample Issue
Eprom Burner Program
Program to accompany the EPROM programmer described in Sinc-Link v2 n6.
Sinc-LinkJanuary 1985
EPROM Programmer You Can Build, Part 1LISTing NewsletterFebruary 1989
EPROM Programmer You Can Build, Part 2LISTing NewsletterFebruary 1989
EPROM Programmer You Can Build, Part II
Program to use the EPROM programmer with the TS1000/1500 along with details about cartridge format EPROM settings.
SUMJuly 1986
EPROM Programmer, Part II: Fixing Your Home ROM
Correct the home ROM by transferring it into RAM, changing the code, and then programming a 27128 to replace it.
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
EPROM Reader and Burner Uses
Benefits and procedures for reading and burning EPROMs.
Sinc-LinkJanuary 1985
EPROMS Are Alive and Well … And Living in Redwood CityNite-Times NewsNovember 1988
EPROMS Are Alive and Well…TimelinezSeptember - October 1988
Error Codes: Revising a Hunter Board to Hold 32k
Correction to “Revising a Hunter Board to Hold 32k” that appeared in T-S Horizons n19.
T-S HorizonsJuly-August 1986
Error in simple Sound Port
Correction to the schematic.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1988
Esc KeyThe PlotterFebruary 1986
Escape KeyThe PlotterDecember 1985
Escape Key Boo BooThe PlotterJanuary 1985
Expand Your Timex/Sinclair Operating System
Expansion card with 8K of battery-backed CMOS RAM in the 8-16K range. Part two.
Radio ElectronicsAugust 1983
Expand Your Timex/Sinclair Operating System
Expansion card with 8K of battery-backed CMOS RAM in the 8-16K range. Part one.
Radio ElectronicsJuly 1983
Expand Your ZX-81 Memory to 32K
Translation of article from ZX-TEAM-MAGAZIN.
ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1996
Expanding RAM
Replace the 1K RAM in the ZX81 with a 2K static RAM chip.
Sinc-Link
Experiments in Memory and I/O Expansion
How memory works in the ZX80; adding RAM using 2114 chips; adding I/O; adding RAM using HM6116 CMOS chips.
SYNCNovember/December 1981
Extended ProblemThe PlotterOctober 1985
Extra Memory Programming
Most of us can visualize the computer's "regular" memory. We know that the ROM part of memory has "fixed" machine...
Update MagazineJanuary 1988
February Hardware ProjectThe RAMTOPFebruary 1986
Firmware Card
Card to put a 2K or 4K EPROM anywhere in the memory map.
ComputerDigestNovember 1985
First Impressions (The Continuing Saga of a QL User)
Provides a wiring diagram for connecting the QL’s 9-pin serial port to a Hayes-compatible DB-25 modem, and notes that 300...
Steve BergThe Sinc Times (2)May/June/July 1988
Fix for Excessive Charger Ripple
Diagnoses and fixes a display distortion problem caused by excessive ripple on the +5V supply, typically from a degraded charger....
Sam PorterSyntaxApril 1982
Fix the ZX-81/TS1000 Loose Jack ProblemNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1993
Fixing My FDD3000Nite-Times NewsNovember - December 1990
Fixing TS-2050 Modem BoardsLISTing NewsletterNovember 1992
Foote Interface FixISTUG NewsletterMarch 1987
Four-digit Multiplexed BCD to ZX81 Adaptor
Interface binary-coded decimal (BCD) devices to the ZX81.
Electronics Today InternationalOctober 1983
Frequency CounterCATS NewsletterJanuary 1986
From the Project Table
Interfacing an Atari trackball to the 2068.
Timex Sinclair Users Group Of Cincinnati NewsletterNovember 1984
Fun With Hardware Part I – The Platform
Homebrew memory and IO expansion device for the 2068.
ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2000
GAMESMATE Fix
Fix to fully decode the GAMESMATE Kempston compatible joystick interface so it doesn’t conflict with other peripherals.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1986
GAMESMATE Fix
Fix the minimally-decoded Kempston adapter to with more limited IO range. Only one address line (A5) is decoded in the...
The Sinc Times (2)January 1988
Gavilan Printer InterfaceLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1986
George Erickson’s Ultimate Loading Solution: Batteries
UPDATES has devoted considerable space to improving loading speed convenience and dependability. Disk drives, stringy floppies, and fast load-type programs...
Pro/File UpdatesJuly 1984
George Rey’s CaseCATS NewsletterOctober 1987
Get a Better Screen
Several circuits for composite monitor signals from the ZX81/TS 1000.
ZX-AppealFebruary 1986
Getting Into A BIG Printer
I won’t spend much time or space extolling the virtues of a “big” printer for your ZX/TS computer. Suffice it...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
Getting Loaded
Tape loading monitor. The monitor consists of two LEDs, a diode, some wire, and a case to house everything. The...
SYNCMarch/April 1982
Getting More From Each Keystroke
Hints on adding a full-size keyboard.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1984
Getting More From Your 2050 ModemLISTing NewsletterApril 1992
Getting the LED OutLISTing NewsletterMarch 1984
Give a Voice to Your QL
Hardware project for adding speech synthesis to the Sinclair QL by connecting a B.G. Micro text-to-speech board via the RS-232...
The RAMTOPMar-Apr 1989
Green and Black and Read All Over
Connecting the ZX81 to a monitor.
SyntaxApril 1983
Hacker’s Haven Presents: ZX-81 (and 2068) MIDI Interface Project, Part 2Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
Hacker’s Haven Presents: ZX-81 MIDI Interface ProjectSinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
Hacker’s Notebook: Bill Volk’s Loading AidLISTing NewsletterMarch 1986
Hacker’s Notebook: JoysticksLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1985
Hacker’s Notebook: TS 1000 Memory ExpansionLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1986
Hackers Note Book: Atari Keypad on 2068LISTing NewsletterApril 1986
Hackers Notebook: Atari Key PadLISTing NewsletterMay 1986
Happiness is a Converted T/S 1016 RAM That Works!
Addition to two part article in Time Designs in 1986.
ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1991
Hardware Buys & TipsLISTing NewsletterJune 1986
Hardware Helpers
Reset button, high contrast inverse video.
SYNCJanuary/February 1982
Hardware Hints
Potential solution to overheating; labeling keys on big keyboards.
SyntaxNovember 1981
Hardware Hints
Offers several solutions for preventing the ZX81 from overheating.
Sinc-Link
Hardware HintsLISTing NewsletterJune 1992
Hardware Hints
Two hardware tips: an overheating fix using a steel block on the case (reprinted from EZUG Newsletter Jan/Feb 82), and...
Ann ZevnikSyntaxMarch 1982
Hardware Project
This circuit will simplify loading and saving programs by eliminating ground loop noise without the need to pull out the...
SyntaxNovember 1982
Hardware Project: EPROM Programmer You Can Build
Hardware/software project to program EPROMs from the 2068.
SUMJune 1986
Hardware Project: Simple 4K-8K ROM Switch
Step-by-step guide for building a piggyback ROM switch to run both 4K integer BASIC and 8K ROMs in the ZX80...
Martin OakesSyntaxJuly 1982
Hardware Report
Potential solution to problems with LOAD.
SyntaxSeptember 1981
Hardware Review: Data-Skip VIDEOFACEZX-AppealMarch 1987
Hardware Tip: Keyboard Conversion
Use a DIP socket to create connectors for a keyboard conversion.
SyntaxFebruary 1983
Hardware Tips
Thick Black Bars; Insufficient Filtering Solved; Memory Expansion Power Supply; Ear Input Circuit; Problems with ROM Changing; Top Line Hook...
SYNCJuly/August 1982
Have You Lost Your Grip?ZX-AppealOctober - November 1987
Have You Lost Your Grip?ISTUG NewsletterOctober - November 1987
Helpful Hint #2
With so many new hardware upgrades, I find that I am changing or remounting chips with increasing frequency. Just recently...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
Here’s A Cheap Home Brew Tone Decoder That Works Great!!
