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If you know the Internet E-Mail address of
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reach. Then check the MMCC BBS from time to
time if you expect a reply.
We encourage you to excahange mail and
contribute to the UPLOAD section. Call and
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number along with a password you won't forget.
Write It Down! Do not try to do anything else at
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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 Confer-
ence". Select "TIMEX" to get into the Sinclair
Section. The mail you then read will only be
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articles, .ADS for ads and .NWS for news when
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Input/Output
... Here is one about the TS2068 and the INTERNET
Well, thanks to the encouragement of Frank Davis we
TC V on? Q ad i C °Sf a ^ with the E^RNET by usin g the
TS2068 the Z-SIO, and Larry Kenny's 1200 baud
modem. Frank didn't have it quite right, though, as his
minimum configuration was a TS2068 at 1200 baud
with extra memory. That is unnecessary, since we use
the memory of the Internet provider on which all our
application programs run as clients. As a matter of fact
we gain access to the Internet, even at 300 baud'
SSTu VC ^ thl5 l a , ssumes the use of Larry's modem (at
t^hac d) &nd ^ e Z : Sia So ' we don,t know "^at the
1^2068 can talk to the Internet, by using the TS2050
modem. So our minimum configuration is a shell
account at $20 monthly, a TS2068 running MaxCom, a
Z-SIO, and a 1200 baud modem.
*u ™^ nd that ' a nice Mn 8 t0 have is familiarity with
the UNIX computer language, which runs most of the
internet providers, anyway. The interface is text-based
no graphics, and the interface is fast, no waiting ' '
KEEP ON TIMEX'n,
Sender: emanonmailhvscom@mail.hvs.com
David Lassov
Tucson, AZ
CompuServe charges me $9.95 per month.
Rcvd: 07-01-96 23:45
To: Keith Watson
Re: ZQA! Magazine
Keith, while writing the inside cover of ZXir QLive
Alive! newsletter, I noticed topics missing from the list
of people who could help others with information
needed for AERCO disk interfaces and Sinclair
emulators. With the passing of IQLR and UPDATE'
by August there will be no magazine published on this
continent to support Sinclair platforms. It was for this
time that T/SNUG has been preparing as it began
publishing ZXir QLive Alive! newsletter. May we
publish your name, address and phone number as a
person that can help with the above topics?
~=GATOR=~ CENG108@email.mot.com
To: SYSop Re: ZQA! Magazine
Tci^ il i. t 7 ?° hel P out with an y questions about the
AbRCO disk interface and Spectrum/Timex TS2068
emulators. Actually, the only emulator that I know
anything about is Z80, written by Gerton Lunter I
know next to nothing about the emulators that run on
the QL since I don't own a QL and I'm not very
7Y 0 xTm^?v le innn 0 ^ the emulat °rs for the
ZX81/TIMEX 1000. However, if anyone wants to
discuss the Z80 emulator, I'm more than willing.
Keith Watson
41634 Amberly Dr
Mt Clemens, Ml 48038
Frank Davis says there is a new magazine that will
take the place of IQRL. Dyl went bankrupt again and his
subscribers will get what his customers lot before
UK s Jones and a German rep will put out two versions
PnnHn?? 6 tW ° C a n n £ CS t0 kee P Q L ' us ers on those
continents going. All the particulars will be in the next
issue of UPDATE! Oh, yes, the name of the new
magazine is QL, Today.
-==GATOR==-
Jon Kaczor sent us a nice bunch of RAMTOPs
missing from the CATUG collection!
To: Bob Swoger
I've looked over your "have and have not" list of the
back issues of the RAMTOP and I've sent you what I
had. I took over production with the Winter 91-92
issues before that time I just checked over my files and
made copies of what I had. I included a number of
issues from 87-89 that were not on your list although
you oidn-t show them as missing. I'm a little sketchy
abou the issues from the Summer of '89 to the Summer
% J}' 1 °f\ ? U . y ? U f ° r sure if toy exis ted or not.
For example I don t have a copy of the Winter of 1990
which you indicated you have. I also included the last
two issues which should bring you up to date
h„i™f S/ SCnd n I y ° Ur newsle «ers to my address (see
below). We will be sure to mention the T/SNUG BBS
in all future issues of the RAMTOP (newsletter)
Now I would like to ask you a favor. I read in one
of your newsletters that you had picked up a copy of
MultiDraw. If you would be so kind maybe you could
make me a copy of the manual. I picked up the program
(used) from Paul Holmgren a couple of years af o*
Dayton, but there was no manual.
Jon J. Kaczor
4568 Williamston Ave.
Brooklyn, OH 44144
216-398-6480
Re: QL TODAY ~"
At the last CATUG meeting, John Donaldson
brought in a copy of QL, Today magazine from Europe
It is their attempt to fill in the hole left by IQLR I would
like to send them a letter on behalf of T/SNUG and
make them an offer. Please download the letter from the
riles section.
Also the DMA ComputerFEST is August 24 & 25
Saturday 9 AM-6 PM Sunday 10 AM-4 PM. Prices are
up 50% from Spring show! I'm out! $50 for a table and
$8 more to get in the door, the $8 part isn't bad' If your
going as a vender contact:
ZXir QLive Alive!
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Autumn 1996
DMA ComputerFest, PO BOX 2336, Dayton OH 45401,
513-222-3378 venders@dma.org
Has Lambert said if he is going to have a table yet?
-=GATOR==-- Yes, he is going.
Thanks for the new cover and Carol says to tell you it
is great, and for the article. Will try to get you a copy of
mailing lists from UPDATE soon. Best,
Frank Davis
Peru, IN
We thank you both for the time and effort you put in
UPDATE! ail these years to keep Sinclair alive.
I just received the Summer edition of ZXir QLive
Alive! and enjoyed reading the many articles. I hope that
you will keep going if and when UPDATE Magazine stops
publishing. Bill Jones, Frank and Carol deserve a heartily
thank you for all they have done to keep us informed about
our Sinclair computers.
On page 24 of this issue, you show my ad. I have
received the drives I need and no longer need anymore.
Please remove this WANTED ad from future issues.
Thank you for running the ad in the past.
Keep up the good work.
John Pegram
Los Angles, CA
I will say that as a contributor to ZQA! that you are
most welcome to the articles that I write for the benefit of
the QL portion of the Sinclair community.
I found it interesting that Joan Kealy thought that
there was "too much about (the) QL in ZXir QLive Alive!
and not much else" considering, I think there is way too
much 2068 material in ZQA! . I have to interpret Kealy' s
comments as partially directed at me; but, until she, and
other 2068/Z88/ZXnnn users write articles, none of them
can complain about the general contents.
AlFeng
Albuquerque, NM
Joan had contributed a great deal to the 2068 in
the past, but of course we welcome more programs
from her and from any of our members.
I Recently spoke with Don Lambert on the phone and
in the course of conversation I discovered that you have
not been receiving the RAMTOP. I guess this shouldn't
have been a surprise since I wasn't sending it to you. I
supposed that Don, or Bob Swoger would be providing
you with a copy. At any rate I have enclosed all issues
since I got involved in the production. This should bring
you up to date.
I have enclosed a check in payment of dues for
T/SNUG. I know I am terribly delinquent. Please let me
know if it brings me up to date.
Jon Kaczor
Brooklyn, OH
It sure does bring you up to date and thank you
for the newsletters.
Dear Bob,
You should know that Apples were in schools long
before other computers. I was certified to teach computer
literacy in middle schools, hence Mac Performa. Wrote to
Mike Carey - no response. We are all busy out of our
minds & thank God for that attribute. Still no MIDI.
Buy some used disk system for Doug Wagoner; I
spent hours rewriting five disk programs to simple tape
loads for him. GERMAN. Last Sinclair buy to be LogiCall
6.0 from FWD. Much!
Joan Kealy
Brackettville, TX
New address for: SCC BBS
JOSE MORENO
1871 N GLADES DR APT 3
NORTH MIAMI BEACH FL 33162
Well, 1 spent the weekend to figure out how to use
QMOSAIC and to translate its HTML files. Silly me, but I
am not sure that Frank Davis received the translated
QMOSPIC text files...
I sent a copy of the translations and program (v. 17) to
NESQLUG for their PD library since I presumed that
QMOSAIC is public domain. There is at least one later
version of the program; but I don't have it.
Frank had mentioned receiving a later version of
QMOSAIC. I requested a copy of the newer version when
I sent Frank the article, but have not heard from him.
I updated both the QLAMBer and QLUSTer, and so
you can change my ad to note the re-introduction of the
later. Your pal,
AlFeng
Albuquerque, NM
As I just wrote Bob Swoger, the most recent big news
in my comer of the T/S world is that I just purchased a
used LarKen disk interface for the 2068. Actually, this kit
with LKDOS V3 is "new" in the sense that the prior owner
never utilized it, but "second-hand" with regard to price
(thanks to an Unclassified" ad in ZXir QLive Alive! which
nobody else bothered to respond to; apathy does have a
cost). Anyway— just how big this news is, to me at least, is
explained by the fact that I have not had any T/S disk
interface previously. My access has been "cassette",
"cartridge" or "none".
I'm re-reading old issues of ZOA! for words of
wisdom on the LarKen. For instance, while every copy of
the newsletter has an ad for LogiCall in it, and it is clear
LogiCall is Lark-related, I had to go back to your article in
the Spring of '94 to find out what the heck LogiCall was.
In tact, I may do an article on attaching up a Lark disk
interface to a 2068; while this may be "old hat" to a
number of users, I don't find any nuts-and-bolts review or
description of the LarKen interface in any of the ZQA!
issues I have.
I note that you are listed as the LarKen librarian.
Might I get a catalog of what is available in the LarKen
library, as well as cost/procedure for ordering? (I've got the
LarKen hooked to a standard DSDD 5-1/4" drive, if the
catalog comes on disk and you need to know the format.)
If you have any particular words of wisdom regarding truly
outstanding and/or "must have" software in the library for
LarKen/2068/Spectrum owners, I'd be interested to hear.
ZXir QLive Alive!
4
Autumn 1996
Another cool summer in Sierra Vista, no doubt?
GilParrish
Begs, OK
Received your letter today and I would like to be
of help. Do you have the LarKen manual? If not, you
won't be able to use the system (DOS).
My suggestion will be:
Buy LogiCall from RMG or FWD, it is $15 and is
really worth it. You get an updated LarKen manual
and LogiCall manual. They are a must have.
