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Input/Output — by Abed Kahale
QL PD Software, TTSUC Disk Library,
IKI Schematic — Jack Dohany, SCC BBS
From The Chairman's Disk — by Donald Lambert
FILES
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DBEasy-vl.6 Review — AlFeng
Improving a SectorCOPY Program — by Al Feng
International ZX-81 Magazine
Daisy Be Good VI — by David Lassov
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ZXir QLive Alive! ©
The Tim ex/Sinclair NorthAmerican User Groups Newsletter
T/SNUG Information
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 & |LO PD Library
D. G. Smith
415 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 PL
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)
613ParksideCir.
Streamwood, IL 60107-1647
708 837-7957 Work 708 576-8068
Editor/Treasurer
LarKen PD Library
Abed Kahale (CATUG)
3343 S. Rat Rock Ct.
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635-6874
520 378-3424
ZXir QLive Alive!
Is the newsletter of T/SNUG, the
Timex/'Sinclair North American 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 (March) 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 so 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
tides 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.
If you have solved a problem or you
have a problem in one of your software
or hardware, please share it with the
rest of us.
w
Ken Harbit
Jose Moreno
Russell Wiles
«As of March 25, 1996,
we have a balance of $1296.24
fou can keep T/SNUG
alive by an annual con-
tribution of $12 for one
VOLUME made payable to
Abed Kahale. Send check to: -
ABED KAHALE
3343 S FLAT ROCK CT
SIERRA VISTA AZ 85635
Back copies are available for
$0.78 each postpaid.
Article
Contributions
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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
By hardcopy or modem (300-14.4) to:
Abed Kahale.
103457.2440@compuserve.com
GATOR' §
TWISTED PAIR
To better inform the Sinclair Community, four
24-hour a day BBSs are now provided to serve
you. You are encouraged to exchange mail and
use the files sections of these boards. Bulletins
and ads are available to all.
Q-BoxBBS 810 254-9878
Utica, Michigan
SCC BBS 305 945-8274
Miami, Florida
SOL BBS 520 882-0388
Tucson, Arizona
MMCC BBS 847 632-5558
Arlington Heights, Illinois
If you know the Internet E-Mail address of a
Sinclair user, but do not have access to Internet,
simply address your E-Mail to GATOR Sinclair
on the 24-hour MMCC BBS and include the
name and E-Mail address of the user you wish to
reach. Then check the MMCC BBS from time to
time if you expect a reply.
We encourage you to exchange mail and
contribute to the Upload Section. Call and
register using your first, last name and phone
number along with a password you wont forget.
Write. It Down! Do not try to do anything else
this first time.
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".
Select "TIMEX" to get into the Sinclair Section.
The mail you then read will only be from other
T/S users. Use extension .ART for articles, .ADS
for ads and .NWS for news when Uploading.
For help, contact the SYSOP, Bob Swoger,
by leaving a message, mail, E-Mail or phone.
ZXir QLive Alive!
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Spring 1996
Input/Output
Dear Abed,
I really appreciate the efforts of all who work together
to publish the newsletter. You do a really professional job
in both the content and appearance!
May ZXir QLive Alive remain so for many more years!
Best wishes,
Hugh W. Scriven
Chula Vista, CA
Dear Abed, — — ~
Thank you for your letter and ZXir QLive Alive. It's
great! Please let me know how much you want for a sub-
scription to Germany, And I will subscribe. If you are in-
terested, you could get our German zx-team-magazin in
exchange, but I fear, this offer will be only a good deal for
me, as you will not understand German.
What a surprise: I found two members of ZX-TEAM in
ZXir QLive Alive! Leo and Martin from the Netherlands.
Together with Martin I publish the International ZX81
Magazine the first issue was just published. You will get
one issue by snail mail!
In the International ZX81 Magazine we will print
translated articles from zx-team-magazin. The first issue
has only 8 pages. But we hope to get a lot of letters from
other ZX81 users worldwide. If you want, you can take
anything you want to print it in ZXir QLive Alive.
I will send the articles as e-mail to you, if you want.
Sorry I can't send the schematic of 32k RAM
extension, I don't have it on file.
I look forward to hearing from you.
yours sinclairly Peter
From: P.Liebert@t-online.de (Peter Liebert-Adelt)
Dear Abed,
Thank you for your mail, I really received it twice!
Thank you for your offer to exchange ZQA! and zx-team-
magazin. I hope issue 1/96 of zx-team-magazin will be
ready next week. Of course you will get the International
ZX81 Magazine too. Issue 1 is already on the way to you.
You can use
everything you like for ZQA!. If you want, I can send the
text by e-mail, so you do not have to write it again. The
first issue is a little bit thin with only 8 pages. But I heard
from Martin about some nice answers via the internet
and e-mail. So we hope to print 12 pages for the next issue.
Do you know Harvey Rait from LIST ? I wrote twice
to get information about LIST, but there was no answer?
Are they out of work like sync-link?
I look forward to hearing from you
yours sinclairly
Peter Liebert-Adelt
Dear Abed,
True Story: My wife used to live in Sierra Vista
many years ago (before I met her), and hated it. She
tends to like cool and misty weather, and that was pretty
much the opposite of Arizona. A few years ago, we took a
trip to Scotland in the early spring; it was indeed cool and
misty, and she loved it. (She talks about getting a place
there after we win the Readers Digest sweepstakes and get
all those millions.) We stayed at a particular "bed and
breakfast" one evening, and she was gushing to the
Scottish couple who owned it how wonderful the weather
was, how green everything was, and so on. Well, the cou-
ple listened politely but didn't seem to be all that enthusi-
astic, and mentioned they were about to go on vacation.
Where does a Scottish couple go for a nice vacation?
Arizona. I still kid my wife about that, and remind her that
'TO EACH HIS OWN" .
. . . But thanks for the time and effort you have expended
on behalf of the Newsletter and the Group.
GilPanish
Beggs, OK
KMemationat UB\ Magazine
i famine tit all
HXSt users
Peter Liebert-Adelt
Luetzowstrasse 3
D-38102 Braunschweig
Germany
E-maii: P.Liebert@t-oniine.de
Dear Abed,
Thanks to the intervention of Larry Kenny and Jack
Dohany, we can now say, that SOL BBS features a 64-
character-per-line messaging system along with time-
tagging, period. The My functional talk mode of
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Spring 1996
MaxCom is an added bonus, for on-line conversations
between sysop and callers. Larry doesnt think, that
software clocks are compatible with MaxCom, since it uses
interrupt mode #2. And, Jack gave us some POKEs, to
modify his reader of our hardware clock. We found, that
the clock could be set anytime, anywhere, and freed up a
lot of memory, by removing setclk from the programs.
We have been able to use Bill Jones' memory-saving
progranrrning, to build a fine text-editor into all three
versions of MaxCom: TERMax for local access and
squeezing of message bases only, MaxCom.BT for
remote access with time-tagging, and MaxCom.BX for
remote access without time-tagging. This last
"autonomous" version is useful, in the absence of the
DALLAS SMARTWATCH.
The need for a text editor is critical, and will merit a
full consideration in its own article pretty soon.
About Don's gift of an apple IIC computer with the
video problems, we can share similar experiences with our
apple IIC. First, the IIC indicates the presence of a built-in
disc drive. C indicates 5.25", and C+ refers to 3.5". The
apple people all tell me that the disk drive is a specially
enclosed unit, probably not compatible with anything. The
screen monitor on our apple is full-color, but composite,
which prompted us to get an RGB monitor, desperately.
Anyway, our original orange screen (Magnavox) monitor
is now on the apple; the apple monitor is working off the
monitor port of our 2068; and, our RGB monitor is running
off a pigtail, installed into the 2068 by Dan Elliott.
Keep on TTMEX'n
David Lassov
Tucson, AZ
Hello Abed,
Got your post card today. The reason that you had
trouble sending Email to me was you left out a letter in the
address. You used holi.com and it should be fdavis@
holli.com. Two Ls.
I will send you copy on ads for FWD Computing and
for UPDATE Magazine tomorrow in the mail. I changed
the name as I have taken over Paul Holmgren part of the
business. His house burned down a few days after
Christmas. He is rebuilding and will still be a quanta
Librarian when he gets himself a QL system up and
running. His only computer to survive the fire was his Z88.
Frank Davis, Editor of UPDATE Magazine
UPDATE Magazine, PO Box 17, Mexico, IN 46958 USA
FWD COMPUTING (formerly Mechanical Software), PO
Box 17, Mexico, IN 46958 USA fdavis@holli.com
Hello Abed,
I've had three individuals so far request information; I
provided from the newsletter your name, address, and e-
mail address, as well as Don Lambert's name, address, and
phone number. I would hope they'd be contacting you (or
Don), but if you'd prefer I could provide their e-mail ad-
dresses to you.
Sincerely,
Gil Parrish 73430. 1 546@compuserve.com
Jaime _ Cruz-Figueroa called to request John
Impellizzeri's phone number. Jaime owns a TS2068
and wanted to know what software and hardware to
use to get in touch with QBox-USA. I told him of
the TS2050 Modem put out by Anchor still
available from both FWD computing and RMG
Enterprises. Byte-Back modems are also still
available from David Leech (See page 22). As for
the Modem Software MTERM II is still the best for
the TS2050, and, if you have LarKen, MaxCom is
very nice. GATOR says that MaxCom will be his
next project for the community. MTERM II needs to
be looked at again for use with the BYTE BACK
modem. Does anyone have time? Also see GATORs
Twisted Pair on page 2 for other Sinclair BBSs
around the contry.
John Impellizzeri 's voice number (in ADRS.BK on
the LogiCall disk) is 810-254-9878
# SYSOP John Impellizzei - QBox-USA
By the way, both QBox and Lassov are really into an
item for the TS2068 called smartwatch found at a close
out price of < $10 from Radio Shack. Is there a Radio
Shack near you? The catalog number is 25-1033 at RS and
DS1216E from Dallas Semiconductors. Seems these folks
are doing the hardware modes to add it. Watson is messing
with the necessary MC to get it to work from different
places in RAM. Lassov time stamps files on his BBS with
it What's with the Vs in QLive Alive again.
Swoger --=== GATOR ==—
Date: Feb. 21, 1996
There are 3 Radio Shack stores in this little
electronics-hungry town.
I fixed the Vs in ^flibe JUite, just misplaced
that font for a while. <&t£itW Alw?~
Dear Abed,
Today I received ZQA! issue winter 1996. What a
surprise to see my letter and some pages of my mini-issue.
I would like to share ZQA! with my German Sinclair Com-
puter friends, but of course I will respect your copyrights.
Please let me know, if and how it will be possible to get the
copyright from you for Germany
[ to become your local agent :-))) ]
I look forward to hearing from you
yours sinclairly Peter
Only the name, ZXir QLive Alive!, is copyrighted.
Dear Abed!
Thank you for your last mail and the permission to
share ZQA! with my German Sinclair friends. I hope you
will receive issue 1/96 of zx-team-magazin soon,
depending only on post run time. If you have any question
about our articles, please let me know! I think sometimes it
will be difficult to understand, because some articles are
humorous or even jokes. This will show how much we
love our ZX81! Martin van der Zwan and I will translate
some of the German articles for the International ZX81
Magazine, but we need the request of our international
readers, to know what they desire.
If you like zx-team-magazin, I would ask you for
the next deal!: If you want, you can get all 27 back issues
ZXir QLive Alie!
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Spring 1996
in exchange with the back issues of ZQA!
I look forward to hearing from you.
yours sinclairly,
Peter
QL Public Domain Software
Please find attached the latest copy of SJ.P.D.
SOFTWare catalogue.
The files were compressed using INFOZIP-ZIP and
should be uncompressed with INFOZIP-UNZIP. However
if you do not have the INFOZIP package, the standard QL
UNZIP will uncompressed them.
Steve Johnson
« SJPDCAT.ZIP »
The size of the file is 200214 bytes. The file will be
stored in C:\cserve\download\sjpdcat.zjp
Additional Information: SJPDCAT.ZIP, 0=258
S J P D SOFTWare are FREE, there must be no copy
charge for this disk. Here is a partial list:
SJS 1:- The Bible This Comes On 8 Disks. It Includes Both
The Old And New Testaments. They Are ASCII Files But
May Be Imported Into A Word Processor i.e. Quill. QED
Text Editor Is Supplied With This Package, requires
51 2K To Run From Boot Program.
SJS 2:- 2 Disks Of Australian P.D. Software. These 2
Disks Contain A Mixture Of Utilities And Games Including
A Very Good Multi Screen Wizard Type Game.
SJS 3> 1 Disk Of Spectrum Screens By Andy Dean. Over
20 Screens Ported Over From The Spectrum.
SJS 4:- 2 Disks Of Ralf Biedermanns Software. The
Second Disk Contains Mainly Updates From The First
Disk Some Of The Programs Are In German. I Am In The
Process Of Having Them Converted Into English.
However This Package Contains Some Excellent Utilities (
Some Require Qjumps Pointer Environment) Like BGI
Package Which Uses Vector Graphic Fonts, Address
Package, This Is A Address Database For Use With
Ojump's Pointer Interface.
SJS 5:- 5 Disks Of GIF Screens Ported Over From The P.C
World They Are Yet In GIF Format But A Screen Viewer
Is Included Which Gives The Option To Save The Screens
In QL Format. I Have Added A New Disk It Contains
Some Very Good Disney This Is Very Highly
Recommended
SJS 6> This Disk Contains 3 Text Files Of Use To
Modem/iNTERNET Users, "zen and the art of the
INTERNET", "INTERNET MAIL GUIDE. " , "BIG GUIDE TO
the internet." The Boot Program Load Each File Into
QED Text Editor. [ Supplied j
SJS 7:- 2 Disks Of Adventure Games Solutions They Are
All In ASCII Format For Importing Into A Word
Processor. These Have Been Ported Over From The Atari.
SJS 8:- 1 Disk Containing 417 Business Letters Ported
Over From The PC. World By The Sea Coast Group USA
These Are In ASCII Format For Importing Into A Word
Processor.
SJS 9:- Molecular Graphics Version 5.13. This Program
Was Written By Mark Knight With Acknowledgments To
Dr. A. Mynett Of Brighton College Of Technology.
SJS 151 : MicroEMACS Version 3. 1 1 . Pointer Version. 3
DISK PACKAGE.