What’s a tone decoder, you ask? Well, a tone decoder is a vital piece of equipment which must be hooked...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesWinter 1986
Home Control on a BudgetSYNCJanuary/February 1984
Home-made 2068 LarKen Disk Interface
Instructions for building a Larken 2068 disk interface.
Update MagazineOctober 1995
How I Made My Fullsize Keyboard
Describes how to connect a surplus keyboard to a ZX81.
BAZUG NewsletterJune 1982
How to Build a Larken Dock Board
How to make a dock cartridge board.
Update MagazineOctober 1994
How to Build an Inexpensive Joystick Interface
Simple circuit and software to interface Atari joysticks to the 1000.
Timex Sinclair UserNovember 1983
How To Connect An IBM Keyboard To Your Timex 2068
This article shows you how you can use a full size IBM compatible keyboard with your computer and create a...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesSummer 1986
How to Convert a Surplus WC2050 Modem into an RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE for your TS1000/1500/2068
The purpose of this article is to show you how, with the addition of a few inexpensive components, you can...
QZXJanuary 1993
How to Convert a Surplus WC2050 Modem into an RS-232 Serial Interface for your TS1000/1500/2068Update MagazineOctober 1992
How to Convert a Surplus WC2050 Modem into an RS232 Serial Interface for your TS1000/1500/2068Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1986
How to Have a Reliable QL
Describes a series of hardware modifications to improve QL reliability, including voltage regulator replacement, bypass capacitors at the 8301, 8302,...
John ImpellizzeriThe RAMTOPWinter 1993
How to Modify a Coleco Adam Power Supply for your QLUpdate MagazineJuly 1989
How to Wire a Big Keyboard
Although the ZX80 has many fine features, some people complain about the small pads of the touch keyboard that comes...
SyntaxDecember 1980
I/O Ports: Centronics PortLISTing NewsletterNovember 1985
IBM-AT Keyboard Interface for the ZX-81ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1996
IEEE-488 for Sinclair Users
It is not widely known that the COMMODORE serial port is a simple form of the IBEE-488 GPIB with serial...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Improved TS-2068 Internal ROM Bypass IZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1999
Improved TS2068 Internal ROM Bypass
Detailed hardware design for replacing the TS2068’s HOME ROM and EXROM without opening the computer case, using the cartridge slot...
William J. PedersenTimelinezJuly-December 1989
Improved TS2068 Internal ROM BypassLISTing NewsletterMarch 1989
Improving the QL’s Sound
In this article I will describe a couple of ways to improve the sound output of the QL. While I...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
Improving the Spectrum Emulator EMU
Adding pull-up resistors to a Spectrum emulator cartridge.
LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1985
Improving Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading
Reduce troublesome dropouts and noise problems with a Z-Dubber. Schematic and PCB layout for the Z-Dubber is provided.
Computers & ElectronicsSeptember 1983
Improving Your ZX-81
Circuit modification to improve reliability of SAVEs.
Electronics Today InternationalSeptember 1983
Improving Zebra Graphics TabletLISTing NewsletterApril 1986
Increase Your Memory
Replace the internal RAM chip in a ZX-81 or TS 1000 with 8K static RAM.
ZX-AppealDecember 1985
Input Port
Capture data through a port, place it into a CPU register.
SyntaxAugust 1981
Input/Output: A Big Keyboard
Instructions on interfacing a full-size keyboard to the TS 1000.
Sinclair Users NetworkJanuary 1983
Install A Reset SwitchVISTA Newsletter
Installing a UHF Modulator
Convert the ZX81 to UHF as a way of combatting interference.
SYNCJanuary/February 1983
Installing a UHF ModulatorLISTing NewsletterNovember 1991
Installing the SCLDCATS NewsletterNovember 1986
Interface a Joystick to Your TS-1000 or ZX81Nite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1988
Interface for RAM in T/S 2068 I/O Ports
Requires Oliger expansion board.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1989
Interface to the Real World
Add an 8-bit latch to the ZX80 or MicroAce, mapped to 3000H (12288). Includes schematic.
SyntaxJanuary 1981
Interface Zero on an Oliger 2068 Read BoardLISTing NewsletterJuly 1985
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.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay 1983
Interfacing Tips and Troubles: Interfacing the Sinclair Computers, Part One
Introduction to interfacing the 1000, 1500, 2068 and a schematic for interfacing.
The Computer Journal
Interfacing Tips and Troubles: Interfacing the Sinclair Computers, Part Two
Basic and machine language routines for interfacing. Tri-state interface schematic.
The Computer Journal
Interfacing Tips and Troubles: Memory Mapped I/O on the Sinclair ZX81
Memory-mapped IO on a Timex/Sinclair computer.
The Computer Journal
Interfacing with Brother’s EP44 TypewriterLISTing NewsletterJune 1984
Internal 64K RAM for the TS/ZX
Upgrade to 64K with a 43256 static RAM chip and some memory decoding.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1987
Internal RGB/Reset Button Modification for the T/S 2068LISTing NewsletterOctober 1984
Internal RGB/Reset Button Modification for the TS 2068LISTing NewsletterDecember 1992
Introduction to Computer Control
Introduction to using the TS 1000 as the basis for a robot.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1985
Joystick (IN 31)
Project to create a Spectrum joystick port on a cartridge for the TS 2068.
SINDecember 1985
Joystick Port Modification for Trakball
Describes a hardware modification to the TS2068 player 2 joystick port: breaking the trace from pin 7 and jumpering to...
Rita CarrTimelinezJanuary 1985
June Hardware Project: Modem FixThe RAMTOPJune 1986
Just for ThoughtZX-AppealOctober - November 1987
Keep Your Cool
Techniques for improving cooling in the ZX81 and its RAM pack.
Sinc-Link
Key Board Mania, Part 3LISTing NewsletterApril 1986
Key Click Generator
This simple circuit will produce an audible tone whenever the ZX80 screen is blanked, yielding a click to indicate key...
SYNCMay/June 1981
Keyboard Alternatives
Alternatives to the Sinclair keyboard: overlays, beepers, full keyboards. Plans for wiring your own keyboard and list of keyboard alternative...
SYNCJanuary/February 1984
Keyboard Conversions for ZX/TS
Overview and how-to attach a full-size keyboard to a ZX81 or TS1000.
SQ Syntax QuarterlyWinter 1982
Keyboard Interface for the TS1000 and the 2068Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
Keyboard Mania – Part 6
Reprinted from the July-August-September Summer Mega Issue of LIST.
Cedric BastiaansNite-Times NewsJanuary/February 1994
Keyboard Mania, Part 1LISTing NewsletterFebruary 1986
Keyboard Mania, Part 1Nite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1993
Keyboard Mania, Part 2LISTing NewsletterMarch 1986
Keyboard Mania, Part 2Nite-Times NewsMarch - April 1993
Keyboard Mania, Part 3Nite-Times NewsMay - June 1993
Keyboard Mania, Part 4LISTing NewsletterMay 1986
Keyboard Mania, Part 4Nite-Times NewsJuly - August 1993
Keyboard Mania, Part 5LISTing NewsletterJune 1986
Keyboard Mania, Part 5Nite-Times NewsNovember - December 1993
Keyboard Mania, Part 7Nite-Times NewsMarch - April 1994
Keyboard Mania, Parts 6 & 7LISTing NewsletterJuly - September 1986
Keyboard/System Conversion: The First 40/1 Keys
The fundamental conversion described here can be made with almost any KB switch array. 40 keys, new or used, so...
SYNCMay/June 1982
Larken & Hunter
Add a switch to the Hunter 8K memory board so it will work with the Larken DOS ROM, which occupies...
Sinc-LinkNovember/December
Larken LinesThe PlotterJanuary 1988
Letter from Edward Loxtercamp
Offers help to users who want to build his RS-232 interface.
Triangle Sinclair Users GroupDecember 1985
Letters
BBS software for 2068; redirect screen output to printer; circuit to map one key to two key closures; number of...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1986
LKDOS Off Switch (For MAX DOS Operation)
Add an off switch to resolve conflicts with Oliger NMI functions.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Load and Save Easier with LED VU MeterThe PlotterNovember 1985
Load/Save SwitchLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1996
Logic Analyzer
After seeing a $12,000 logic analyzer by Hewlett-Packard. I was going to build a logic analyzer controlled by my 2068.