The disks contains many software such as word
processor, utilities that you will need etc.
Then you have to spend some time with the
system and learn the ins-and-outs of it. LogiCall
makes it real easy to (surf-the-LarKen).
I have, so does Bob Swoger and Don Lambert,
the T/SNUG disk library. About a 100 disks, some of
them are elementary and some are advanced like
the Toronto TTSUC library. I don't have a complete
listing but if you give an idea of what you are
interested in, I can give you a list of the available
choices. I can make you copies at cost and you
should specify what disk type/density you are using,
double sided or single. The prevalent choice is
double sided, 40 tracks per side (400K).
There will be an article that I am working on
right now in the next 2QAI about LogiCall, coming to
you in few weeks. I will also send you a TTSUC
library list.
True, there never been an article on setting up
LarKen in ZQAI, your future article will be welcomed.
You had to ask! ©
about the weather in
Sierra Vista. Well, / teff
ya II! It has been
beautiful until July when
the monsoons arrived, it
got hot and humid for the
duration and reminded
me of Chicago. Lucky
for me, I just finished
working on the yard
planting trees and
bushes, and, a lawn of
colored crushed rocks
(no maintenance). I
found myself shoveling
rocks even in the hot
sun, but not when it got
humid, not this old guy. 72 _ 7S o
We are now back to normal - sunny and dry — the
desert turned green! the humming birds visit our
young flowers every day.
I did get the LarKen manual, although in many places
I can't make heads or tails of it. I have already sent my
order to FWD to buy LogiCall and get the updated LarKen
manual, and I've basically suspended further investigations
until it arrives. I hope it will make certain points (like the
exact sequence to send a disk directory listing to a 2040 or
my Byte-Back-connected full-size printer) much clearer.
The first thing you have to do is to START your
engine by RANDDOMIZE USER 100: OPEN #4, "dd"
An AUTOSTART should be on every disk you
have; by holding down the ENTER key when you turn
on the computer, it boots up to drive "0". LogiCall
will do that for you if you so choose, copy too
Use LLIST and LPRINT for the 2040 proceeded
by either PRINT #4: or RANDOMIZE USER 100:
Every LarKen command must be preceeded by this.
For a large printer, you have to open a channel:
10 RANDOMIZE USER 100: OPEN #3, "LP"
To set the number of characters per line based
on the printer you have: ex. 85 chrs.
20 RANDOMIZE USER 100: POKE 16090, 85
To prevent an automatic linefeed from your
printer if it has one:
30 RANDOMIZE USER 100: POKE 16092, 0
For left margin: ex. 5 spaces.
40 RANDOMIZE USER 100: POKE 16094, 5
Then another line with LPRINT or LLIST
whatever.
I've wired a standard DSDD 40-track/side half-height
disk drive into an external drive case formerly occupied by
a Tandy Color Computer full-height, SSDD, 35-track drive.
It works fine, and I'll add another drive to the case when I
stumble on more $5 drives of that type. As to specific
programs- well, I'm not looking for anything in particular,
except perhaps the disk version of that newsletter software
(the name eludes me at the moment; is it Pixel Print?) that
is certainly one of the best programs I've seen for the 2068
(I have the tape version). And as you indicated, some
applications software like a disk-based word processor
should be supplied with the LogiCall stuff. So I'm largely
just looking for a good variety of advanced 2068/Spectrum
programs that really show off the system at its best. You
mention the TTSUC library of more advanced programs;
do you have a listing of those disks? And are some of the
good Spectrum games & programs from Europe available
somewhere?
ZXir QLive Alive!
Autumn 1996
Gil Parrish
73430.1546@compuserve.com
E-mailed you the TTSUC library list. I believe it
covers all what you are looking for. The only newsletter
on disk that I can think of was Byte Power Magazine,
unfortunately no longer active.
I noted in my article draft that you previously wrote
about LogiCall 5.0 & 5.2. I have no idea how much
version 6.0 changed.
Gil Parrish
73430.1546@compuserve.com
Please see GATORs below
Got your e-mail today about your letter to Gil
Parrish. I also got a letter from him Saturday requesting
the LarKen V2 Spectrum ROM w/socket. He also asked
for the 747 Flight Simulator and sent a $22 check. He
said he had ordered or was ordering LogiCall from
FWD Computing. He asked if LogiCall is really going
to be the last version.
Tell Gil that it really looks like it, in that it
hasn't been changed one iota since the
middle of 1995, that is more than a year. If
any changes are made they will probably be
given as text in ZQA!
Phillip came up with an interesting possible change
for ADDRESS BOOK when he wrote PHONE BOOK,
his latest endeavor. Remember that the crucial data was
kept in a string that perished (pun intended) if you ran it
instead of starting it with a GOTO 1? Well, if line 1 is
1 RANDOMIZE USR 100: LOAD "ADRS.BK", an old
copy of the program is LOADed in and run - you don't
lose your data! He also asked about the BYTE-BACK
modem and I shall have to answer him on that question.
Phil and I got our first picture on the digitizer last
Sunday. We could not play with it all day long as we
had to join Nazir and Sauter on other matters.
~=GATOR=-
You may want to note this and pass it along.
Abed
Subject: WARNING!!!!!
Sent: 8/16/9611:06
Received: 8/16/9612:20
From: timm@malone.sdlabs.com
>Hello All! Just passing along a VERY IMPORTANT
virus warning.
» VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE
READ! »» ~ »>Please distribute this message to
all people you care about
»»» Subject: Extremely Destructive Virus «««
There is a computer virus that is being sent across the
Internet. If you receive an Email message with the
subject line "Good Times", DO NOT READ the
message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the
messages below. Some miscreant is sending Email
under the title "Good Times" nationwide, if you get
anything like this, DON'T DOWN LOAD THE FILE.
««« >It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive,
obliterating anything on it. Please be careful and
forward this mail to anyone you care about.
> WARNING! !!!!!! INTERNET VIRUS
»The FCC released a warning last Wednesday
concerning a matter of major importance to any regular
user of the Internet. Apparently a new computer virus
has been engineered by a user of AMERICA ON LINE
that is unparalleled in its destructive capability. What
makes this virus so terrifying, said the FCC, is the fact
that no program needs to be exchanged for a new
computer to be infected. It can be spread through the
existing Email systems of the Internet. Once a Computer
is infected, one of several things can happen. If the
computer contains a hard drive, that will most likely be
destroyed. If the program is not stopped, the
computer's processor will be placed in an nth-
complexity infinite binary loop which can severely
damage the processor if left running that way too long.
Luckily, there is one sure means of detecting what is
now known as the "Good Times" virus. It always
travels to new computers the same way in a text Email
message with the subject line reading "Good Times".
Avoiding infection is easy once the file has been
received simply by NOT READING IT! The act of
LOADing the file into the mail server's ASCII buffer
causes the "Good Times mainline program to initialize
and execute. The program is highly intelligent- it will
send copies of itself to everyone whose Email address is
contained in a receive-mail file or a sent-mail file, if it
can find one. It will then proceed to trash the computer
it is running on. The bottom line is: - if you receive a
file with the subject line "Good Times", delete it
immediately! Do not read it" Rest assured that
whosoever name was on the "From" line was surely
struck by the virus. Warn your friends and local system
users of this newest threat to the Internet! It could save
them a lot of time and money. Could you pass this
along to your global mailing list as well?
>George H. Bowers
>Vice President for Information Systems University of
Maryland
>Medical System 410-328-2579 (fax)4 10-328-0572
>glowers@umms_itg.ab.umd.edu"
"History is not history unless it is the truth."
Abraham Lincoln
>Tania Gensemer
>tgensemer@ nbn.net
>http://users.nbn.net/~jgensemer/tarua.htrnl
>http://users.nbnnet/~jgensemer/journali.html
>WE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE. WE DO NOT
KNOW IF IT IS TRUE. TAKE PRECAUTIONS
Tim Malone Marketing operations Mgr. Sierra Design
Labs Phone: (702) 831-7837 Fax (702)831-5710
Thanks for the warming; I won't bother to write a
lot on that subject.
I recall this incident when it originally happened. It
turned out to be a hoax. Al least as far as PC users are
concerned, there is NO WAY that reading an Internet
message can introduce a virus into your computer.
(Sounds like a challenge to me, GATOR.) Some
ZXir QLrve Alive!
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UNIX mainframe users were concerned at the time that
such a virus might be possible for UNIX mainframe
systems; I do not know if those possible concerns were
ever resolved, but (again) no "Good Times" virus was
floating around that represented ANY threat to ANY
computer user from just reading Internet messages.
This kind of story can scare people off of the Internet
altogether; you might want to send a message (or forward a
copy of this message) to anyone you sent the original
message to, in order to set the record straight.
GilParrish
73430. 1546@compuserve.com
The enclosed disk has an updated QMOSAIC article
which I mentioned, sorry to be tardy in sending it
John Donaldson sent me his copy of QL Today and it is £
30 per year, six issues. There is/was apparently a £ 15 credit
for those who got burned by IQLR.
Bill Cable told me that Stuart Honeyball of Miracle
Systems and other QL notables will be producing QL
Today.
Bill also mentioned the QPC, a QL software emulator
that runs on a 486+ computer. On a 486DX-66 the
equivalent approximation is a 16MHz. Gold Carded QL
based on a prerelease demo at NESQLUG. The projected
cost for the QPC is either 199 DM or $200. The buzz is
about the viability of having a portable QL.
A few weeks ago, I decided that it was time to
upgrade my 20 MHz. 386DX chip and replace it with a 486
chip (CPU) ($50 + $7 shipping) from Surplus Direct It
arrived a couple weeks ago, but I have had to resort to the
secondary initiation syntax since the primary syntax is
unstable (approx. 93 MHz. may be with a bigger heat-sink
or fan). I am getting the increase of up to 300% that it
claimed. Regardless of syntax, the video speed increased
by a factor over 8X; so, it was a good enough investment.
That's the news that comes to mind
Al Feng
Albuquerque, NM
Form Germany HELP
For our American friends : I am looking for these
programs:
Thrust, SincArtist 1.3, SincArtist HR, ZX-
Text, ZX-Calc and ZX-Calendar
HENNING RADER
EMMERICHER STR. 35
46147 OBERHAUSEN
GERMANY
You can try:
NEAL SCHULTZ
PO BOX 101
BUTLER Wl 53007
USA
The material for the newsletter will be mailed a few
days after the Dayton ComputerFest since I am going.
