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1994 Update by UPDATE! — Frank Davis
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A Surprise Box of Tricks -Z88 — Hugh Ho
The Z88 and Its Power of Recovery — Hugh Howie
JLO with LKDOS Cartridge — Bob Swoger
Sinclair INTERNET — JohnPazmino
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Daisy Be Good I — David Lassov
Daisy Be Good Update Part 1 — David Lassov
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO: All Our Members
FROM: The Staff And Contributors
Established 1991
ahxxtxt 4 ^Cumber 4
ZXir QLive Alive! ©
The Timex/Sinclair NorthAmerican User Groups Newsletter
Wvxdzx 1094
T/SNUG Information
T/SNUG
Here is the list of T/SNUG
Chairmen and how to contact them. We
wish to support the following SIGs:- ZX-
80/81, TS-1000, SPECTRUM, TS-
2068, TC-2068, Z88 and QL. If you
have any questions about any of these
fine machines, contact the:
Chairman
Chief Motivator
Donald S. Lambert (ISTUG)
Vice-Chairmen
Tape & JLO PD Library
D. G. Smith
R415 Stone St.
Johnstown, PA 15906
814 535-6998
Z88 Library
Dave Bennett (HATSUG)
329 Walton St. Rear
Lemoyne, PA 17045
717 774-7531
ZX-81 PD Tape Library
Ed Snow
2136 Churchill Downs Cir.
Orlando, FL 32825
407 380-5124
RMG Enterprises
Rod Gowen (CCATS)
14784 S. Quail Grove Cir.
Oregon City, OR 97045
503 655-7484 FAX 503 655-41 16
TS-2068
Rod Humphreys (VSUG)
10984 Collins PI.
Delta, BC V4C 7E6 Canada
604 583-2819
QL PD Library
John Donaldson (CATUG)
835 Foxwood Cir.
Geneva, IL 60134-1631
708 232-6147
BBS — GATOR
Bob Swoger (CATUG)
613 ParksideCir.
Streawood, IL 60107-1647
708 837-7957 Work 708 576-8068
Editor/Treasurer
LarKen PD Library
Abed Kahale (CATUG)
335 W. Newport Rd.
Hoffman Estates, IL 60195-3106
ZXir QLive Alive!
Is the newsletter of T/SNUG,
the Timex/Sinclair NorthAmerican
User Groups, providing news and
software support to the T/S com-
munity in a volume of four
newsletters per year; beginning
with the Spring (April) issue.
T/SNUG' s main goal is
to keep our Magazine,
our vendors and our
repair service alive for
the benefit of T/S users.
These valuable services shall have
free advertising space in this user
supported Newsletter that they can
see that we are still active out here.
We must support their services
whenever possible.
Another T/SNUG goal is to
unearth titles of all known
Public Domain and commercial
software available for all
Timex/Sinclair machines, building
a library and providing lists of that
software showing both the source
and the availability.
We encourage your group to
copy this newsletter and
distribute it at your regular meet-
ings to all your members. If you
cannot copy this newsletter, a disk
can be provided with the articles
for use in your newsletter.
If you feel T/SNUG should
perform other tasks, let us know
your feelings. If you have solved a
problem in one of your software or
hardware, please share it with the
rest of us.
You can keep T/SNUG alive by
an annual contribution of $12
for one volume made payable to
Abed Kahale. Send check to:-
ABED KAHALE
335 W NEWPORT RD
HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60195-3106
Phone:- 708 885-4337
Back Newsletter copies are
available for 50<t each postpaid.
S
end in your articles by tape
or disk and your inputs to>
DON LAMBERT
ZXir QLive Alive! Newsletter
1301 KIBLINGER PL
AUBURN IN 46706-3010
Phone 219 925-1372
Or to: — Abed Kahale.
GATOR's
TWISTED PAIR
!! SINCLAIR !!
We have a 24 hour BBS and
encourage you to exchange mail and
contribute to the Upload Section. Use
it and have fun!! (8N1 300-2400 BAUD)
Call 708 632-5558
and Register using your first name, last
name and phone number along with a
password you won't forget, and Write It
Down! Do not try to do anything else
this first time because all the board
options will be locked out.
When you call-in the next time, you
will have Level 5 security and be able to
enjoy full user privileges. The BBS has
smaller sections called conferences. Select
'J' for 'Join a Conference* to see the
different user groups. Select "TIMEX" to
get into the Sinclair Section. The mail
you then read will only be from other
TIMEX Sinclair users but all SIGs share
the same bulletins. Use extension ART
for articles, ADS for ads and .NWS for
news when uploading.
Download articles appearing in
this newsletter having ZQA
extension.
For help, contact the SYSOP by
leaving a message, mail, e-mail or phone.
Bob Swoger, SYSOP ~==GAT0R==—
ZXir QLive Alive!
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Winter 1994
Input/ Output
Copyright©
Good fuck, take it easy and keep up the good work.
Dear Mr. Kahale.
Thank you for your recent letter and the copy of your pub-
lication. The reason for the call to Mr. Lambert was the
report that an advert for IQLR appeared in your publica-
tion, WITHOUT our knowledge or consent.
If you look at the advert you will see the reason for our
concern, for the past 4 months we have had an address
change but, it seems no one checks to see if the informa-
tion is valid.
As I stated to Mr. Lambert, IQLR is copyright protected,
both in content and in the names "IQLR and International
QL Report". We will take action if required, to stop the
unauthorized use of content and/or name.
This problem couid have been taken care of before it oc-
curred if someone had contacted us. But, alas that didn't
happen. We know your intentions were to serve the Sin-
clair community, this is admirable, but who is served when
incorrect information is published ?
This is not the first time something has appeared in your
publication concerning me or IQLR that was not correct. I
can think of two other instances where I was misquoted, it
is for this cause that I inform you, that we DO NOT wish
or authorize the printing of an advert or any material
printed in IQLR to be published in your publication.
Regards,
Robert Dyl, Sr.
Publisher of IQLR
PO BOX 3991 NEWPORT Rl 02840-0987 USA
We do not publish copyrighted materials without
permission. However, thank God for the First
Amendment, we can publish any news worthy item.
We suggest that you post a copyright notice © to
make it legal and enforceable such as; IQLR® 199x
and your name to appear somewhere on that page.
The flyers you mailed us and UPDATE! Magazine
North American and all other subscribers - please post this form olus the annlicahle
payment that covers your area (listed on the other side of this form) to™ applicable
IQLR
15 Kilburn Court
Newport, RI 02840
USA
did not contain any such notice and therefore were
public domain. You should send a copy of IQLR to
the US and overseas copyright offices and have it
registered. As far as the IQLR name, what you need
is to register a TradeMark such as GM®, IBh/f etc.
Which is altogether another subject.
Quote:-
"Copynght is secured by publication of the
work with the notice required by the statute, and this
notice must appear in each copy of the work pub-
lished in the United States by authority of the copy-
right owner. Such publication without the notice
places the work in the public domain. The form of
notice, which is required for literary, musical and
dramatic works and may be used on any other works,
consists of the word "Copyright" ... or the copy-
right symbol © accompanied by the initials or other
mark of the copyright owner, provided that the
owner's name appears in some accessible place on the
copies or on their permanent base or mounting.
After copyright has been secured by publication
of the work with the required notice, copies of the
work are to be deposited in the US copyright office
together with an application and fee for registration
of the copyright claim. The copies deposited are
made available to the Library of Congress. Registra-
tion of the copyright claim is a prerequisite to any
action in the courts for the irifringement of the copy-
right The copyright office issues a certificate of
registration which is prima-facie evidence in any
court of the facts stated in the certificate. The copy-
right endures for 28 years from the date of first pub-
lication . ..."
Daisy Be Good
ililllllllllillll;
Thank you for putting out such a fine newsletter. . .
Here are 5 menus promised to accompany our two
articles for the next issue of ZQA! They are all genuine
snapshots (COPY) of the menus as described in the article.
They use Wes Brzozowski's routine, that employs inter-
rupt mode 2 to call COPY in ROM.
The UPLOADing went fine (to BBS at 708 632-5558).
The first article is Daisy 11. ART. It describes Daisy as re-
ceived from Frank Davis. It was transferred under ASCII
protocol. The second is Daisy21.ART. It treats our new and
improved version in which everything works, even where
Bifl Jones was having trouble. It was UPLOADed under
Xmodem protocol.
The two UPLOADS deferred because we wanted to
see any difference in timing. Well, as you probably already
ZXir QLive Alive!
3
Winter 1994
know, Xmodem went fester. But we were surprised to find
the ASCII transferred line-for-line. as if read of the screen.
Anyway, there are the first pair of articles, and we
welcome any comments, criticism, contribution, quotes,
questions or concerns as the series of articles develops.
We are iooking at CASboard, JLObbs and MaxCom
for extension to 1 200 and 2400 BAUD. 4800? Anyone?
David E. Lassov
Thank you. Your efforts are appreciated by all
those of us who experienced Daisy. B6. After I ac-
quired the Suite from Bill Jones and after several
phone calls to him I found out that he meant what he
said; 'It takes about two years to learn all the ins-
and-outs of Daisy and Udbm suite'.
Daisy is copyrighted program(s), we can only
publish your revisions/modifications. Unless you
have contributed to more than a half to the pro-
gram(s).
Using Xmodem protocol when UPLOADing text
is fine provided that the recipient has and uses the
same word processor that you have used. Cditm
The Z88 Users' Club based in England has ceased to
exist. A few years ago I contacted the Club Librarian and
ordered the entire library up to file number 132.
Now the number of files totals 212. I can provide
these files on Mac or msdos 3 X A" floppy disks only. The
files are free. My only charge is for the disks and postage.
The files are not public domain but owned by the
club. However I can distribute them to T/SNUG members
only on the understanding that they are for their personal
use and not to be uploaded onto any Bulletin Board or
other file server.
The files are numbered only. You need a list to tell
you what they are. You can get this information out of
individual issues of the Club Magazine. The former soft-
ware librarian sells a list for £1.50 plus postage, which is
approximately $5.00.
IAN BRABY
1 BUTTS COTTAGES COPSE RD
ST. JOHN, WOKING GU21 1SU
UNITED KINGDOM
Its purchase will fund the on-going support of the Li-
brary and its contents.
Also available are some public domain files. These are
the same files that come with the "Z88 Source Book"
published by UPDATE! magazine. I can be contacted at
the address in this newsletter (page 2). Or by phone on
evenings and some weekends. I belong to the GEnie serv-
ice. You can address e-mail to D.BENNETT34. Or to
d.bennett34@genie.geis.com through the Internet.
Dave Bennett
Please remove my ad that I highlighted from our
Newsletter. It was effective and I have gotten all I needed.
Thanks for running the ad.
Wavne Knaust
St. Peters, MO
I enjoy reading the Newsletter, i have been using the
INTERNET and I stumbled onto Timex/ Sinclair informa-
tion. If you or your readers have access to the INTERNET
you may find some of the information very interesting.
Alex Sweitzer
Favette City, PA
The CLONE
...As far as the CLONE goes, SINCUS is no longer
distributing it, but it is copyrighted. As the author, I no
longer have any plans for it, so I suppose I can grant per-
mission for you to distribute the program... how about if
you keep me on your subscription list for as long as you
distribute CLONE? Does that sound fair?
Wes Brzozowski
Endicott, NY
It sure does Wes. Zdifon,
Jive With Uncle Clive
... I think that I may have accidentally started a rumor.
First I believe I said that I thought it was possible to handle
the 9600 transfer rate on a 2068. 1 still believe so. I had a
spectrum RS-232 interface which would handle data trans-
fer at that speed. The software was burned into an EPROM
and used by making calls to a short MC routine. It has
been sometime since I have seen it but will see what I can
do when I find it and the instructions. The other interface I
had was that produced by Dave Clifford and later sold by
Ed Grey. Used with the Spectrum, the UK software they
sold, it may have also been able to handle this speed. Now
I recall that on the 2068 there was a problem with the
buffer filling up too quickly and there was some other
problem as I recall. Perhaps 2400 was the top speed. I will
try to check this out again when I have some time. I lent
out the Clifford interface several years ago and never got it
back so I only have the software for the terminal.