This version of MicroEMACS runs under the pointer
environment and has a bar menu system with pull down
menus. This is a French version ( Converted by Thierry
Godefroy ) and as such the menus and some of the _cmd
files are in French. The package comes on three disks, Disk
1 contains the _cmd files & Executables. Disk 2 contains
the Manuals in English & Disk 3 contains the source codes.
ANY OFFERS TO CONVERT IT TO ENGLISH? ;-)
SJ S 1 52: A new Collection of over 320 business letters
and selected forms for a variety of business situations.
ported over bys. johnson. for S.J.P.D. SOFTWare.
SJS 153: Steve Pepper Sampler Disk No 2.Sampler Disc
No 2 This disc contains some 21 QL screens in mode 4
format. They have been converted from several different
Amiga sources using the PD "Ungif ' programme. This
collection was converted by me and has taken some time
to do. I am in the process of converting some black and
white screens for use as clip art.
SJS 154: GZIP VI .2.4. A 2 disk package. This is a port
of "gzip" vl.2.4 for QDOS/SMS systems.
This is a full featured port WITH QDOS file header
support, wild card support AND directory recursion. The
QDOS/SMS specific stuff is held in the following files:
tailorji : This file holds machines specific defines. tailor_c
: Holds C68 specific global variables settings.
SJS 155: salvation army CLiPART This is a one disk
public domain clipart collection, comprising of pictures
associated with Hie Salvation Army. The collection is from
a PC disk obtained originally from Woodstock Realisations
in Cornwall, England. The pictures are supplied as
compressed QL 512x256 (32k) screens. The colour scheme
is black ink on white paper. The pictures may be viewed
using the viewer_bas program in basic. Dilwyn Jones
Steve Johnson 1996
36 ELDWICK ST
BB10 3DZ
BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE UK
Tel. 01282-701767
Yea, thank's for the Information.... I Love all Sinclair
machines but I just can't let the little black box (ZX81)
alone. I know it could be upgraded easily.... By the way
would you happen to know of a super great Z80 program-
mer for the ZX81. I'm working on a little thing here. I
found a group of people on the Internet who has developed
a Generic IDE interface for the Z80 cpu. All you have to
do is unplug the Z80 cpu plug in a small mini-board and
plug in the Z80 into the mini-board and the mini board has
the IDE cable that does into the IDE hard drive. I will buy
it and see if it works for the ZX81 as far as hardware, But I
need a master Z80 programmer to do the DOS for the IDE
device.
I really do enjoy reading your magazine allot.... By
the way, I have started a Sinclair support board. The Sin-
clair Computer Connection BBS (SCC BBSJ
Spring 1996
(305) 945-8274 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 365 days a
year. Hey, if you want to reach me via the internet this is
my address: d015163c@dcfreent.seflin.lib.fl.us
Thank's for your time...
Jose Moreno
Dear Abed,
... I have to thank you, or is it Don Lambert?, for sending
me a number of issues over the past year.
... I have just shipped off to you a complete set of the
Master disks of the TTSUC LarKen library. I have had
them packed up for quite a while, and never got them off to
anyone. I hope that the T/SNUG LarKen library can make
use of them. Don't worry about reimbursing me the post-
age. I have taken care of that. I am simply happy if some-
one can make good use of them.
You might let me know that you received them safely. . . .
Sincerely,
George Chambers
Scarborough, Ont. Canada
Thank you George. I enjoyed every article you
have written and I am sure many members of our
community, myself included, do miss those articles.
Copies will be available to members at cost.
Please specify SSDD or DSDD disk. My address is
on page 2. £dUon,
Hello Abed,
I got your nane and address from Gil Parrish. I'd like
some information on how I could join T/SNUG. I'm very
interested in the TS 1 000, 2048 and Z88.
Thank you.
pogi@valleynet.com
http://valleynet.com/~pogi
Internet Society
HTML Writers Guild
Computer History Association of California
From: "Ken Harbit" <pogi@sierra.valleynet.com>
Dear Fellow Sinclair Enthusiast, January, 1 996
Here at last is your package of information describing
the IBM Keyboard Interface (IKI) V3.0. The package in-
cludes the schematic and lists of eprom contents. Note
that two eproms are used, though only four locations of
one of them are needed. Additional information is avail-
able, Prices include Xeroxing and mailing costs.
PRICE Description
$1.00 Wire List of IKI VS.O
$2.00 Technical. Documentation of IKI V6.0
$5.00 Shareware Disk containing the above docu-
ments in mscript format, + keyword ve.o + eprom
code files + convrt, a basic program used to convert an
mscript eprom text into an eprom code file. Specify
disk format when ordering!
While it is possible to build the interface using just
the schematic, the wire list makes it a bit easier, since
you can check off each wire as it is connected from one
component to another. If you wish to understand how the
IKI works, or to customize the eprom contents for your
own needs, the technical, documentation would be very
helpful.
NOTES:
1. Switch SI governs whether the upper or lower half of
eprom G is used. If you don't use the TS/1000, you
don't need to program the upper half of eprom G, that is,
locations 4096 to 8191, hi that case, the upper half could be
used to hold an alternate 2068 version of the lower half.
2. Just about any IBM XT compatible keyboard can be
used. I suggest using one with the Fl to F10 keys across
the top, rather than in a double row on the left. XT Com-
patible keyboards are getting a bit hard to find, since most
keyboards being made nowadays only work with AT, 286
and higher. If you have trouble finding a suitable keyboard,
I can help.
3. The IKI board can be made however you wish, using
wire-wrap or solder. Component placement is not critical.
If you build a board and have trouble getting it to work, I
can help. I charge $10 per hour for time spent helping an
individual.
4. All locations of both eproms must contain 255 except
for those listed, eprom F uses the IBM shift keys to select
the upper or lower 2K of an eprom G 4K bank, While a
2732 or smaller eprom could be used for eprom F, the
2764 is easier to find, eprom pin-outs are for the 2764, an
8K eprom. I suggest using a non-CMOS eprom (2764 or
2764A) rather than the 27C64.
COMPONENT LIST
2068 BUS upper 2068 BUS lower
KEYBOARD CONNECTOR LS04
LS164 2764 eprom, 8K 2764 eprom, 8K
LS08 LS30 LS74 LS74
LS123 LS148 LS367 LS32
EPROM F CONTENTS
LocDec.
42:254
54:254
170:253
182:253
Jack Dohany
IKI NOTES Feb. 06, 1996
Recently I decided to buy a new "compact" IBM
keyboard. I had great difficulty finding one that was XT-
compatible! It's been about five years since I went shop-
ping for a keyboard. Apparently Keyboard manufacturers
are now mostly making only AT-type keyboards.
THEREFORE I'VE DECIDED TO MODIFY THE IKI SO THAT
IT WILL WORK EITHER XT OR AT KEYBOARDS. This may
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take a while. I will send you details of the modification
when it's ready.
The compact keyboard that I purchased ($29.95) is a
Scorpius 83 made by Qtronix. The keyboard is only 12.5"
wide. Information on the package indicated that the key-
board was switch- selectable for XT/AT. However, when I
looked at the keyboard itself; I found there was no such
switch, though there was a place where it should have
been. I took the keyboard out of the case and soldered a
small wire where the switch should have been, and found
that I now have a compact XT keyboard!
I also purchased a huge clunky old XT keyboard at an
electronics surplus store for $3.00. It is the usual 20" wide,
but it has the F keys horizontally across the top, and a nice
numeric keypad. It works like a champ with the IKI.
T/S 1500: 1 have found that the IKI does not work
with the T/S 1500 computer. I'm not sure why, but will
investigate, It does work with Spectrum, 2068, ZX80,
ZX81 and T/S 1000.
Jack Dohany
627 Vera Ave
Redwood City, CA 94061
415-367-7781
Dear Don, November 28, 1 995
Here is an effort I started last January. At that time I
was on loan to Space Station with NASA and I had access
to the internet. I had found several Sinclair sites and
here is the most interesting thing I found. It is a book, ac-
tually a series of articles prepared for "Your Sinclair"
magazine that never got published due to the magazine
going belly-up. (Sounds way too Suniliar doesn't it!) The
author hated to see all that work go to waste so he has put
it in the public domain. It was an ASCII text file and I
couldn't get a neat print from a PC. Since anything pub-
lished by ZXir QLive should be in TS format (// does not
have to be in TS format, ASCII is fine. I decided
mat I would move it to mscript before sending it. It was
quite a labor intensive effort and until I had minor surgery
and got restricted to no driving and only light activity I
hadn't had the time to complete it,
It is long (66 pages) and may have limited appeal, but
it is an excellent article(s), It looks like it could be used as a
machine code primer for anyone interested.
If I understood the July UPDATE! correctly this is the
last year for publication for them. So it looks like I will be
submitting stuff I want to share to ZXir QLive from now
on, I am sending a hard copy and a disk copy. The disk
contains ten MSCRIPT files as follows:
File Pages File Pages
hackra.CT 1-5 hackrb.CT 6-9
hackrc.CT 10-16 hackrd.CT 17-23
hackre.CT 24-31 hackrfCT 32-39
hackrg.CT 40-47 hackrh.CT 48-55
hackri.CT 56-61 hackrj.CT 62-66
I also plan an article I'll probably call "RGB monitors
revisited one more time!" How soon depends on my doc-
tor visit tomorrow, I also have some hardware work to
catch up on for my TS stuff.
I still haven't found how to get tos cp/m to format
80 tracks. I have made contact with Jack Dohany who has
a start on it. Looks like a complicated project, but it should
be mteresting.
Well that is my progress report for the present.
Sinclafrly yours,
Les Cottrell
December 4, 1995
Since I haven't been able to wrap the stuff I men-
tioned in the first letter I have found some more stuff to put
on the disks I have added the following mscript files that
constitute the complete disassembly of the LarKen ver. 3
eprom. They may not be of much interest, but if anyone
wants this information, this could save them a lot of time.
This information appeared in Sine-Link during its last year
of publication.
pll&12.CT003 pagel3.CT002 pagel4.CT002
pagel5.CT002 page!6.CT002 pagel7.CT002
pagel8.CT002 pagel9.CT002 page20.CT002
page21.CT 002 pg9&l 0.CT 003 pg_l&2.CT 003
pg_3&4.CT003 pg_5&6.CT003 pg_7&8.CT003
Well, I'll close again and maybe I will send it before I find
something else to add. SinelaMy yours,
Les Cottrell
Cocoa, FL.
WARNING!
This Machine is Subject to Breakdowns
During Periods Of Critical Need!!!!
A special circuit in this machine called a "Crisis Detector"
senses the user's emotional state in terms of how desperate
they need to use the machine. The Crisis Detector then
creates a malfunction
proportional to the
desperation of the user.
Tlireatening the machine
with violence or the use
of curses and
obscenities may soothe
the user but will not fool
the CD. and will only
aggravate the situation.
Likewise, attempts to
use another machine may cause it to malfunction too.
Because they both belong to the same union. Keep cool
and say nice things to the machine. Nothing else seems to
work. Francine Sklar
!: t !:!:!:!: ! :!;!
G3
g» mm W D Eld
If you own a Sinclair computer then you need to call
the Sinclair Computer Connection BBS, at (305)
945-8274, 24 hours a day all year round. We support up
to 28.8 ANSI or ASCII, and have programs and message
bases for the following: ZX81, TS1000, TS1500, TS2068,
Spectrum, QL and the Z88. Sysop: Jose Moreno
ZXir QLive Alie!
Spring 1996
Tlxe
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Interface fack, &o/u*w
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Spring 1996
FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S DISK 9
Donald Lambert
Since I wrote the last column I was asked about
articles on the subject of streams s. channels so I
started to go through my newsletters and suddenly realized
that there is a wealth information there. I later learned that
the person allegedly wanting the information actually
didn't. So I don't know how that request got started.
However, it was a good thing to be asked the question
since I have gotten onto a long term project. The project is
getting onto disk the wonderful articles of bygone days. I
call the articles "tutorials". I have the newsletters in a
rile cabinet with the newsletters in alphabetical order and of
course each group's newsletter is in chronological order. I
started with the As and am now working on the plotter
(early 1988). Since I do not use the QL I am not typing in
the QL articles unless (I haven't found any yet) the article
is more general than QL specific. I type them into
mscript on my Oliger system. It is easy to get the
mscript files into LarKen lkdos with my dual disk drive
interface.
Since mscript has a provision of (G)IVEing the file
name before SA VEing I developed the habit of coming up
with a rile name for the tutorial before actually typing in
any of the text and using that name to LOAD. If there is
no prior use of that file name then I get the:- S File not
found, 215:2 comment, I hit RUN and get back into
mscript. I use that name in the give option on mscript.
Otherwise I have to scan the CAT, it is easy to miss an
entry.
I heard from both Bob Swoger and Frank Davis about
Paul Holmgren loss. According to what I heard Paul and
his wife were at work and their two sons were outside
playing when the furnace blew up. Apparently the
explosion sent flames out the air ducts and the entire house
was an fire at the same time. All that was saved was part of
the garage. The sad part is that Paul and his wife had Just
about finished a complete redo of the house and had new
furniture in the house ready to be put into plate. Of course
Paul lost his working computers, QL with the ouanta PD
software - BUT the majority of his extra computer stuff
was in storage elsewhere to get it out of the way while they
remodeled. There were no personal injuries, Paul and
family are living in a rented house about 2 miles from his
house. The original contractor is rebuilding the completely
destroyed (except for part of the garage) house . The house
was a two story with no basement but had a crawl space
under it.
In January I turned 70, I realized that I had worked
for one company for half of my lifetime. I also have to
start taking out what little I have in my IRA this year. (I
already did that) I don't feel 70 nor do I feel that I am really
getting old. I do notice that some days when I try to type
on the TS-2068 that my fingers and hands are stiff though.
In other respects I am still doing things but not as fast as I
was before I retired in 1987.
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I have a big bundle of stuff that I am mailing with this
submission for Abed to sort out to put into ZXir QLive
Alive! What with that and with the tutorial© that I am
typing up there will be material far into the future for ZQA.
Now I pose a question for you readers! What is it that you
need answers to help you progress further with the TS
computers. For instance there are commands on the TS-
2068 keyboard that are not explained in the manual. Look
on page 214 of the manual. They were designed for
peripherals that Timex never got on the market, FORMAT,
OPEN, CLOSE, MOVE, CAT, ERASE, and RESET are
examples. The tutorials touch upon these subjects to
some extent. There are ways to do things using commands
that are used by other BASICs, but not by using the non-
Sinclair commands but by working around the bush to get
the computer to do the previously unworkable task. But
some of the information comes by way of the spectrum.