Rod Gowen's wife passed away in July.
I won't have anything special for the newsletter since
nothing was submitted to me. Just the latest ads from
Frank and RMG.
Don Lambert
Auburn, IN
ZX-8I HiRes Graph
byHenningRSder
95 RRND USR IN IT
1O0 RRND USR GRRF
105 RRND USR 16509
110 INPUT D ■
©500 TOR 1*0 TO 350 STEP 10
85©2 PRINT USR 15557 ;i,®,l,I, 130
550* NEXT I
S50S FOR I«0 TO 150 STEP 10
3508 PRINT U3R 15557 ,.0 , I , 1 , 250 , I
5510 NEXT X 5
5512 FOR I»0 TO 150 STEP 10
6518 PRINT USR 16782 ,0,1,1, STRf
5517 NEXT I
8520 PRINT USR 16752 , 50 , 150 , 1; "S
CHUINDUERTDRRSTELLUNG"
5524. PRINT USR 167S2 ,,4.0 , 150 , 1; "B
Omrx . schu . u . M ; "s 5, 5; v " ; "bso
5525 FOR K»D/10 TO STEP D
✓ lO
3525 PRINT USR 1S7S2>D/D#K/D# (K/
<0.5#K> i #115,5+ <S*SIN (<K*10/D*9
0/ie0*PI) ) > , £; STR* K
8530 NEXT K
5535 PRINT USR 15752 , 20 , 170 f 1; "U
IEUIEL SCHUINDWERTE: "
8540 INPUT N
554.1 DIM K <50)
5542 DIM R (50)
554.5 PRINT USR 15752 , 20, 150 , 1; "Ef
N= *■ +3TR $ N
5543 PRINT USR 15752 , 20 , 170 , 1 j " 2
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S549 FOR Z=l TO N
6550 INPUT K
5552 LET K <Z) *K ;
855 3 PRINT USR 16752 , 20 , 14.0 , 1 ; "H
BBT« "+5TR* KCZ)
8554 IF K<Z>>0 THEN LET K (ZJ *D
6555 INPUT R
3556 LET R (Z) -P.
5557 PRINT USR 16752,100,140,1;"
EBBSCHU.a " +STRS Ft (Z)
SSSS NEXT Z
5560 FOR 2=1 TO N
S670 PRINT USR 18557 , (K < Z ) ) / < 0 . S
*P) *125,R <Z> *20 , 1 , C (K t Z + 1 ) ) / < 0 . 5
*D) ) *125,R (Z + l) *20
S575 IF ZaN-1 THEN GOTO 8585
3530 NEXT Z
5565 INPUT N*
S557 IF N THEN GOTO 9991
9991 RRND USR 15600
9992 SLOW
9994 STOP _
9996 SRUE " SCMWINDUNG /MRGS"
9997 GOTO 95
9995 RRND 1
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ZXir Qlive Alive!
7
Autumn 1996
All went pretty well with our FEST weekend. We got
the boys home before 10: PM local. We did indeed see the
Air Force Museum and stayed the recommended 1 hour.
Came back and said good-bye to the SMUG, T/SNUG,
FWD Computing and UPDATE! folks and began the long
drive home just after 4PM.
Got a loud noise in the front left wheel just before
dropping the boys off and had to limp home. Turns out
that the wheel became loose on the studs and a simple
tightening of the lug nuts fixed it.
One boy, Bob Muth, is having trouble with the $100
dollar hand scanner he bought, it looks like the serial
number was scratched off. F31 let you know how it goes.
We sure will miss Tim Swenson!
-—GATOR—
ComputerFest 96
Bob, Here is the E-Mail I told you I would send.
Since the show, I have been unloading the displays and
liying to fix the cars so I can get to work next week. I hope
you were able to get to the Air Force Museum in time to
see some of the displays.
We all went Mon. afternoon. The grandkids all
wanted to climb inside all the active displays. I have to get
back to the cars and fix the problems. No word on
attendance at the Fest yet.
Gary Ganger
gangerg@dmapub.dma.org@rNTERNET
TTSUC Disk Library
The oddball disk,
For some reason, I got the impression it had to do
with quad-density disk drives (80 tracks per side), which
may explain why you can't read it. I've only run into
quad density drives on the old Commodore PET line,
which had some quad single sided and even some double
sided (over a meg. per disk) drives. Strangely, you were
better off using standard DSDD disks in such a drive rather
than the HD 1.2 meg disks made now; they don't make
genuine quad floppies any more.
»Disk #2 is a must have
Well, then I must add disk #2 (Utilities) to the list!
Do I need to send you blank floppies, or an advance
check, or how do you want to do this?
»Yes please, send formated blank disks for
two reasons; 1. ft speeds up copying. 2. 1 don't
have a local source for reasonalbly priced disks.
» As far as the printer driver, if the selections
ofAERCO, Tasman orA+J didn't do it for you
They didn't, but of course I may have botched it
somehow. If you know something is SUPPOSED to work,
it's easier to concentrate on it until it DOES work.
» You may have to hack it. I am not clear on
what Bob's reply to you was!!!
Nothing yet; just asked the question yesterday. If he
says something of particular note (and I suspect I'm not
the only guy with a Byte-Back interface trying to use a
LarKen/LogiCall setup), I'll pass it along to you for ZQA!
Sincerely,
Gil Parrish
I did get the original LarKen manual and have the
basics, at least enough to get a disk directory and such.
LogiCall just arrived on Friday; it really is an
improvement over ordinary LarKen DOS. The
AUTOSTART with ENTER held, and the start-up disk
menu that can be used to load the appropriate files are my
major favorites, but the utilities built into the start-up disk
menu and the seamlessness of going from one application
and back to the menu without rebooting are a close
second!
I've hacked it and gotten nothing. I have a Byte-Back
parallel printer interface, and it isn't on the (short) list of
supported interfaces. It may be that it's compatible with
another listed driver, or that it can be hacked, but it doesn't
seem to work "out of the box".
Yeah, I've contacted Bob Swoger directly, and he
stated since it hasn't (LogiCall) changed in a year or so,
and since it appears to be bug free, he likely won't mess
with it any more. I've asked him the printer question, so
with luck I'll get an expert answer.
As always. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Gil Parrish 73430.1546@compuserve.com
ROUTE 1 BOX 705
BEGGS OK 74421
Anyone out there who had experience
with the Byte-Back printer interface
using the LarKen DOS,
We need your HELP
To: Bob Swoger
I was away from the office yesterday. I was attending
the COMDEX exposition downtown.
If s good to hear that you are getting responses for
LogiCall and that there is still interest in the 2068 and the
disk systems.
I will certainly forward the software. I know that
George still corresponds with a few of the out-of-town
users so I will make sure he gets it as well.
The core group of TTSUC still get together every 4 to
6 weeks. Mostly we talk about the computing world in
general although each of us has brought in Timex- Sinclair
tidbits.
Ex-pres Rene Bruneau still tinkers with the ZX-81 and is in
contact with a developer in Holland and the old VSUG
group. They continue to do amazing things with the ZX-
81/TS1000.
I still have boxes of T/S stuff. Is anyone from your
group coming this way this summer? I would still like to
find a home for it and as I am moving to a new house early
in September I would like not to have to pack it.
As to the order, please let me know what you still
want so I can separate that stuff from all the rest. It occurs
to me that we still owe you one working drive. Let me
know. Regards
Jeff Taylor TTSUC - Canada
ZXir QLive Alive!
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Autumn 1996
To: ALL Rcvd: 09-03-96 08:36
Re SCC BBS
Hey all,
Well, as you may or may not know by now, I'm
planning to take my SCC BBS on-line to the Internet, an
Internet version of my BBS.
Well, I'm about %75 done with configuring the server
i, and I would like to know if any of you Sinclair
users would like to add any material or anything to scc.org
before it goes on-line.
It will be about 2 to 3 months before it does go on-
line so, take your time. But I would like to know if you all
have anything you would like to add to the server.
Thanks
Jose Moreno
North Miami Beach, FL
FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S DISK B
Donald Lambert
Dayton ComputerFest 1996 is now history. As far as
the TS'ers go there were fewer of us there than last year.
This time I did not have a huge want list to take with me. I
did leave home with a warning "DON'T BRING
ANYTHING BACK!" Well I did bring a few things back
but they were very small and did not raise the ire of my
wife. I brought back a book, 100 used 3.5 disks and an IBM
power supply. My wife only saw the book.
This is the first time that setting up was easier to do
since we were closer to the door. Always before we had to
go in through the first room to the room we had tables in. I
met Paul Holmgren and Frank and Carol Davis at Red
Roof and then we went over to Hara Arena to set up before
we went out for dinner. And since I helped them, I had an
Exhibitor Pass that allowed me to enter before the doors
were open.
The weather was milder but it still got hot and sticky
inside. But not as bad as last year. This is the first year
that they had two ComputerFest in one year and I think
that the attendance was less this year than it was last year
at this time. But I did notice that very few walked around
with empty hands. Seems I saw more wheelchairs and
strollers this year. And they paged a name and said "You
are wanted at home right now!" That does make one
wonder why?
I learned of still more software for the T/S 2068. One
is for the Oliger disk interface, it to loads IBM snapshots
into the T/S 2068 and the other is a way to LOAD the
Oliger, LarKen disks, into the AERCO disk system. There
is a lot of stuff out there if someone learns that it is there.
Now if there were a program to allow one to LOAD any of
the three 2068 DOS into the IBM PC using the 2068
Emulator, then that conversion would be so much easier.
I am entertaining offers to buy out all
of my TS inventory. If you are interested,
please get in touch. I'm also looking to
sell all of the new/used IBM clone
hardware/software that I have in stock.
Thank you for your continued
support.
Rod Gowen
Rod Gowen of RMG ENTERPRISES may go out of
business since his wife passed away in July. She has been
in poor health for years so it was not completely
unexpected but not expected at this time. Since Rod has a
vision problem that slowly gets worse and worse and he
reads by using a closed circuit TV that magnifies the
images, that makes it hard to do business without help. He
will do whatever he can do but, he no longer has his wife to
help him in his business as in the past.
Tim Swenson is leaving the Ohio area and is now
interviewing for a place to go to. He was not satisfied with
the future at the Air Force. He will still be with the same
computers but in a new location.
Paul* Holmgren and family are still not into their
house since the fire, right after Christmas 1995. Maybe,
hopefully by November they will be back into their house.