These days I use the PC for most things although I
fire up the Spectrum emulator on occasion. Our user
group, the Cleveland Group, has become a semi-social user
group mainly interested in generic computer topics, al-
though we have a few exclusively Sinclair Users, most
have a Sinclair besides a PC. We never had the large QL
user base that some clubs had so the QL never became a
priority for the general membership. I bailed out of the QL
because of persistent hardware problems. Now most of
these things have been solved but too late for me as I
moved to the PC about 89.
We are having our annual Christmas party and sale,
the first Friday of December, we will invite any Sinclair
club members who wish to come to Cleveland. ...Usually
there are very good deals for buyers, sellers may not be so
happy but there is a lot of Sinclair and PC stuff for sale. . .
If it is not too bad of a time, see if you can come. Regards.
Thomas Simon, Photographer
ZXir QLive Alive!
Winter 1994
615 SCHOOL AVE
CUYAHOGA FALLS OH 44221
Nice of you to send the information you pro-
vided us. Also, it is always nice to know of what has
happened to ail of the Sinclair groups.
Unfortunately this Newsletter will not be mailed
in time for the party. How about letting us know in
advance next year. £cU&i
Wes Brzozowski of CLONE tape copier - e-mails:
"'Sorry to say, I haven't turned on a 2068 for some
time, though I am a registered user of the Z80 Spectrum
emulator. My kids have a great time with all the old Spec-
trum software that's available out there, and I get quite a
pang of nostalgia every time I see the familiar old copyright
notice appear on the monitor. I have in fact managed to
get the latest copy of ZXir QLive Alive!, as they're reprint-
ing a series of articles I wrote many years ago, and have
sent me a courtesy copy of the issue with the first install-
ment. The magazine looks very nicely done, and I'm glad
to see it out there.
I may yet someday pull out one of the old TS2068s
and work with it again. When I last put it away, I'd built a
bank switching system that extended beyond the 3 that
came with the base machine. The method that Timex
would have used to switch those extra banks appeared to
be designed to be built into a custom chip with a small pin
count, but it was very cumbersome to implement in TTL.
Fortunately, the code that actually talked to that bank
switching hardware is run from RAM, and it was easy to
modify to drive my circuitry, which was designed for a low
chip count. It all seemed to work pretty well, and would
have been compatible with the never-used code left in the
machine by Timex that would have made use of the bank
switching. I even had a preliminary article written up on the
system, which I was going to send to Time Designs, as a
follow-up on my series of Bank Switching articles that
were published there. It needed a lot more testing before I'd
have sent it out, though. Somehow, there's just never
enough spare time.
Anyway, the purpose of all this is that it was an inter-
esting project, and would be fun to continue someday.
Well see... Thanks for the word on Clone. It's nice to know
that if s appreciated and still out there doing useful work."
—GATOR—
As of this writing, RMG Enterprises has just re-
ceived the last stock of TS hardware that AERCO
had left. Jerry Chamkis told me that because of the
low demand and the fact that be is too busy with his
current work to make it cost effective for him to
worry about the little that TS business would bring
in, he wanted out of it. RMG will make available all
existing hardware items that AERCO had left as soon
as they have been inventoried and priced out.
Stock will include a few CP-68 and some card
edges and FD-68 disk interface PCBs. if you are in-
terested, write or call RMG for prices and availabil-
ity. Phone 503-655-7484 10AM-7PM Tu.-Sat. pa-
cific time. FAX 503-655-4116 24 hours. Address is
in the ADS section in this newsletter.
Rod Gowen
Another MIRACLE?
The long awaited, long rumored Graphics Card from
Miracle Systems, may finally be a reality. In the typically
understated jargon of the British QL trade, it will simply be
called the "Masterpiece Enhanced Graphics Card". It re-
places the 8301 chip inside of the QL and packs 128K of
RAM. It offers 2 modes: a QL Mode with 51 2X51 2 pix-
els and an Enhanced Mode with 1024X512 pixels. A
non-interlaced, SVGA monitor will be required to use the
Enhanced Mode. Software to drive the Enhanced Mode is
contained on a ROM upgrade chip apparently intended
only for the Super Gold Card.
It appears that the "MEGC" will not add any addi-
tional colors to the QL's present palette of 4 or 8. A QL
source, stated that the color issue is an operating system
problem and that it 'may' be addressed by SMSQ in the
future. The expected street price for the "MEGC" will be
about £50 in the UK.
NESQLUG Nov. 94
I was surprised to see there were still publications for
the Sinclair as I had given up on it years ago with difficul-
ties in receiving subscriptions, late mailing etc. I use my QL
mainly as a word processor.
I am still curious as to what has happened with the
Sinclair QL and if the problems were ever overcome with
the occasional dropping of characters when used with a
modem.
I am glad that I will finally receive the rest of my sub-
scription in another publication for the Sinclair - UPDATE!
Gyro Bums
Athens, OH
QL is still alive and kicking. Zdtfan
When I first read of the decision to disburse the
SNUG balance I wrote to Paul and requested that my share
be used towards my ZXir QLive Alive! renewal. Hence my
surprise when I did not find my name among the list of
T/SNUG supporters. Here is my check for renewal. . . .
Ruth Fegley
Baltimore, MP
Thanks very much for the notice about SNUG. I
thought all the Timex/Sinclairs has bitten the dust, and I
am glad to know I was wrong. I still have and use my 2068
and wouldn't trade it for all the IBMs in the world.
ZXir QLive Alive!
5
Winter 1994
For the record, enter me as checking for ZQA! On the
card. I also like to know more about UPDATE! and IQLR
newsletter. I'd appreciate your sending me a copy of each,
for which I'll send you a check by return mail.
Again, many many thanks!
Gertie Anderson
Pacheco. CA
Please Pass The Windex
* '~ * ~ Wall Street Journal October 94
This column was launched with the contention that
personal computers are too hard to use, and that the blame
lies not with the people trying to use them but with the
supposed geniuses who design the machines and the soft-
ware that runs on them. Each October since, I've tried to
take a look at the state of personal computing to assess
whether, in general, things are getting easier to use.
Over the past 12 months, steady progress has been
made on the margin, but it's slow going. The fundamental
complexity and limitations of the IBM-compatible PC de-
sign still haunt us, well into its second decade of existence.
Things are moving in the right direction but at a snail's
pace. Computers are shipping with many more features
built in, eliminating the need for users to poke around in-
side to add things. But anyone who tries to add more, es-
pecially to install one of much touted-about mul- ^
timedia upgrade kits, quickly finds himself in ^Skm
trouble. The same is true of software. Programs ^^Hp
have lots more built-in help and colorful icons to
click on, but they can still be hellishly confusing
to use. Many of the new multimedia programs
are nearly impossible even to install correctly.
Just the other day in the Washington Post, a
columnist named Tony Kornheiser wrote that he went out
and bought a home computer but can't use it. "I sit there
staring at a blank screen" he wrote, "waiting for it to do
something magical on its own like it is the Oracle at Delphi.
The only thing I can do on that screen is Windex it." He is
no doubt exaggerating a bit Ccolumnists do that). But even
rocket scientists are baffled by personal computers. I once
got e-mail from a scientist at NASA who works on giant
supercomputers all day with aplomb but goes home at
night and finds to his great frustration that he can't get the
family IBM-compatible PC to run multimedia software
correctly.
For now, we'll struggle along with PCs and software
too dumb_toj)e easy/Tlease pass the Windex^'_
November 94
This is the tale of how I ignored my own advice,
bought a costly new computer packed with unseasoned,
cutting-edge technology and lived to regret it - at least for a
while. I tell my story to reinforce the point I've made be-
fore in this column: Unless you're an inveterate technology
freak, or like being a guinea pig, you should shy away from
the early generations of a new chip or other major com-
puter component because it always takes a while for the
industry to work out glitches and incompatibilities in these
things.
I also tell this little saga to prove that even if they let
you write a technology column in a big newspaper, they
can't save you from doing some stupid things with tech-
nology. I wanted something fast and cool, and I couldn't
wait.
My personal technoblunder, a Dell XPS P90 costing
more than $4000, gave nothing but headaches for the first
couple of months I owned it this past Summer. There were
failures in the machine's communications, video, audio,
CD-ROM and tape backup systems. Dell clearly screwed
up in shipping this popular machine without catching and
fixing these fundamental flaws. I settled on XPS P90,
which also meant I was buying into a new kind of faster
hard-disk drive, a relatively recent video system and a new
minitower case Dell hadn't used before. This was a recipe
for trouble, and it was coming out of my pocket, not the
coffers of this newspaper.
I ordered the machine over the phone via normal
channels. The first problem cropped up when I tried to
play a music CD in the CD-ROM drive and no sound came
out. I called Dell toll free support number and was asked if
I'd mind opening up the machine, I said no, and we dis-
covered that they'd failed to plug in one end of a wire at
the factory. I plugged it in.
Next I discovered that, after making a single call
through the modem, the machine's communica-
fck a tion system locked up and couldn't make any
^£ to more calls. This was a flaw somewhere on the
3P^^ mother board. Dell posted software on Com-
||J puServe to temporarily solve this problem, and I
pi^^^ downloaded it. Eventually, I demanded and
^B B Preceived a new mother board.
Then, it turned out that the tape backup
drive didnt work properly. Again, Dell put up software fix
on CompuServe and I used it and it worked.
But the problems kept on mounting. The machine's
video system (card) was flawed. It is incompatible with a
popular software. Dell was helpless to fix it but promptly
sent me a slightly slower version that fixed the problem. I
installed it myself.
Finally, the CD-ROM drive broke. It refused to play a
handful of CDs I tried to run on it. I insisted on a new one,
and Dell sent someone to replace it.
So it all worked out but it took me many weeks,
many phone calls and some repair work to get it right-even
though, because of my job, Dell was especially anxious to
help heal my computer.
What if I hadn't been a technology writer, hadn't
known about CompuServe and hadn't been willing to fid-
dle with the machine's innards? I'm sure Dell would have
still been helpful. But I doubt it would have been quite as
responsive or that the problems would have been dis-
patched quite as smoothly.
Meanwhile, you all owe me one. I feel that I, as a
brave technology pioneer, have done a public service for
the rest of you, wringing the bugs out of this new technol-
ogy so you don't have to. If you're feeling really grateful for
this and can stop laughing, please send money.
Walter Mossberg
ZXir QLive Alive!
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Winter 1994
FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S DISK a
Donald Lambert
ARGH! Winter type weather is here. I have just lost
the file, got up to check something and the static electricity
— without touching anything — did wiped out the
memory of the computer. This is a different computer and
maybe more sensitive than the one 1 used last winter.
Guess I will have to SAVE the file and off the computer
before leaving the chair.
Received a package of UK magazines from George
Chambers (15.6 kg. - 35#) and have looked at some so far.
The material is for the ZX-81, the SPECTRUM and the QL
although one magazine - YOUR COMPUTER - is devoted
to all small computers. An interesting ad is for a
PHLOOPY drive - a tape drive for a BBC computer that
uses a cartridge of 10 feet of 1/4 inch tape that is loosely
tucked into the cartridge and has a 9 track head that
doesn't move.
My eye operation is a success and I can SEE much
better although I still need to get the other eye brought up
with a new prescnpuon. Currently the operated on eye is
using a blank lens and the other eye has trifocal. Sort of a
one eye cat deal. But not impossible to see glare from
headlights during night driving.