The TS-2068 is a clone of the spectrum and almost
completely uses the same BASIC BUT there are
differences. I am not a programmer so I cannot speak of
my experience but go by the actions and words of those
that are.
How many tutorials do I have? I have almost
filled a 420K disk with them. Of course some are short and
are only about 2K in length but then there are those that
take up 3 tracks of the disk. Before I finalize the material I
will have to proofread and correct any errors in my typing.
There are some errors that I will not be able to detect.
Some printers do not differentiate (trouble with using big
words is I have to look up the spelling) between some
commonly used symbols or letters. For example, < and (
and > and ) and 1 and 1 on some printers are alike. Also, in
mscript and my printer the arrow on the H key for raising
to a power is printed like this A . Some newsletters did have
a poor reproduction to have things fade out. Ah! but what
is readable is really worth the effort to type in.
A project to work on: In my talk with Frank Davis on
the topic of a 120 volt source of power for the Z88, he
mentioned that I should get a Radio Shack multiple output
power supply as the cheapest way to go, leads me to think.
Hey! the TS-1000 power supply is 750 to 1000 MA and is
listed at 9 V DC but often is higher. Now if that is fed into
a 7806 voltage regulator or a 7805 with a resistor on the
negative leg to increase the output to 6+ VDC then it
would put to use the many TS-1000 power supplies I have
kying around. Has anybody out there done this or is this a
feasible project? I do hate to buy something to do
something when I already have something that might work.
Abed Kahale's move put ZQA behind a little in
publication date. Since RMG sends out his monthly flyers
and it arrives just after I mail the material to Abed, I
decided to wait a few days and get the latest into ZQA. I
also was thus able to work a few more days on the
tutorials that way before taking a break to get the
material ready to mail to Abed. I think that I am less than a
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third the way thru the newsletters and then there are the
magazines.
I just thought of something! I have the Pro/file
Updates which is "The Newsletter For ZX Profile Users".
This information is only usable for owners of Pro/file for
the ZX81. The articles tell how to improve or change the
ZX81 program with POKEs and changes to do that. There
are suggestions of what to use Pro/file for but of limited
use to non ZX81 users. I was originally thinking that the
ZX81 was quite similar to the TS-2068 version but they are
much different in use or so reading the articles led me to
believe. The TS-2068 version of Pro/file can LOAD files
into mscript. At least there is an article in the plotter
on that subject. 0/0
U-81 HrRis?
Through Tim Swenson to the Zdtfon,
Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:33:21 -0800 T.Swenson
Tanita Plaskow <tanita@radfem. demon.co.uk > wrote:
Matt Barber (M.Barber@greenwich.ac.uk) wrote:
: >From the ZX81 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):
I just downloaded this from your home page - many
thanks.)
Q: Could you get Hi-Res graphics on a ZX81?
A: Yes. There were a number of ways.
1 . The Z80's i register pointed to a font table.
Q: I must confess my ignorance of Z80 and ask how the
pointer was limited to 16k? Was it an 8-bit value that was
multiplied by decimal 64, or a sixteen bit value with the
two highest bits ignored?
A: It is the later.
Use the following example program to see exactly
how it works:
10 REM HIRES DEMO
20 POKE 25000,58
30 POKE 25001,12
40 POKE 25002,98
50 POKE 25003,237
60 POKE 25004,71
70 POKE 25005,201
80 FOR G=0 TO 63
90 PRINT CHR$ G;
100 NEXT G
110 FOR F=0 TO 31
120 POKE 25100, F
130 LET A=USR 25000
14 0 PAUSE 4E4
150 NEXT F
160 POKE 25100,30
170 LET A=USR 25000
This cycles the i register through all possible values in
the 8K ROM. Leave out line 140 for a nice swirly effect.
Great for crashes and explosions in games. :-)
2. CRL released a HI-Res graphics toolkit. This
contained an extremely hairy interrupt routine that replaced
the ZX81's usual display update routine. Basically, it
pointed the I register to a strategic ROM location, and tried
to 'best fit' the HRG display to what it could find in those
locations. It also used a feature of the ZX81's hardware
that allowed you to have 1 pixel height characters to
improve its chances .
Q: So the screen is still viewed as a character map here with
eight times as many lines/bytes as normal?
A: Yes. Just to unnecessarily complicate things, you could
get more than 192 lines, if you overscanned the display
into the bottom border. :-)
Q: This would mean you needed 32*24*8 bytes = 6K of
memory for the actual screen, assuming it is read from
contiguous locations.
A: Yes. Thafs exactly the same as what be ZX Spectrum
uses, (plus 768 byes for the attributes, of course).
Q: I wonder if there was also a separate 6k map of the
*intended* screen, with values from here being
compared to the font table to find the best fit that was
available? Somehow I doubt it, as thafs 12K of memory
gone, so the real thing must be even more fiendish -
A: You could do it that way, but I think that programs
usually generate the display a character square at a time,
and then look-up the best fit. There's no point in wasting
all that RAM, when there's so little to play with, anyway.
The memory requirements of a Hi-Res program on a
ZX81 are similar to those of Spectrum game. The Hi-Res
routine and the 6K display file leaves you with about as
much free RAM to play around with as there is an a 16K
Spectrum so, excepting the difference in speed, similar
results are possible.
I will take a couple of headache tablets quickly before
someone replies;)
Matt Barber
University Of Greenwich
UD6s?
(TIMOTHY C, SWENSON) at ASCCYM
Date: 1/31/96 4:02 PM (Martin van der Zwan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair
Subject: Re: ZX81 Hires - How?
References: <406925A6677@gre-techa.greenwich.ac.uk>
Hello,
MB> 3. There were a number of hardware add-ons that
worked with software similar to the above routines to allow
UDG's and true HRG. DKTronics and Quicksilva
produced devices that worked with some of their games.
High resolution on the ZX81 is not possible with all
64K RAMpaks, there should be a static RAM between
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8192-16383, the ZX81's 16K RAMpacks have dynamic
RAM and are refreshed, although with a trick, it's possible
to interceptthis refresh signal with a 74LS08, this cheap
High Resolution is something which will be covered in the
next International ZX81 Magazine, a program will also be
included.
Here is how to make your own UDG's on the ZX81
emulators, Xtender/Xtricator:
First we must move the ZX81's character set to RAM;
10FORN=7680TO8191
20 POKEN+512, PEEKN
30 NEXTN
Now we tell the ROM and ULA to use the character
set we have just moved to RAM:
10 POKE 8704,62
20 POKE 8705,32
30 POKE 8706,237
40 POKE 8707,71
50 POKE 8708,201
60 RAND USR 8704
When you run this program you will find out that
nothing happens because the character set we just
transfered to RAM is identical to the one in ROM and we
must change it so we can make our own nice graphics like
a Bomb or a real Pacman, this is how you do it:
Each character on the ZX81 is of 8X8 pixels and looks like
this:
char A addr. bin = dec.
AAAA
A A
A A
AAAAAA
A A
A A
8496
8497
8498
8499
8500
8501
8502
8503
00000000
00111100
01000010
01000010
01111110
01000010
01000010
00000000
0
60
66
66
126
66
66
0
Binary example
128 64 32 16 8 4
0 1 0 0 0 0
2 1
1 0 = 66
Now if an Invader game on the ZX81 uses A's for
example you can change them in real Invaders by Poking
this:
POKE 8496,126
POKE 8497,255
POKE 8498,153
POKE 8499,153
POKE 8500,255
POKE 8501,126
POKE 8502,66
POKE 8503,129
This is how you find the address of the beginning of a
character you want to change:
PRINT 8192+8*CODE "A"
1 REM MINI UDG MAKER 30/1/95
2 REM
5CLS
10 LET A$=" "
20 PRINT "WHICH CHARACTER WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CHANGE?"
30 INPUT A$
50 LETA=8192+8*CODEA$
54 PRINT
55 PRINT "THE CHARACTER IS AT
ADDRESS ";A
60 PRINT
65 PRINT "PLEASE ENTER NEW VALUE"
67 PRINT
70 PRINT A$; " LOOKS LIKE THIS NOW"
80 PORB=ATOA+7
90 INPUT C
95 PRINT A$; " LOOKS LIKE THIS"
100 POKE B,C
110 NEXT B
115 PRINT
120 PRINT "YOUR NEW UDG IS FINISHED"
125 PRINT "I HOPE YOU LIKE IT."
1 30 PRINT "WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE
ANOTHER UDG? (Y/N),"
140 LET B$=INKEY$
150 IF B$ ="Y" THEN GOTO 5
160 PRINT "THANKS FOR USING MINI UDG
MAKER"
170 GOTO 140
I tested this routines on Xtender and Xtricator and
they work fine. If any time you want to turn the UDG
characters off then:
To turn UDG's off
POKE 8705;30
RAND USR 8704
To turn UDG's on
POKE 8705,32
RAND USR 8704
BTW, The International ZX81 Magazine will be on
Internet soon, right now someone is scanning the
schematics for me, they will be included in .GIF format
with the magazine.
Have run, Martin
<x**m*wtmrs.
ZXir QLive Alive!
Spring 1996
— New Version 1 .6 Review M *?e*y
Sometimes it takes years to appreciate the many
features which a program author has thoughtfully
incorporated in an application. DBEasy [Wood and Wind
Computing, RR3 Box 92, Cornish, NH 03745] is certainly
a well designed program that has rightfully been well
received. With the program undergoing an extensive re-
writing, it deserves a renewed look.
For those not familiar with DBEasy, it is a front end
program for the Archive [Psion] database program which is
available either for QDOS/SMSQ (vl.6) or for DOS (vl.3).
While there were minor feature differences between the
two versions in the past, they now appear to be almost
identical in function and operation.
Those not familiar with DBEasy may think that it is
simply a menu program for loading and viewing databases.
It is more. It is a program for creation and management of
any database you may wish to create, use, and maintain
(for example, altering/updating fields and maintaining by
adding/deleting records).
General Database Design Philosophy
From what I have gleaned over the years, there are
two types of databases ~ hierarchical and relational. While
the hierarchical database came first, most modem
databases are now relational. Archive is a relational
database with an integrated, procedure based programming
language.
Hierarchical databases usually seem "better" to the
novice because they are designed with a non-
discriminating, "flat" field structure. Essentially each field
(or, screen) is a record, and conversely each record is a
field, thus allowing any piece of data to be put anywhere in
a given record. In essence, a hierarchical database record
can be thought of as one in a set of electronic file cards.
Thus, to use a hierarchical database, you just name (create)
the database file, open it, and then start inputting whatever
you desire into any record.
In theory, you could simulate a hierarchical database
by creating a single field database within a relational
database. In Archive, you would:
CREATE "flat" <ENTER>
flat$ <ENTER> <ENTER>
After this, you would use the SEDIT (i.e., screen edit)
function to create the screen with a single field essentially
taking up as much of the usable screen as you wanted; and
then, SSAVE (i.e., screen save) that screen. You would
still OPEN, SLOAD (i.e., screen load), ALTER, and
CLOSE the database as you would a normal Archive
database. If you were inspired, you could EDIT a program
to expedite navigating your "flat" field database.
Because a hierarchical database does not have fields,
per se, it is not possible for the user to easily, or
consistently manipulate the data of individual records. For
example, it would not be easy to use a "flat" field database
for printing names and addresses on labels unless the entire
contents of each record was comprised of consistently
placed names and addresses.
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My understanding is that a simple FIND query is not
handicapped by searching a hierarchical database.
The HYPERCARD database (APPLE Macintosh)
appears to be a hierarchical database which has user
linkable elements. The selectively "programmable" links
and inherent graphical nature of the database provide an
extended versatility not available with a simple, hierarchical
database.
Relational databases differ in that the individual fields
(text or numeric) must be pre-defined BEFORE data can
be input. The need to pre-define the fields can be
particularly discouraging for the novice; and, the same
novice may wonder why or how relational databases have
become so prevalent
In a relational database, the OUTPUT of various,
individual fields can be "manipulated" so that it suits
multiple needs; thus, one set of data can be used and
output in more than one way with differing fields included-
or-excluded in a particular output.
The unqualified advantage of a relational database
becomes most apparent when you have the opportunity to
use a front-end program such as DBEasy. As designed,
DBEasy allows you to print:
1) the individual record;
2) an address label (if applicable);
3) a line of user-specified fields; and/or,
4) a "custom" output (a future article).
The output can be to your printer, the screen, or a file
(for import to QUILL, for example) when the request is
initiated from the MULTIPLE MENU screen and to the
printer only from the SINGLE MENU screen.
THE DESIGN
DBEasy uses a MAIN MENU which allows the user to
branch to ten other functions:
Single menu w/ find,search,insert,alter,delete
Multiple menu w/ select,order,printcopy,export
Log menu w/ add,change,remove,import,capture
Backup backup the current database
sWitch switch the active database
Help access the DBEasy help system
DIRectory w/ copy,delete options
Configuration set video or date style
Rescreen check database / redraw screen
Quit DBEASY all done
In earlier versions you would navigate this screen by
pressing a number key (1 to 9) to put the pointer arrow on
a given line, or by using the up-or-down cursor key to
move the pointer up or down from line to line; and,
pressing '0' would provide a fast branching to the exit
screen.
With the most current version, the HOT KEYs
developed in QLERK are now available for use in DBEasy
~ generally, pressing the first letter of the KEY word will
move the pointer arrow to the line or option; or, activate
the options within the secondary menus. Each version
change over the years has made DBEasy more convenient
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to use; and, I would guess that it only took about five
minutes to become comfortable with the new HOT KEY
feature.
A welcome change is the increased facility to quick
"sWitch" the active database from one to another. A
"switch" can also be executed from the SINGLE and
MULTIPLE MENU as well as from the LOG MENU (the
LOG MENU was previously named "Switch mode' 1 )-
When using the "s Witch" routine, you do not have to type
in the entire database name, only enough characters to
distinguish one database from another. Thus, when I want
to access my "PLATYPUS_dbf ' I do need to type in at
least "PLAT" since typing in "P" or "PL" or "PLA" will
always locate the "PLANNERX dbf first. If I were to
remove the "PLANNERX_dbf from the drive, then
simply typing "P" would result in DBEasy querying me
whether or not "PLATYPUS_dbf ' was the one I wanted.