Cause of fire was not fully determined except that it points
to a two year old furnace.
Frank Davis reported that there are as many people
that he has learned of through the Internet than he knew of
before who are TS'ers. Almost everyday he gets orders
from someone that he has not heard of before by way of
the Internet. And at $20 a month, that is the cheapest rate
for advertising he has paid for the business it had
generated.
I have started to learn and relearn electronics to better
understand these computers that we use. I will never be
able to fully understand how they work but will know
more. With the HeathKit ET3200 and the ET3600 training
modules, I am able to do experiment easily in either digital
or analog circuits. I had picked up those two units at
HamFest for about a thirtieth of the original price but with
no documentation, but I have recently gotten that. As
soon as I get some household projects completed, I will get
back to learning more about electronics. At the Dayton
ComputeFest I did pick up a Heathkit book on
"Semiconductor Devices" which is a book heavy on theory
and very little hands-on experience. But it will explain what
the other text material that is very much hands-on material
does not explain fully.
With the summer getting close to the end, I will be
getting back to typing the tutorials again and also to getting
all of my T/S 2068 software (cassette based) onto disk.
And I will be experimenting with transferring programs
directly from computer to computer. I will have plenty to
do if I get the chance to do it without a new household
project getting put on a priority basis. 0/0
ZXir QLive Alive!
9
Autumn 1996
To Frank and Carol D
avis
Scott Adams has had a lot of fun with
the word Downsizing lately in his Dilbert
comic strip. In a way downsizing may
describe what is going on right here in the
Sinclair community. Magazines all over the
world exist only when it is profitable for the
hard working publishers to expend their
valuable time and energy. The profits of
most magazines come mainly from the
advertisers rather than from subscribers.
Certainly our advertisers cant afford that
expense any more when they are no longer
getting a return on their investment. To
continue, we have to downsize by giving up
our magazine.
Though the magazines are gone, the
Sinclair platforms and their users are not.
Sir Clive Sinclair introduced his first
computer to the world SIXTEEN years ago
and changed the lives of many whether they
bought a Sinclair platform or any other by
making a computer for the home that is
affordable. Clive's machine drove the price
down on all the other platforms. If you
couldn't get your price down, you were out
of business. Our UK friends said it this
way, "Sir Clive made computers for people
with empty coal buckets at home".
Now people selling computers and
related products, would tell you today that
in the home there are only the main stream
computers of today's market and the
obsolete computers of yesteryears. We often
find them both in the home but we prefer to
call them the APPLIANCES and the
PROGRAM MABLES. Can you really
imagine yourself trying to program an IBM
or Macintosh? The thing these
APPLIANCES do best is run canned
programs and applications. Go out and buy
one, take it home and stick it in the
appliance. If you dont like it, either get
over it and get used to it or go out and buy
another.
A PROGRAMMABLE, you go out and
buy it at less cost if you feel you must start
that way. If you dont like it, get into it and
make it better or start over and write your
own programs. PROG RAM MABLES are the
Sinclairs, Commodores, and Tandy Color
computers. They stay alive because they
remain useful to their owners as
PROGRAMMABLE computers.
The loss of our magazines which
allowed us to stay in contact with vendors
and others is hard to take but we can move
on and still be supported by newsletters,
BBSs and perhaps the Internet.
Tm> the end, it was more than
making money that kept
UPDATE! Magazine alive,
it was the charitahle hearts of
yon. both, Frank an J Carol
Davis, doing it for the Sinclair
commmnityo Though this
phase of your life comes to a
conclusion, we will look
forward to seeing FWTD
Computing going on to help the
Sinclair community as well as
the communities of other
computer platforms ■ Thanks
for your efforts, yon did it for
so long and so well! !
— ==GATOR==—
ZXir QLive Alive!
10
Autumn 1996
by George Chambers
Disk Doctor (doctor.Bl) is a program which will be
found useful in the inspection, analysis, and correction of
errors on disks used on the LarKen Disk Drive System
(DSK400). The following notes will explain the various
features of this program and describe how to make best use
of theme
The program is menu-driven. That is to say, there is a
main menu to which one can always return to at any point
in the operation of the program.
As each of the menu items are in use a sub-menu will
appear at the bottom of the screen indicating what options
are now available. Usually they offer the opportunity to
COPY the screen, or to return to the main menu. The sub-
menu of Option 4 is more extensive, and will be described
elsewhere
We shall review the options on the main menu:
Option 1. "TRACKS USED/FREE". By selecting
this item you will obtain a display of the 'Used/Free' status
of each of the 80 or 160 tracks of the disk.
Option 2. "Program Header Reader" Does a track by
track inspection of the disk and outputs an screen details of
the program segment on each track. The information
includes the Track Number, the program/file name, the
starting address in memory of that particular track, and the
full length of the program. It also gives the starting address
if it is a program.
Option 3. "DIRectory ANALYSIS" Will provide
information an each program contained on the disk, such
as program name, tracks used.
Option 4. "EXAMINE/MODIFY A TRACK" This is
really the heart of the DOCTOR program. With this option
you can inspect the contents of each track, modify the data
as desired, and save the modified track contents to the
same track or to another track.
Option 5. "PROGRAM START/LENGTHS" This
option provides details on each program on the disk.
Details include program/ file name, it's starting address and
length, and the starting line Number, if a program.
Option 6. "RENAME A PROGRAM" Is a sub-
routine which enables one to rename a program. This
routine will rename the program on the directory track, and
also the name label on each track where the program is
stored.
Option 7. "SELECT DRIVE" Lets one select a drive
0 to 3. It initially reflects the system default drive value of
"0".
Option 8. "RETURN TO RAMDISK MENU"
Allows you to exit from this program.
Option 9. "SAVE THIS PROGRAM" A way of
saving this program to disk or optionally to tape. Select the
correct drive first.
HEADER READER (Menu Option 2)
The Header information displayed onscreen includes
the track number, the program name, the program starting
address (START), program length (LENGTH), and starting
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line Number. The Starting address can be either the start of
a BASIC program or the start of a block of codes -
The LENGTH refers to the length of the program,
whether it be a BASIC program, code, or arrays.
The ST refers to the starting line of the program.
Where the' entry shows a figure of -1 this is an indication it
is not an AUTOSTART program.
EXAMINE/MODIFY A TRACK (Menu Option 4)
Track 0 in the LarKen system is the DIRectory track;
that is to say, it is the track which contains all the
information required by the LarKen system to manage the
storage and retrieval of programs/data an the disk. The
make-up of this track is shown in the LarKen operating
manual.
When menu Option 4 (EXAMINE/MODIFY
TRACK) is selected you will be asked which track you
wish to have LOADed into the computer memory. Usually
this will be track 0, and initially we shall confine our
discussion to the procedures likely to be used on this track.
As soon as track selection has been made you will be
presented with a display of the contents of track 0
(assuming track 0 was selected), starting at byte "0" of the
track. The first part of the directory track has no immediate
interest, so press the "N"key.
Now, before proceeding any further let us explore the
sub-menu that appears at the bottom of your screen.
Although the menu on the screen has been arranged in
alphabetical order we shall discuss them in the sequence
they are most likely to be used.
Name — we have already pressed this command in
the previous paragraph. Pressing the "N" key advances the
scan to the start of the program name cell area.
Cont — Pressing the "C" key will advance the
display by 17 addresses, or exactly half of a name cell of 34
addresses as stored in the directory track.
Etc — The "E" key advances the scan by exactly 34
bytes or a full name cell. Because the first 17 line screen
contains the most-often wanted data, pressing the "E" key
expedites movement through the file.
Jump5 — Pressing the "J" key advances the scan by
six name blocks, Most useful when the desired program
name cell is far along the directory.
Back — The "B" key permits a backwards movement
of one frame of 17 addresses (one half a name cell)
Dire — The "D" key moves the scan forward to
where the disk name is stored on the directory track.
Useful when it is desired to change the disk name.
Zend — The DIRectory track has a marker "250" to
indicate the end of the file name area. Pressing the Z key
moves the scan to that point in the file.
Top — Pressing the "T" key will restore the scan to
its initial position; at the start of the buffer.
Alter — The "A" key is pressed when it is desired to
make a change in the contents of the buffer.
Save — Pressing the "S" key is done when it is
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desired to save the buffer to a disk track.
Load — The "L" key is used to call up another track
for inspection. You will be asked to input the new track
number. Using this key avoids the need to return to the
main menu to select a new track.
Menu — The "M" key is used to return to the main
menu.
When the buffer is being displayed per Option 4 there
are some column headers which bear explanation, addr
refers to the address in the computer memory where the
buffer is being stored. There are circumstances where it is
desirable to break into the "doctor" program to make a
direct POKE into the buffer. The information in this
column will help to locate the desired address.
Map — is a buffer address, which somewhat parallels
the address information, but represents the address where
this data is held on the disk track. Do not confuse a 'map'
address with the address in the computer memory where
this track data is being temporarily stored.
Byte — The value contained in the corresponding
address.
CHR$ — The character corresponding to the byte,
Also, where the byte number corresponds to a file marker,
the program prints out an asterisk as a visual signal.
Primarily, this column is useful in displaying the program
name; the CHR$ elsewhere serve no useful purpose.
@track — Shows the track number selected ,
TRACK "0" (DIRectory Track)
It is probably appropriate at this time to talk about the
make-up of the DIRectory track "0". In the operation of
the LarKen Disk Operating System (LKDOS), track 0
contains all the information required to store and retrieve
data from the other 79 tracks on the disk. The make-up of
track 0 follows very precise rules, and this makes it
possible to go into the track and make changes/corrections
if necessary.
There are 5128 bytes on a track. Of these, the first 20
bytes (O to 19) are reserved and used for DOS variables
and as DOS work space. These bytes are not significant
for our purposes.
At address 20 we start the Track Map Area. This
address holds figure of I or 2 corresponding to the number
of sides that have been FORMATted. The next address,
21, holds a value corresponding to the numb4r of tracks
formatted per side on this disk.
Map addresses 24 to 187 are used to store the track
used/free status. When first formatted addresses starting at
24 are filled with values starting with 1. The numerical
sequence continues until the number of tracks the disk has
been formatted to is reached, 80 in the case of a DSDD
format. The remaining addresses are filled with a value of
245.
Whenever a program is SAVEd or erased a "245"
marker is placed in the appropriate location by the DOS.