The demise of two user groups hit hard. [TTSUC and
CCATSj. But there is still action going on, Keith Watson
finished the TS-2068 emulator for the IBM PC. Or as for as
he can go. If anyone wants to go further they are welcome
to do that I think that it is available through Frank Davis.
KDL COMPUTERS. 122 W. PL ATT ST. MAQUOKETA
IA 52060, has a limited stock of EPROMs. I met him at a
couple of local Hamfests and I ordered some 2764
EPROMs. He is fair and his pnces for the used EPROMs
are very reasonable. Write him with a LSASE for a price,
state how many you want and for a price including
shipping for the lot. He has some other EPROMs.
I have some things that I heard of I am trying to get.
Some are outstanding but like many T/S things I hate to
mention since they could be vapor ware. I would much
rather have it in my hands and say look what I got than try
to explain that it was vapor ware.
Two people got helped with their TS-2068's with the
LarKen interface. One had a set of bad batteries (new) that
would not retain memory with the RAMDISK and the
other had a drive go bad after running OK for the first time
after he received a used LarKen system. The latter was
sent all but the disk drive. I tested it out to find it all good. I
send him a pair of DSDD drives since the drive he had was
single sided. The system worked with my drivers) but not
with the original SSDD drive. Moral: Got problems write
and get help. Might take time but it gets you going.
Since this is a hurry up issue (to bring you a timely
Christmas labels program) I have not had time to
expand too much and besides for once I will let someone
else fill the space - or maybe a program. 0/0
IfHKi V|Ml»fe From KPIIATE!
Frank Davis, UPDATE! Magazine
L World magazine has sent out its last issue. It has
been around since 1983 in one form or another, and
under several owners. This does not mean the end
of QL computing. It is at its highest rate of technological
expansion in its history. The folks publishing it simply did
not have the know-how to run a computer magazine. The
other publications they handled were of a sports nature, and
they never did obtain a high enough number of subscribers
to keep afloat a glossy monthly magazine. They have been
trying to get someone to take over the publishing, but due to
their wants in this matter, no luck yet. In the meanwhile we
have other magazines that are more than capable of carrying
on. One is IQLR, a QL specific magazine that has grown in
the last few years to a level of competence that QL World
never did achieve. They have over 2000 subscribers now
and are continuing to grow, most of those people are from
overseas, which is odd for a USA based publication. I
would love to see more North American support for this
fine publication. Most of you will find a flyer included with
this issue in an attempt to get your support. We also have a
much improved and informative quarterly put out by
T/SUNG, Bob Swoger, Don Lambert, Abed Kahale and
others have seen to the increasing quality of this newsletter.
Right now they need new members and readers for
T/SNUG so that this can be a continuing operation. Please
give them your support. We are in the process of obtaining
more overseas readers for UPDATE!, as well as increasing
our readership here in North America. We are the largest
magazine left in the world (to my knowledge) that covers all
of the Sinclair and Cambridge computers. I hope to become
even better known in the next few months. Other than
We are the largest Sinclair
magazine left In the world
supporting Sinclair dealers, user groups, clubs and
computer shows... your publications are your best way to
see that new items and progress are made for the computer
you use. We have way out-lasted the TI 99/4A, Atari
400/800, etc.. I want to see us continue. This is not
pessimism; this is what we should do.
Very little (maybe nothing) new has come out this last
year that I am aware of for the TS-1000. Am I wrong? If so
let me know. I do hear rumors once in awhile that someone
has done something new, engaged in a project, or doing a
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new hardware hack on these little machines, but no one
sends in mything for them. Are these just rumor, or is
someone keeping a lot of secrets?
For the TS-2068, what do we have new? You have
seen new software through us for use of 24 pin printers and
graphics. We have also brought to you the chance to have
updated versions of TASWORD 2. Next issue we hope to
make you aware of upgraded forms of all of WIDJUP's
software for the TS-2068. These were written by the late Bill
let us in on what you are doing
with the TS-2Q6B
Pedersen. He gave the rights to all of his TS-1000 and TS-
2068 software to us to handle, and there is a lot of it. As
time permits we will be making it once again available. I
need to have more of you let us in on what you are doing
with the TS-2068. It is not dead, just in need of vitamins.
For the Z88, this last year saw a new and improved
ROM for it that fixed some serious bugs and lockups. It is
available from the UK. We also saw internal RAM
upgrades of 128K and 512K for it, replacing the standard
32K. There was also the release of the Z88 Source Book,
now in its second edition. This was primarily the work of
Tim Swenson, with the last typesetting by Crosby and
new and Improved ROM for It that
fixed some serious bugs and lockups
publishing by UPDATE! Magazine. At the time of this
writing Mechanical Affinity has the chance to buy into
about 5,000 of these neat little computers. Are any of you
interested? Let Frank or Paul of Mechanical Affinity know if
you are, so they know if it will be worth pursuing.
We have some BBS support. Files can still be found
on CompuServe, and the Club is still there as well as the
weekly conference. QBox has made a great showing and
justly deserves your support (see their ad this issue).
T/SNUG has a BBS out of the Chicago area, check their
newsletter or Bob Swoger for this. The INTERNET has a
respectable number of Sinclair users worldwide. Buy a
Buy q modem, get some
software and check these out
modem, get some software and check these out. For the QL
we have public domain programs such as QTPI and QEM,
which we will supply on disk for you for the tiny fee of $3 if
you can not get it locally. Jim Bunkins has a new program,
copyrighted but offered freely under easy conditions, that
provides off-line tile reading for the QL and a BBS.
For one not to have known that the
QL is booming would be hard for me to
believe. It has a new IDE interface coming out of
Croatia. This will allow you to access up to 128 meg. of
data off of an IDE hard drive, it will be available from Ron
Durmet and Mechanical Affinity for less than $200, perhaps
closer to $150. We have the new Super Gold Card with 4
meg. of memory, three times the speed of the Gold Card, 4
disk drive adaptor and a true parallel port with cable. We
have Page Designer 3, which makes for easy desktop
publishing (not yet perfect but working on it) on the QL.
Text87Plus4 continues to improve, as well as its
competition, the Perfection word processor. Editor Special
Edition is getting better all the time. LineDesign and
DataDesign are drastically improved and headed for more
improvements. Miracle is now hard at work on the Graphics
Card for the QL, and we hope to see them in time for
Christmas. The QXL card for use on an IBM compatible is
now in good form with bugs worked out and its SuperBasic
clone (much better) now released. It is now a fully useable
board. Want to make easy banners on your QL? Then get
Banter from Mechanical Affinity or DJC. I could very easily
go on for pages. See the review on QLERK, from Wood
and Wind Computing for the best finance program I have
seen for the QL. This is a live machine; spend a few bucks
and find out it is once again becoming state-of-the-art.
A small note for those of you who see the Plotter ad
for The Best Of The Plotter ...
there will be a companion disk that contains the TS-2068
programs listed in the book, in either LarKen or Oliger
format It is available for $9.95 pp. If you have little time to
type in a program, this is for you. A lot of work by this
group has gone into this book and it should be well worth
the price. We have Rod Gowen and his group to thank for
this. Give them your support, not just because it is a nice
thing to do, but because it will be worth the money. So here
is some more software for your TS-2068. Give RMG a call
for more stuff. I want to see them stay in business.
A Surprise Box of Tricks
by
Anyway, this laptop was called the Z88. The size of a
sheet of paper, an inch thick, and weighed in at just under
two pounds. This Z88 was intended for the 'man on the
move'. Small enough to fit in a brief case, light, so it was
easy to tote around. Ran for up to twenty hours on four
AA batteries. Did most of the things that much larger
computers did. And it could talk to other computers at the
end of the day or journey.
Did 1 buy one of those marvels? Nope! I was too
busy learning how to use my QL.
Review
H&ve Sum fun — Buy & 166
A long time ago, it just seems like yesterday when I
first started getting into computing, there was a new
concept coming along, it was called a laptopper. Now I
always thought a laptopper was that long legged blonde
from down the street, which just goes to show how naive I
was at that time.
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One evening recently I received a phone caii from a
friend, and in the process of conversation he mentioned the
Z88, and asked me if I knew of anvone who had one for
sale. A name came to my mind, and I said so, and was
asked to check it out and was given a price range within
which to negotiate. So I got on the phone again ( did you
ever notice how much time a QL man spends on the
Phone?) and the gentleman was willing to sell. He had the
Z88, a 128K RAM card, and a printer cable to go with it
and I was able to purchase the lot for $200 Can., which is
about $150 US. A good deal I thought.
As it was late in the evening by this time, I did not call
my friend, but next day 1 drove a couple dozen miles and
paid for and picked up the Z88, still in its original case,
complete with manual.
On my arrival home, I phoned "my friend" and was
told he had changed his mind and did
not want it. (the Z88 I mean not his
mind — although I did not think his
mind was of much import at that time
anyway). So here I was, stuck with a
Z88 I did not really want.
After a few days looking at this
monster sitting on the shelf, I decided
1 might as well get some batteries and
see what my unwanted piece of
equipment would or could do; and did
I ever get a surprise.
This little machine has quite a few
things 'built-in', such as the main
program called 'Pipe-dream', and it
really is a dream, it is a Word
Processor, a Spreadsheet and a
Database. There is a built in VT52
terminal, Diary, Calculator, Filer,
Printer Editor, Clock, Alarm.
Goodness - what have I missed out?
Now this Pipe-dream can set up a document in two or
three columns, just like the two columns I am using at the
moment. With the QL I had to wait for text87 to come
along before i could do that or else use a program called
Bi column bas with Quill.
This same Pipe-dream, is also the base for the
Spreadsheet and Database and Diary. You can take your
spreadsheet document and incorporate it with your letter,
not only that but I made up a cable and was able to
transfer this document to my QL, and save it to the QL
disk.
While you are working on one document the phone
might ring, so after a pre-determined time the little wonder
switches off, and when you come back you just start it up
again, and it starts up exactly where it left off.
It is possible to have a number of documents going at
the same time and a simple 2 or 3-key press, switches from
one to the other.
You want the pages numbered as they are printed?
You want a special header, or footer? Left margin? You
want to know how many pages you have written? Just go
to the Options window and you get your answer. You
can't remember what page you are presently working on?
The same window will tell you.
The biggest problem I have, is trying to remember all
the 'short-cut key presses to do what can be done in the
menus the long way around, but soon you are familiar with
them!
How often we would like to see what our finished
document looks like, and this is shown at the right of the
working screen, just so you see what is happening as you
work. How very useful, as you can see how much space
there is left for completion of the page. There is an INDEX
key from where you may select the application, you wish
to use, such as Diary, Pipe-dream. Basic, Calculator etc.,
and a MENU key which shows you the list of the various
facilities within that particular application. The menu also
tells you what the shortcut combination is, thus by using
the Menu, you also learn the shortcut
within the menu. Of course you dont
have to use the shortcuts, selection may
be made in the usual manner by use of
the arrow keys.
The Batteries:- I use two sets of
rechargeable, each set is of a different
make and colour so that there is no
mix-up when it comes to changing
them. This works fine for me as I had
plenty of them anyway, but it is also
possible to get a power supply to do
the job, but I have been too busy to get
around to it as yet I have been too
busy playing with my Toy!
When changing the batteries you
have a few minutes to do the task
without losing any of your data which
may be in the Suspended list or the
RAM card. I have not lost anything yet
and I hope I never do as I have a lot of stuff going on here.
It is so very nice to have a document in process, my car
expenses, my bank account and my diary going all at the
same time - just requiring a couple key-presses to change
quickly from one to the other.
If you want to have some fun in your computing, and
also have a useful tool for working with, and one that can
go anywhere with you, then you should consider the Z88.
IT IS NOT A TOY - IT IS A DARNED GOOD WORKING
TOOL FOR THE PERSON ON THE MOVE.
I have talked too much and I need some exercise, so I am
going for a walk - with my Z88 of course!
The ZSS and in Power of Recovery
Well, I was asked to write something for this
newsletter and this being so, be not be surprised if I write.