SUM
Low Cost High Tech 2068 Burglar Alarm
How to use your 2068 as an alarm system, connected to the joystick ports.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1986
Low Cost Voice Recognition for the TS-2068
With a new chip recently offered for sale through Radio Shack distributors and a few other parts, a speaker-independent word...
Update MagazineApril 1989
Machine Code Development System For Your Timex Sinclair 1000
Turn your Timex Sinclair 1000 or Sinclair ZX81 into a high-speed, machine-code development system.
ComputerDigestJanuary 1985
Machine Code Development System For Your Timex Sinclair 1000 Part II
Turn your Timex Sinclair 1000 or Sinclair ZX81 into a high-speed, machine-code development system.
ComputerDigestMarch 1985
Machine Code Execution Above 32K
Execute machine code with addition of one chip to create new logic signal.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterOctober 1983
Machine to Machine TransfersLISTing NewsletterMay 1984
Machine to Machine TransfersLISTing NewsletterSample Issue
Make the Tasman ‘B’ Centronics Printer Interface Work with the Larken DS400
Changes to make Tasman B and C printer interfaces work better with Larken disk system.
Update MagazineJanuary 1993
Make the Tasman ‘B’ CPI Work With the Larken DS-400Nite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1993
Make Your Own 2068 & TS1000 EPROM Progammer
Here is a project that will let you “burn” (program) EPROMS using your computer. It will handle either the 2764...
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1985
Making a Wafadrive Parallel Printer Cable
How to build a parallel (Centronics) printer cable that connects to the Rotronics Wafadrive.
Update MagazineOctober 1991
Making a Wafadrive Parallel Printer CableISTUG NewsletterJanuary - February 1990
Making Professional PC BoardsLISTing NewsletterMarch 1997
Making the 1000/ZX81 Even BetterZX-AppealSummer 1990
Making the T/S 1000 & ZX-81 Even BetterSWYMJanuary 1990
Marathon Operating Times for the Timex-Sinclair
Techniques for preventing overheading-related shutdown.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember 1983
MAX 1000: Make the Most Popular “Mods” Compatible On Your TS1000
Collection of upgrades/modifications to the 1000.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1987
Mem SaverKeyboardsNovember-December 1985
Memopak RAM and TS 2040 Printer CompatibilityISTUG NewsletterJuly - August 1990
Memory Decoding Above 16K
Sinclair made the ZX81 RAM easy to decode up to 16K, but you may want to add memory beyond this...
SyntaxMay 1982
Memory Expansion for the ZX-80
Upgrading the ZX-80 to 16K with a Jade Computer Products MEM-16151K S100 board. The memory board uses 2114-type static RAM...
ByteJanuary 1982
Memory Improves With AgeZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2000
Micro Juice
Owners of the Sinclair ZX80 and MicroAce rapidly discover that interruptions of power can cause headaches, not to mention the...
SYNCMarch/April 1981
MIDILISTing NewsletterSeptember 1994
Mini-MotherboardSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1989
Miracle Systems Serial/Parallel Printer InterfaceLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1991
Misc Notes: Monitor ProblemsTimex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterNovember-December 1987
Mod to Use Hunter RAM with > 32K
Hunter boards require a modification to work on systems with more than 32K RAM.
SyntaxFebruary 1983
Modem Fix (2050)The PlotterJanuary 1987
Modems and the Phone Line: A Cautionary TaleLISTing NewsletterApril 1992
Modems and the Phone Line: A Cautionary TaleSincus NewsMarch - April 1987
Modifying the Star NX1000 with the AERCO Printer InterfaceSMUG BytesNovember 1988
Monitor Connection on a TS-1500VISTA Newsletter
Monitor for Timex 2068: RGB Conversion
Describes connecting a Sears Model 4064 color monitor ($364) to a TS2068 via RGB cable (Model 6539) and an E.Z....
Phil McConagheyTimelinezFebruary/March 1985
Monitor Output for the TS-1000 & 1500
Schematics for adding monitor connectors to each computer.
SUMJuly 1985
Monochrome Monitors: Making Yours Brighter
T have a PC with QXL-Card and SMSQ/E. But I still use a normal German QL with floppies, Trumpcard and...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1996
More 16K RAM Solutions
Brief hardware tip reporting two defects found in Sinclair 16K RAM packs: cut leads in the internal ribbon connector causing...
Herb SturgesSyntaxApril 1982
More Legendary Timex-Sinclair 1000 and Sinclair ZX-81 Information
Review of JazzoFire, a compilation of Paul Bingham’s Classy Front End series.
ISTUG NewsletterMarch - April 1992
More on Z-XLR8
This is not intended to be a “review”, will leave that exact detail to your fine reporting. I do want...
John Ahlfeld (KB4XH)QZXOctober 1983
More On-Board Memory For ZX-81/TS-1000
Options for internal memory upgrades to these computers.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterWinter 1985
My Pet Dinosaur
Interfacing a Model 28 teletype to a TS 2068.
Triangle Sinclair Users GroupNovember 1985
New Locations for M/C Routines in a 64K RAMPackLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1994
New Locations for M/C Routines in a 64K RAMpack
Small hardware modification to allow machine code programs to run in the 32-48K RAM space.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1988
New Locations for MC Routines in a 64K RAMpackLISTing NewsletterDecember 1990
Next Workshop
Let’s get together and get it together! Barry Washington, Cliff Watson, myself and others expect to be there with soldering...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterApril 1991
Ni-Cad Charger
Constant current charger for TS 1000.
ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
On Board Computer
While for many years the upper echelon of the aviation community has enjoyed the benefits of high-tech devices, general aviation...
CATS NewsletterMay 1985
On the Extra Simple Spectr/EmulatorLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1985
One Chip Mods
Modify memory-mapped Byte-Back modules to work better with an expanded TS1000.
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1985
One Chip Mods: Kempstonize Your Joystick Port
Although the circuit described can be built on an external card perfectly well, it is somewhat unique in that it...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1987
One Chip Mods: Recycle that 16K RAM pack
Instructions on how to alter a standard 16K RAM pack to work as 2 8K banks in the 8-16K region...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1986
One Chip NVM Correction
Improved schematic for design from July/August 1986 newsletter.
ZX-AppealDecember 1986
One-Chip Mods: Built-in NVM
8K RAM mapped to 8-16K region, internal to the computer. Compatible with Hunter board.
ZX-AppealJuly/August 1986
Online With The QL
The September/October IQLR mentioned that 41% of those responding to the questionnaire used their QL’s primarily for communications. Although, this...
Ron BlizzardInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1991
Paging Control
One of the advantages of building a ZX81 from a kit was that you got a schematic with the manual,...
Paul HunterSyncWare News1984
Parallel to Serial InterfaceLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1995
PET ASCII Output Program for the Timex/Sinclair ZX81
This article describes a project which may be useful for anyone desiring to use software for the ZX81, TS1000 or...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1986
Phone Dialer
Circuit and program to turn the ZX80 into a phone dialer (mechanical).
SyntaxFebruary 1981
Phone Line FilterLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1990
Phone Line Filter
Describes building a simple phone line filter using a 2µF capacitor and 2.75K resistor to reduce modem noise at 2400...
James DuPuyThe RAMTOP1st Qtr 1990
Playing With Electricity
Adding a 6821 peripheral interface adaptor to the QL.
ZX-AppealDecember 1986
Playing With Electricity: 64K EPROM CardZX-AppealMay 1988
Playing With Electricity: Printer Interface CircuitZX-AppealJanuary 1987
Playing With Electricity: QL DigitizerCATS NewsletterJuly 1988
Playing With Electricity: Video DigitizerZX-AppealJanuary 1988
Playing With Electricity: What the hell is a modaptor anyway?ZX-AppealApril 1988
Poor Man’s ModemLISTing NewsletterApril 1992
Poor Man’s ModemLISTing NewsletterOctober 1985
Poor Man’s MODEMCATS NewsletterJuly 1985
Port Project #1: Data Communications Between Two Computers
This first project gives you the basis of a very useful application involving I/O ports–communicating between two computers.