In the past, if you wanted to change the date format at
the top of the MAIN MENU screen, you needed to edit
and re-save the DBEMM code. This is now an option
which can be done from the main menu. There are now
three formats for displaying the date on the MAIN MENU
[ YYYY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YYYY, & DD/MM/YYYY ].
The HELP_dbf file is now available as a HOT KEY
from almost any point in the program by simply pressing
'H'<ENTER>.
THE DESIGN IN PRACTICE
All the databases which are CREATEd have the same
fields - twelve text fields (date_$, key_$, sl_$, et cetera)
and six numeric fields (nl_, n2^ et cetera). While I
originally thought this would be limiting, I have found that
this is a good compromise for most databases.
In day-to-day use, one of the apparent benefits of
using DBEasy is that it eliminates the need for pre-defining
the fields of each database. If you don't like the labels, you
can change them later.
The "date_$" field is automatically filled when you
INSERT a new database; but, any other text data can be
inserted therein. The "date_$" was automatically updated
to the current date in prior versions, but this has been
changed with the current version whereby the current
version maintains the record's "original" date ~ as I
generally did NOT want this field changed in the past, I did
find the automatic updating of the field disconcerting; so,
I'm glad that the newest version of the program keeps this
unchanged.
If necessary, the DBEasy program (i.e.,
DBEMM_pro) can be modified to accommodate more or
less fields; or, as demonstrated with the newly
incorporated, ADDRESSX dbf, the specific screen can be
customized (using SEDIT & SSAVE) to accommodate
different fieldjengths.
Of course, the labels assigned to the fields can be
changed at any time; and, a new option lets the user create
new databases by "capturing" data from existing DBEasy
database files.
When you choose the MULTIPLE MENU you can
view up to ten LINEs of truncated RECORD data per
screen page. In the past, the LINE represented three user
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selectable FIELDs of data. This has been greatly improved
with the current version being capable of displaying at least
seven fields of variable length. Each LINE format can be
exclusive to a particular database.
The CAPTURE Pitfall?
There is a very small inconvenience that you have to
suffer if you are upgrading from a previous version -the
DBELOG dbf contains different data than in previous
versions. Presumably, it is the difference in structure
which now allows the user to "capture" data from already
logged databases when creating new database files.
It seemed that the only files that did transfer were my
VARJOUS_dbf files and the DBEASY_scn that I use!
However, after you get over the shock of not being
able to simply the transfer various ancillary files along with
your VARIOUS dbf files you will quickly appreciate the
"capture" function; and, the setback is minor compared
with the gain.
Customization And Cosmetic Modifications
You may not have to make any changes to the
program to use DBEasy; but, if you do, most
customization is now easier, or faster, to implement. Of
course, the single RECORD screen can simply be copied
from your previous DBEasy program disk (if it is different
from what is provided) - for example, the colors of my
single RECORD screen complement the MAIN MENU
colors I had chosen to suit my personal sensibilities.
Okay, as good as DBEasy is, it probably isn't
"perfect" for you as it comes out-of-the-box any more than
it was forme.
Based on the earlier DBEasy versions, I knew that I
would have to "go inside" and modify the print option to
add a few "LPRINT" statements to adjust the printer's
vertical spacing for the labels which I currently use (4" x 1
7/16"). Of course, the first thing I had to do was to
(ESC)ape to Archive's command line and enter the edit
mode and then edit the proc(s) [consult the QL USER
GUIDE if you dont know how to do this],
proc easy_out__lbl
if ns: print at mL 1 2;rs;: endif : let i$=s 1_ $: if s2_$<>nul$:
leti$=s2_$+sp$+i$: endif
Iprint : lprint i$: lprint s3_$: if s4_$<>nul$: lprint s4_$:
endif : lprint s5_$;", ";s6_$;" ";s7_$: lprint : lprint :
lprint : lprint tab 15;" ": if s4_$=nul$: Iprint : endif : let
line=6
endproc
In addition to adding "lprint" statements, I also
omitted the statement which printed field "s9_$" which is
used for "country" since I generally use "s9_$" for other
comments.
All of the remaining changes described here are
cosmetic to suit my own sensibilities and do not enhance
or improve the operation of the program.
The least significant change I made was to the QUIT
page. This was the easiest to implement since it essentially
involved adding a long enough string of periods (" ") to
tidy up the appearance,
proc quiter
heady;"Quit DBEasy":yorn;0,
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"Quit DBEasy program ": if ans$="n":start: stop :
endif :yorn;0,
"Quit ARCHIVE, also ": if ans$="n": new : else :
quit : endif
endproc
After that, there were some other cosmetic changes
that I made to the MAIN MENU and LOG MENU because
I liked the'look" of the previous versions (at least the way
I had them) better than the current appearance.
The changes to the MAIN MENU were primarily
done to the header related procs.
proc arrow_mess-JLm$
leti=(80-(36+len(m$)))/2
paper sink
inkspap
print at Ll;rv$; tab i;
"Use arrow keys or Hot Key to choose "+m$; tab 79;
print at 1+1 ,1 ; tab 25; "<ENTER> to select or 0 to
exit"; tab 79jv$;
papeT spap
ink sink
endproc
Changing the "arrow_mess" tidies up the MAIN
MENU box by coloring the related lines to the same color
as the outer field. Modifying the "heading" was mostly
rearranging the text and the "heady" made the banner the
full width of the screen, as on earlier versions.
proc heading
heady ;nul$: paper hpap: ink hink:runtime: let j=ans:timey
print at l,2;upper(sys$);" MAIN MENU"; ink sink; at
0,36; today$; tab 54;"Day ";day;" of"; val(date(0));
ink hink; at l,37;ans$; tab 54 J; " minutes since start"
paper spap: ink sink: if begcnt=-l : let i$="-": else :
let i$=str(begcnt,2,zer): endif
print at 4,2; ink spap;desc$;
print at 4,52;"Module : DBEmm";
at 5,52; "DEVice : ";pd$;
at 6,52;"Database : "; sf$
print at 7,52;"Records : ";i$
endproc
proc heady4$
paper spap: els : paper hpap: ink hink: print at 0,0; tab 80;
at 1,0; tab 80; at 2,0; tab 80; at l,2;i$;: paper spap: ink
sink: print at 4,0;
endproc
Still in a "retro" mode, changes to the LOG MENU
were next. The changes to the LOG MENU were done to,
you guessed it, log related procs; and again, the changes
were made to resemble the appearance of earlier versions.
The simple part was to remove the statement which
indicated the "active database" in the "log_menu"
procedure by truncating the fifth line,
proc log_menu
print at 17,3;"of " jipg; tab 79; at 18,1 ;rv$; tab 79;
endproc
The real trick was to highlight the active line to echo
the previous versions. Of course, the hardest part was to
actually find which procedure performed this function!
Not surprisingly, it is in the "log_show" procedure. The
asterisk ("*") has been replaced with the greaterjhan sign
(">"), but can be eliminated since it is now superfluous for
most video configurations.
proc log_show;pg
let k=10*(pg-l):position;'T\rUc: let j=5:
print at j,zer;:usel
while not eof("l") and rl<k+10:usel
leti$=desc_$: iflen(i$)>33: leti$=i$(l to 33): endif: let
j$=user_$: if len(j$)>10: let j$=j$0 to 10): endif : if
act_: paper sink: ink spap: let k$=" >": else : paper
spap: ink sink: let k$=nul$: endif
print sp$;rl;k$; tab 4;sp$;sd_$; tab 5+dl;sp$;sf_$; tab
23;sp$;i$; tab 58;date_$; tab 68j$
tab 80: ink sink: paper spap: let j=o+l:plnext: endwhile
box;j,zer,14,80,nul$: let j=16
paper spap: ink sink
print at j,6;pg;" ";
endproc
After you make each change, you will want to see if it
either looks right, or "works" the way you want it to. Of
course, you will also want to save it to a working copy of
the program by mputting:
save object "DBEmm" <ENTER>
I made the same changes for both the QDOS and the
PC version of the program. In each case, you will want to
compare and insert/change lines to match what you see
listed. After you have made changes, you can further
modify the procedures to fit your sensibilities instead of
mine.
GUI - P h o o e y !
There are alternatives to Archive (more so for the
DOS world).
The essential thing to know is that DBEasy is NOT
handicapped by being tied to a text-based program. Now,
I realize that a LOT of people LIKE using a mouse - you
know, trying to move the pointer to a viable spot on the
screen as if it were a game; but, I'm not one of them.
In day-to-day use, you only need the cursor keys and
ENTER key, or a mouse, to navigate the program.
Generally, the only time you need to use the
alphanumeric keys is when creating/deleting a new/old
database, or when making changes within an existing
database.
If there are some situations when you need a secure
environment, then a copy of DBEasy running on a QL
without a keyboard (of course, with a pointer input device)
would probably be more secure from tampering than a
GUI database which would probably remain vulnerable to
change or removal.
THE BOTTOM LINE
If you aren't using Archive, yet, then you should
consider getting a copy of DBEasy since it will make using
a D(ata)B(ase)Easy.
Because I come from a long line of read-the-
lnstructions-last people there are certainly features and
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functions which I have Med to discuss adequately (or, at
all) because I probably have not used them, yet. For those
who like to read, there is an extensive DBEasy_doc which
is obviously a good reference tool for using DBEasy, too.
The QL disk contains an XCHANGE compatible
version. Other than to say that the XCHANGE version is
smaller than the "normal" version, I cannot indicate what
the difference is. The "normal" QL and PC versions are
essentially the same.
An additional "dbf file is now included
(PLANNERX_dbf) which can be used as a daily planner.
Unlike PC users who currently do not have access to
Archive, DBEasy is reason enough to use Archive, and
would be reason enough for database users to use a QL or
QXL as their hardware platform.
Before I started to use DBEasy, I would use the back
pages of my check book register for names and addresses!
At the time, it just seemed to me that with less than 50
names/addresses/phonejiumbers of various sorts that it
was far easier transcribing those names (as needed) than to
learn to use Archive. Were it not for DBEasy, I am certain
that I would still not be using the Archive program, or any
database program for that matter.
If you are using a previous version of DBEasy, I am
sure that you will not regret upgrading to the newest
version. The HOT KE Ys, alone, make it worth the effort to
transfer riles and make whatever changes need to be made.
New users need to know that DBEasy is both EASY
to use and EASY to modify if need be; that, "sample"
databases are included that can be amended with your own
data; and, that your QL requires memory expansion
beyond 128K to run DBEasy.
The DBEasy program costs $24.00 (NA); upgrades
cost $7.00 (NA).
HAPPY TRAILS,
AND COMPUTING, TO YOU ..
Improving a Sector COPYing Program
The following program LISTing is an enhancement of
the earlier SCOPY 1.6 (PLATYPUS) program derived from
R. Dwighfs FASTDISK program kernel (QUANTA) and
now handles HD (high density) disks. As written, the
program does not compile in a functional way with
TURBO, but may do so with the LIBERATOR. The
program requires TK2_EXTensions. [NOTE. SCOPY_bas
is included as a supplemental program with QLuMSi,
QLAMBer and QLUSTer].
The code is not optimized for size or speed. This
should allow those who are so inclined to more easily
modify it. Error checking is nimimal, with only the
indication of the drive number being trapped to avoid
duplication.
It takes a little over ten minutes to sector copy HD
disks on a QXL. Your times with a (SUPER) GOLD
CARDed QL and dual HD drives should be about 2/3rds
that of the time required on a QXL based on DD sector
copy times. The code for using Extra Density (ED) drives
could not be tested since I don't have ED drives and so ED
support is not included; but, after analyzing the extra code
for HD drives, you might be able to come up with suitable
code amendment.
The advantage which SCOPY had over DISCED
(CST) is that the latter only allowed for a dual drive
system. SCOPY allows you any drive number option.
Thus, if you had triple DD drives, but wanted to sector
copy from flp3_ to flpl_, you could do this with SCOPY
but not with DISCED.
The advantage over programs such as DISK MATE 4
(PM DATA) or FLOPPY DISK UTILITIES (ERGON) is
that SCOPY is free -- you simply have to key it in.
I have already found this to be useful for archiving
data; and, if you have dual HD (and, ED?) drives I hope
you also find it to be useful too.
HAPPY TRAILS,
AND COMPUTING, TO YOU . . .