So I write. And if you don't like what I write, you can go
elsewhere for Your jollies. No suggestions being offered.
When I first started using the Z88, 1 had no idea in the
world as to what I was getting into - sometimes I still
wonder if I know what I am into getting.
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Winter 1994
No matter, a short time after i started usuie mv Z88. 1
happened to try bouncing it off a hard-wood floor, a most
unwise thing to do as the expense of doing so is so great,
and being a dedicated Sinciainte, I have an aversion to
spending money on little black boxes; you could not prove
this by looking at my Computer Room. Anyway, I found
that the Z88 DOES NOT BOUNCE, it just falls with a loud
nerve shattering THUNKETY, an' jes 1 sets ther, lookui' up
at me with a pained expression. Which, by the way, is no
more pained than the expression with which I gaze
downwards. (Is there such a thing as a GENTLE thunk?
(thunkity?) I thunk not)
However. I appear to have drifted off the topic I
started with, so I will now get back to that topic if you are
still with me.
I left you at the point where I was preparing to pick
up my Z88 from the hard wooden floor where it fell. It was
all in one piece thank goodness, but when I started trying
to use it, I found that there was little screen representation.
If I tapped the bottom of the case, there were a number of
lines shooting back and forth across the screen. Sometimes
a howl and/or a whistle could be heard emanating from this
little do-hickey that is provided for that purpose.
Sometimes they (the noises) changed in pitch and
intensity. So much so, that those who were with me at that
time were blaming my hearing aid for the howls, but I
knew that that was not possible as I had just that moment
checked it out for myself. Many soft resets and I pass the
machine around those present.
Suddenly - one of my friends snorted a shout of glee,
and said the damned thing was now OK.
So I get home, and my little box of amazement is still
OK, for two days at least that is, when the same thing
occurred. Tap on the bottom - lines on screen. This
appeared to indicate to me that the power was getting there
sometimes somehow. Out with the screw driver, (this
should be part of the Sinclair package) to discover that the
positive plate of the compartment which holds the
batteries, was broken. I guess the weight of the batteries
moving in the thunkity (fall) had caused the damage. A
little epoxy, followed by a soft reset, and all was in order.
Time passes, until I was in the car one day, just
investigating the attributes of my Z88 while waiting for
some work to be done on the car, when my Z88 again took
ill. As soon as I get a couple of hundred bucks m my
wallet the car automatically knows it is there and decides
to go on strike for twice what I have, (at the very least. )
Anyway, I was sitting in the car with all this stuff
being spilled on the screen. Flashes of lines. Lines (rows )
of letters, rows (lines) of symbols. Then my Z88 really
took sick indeed. I never knew there was so much in such
a small space.
A tap here and there, a few - quite a few - soft resets,
and all is well. For another couple of days anyway, but
then there was a relapse, with once again many eruptions
of unwanted undesirable material. I wanted to help my
poor machine so much! I tried many taps and caresses in
various parts of its anatomy, but all was to no avail, the
only sensible emanation I got from my ailing Z88 was the
FAIL, flashing at me from the top right hand comer of the
screen. I did not have to be told my friend had failed, that
was only too obvious, but it was reassuring to know that
my friend was not quite dead - yet, that my friend was still
able to speak to me. At this stage I was all prepared to send
my little friend to my favorite surgeon in Cabool, I am sure
many of you have made use of his services at one time or
other. Many many resets did not do any good.
This being so, I had a lot of stuff stowed away in
various parts of the memory that I would not like others to
see, so I decided to try and erase all that stiu% prior to
wrapping it up for the Postal Ambulance. So I opened up
the little door at the front where the RAM card is installed,
removed the 128K RAM cartndge, and then when I tried
the machine there was no screen display. None what-so-
ever! Plug the cartridge back in, no better, read the manual,
AHHH! a soft reset - and all is well ! ! !
On top of that - 1 lost not a whit of my secret data. It
was all there. And my t-rusty Z88 is all recovered. There
does not seem to be any sign of temperature in either Z88
or Yours truly, so I guess the recovery is just about
complete. Much to the happiness of all concerned.
We all hope there will not be another relapse. There
being only one question left unanswered: -
Whahappent?
The RAM cartridge got disloged from the fall,
and by re-inserting it, you fixed the problem.
JLO With LKDOS Cartridge
by Bob Swoger
Using the LKDOS cartridge with your Oliger disk
system will give you extra commands and let you be
compatible with all other TS2068s running LKDOS.
Insert the LKDOS cartridge into the cartridge port
and rum on the TS2068. Some TS2068s will not initialize
when the LKDOS and SAFE boards are used together. If
the TS2068 seems to lock up on power up, you will need to
modify either the LKDOS or the SAFE board as described
below.
The reason for the problem is that both boards are
trying to initialize at once. Both boards have a reset circuit
that makes them became active at power up.
If you have a power up problem when the LKDOS is
installed, you can add a disable switch to the LKDOS
cartridge.
To add a disable switch, connect a small wire to the
unused hole in the PC board near pin 1 on the 74LS74.
This hole is between the notched end of the 74LS74 and
the 470 ohm resistor next to it. Carefully scrape the green
solder mask off the pad and solder the wire to it. You can
add a miniature switch to ground this wire to disable the
LKDOS. The ground trace runs around the edge of the
solder side of the cartridge.
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If you turn on the TS2068 with the switch disabled
you will have to initialize to the cartridge with the
command RANDormze USR 96 after power up.
By the way, you don't need to use RAND USR 100:
OPEN #4. "dd" when running LKDOS, just put RAND
USR 100: in front of all commands.
An alternate method of fixing the initialization
problem is to disable the power-on reset circuitry on the
SAFE board. This way is really better because the LKDOS
cartridge has special software to initialize the SAFE board
after it has initialized itself on power up.
The easiest way to do this is to remove the 74HCT74
on the SAFE board from its socket and bend pin 1 out. Put
the IC back into its socket and wire pin 1 to +5V. Pin 14 on
the same IC has +5V on it so you can just connect these
two together with some fine wire. If you don't want to
solder it just use a few turns of wire on each pin.
Now, if you turn on the TS2068 while pressing "1".
the LKDOS will initialize the SAFE board after it has
initialized itself. If you load an AUTOSTART program
with LKDOS though, it will not initialize SAFE. Use the
RESTORE command in SAFE to initialize SAFE.
When using the snapshot button, only have the DOS
that you want enabled to respond to the NMI as the
LKDOS can also perform NMI saves.
If you are using the LKDOS with the SAFE board
enabled, you shouldn't use LKDOS commands that use
PRINT #4: such as windows, printer driver, sequential-files
or other commands preceded by PRINT #4 (use RAND
USR 100: to precede commands). This is because the
vectors for these commands share the same memory patch
area as the JLO NMI vector and they will cause the JLO
NMI to conflict. When using these LKDOS commands,
disable the SAFE board.
Sinclair Rides Internet
by John Pazmino, LIST
Since joining INTERNET, I came across several sources
for Sinclair news and help. These are in the forums
circulated via INTERNET vanous sites tied to INTERNET. For
the most part the material relates the Spectrum and is
dominated by British users. Apparently, there are few or
no Sinclair clubs left in England; all the users seem to be
solitary hobbyists,
The room for Sinclair discussions is
COMP.SYS. SINCLAIR This is in the division for computer
platforms, along with Amiga, NeXt, Sun, and the others. It
functions like an ordinary BBS room, except that you enter
thru your INTERNET link. Please note that your INTERNET
carrier may offer only certain of the forums and you may
have to request a feed from COMP.SYS.SINCLAIR.
The sites are computer systems that allow the caller to
enter directly and fetch material from them. These are
accessed via FTP, GOPHER, or WWW. These are features
which must already be offered by your INTERNET earners if
you have only a low level link they may be unavailable.
Several of these are:
http://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclaifvdocs
http://www.nvg.unit.no/sinclair/spectrum
http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/fms
✓ ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/spectrum
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/sinclair
ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/emui_ators
ftp://FTP.SUN.AC.ZA/PUB/MSDOS/ZX
ftp://FTP.US.SI/PUB/ZX
GOPHER.7/GOPHER.NVG.UNIT.NO
The addresses extend to the lowest directory an the
system. From there You must do a catalog listing to see
what actual files are loaded. These are updated or changed
continually.
Software at these sites is casually distributed. The
original publishers long ago went out of business, leaving
their products for the Sinclair community.
One peculiarity of this news and help on INTERNET is
that for the most part it is out of reach from a regular
Spectrum machine! Except for on-line message posting
and downloading the smallest text files the spectrum is
simply too modest a computer for heavy INTERNET work.
So how do Sinclairs hang out on INTERNET?
WelL by now there are few native Sinclair machines
left, Most have been discarded in favor of IBMs.
Correspondents use the IBMs for the telecoms thru
INTERNET. Then they run Spectrum emulators on the PCs
to use the stuff they downloaded.
Christmas %eturn Labels
Merry Christmas to all! It may seem like I'm jumping
the gun a little by wishing you a Merry Christmas now.
However, if you are like me, it will probably take you until
January to get this program entered into old TS2068.
Around Christmas time, our postage bill gets very
large. With all of those Christmas cards, we send a lot of
mail during the months of November and December. The
cost of all that mail is one thing, but having to hand write
our return address on all of that mail is too much. Sure, we
could go out and get some ready-made return labels, or
even a rubber stamp, but those do not show the Christmas
spirit. What we need is a Christmas return address label
maker. That is what this program does.
This Program will make any number of return address
labels on 15/16 inch pressure sensitive labels. The labels
must be one-up, meaning only one across the page, and
cannot be any larger than 3-1/2 inches. The text of the label
is variable and entered when the program is run. In
addition to the text of the labeL the program also adds a
small, graphically printed, picture to the label. Currently,
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the program has four such pictures in its library, but the
program may be easily modified to add additional pictures.
The picture is printed using a graphic area of 32 X 40
dots. The picture is placed into the program using a READ
DATA statement pair in lines 250 to 260. To add additional
pictures, one must change line 40 so that MP = equals the
number of pictures to look for. One may then adds
additional DATA statements to the end of the program
which contains the encoded new pictures.
At the top and bottom of the label is a graphic scroll
which frames the label. This scroll is of a variable length
and its length is calculated from the length of the text to be
printed. The text itself is entered when the program is run.
The text has a maximum of four lines, but blank lines may
be entered if required. The first line is printed in the
emphasized mode which calls attention to the line. The
remaining three lines are printed compressed, which allows
printing the most amount of information on the line. The
program was written for a Legend 1080, but should also
run on EPSON printers with Graph Trax 4, Legend 880,
Gemini 10X or probably any FX-80 or RX-80 Epson
compatible printer.
In addition to return address labels, we have also used
the program to print out Christmas gift tags. We enter the
four lines as follows.
CQ3 TO:
FROM:
This way, we now have blank, stick-on labels that
may be filed out later and attached to Christmas packages.
0 REM Put your TASMAN B CPI printer driver code
in this location. Lines 5 through 7 will POKE the
code into Hi-RAM.
4 LET PR = PEEK 23635+256*PEEK 23636: LET PR=PR+5
5 CLEAR 64715
5 LET PS=VAL "PEEK 23635+256* PEEK 23636": LET
PS=VAL "PS+5":LET PR=VAL "64716-PS"
6 FOR i=PR TO (PR+651) :POKE (i +38001), PEEK i:
NEXT i
7 RANDOMIZE USR 64 719
10 REM Christmas Return Label Generator VI. 0T
Written By Gregory A= Dertz & Robert E. Swoger
November 23,1985
40 LET MP=4
50 DIM AS (4, 36) : DIMS (12): DIM K(MP, 4 , 40) : DIM
X(4)
60 REM This Is The Data For The Upper And Lower
Scroll
70 FOR 1=1 TO 12
80 READ S(I)
90 NEXT I
100 DATA 64,32,48,24,28,28,28,2 8,24,48,32,64
110 LET LC=1
120 CLS : PRINT " Welcome To The Christmas"
130 PRINT " Return Address Label Program.",,,
140 PRINT "I will first ask for your name and
address (4 lines max.), then "
160 PRINT "print out the number of return "
170 PRINT "address labels requested.",,,
180 PRINT "The first line of the label will"
190 PRINT "be printed emphasized, the"
200 PRINT "remaining three lines will be"
210 PRINT "printed compressed." ,,,
220 PRINT " To use me you must have labels"
I have wntten a second program that comes in handy
when designing and programmmg the pictures. This
program prints out a continuous stream of graph paper that
is 40 squares wide. Using this paper, one may design the
picture into decimal characters.