Pro/File UpdatesOctober 1985
Port Projects: Get the LED-OUT
In any number of monitoring and/or control uses for your ZX/TS, you may find that using a TV set to...
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1984
Portable Computing
Describes connecting the QL to a Brother EP-22 printer over a serial cable for portable use while traveling, and covers...
Steve BergThe Sinc TimesFebruary 1987
Power SuppliesLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1985
Power Supply and the 2068
Upgrading power supply and reducing noise.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1989
Power Switch for TS 2050 ModemISTUG NewsletterDecember 1986
Problem-Solving Circuits
If your power line voltage is 120V or higher and you use a 16K RAM, heat build-up in the ZX81...
SyntaxMay 1982
Program Blitz
Attempt to cure program loss due to wobble by repairing insulating pieces inside ram pack.
Synchro-SetteApril 1982
Protect Your Computer from Line Transients
Explains how to install a GE MOV V130LA10 metal-oxide varistor across the power line to protect the TS1000 from voltage...
Robert WilsonTimelinez
Protecting Your Programs Against LILCOLISTing NewsletterDecember 1989
Protecting Your Programs Against LILCOLISTing NewsletterJuly 1987
Pseudo-ROMLISTing NewsletterMarch 1994
Pseudo-ROM
The dot patterns for the displayable characters are held in a table in ROM, in locations 1E00 to 1FFF hex....
QZXOctober 1992
Put MSCRIPT on EPROM
Describes how to make an AROS EPROM cartridge from the original MSCRIPT tape version.
SyncWare NewsMarch-April 1987
QL Color Composite Monitor JackNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1989
QL Cooling Problems, Part 1LISTing NewsletterDecember 1987
QL Corner: Computer Fair, Serial Chip ReplacementLISTing NewsletterApril 1995
QL Corner: Power Supply RepairLISTing NewsletterDecember 1993
QL Corner: Power Supply RepairLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1994
QL Corner: Programming EPROMsLISTing NewsletterDecember 1996
QL Corner: QL Power SupplyLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1994
QL Corner: Rehousing a QLLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1997
QL for JoyLISTing NewsletterJuly 1987
QL Heat Problem CorrectedSincus NewsSeptember - October 1989
QL Keyboard Membrane RepairsSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
QL One-Chip ModCATS NewsletterJune 1987
QL RAM Extension
The accompanying circuit is an application of the TMS4500A as RAM extension for the 68008. This chip can drive a...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
QL RAM ExtensionZX-AppealSummer 1988
QL Real-Time ClockZX-AppealSummer 1987
QL Real-Time ClockSLUG NewsletterSpecial Edition
QL RemediesThe RAMTOPWinter 1989
QL RGB Monitor Connection
This is an excerpt from “SQ” NOTES by R.A. Hilsmann from the July issue SMUG Bytes. The newsletter of the...
Dave Bennett
Rudy A. Hilsmann
Harrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterNov 1989
QL Serial Connections
Provides wiring diagrams for connecting the QL SER2 port to a modem and for a direct QL-to-PC serial cable. Includes...
Harvey Taylor
Mark Wahl
The RAMTOPWinter 1993
QL Serial to Parallel Converter
Full circuit documentation for converting the Sinclair QL’s 9600-baud serial RS232 output to Centronics parallel format, enabling use of standard...
Rex LundgrenTimelinezFebruary 1989
QL Tip
Using a 1200 baud modem without a Modapter.
The Data ExpansionOctober 1987
QL Tip: 1200 Baud ModemCATS NewsletterSeptember 1987
QL to IBM RGB Monitor ConnectionsLISTing NewsletterDecember 1994
QL to IBM RGB Monitor ConnectionsLISTing NewsletterMarch 1991
QL to IBM RGB Monitor Connections
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor...
Bob GilderNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
QL to Monitor — Come In! Buffering the QL
Connecting a reconditioned monitor to the Sinclair QL.
The Data ExpansionDecember 1987
QL to Monitor… Come In! Buffering the QLCATS NewsletterNovember 1987
QL to PC Clone CableTimelinezJuly - August 1988
Qool QL
Some of you who have never encountered heating problems with your QL before, might discover that about August 15, or...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
Quick and Easy Video Output for the ZX81 and TS 1500LISTing NewsletterMay 1992
Quick and Easy Video Output for the ZX81 and TS1000ISTUG NewsletterJanuary - February 1992
Radio Shack MC10Sinclair Users GroupApril 1984
RAM Decoding for ZX81
Last March we published Al Salt’s plans for adding external RAM to ZX80s. To adapt his Build Additional RAM (SYNTAX...
SyntaxFebruary 1982
RAM Extension For The QL (512K)
Here is a circuit diagram which can be used as the basis for a 512K RAM expansion for the QL....
Guillermo Antonio Garcia (LU8MAD)QZXJuly 1990
RAM Pack RepairsSUM
RAMKIT: Build your own 64K RAM
Build the RAM module with parts from Gladstone Electronics
Timex Sinclair UserDecember 1983
Regulator Modification to 2068The PlotterSeptember 1986
Repairing the QL
The QL computer is a comparatively easy machine to repair as most it’s functions are controlled by specially designed ULA...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
Repeat KeySWYMSeptember 1989
Repeat Key Option
A repeat key option is relatively simple to build and install.
SYNCSeptember/October 1982
Reset Switch for ZX81 and 2068CATS NewsletterNovember 1987
Retrace Lines: 2068 and RGB Monitor
Like several others, I wanted to use the nifty thrifty Skip Fisher RGB monitor with both my fascinating and formidable...
CATS NewsletterJanuary 1989
Reverse VideoThe Plotter
Reverse Video Monitor Driver
This circuit, using the concept published in Electronics, drives a video monitor and reverses video on demand.
SyntaxMarch 1983
Reviews For The Non Programmer
I’ve been struck by lightning and in spite of Zenkar’s diode (see ad) a fuse, a circuit breaker and a...
Arthur GindinT-S HorizonsJuly/August 1984
Revised Schematic of Digi-DubberSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1989
Revising a Hunter Board to Hold 32K Bank Switchable NVRAM
With HM6264LP-I5 28 pin RAMS at less than $4 each, l have devised a not-too-difficult revision to a Hunter board...
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1986
Reviving the 2068 Keyboard
Techniques for fixing a 2068 keyboard.
SUMJuly 1985
RGB Interface for the TS2068
Ever since I purchased my TS2068 I have longed for a REAL RGB interface. Sure, the display is OK on...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
RGB Monitor (for 2068)
Instructions for connecting RGB monitor with DIN (round) connector. Transistor sync separator circuit.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1985
RGB Monitor Cable
There has been renewed interest in the “Skip Fisher” adapter/buffer cable for the QL RGB monitor output. As many know,...
LeBaron WashingtonCATS NewsletterApril 1991
Robotics on a Budget
The Project A little over a year ago I decided to start building a robot. I had no idea that...
SYNCJuly/August 1983
ROM Bypass Board PCB layoutsUpdate MagazineJuly 1994
ROM Bypass Circuit Description
Board to bypass 0-16K of the HOME bank and 0-8K of the EXROM bank.
Update MagazineOctober 1992
ROM/EXROM Bypass Board for External Eproms
Notes and schematics that expand on William J. Pedersen’s ideas.
Update MagazineJuly 1993
ROMPAK
The Rompak cartridge can instantly load programs, such as games or utilities, into memory. The cartridge is memory mapped in...
T-S HorizonsJanuary 1985
RS-232 Peripheral Interface
Recently I have been engaged in a project to collect temperature data to analyze the thermal properties of homes. This...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
RS-232 to Video – The Easy Way
With the trusty ZX81/TS1000 destined for a place in a dusty closet, here’s a way to put it to use...