SCOPY 1,9b
by Al Feng
PLATYPUS Software
110 REMark -
120 REMark I
130 REMark I
14 0 REMark I
150 REMark I
160 REMark
180:
200 WINDOW#0,440,32,50,224: WINDOW#l,
440,226,50,30: WINDOW#2,5 12,256,0,0
210 PAPER#2,0: INK#2,5: CLS#2: PAPER#1,0: MODE 0
220 Blanks-" ": REMark 25 spaces
230 Press$=" ... then PRESS <ENTER> "
240 MAIN
250:
260 DEFine PROCedure MAIN
270 WINDOW#0,190,142,163,80: PAPER#0,0: INK#0,5
280 CSIZE#2,2,1: INK#2,5: PAPER#2,0: AT#2,1,15:
PRINT#2,"SCOPY Utility";: CSIZE#2,1,0
290PRINT#2,\\\TO20, "S(ector)COPY(ing) Utility " \,„
" Version 1.09b";: INK#2,7
300 BORDER#0,1,4,3: STRIP#0,7: INK#0,2
310 PRINT#0," -- USE EQUAL DENSITY DISKS -- "
320 PRINT#0," IN BOTH DRIVES "
330 STRIP#0,0: INK#0,5
340PRINT#0,\,
" 0 = QUIT"\\\,
" 1 = 720K'\
" 2 = 1.44M"\,
" 3 = 3.2M"\\\,
" 4 = FORMAT'
350 BEEP 900,20: PAUSE 7: BEEP 400,30
360 STRIP#0,2: INK#0,7
370 PRINT#0,\" — CONTINUE WITH CAUTION — "
380 STRIP#0,0
390anykey=INKEY$(-l)
400 SELect ON anykey
410 =1: LET Density=l: message$="DD/720K": SCOPY
420 =2: LET Density=2: message$="HD/1.44": SCOPY
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#4\x+l+9Jia$:
PUT#4\x+4+9,hb$:
PUT#4\x+7+9,hc$:
PUT#4\x+2+9,hd$:
PUT#4\x+5+90ie$:
PUT#4\x+8+9,hfi$:
PUT#4\x+3+9,hg$:
PUT#4\x+6+9,hh$:
PUT#4\x+9+9,hi$
1090 REMaik IF Density =3 THEN REMark
1100 IF sides = 2 THEN
1110PUT#4\x+257j$:
PUT#4\x+260,k$:
PUT#4\x+2634$:
PUT#4\x+258,m$:
PUT#4\x+261,n$:
PUT#4\x+264,o$:
PUT#4\x+259,p$:
PUT#4\x+262,q$:
PUT #4\x+265,r$
11 20 IF Density=2 THEN
PUT#4\x+257+9,hj$:
PUT#4\x+260+9,hk$:
PUT #4\x+263+9,hl$:
PUT #4\x+258+9,hm$:
PUT#4\x+261+9,hn$:
PUT#4\x+264+9£o$:
PUT#4\x+259+9,hp$:
PUT #4\x+ 262+9,hq$:
PUT#4\x+2<55+9,hr$
1 130 REMark IF Density=3 THEN REMark
1140 END IF
1 150 END DEFine putrack
1160:
1 170 DEFine PROCedure Fmat
1180 INK#0,7: AT#0,11,18: PRINT#0,"
INPUT#0,"FORMAT fip";zzz
1 190 STRIP#0,5: INK#0,0: AT#0,11,4:
PRINT#0, " FORMATting ";: INK#0,2:
PRINT#0, "flp";zzz;"_ ": STRIP#0,0
1200 INK#0,0: INK#0,0: FORMAT#0,"flp"&zzz«&"_"
1210 CLS#0: AT#0,2,2: INK#0,5: DIR#0,"flp"&2ZZ&"
PAUSE 40: CLS#0: MAIN
1220 END DEFine Fmat
1230:
1240 PAPER 0: CSIZE#2,0,0: CLS#2: AT#2,24,28:
INK#2,7: PRINT#2, "@mended PLATYPUS
Software"
': AT#0,11,10:
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DAISY BE GOOD - VI
by David Lassov
Good morning, fellow TSers. This issue, we approach
the description of Bill Jones' DAISY, the TS-2068
Software System for the LarKen Disk System, by going to
our box of 3.5" disks and selecting the issue disk from
UPDATE magazine, labeled Daisy #1. Let's pop it into
drive #0 and do an autostart.
The Daisy banner comes on-screen, accompanied by
a tune, and we are challenged to "press a key..." We
proceed to set up our print paRAMeters, as printer
software gradually MERGEs in and deletes out. This
results in the function menu's appearance on-screen
with a FREE of 20269 bytes and a Turbo of 1 .
We intend to diskuss the Data Management Menu
this time, and, so, we press 5. Drive #0 grinds away, as
the Utility Menu is LOADed. Here, we see offerings of
SAVE MENU, DELETE MENU, and LOAD MENU, as Well as
disk utilities, Disk catalog Options, and a return to
FUNCTION MENU. !
The 5160 in the
lower-right-hand
comer indicates,
that goto 5160 will
bring up this menu
again, in case of
most progRAM
stops.
We select 1
for save menu.
Drive #0 grinds
away, again
bringing up the
colorful save
data menu. Now,
we see , that
pressing 1 will
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save the whole Daisy progRAM, currently in core, along
with any Data (in the variable files.) The SAVE is made to
any drive #, given in response to the request "Enter Data
Disk #" .Next, we find, that pressing 2 will save any
Record Data Base File to whatever Data Disk # is given, as
before.
All our mailing lists are stored as "m#.A$". So, we
press 2 at the save menu, enter a data disk # of 3, and
get a catalog of drive #3, listing all the character files
(.A$). Near the bottom is m69.A$, where most of our TS
addresses are stared, like Don Lambert's, Abed Kahale's,...
Thus, we enter 69 now, in case we want to store the mail
file, currently in core as a new m69.A$.
A hit of 3 at the save menu SAVEs the H$
Character Array File as #.A$, where # is chosen after
cataloging all the . A$ files, as above, in response to giving a
Data Disk #.
Similarly, 4 stands for saveino the 1$ Character
Array File to a selected Data Disk, pressing 5 at the
save menu SAVEs whatever Outline Data Base be in
core to a selected Data Disk. The outline consists of two
character arrays, one for Major topics, the other for Minor
topics of each Major.
Keying capital A will cause drive 0 to grind away,
till the function menu be displayed again on-screen.
pressing capital B requests a Data Disk # and
wild card, for cataloging that disk, eventuating in a choice
between eraseino a file, entered on the disk cataloged
before your eyes, or just returning to the save menu,
after telling the progRAM where the ProgRAM disk be
now located.
pressing capital C brings up from drive #0 the
Disk Management Utilities, where colorful menus can be
created; disk catmjogs can be displayed and printed out;
and. arbitrary character files on any disk can be viewed,
without altering any data in core.
return to the function menu is effected, by
entering the drive # of the ProgRAM Disk.
Entry #4 of the
Disk Management
menu loads in the
Toronto LarKen Disk
Utilities of George
Chambers, which
wipes out the Daisy
variables, and you are
given an opportunity
to back out first and
return to the Daisy
Menu.
Lastly, keying in
capital E at the
save menu causes
the 2068 to treat the
variable files in core
as their own data
base, to be SAVEd to a selected data disk, resulting in a
choice, between keeping the data already on-board and
doing a clear and LOADing another variable file from a
selected data disk. The variable files are identified by their
byte length (in 5 digits) plus an extension of .C2 .
At the delete data menu, we are given a chance to
keep costly memory operations under control. Fresh out of
the box, the FREE is shown as 18132. A FREE of 4000
bytes is hopeless, and 7000 bytes permits not much more.
As large mailing lists be LOADed in, in order to address
documents, contained in H$ and 1$, along with
miscellaneous strings or outline data bases, you can see, by
watching FREE, how precious operating space is used up.
On the other hand, you can go to this delete data menu
and watch free increase, as the foregoing data bases be
deleted, by pressing 1, 2, 3, 4, and/or 5.
Again, keying in capital A, B, or C returns us to the
function menu, functions to catalog disks, or calls the
Disk Management menu, which we'll describe again in
more detail, but later.
Lastly, the 5168 in the lower-right-hand comer
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permits us to recover from most breaks by GOTO 5168, to
bring back the delete data menu.
Remember, memory management is critical on the
2068 with its 37000 of free RAM.
The load data menu performs the same operations
as the save data menu, except in the opposite direction
of data flow. That is, H$ and 1$ are loaded from selected
data disks by press.no 1 and 2, respectively. For Mail
Merge, the addresses are loaded, by press.no 3. Majors
and Minors are loaded for Outline Files, by press.no 4,
here. And, as above, we return to function menu'
function to cataix>o disks, and call the Disk Management
menu, by keying in capital A, B, and C, respectively.
Finally, "D" LOADs variable files, previously SAVEd by
keying in capital E at the save data menu, above
Minor recovery of the load data menu comes, by going
to 5100, as shown in the lower-right-hand comer.
In summary, the Data Management Menu uses
lkdos to get a lot of production from the small RAM of
the 2068, very useful
Sure, Bill Jones used the Data Management Menu to
get more work out of less memory But, this came at the
expense of time, in the form of exasperaungiy slow
MERGEs, churning, disk drives, and hand-waving in the
sense of repeated entry of both program disk drive # and
data disk drive #
Well, we have replaced the frequent MERGEs with
fast LOADs, usually only two per session. The menus are
all on RAMdisk, and the program disk drive # is sensed
automatically, upon program entry, thus cutting in half the
amount of hand-waving. Pretty good, eh ??
The Data Management Menu is so useful, as to be
in every version of Daisy, always at our disposal.
We plug our single-sided, 80-track disk into drive #0
and do an AUTOSTART, to bring up the word processing'
main menu. First, we punch 2, in order to load
input/edit and immediately bring up the function
menu. WeseeTurbo=landaFREEof 19897. Of course
there are no MERGEs and all necessary software is already
on board for both INPUT and EDIT.
Let's punch 5 and immediately spring the Utility
Menu to the screen. From here, we hit 1, 2, or 3, in order
to be presented with the SAVE menu, DELETE menu, or
LOAD menu, respectively. A single key-stroke of "a"
returns us to the function menu, "b" accesses the
options to CATalog disks. E.G., we punch "O" in
response to the data disk drive # query; the input is hot,
and. we are invited to
ENTER a wild card
for the directly
ensuing CATalog of
drive #0. Then, we
can punch "1", to
immediately return
to the previous
menu, or punch "2",
to ENTER the name
of any file on drive
#0, that we wish to
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ERASE at this time,
The save data menu functions identically, as when
it came in the folder from Frank Davis. The only difference
is in speed of use and ease of use, in that a single punch
of 2 brings a request for data disk #, as before, and a touci
of 0 CATalogs all the character riles on drive #0. Entry of
the arbitrary integer # SAVEs the mail file in core to drive
#0 as m#.A$. Then, we immediately return to the
program.
NO annoying MERGEs, NO disk access for
LOADing of menus all (branch-switched in from
RAMdisk,) NO entry of program disk drive #, and NO
entry of data disk drive # (just touch the #, once!) And, a
single key-stroke of "e" SAVEs the complete variable file
of the 2068 to whatever data disk drive be selected at a
touch of its number (from 0 to 4).
And so on with the delete and load menus :
More speed and less work, while mamtaining the same
functionality of the three menus.
As an instructive example of how we often use the
Data Management Menu, we consider the (usual) case of
getting ready to PRINT documents, recently compassed by
INPUT/EDIT.
So, here we go ! PO+MM has no input or edit
facilities, just as INPUT/EDIT has no printout or mail
merge capabilities. But, they all have the ability to
MANAGE DATA (on disk.)
Starting at the main menu (AUTOSTART on drive
#0,) we touch "I" for "WP : Print+MMrg", thus LOADing
PO+MM.B6. Our colorful Daisy banner comes up to the
tune of charge (Once a Trojan, always a Trojan, it seems
• 0 3 > 2, 1, y, y, y sets up our 9-pin printer the way we like
it. Facing the function menu, a punch of "5" and "3"
gets us to the load data menu, by way of the Utility
Menu. We LOAD H$ with a touch of "1", "2" LOADs the
1$ character array file . And, "3" LOADs the file of
addresses, to which we wish to send our document (in H$
and 1$, 14 paragraphs in all.).
Next, we hit "a" to bring us straight back to the
function menu, from where we select from a myriad of
printer styles, by keying in " < ".
Back again at the function menu, a hit of " 7 "
enables us to automatically PRINT beaucoup copies of our
document, nicely pre-addressed to all our addressees.
Let it be pointed out, that drive #0 serves only to load
some version of Daisy. After that is done, then it is
available as another double-sided, 3.5" drive for more data
disks ! ! This is so, because of the lack of any MERGEs or
LOADing of
menus from
anywhere, except
RAMdisk.
Well, next
time will be brie£
touching on entry
#6 of the
FUNCTION MENU
for "Print Typing".
Spring 1996
Tke England Sinclair QL U sers Group (NESQLUG)
Hosts
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Kourtii Norfk American
Saturday, May 18 th from 9 AM until 5 PM
QLSk
ow
In Bedford, Massachusetts Just 15 miles NW of Boston, Bedford, and the two bordering towns of Lexington and Concord,
contain many historical sites and museums, including the sites of the first battles of the American Revolution, Minuteman
National Park, the Louisa May Alcott house, Walden Pond, the Henry Thoreau house, and many more.
The QL Show will be held at the:
Bedford Ramada Inn, 340 Great Road, Bedford, Massachusetts Ol 730
TEL: In US (800) 228-2828 OR (61 7) 275-6700
A block of 25 rooms as been reserved Friday and Saturday the 17* & 18 th of May, 1996, for those attending the show, at a
reduced price of just $49 per night - 1 or 2 persons, and $10 more for an additional person. This price also includes an all-
you-can-eat American buffet breakfast. Please mention the 4 QL Show' in order to get this special price. Additional nights
^ are $59 per night for 1 or 2 people. Rooms must be reserved not later than April 27 th , three weeks prior to the meeting.
If you reserve a room at the Ramada by April 27 th , you may pay the $5 entry fee at the show. If you are not planning to stay
at the Ramada, please send a check for $5, by April 27*, made out to:
Gary Norton, 43 Richardson St., Billerica, MAO I 82 I USA.
Late entry fee at the show is $7. Notify Gary also, if you would like a packet with maps and tourists information.
E-mail: norton@prevline.health.org, Tel: 508 667-2048, or mail as above.
Tke A
Friday, 17 May (Optional)
Meet in the Ramada Lounge at 7 PM, and share rides to the
Willow Pond Restaurant in Concord, an informal pub that
offers meals under $5 and twin lobster dinners for $14.95.
Saturday, 18 May
8:00 AM Doors to meeting room on 3rd floor of Ramada
open to vendors.
9:00 - Noon General meeting - Coffee and tea will be
provided.
Noon - 1 .00 Meeting room closed for lunch break. (*)
1:00- 4:30 General meeting.
4:30- 5:00 Vendors remove equipment from room.
Numerous valuable QL hardware/software doorprizes will
given away all day!
(*) Note: Only sandwiches are available for lunch at the
Ramada Inn, but there is a variety of eating places within
500 yards of the meeting location.
Saturday Nigkt QL Banquet
Cost is $19.95 IMPORTANT: Contact Gary Norton to
reserve your seat no later than April 27 th . If you reserve a
room at the Ramada, you may defer payment until you
arrive. Otherwise please send a check made out to Gary
Norton. NOTE: Banquet is limited to first 60 QLers.
6:00 - 6:30 Reception - 2 nd floor Banquet Room, cash bar
(open all evening)
6:30-7.45 QL Banquet
Banquet Menu
Fruit cup, Garden salad.
Choice of: Broiled Boston Scrod (a tasty white meat fish)
or Baked Chicken with Supreme Sauce.
Roasted Potatoes, Green Beans Almondine,
New England Shortcake with Strawberries,
g e n a a
7:45 - 7:50 Awards Presentation
7:50 - 8:00 A QL Quorum - a panel of knowledgeable
volunteers will answer questions from the floor and offer
opinions.
Evening ends with a folk song sing along, general
discussions, and elbow bending until they throw the
stragglers out at midnight.