The DOS checks this Track Map area to locate free tracks
to hold a program to be SAVEd. Likewise, Option 1 of
"doctor.Bl" Main Menu inspects this area to determine
track status.
When we get to map address 188 we find the start of
the DIRectory Name Cell area. Each name cell consists of
34 bytes of information. The first byte contains a marker,
"255". Then follows the familiar 6-character program
name/3-character suffix in the next 9 addresses. Note that
if a name is less than 6 characters long the empty spaces
after the 3-character suffix are occupied by values of 32.
An end-of-name marker "253" follows the name.
The next map addresses contain the track numbers
assigned to this program. The last assigned track number is
followed by a (floating) end-of-tracks file marker "249". In
an unused Name Cell the "249" immediately follows the
"253" marker (since no tracks have been assigned to this
name cell).
When a program has been removed from the disk by
the DOS "erase" command the material on the disk is not
removed. Instead, a marker "254" is placed in the address
succeeding the name cell marker "255".
A name cell is designed to hold a maximum record of
22 tracks. If a program occupies less than 22 tracks, the
unused map addresses remain in place unused.
There are 100 Name Cells in Track 0. At the end of
the track, at map address, you will find a value of 250. This
is the end-of-DIRectory marker, and indicates to the DOS
that the search of Name Cells has finished.
Once a track has been loaded into memory using
Option 4,ipne can then scan through it using the sub-menu
options *c\ *e', *j\ and 'b' . When it is desired to change a
value in a particular address press key 'a'. This will bring
up the query "Change Number or Char". If it is a
numerical value to be changed press the "N" keys. If it is a
name change (characters) then press the "C" key.
You will see a black cursor opposite the bytes
column, at the top of the screen. The position of this
cursor can be controlled by the "Q" and "A" keys. An
instruction to this effect will appear on the lower section of
the screen. Using the Q and A keys position the cursor
opposite the first address (byte) to be altered, then press
the ENTER key.
When the ENTER key is pressed you will be asked
for an input. If a name change is required enter the required
string, it can be anything from I to 9 characters as desired.
When the string is ENTERed the screen will be recycled
showing the changes that have been effected.
In the event that a numerical input was requested, i.e.
the "T" key was pressed you will be asked to input one or
more numerical values. These of course must fall within
the range of 2 to 255. When working on the track
information on track 1 the numerical sequence will
normally terminate with a "249". The program when it
senses an input of 249 will automatically tenninate the
sequence, recycling the screen to show revision.
Now, there doubtless will be occasions when you
wish to terminate a numerical sequence without the
number 249. In this case, ENTERing the number 2068 will
terminate the sequence. The 2068 is treated as an indicator
and is not used in the sequence,
There may be other occasions when you wish to enter
the 249 outside it's use as a program marker. On these
relatively rare occasions it will be necessary to break into
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the program, POKE the number into place, then continue
by pressing the "C", then the ENTER keys.
When all the changes required have been made to the
track, you will want to re-save the corrected version. Keep
in mind you will be replacing the existing track record with
your new copy; the original will be lost. Press key 'S\
You will see on screen the message 'Save to same track or
new track'. Normally you will want to save it to the same
track. In this event press the 'S' key. The drive will run
momentarily, and the track is SAVEd. This presumes that
you have removed the write protect label!
If you wish to save the data to another track, enter 'n'
and you will be asked for a new track number. Enter the
new track number and the SAVE will proceed as before,
but to the designated track.
While most of your efforts with DOCTOR will be
directed to track 0, it is possible to perform the same
functions on any track. Mostly the information on the
other tracks will not be intelligible. However it is possible,
by pressing the *T key to get to the start of the track, and
at map addresses 2 to 1 1 see the program name stored on
that track. Also, at map addresses 12 and 13 you will find
the starting address of this track's portion of the program
(where it is placed in the 2068 memory). For
a BASIC program these addresses will
hold values of 104 and 86,
representing 2671 0. For Spectrum
programs the corresponding values
would be 203 and 92 (23755). For an
NMI-type program they would be 218
and 87 (22490)
We noted earlier that one could find the name of the
program at the start of every track map #1 to #79. This
information is not used by the DOS in any particular way
but it is useful to be able to look at a track to see if the
program name on that track corresponds to the record in
the DIRectory track>
CHRONICLES
In Albuquerque, patrons (i.e., library card holders)
can have one free hour of INTERNET access per week
(Email is not allowed). After my hour on the NET, I had
the opportunity to see how NETSCAPE (v2.2) compared
with Omar Valenti's QMOSAIC (vO.77) web browsing
program for QDOS users.
While QMOSAIC is subordinate to the Pointer
Environment, it does not take full advantage of it at the
present time. QMOSAIC is further at a disadvantage for
being based on XMOSAIC instead of contemporary (i.e.,
Windows) web browser like NETSCAPE.
Since I don't telecommunicate, I will not be
discussing the actual performance since performance is
dependent on your MODEM and CPU speed. My local
library branch has a Pentium-75MHz computer; and
probably has a very fast MODEM too.
CHE COS'E' UN'HTML?
First, kudos to Omar Valenti for his efforts at
providing a QL program to filter the HTML (Hyper Text
Markup Language) which can link sites using FTP (File
Transfer Protocol).
While the HTML standard is evolving, basic aspects
remain the same. I don't know what made NETSCAPE'S
implementation superior to others which are no longer
being updated (the fact that early versions of NETSCAPE
were "free" might have been significant with NETSCAPE
hoping that the INTRANET implemented would "buy"
their server software). From what I gather (and, this could
be wrong),MicroSoft (the last remaining player in the web
browser arena)would eventually like to implement then-
own language script even though their EXPLORER
program currently reads HTML. Long live NETSCAPE!
HTML IMPLEMENTATION
The HTML script information is included in angle-
brackets. Besides structuring the page, it determines such
things a% BOLD face <B>, BOLD off </B>, underline
<UL>, underline off </UL>, line feeds <LI>and breaks
<BR>, et cetera. Site addresses are HREFed.
I cannot tell you what all the bracketed codes mean,
but for you to better appreciate what QMOSAIC (and,
NETSCAPE, et ai) does let's look at a sample input/output.
<title> FTP Sites </title>
<hlxlMG SRC='7icons/cannoc.gif ' align=bottom >
<h2>FTP: <h3>File Transfer Protocol and ARCHIE</h3>
<hr size=40>
Here are some <B>File Transfer Protocol </B>sites
useful for downloading <BR> software or other
information.
<Llxlix/ul>To that end, <b>ARCHIE</b> is a tool
for an open search of a file within the <BR> scope of the
available public domain software via anonymous FTP.<br>
<LlxLlx/UL>In other words, don't be discouraged
if the sites provided are not <BR> enough: seaMAC
software on the Net </A>
<LI> <A HREF =
htcp://www.compuserve.com/isd/n^_faq.html''xb> FTP:
Questions and Answers</A>
<LI> <A HREF =
"http.7/tesuque.cs.sandia.gov/mac_npsites.htral''xb>MA
C FTP sites </A>
<LI><A HREF
="ht1p://coyote.csusm.edii/cwis/wmworld/winworld.htmr'
xb> Windows Shareware Arvhive <7A>
<LI> <A HREF - "ftp://ftp.microsoft.com , '><b>
Microsoft Site </A>
<LI> <A HREF = "http://ww.sanger.ac.uMtp-
startmg.html' , xb>Anonymous FTP sites </A>
<LI> < A HREF = "http://www.ripco.com:7unSITE
Software Information and Technology Exchange</A>
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<LIxA HREF = "http://sunsite.unc.edu"xb> WWW -
SunSITE Software, Information and Technology
Exchange</A>
<LIXA HREF = "http://ricotta.ucs.ubc.ca/cgi-
bin/AA"Xaname="<bx/b> ARCHIE Search</A>
<LlxA HREF =
"http://alpha.acast.nova.edu/software/fo^
ng Softwares Ax/ulxbr>
<lixlixulxlixh3xb>Per Cercare nella Rete (Search
Engines)</bxbr>
[<ahrer^"http://webcrawler.cs.washington.edu/WebCrawle
r/WebQuery.html"-xb> WebCrawler</a> | <
The screen output to (my translation to English):
FTP: File Transfer Protocol and ARCHIE
Here are some File Transfer Protocol sites useful for
downloading software or other information.
To that end, ARCHIE is a tool for an open search of
a file within the scope of the available public domain
software via anonymous FTP.
In other words, don't be discourage if the sites
provided are not enough: (launch a) search for the
filename (or, a sub-string of the name) which interests
your through ARCHIE, and presupposing the software
title exists as named by the specific string, here is a list of
FTP ndoes, addresses and directories ... [to get you
started]
_[1] FTP : Questions and Answers
_J2]_MAC software on the Net
_[3]_Windows Shareware Arvhive
_[4]_Microsoft site
_[5]_Anonymous FTP sites
_[6]_WWW = SunSITE Software, Information and
Technology Exchange
_[7]_Archie Search
_[8]_Finding Software
Cercare nella Rete (Search Engines)
_[9]_Webcrawler |
The example is a truncated version of the "ftpl_htm"
file which came with the v0.77 which I translated from
Italian to English. As you can see, Omar has made a
significant effort in the versions that he has already
produced.
RUNNING THE PROGRAM
Okay, so the first trick was to actually LOAD the
program.
Before trying to run the program, I first read the
"history Jxt"(which was in Italian) and ascertain that there
was a short teething period, but that the version I had
(0.77) was "pretty good" (or, was that "good enough"?).
Most of the other files were "_htm" suffixed, and
generally in Italian..
After numerous failed attempts to LOAD the
program, it occurred tome in a lucid moment that program
might run under the all-too-popular-in-Europe POINTER
ENVIRONMENT. Eureka!
So, to run the QMOSAIC program you will need to
activate the POINTER ENVIRONMENT files (NOT
INCLUDED), and minimally have a BOOT program that
looks like this:
100TK2_EXT
1 10 lrespr flpl_ptrgen: Irespr flpl_wman: Irespr
flpljiotrext
120 EXEC £lpl_qmosaic_flp
The qmosaicjlp program is simply the QMOSAIC
program wherein I converted the default "winl" to "ftpl"
for my own convenience. Of course, there was no
"qmosaic_fTp" file in the QMOSAIC_zip that I received.
When you run the program, you will find that it is
anticipated that the "_htm" files will be found in a default
sub_DIRectory named "qmosaic." You can change this.