With these two programs, one may create any
number of unique labels for any occasion. Happy Label
Mailing
I was very impressed one year when Stan Lemke
printed one of my labels from one of his clients thinking
that it was the result of one of his programs! It gave Greg
and I a GOOD FEELING!
The program below is to be used with the LarKen L3
Disk Drive interface and the modified TASMAN B CPI
printer interface mentioned in the January 1993 issue of
UPDATE! Magazine. It is not necessary to do any Peeks
and POKEs into the LarKen LKDOS RAM area as this
program contains the printer driver code in the line 0
REMark statement.
If you do not obtain this program from UPDATE!
Magazine, you must load the code yourself into the
program by making a line 0 REMark statement with 652
spaces, type in the rest of the program and save it by
typing GOTO 9990. Next, load your TASMAN CPI
printer driver code. Finally, execute the following program
in the immediate mode:
FOR i=26715 to (26715+651 ): POKE
i,PEEK(i+38001) :NEXT I
If the program RUNs OK, SAVE it again by typing
GOTO 9990.
230 PRINT "that are 1 to the inch and are"
240 PRINT "one-up on the sheet - a roll"
245 REM While the user is reading the above stuff,
start reading the data for the pictures.
250 FOR 1=1 TO MP
260 FOR J=l TO 4
270 FOR X-l TO 40
280 READ K(I,J,X)
290 NEXT X: NEXT J: NEXT I
300 GO SUB 900
310 CLS : PRINT "EXAMPLE:",,,," MERRY
CHRISTMAS", ," John, Mary, Jim, & Spot", "1234 Any
Street": PRINT "This Town, IL 60000",,,
320 REM Now ask for the return address info
330 FOR 1=1 TO 4
340 PRINT " LINE "ill"? ";: INP UT G$
350 IF G$="" THEN GO TO 365
360 LET X(I)=LEN G$ : LET AS (I) - G$
365 PRINT AS (1,1 TO )
370 NEXT I
375 PAUSE 150
380 CLS : REM Now echo the input for confirmation.
390 FOR 1=1 TO 4
400 PRINT AS (1,1 TO )
410 NEXT I
420 PRINT : RANDOMIZE USR 64719
430 INPUT "CORRECT? ";T$
440 IF T$="y" OR T$="Y" OR T$="YES" THEN GO TO 470
450 IF T$="n" OR T$="N" OR T$="NO" THEN GO TO 330
460 GO TO 390
465 REM Thi3 section will now calculate the length
of the scroll based on the length of the longest
inputted line.
470 LET H-X(l)
480 FOR 1=2 TO 4
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690 IF L=2 THEN LPRINT CHR$ 27; CHRS 27; "F" ; CHRS
27;CHR$ 15; CHRS 27;CHR$ (27);"G";: REM Prints all
other lines compressed
700 LPRINT A$ (L)
710 NEXT L
720 GO SUB 840: REM Prints the lower scroll
725 LET LC=LC+1: REM Increments the picture
726 IF LC=MP+1 THEN LET LC=1
730 LPRINT : LPRINT : LPRINT
740 LPRINT CHR$ 27;CHR$ 2 7; "H"; : RESTORE : PRINT
"PRINTED" : NEXT Z
790 LPRINT CHRS 27;CHR$ 27; "@"; : REM Now DONE, so
reset the printer
800 INPUT "Would You Like More Labels? ";T$
310 IF T$="y" OR T$="Y" OR T$="YES" THEN GO TO 380
820 IF T$="n" OR T$="N" OR T$="NO" THEN PRINT
"O.K. Thank you for using me.": STOP : GO TO 9998
830 GO TO 800
840 LPRINT CHRS 27;CHR$ 27; "H"; CHRS 27;CHR$
27; B K";CHR$ 27;CHR$ (12*H);CHR$ 27;CHR$ (0);
850 FOR B=l TO H
860 FOR 1=1 TO 12
870 LPRINT CHRS 27;CHR$ (S(I));
880 NEXT I: NEXT B: LPRINT : RETURN
900 PRINT AT 21, 4; "HIT <ENTER> to continue "
910 LET T$=INKEY$: IF T$="" THEN GO TO 910
920 RETURN
490 IF (15/27) * (X(I) ) >H THEN LET H=INT
; (15/27) * ;x(i) ) ;
500 NEXT I
510 LET H=5+(INT ((2/3)*H))
520 IF H>22 THEN LET H=22: REM Check for overflow
525 REM Now print the labels
530 INPUT "Number of labels to be printed? ";N
540 PRINT "Insert labels and line up the"
550 PRINT "first label.",,,,
580 REM Now clear the printer and set line spacing
to 8/72 inch so that there will not be spaces
between the lines of the picture
581 LPRINT CHRS 27;CHR$ 27;"@"; CHRS 27;CHRS
27;"A";CHRS 27;CHR$ (8);
585 REM Now then, print all of the labels
590 FOR Z-l TO N
600 PRINT " LABEL NO. ";Z,: POKE 23692,255
610 GO SUB 840: REM Prints the upper scroll
620 FOR L=l TO 4
630 LPRINT CHRS 27;CHR$ 27; "L"; CHRS (80);CHR$
27; CHRS (0) ;
640 FOR C=l TO 40: REM Prints picture line
660 LPRINT CHRS 27;CHR$ (K(LC,L ,C));CHR$ 27;CHR$
(K(LC,L,C) ) ;
670 NEXT C
680 IF L=l THEN LPRINT CHRS 27; CHRS 27; "E" ; : REM
Prints the first line emphasised
1000 REM Tree Array LC=1
1010 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 7, 63, 255
1020 DATA 255,63,7,1, 0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1030 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 7, 73, 223, 255, 255, 255
1040 DATA 255,255,255,223,79,7,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0
1050 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 35, 239, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255
1060 DATA 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 239,35, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1070 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 48, 112, 240, 2 40, 240, 240, 240, 2 40, 240, 240, 240, 255, 255, 255
1080 DATA 255, 255, 255, 2 40, 240, 240, 240, 2 40, 240, 240, 240, 240, 112, 48, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1090 REM Bells Array LC=2
1100 DATA 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,3,7,3,0,7,7
1110 DATA 15,15,31,31,15,15,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1120 DATA 0, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255,255, 255, 255, 248, 7, 255, 255, 255
1130 DATA 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1140 DATA 0, 0, 0, 152, 252, 252, 248, 2 40, 248, 252, 254,255,255, 25 4, 241, 15, 255, 255, 255, 255
1150 DATA 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,15,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1160 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 64, 64, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192
1170 DATA 192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 216, 252, 252, 216, 192, 192, 64, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1180 Rem Sock Array LC=3
1190 DATA 0,7,2,1,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1200 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 29, 51, 62, 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1210 DATA 0, 128, 0, 0, 128, 0, 60, 36, 36, 60, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1220 DATA 0, 0, 0, 48, 4 4, 67, 135, 135, 15, 31, 31, 159, 127, 15, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1230 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 240, 80, 16, 16, 0, 15, 1, 1, 1
12 40 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 129, 227, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,255,255, 255, 255, 63, 12, 0,0
1250 DATA 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1260 DATA 0, 24, 60, 12 6, 254, 25 4, 254, 252, 252,2 48, 240, 22 4, 192, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1270 REM Candle Array LC=4
1280 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 24, 32, 64, 128, 128
1290 DATA 131, 132, 136, 132, 131, 128, 128, 64, 32, 24, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1300 DATA 0, 1, 6, 8, 16, 32, 96, 96, 32, 16, 8, 6, 1, 0, 192, 32, 16, 0, 0, 0
1310 DATA 207,47,31,47,207,0,0,0,16,32,192,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1320 DATA 0, 192, 48, 12, 6, 2, 97, 33, 33, 33, 33, 65, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
1330 DATA 255, 255,255,255,255, 1,1,1, 1,1,1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 0,0
1340 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2 48, 2 48, 2 48, 248, 2 48, 2 48, 248, 2 48, 248
1350 DATA 2 48, 248, 2 48, 2 48, 2 48, 2 48, 2 48, 248, 2 48, 2 48, 2 40, 224, 192, 128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
9991 CLEAR
9992 RANDOMIZE USR 100: SAVE "XMSLBL.BT" LINE 1
9998 RANDOMIZE USR 100: LOAD "L.B1"
9999 SAVE "XMASLBL" LINE 1
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TO: All Our Members
FROM: The Staff And Contributors
of ZXir QLive Alive!
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Daisy Be Good
We are introducing two series of articles, dealing with
Bill Jones' suite of Word Processing programs. It is
implemented in 2068 BASIC, except for only one (very
important) Machine Coded routine. The articles will
develop in parallel, when possible; one dealing with the
original, unaltered version of Daisy, as received from Frank
Davis, Spring of 1992; the other treating our customized
version, also in Frank's possession.
Daisy puts the surprisingly many powers of a 2068 at
our disposal, making the TIMEX again conveniently
useful, reliable, and flexible. Indeed, since Daisy is mainly
a Word Processor, we may go on to include similar
treatments of Bill's interesting Udbm ensemble of Data
Base Managers.
The archival copy of Daisy here has been molested.
Therefore, we will explain the operation of "the most
original copy" in our files.
No such problem for the second series. Those articles
discuss our customized version of Daisy, customized to
use our 9-pin printer (Brother M-1109) and LarKen DOS
(version - L3) .
Now, we can continue to describe the operation of
the original Daisy Word Processor, using our 2068 and
LKDOS (L3) . It comes already set up for Bill's 24-pin
printer (Panasonic KXP-1124) and for two disk drives
(possibly the same) , Program Disk and Data Disk .
"Program Disk" refers to the number (from 0 to 4) of
the disk drive, from which Daisy is LOADed, for the Daisy
disk contains the many menus, used to convey convenient
information, on-line as needed.
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by David Lassov
So, any necessary customization is limited to DOS
conversion (if other than LKDOS,) "stymn.B6" to stylize
different printers (other than 24-pin Panasonic,) and
"ps.Cl" , which is the menu, for using "stymn.B6" .
There is a problem of which comes first, the chicken
or the egg. For, much of the power of Daisy comes from its
ability to take advantage of most (or all) of your Epson-
compatible printer. But, you can't modify "stymn.B6" and
"ps.Cl", till the operations and coding of Daisy are well
understood, about six months. Refer to Printer Matching in
Bill's documentation, which accompanied your purchase,
also Smart Text, LKDOS, published in 1989, UPDATE!,
under printer control and style changes .
Thus, ENTER your printer description such as "Daisy
Wheel" , till you are so familiar with printer matching,
controlling, and styling, as to be able to write your own
"styrnn.B6"and"ps.Cl".
OK, LOAD Daisy from the program disk. Six
prompts, for describing your printer, precede the display of
our main menu, Daisy's Function Menu.
Option #1 results in a choice between electing #1,
Daisy Data Base Manager, or #2. Universal Data Base
Manager.
Since this article concerns Daisy, we elect #1 and get
the Quickie Menu .
Next time,, we will explore the quickie menu, but
below are the first three screens, already mentioned. .