Sunday, 19 May
9:00 AM QLunch at the Boehms, 33 Selfhdge Rd.,
Bedford. Several QLs and QXLs will be set up in separate
rooms for demos and discussions. Coffee, tea, and donuts
in the morning, cold cuts, sandwich buffet for lunch.
Leave when you have to.
The following vendors and QL notables have indicated
they are planning to come:
Stuart Honeyball Miracle Systems
Jochen Merz Jochen Merz Software
Urs Konig cowo Eletronica (Switzerland)
Bill Cable Wood and Wind Computing
Tim Swenson QL Hacker's Journal.
Roy Wood Q branch
Frank & Carol Davis fwd Computing and
UPDATE Magazine
Others that are trying to make arrangements to come :
Tony Firshman and Lou Reeves, John and Val Taylor -
from quanta, Bill Richardson - from W. N. Richardson &
Co., and Albin Hessler from Albin Hessler Software.
Bill Cable, RR3 Box 92, Cornish NH 03745 USA
Email:bcab@prevline.health.org
Tel: 603 675-2218; is vendor point-of-contact.
Vendor price is $25.00 per table.
The tables are 3 ft. by 8 ft. in size.
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FWD Computing
fformerfy Mechanical Affinity)
P.O. Box 1 7
Mexico. IN 46958 USA
317-473-8031 Tuesday thru Saturday only, 6 to 9 P.M
FAX 317-472-0783 7 P.M. thru 1 1 JLM.
Internet E-Mail address: fdavis@walnuthoUi.com
Cash, checks, money orders, or COD. Paya ble to F. Davis.
Add 10% for foreign currency exchange.
CO. D. Fee will be added to CO J}, orders.
Postage for North America is included in price.
We do not accept credit cards; $10 charge for Electronic Wire Transfers.
Please allow adequate time for check clearance before shipping.
PRODU C TS FOR QL
Z88 with Z88 to QL SetUD - Next thing to a portable QL. Used, but good
Z88, with QL to Z88 File Transfer Programs, 128K extra RAM, Soft Carrying
Case, 32K EPROM, and Z88 Source Book, All of this for $199.
SMSQ/E - The newest and most extensive operating system ever for the QL.
Has Pointer Environment, SBASIC, and Tool Kit 2 built in. Three versions
available: QL, QXL, Atari-QL Emulator. Price $150 each.
QPLANE - The Powered Back Plane for the QL is in stock. It utilizes a PC
Power Supply Unit to help you place your QL motherboard, drive interface,
Qubide, etc. inside a PC tower case or full sized desk top case. Add a Super
Hermes, Falkenberg Keyboard Interface, or one of our new Di-Ren Keyboard
Interfaces plus an IBM style keyboard and it is set to go. Qplane price $52.
SPECIAL COMBO of QUBIDE and QPLANE - This includes the Qubide IDE/AT
hard drive interface and the Qplane for only $160. Give your QL an update and
power as a personal computer!
DI-REN PL KEYBOARD INTERFACES - This will allow you to use a 101 or
102 key AT keyboard (name brand is recommended) with your QL. This is a very
small size board and is easily fitted. It translates most keys to QL format
and offers keyboard record/playback facilities. The price is $55.
AMADEUS PL CON TROLLER - Designed to link the Sinclair QL to the Amadeus
system. This device connects to the QL's ROM port thus enabling high speed
communications . Comes with a through port allowing other devices using this to
continue to function. The price is $70.
AMADEUS AMA- SOUND - Record and play back sounds via your computer. This
device employs 12 bit sampling and gives the high quality audio of the ADPCM
algorithim. Recorded files may be stored, edited and replayed. Includes all
hardware and software. Sample data is in 4 bit packages. All data can be
transferred between different types of computers. 3 bit sampling may also be
employed. The price for this great innovation is $84.
QL KEYBOARD MEMBRANES - Replacement membranes for $18.
POWER S UPPLIES - Get a backup or replacement for $16 while they are
still available. These are 110 volt. The supply is limited.
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Z88 COMPUTER
The Quietest an d handiest portable p age size computer in the world!
Only two pounds and the size of a sheet of paper and less than 1.5 inches in height .
Runs for 20 hours on a set of oniy 4 AA batteries.
AVAILABLE FROM US AT THF £Q[ I QW1NG PRICFS THRU MAY
SPECIAL PRICES NEVER SEEN BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Basic Z88 Computer, vinyl carrying case and manual, new. $1 75
Z88 Computer, vinyl carrying case, used in working condition. $115
Z88 Computer, non-working tor parts. $65
To use all of the features on your Z88 you need blank EPROM Cartridges
to store your most frequently used programs. 32K for S20 OR 3 22K for
__$&k_and 256K EPROM Cartridges for $75
32K RAM Cartridge for $33.
128K RAM Cartridge for $45.
51 2K RAM Cartridge for $90.
One MEG RAM Cartridge for $170.
Z88 to MAC Cables for $9.
Z88 Serial Printer Cable for $12.
MACLINK to Z88, Macintosh to Z88, cable, program, cartridge for $26.
PCLINK to Z88, PC to Z88 cable, program, cartridge for $26.
Both PCLINK & MACLINK for $50.
QLINK to Z88, QL to Z88 programs $25.
Toppers, molded hard plastic cover to protect Z88 for $22.
Z88 MAGIC, best book available for the Z88 for $25.
Z88 Source Book, with your choice (let us know which) of a QL or PC
format disk of P.D. & Shareware programs for the Z88, for $7.
Z88 Vinyl Carrying Case for $9.
FWD COMP UTING
P.O.BOX 17
MEXICO, IN 46958 USA
317-473-8031 Tuesday thru Saturday only, 6 to 9 FJW
FAX 31 7-472-0783 8 PJM. thru 11 AM
Internet E-Mail address: fdavts@walnutJtom.com
Cash, checks, money orders, or COD. Payable to F. Davis.
Add 1 0% for foreign currency exchange.
GO. D. Fee will be added to CO J), orders.
Postage tor North America is included in price.
We do not accept credit cards, and there is a $10 charge for
Electronic Wire Transfers to our accounts.
Please allow adequate time for check clearance before shipping.
EXTJM OFFERS" Used, but good, Z88 with 128K extra RAM, soft carrying case, 32K EPROM,
serial printer cable and Z88 Source Book for only $199.
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U n c I a s s i f j e i
Ads
.y. ............
Place your ads here
Mail to: A. KAHALE 3343 S FLAT ROCK CT
, it is free!
SIERRA VISTA AZ 85635-6874
SPECTRUM for your 2068
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
need only the EPROM for $10 forwarded to LarKen.
Bob Swoger Address on page 2
747 J3fltglji ^imnlxiav
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
pnt chips
Programmable Array Logic chips are available for
some Timex and QL's from:-
NAZIR PASHTOON
NAP_Ware
940 BEAU DR APT 204
DES PLAINES IL 60016-5876
Phone(eve.) 708 439-1679
A Strategic Generic War Game for the TS-2068
COSSIIVEST
^ Completely in fast machine code. Games can be SAVEd
and CONTINUEd.
^ 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. 79TH ST BOX 101
WEST ALUS Wl 5321 9 BUTLER Wl 53007
Make David an Offer
ZX-81 /TS-1 000 TS-2068
Hardware Kits
Real Time Clock I/O Controller RS-232
Centronics l/F 1 6K & 64K RAM 300 BAUD
Modem A-D Converter(assembied)
BYTE-BACK INC
536 LONG TER
LEESVILLE SC 29070
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 u A»& u B»
2068 Parallel Printer Port
2068 EPROM Programmer
2068/SPECTRUM Joystick Port
DFh Mapped Universal I/O Port board
Vpp Power Supply
User Manual only : $5.00 (Read before you buy)
Service For America's
Favorite Home Computers
And Their Accessories
SINCLAIR
TIMEX ADAM ATARI
IBM OSBORNE TI COMMODORE
BUY SELL TRADE UPGRADE
Reasonable flat rate plus parts and shipping.
Write for prices S ASE appreciated
WANTED
Dead or Alivef
PC color monitors, keyboards, printers, circuit
boards, etc.
COMPUTER
CLASSICS
RR1 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
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ZX-81 TS-1000 TS-1500
TS-2068
Albert F. Rodriguez
A . F . R . Software
1605 PENNSYLVANIA AVE 204
MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
305 531-6464
QLAMBer $20
QLuMSi $20
Upgrades $5
J
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91 4 RIO VISTA CIR SW
ALBUQUERQUE NM 87105
(505)843-8414
Get In Touch
QBox-USA
810 254-9878
24 hours a day
300 to 1 4400 bps
Supporting all Sinclairs and Timex users
Fidonet echomail areas for Sinclair computers
Lots of new files for you to download such as
TS-2068 emulator for those who use a PC
Give us a call and let us know what you want to see
Message Area & File Area
QL International, Quanta, IQLR, UPDATE!, QL Hacker's
Journal, Spectrum/2068, ZX-81 /TS-1000, Z88, NetMail,
Emulators, Pointer, FDFORMAT for QXL/QDOS etc.
SYSOP John J. Impellizzeri
Co-SYSOP Don Walterman
Utica, Michigan, USA
JHow-To' is in the April, 94, UPDATE! Magazine
Memory, Printers, Disk Drives, Software,
EPROMs, Modems, Mobile Phones
Mike Fink
Domino Cubes
1 30 W 42 nd ST 28 th FLR
NEW YORK NY 10036-6329
800 800-0718 27762
FAX 212 869-1526
Bill Cable
ARCHIVE Based QL Software
QLerk - A complete financial program for the QL
QLerk software (v3.2 1 ) with tutorial $29
QLerk manual $29
QLerk software & manual $50
DBEasy - A menu based database system
DBEasy software (v1 .6) $24
DBEasy upgrade from V1 .5 $7
DBProgs - A toolkit of ARCHIVE procedures
DBProgs software (v1 .8) $18
DBProgs upgrade from V1 .7 $7
DBTutor - A general purpose learning program
DBTutor software(v1 .5) $ 1 2
PC DBEasy - Just like QL DBEasy but, you
must have PC ARCHIVE to use It.
PC DBEasy software (v1 .3) $ 1 2
WOOD & WIND COMPUTING
RR3 BOX 92
CORNISH NH 03745 USA
Phone (603)675-2218
LIST
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HARVEY RAIT
5 PERI LN
VALLEY STREAM NY 1 1 581
roup
QL
Hacker's Journal
Supporting All QL Programmers
Timothy Swenson, Editor
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5615BOTKINS RD
HEUBER HEIGHTS OH 45424
613 233-2178
New England Sinclair QL Users Group
16 HIGHLAND AVE
SAUGUS MA 01906
61 7 233-3671
J\ JL i3 Newsletter
The Capital Area T/S Users Group
BARRY WASHINGTON
7044 CINDY LN
ANNANDALE VA 22003
301 589-7407
BBS 301 588-0579
Internet mf0002@epfl2.epflbalto.org
Chicago Area Timex Users Group
PHILLIP KWITKOWSKI
2106 DOVER LN
ST CHARLES IL 601 74
The Ram top
Newsletter
The Greater Cleveland T-S User Group
Thomas Simon editor
615 SCHOOL AVE
CUYAHOGA FALLS OH 44221
E-Mail CIS 73177,333
Jon Kaczor Production
4568 WILLIAMSON AVE
BROOKLYN OH 44144
RMG
ENTERPRISES
Supports
Timex/Sinclair Users!
Sm Call or FAX for information on prices and
availability, hardware or software and books
and 55ff Request
You can send a legal
list & price sheets.
Public Domain Software
Sell Your Idle Computer & Related
Items Here
We also carry extensive PC
shareware
Allow 6-8 Weeks for Delivery
Send check or money order to:
RMG Enterprises
14784 S QUAIL GROVE CIR
OREGON CITY OR 97045
503 655-7484 (1 0AM-7PM Tue-Sat) FAX 503 655-41 1 6
FOR SALE: Radio Shack CGP-115 Color Graphic
Printer /Plotter, like new condition, $65.00.
QL Computer, new, never used. Package includes: Trump
Card (768K), P/Supply, manuals, extra motherboard (if
wanted), printer cable and 24 Micro-Drive cartridges (10
preprogrammed and 14 blank) $125.
WANTED: PC Magazine, Vol. 3, No.. 23 (Nov. 27,
1984) and/or Vol. 6 No. 19 (Nov., 1987) Also "Printers"
issue between 1990 - 1993.
D G SMITH
415 STONE ST.
JOHNSTOWN PA 15906-1609
(814) 535-6998
WANTED: Timex Sinclair User #2&5, T-S Horizons #1, 2, 7,
1 1, all after #16. Software for TS 1000 or 2068 - Conversational
German (Sinclair Research Limited), Der Student (J.W.
Collins), German Tutor (Creitech) or similar programs.
Machine Code Tutor for the 2068 (Knighted Computers - 2
cassettes) or similar for 2068 or 1000.
DOUG WAGONER
E 4825 ST ANTHONY LN
POST FALL ID 83854-8812
FOR SALE: 1. Hardware: ZX-81 Computer, TS-1000
Computer Case, ZX-16K RAM (Qty 2), TS-1016 RAM Pack,
and TS-1000 Winky Board.
2. Software On Cassette: Backgammon, Frogger Word Sine,
States and Capitals, Total Triangles, Conversational Spanish,
Conversational German, Conversational French.
3. Schematics: TS1000 Computer, TS-1016 RAM Pack, ZX-81
Computer and ZX-16K RAM Pack. I would like to get $20 for
the entire package, but, any offer will be considered and
probably taken! Either leave e-mail at 847 632-5558 or give me
a call (847) 360- 1 549 if you're interested. Gary Lessen berry
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WANTED: MICROACE,T/S-1500, CZ1000/1500,
TK82/83/85 and each MEMOTECH module forZX81 except
memory modules 1 6k and 32K and printer I/F. Write to:
PETER LIEBERT-ADELT
LUETZOWSTR. 3
D-38102 BRAUNSCHWEIG
GERMANY
E-mail: P.Liebert@t-online.de
WANTED: All information about ColorWorks or plus +
Color Graphics, distributed by Plus + Pac System International,
Chicago. Write to:
HENNING RAEDER
EMMERICHER STR. 35
D-46147 OBERHAUSEN
GERMANY
FOR SALE: TS-1000, User Manual, 16K RAM module, 9v.
wall transformer and Game cassette and cables. $15 postpaid.