Ambrose Barry (W4GHV)QZXSeptember 1983
RS232 I/O RevistedSinc-LinkMay/June 1993
RS232 Port Added to Timex 2050 Modem CardZX-AppealJanuary 1988
RS232 Port Added to Timex 2050 Modem CardSincus NewsMay - June 1987
RTTY Send Program & Interface for the Sinclair/Timex ZX81
One of the things in operating RTTY with non-electronic gear has been the nuisance of identifying. here is a lot...
Brian Davis (W9HLQ)QZXNovember 1983
Run TS1000 Machine Code in High Memory
This trick was originally published in Syntax Quarterly, Summer 1983. It will allow you to use the 32-48K RAM area...
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
Run Your Memotech 64K on the 2068
Advice on adding 64K RAM units to your 2068 system in a manner which would not require additions or modifications...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1987
Running a Gold Card from 5 Volts
The QL normally runs as we all know from 9 volts, which if you have transfered your QL to a...
International QL ReportMay/June 1995
Running the Unrunnable Spectrum ProgramsSincus NewsApril 1985
Saga 3 Elite Keyboard ReviewNite-Times NewsMarch 1987
Say What?
Simple speech recognition hardware and program for ZX/TS computers (with at least 16K RAM).
Brad BennettSYNCNovember/December 1983
SCLD Character Select Switch Schematic
Technical schematic (DRW No. SRC 0549) showing the wiring for a character select switch for the Sinclair ZX81 SCLD chip,...
Timex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterSep 1987
Sears RGB MonitorLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1985
Sears RGB Monitor Improve Composite VideoLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1986
Seeking a Cheap Output?
This article describes how to construct your own simple and inexpensive output line. The project is ideal for low-end micro...
Microcomputing MagazineOctober 1983
Serial Interface for the QLZX-AppealFebruary 1987
Servo Interface
Connect a ZX81 to servos.
Electronics Today InternationalAugust 1984
Setting-Up RGB/CGA Video Monitors
“Why is an RGB monitor better than a composite monitor”? This question has been asked over and over again. In...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
SGC Printer Cable
Having assembled my QL in a MID-Size Tower Case it became apparent with the purchase of a Super Gold Card...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Signal BoosterSincus NewsMay - June 1986
Signal Booster
Use an audio transformer to boost tape signal. Reprinted from Sincus News, May/June 1986.
ZX-AppealOctober 1986
Signal Booster
Correct cassette loading problems with this transformer-based signal booster.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1986
Simple 2068 Out Port (Part 2)
Use optoisolators to protect computer from output circuitry.
LISTing NewsletterFebruary 1985
Simple Modem UpgradeCATS NewsletterMay 1987
Simple MODEM UpgradeZX-AppealMarch 1987
Simple Modem UpgradeNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1989
Simple Output PortLISTing NewsletterDecember 1983 - January 1984
Simple Output Port for ZX81LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1996
Simple Reset Switch
Instructions and schematic for adding a debounced reset switch.
T-S HorizonsDecember 1983
Simple RGB Adapter for the T/S 2068LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1984
Simple RGB Adapter for the TS 2068LISTing NewsletterDecember 1992
Simple RTTY TU Circuit
This simple RTTY terminal unit provides a TTL output that can be connected directly to the ZX81. Shown is a...
Dallas Williams (WA0MRG)QZXApril 1983
Simple Sound Port
Add a simple sound port to the rear of a Larken disk interface.
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1988
Simple T/S 2068 Out Port
As stated in part 1, the outputs of the Port or latch can drive LEDs directly however, it would be...
Bob GilderComputer Trader MagazineSeptember 1986
Simple Video Inverter for ZX81ZX-AppealSummer 1988
Sinclair QL to IBM PC/XT Case Conversion
Comprehensive step-by-step guide to housing the Sinclair QL motherboard and microdrives inside an IBM PC/XT case. Covers removing and separating...
Roger HunterTimex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterOct 1987
Sinclair QL to IBM XT File TransferZX-AppealSummer 1987
Sinclair QL/RS-232/Xerox Memorywriter ConnectionLISTing NewsletterMarch 1986
Sinclair Talks to PC/XT
Routines to transfer files to/from a PC using a parallel printer interface.
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Single-Key Shifted Functions
Describes how to use diodes and integrated circuits to map a single key to a shifted-key function on the ZX81.
Sinc-Link
Slave CPU Processing: Applicable to ANY Host Computer
Discusses how to apply techniques described in “Interfacing to S-100/IEEE 696 Microcomputers” by Sol Libes and Mark Garatz to the...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
SmootherLISTing NewsletterSample Issue
So You Wished You Had Bought a TS2000
How would you like to have a computer with a color video display of fifteen colors, quality sound, high resolution,...
SYNCJuly/August 1983
Software Compatible Joystick
It’s a snap to connect an Atari-type joystick to the ZX81/TS1000; all it takes is direct connection to the keyboard...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
Some Short Projects for Your Timex Sinclair Computers
Not too long ago, (give or take a few years), I came home to a strange sight. Piled before the...
Patrick SperaComputer ShopperApril 1985
Sound for the ZX81
A hardware project adding an AY-3-8912 sound chip and joystick port to the ZX81/TS1000 via the expansion bus. Includes BASIC...
Rene BruneauSinc-LinkJuly/August 1994
Sound Generator for the ZX 81
Three tone generator, one noise generator project. Reprinted from Electronics, Dec 1982 – Feb 1983 issue.
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa ChapterMay 1985
Sound Generator for the ZX81LISTing NewsletterFebruary 1997
Spectrum Buss on 2068SUM
Spectrum Conversion Notes: The Spectrum Expansion Connector
Convert the 2068 expansion connector to a Spectrum connector; add pull-up resistors to the EXROM socket; Spectrum Hardware Manual by...
Jack KeeneT-S HorizonsJuly/August 1985
Spectrum Emulator
One of the biggest drawbacks of the 2068 is the selection of software available for it. With the project described...
Spectrum Emulator RevisitedSUMSeptember 1984
Spectrum Hardware Restart
Photocopied from the March 1986 issue of Practical Electronics.
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
Spectrum I/O ControllerLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1997
Spectrum Motherboard
Create an expansion board for your computer.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1990
SQ Notes
Practical repair guide for Sinclair QL keyboard membranes with broken circuit traces. Describes using a VOM ohm meter with an...
Rudy A. HilsmannSMUG BytesSeptember 1990
SQ Notes: DIY ROM SwitchSMUG BytesOctober 1989
SQ Notes: QL to IBM RGB ConnectionsSMUG BytesJuly 1989
SQ-UP
In David Ornstein’s premier issue article (SQ Winter 82 p. 29) Using Extra Keys on Big Keyboard, add a symbol...
SyntaxNovember 1983
Static RAM on Cartridge
One area which peaked my interest is the idea of adding more memory. I was excited about the idea of...
May-June 1986
Store BASIC on EPROM with an EPROM Programmer
Construction article for an EPROM programmer for the ZX81/TS 1000.
Sinc-LinkNovember 1984
Super Data Save
Construction tips and parts list for a load filter and software package for the ZX81/TS1000.
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1986
Super Joystick
Use readily available hardware to create a full-function joystick compatible with the ZX81.
SyntaxJuly 1983
Supply Protector
Battery backup power supply for ZX81.
Electronics Today InternationalFebruary 1984
Surplus Keyboard Improvements for Extra Shifted Keys
The TI 99-4A keyboards, still widely available, are an ideal unit for the ZX81/TS1000 computers. Recent and not so recent...
T-S HorizonsApril 1986
Surplus Keyboards Plus Directions
The $20 surplus keyboards from John J. Meshna Jr., Inc., mentioned in the Dec. 81 issue, now come with wiring...
SyntaxFebruary 1982
Switchable Spectrum ROM Project for the TS 2068
I recently purchased some Spectrum ROMs from Zebra Systems with the hope that I might be able to make my...
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1986
System Expansion Hardware
System Enclosures and Radio Frequency Interference; an add-on expansion bus.
SYNCMarch/April 1983
T/S 1000 40K Non-Volatile Memory Expansion Project, Part IISWYMDecember 1989
T/S 1000/ZX81 External Keyboard BufferLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1996
T/S 2068 Serial Cable
Fellow TS 2068 users. I have found over the last few months that. some of the information needed to complete...