ELECT :
l£|3 Daisy Ds Manager
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Daisy Be Good Update Parti
by David E. Lassov
This series of articles deals with Bill Jones' suite of
word processing programs, as customized for our com-
puter system of TS-2068, LKDOS (L3) and 9-pin printer
by Brother M-l 109. Frank Davis has a copy of our "new
and improved" version of Daisy.
We learned, early on, that the small RAM of the 2068
created one bottleneck of an obstacle to the implementa-
tion of all the essential features of contemporary Word
Processors. Bill's solution is called "extra-memory pro-
grarnming'' which can be very disk-intensive, and the
original version of Daisy is really strapped by this disk-
intensity. Software interrupts continually impeded the
flow of work at the keyboard, so much so as to be unsuit-
able for word processing in these days of "cheap" com-
puter memory.
Our modifications of the original Daisy programs en-
deavor is to improve upon Bill's rather slavish abuse of
LKDOS, in order to gain "extra memory". But, let it be
said HERE AND NOW, that while some of Bill's code is
annoyingly slow, it all works, reliably, and ex-
hibits extreme ingenuity.
Now, we can continue to describe the operations of
our new and improved Daisy word processor, using our
TS2068, LKDOS (L3) and 9-pin printer Brother M-l 109.
First of all, there is only one disk called for: DATA DISK.
As before, the program disk is the drive (from 0 to 4) from
which Daisy is LOADed, but the program derives this in-
formation from location 110 of the LKDOS software.
Thus, we cut in (roughly) half the number of software in-
terrupts, impeding work flow on our word processor at the
keyboard. As before, DATA DISK refers to the number
(from 0 to 4) of disk drives, from where input data be
sought.
In order to remove this last requirement for LKDOS,
simply change the entry point from 9998 to 2070, and re-
place any RANDOMIZE USR 100: GOTO pd with
GOSUB 30. This restores the requests for PROGRAM
DISK, which can be answered by your DOS, given suitable
conversion of syntax from LKDOS to JLO DOS, for ex-
ample.
Our version of Daisy has four different names:
ManlAd, PO+MM, IN+ED, and dbms, according to which
application of word processing the limited RAM of our TS-
2068 be called upon to execute.
Bill's original version changed itself by four different
values for "TURBO", according to the application... . The
change used DELETE and MERGE of disk files, an agoniz-
ingly SLOW process.
Upon LOADing ManlAD, or PO+MM, six prompts
lead to our main menu, the FUNCTION MENU. Upon
LOADing IN+ED, or dbms, the FUNCTION MENU
comes right up immediately.
Option #1 on the function menu loads the QUICKIE
MENU on ManlAD and IN+ED. Option #1 is disabled on
both PO+MM and dbms.
Before this gets too contusing, let us say that we both
SPEEDED UP and SHRUNK DOWN Daisy, while break-
ing Daisy out into the four main applications of word proc-
essing, printing out with Manual Addressing TURBO 3 ,
printing out with Mail Merge addressing TURBO 2 , In-
put/Edit TURBO 1 and dbms, a gateway to data base
managers TURBO 0
Next time, we will get into the Quickie Menu.
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Here is a more recent and sophisticated general pur-
pose LarKen extended BASIC demo which I developed for
my LABELMAKER II program upgrade project. To facili-
tate your running all these new demos. 1 have eliminated
the usual DELETE/MERGE operations and SAVEd the
demo implementation routines along with the core subrou-
tines. The fonts used by this demo are new and improved
as well. There are two look alike three windows screen
display demos. The three windows screen display format
of these new demos resembles that of the
FILMRECORDER demo, I wrote a few years ago. The
first of these two demos is a real three LarKen window
demo, each window is set to the size of the screen display
section. The second is a pseudo three window demo, this
demo uses one window for the whole screen display which
includes all three sections of the screen displays. Each of
the sections (windows) is a different color, has borders,
fixed underlines and titles etc. Each demo has direct data
entry. Each screen position where there is an item requir-
ing data entry is highlighted one item at a time sequentially.
When the user moves the highlighted bar to the item and
presses the 'E' key the bar is removed and a cursor is pro-
vided so that data entry can commence. The two PRINT
#0 lines are used to provide window handling or data entry
options menus. The new menu options that provide for
these improved data entry operations are the following:
1 . Shift Window to Window
2. Shift Next/Prior item
3. Change item (select from a set of fixed constants)
4. ENTER Data (start data entry at the highlighted bar)
5. Finish (to conclude data entry per file unit)
6. Quit (goto the main options menu).
The real difference between the two demos is the
typing speed. More than half the data entry routine is in
MC. I first tried to compile the complete data entry rou-
tine, but the LarKen extended BASIC functions refused to
work properly after they were compiled. The end product
is a data entry routine that is part in MC and part in
BASIC. It is the part of the data entry routine that is in
BASIC, the extended BASIC functions, that makes the
difference in typing speed. The first demo's maximum
typing speed is slow, only slightly better than PRO/FILE,
while the second demo's typing speed is first rate. The
better typing speed of the second demo is due to the short-
ening of the extended BASIC data entry routine due to the
removal of all the lines for printing to two additional win-
dows. The second demo's care of subroutines is also
shortened by the elirnination of all the extended BASIC
lines used for window #0 (PRINT #5) and window #1
(PRINT #6). The core routines line numbers for the re-
maining lines are the same, so the programmer can use the
same catalog of core routines lines listings. The MC part of
the data entry routine is the same for both the real and
pseudo three window demos. This new and improved data
entry routine provides for three modes of data entry.
These modes are:
1. All Characters, pressing "CS +2" key alternately shifts
the cursor from "C" to "L".
2. Capitals Only
3. Numbers Only
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by Mori Binstock
Being a Z88 user, I found your articie about using the
"Renewal RAY-O-VAC" rechargeable battery very useful.
I think this provides a GOOD solution for low cost
operation. I'd like to share with others my Z88 battery
experiences.
I often take long airplane journeys requiring a
computer totally dependent upon its batteries . I balance
the benefits of a modern notebook with really great
software against my lighter Z88. The Z88 is better suited
for the long journeys because its batteries last longer and
can be changed on the fly. For a long journey, these
advantages can outweigh the Z88's limited primitive
software, limited storage, and the nuisance of cable file
transfer.
For a long journey, the Z88 battery life wins hands
down. I get 4 - 6 hours from the one set before getting the
low battery message. I have read that battery life can be
safely extended by ignoring the low battery message and
waiting until the screen starts to blank. Being conservative,
I never tried this.
Actual usage time is indefinite as the batteries can be
changed on the fly. A capacitor in the Z88 retains all
memories for several minutes without the batteries. This
feature allows, when the low battery message appears,
battery replacement and continued operation. By carrying
enough spare batteries, battery life on a long trip is not an
issue.
I have experimented with several techniques to
reduce battery cost. Nicads were tried, but are not
satisfactory. With 4 AA Nicads (6 volts) the low battery
message is always on. I also tried 5 smaller (6 volts')
Nicads. I quickly abandoned Nicads because of their short
storage life and no real low battery warning. Nicads are
risky, too easy to lose the Z88s stored data.
My best solution is using a 4 D cells (6 volts) external
battery pack, slightly larger than the size of the Z88's AC
adapter. D cells cost about the same as the required AA
batteries and provide a quantum increase in battery life. I
purchased from Radio Shack a 4 D cell battery holder and
a plug to fit the Z88's power jack, fabricating the necessary
cable. The AA's in the Z88 serve as back up.
I have used this set up on long trips and have never
exhausted the D cells, I strongly recommend this external
pack. I like to plan on using the rechargeable Renewal
batteries for shorter trips to obtain portability at minimum
cost. My approach for longer trips when a recharge is not
an option is to still use the external battery pack.
Chairman's thoughts on this:-
Many thanks for the letter and the information on the
RENEWAL batteries.
On the practical side, the number of times that you
can recharge the RENEWAL batteries is in proportion to
the amount of discharge, the less the discharge the more
times it can be recharged. The spec, sheet I got from the
company suggested that the 25 times of cycling could be
extended to 100 if the discharge was not too great. I called
their 800 number and I could not get a technician that could
or would give that in an answer that I could relate to voltage.
But I got the impression that it was along the lines of 85% of
the full charge voltage. 5 volts to turn on the low battery
signal means that likely the batteries are discharged to
about 83% of their full charge voltage so the low battery
light is a good time to change batteries. 0/0.
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Our price is $63.
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If you are a LarKen LK-DOS owner and would like to run
SPECTRUM programs on your system, we will supply a V2
EPROM, socket and 74HCT32 for $12 which includes shipping and
handling. The installation instructions are in your LarKen manual.
We shall not be responsible for your install job. AERCO owners
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So you like to fly, the 747 Flight Simulator for SPECTRUM by
Derek Ashton of DACC. Requires a SPECTRUM equipped 2068.
Supplied on LarKen SSDD or DSDD LarKen disk for $10 which
goes to Derek now working at Motorola with Bob.
Bob Swoger Address on page 2
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940 BEAU DR APT 204
DES PLAINES IL 60016-5876
Phone(eve.) 708 439-1679
A Strategic generic War game
for the "15-2068
€ O K l| II E S T
^ Completely in fast machine code. Games can be SAVEd
andCONTINUEd.
^ Available on tape, or disk, AERCO, Oliger. Game and map
SAVEs in BASIC allows conversion to your system.
Price $19.95 + $2.50 S&H.
Order from:- or:-
LLOYD DREGER SMUG
2461 S. 79THST BOX 101
WEST ALUS Wl 5321 9 BUTLER Wl 53007
FOR SALE Print Factory on disk for the
TS-2068 LarKen and Oliger. $5 for those who own the tape
version. Those who order it long ago and never received it,
please contact me, you should get what you ordered.
FRANK DAVIS
UPDATE! Magazine
POBOX 1095
PERU IN 46970
The John Oliger Co.
11601 WidbeyDr.
Cumberland IN 46229
The John Oliger Floppy Disk System
FOR THE TS-2068
DiskWorks
Expansion Board
2068 User Cartridge
Disk Boards "A" & "B*
2068 Parallel Printer Port
2068 EPROM Programmer
2068/SPECTRUM Joystick Port
DFh Mapped Universal I/O Port board
Vpp Power Suppiy
User Manual only : $5 . 00 (Read before you buy)
Service For America's
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Write for prices S ASE appreciated
COMPUTER CLASSICS
RR 1 BOX 117
CABOOL MO 65689
Phone 417 469-4571
PROFILE -ZX-81 (tic-tac-toe)
ZX-TEXT - Word Processor
ZX-CALC - Spreadsheet
Business Software
Cycle Accounting Financial Report Generator
ZX-CALENDAR - Time Management
ZX-81 TS-1000 TS-1500
TS-2068
Albert F. Rodriguez
A.F.R. S of tw a r e
1605 PENNSYLVANIA AVE 204
MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
305 531-6464
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Make David an Offer
ZX-81 /TS-1000 TS-2068
Hardware Kits
Real Time Clock I/O Controller RS-
232 Centronics l/F 1 6K & 64K RAM
300 BAUD Modem A-D Converterossembied)
BYTE-BACK INC
536 LONG TER
LEESVILLE SC 29070
Maintains a link with European BBS's that cany
QL related message areas.
PD on-line, UPLOAD, DOWNLOAD
SYSOP John J. Impellizzeri
'How-To' is in the April, 94 UPDATE! Magazine
F r e e b i e J
If you have sharp metal where the cable is on your disk drive
and want to protect your cable from wear here is a deal. I
have some plastic protectors that are 3.5 inches long (49 of
them) and some that are 2.75 inches long. They are easy to cut
to length if necessary. The protector are such that they will slide
onto metal or plastic up to about .050 inches thick. Send a
SASE and I will send you up to 3 per request.