GENE RAY
2388 HWY 36 E
M1LNER GA 30257
WANTED: Any books and/or information on the ZX-81
ROM and ULA chips. Write to:
JOSE MORENO
1871 N GLADES DR APT 3
N MIAMI BEACH FL 33162
WANTED: UHF Modulator for the ZX81/TS1000, contact:
FRED STERN
23386 SERENE MEADOW DR S
BOCA RATON FL 33428
407 852-6899 (eves)
WANTED: MEMOTECK serial or parallel interface for the
ZX-81/TS-1000. Contact:
RMG ENTERPRISES
14784 S QUAIL GROVE CIR
OREGON CITY OR 97045
503 655-7484
17) Backgammon (Timex) 16K RAM no docs
1 8) Bat Cage (Timex) 2K RAM docs
19) Bigflap Attack (Timex) 16K RAM no docs
20 & 21) Capitalization Master (Timex) 16K RAM Docs
22) Challenger I (Timex) 2K RAM docs
23 & 24) Checkbook Manager (Timex) 16K RAM Docs
26) Critical Path Analysis (Timex) 16K RAM docs
27) Cube Game (Timex). 16K RAM docs
29) Flight Simulator (Timex) docs
31) & 32) Fortress Of Zorlac (Timex) 16K RAM i ntationo
33 & 34) Frogger (Timex) 16K RAM docs
36) Grimm's Fairy Trails (Timex) 16K RAM docs
38) Home Asset Manager (Timex) 16K RAM docs
39 & 40) Inventory Control (Timex) 16K RAM docs
42) Language Usage (Timex) 16K RAM docs
45) Manufactoing Control (Timex) 16K RAM docs
48) Mixed Game Bag 1 (Timex) 16K RAM docs
49 & 50) Mixed Game Bag 2 (Timex) 2K RAM docs
52) Mixed Game Bag 3 (Timex) 2K RAM docs
53 & 54) Money Analyzer I (Timex) 2K RAM docs
57) Organizer (VU-FILE) (Timex) 16K RAM docs
59) Power Pack 1 (Timex) 2K RAM docs
60) Presidents (Timex) 16K RAM docs
61) Puzzler (Timex) 16K RAM docs
62) RAM Runner (Timex) 16K RAM docs
63) Stamp Collector (Timex) 16K RAM docs
65 & 66) Stock Option Analyzer (Timex) 16K RAM docs
67) Super Math (Timex) 16K RAM docs
68 & 69) Supermaze (Timex) 16K RAM docs
70) Superdoodles (Timex) 16K RAM docs
71) Trap (Timex) 16K RAM docs
72) Trident (Timex) 16K RAM docs
73 & 74 & 75) VU-CALC (Timex) 16K RAM docs
76 & 77 & 78) Pac Rabbit (IPS) 16K RAM docs.
79) Biorhythms and Day Of Week (Softsync) 16K RAM docs
for biorhythms only
80) Delphic Toolkit (Thomas B Woods) 16K RAM no docs
81) Escape From Shazzar! (software) 16K RAM docs
82) Joystick Games For 2K RAM 6 (Zebra Systems) docs
84) HOT Z-l 1 (Ray Kingsley) 16K and 64K RAM docs
85) Inca Curse (Arctic Computing) 16K docs.
86) Key and "U"TILITY (Russell Electronics) 16K RAM docs
87) LarKen Disk Utilities-ZX81 (Public Domain) no docs
88) Mad Dog Tank Blaster (Thorn Woods) L6K RAM no docs.
89) Mars Rescue (data-assette) 16K RAM no docs
90 & 91 & 92) Master-Scribe 1.0, 1.1, 1..2 (Mike Hawks) 64K
RAM docs
93) Monarch! (Software) 16K RAM no docs
94 & 95 & 96) Monster Maze 3D (New Generation Soft) 16K RAM docs
97) Nowotnik Puzzle (Software) 16K RAM no docs
98) Printer Driver, Universal (Fred Nachbauar) docs
99) Programmers Toolkit (Softsync) 16K docs
1 00) Quest For Holy Grail & Elusive Mr. Big (Softsync) 16K RAM docs
101) Sort (Thomas B Woods) IK RAM no docs
103) RAMpager (Calliope Software) 16K RAM no docs
104 & 105) Supertape (JRC Software) docs
107) Tool Kit and COPY-CAT (Unknown) docs.
108) Zombies and Mount Mayhem (data-assette) no docs
109) ZX Assembler (Bus-Byte) docs
WANTED: 3.5" ED disk drives that work with the
GoldCard on the QL. Also 3.2 Meg. Floppy disks for them.
JOHN PEGRAM
, 1 126 STRADELLA RD
LOS ANGLES CA 90077
TS-1000
Software listing offered by Donald S. Lambert. Make offer
including shipping costs I cannot guarantee that all cassettes
will load but I can offer to replace with or cassettes as long as I
have m but you will have to pay shipping on replacements.
13) Synchro-Sette subscription tape: September 1983 no docs
15) Synchro-Sette subscription tape: November 1983 no docs.
16) Ator ABC Gator (Timex) 16K RAM no docs
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1 10) ZX Forth ( Forth Dimension) no docs
111) ZXLRB (Russell Electronics) docs
1 12 & 1 13 & 1 14 ) Adventure C (Softsync) 16K no docs
1 15 & 1 16 ) Alien Invasion (Softsync) 16K no docs
1 17 & 1 18 ) Artist Games Tape 2 (Melbourne House) 16K docs
1 19 & 120 ) Catacombs Games Tape 3 (Melb House) 1<5K docs
121 & 122 ) Championship Chess (SoftSync) 16K Docs
123) Datamaster (Timeworks) 16K part one of docs missing
124) Disassembler "DAI" Follow directions on screen
125) Financial Manager & Record Keeper (Softsync) 16K docs
126 & 127) Flight Simulator (Timex) 16K docs
128) Graphics Kit (Softsync) 16K docs
129) HOT-Z II 16K and 64K no docs
130) HOT-Z II 16K only no docs
131) Machiine Code Test Tool 16K no docs
132) Master Scribe Set Of 5 Cassettes no docs
133) Memotext Cassette (7 Cassettes) Version By Fred
Nachbaur with help files docs
134) "MTERM" Communication Program no docs
135 & 136 & 137) Night Gunner (Softsync) 16K docs.
138) Pilot (Mindware) 16K docs
139 & 140) PRO/FILE (Thomas B Woods) 16K no docs
141 & 142) Pyramid Games Tape 2 (Melbourne House) I6K no Docs
143) Quest For Holy Grail & Elusive Mr. Big (Softsync) 16K docs
144) Screen Kit I (Mindware) 16K docs
145) Shark's Treasure (Softsync) 16K sealed never opened
146) Space Commando (Softsync) 16K sealed never opened
147 & 148) Starfighter Games Tape 2 (Melbourne House) 16K
Docs
149) Super Chess (Softsymc) 16K sealed never been opened
150) TS Destroyer & Space Raid (Softsync) 2K sealed
151) ZXAS Machine Code Assembler docs
152) ZX Assembler no docs
153) ZXLRB (G Russell) no docs
154) ZTEXT (Mindware) 16K docs
155) Unknown Programs Sent From Australia no docs
DONALDS. LAMBERT
1301 KIBLINGER PL
AUBURN IN 46706-3010
FOR SALE: Fine deal for someone within driving distance
of Gettysberg. All of the following to the first person to show
up with $350 cash and cart it away. Firm.
3 TS-2068's
1 TS-1000
2 2050 Modems
2 2040 Printers
2 Color Monitors
1 B/W Monitor
Many, many magazines and books with the bulk of them
going back to the early 80' s.
2 spectrum Emulators and other Chips.
100's of programs including many in their original boxes.
You will not be disappointed. We need the space. And
we are in the Gettysburg telephone directory and live 8 miles
southwest of Gettysburg.
PAUL ROBINSON
121 FRANKLIN ST
FAIRFIELD PA 1 7320
T/S Related Equipment For Sale
GROUP I (Jack Mailer's equipment):
1) Sinclair QL Computer system (original package like new).
2) T/S 2068 Computer in original factory box (never used).
3) T/S 1 500 Computer system (original package like new).
4) ZX8I Computer system (like new).
5) 3 T/S 2040 Printers (original packages (ike new),
6) 38 Rolls printer paper for T/S 2040 printer.
7) Switching power supply (18, 12, & 5vdc) no disk drive
connectors and the wattage is not known.
GROUP 2 (my equipment):
8) 2 T/S 2068 Computers (never used complete in original boxes).
9) T/S 1000 Computer (never been used in original box).
10) SANYO DM-2112 Monochrome monitor (used) will
work with the T/S 2068 computer.
11) Thomson 4120 Color monitor (used but like new) will
work with the T/S 2068 computer.
12) IBM 5151 Monochrome monitor (used) has IBM
connector so probably is for that computer only.
13) T/S 2040 Printer (used) complete with p/s and docs.
14) LarKen disk drive system (never used) for T/S 2068.
15) Westridge modem with power supply.
16) Timex 3" disks (used) including one identified as:
CP/M vers. 2.2 & monitor emulator (never used and
includes docs. Timex user's guide to CP/M and Digital
Research CP/M operation system command summary).
17) Oliger EPROM programmer system (never used)
includes supporting documentation and EPROM
programmer board assembled by supplier.
Make offer including shipping costs:
FRED J HENN
230 N FRENCH RD
AMHERST NY 14228-2033
(716 691-9495)
BONANZA
1 3 Year Collection of T/S Computers
1 - ZX81 W/external keyboard and PS, (working condition but
no case for kybd)
2 - T/S-000's both upgraded w/comp. video, and 16K RAM
built in (docs lncl.)
one has 32K RAM (16Kx2) and one has 64K RAM (16Kx4)
designed for battery backed operation. Includes two PS,
manuals and one Load Aid.
5 - T/S- 1500s Including four manuals, four PS , three 16K
RAM packs.
1 - L/N with all cables in original box.
1 - Mounted in full size kybd, enclosure with comp. video and
load aid.
1 - With composite video.
1 - With full size kybd, but no enclosure.
1 - with bad kybd. membrane.
1 - PC8300 (T/S- 1000/1 500 clone) includes PS but no case or
manual. This unit has been modified for full 32K user RAM
built in and will load and run any std. T/S- 1000/1 500
program. Sound can then be added as this unit has full
sound capabilities. Programs SAVEd on this machine will
not LOAD into TS machines, they must be typed in. (in
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working condition but no keyboard, but with comp. video)
(All units in working condition except as noted because of
missing parts. Also all T/S machines comp. video outputs work
into most TV with AUX. or monitor input or into VCR video
input). CAUnON-Check all comp. video outputs before using
- writer not responsible for damage to user TV/monitor or
VCR.
Included Are The Following Software On Cassette:
Original T/S titles; Chess Frogger, The Gambler, Mixed
Game Bag 1 and 2, Power Pack 1, States and Capitals , Super
Math, The Loan/Mortgage Amortizer, Critical Path Analysis,
Inventory Control and Biorhythms.
Original R. A. Jelen titles; (authored by writer)
NUMBERS Allows 1 2, or 3 players and solving from 3 to 9
digit numbers using the guessed no. of digits=R and the digits
in proper sequence=S mode of play ordering and scoring.
SCRAMBLE - Uses word variable list and scrambles in large
letters to screen, up to 3 players(6 or 9 in teams) with score
clock.
PHRASEQUEST- 3 players with play control and scoring
similar "Wheel of Fortune", but keeps track of used letters.
Tic-Tac-Toe - Large graphic display, for 1 player against the
comp. or 2 players against each other.
HANGMAN - Standard favorite kids game with large graphic
display and keeps track of used letters.
VIDEO - Keeps track of video library or cassettes, CD's, books
etc. Easy menu driven data entry up to 32 chars., and prints to
2040.
PART - Keeps track of large no. of items, prints to 2040
FILE - Home inventory control, keeps track of household
goods such as TVs, VCRs, with cursor control data entry,
MONEY - Interest compounding program.
CALCULATOR - Turn computer into an adding machine.
PRINT - Plot print program - input letters and watch them print
large to screen.
All above looking for a good home. $75 plus $20 shipping,
ground US only. Large box 45#. It is ALL or NOTHING '
R. A. Jelen
11443 Island Rd. j
Grafton, Ohio 44044
or call (216)748-3830 if you have any questions.
From Sco'land
MOTIVATION I
The New Name in Sam Coupe Software
Zenith Graphics & MOTIVATION presents
Edition 1 £4.00 Or all 3 editions for £1 0
Edition 2 £4.00
Edition 3 £4.00 Plus an extra FREE disk
called EXTREME (Issue 0)
The Edition Trilogy of disks are packed full with loads of
good, addictive and playable games, demos plus
amazing utilities and if bought with Extreme, you'll also
enjoy many scarce and some never released programs! I
Single Extreme issue costs only £1 .75
So don't delay — Post today
We are looking for contributors who are willing to send
us exclusive programs to be featured in future issues of
Extreme. We can't promise you any payment (yet) but
we will send you a free copy of every issue of Extreme
that your program appears in.
We want to act as an outlet where we can put new Sam
Coupe owners in touch with other Sam owners and
organizations.
Spectrum software on tape
We are now selling NEW Elite utilities: Notepad
1 .0 (WP), Prowriter (Notepad 2.1), Dirman
(51 2K only) £4.99
Please send your money orders and contributions to:
ALEC CARSWELL
MOTIVATION
16 MONTGOMERY AVE
BEITH AYRSHIRE KA1 51 EL
UNITED KINGDOM
SINCLAIR Resources
Compuserve — TimexSIG
Wednesday Nights© 10 PM EST. (GO CLUB)
INTERNET: newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair
Jack Dohany (Developer - 2068)
627 VERA AVE
REDWOOD CITY CA 94061
John McMicael (Developer - Graphics)
1710 PALMER DR
LARAMIE WY 82070
IQLR (QL)
PO BOX 3991
NEWPORT Rl 02840-0987
401 849-3805
Bill Russell (QL)
RUSSEL ELECTRONICS
RR1 BOX 539
CENTER HALL PA 16828
TEJ Computer Products
2405 GLENDALE BLVD STE208
LOS ANGLES CA 90039
24 Hr. Order line: 213 669-1418
MarkStueber (QL)
SHARP'S COMPUTER CENTER
7244 MECHANICSVILLE TPKE
MECHANICSVILLE VA 23111
804 730-9697 FAX 804 746-1978
SUNSET ELECTRONICS (TS-1 000/2068)
2254 TARAVAL ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94116
Send them a LS ASE and ask for information ,
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UPDATE I Ma
gazme
The only known, privately produced Sinclair computer magazine that covers ALL of
the Sinclair computers. We are 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 subscription is $20 in US$ in North America; £18
or 40 DM or equivalent elsewhere. Send all funds and requests for a new subscription to:
UPDATE! MAGAZINE
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_ Formerly: Mechanical Affinity
Frank Davis
P.O. Box 17
Mexico, IN 46958
317-473-8031
FAX: 317 472-0783 7PM-11AM
E-Mail: fdavis@walnu t.holli.com
RMG Enterprises
14784 S QUAIL GROVE CIR
OREGON CITY OR 97045
503 655-7484 10AM - 7PM (Pacific) Tues. - Sat.