Gaylen BenchCATS NewsletterJuly 1991
T/S 2068-Spectrum ROM ModuleLISTing NewsletterSample Issue
Tactile Feedback for a DimeTimelinezJuly - August 1983
Tales From the ChipCATS NewsletterMarch 1986
Talk Can Be Cheap
Interface a ZX80/81 or TS1000 to a Texas Instruments Speak & Spell.
Computers & ElectronicsFebruary 1983
Tape Amplifier for Loading Weak Tapes
Circuit diagram for an op-amp based signal booster.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1985
Tape Amplifier for Loading Weak TapesKeyboardsNovember-December 1985
Tape Head AlignmentLISTing NewsletterNovember 1984
Tape Head Alignment
How to adjust the tape head azimuth to ensure consistent program loading.
Sinc-Link
Tape Level Indicator
Bar-graph level indicator using LM3914.
SyntaxOctober 1982
Teac 3.5″ ED Disk Drives
Teac has released yet another version of their popular ED disk drives. The new drive number is TEAC FD-235J 5637....
Bob DylInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Technical Report: ZX Spectrum Modifications to U.S.A. StandardsLISTing NewsletterMarch 1985
Technical Tips for the Timex
Add a repeat key to the TS1000.
T-S HorizonsNovember 1983
The “Truly Portable” Sinclair/Timex
Powering a T/S 1000 from Polaroid SX-70 batteries and a simple reset switch circuit.
Computers & ElectronicsAugust 1983
The 192K ZX/TS Laptop ProjectZX-AppealJune 1989
The Amazing Digi-DubberSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
The Art Gallery
These drawings were omitted from the article “Retrace Lines: 2068 and RGB Monitor” by Herb Schaaf, published in the January...
CATS NewsletterApril 1989
The Automatic Tape-Recorder Controller
Reprinted from Powerful Projects with Your Timex/Sinclair.
LISTing NewsletterApril 1995
The Cassette ConnectionZX-AppealSummer 1988
The Cassette Connection
With this issue, we start a “mini-series” on improving cassette reliability. I’m sure you’ll agree that unreliable LOADs are perhaps...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
The Cassette Connection
In Volume 1, I ran a series on improving cassette reliability on the ZX81. Well, now that the TS2068 has...
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1985
The Custom Cooler
It’s sad but true that the ZX81/TS1000 machines tend to be sensitive to overheating in the summer. With a solderless...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
The Custom T/S
Let’s start our series on T/S reliability improvement with some simple but effective ways to make your basic machine virtually...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
The DigitizerSMUG BytesDecember 1988
The DigitizerSMUG BytesJanuary 1989
The DigitizerSMUG BytesMarch 1989
The Digitizer and A Problem Found: Notes from MartySMUG BytesApril 1990
The Digitizer and What’s HappeningSMUG BytesFebruary 1990
The G4IDE RTTY Terminal Unit
This terminal unit was, of course, designed to be used with my ZX81 RTTY program. However it is equally suitable...
QZXNovember 1983
The Great RAM Rescue
Reprint of article from SYNC magazine.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1987
The Great RAM Rescue
The Unused 1K-2K Space So, do those of you who have upgraded your ZX81/TS1000 to 16K ever feel sorry for...
Randall GliddenSYNCMarch/April 1984
The IKI Interface
Schematic of IBM keyboard to TS 2068 interface.
ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1996
The Interface Zero: Adding Microdrives to Your 2068Sincus NewsMarch 1985
The Joy of Joysticks: Add This to “Repeat-Key!”SWYMFebruary 1990
The Oliger System: MinireviewLISTing NewsletterMarch - April 1987
The Portable Timex
Reprinted from Computers & Electronics, August 1983.
CATS NewsletterNovember 1983
The Problems I’ve Seen
Dennis has asked me to add some comments about my experiences repairing QL motherboards. I haven’t taken detailed notes while...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
The Re-chargeable BBU
Now we’ll make some changes and additions to “El Cheapo BBU” that will allow us to use rechargeable “NiCad” cells...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
The RGB to NTSC Converter In Other Words Rock Solid Video
Converter using LM1377, from article in December 1989 issue of Radio Electronics.
SMUG BytesFebruary 1990
The Sinclair Z88: Considerations for Peripheral Design
Since the Z88 uses the Z-80 CPU, some of our better interfaces for the TS-2068 offer the prospects for easy...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
The Sincus Light PenSincus NewsSeptember - October 1986
The Sincus Light Pen TS2068: An Experimental ProjectSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
The Solid State Disk Drive (Part 2)
Four part construction article on building an EPROM/SRAM storage device for the TS 1000.
James OramComputer Trader MagazineAugust 1984
The Solid State Disk Drive (Part 3)
Four part construction article on building an EPROM/SRAM storage device for the TS 1000.
Computer Trader MagazineSeptember 1984
The Solid State Disk Drive (Part 4)
Four part construction article on building an EPROM/SRAM storage device for the TS 1000.
Computer Trader MagazineOctober 1984
The TIMEXsinclair 2068: Bank Switching and Memory Expansion
A landmark technical article proposing interim standards for expanding the TS2068 beyond its standard memory limits. Introduces a Bank Switching...
William J. PedersenTimelinezMay/June 1989
The TS2068 Equipped with Microdrives & EMU-1LISTing NewsletterDecember 1983 - January 1984
The Z88 and Telecommunications
The Z88 is particularly well suited for communicating to modems and other computers. A serial port which communicates up to...
Dave BennettCATS NewsletterJuly 1990
The ZX Breadboarder: A Proportional Joystick InterfaceZX-AppealMarch - April 1989
The ZX Breadboarder: The Digi-DubberZX-AppealMay 1989
The ZX Printer and the 2068LISTing NewsletterFebruary 1986
The ZX-81/TS1000 ColumnLISTing NewsletterDecember 1991
The ZX/TS and 2716 450ns EPROMS
You may run into trouble using 450ns 2716 EPROMs on your ZX/TS.
SyntaxMay 1983
The ZX/TS Serial LinkZX-AppealSummer 1990
The ZX/TS True 64K Internal NVM UpgradeZX-AppealFebruary 1989
The ZX81/TS1000 Column
Replacing the VHF modulator.
LISTing NewsletterNovember 1991
Three Tips from Rex Lundgren
Three hardware/software tips for TS2068: (1) Adding a third diode to the earphone input circuit (near CR5/CR6) to raise logic...
Rex LundgrenTimelinezJune 1985
TI99 Keyboard
So, you got one of those TI99 keyboards from Radio Shack for $2.95 and still have not wired it up...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1985
Tim’s Schematic: ZX81/TS1000 Out-Board Clock ModuleZX-AppealApril 1988
Timex 2068 EPROMs (Part 2)T. S. S. NewsnotesJuly - August 1985
Timex 2068 User EPROMsT. S. S. NewsnotesMay - June 1985
Timex 2068/Epson RX80Sincus NewsMay 1984
Timex GraphicsLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1990
Tips for the T/S 2068
Hardware modification tip describing replacement of the short factory cable on the T/S 2040 or Alphacom 32 printer with a...
Dennis NickelsSMUG BytesMarch 1988
TMS9918A Video Upgrade For The TS1000
As can be expected with any major hardware upgrade, there are a few conflicts when the Oliger video system is...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1986
TMS9918A Video Upgrade: Part 1
The TMS9918A video project consists of two PC boards, a small modification/addition to the main computer board, and a +5,...
SyncWare NewsSept-Oct 1984
TMS9918A Video Upgrade: Part 2
This second installment involves some explanation of the changes to the operating system and how they have been implemented. By...
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1984
Tone Generator
Generate tones on your ZX/TS by building this circuit and using a machine code routine with it connected.
SyntaxJanuary 1983
Transfert de Fichers PC<->QL
In this article, we will see how it is possible for the QL to communicate with another computer, in this...