Donald S Lambert
1301 KiblingerPI
Auburn IN 46706-3010
Memory, Printers, Disk Drives, Software,
EPROMs, Modems, Mobile Phones
Mike Fink
Domino Cubes
484 W 43rd ST STE 27 Q
NEW YORK NY 10036-6329
212 971-0368 (ring six times)
TS-1000/ZX-81/TS-1500 Software by
TIMEX Orbyte Canaan Reston Quicksliva
also for
TS-2068/Spectrum and QL
T/S Books
Hardware for ZX-81/TS-1000
TEJ Computer Products
2405 GLENDALE BLVD STE208
LOS ANGLES CA 90039
24 Hr. Order line: 213 669-1418
FOR SALE: Complete TS-1000, TS-2040 printer in their
original boxes and three rolls of thermal paper. Mint condition.
For $35 P/shipping.
Complete Atari system, 800XL computer, printer, modem,
software and books. Mint condition. $95 P/shipping
ROBERT CURNUTT
10400 TRUXTON RD
ADELPHI MP 20783
WANTED: Looking for instructions or documentation on
the ZX Assembler/Disassembler by Bob Berch.
WAYNE KNAUST
2 PEAR TREE CT
ST. PETERS MO 63376
WANTED: a mil size keyboard, educational software and
a replacement ULA chip for the TS-1000.
ALEX SWEITZER
RD 1 BOX 207
FAYETTE CITY, PA 15438
WANTED: Articles or material for the QL and the Z88 for
publication in ZXir QLive Alive!. Also articles on any other T/S
computer. Can't publish what we do not have. Will accept even
handwritten notes.
DONALD S LAMBERT
1301 KiBLINGER PL
AUBURN IN 46706-3010
FOR SALE: Olivetti PR2300 Ink- Jet printer, like new, in
original box with extra cartridges, $75.00; Radio Shack CGP-
115 Color Printer/Plotter, $75.00. T/S 2050 Modem complete,
in original box, $35.00.
D G SMITH
R 415 STONE ST.
JOHNSTOWN PA 15906
(814) 535-6998
MIRACLE 5 1 2K EXP ANDERAM S60
TRUMP FLP/RAM $35
TRUMP2 DISK CARD (0)K I/O $60
ALL THREE FOR $120
Includes a copy of Qluster, QLuMsi and QLamber.
fit leng
914 RIO VISTA CIR SW
ALBUQUERQUE NM 87105
(505)843-8414
■PLATYPUS
scarrwAsa
3E7 IN TOUCH
With European Users
Fidonet linked BBS
QBox-US A
810 254-9878
24 hours a day
Xmodem124 SEAIink Teiink
300 to 2400 BAUD (1 4400 soon)
Runs entirely on Sinclair QL
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WANTED: DEAD QL's, Spectrums or add-on boards.
Will pay $20 plus shipping for complete defective units.
D WALTERMAN
PO BOX 176
TROY Ml 48099-0176
810 656-4108
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Timothy Swenson, Editor
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The Journal Covering Amateur Radio
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ALEX BURR K5XY
LAS CRUCES NM 88001
FOR SALE : QZX Index. .59 pages. $10 Postpaid. &
PC-DRAW a printed circuit designer for the TS-2068 $9.00 pp.
A F BURR
2025 O'DONNELL DR
LAS CRUCES NM 88001
WANTED: "The Explorer's Guide" by Mike
Lord and "SPECTRUM Wargaming" by
Owens & Fisher.
PHILLIP JOE
800 BOWIE LN
GREENWOOD MS 38930
CATS Newsletter
The Capital Area T/S Users Group
BARRY WASHINGTON
7044 CINDY LN
ANNANDALE VA 22003
301 588-0579 BBS
WANTED : AERCO disk drive interface for the TS-1000. I
will consider a purchase either with or without drives. I will
even consider a repair-it-yourself .
FRED STERN
PO BOX 264
HOLBROOK NY 11741
516 737-0963 eve.
Chicago Area Timex Users Group
FRANK MILLS
41 7 S 47TH AVE
BELLWOOD IL 60104
FOR SALE: Assembled TS-1000 Hunter non-volatile
board with memory and docs - $30
MemoPac 32K RAM with docs - $20
2 Beeper kits sounds off with key press - $10 ea.
QL - Falkenberg hard-drive with Omti MFM controller
(either a bus driver board for a Gold Card or one for a
Trump Card), an MFM cable, hard-drive case and power
ZXir QLive Alive!
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supply. Works great with any MFM drive from 20 up to
416 Megs. All for $225. Money order or COD.
ELIAD WANNUM
c/o UPDATE! MAGAZINE
PO BOX 1095
PERU IN 46970
from Computer Shopper
PRINTER RIBBONS in sealed plastic package. For
| EPSON FX/MX/RX 100 senes. Not $3.00 each, but 2/S1.00
i plus S&H. Or 6/S3.00. 60/S25 includ. S&H.
JOHN MANUS
3609 CEDAR HILL DR NW
HUNTSVILLE AL 35810
205 852-2142
from Nuts & Volts
Make an offer
Hardware Software
16K RAM module Mixed game bag
M-16 Byte-Back Money Analyser I
TS- 1 0 1 6 plug-in module Money Analyser II
TV switch Power Pack I
Z-DUBBER Statistics (unopened)
ZXAS
2 - 2040 printers, 4" roll, (in working condition)
3 - recorder cables 1 - TS- 1000 user manual
2 - TS-1000 ( don't work, vours for mail cost )
1 - TS- 1000 unknown modification with extra plug and and push-
button! (works)
3.5" Floppy 720K
with case and cable
Made for Tandy Easily converted for QL
Model 25-1061 $24.95
PRIME COMPONENTS INC
150 W INDUSTRY CT
UtfcK r AKIN. INY n/^y
51 6 254-01 01 from Nuts & Volte
4 - 9V wail power suplies (TS-1000)
1 - 12V wall power supply (TS-2040)
CHARLES CHRESTIEN
736 SAN JULE CT
SUNNYVALE CA 94086
AT LAST
A rewritten and enhanced
LarKen Operating Manual
$75 for complete TS-1000 Computer Station mounted in a DK
standard keyboard, includes:
TS-1000 computer with 16 k RAM & cables. GE computer cassette
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uipt rcLurucT. /\ipxiai^um piXJltcX. UscT Ivlallimi.
Essential Guide to T/S computers.
LJC00S Ground I this pad to
Cartridge disable LXD0S„
by
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Available from RMG & Mechanical
iiiiinrry wnen you oraer L,oy lv^aii
See Article "JLO with LKDOS Cartridge"
; III : : l|p2Q50 : : Modems $1 5 ea.
2 Parker Electronics printers exact duplicate of Timex $25 ea
Software: $2.00 ea. Or$30forall-
2k Games pack Alien Invasion 16k
BioRhythms 16k Budgeteer
Conversational Spanish Cube Game
Extended Basic Flight Simulator
Ham Logbook Hangman 16k
Mazogs Memory Scope
Meteorites 16k Mixed Game Bag
Morsecode Translator Power Pack 1
Red Alert 16k Stock mkt. Calc 16k
Super Chess 16k TS Destroyer 2k
Word 2.2 ZX Profile (Woods)
5- rolls of thermal paper $4
prices do not incl. postage
ROBERT J FIELDS
27 EDMEL RD
SCOTIA NY 12302
518 399-8383
SINCLAIR Resources
JACK DOHANY (Developer)
390 RUTHERFORD
REDWOOD CITY CA 94061
JOHN MCMICAEL (Developer)
1710 PALMER DR
LARAMIE WY 82070
307 742-4530
ED GREY ENTERPRISES
PO BOX 2186
INGLEWOOD CA 90305
213 759-7406
Bill Ferebee (TS-1 000/2068)
MOUNTAINEER SOFTWARE
749 HILL ST 9
PARKERSBURG WV 26104
Price IB at ch
RIBBON RE-INKING
We can re-ink your used printer ribbons for a fraction of the
cost of a new one.
BSM Consulting
41 F STREET
EDWARDS CA 93523-231 4 ,
880 546-1588
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IQLR (QL)
PO BOX 3991
NEWPORT Ri 02840-0987
401 849-3805
Bill Russell (QL)
RUSSEL ELECTRONICS
RR1 BOX 539
CENTER HALL PA 16828
MarkStueber (QL)
SHARP'S COMPUTER CENTER
7244 MECHANICSVILLE TPKE
MECHANICSVILLE VA 231 1 1
804 730-9697 FAX 804 746-1978
SUNSET ELECTRONICS (TS- 1000/2068)
2254 TARAVAL ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 941 16
Bill Cable (QL)
WOOD & WIND COMPUTING
RR3 BOX 92
CORNISH NH 03745
603 675-2218
Send them a LS ASE and ask for information about
their current products and/or services.
The Kesst Of
THE PLOTTER
ZX-81 TS-IOOO TS-2068 QL
Contents are exclusively those developed and published
by THE PLOTTER authors over the past 1 2 years.
Price: S14.95 pp. per copy.
Companion Disk B
with all the TS-2068 programs on it. Specify disk
size/tracks - LarKen or Oliger $9.95 PostPaid
To Order:
Send your check or money Order to:
RMG Enterprises
14784 S QUAIL GROVE CIR
OREGON CITY OR 97045
503 655-7484 (8AM-6PM Tue-Sat) FAX 503 655-4116
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now starting our 8 th year of publication ! ! !
We are a large quarterly magazine that is produced on
Sinclair computers. We cover the QL, Z88, TS-2068, Spectrum
and the ZX-81. Minimum issue size is 50 pages, and does
include ads from Sinclair dealers. The price is $18 in US$ in
North America; $22 elsewhere, and we do accept the £ or the
DM equivalents for a subscription.
Send all funds and requests for a new subscription to:
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Checks, travelers checks, cash are all acceptable.