RUNNING THE PROGRAM
To effectively ran the program, you must be running
your QL in monitor mode.
The first thing you will see when you run the program
is a "welcome" screen. The screen has a top bar with four
"black box" options ~ two of the options are for sizing and
moving the POINTER ENVIRONMENT window, and the
other two are for the actual program ("File" and "ESC").
The "ESC" option is redundant; and, you can
ESCape from within the "File" option.
The "File" option has the following branches:
Open html
Change directory
Print page
6 Links..
About
Exit to SMSQ
After you open the "File" option, you can either use
the pointer or simply press the key which corresponds to
the underlined character.
OPEN HTML
This, at first, seems like a pretty silly option since it
defaults to the name of the "_htm" file that is (probably)
already open. I found that this option allowed me to verify
which "_htm" file I was editing. It can also be used to
access a file that is not readily available via the "Change
directory" option.
CHANGE DIRectory
As stated above, the program default is for a
sub_DIRectory named "qmosaic." When you first select
this option, you will be presented with a small box
announcing the "_htm path" and a user re-definable
"winl_qmosaic_" default. Either press the ENTER key to
accept, or change (of course, if "winl _" is not your default
DIRectory, you may want to use the converted
qmosaicjlp version).
Depending on the number of files in the
sub_DIRectory, it appears that, you will be presented with a
maximum of 18 filenames (3colurnns by 6 rows). If you
have more than 18 filenames, the 19thand beyond cannot
(apparently) be accessed. If the filename does not have an
"_htm" suffix, it will not be recognized.
You select the name of the file you want to open by
moving your pointer until the name is framed, and then
press ENTER.
The file will be opened, and you will likely see multi-
colored, variably sized text. The original files seemed to
make heavy use of green text (the background is white),
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as Peter Hale once remarked to me, this is very difficult to
read on a color monitor.
These have been changed in the English language files.
PRINT PAGE
This option did not work for me and was excluded from
version0.80a. Hopefully it will be "fixed" and implemented
subsequent versions.
Having used NETSCAPE, it clearly is designed to
echo the material on the screen as printer output.
LINKS
This is apparently the activating part of the hypertext feature
of the program. It appears that the program defaults to
presenting six other _htm files in the sub_DIRectory. It can
be used for linking to other "_htm" files or for "jumping"
(connecting) to an INTERNET address.
If you open the "FTPlJitm" and then access the
LINKS, you will be given the following, truncated options:
http://hoohoo.ncsa.u
http://mtrnisl.rnis.se
http://rever.nmsu.ed
http://www. compuserv
http://tesuque.cs.sa
http://coyote.csusm.
These are partial
addresses (I'm surprised
that some are "located" in
New Mexico!), and the full
address can be seen when
you view the "FTPlJitm'
file through a text editor.
There wasn't any
apparent way to scroll the
list to access the other 18
options provided "Onion
Communications &
Technologies"[NB: at this
point I should point out that you will find that the
ampersand has been changed {by me} to "and" because
"&" is apparently a valid script symbol, but an invalid text
symbol. Using an ampersand within a text will cause
QMOSAIC (0.77) to freeze.
Although it appears that you cannot scroll through the
LINKS, you can circumvent this limitation by segregating
the additional addresses on different "_htm" pages.
You can also "jump" to the desired web-site by
pressing numbers "1" to "9" (that is, the number keys).
Onion Communications has listed more files than you can
immediately access (i.e., you can't press a double digit since
the jump occurs automatically). Circumvent this by only
including 9 sites per "_htm" page.
ABOUT
This is simply a box which states the program name,
version number, 'Hypertext for Sinclair QL', and copyright
information. It also notes that the program is SMSQ
compatible. Its only option is to exit by pressing the red bar
"OK". EXIT
This is, as you might suggest, the method by which you exit
the program. The option is to exit, or to resume "No".
DOES IT WORK?
Of course, I am not hooked up to the INTERNET at the
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even, how it functions once you are hooked up. I perceive
limitations, but ... Presumably, once you are ON_LINE
(dialed into your provider),
1) you would simply run the program
2) access the "File" option
3) access a page similar to the "FTPlJitm" file
4) access the "LINKS" option
5) select a web-sites (?) available via your HTML script
6) browse
You cannot prematurely exit a file read.
EDITING?
At some point you need a standard text editor. The various
codes for the script size and color used are obviously
standardized, but I only know what some of them are by
having edited the various Italian "_htm" files.
It is perhaps little help at the current time to simply
state that you should look at
the various examples and
edit/amend them. As I have
noted, HTML is apparently
an evolving standard; but,
the information is
undoubtedly available
somewhere on the WEB.
FUTURE CHANGES?
While it is certainly easy to
say, I suspect/expect that
better implementation of the
Pointer Environment will
eventuate by the time the
program reaches integer
enumeration.
NETSCAPE only
presented the viewer with a
half-dozen HREFed sites per
Although it is easier said than done, if Omar
WYATTEARP: Was
smce he mitl ived nil the
others h® sakj he cou&i
(eil th% Irue s-tory.
screen page
modifies the program to show only a fixed number of sites
per screen, then it shouldn't be too difficult to implement
the POINTER ENVIRONMENT instead of the number-
key-press method currently employed.
ABOUT THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
I will note that I have not translated all the text because
my knowledge of Italian is really limited to using Hie
Oxford Paperback Italian Dictionary [ISBN 0-19-282184-9
(pbk.)].
While some of the translation is verbatim, some is not.
Some of the words (e.g., "possono") were too obscure, and
sometimes I wasn't quite sure what the intent of the author
was (as with the comments about QITALY and Jochen
Merz presumably grateful>), and so that text was not
translated. Apologies for any omissions, and certainly for
errors (!), to what the author(s) of the original "_htm" files
intended.
My understanding is that QMOSAIC is in the public
domain, and version 0.77 with "_htm" files translated from
Italian io English are available from both NESQLUG and
TSNUG'sPD library.
HAPPY TRAILS ...
AND COMPUTING, TO YOU ...
Autumn 1996
11 LOGIC
Explanation By The Author
LarKen users who have not yet tried LogiCall have
told me that ads and articles had not clearly explained how
the LogiCall Ensemble could help them. They had,
therefore, not taken the opportunity to buy and use it. After
sending them a copy of LogiCalL however, they were
pleased with not only the speed but also the new and easier
way to execute LarKen file management functions as well
as the added utilities and improvements made to the BASIC
drivers of many popular TS2068 programs.
LogiCall reduces the number of keystrokes required
for LarKen's LKDOS. All the keys labeled by TIMEX for
DOS operation, now work without being preceded by
RANDOMIZE USR 100: or PRINT #4: The best reason to
use LogiCall is the EASE OF USE and the GREATLY
IMPROVED SPEED of all the features of LarKen DOS.
The LogiCall Concept
LogiCall was developed after observing how the
integrated software package MASS-1 1 ran on both a Digital
Equipment Corp. mini-computer and an IBM PC. MASS is
the acronym for Management Administrative System
Software. MASS-1 1 contained a word processor, data base,
spread sheet, terminal package, date planner, FAX and
network applications tied all together with help files and
supporting utilities. When you turned on the computer, a
menu of application choices was presented on the screen.
You could call up the application you wished to use by
pressing two keys followed by <ENTER>. Furthermore,
the utilities included with the package allowed the files to be
passed from one application to another. However, unless
you worked for an aerospace, pharmaceutical, chemical
company, research lab or bank, you probably would have
never seen this software in action for yourself because the
cost of MASS-1 1 was too high for home use.
It was disturbing to me that LKDOS required the user
to type RANDOMIZE USR 100: LOAD "filename.ex" to
load in a program from a menu seen only after typing
RANDOMIZE USR 100: CAT "". I noted that quite a bit of
computer time in front of the TS2068 was lost doing menial
disk management. RANDOMIZE USR 100: or PRINT #4:
always had to be keyed in ahead of the DOS management
task calls for execution. Why should this be when the
TS2068 has them on the keyboard - all the keys necessary
for the DOS functions?
The Added Enhancements
The first thing I decided to do was to make all those
DOS keys work without the RANDOMIZE USR 100: or
PRINT #4: requirement. I also decided to write LogiCall to
permit all the file management task calls EXEcutable by
pressing just one key followed by <ENTER>, if one wished,
rather than the TIMEX key sequence, like <E> <ENTER>
or <7> <ENTER> instead of <SS> <CS> <ERASE>
<ENTER>. Also, at the appropriate time the disk menu is
displayed automatically on the screen. LogiCall can
accommodate this. Furthermore, LogiCall is as transparent
as possible. It shows no menus of its own, it looks to the
user much like the LKDOS you were already used to.
Larry's CATalog screen looked very professional, all I
added was a line to show which drive the system was
pointing to and two prompts.
When you power up the TS2068 while holding down
the <Enter> key, the CATalog of the disk in Drive 0 appears
on the screen. At the bottom of the screen, you are given
the 'Drive?' prompt to allow you to select any other drive on
your system including the Tape drive. If another disk drive
is selected, the CATalog of that disk is displayed. The
'Drive?' Prompt is then replaced by the 'Program?' Prompt.
Since many files on a disk are related to application
support such as start-up screens and application machine
code files, the concept of a Brief screen and Verbose screen
was developed to make the disk CATalog easier to peruse.
The default disk CATalog displays only the basic files
hiding the code and array files from view unless the V key is
pressed at the 'Program?' Prompt. The user can return to the
Brief CATalog by pressing the B key at the 'Program?'
Prompt. The next logical thing to do is to either load in a
program or perform some disk management functions.
Logically, the first time out, you may not know
exactly how to proceed.
You may now press <?> <ENTER> or <H>
<ENTER> to display a 'HELP' script on your screen. This
two page help script provides a brief description of all the
LogiCall functions. Brief means that although a key is given
for every possible function, not all of the other key
possibilities are given. You should read the manual through
once to learn them all! Adding AUTOSTART to a disk is
also briefly described here.
This HELP script may be accessed at either the Drive?
or the Program? prompt and will always return to the proper
prompt.
Not only is one key provided for all the disk
management functions possible in LKDOS but there are
several logical possibilities to perform that same function
depending on your feeling of what that logic should be. For
instance, to call the format routine you might use the
keystroke sequence suggested by TIMEX, <SS> <CS> <0>
<ENTER> to obtain the FORMAT key word. Though this
is handled by LogiCalL the format routine can also be called
with the sequences <F> <ENTER> and <0> <ENTER>,
<0> being the key that has FORMAT under it.