FAX/VoiceMail: 503 655-4116 24 Hrs.
Yearly Subscription
Now is the time! Send us 12 #9 or #10 (legal size) self-
addressed-self-stamped envelopes and we will send you a pack
of information and list of items for sale once a month — for
one year.
The first is a piece of Public Domain software from Jack
Dohany. You can now install a SmartWatch Clock/Calendar
Chip in your 2068 and use this software to access it( Finally, an
actual clock/calendar for the 2068! I have yet to test it but Jack
says he did it to the best of his ability and, with the chip selling
for between $15-20, the software and documentation available
from RMG for $7.50 postpaid, it is well worth your time to look
into it. The SmartWatch chip just plugs into your 2068
motherboard under the ROM chip —no wiring or soldering is
required. For most folks, it should be a 15 minute job. Just be
sure to state whether you want 5.25" or 3.5" diskette. Available
on 360K or 720K 5.25" and 80 track 3.5" LarKen format only.
We can supply the software on cassette if you prefer.)
The second item is a 2068 Emulator for the IBM PC.
Actually it is an overlay for an existing Z80 emulator. This
overlay, written by Keith Watson, allows us to run most 2068
software on our IBM machines. If you register the Z80
emulator, you can even SAVE/LOAD to/from cassette tape via
the parallel port as well as save to the floppy or hard drive. (The
emulator also emulates the Interface One microdrive serial
SAVEs.) RMG will have both the shareware version of the Z80
emulator and the 2068 overlays available very soon. If you
order both at the same time, the cost will be just $10 postpaid.
We can supply them on 3.5" 720K or 1.44M as well as 5.25"
360Kor 1.2M MS-DOS format.
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A third item that is now available from RMG is the latest
and greatest, from Bob Swoger — LogiCall 6.0 IS HERE' It is
so feature packed that the pnce is now $15.00 postpaid for new
buyers and $7.50 for upgrade copies. It is available for the L3,
A3, and 03 LarKen operating system versions. Bob says that
this may be the final version —finally! This version comes with
all new documentation for LogiCall as well as the new
updated L3 LarKen user's manual and even includes a
free gift from —== GATOR ==— SOFTWARE?
This List is from some folks who do not need the
items! Now it could be yours!
1 TS-2068 Power Supply " $15
1 Book- Sams Begiiiner/Intermediate Manual $5
1 Book-Brain Games $5
Super Special:- All Of The Above For Only $20 pp.
For Above Item(S) Please Use Reference # BWU1291
1 QL Computer w/Psion s/w Coleco p/s, needs membrane $35
1 Set Phillips 5.25" 1/2 HT 720K Drives In Case With Power Supply
And Cables $90
1 I.C.E. EPROM Cartridge $12.50
1 Transform Keyboard Cover $5
1 Microbridge s/w -(QL)-FLP $15
1 DBE AS Y on FLP $7 50
1 Qliberator MDV w/Manuai $20
22 Update Magazines $20
16 IQLR Magazines $20
1 Sinclair QL Computing Book $5
1 QL Survivors Source Book $5
Afl of the Above for Only $175 Postpaid
For Above Items Please Use Reference # CLU1293
1 6 Pack TS1000 s/w w/Docs - Includes Shipping! $1
1 Sharp 4602 Laptop, 2 720K Floppy Drives, 640K RAM 10MHZ, 2
Serial/1 Par Ports - RGB/CGA Port - 5.25" Floppy Port - 2
Battery Packs - DOS 3.30 Backlit LCD Screen - Case With
Many Pockets Also Included - All In Like-New Condition
Includes AC Adapter.
Make Us An Offer! (Reasonable!) $450 pp.
For Above Items Please Use Reference # JCU0989
CNSN 1 Last updated: December 13, 1995
More Items That Would Like To Find A New
Home! Read This!
$15
$8
$20
$10
$10
$3.50
1 TS 1000 In Large BOROUGHS Full Keyboard
2 TS 1016 RAM Packs. Both!(1000)
1 MEMOTECH 32K MEMOPAK RAM Pack-( 1000)
1 SOUNDWAVE Tape Recorder
1 SONY TC-66 Tape Recorder (1 Button Missing)
1 Book - 51 Games For The TS1000
2 Book - 10 Starter Programs From Family Computing $2.50 ea.
1 Book - Best Of Family Computing Programs $450
Super Buy! AD Of The Above For Only $95 Postpaid!
For Above Items Please Use Reference # HDU0691
1 QL Computer In Large Case W/Full Travel KB $35 pp .
For Above Item Please Use Reference # EFU0690
1 FRANKLIN PC 8000 XT Compatible/5 12K RAM/2 360K
Drives/No Slot Clock Installed/1 Extra Slot DOS 3 2/GWBASIC
And Manuals $100
8-BIT RLL HD Controller $0 pp
TANDY/IBM Joystick $ 10 pp
1 RGB (CGA) Monitor W/CGA Card 8 Bit $75 pp
1 Book Package-(A11 Or None):How To Use The T/S Computer/
ZXir QLive Alive!
The TS 2068 ExploreaTTS 1500/1 000 MC Programming And
Interfacing/MC And Better Basic $ 1 5 pp.
1 2068 S/W Package- several titles $10 pp
1 TS1000 S/W Package-(A11 Or None): 4 Titles $5 pp.
For Above ltem(S) Please Use Reference # GBU0990
Just In! Great Buy On 286!!!
1 ONLY - TANDON 286/12 Motherboard In Case With PS 1 meg.
RAM Exp. To 5 Megs/Ser-Par Ports/Manuals No Drives-No
Keyboard No Monitor Or Color Card. $45 pp .
Or We Will Install A 1.2M-5.25" Or 1.44M-3.5" Floppy/101 KB
CGA Card And Include 14" CGA Monitor W/DOS 4.01 And
Manuals. All For Only $200 pp.
For Above Item(S) Please Use Reference # ANOU0392
Unless Otherwise Noted All Items Include Shipping '
CNSN 2 ~ " ^
Last Updated: June 18, 1995
More Items That Would Like To Find A New
Home! Read This!
1 PC to QL Monitor adapter (use QL monitor on PC) Like your QL
Vision monitor? Want to use it on your PC? This adapter w/ps will
allow you to do that with any CGA output. $40
1 TS-2068 In Wooden Case w/Large KB/Reset/More $50 pp.
1 DMP 430 15" Dot Matrix printer (Good Shape) $50 pp.
For Above Items Please Use Reference # DSU1190
1BSR 1200 BAUD External Modem Like New! $25 pp
1 TANDY C0C0 Package $35 pp .
1 Composite Monochrome 12" Monitor $40 pp.
1 TS-2068 w/monitor cable for RGB $65 pp.
1 LarKen DOS disk package: 2 FH drives in case w/PS, LarKen
controller and cart, cables $ 150 pp.
For Above Items Please Use Reference # REGU0591
1 TS-1000 In KRADLE Keyboard w/added RAM $90
A real Collector's Item!
I Melbourne House Software Pack 8 Pieces $25
I SOFTSYNC Software Pack, 9 Pieces $25
1 Software Farms HI REZ Software Pack, 3 Pieces $20
All 3 Titles For The 1000
1 TIMEX Software Pack, 3 Pieces $10
1 Magazine/Book Pack 3 Books/21 Mags $25
For Above Items Please Use Reference # FRSU0792
1 MIRACLE QL Printer Interface $35
1 QL Technical Guide $10
2 AERCOFD 68 Disk Interface W/256K RAM $100 ea
1 COLECO Power Supply For Use With FD 68 $5
1 RITEMAN 9 Pin Dot Matrix Printer $115
Includes: Tractor/Roll Feed w/8 Ribbons Graphics Compatible
For Above Items Please Use Reference # RDSU0393
1 Timex Sinclair 1000/ZX81 Users Manual $2.50
1 The Timex Personal Computer Made Simple $2.50
1 Mastering Your TS1000 Personal Computer $2.50
Collector's Items
LIPINSKI'S Software Buyer's Guide To TS Products and Services
In Loose Leaf Binder $ 10 pp.
For Above Items Use Reference # HCU0793
CNSN 3 Last Updated: November Z 1 995
Here Are Some Items Just In!
TS-1000 Hardware:
1 TS-1000 Complete In Original Box $15
1 TS-1000 In Suntronics KD 81 Keyboard Direct Video Output
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Cables and Manual $35
1 PC8300 (TS-1000 Clone) Not Working, No P/S $ 10
6 TS 1016 16K RAM Packs ALL FOR $12 Or each $4.50
1 Z Dubber Tape Filter/Copier For TS1000 $10
1 MEMOTECH HRG (High Res. Graphics) Pac $20
1 William Stuart Systems Speech Recognition/Sound Board
Interface (Not Working) $15
2 TS-1000 Power Supplies Both For $ 10 $5.50 ea.
1 Molded Plastic Briefcase For TS-1000 Package Holds
TSlOOO/Power Supply/Cables/TV Switch/RAM Pack/Manual and
Cassette Tapes $17.50
TS-2068 Hardware
1 TS-2068 Complete In Original Box Includes: Crazybugs
Cartridge/States & Capt. Cart $45
General TS Hardware:
2 TS 2040 Printers with power supplies $40 or $20 ea.
1 TS 2040 Printer With No Power Supply $ 10
1 AERCO Centronics printer interface w/software $40
1 WINKY Board II Tape Filter $8
1 Dual 5.25" Disk Drive Package w/Case and Power Works With
Both LarKen 1000 and 2068 1/Fs $75
1 TANDON TM 100 4 5.25" Full HT 720K Drive $ 15
For Above Items Please Use Reference L# IWMI94
Here Are Some Great PC Software Titles
1 The Little Black Book Phone book program $7.50
1 FastBack Plus 2.0 Fifth Generation. High compression, hig speed,
selective backup. Over $ 100 if new $20
1 OS/2 on CD ROM. Full 32-bit operation that allows the use of
DOS, Windows or OS/2 apps. All manuals, original box. $50
1 Book-Upgrading to MS-DOS 5. User's guide $10
For Above Items Use Reference # DRSU1095
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Last Updated: January 7, 1996
More New Items Just In!
TS 1000 Software:
79 TS 1000 Software Titles- Timex/Softsync-Others- All $25
9 TS 1000 Public Domain Tapes - All $7.50
TS 2068 Software:
16 TS 2068 Software Tapes-Timex/ZEBRA-More $17.50
4 TS 2068 Public Domain Tapes $5.50
32 TS2068/LarKen 5.25' diskettes $25
1 Set TS-1000 Public Domain S/W on disk 5.25" LK $25
TS 1000 Books:
32 Titles For TS 1000- Write For List $40
General TS Books:
8 Titles For All TS Computers- Write For List $15
Total value of above items =$160.50 Order ALL for $125 pp.
For Above Items Please Use Reference - TWU1194
QL System for Sale!
1 QL computer with p/supply and manual.
1 QL NLQ 9-pin printer with serial cable, 2 ribbons and manual.
1 Maganavox 12' amber monitor with cable.
1 QL Gardner software package.
1 QL Enterpeneur software package.
1 QL Scrabble software package.
More software, QL books, magazines and newsletters. Approx. 40
MDV cartridges in Thompson storage boxes.
All can be yours for only $150 pp.
CNSN 14 Last Updated: February 14, 1996
Package B
Hardware
1 TS-2068 Computer w/power supply & cables. $55 pp
1 TS 2040 Printer w/p/s, 11 Rolls 2040 printer paper. $35 pp
1 Suncom TAC-2 Joystick. $10 pp
1 32K Non- Volatile RAM Cartridge (T. Woods) $40 pp
1 ProFile Cartridge (T. Woods) $15 pp
15 Blank cassette tapes $10 pp
Software Tapes: All for only $45 pp.
Pix-FX V 1. 1 (M. Di Rienzo), Font Library I (Mountaineer),
TechDraw Jr. v 1.3 (Zebra), Personal Home Finance (Timex),
States & Capitals (Timex), ProFile 2068 (T. Woods), Vu-File
(Timex), Vu-Calc (Timex), Vu-3D (Timex), ProFile +5 (R.
Fischer), Timex Software Tape, Pixel Sketch (S. Lemke),
Quadra Chart (Timex), Icon Library/Icon Utility (S. Lemke),
Icon Manager/Designer (S. Lemke), Mega Fonts/16 Point Font
Designer (S. Lemke), Basic Toolkit (J. Kilday), The Tracer
(S&Ks/w), Kruncher 2068 (S&K s/w), Cassette Hea.der
Reader (G. Russell), Tasword II (Tasman)
Books: All for only $40 pp.
The Timex Sinclair 2068 (R. Valentine), Inside the Timex
Sinclair 2000 Computer (J. Naylor/D. Rogers), TS-2068
Reference Guide (G. Held), , Timex Sinclair Beginner/
Intermediate Guide (P. Blechman), , Creative Games for the
TS-2068 (R. Maunder), The Best Of The Plotter (CCATS)
Note: Documentation is included for all items except the 2068.
Please use reference JSU0395
CNSN 16 Last Updated: November 8, 1995
6.0
Tke Final Version
Newly updated, easy-to-read, LarKen LKDOS ver. 3 Manual
Includes missing information related to the JLO and the Tasman 'B' CPI, mouse and re-
numbering program.
Updated version 6.0 LogiCall Manual
with sections on utilities and BASIC drivers for modified commercial software and
swithching system ROMs without powering down.
Available now from
FWD Computing & RMG Enterprises
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