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Current 1000 Price List
DESCRIPTION
STOCK NUMBER
PRICE
JOOK-INS AND OUTS OF THE TS1000/ZX81 <1000)(S/W)
RMG#1130
3
. 00
REPAIR- 1000 COMPUTER ( SERVICE ) ( 1000)
RMGfRPRl
0
.00
TIMEX" STATES & CAPITOLS ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )( 1500 )
RMG#U102
1
. 00
A&J TYPE I WAFERS ( USED )( H/W X 1000)( 2068 )
RMG#U118
2
. 50
TIMEX -GRIMMS FAIRY TRAILS ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )( 1500
RMG#U138
1
. 00
TIMEX-COUPON MANAGER ( USED )< S/W )( 1000 )( 1 500 )
RMG#U155
2
mm
. 00
TIMEX-VU CALC ( USED ) ( S/W ) ( 1000 ) ( 1500 )
RMG#U182
1
. 00
TIMEX- BACKGAMMON ( USED )( 1000 )( S/W )
RMG#U184
1
. 00
TIMEX-LOAN MORTGAGE AMORTIZER ( USED) ( S/W )( 1000 ) (
RMG#U188
9
. 00
TIMEX-GAMBLER ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )( 1500 )
RMG#U189
2
All
TIMEX-MONEY ANALYZER I ( USED) ( S/W )( 1000 )( 1500 )
RMG#U191
2
AA
. WW
TIMEX -AUTOMOBILE ANALYZER ( USED )( 1000( 1 500 )( S/W )
RMG#U203
1
AA
• WW
TIMEX-CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS ( USED )( 1000( 1500 )( S
RMG#U204
1
X
AA
BOOK-ZX81 BASIC PROGRAMMING ( 1000 )( S/W )( USED )
RMG#U210
«*
J
AA
PRINTER-TS2040 COMPLETE ( USED) ( H/W )( 1000 )( 1500 ) (
RMG#U230
2 5
Cm ~f
. AA
DATAQU ESTER -STATES & CAPS/CHECKBOOK MANAGER (USE
RMG#U232
1
.00
TIMEX-FROGGER ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )( 1500 )
RMG#U245
1
.00
TIMEX-BUDGETER ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 ) ( 1500)
RMG#U250
1
.00
SOFTSYNC-RED ALERT f ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )( 1 500 )
RMG#U251
1
.00
TIMEWORKS-5 2K GAMES ( USED )( 1000( 1 500 )( S/W )
RMG#U252
1
.00
PRINTER-ALPHACOM 32 THERMAL PRINTER (USED)(H/W)(
RMG#U254
28
.00
MEMOTECH-SPREADSHEET ANALYSIS ( USED )( H/W )( 1000)
RMG#U259
35.00
SUNTRONICS-16K RAM PAR ( USED) ( H/W )( 1000 )( 1500 )
RMG#U267
8
.00
TIMEX-HOMB IMPROVEMENT PLANNER ( USED) ( S/W ) ( 1000 )
RMG#U272
1
.00
TIMEX-FLIGHT SIMULATOR < USED )( 1000( 1500 )< S/W )
RMG#U2 73
1
.00
TIMBX-STATISTICS ( USED) ( S/W ) ( 1000 ) ( 1500 )
RMG#U274
1
.00
TIMEX-IRA PLANNER ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )( 1500 )
RMG#U276
1
.00
TIMEX-E.E.I. FILTER DESIGN ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )( 150
RMG#U277
1
.00
SOFTS YNC-BIORYTHMS/DAY OF WEEK ( USED) ( S/W )( 1000 )
RMG#U279
1
.00
IPS-PAC RABBIT ( USED )( S/W )( 1000 )
RMG#U291
1
.00
SINCLAIR-BACKGAMMON/DICE ( USED ) ( S/W ) ( 1000 )
RMG#U294
1
.00
IPS-DIET PROGRAM PACKAGE ( 1000( 1500 X S/W )
RMG#U306
4
.50
BYTE BACK-MD2B MODEM ( USED )( 1000 )( H/W )
RMG#U325
10
.00
BOOK-LEARNING TS BASIC ( 1000 )( S/W )( USED )
RMG#U475
5
.00
BOOK-PROGRAMMING YOUR TS1000 IN BASIC (1000)(S/W
RMG#U477
5
.00
KOPAK EZ CASSETTE LOADER S/W (1000)(S/W)
RMGU457
5
.00
All Prices Subject To Change Without Notice!
Subject To Stock On Hand)
Please Check Availability BEFORE YOU ORDER!
*** THESE PRICES ARE NOT CARVED IN STONE! WE'LL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN OFFERS! ***
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VOLUME 1
NUMBER 1
Spring 1991
SNUG is Dead! - Long Live T/SNUG
From The Chairman's Disk - SNUG!
Oliger Proposes Detente With LarKen
Stepping Rate Fix (Disk drives)
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Don Lambert
Bob Swoger & Larry Kenny
VOLUME 1
NUMBER 2
Summer 1991
INPUT/OUTPUT - Censorship, Mailing, N/L Exchange, Mile High, Bill Ferrebee
Reviews - QL Survivor's Source Book
Reviews - International QL Report
T/SNUG, QUANTA, and PD-QL Software
Converted TS-1016 RAM That Works
Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved I
Solar System Review - Computers & Technologies
VOLUME 1
NUMBER 3
Bob Swoger
Bob Dyl & Frank Davis
BobDyl
AlFeng
Anthony Farrell
Don Lambert
Joan Kealy
Fall 1991
INPUT/OUTPUT - Gill Parrish, Louis Eisen, Joan Kealy, Bill Ferrebee and Rod Humphreys
Reviews - 1 Meg Printer Buffer from Technologic Systems
How To Assemble or Replace TS-1000 Parts Cheap
Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved II
QLUSTerLITE
VOLUME 1
NUMBER 4
Bob Swoger
Bob Swoger
Gill Parrish
Don Lambert
AlFeng
Winter 1992
INPUT/OUTPUT - G. Chambers, W. Harmer, R. Wisti, H. Scriven, B. Allen and R. Madaris
Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved III
Clean Screen Please TS-2068
A Short History of The Z-88
Transfer MS-DOS Files to the TS-2068
QL Directory to Printer PDS DOC
ZX-91 10 Years Later No.l &No.2
VOLUME 2
NUMBER 1
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Bob Swoger
Dave Bennett
George Chambers
Butch Wienberg
Andre Baune
Spring 1992
INPUT/OUTPUT - W. Jackson, M. Kendoll, R. Shade, I. Zachev and J. Shepard
Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved IV
An Updated ZX-81
Bench Marking The ZX-81
Driving Your Tax Threshold
TAX-I-QLTIP
ZX-91 10 Years Later No.3
VOLUME 2
NUMBER 2
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Don Lambert
Edward Snow
Joan Kealy
AlFeng
Andre Baune
Summer 1992
Quanta-Gate?
INPUT/OUTPUT - Ken Krack, Glen Hurstedler, Francme Sklar, Charlie Fox , Andre" Baune Don
Lambert Joseph Rampolla, Chuck Kereluck, Paul Anderson. David Leech and David Lebiwitz
Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved V
Modem Time 1 st MTERM II
Refining ZCOMM (MODEMing)
TS-2068 to Z-88 Transfer Via Modem
ZX-91 10 Years Later No.4
VOLUME 2
NUMBER 3
AlFeng
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Bob Swoger
Joseph Rampolla
Dave Bennett
Andre Baune
Fall 1992
INPUT/OUTPUT - Ken Krack, Alvin Albrecht, Dave Bennett, Hugh Polley, Mort Binstock,
James CaldwelL Bob Madaris, Gill Parrish, and Joseph Rampolla
BYTE-BACK MD-68 Modem
Mineral Oil & The Printer Ribbon
Mineral Oil & The Edge Connector
Bob Swoger
Bob Swoger
Abed Kahale
Bob Swoger
ZXir QLive Aiive!
28
Winter 1994
Resetting Track 0 on Disk Drives
Writing More Efficiently
ZX-91 10 Years Later No.5
New Commands Effective With JLO SAFE V2.6
VOLUME 2
NUMBER 4
Don Lambert
Bill Harmer
Andre Baune
John Oliger
Winter 1 992
From The Editor's Desk - LogiCall5.1
INPUT/OUTPUT - Marvin Johnson and Joseph Rampoila
.50 TIPS (Programming for the 2068 & Spectrum)
VOLUME 3
NUMBER 1
Bob Swoger
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Spring 1993
INPUT/OUTPUT - Don Berry (Master Scribe), Thomas Simon and David Lassov
Compound Interest and Investing
Changing a REM statement in ZX-81 BASIC
Use Some Hitching Bits as a Flagman
VOLUME 3
NUMBER 2
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Bill Harmer
Bill Harmer
Summer 1993
SPDOS for RAMEX Mellina K (Disk drive)
RecordKeeping
INPUT/OUTPUT - Help! - Terry Graham. Ed Radtke, Wayne Knaust.
Keep 'em Coming - Greg Newkirk, Dan Elliott Robert Madans, Fred Henn, Alexander
Sweitzer, William Hanes, Albert Syler, and Les Cottreli.
QZX Index
Disk Life
Disk Life
VOLUME 3
NUMBER 3
Don Lambert
Abed Kahale
Abed Kahale
Abed Kahale
Alex Burr
Ted Jensen
Edward Snow
Fall 1993
From The Chairman's Desk - Spectrum AUTOSTART ~~" ~
Re-Inking, Ribbon Resuscitation
Keep' em Coming - Jeffrey Kuhlmann, Daniel Chattin, Dane Stegman and Louis Simon
Inexpensive Z-88 Parallel to Serial Converter
Did You Know? (LarKen Tips)
Tasman 'B' Printer Interface (CPI)
Index Highlights - Articles
Public Domain Library Listings
VOLUME 3
NUMBER 4
Don Lambert
John Wase
Abed Kahale
Jay Shepard III
Les Cottreli
R. Swoger & L. Kenny
Abed Kahale
Abed Kahale
Winter 1993
INPUT/OUTPUT - Help - Jack Payne, William Horner, TV & Monitors, Gilliam Parrish
Keep em Coming - David Lassov, Francine Sklar, Greg Simmons, Quentin Kent.
MEMOTECH MEMOPAK 64K
TS-2068 Talks to a PC by Modem
QL Hardware Project - Monitors
Tandy CM-1 1 Monitor
MSDOS to LarKen & MSCRIPT
D.U.S. Disk Utility Software
Turbo Switch for the ZX-81
Using 16K MEMOTECH MEMOPAK
Public Domain Library Update
VOLUME 4
NUMBER 1
Abed Kahale
Abed Kahale
MEMOTECH
Abed Kahale
Bob Gilder
William Horner
Les Cottreli
Don Lambert
Tony Willing
Don Lambert
Abed Kahale
Spring 1994
INPUT/OUTPUT - David Lassov, Leon HowelL D. H. Williamson, Gene Ray, D. G. Smith,
Wayne Knaust, Richard Jelen, Robert Shade, Gilliam Parrish, Rod Gowen, SUGWNY
Oliger Utilities
QL Date Gate! - DBEASY - News You Can Use
LogiCall Review
TS-2068 - CMOS On Board
Ni-Cad Charger
Abed Kahale
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Al Feng
Abed Kahale
Richard Jelen
Richard Jelen
ZXir QLive Alive!
29
Winter 1994
TI MACHINE and the FDD
QL Video Output Circuit
QL Woes
Moving Ramtop in ZX-81 TS-1000
ZX-81 POKEs and Calls
Frustrated PC Users Flood the Help Lines
D.U.S. Cheat Sheet
Why the Oliger Disk VF with JLO SAFE is the Best for Your TS-2068
CW Decoder Circuit
VOLUME 4
NUMBER 2
James Brezina
Richard Jelen
Nazir Pashtoon
Anthony Oresteen
Anthony Oresteen
Joan Kealy
Abed Kahale
John Oliger
Bob Swoger
Summer 1994
INPUT/OUTPUT - Richard Jelen, Edward Snow, Robert Gilbert, Gene Ray, Robert Barnett,
Robert Hartung, Rod Gowen, David Lassov
LarKen Disk Interlace Circuit
QLuMSi v.4.30
QLUSTer Upgrade
Relocating Machine Code - TS-2068
PARTS Inventory
Did You Try This?
SNUG Notice
T/SNUG QL Public Domain Library
VOLUME 4
NUMBER 3
Abed Kahale
Les Cottrell
AlFeng
AlFeng
James Brezina
Richard Jelen
David Lassov
Abed Kahale
Paul Holmgren
Fall 1994
INPUT/OUTPUT - Wes Brzozowski, Edwin Phillips, Arthur Binstock, Robert Shade, SNUG
Smith's Chart
Computus Interruptus - 1
Batteries for the Z88
Adjust DATABASE Please
Information SuperHighway - Modems
Complex ASCII Rotation
Z-SI/O RS-232 Serial Interface
To PRINT or not to LPRINT
VOLUME 4
NUMBER 4
Abed Kahale
Edwin Phillips
Wes Brzozowski
Don Lambert
AlFeng
Abed Kahale
Tim Swenson
Abed Kahale
Jim Brezina
Winter 1994
INPUT/OUTPUT - Bob DyL David Lassov, Dave Bennett,Wes Brzozowski, Thomas Simon,
Rod Gowen, NESQLUG, SNUG, Walter Mossberg
1994 UPDATE!
A Surprise Box of Tricks - Z88
Z88 and its Power of Recovery
JLO with LKDOS Cartridge
SINCLAIR Rides the INTERNET
Christmas Return Labels
Daisy Be Good - 1
Windows by Shade - 1
Z88 Batteries
ZQA! 1991-94 Index to Articles
Abed Kahale
Frank Davis
Hugh Howie
Hugh Howie
Bob Swoger
John Pazmino
Bob Swoger
David Lassov
Robert Shade
Mort Binstock
Abed Kahale
ZXir QLive Alive!
30
Winter 1994