To set the drive pointer, <D>, <G> or <8> returns the
DRIVE? prompt to the screen, as does the POINT keyword
sequence, when the Program? prompt is on the screen.
Don't Quite Get It Yet? To activate the LKDOS
function in the chart below, LogiCall allows you to press
any of the following sequences or keys below followed by
<ENTER>. Look at your TS2068 keyboard and see if you
can follow the Logic of LogiCall by studying the chart
below:
To Key Key Logical
Activate: Sequence Labeled Letter or
AUTOSTART N
VERIFY VERIFY R
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RENAME 5 (Sony, this one isn't logical)
MOVE MOVE 6 M
ERASE ERASE 7 E
POINT POINT 8 D G
CATALOG CAT 9
FORMAT FORMAT 0 F
Are you beginning to understand the Logic now?
To create an AUTOSTART on a disk press <A>
<ENTER>. To save the LogiCall Exec, to a disk press <S>
<ENTER>. AUTOSTART and the LogiCall Exec, L.B1,
should be on all your disks including the RAMDISK. They
need only one track for each!
If you wish the system pointer to point to a new drive,
you can press 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or T at the Drive? prompt. When
you do this the catalog of that drive and the Program?
prompt will be displayed. Also, at the Program? prompt
you can now press 1, 2, 3 or 4 to select yet another drive,
see The Logic? Note that 0 is missing from the list. This is
because 0 calls the FORMAT program at the Program
prompt. If; however, the FORMAT program is not on the
current drive, pressing 0 will select Drive 0 rather than the
FORMAT program, see The Logic?
LogiCall changes its logic to suit your logic. You knew
that if FORMAT.B1 was not present on the displayed
catalog then pressing 0, the key labeled FORMAT, would
only produce a 'NO FILE' message. LogiCall changed its
logic because it assumed you knew what you wanted to do,
change the drive pointer to Drive 0. And if you
inadvertently press 6 instead of 5 at the Program? prompt to
RENAME a file and the MOVE program which contains a
RENAME routine is not on the current drive, the LogiCall
RENAME routine will launch as though 5 had been
pressed, do you see The Logic? LogiCall again changed its
logic to suit your logic. You knew that if MOVE.B1 was not
present on the displayed catalog, then pressing 6, the key
labeled MOVE, would only produce a "NO FILE' message.
LogiCall changed its logic because it assumed you knew
what you wanted to do, RENAME a file, a utility option of
the MOVE program.
<T> and <W> call in the Tenninal software and the
Word processor software respectively. The terminal
software can be MTERM II, LOADER V or MaxCom - in
that order. If you have to briefly leave MTERM II for some
reason, pressing <Y> will immediately return you to
MTERM II if you haven't overwritten the machine code.
The word processor can be TASWORD II, MSCRIPT or
Spectral Writer - in that order. Of course, you may change
LogiCall to call whatever you wish - it is written in BASIC.
The ability to peruse word processor files without first
putting them into a word processor and displaying screen
files on the monitor without first LOADing in a graphics
application were features added for further speed and
convenience. Also, LogiCall V6.0 automatically displays
word processor files in 64 column mode if TASWIDE is
also present on the disk. If TASWIDE isn't present on the
current disk the files are displayed in 32 column mode.
The Ultimate AUTOSTART
To save a great deal of time, the feature of installing
AUTOSTART to a disk by pressing 'A' <ENTER> was
added instead of the user modifying some previously
written menu program and copying it to another disk.
Previous AUTOSTART programs sometimes took more
than one disk track to store. AUTOSTART really needs to
do little more than switch the right System ROM into
service and call the next program to run. This makes Menu
programs easier to write. Please take the time to read a
previous article entitled "The Ultimate AUTOSTART" to
better understand this concept. An updated version of this
article is also included in the LogiCall V6.0 Manual.
Swap ROMS on The Fly
The AUTOSTART created by LogiCall V6.0 is capable
of switching system ROMs. How that is done was
discovered in the original LarKen manual but few people
fully understood how to make it work. Thanks to the
wisdom of a yet unknown Toronto area programmer, the
LarKen user no longer has to hold the K key down at boot
up or use the OUT 244,3 call to turn on the Spectrum ROM.
Switching between the Timex ROM and the Spectrum
ROM is accomplished by first pointing to a disk with the
proper AUTOSTART and then pressing 'N' <ENTER> at
the 'Program?' prompt. If you call what Les Cottrell calls
The guilder Lilly 1 version of NMI-F.B1 from AUTOSTART,
then pressing the LarKen NMI button followed by F will re-
boot the system on the last drive you ran NMI-F.BL
allowing you to exit gracefully from those otherwise exit-
less Spectrum programs.
Improved Basic Drivers
BASIC drivers have been modified to provide better
menus, easy SAVE and LOAD routines for both the
complete application program and the data files they use.
When data files are about to be SAVEd or LOADed, a brief
disk CATalog is presented on the screen.
TASWORD II was modified to load and save files
typing the filename only once and without typing the
extension. LOADing and SAVEing to tape was also added
back to the LarKenized version of TASWORD II. VU-
CALC now has a HELP script!
The New Manuals
LogiCall V6.0 comes with two NEW manuals, an
updated more complete easy to read LarKen LKDOS
Version 3 manual and an updated LogiCall Version 6.0
manual with sections on the utilities and BASIC drivers for
the modified commercial software. Even if you have older
versions of LogiCall, these two new manuals are worth the
price of V6 ownership. The new LarKen manual includes
all known missing information related to operation with the
JLO interface and the TASMAN B CPI printer interface.
Use of the Commodore 1520 compatible mouse is also
covered. These manuals were developed over an eight
month period and the masters printed on a laser printer.
The LogiCall Package
Besides the two NEW manuals mentioned above, the
LogiCall ensemble includes the following utilities and
modified BASIC drivers for your most popular software:
Address Book containing over 400 known Sinclair
users, Basic to Text, TS2068 phone directory dials your
phone for you, Disk Library, FORMAT. Bl, Tape Header
Reader, the LogiCall Exec, MOVE.BL, MSCRIPT &
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MTERM for LogiCall, MSDOS Disk Reader, NMI-F
reboots same disk you originally booted up on, Head Step
Rate change, Tape Library, TASWORD II for LogiCall, VU-
CALC for LogiCall, VU-FILE for LogiCall, VU-3D for
LogiCall, Print VU- CALC files to large printer. Change
VU-CALC ffles to TASWORD files, Hunt The Wumpus,
Change screen files to TASWORD files, QCHART for
LogiCall,
Modifications to the commercial software covered in
the LogiCall manual explain only changes to that software
and not any of the standard operating features of that
software. If you do not own manuals for the commercial
software listed above, you must purchase the tape version
of that software from your software vender to legally use
that software.
A Mere Pittance
This is no doubt the final version of LogiCall as all the
desired features are in with nothing more planned. All the
shortcomings and bugs have been eliminated. Hie price of
the entire LogiCall package is $15, every bit of which goes
to the vendors to help them stay around to supply the needs
of the Sinclair community. Frank and Carol Davis travel to
many computer shows to provide us with products for our
machines and Rod Gowen has for years provided us with
much needed Sinclair items. Please help support these
vendors by purchasing a copy of LogiCall V6.0 for your
LarKen System now. The New Manuals alone are worth
the investment.
QL Hacker's Journal
by Tim Swenson
The QL Hacker's Journal (QHJ) is published by Tim
Swenson as a service to the QL Community. The QHJ is
freely distributable. Past issues are available on disk, via e-
maiL or via the Anon-FTP server, garbo.uwasa.fi. The QHJ
is always on the look out for article submissions.
Editor's Forum
I don't have much to say for an introduction to this issue.
I do want to thank Peter Tillier for contributing two articles.
He really filled a few pages for me. The more articles I get
the easier it is on me and the more often I can publish. I
hate it when I have progranirning dry spells.
In QHJ #22, was a Day of the Week program. Mel Lav-
erne found out one small bug in the program that did not
make it work. Then translating from C to superBASIC, I
forgot that the original program was done with Integer
arithmetic. SuperBASIC defaults to floating point, so the
program was off fairly often. So change all variables to
integers and the whole thing should work out.
While browsing the Internet recently, I came across an
article that I had heard about but had not read; The Tao of
Programming. The Tao of Programming is written in a very
Eastern way of writing, with formal sounding wisdom, but
sprinkled lightly with modern humor. Here is an example:
"The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine lan-
guage gave birth to the Assembler.
The Assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now their are
ten thousand languages.
Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each
language expresses the Yin and Yany of software. Each
language has its place within the Tao.
But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it. If you
find the Tao of Programrning, give it a read. I hope you like
this issue, and I'll see you on the 'Net.
Boot Up Reminder
Productivity tools for the QL are far and few between. On
the PC, there is a dirth of these tools; Meeting Maker, Lotus
Organizer, Maximizer, etc. One feature of most productivity
tools is the ability to remind you of special days, such as
birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, and so on.
Without doing much development work, a simple day
reminder can be written for the QL. A good way to setup a
reminder program is to have it check for special days when
the QL boots up. During boot up, the program reads in the
reminder data file and outputs any special days that are set
for today. These special days can be set up to appear yearly
(a birthday), weekly (trash day), or monthly (bills, bills, and
more bills). Of course, this program will only work well if
you boot up your QL at least once a day. If you boot it up
less than that, you will need to set your reminders to appear
days before the special day.
The format of the reminder file ( reminder_dat ) is as
follows: T:XXXXXX:
Where T is the type of reminder, W for weekly, M for
monthly, and Y for yearly. XXXXXX is the date of the
reminder is the text of the reminder. Colons separate
each field.
The program is case insensitive. There are three types of
reminders, weekly, monthly, and yearly. A weekly re-
minder is based on the day of the week. If you must take
out the trash every Wednesday night, then you could set a
reminder for Wed to say 'Take out Trash." The first field
has a W and the second field has a three letter abbreviation
forthedayoftheweek. Mon for Monday, Tue, etc. This is
all based on the format returned from DAY$.
A Monthly reminder is based only on the day of the
month. If you have to pay a bill on the 1st of each month,
you could set a monthly reminder to "Pay Bill" for the 1st.
The first field has an M and the second field is the day of
the month in a two number format. The 6th of the month
would be listed as 06.