Real GagnonSINOctober 1987
Troubleshooting Disk-Drive Power SuppliesLISTing NewsletterMarch 1997
Truly Portable Computers
Letter to the editor from a Polaroid employee, suggesting the P100 Polapulse Powerpack as an alternative to SX-70 batteries for...
Computers & ElectronicsOctober 1983
TS 1000 Hardware Mod
Small, single capacitor mod to potentially improve video signal on TVs.
CATS NewsletterMay 1988
TS 1000 Keyboard Add-On
Wire a keyboard to your TS 1000.
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1985
TS 1000 Memory Expansion
Mod to support adding a 2nd 16K RAM pack to the TS 1000.
LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1994
TS 1000 ROM SwapLISTing NewsletterDecember 1983 - January 1984
TS 1000 Signal BoosterZX-AppealJanuary 1987
TS 1000 Stability TipsLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1992
TS 2040 Printer SwitchCATS NewsletterSeptember 1987
TS 2040 Printer SwitchCATS NewsletterOctober 1987
TS 2040 Switch PlacementISTUG NewsletterFebruary 1987
TS 2068 Printer Interface
This month I will discuss building a printer interface for the 2068. With all the software out on the market...
Joseph WilliamsonSUMJanuary 1985
TS 2068 Printer Interface
Last month when I started my article for the printer interface, I came up with the idea of using the...
Joseph WilliamsonSUMFebruary 1985
TS 2068-Spectrum ROM ModuleLISTing NewsletterNovember 1984
TS Help and Information: Modifications to Add-on Keyboard
Add one-key shift-lock, delete and function keys to a TI keyboard converted for the 1000.
T-S HorizonsJuly/August 1985
TS-1000 Using 3 16K RAMPacksLISTing NewsletterJuly - September 1986
TS-2068 – CMOS on Board
Change most ICs on 2068 to CMOS to reduce power consumption, for running off batteries.
ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
TS-2068 Cassette LOAD AID Meter
Reprinted from CRAGIST newsletter March/April 1989.
ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 2002
TS-2068 Home ROM BypassNite-Times NewsDecember 1988
TS-2068 Memory ExpansionNite-Times NewsMarch - April 1989
TS-2068 ROM ByPass Board Features and Options IIZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1999
TS-2068 with Unlimited RAM capability
Schematics and machine code to expand the 2068 RAM with port buffer, clock/calendar, 56K or 64K, expansion bank controller and...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
TS1000 Keyboard AdditionSincus NewsMay - August 1985
TS1000 Monitor ProjectCATS NewsletterDecember 1988
TS1000 Pulse CleanerLISTing NewsletterDecember 1983 - January 1984
TS1000 RAM Pack UpgradesISTUG NewsletterOctober - November 1987
TS1000 TurboLISTing NewsletterApril - May 1996
TS1000 TurboLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1996
TS1000 TurboLISTing NewsletterMarch 1992
TS1000 Turbo
Add a switch to add “turbo” mode to the TS1000.
Update MagazineOctober 1995
TS1000 Video DriverSinc-LinkNovember/December 1989
TS1000 Video Driver UpdateSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
TS1500 Fix
A bug in the LOAD command that puts the stack pointer at the address where the bad load occurred. The...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1985
TS1500 memory mod
Expand TS1500 to 32K internally.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
TS1500 Video Topics
How would you like reverse video on your TV screen when using your TS1500? Not only is it possible, but...
SyncWare NewsMay-June 1986
TS2040 Printer SwitchZX-AppealSummer 1987
TS2040 Printer SwitchLISTing NewsletterApril 1988
TS2068 Digitizer
The club is selling digitizer boards. – For one assembled, tested and shipped the cost will be $49.95 + $3...
SMUG BytesFebruary 1989
TS2068 Reset and Initialization Problems with SolutionLISTing NewsletterMay 1988
TS2068 Reset and Initialization Problems With Solution
Reset solution for TS 2068. Works with base computer and expanded systems.
ZX-AppealOctober 1986
TS2068 Reset and Initialization Problems with Solution
Describes how to add a reset switch to the 2068.
Sinc-LinkAugust/September 1986
TS2068 ROM to EPROM
One of the ways in which a TS2068 can be put to use in an unconventional manner is to replace...
Alex Burr (K5XY)QZXAugust 1993
TS2068 Serial CableThe PlotterMarch 1990
TS2068/Spectrum MicrodriveLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1985
TSMONSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1989
Turbo Switch for the ZX-81ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1993
Turbo Switch for the ZX81
Transcribed from the Winter 1993 issue of ZXir QLive Alive.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1994
TV Sync Solution
Dim lines and horizontal distortion moving up or down the screen are signs of the computer not syncing with horizontal...
SyntaxSeptember 1982
TV to MonitorCATS NewsletterSeptember 1985
Tweak & Tinker: QL Power Supply UnitCATS NewsletterOctober 1990
Tweak and Tinker
It ain’t broke, why fix it? In a previous article (January and Apr 1989), I described the way to get...
CATS NewsletterMarch 1990
Twister with power schematicLISTing NewsletterApril 1985
Two Memories in One Space
Simple solution to multiplex the 8k-16k memory space.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterApril 1983
Two More on RGBLISTing NewsletterApril 1986
Two Problem-Solving Circuits: Preregulator and Battery Backup
Add a voltage regulator to your Sinclair power supply; build a batter backup unit.
SyntaxAugust 1982
Two Switch Human Interface for the Communicative Impaired
The program will usually display three rows of characters on the screen at any lime: the upper alphabet (UA) row,...
SYNCMay/June 1982
Two-Fer One: A Double Duty Oliger BoardCATS NewsletterDecember 1985
TYD*BYTS
PC8300 VIDEO FIX One of the most common complaints with the PC8300 is that the characters tend to have a...
SyncWare NewsNovember/December 1987
Tyd*Byts: Oliger Printer Port/Mscript Compatibility
If you have a slight amount of hardware expertise, here is a simple, no-extra-parts-required, modification for the JLO parallel port...
Kent CookSyncWare NewsSeptember/October 1987
Un-interruptable Power Supply
Onward to replacing our good old wall-plug power supply with something more substantial. You have several ways to go, and...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
Un-Interruptible Power Supply
Short article and schematic for UPS.
The Sinc Times (2)September-December 1985
Understanding and Upgrading the TS1016 RAM Pack
This is the first of a two-part article on how dynamic rams operate, how the TS1016 works, and how to...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1986
Understanding and Upgrading The TS1016 RAM Pack
This is the second part on upgrading your TS 1016 RAM pack to 64k. Last issue we discussed the ins...
Time Designs MagazineNovember/December 1986
Universal LROS/AROS Development BoardSincus NewsNovember 1984
Universal LROS/AROS/Development Board SchematicSincus NewsNovember - December 1985
Update 2: Interface Zero ResistorSincus NewsApril 1985
UpdatesSincus NewsMarch 1985
UpdatesSincus NewsJanuary - February 1987
Upgrading T/S Video
Correction to “Upgrading Timex-Sinclair Video” in the May 1983 issue to address a revision to the ZX81 circuit.
Computers & ElectronicsSeptember 1983
Upgrading Timex/Sinclair Video
Provides direct video and white-on-black screen characters.
Computers & ElectronicsMay 1983
Upgrading to a “Real” Keyboard: E-Z Key Makes It Easy
Schematic to add a keyboard that plugs into the expansion port. This is the same interface that is used in...
SUMMay 1986
Use Your TV Speaker for Peripheral AudioZX-AppealApril 1987
User Defined Graphics for the TS-1000SUMApril 1985
User Defined Graphics for TS-1000, Part II
Program to generate and store your own characters into the custom graphics board as described in the prior month’s issue.
SUMMay 1985
Using Double-Sided Drives with Timex Disk ControllersLISTing NewsletterJuly - September 1986
Using Extra Keys on Big Keyboard – A Simpler Approach
Connections to map a single key to replace two keystrokes.
SQ Syntax QuarterlyWinter 1982
Using the “Tomy Tutor” Recorder with TS-2068SUMJanuary 1986
Using the Microace with Sinclair Accessories
Modifications to allow the Microace to use Sinclair accessories. The 16K RAM module is completely compatible with the MicroAce 1K...
SYNCMarch/April 1981
Using the PC8300 with 64K RAM PacksZX-AppealSummer 1988
USR KeyLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1995
VAMP: TV to Monitor Kit
Conversion kit for TVs to allow for direct composite input.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1985
VDAQ – A Data Acquisition Development Program
Here is a program that demonstrates a simple yet effective way to get analog information (data) into your ZX81/TS1000/TS1500 computer,...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
Vector Graphics
Hardware and software to drive a vector display.
LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1997
Vector Graphics
Hardware and software to interface a ZX81 to an oscilloscope or other vector display and draw draphics.
Electronics Today International
Video Board Upgrade for Your TSZXTriangle Sinclair Users GroupJanuary & February 1984
Video Modifications for the ZX80LISTing NewsletterJuly - August 1994
Video Modifications for the ZX80
Inverted and direct video.
SYNCMarch/April 1981
Voice Reproduction
Machine language tools to sample and playback voice recordings.
ComputerDigestSeptember 1985
Votem Cassette Controller
If you have a VOTEM, or if this article talks you into buying one, here is a simple modification which...
Fred NachbaurSyncWare News1984
Votrax Speech Synthesizer
Here is a ‘term paper’ written by one of my students who tackled the job of interfacing the Votrax SC-01A...
QZXJuly & August 1983
Votre 2068 en system d’alarme
The principle of an alarm system is as simple as that of a switch: the classic open circuit or closed...
Real GagnonSINFebruary-March 1987
Wafadrive/RS-232/Xerox MemorywriterLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1986
World’s Simplest Volt-MeterZX-AppealSummer 1988
WRX 16 Hi-Res for the 1000
For several years, ZX81/TS1000 owners have dreamed of a simple bit-mapped high-resolution system for their machines. The quest began with...
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1986
Yet Another Power Supply
After reading Herb article on QL power supply modifications, I thought I would write up my alternate approach. I am...
Tom RobbinsCATS NewsletterNovember 1990
Yet Another ZX-TS Fix
Do you have any of the following problems with your ZX81 or TS1000?
Fred NachbaurSyncWare NewsJuly/August 1987
Your Timex/Sinclair Can Become a Terminal
Build a 8251 USART interface to connect a Sinclair to a modem.
SYNCNovember/December 1982
Z-SI/O Serial InterfaceNite-Times NewsApril 1987
Z80 LCDZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 2000
Z88 to IBM or TS2068 Cable
Wiring diagram for a homemade RS232 cable connecting the Cambridge Z88 (DB9 male) to an IBM PC (DB25 female), tested...
Dave BennettTimelinezJuly-December 1989
Z88 to QL Connections
Documents a cable or connection method for interfacing the Cambridge Z88 portable computer with the Sinclair QL,.
Dave BennettTimelinezApril 1989
Z88 to QL ConnectionsHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterMarch-April 1989
ZEX for the ZX81ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1997
ZVOICE
Like many of you, I have been fascinated by the idea of speech synthesis. I even bought a GI SP0256...
ZX-AppealOctober 1986
ZVoice
Reprint of ZVOICE.
CATS NewsletterOctober 1986
ZVOICE Part 2
Listing 4 shows how a text to speech program can be implemented. A text string is scanned one word at...
CATS NewsletterJanuary 1987
ZX Analogue-to-Digital Converter
Fast eight-bit analog to digital converter project.
Electronics Today InternationalJanuary 1984
ZX Burglar AlarmLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1997
ZX Burglar AlarmLISTing NewsletterJune 1997
ZX Interface Board
Input/output interface board that works with either ZX81 or Spectrum.
Electronics Today InternationalApril 1983
ZX Resources
Parallel interface using the Z80 PIO chip.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1991
ZX Resources: RS232 I/OSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
ZX Resources: Transferring Between ComputersSinc-LinkNovember/December 1991
ZX Spectrum Modifications to U.S.A. StandardsSinc-LinkNovember/Decemember 1992
ZX Spectrum Modifications to U.S.A. StandardsLISTing NewsletterApril 1997
ZX-81 Computer Joystick
Describes how to connect a joystick, includes demonstration program.
Sinc-Link
ZX-81 Parallel Printer InterfaceLISTing NewsletterOctober 1988
ZX-EPROMerLISTing NewsletterDecember 1996
ZX/TS Repair Guide – Part II
Tips on repairing the ZX81/TS 1000.
SUMOctober 1984
ZX/TS ROM and RAM Addressing
ROM/RAM Immaterial As a result of my article “Your Timex-Sinclair Can Become a Remote Terminal” (Sync 2:6) a number of...
SYNCMarch/April 1984
ZX/TS True 64K Internal NVM UpgradeLISTing NewsletterApril 1991
ZX81 & QL Regulator Bug
Suggested solutions to power regulation problems in the ZX81/TS1000 and QL: add capacitors.
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1986
ZX81 16K Byte RAM
The circuit on page 4 is for a 16K byte RAM extension board to plug onto the ZX81’s rear connector....
QZXNovember 1992
ZX81 Background Reverse
Circuit to invert ZX81 video signal, provides white on black.
Electronics Today InternationalNovember 1983
ZX81 Baudot Interface
Here’s a nice article telling how to interface an ol’ Teletype machine to the Sinclair. Be sure to follow his...
Dallas Williams (WA0MRG)QZXNovember 1983
ZX81 Burgler AlarmElectronics Today InternationalMay 1984
ZX81 Data Acquisition Module
A/D converter for the TS/ZX using the TLC548.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1987
ZX81 Data Acquisition Module
Part two of series on building a digital-to-analog converter.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
ZX81 Direct Video OutputZX-AppealMarch 1987
ZX81 EPROM Board
Schematic for interfacing an EPROM, static RAM or SEEQ’s 2K EEPROM to the ZX81/TS 1000.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1988
ZX81 EPROM Board
Board layout, parts list and program listings. Continued from Sinc-Link v6 n1.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1988
ZX81 Extendi-RAMLISTing NewsletterApril 1997
ZX81 Loading Filter/Interface
Op-amp based load filter schematic and construction details.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1986
ZX81 RAMpack ExpanderLISTing NewsletterNovember 1996
ZX81 Resources
1mb Bank-Switched Memory Board.
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1993
ZX81 Resources: 1mb Bank-Switched Memory BoardLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1994
ZX81 Resources: 64K SRAM MemorySinc-LinkMay/June 1992
ZX81 Resources: A Tethered RobotSinc-LinkMarch/April 1994
ZX81 Resources: Analogue to Digital ConverterSinc-LinkMay/June 1993
ZX81 Resources: JoystickLISTing NewsletterMarch 1993
ZX81 Resources: JoysticksSinc-LinkNovember/Decemember 1992
ZX81 ROM Adapter 2764 EPROM to Replace Sinclair ROM
Schematic to connect an EPROM in place of the ROM.
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1985
ZX81 RTTY Receive Program
Here’s a neat RTTY program receives that RTTY for you. The author interfaced his ZX-81 directly to his home made...
Dallas Williams (WA0MRG)QZXMarch 1983
ZX81 RTTY Transmit/Receive Program & Interface
Here is a nice RTTY transmit and receive program with the required hardware interface.
QZXApril 1983
ZX81 Tape ControllerLISTing NewsletterApril - May 1996
ZX81 User-Defined Graphics
Small circuit to allow internal RAM to be used for user-defined graphics when the computer has 16K RAM pack attached.
Electronics Today InternationalNovember 1983
ZX81/TSXXXX Out-Board Real-Time ClockZX-AppealFebruary - March 1988
ZX81/TSXXXX Out-Board Real-Time ClockLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1988
ZXVoice
For starters, would you please dig out your October 1986 issue of ZX-Appeal and read Wilf Rigter’s article on pg...
ZX-AppealMarch 1987

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How to Make Your Computer Talk
Build a General Instruments SP0256 speech synthesizer. Written for several microcomputers, it includes a chapter on interfacing to the ZX81/TS1000....
Steven J Veltri1985

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