A yearly reminder is based on the month and day. This is
for reminding you of things like birthdays. The first field
has a Y and the second field has a three letter abbreviation
for the month (Jun), a space, and the day of the month
listed as two digits (06 for the 6th). The 4th of Jul. would be
listed as "Jul 04"
The text of the reminder is the last field. It goes from the
second colon to the end of the line. You can put anything
in this text, as it is copied from the reminder file and printed
to the screen.
This program can easily be included into a Boot program
or it can be called from the Boot program. It simply prints
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out the reminders, but you can liven it up with flashing
letters or beeping noises, what ever will get your attention.
100 OPEN #3, scr_350x75a75x50
110 PAPER #3,0: INK #3,2: BORDER #3,3,4
120 CLS #3
130 month$ = date?
140 month?=upper? (month$ (6 TO 11))
150 daym? = DATE?
160 daym?=upper? (daym? (10 TO 11))
170 dayw?=upper? (DAY?)
180 0PEN_IN #4,flpl_reminder_dat
190 REPeat loop
200 IF EOF (#4) THEN EXIT loop
210 INPUT #4,in$
220 IF LEN (in?) < 3 THEN END REPeat loop
230 colon = INSTR in$
240 type$ = upper$(in$(l TO colon-1) )
250 in$ = in$(colon+l TO )
260 colon = n :" INSTR in$
270 remind$ = upper$(in$(l TO colon-1))
280 reminder? = in?(colon+l TO )
290 IF type$ = "W" THEN
300 IF remind$ = dayw$ THEN
310 BEEP 1000, 10
320 PRINT #3,dayw$/" "/reminder?
330 END IF
340 END IF
350 IF type? = VV M" THEN
360 IF remind$ = daym? THEN
370 BEEP 1000, 10
380 PRINT #3, daym?;" "/reminder?
390 END IF
400 END IF
410 IF type? = "Y" THEN
4 20 if remind? = month? THEN
430 BEEP 1000, 10
440 PRINT #3, month?;" "/reminder?
450 END IF
460 END IF
470 END REPeat loop
480 CLOSE #4
490 CLOSE #3
500 DEFine FuNction upper? (up?)
510 LOCal x, temp
520 FOR x = 1 TO LEN (up?)
530 temp = CODE (up? (x) )
540 IF temp > 96 AND temp < 123 THEN
up? (x)=CHR? (temp-32)
550 NEXT x
560 RETurn up?
570 END DEFine upper?
Example Reminder File:
w:tue:This is a Tuesday Reminder
w:wed:This is a Wednesday Reminder
m:04:This is a 4th day of the month Reminder
m: 13:This is a 13th day of the month reminder
y:jun 04:This is a June 4th reminder
y:jul 19:This is a July 19th reminder
Some Thoughts On Programming Style
By Peter Tillier
In QHJ #24 Tim talks about a colleague's style of writing
Perl and contrasts it with his own. I have spent several
years as a programming and system development lecturer
within my company's internal training department and
nothing seems to cause more grief7criticism/etc., etc., as
differences of programming style.
I tend to use procedure calls in preference to the use of
deep nesting of 'if..then..else..endif structures as does
Tim's colleague. I do this for a number of reasons and even
if the procedure may only be called once in the entire
program (incidentally this approach is taken by Kemighan
and Ritchie in 'The C Prograiriming Language' and by
Kemighan and Plauger in ' Software Tools in Pascal').
My reasons are these: It is sometimes inconvenient to
read deeply nested 'if..else..endif or 'while..endwhile'
constructions; this approach works very well with the
program design method that I prefer to use (Jackson
Structured Programming, aka. JSP); if suitable procedure
names are chosen the clarity of the code is often improved;
the style is closer to the object-oriented programming
approach that I would prefer to use; the arguments about
inefficiency ("It's wasteful to set up a stack frame and call
code that could have been inline.") take little account of the
maintenance benefits that can accrue from well-designed
and named procedures.
I find something like this much easier to follow (and
debug!),
procedure DoLotsOrThingsTo(var A : AType); var
i : integer;
procedure DoOneThingTo(var A : AType );
begin
A.A := ...;
A.B :=? ...;
end {DoCtoeThingTo};
begin
fori .- 1 to SizeOfAType do
DoOneThingTo(A);
end {DoLotsOfThingsTo};
(the above also shows one reason that I like Pascal - the
ability to nest procedure declarations - 1 miss it a lot when I
use C, C++ or things like Visual Basic).
Incidentally, Question: can you nest procedure definitions
in SuperBASIC?
Answer: Yes you can:
1000 define procedure testa
1010 :
1020 define procedure testb
1030 print "In testb"
1040 end define testb
1050 :
1060 print "In testa (1)"
1070 testb
1080 print "In testa (2)"
1090 :
1100 end define testa
works perfectly, printing out,
In testa (1)
In testb
In testa (2)
as expected.
As I said in my article on parameters and parameter
passing mechanisms I think that most languages would be
better if they were designed so that procedures and func-
tions (in the SB or Pascal sense) could only access local
variables or parameters - even for read access only.
Software Reuse
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For years I've reading articles on Software Reuse and how
it can increase the productivity of programming shops.
Since I program alone, as most QLers programmers do, I
have never given it much thought for my programming. For
some reason, a recent article on software reuse sparked a
new thought about software reuse and the QL.
Before I go into my sparked thought, I want repeat here
one sideline from the article. The Eight Commandments of
Reuse:
1 . Golden rule of reuse: encourage individuals and teams
to behave in ways that support reuse.
2. Keep an inventory of reusable artifacts.
3. Provide a catalog with descriptors and search support.
4. Designate a reuse administrator/facilitator who keeps
the catalog and helps users.
5. Develop a methodology outlining how and when to re-
use software components.
6. Have a measurement program to track reuse and
adherence to the methodology.
7. Design standards that specify how artifacts are con-
structed.
8. Adhere to a quality-assurance program to guarantee
the integrity of artifacts.
Now that you have read the above, set it aside for the
moment (for you Assembly programmers, PUSH it. You
will need to POP it later).
I think one of the most difficult areas of writing programs
for the QL is dealing with the Pointer Environment. You
either buy a PE Toolkit (such as EasyPointer) and a
SuperBasic Compiler (QLiberator) for a fair amount of
dollars, or, you can program in C with C68 and the Pointer
libraries. Being cheap, I would opt out for C68, but I am
very weak with full C (OK, I write a few hacks in C, but I
am no where near calling myself a C programmer). Using
C68 and the Pointer Environment is not trivial. It's not
something for the fledgling C programmer.
For those that do program in C and the Pointer Envi-
ronment, each programmer is writing a lot of the same
display routines to get output to the screen. For some this is
not easy and takes up some significant time and effort.
OK, now POP what you had PUSHed earlier; software
reuse. What if a number of C68 programmers were to get
together (just like they do in the development of C68) and
started collecting a library of C68 PE routines that could be
used by other programmers? Kind of sounds like software
reuse.
If QLers where to use the 8 Commandments of Reuse, we
would only need to use commandments 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7.
We would not need to track who uses reuse or who does
not. If someone was to volunteer to be the administrator
(they would need to be a C68 programmer), other C68
programmers could send in their functions and procedures
to be added to a library. This could be documented and
then distributed back out to C68 programmers.
Submitting functions and procedures may require some
code changes on the part of the submitting programmers.
The functions and procedures would have to be written in a
more portable "black box". No use of global variables.
I don't know if the time and effort put into this would
save any programmer time in the long ran. The time saver
for the programmer would be the time saving in having to
re-write code that has been written before. Would this time
savings be enough to warrant the cost of organizing the
library? Again, I don't know. I just thought it might be
worth considering. Any takers?
DBAS
For most database programming, the QL programmer has
been pretty much stuck with Archive. Archive is a fine
language and is fairly similar to dBase III in programming
feel. It has many advantages: editing of records built in,
easy screen creation, a well structured language. But it also
has a few weak points: limited functions, little control over
end user accessing code, relatively slow.
If you are looking for a database development system that
allows you to create stand-alone code, full access to features
of QDOS, relatively fast, and free, then DBAS is something
that you should look into.
DBAS, also called Database Handler, is a library of da-
tabase handling routines for SuperBasic, C68, or Machine
Code. DBAS is not a database language system like Ar-
chive, so it is not a true replacement for Archive.
The core part of DBAS resides in DATA_BIN. It is
loaded by LRESPR. DATA_BIN contains the main rou-
tines for database handling, but only for Machine Code
programs. e If you use SuperBasic, DBAS BIN contains the
SuperBasic interface to DATA BIN, and it too is
LRESPRed. For C68 programmers, there is a library of
database routines that access DATA BIN.
Programming with DBAS is not as easy as programming
with Archive. You are using DBAS for database function
calls, but you still have your programming control con-
structs (looping, branching, etc.) in SuperBasic or C68.
What you loose in ease of prograniming from Archive, you
gain in power of prograrruning. Since you are using
SuperBasic or C68 to program in, you still have the full
power of either language and all that they can do.
DBAS has both procedures and functions. A sampling of
procedures is:
ADD_FIELD Add a field
APPEND Add a new record
CREATE Create a database
EXCLUDE Deselect records
FIND FindbylNSTR
INCLUDE Select records
LOCATE Find by ORDER parameters
OPEN_DATA Open a database
ORDER Order a database
REMOVE Delete a record
SEARCH Find by INCLUDE parameters
UPDATE Update a record
A sample list of functions is:
COUNT Get record count
FETCH Get record contents
FLLEN Get field length
FLNAME Get field name
Databases are treaded like files and are opened with the
OPENDATA procedure. After that they are referred to by
their channel number. Fields do not specifically have
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names - they are referenced by field number - but field
names can be implemented with some work arounds.21
DBAS does not seem to prohibit opening more than one
database at one time, but I do not see in any of the com-
mands where you can specify a JOIN ( selecting records
from two databases/tables with a common equality). By
doing a couple of searches on each database, you should be
able to rig up the equivalency of a JOIN.
Since DBAS does not have a front-end for doing database
creating, editing databases, etc., two utilities come with
DBAS to make mamtaining individual records easier.
DBFTRJBIN is a Pointer Environment program for editing,
adding, and deleting records. For non-PE users, there is
ALTERBIN. Both of these programs are executables.
DBAS has a lot of potential. Since it is LRESPRed, it is
compatible with SuperBasic compilers, like OLiberator. You
can compile your code and create a stand alone application.
The _BIN riles are freeware and can be distributed with
your program.
DBAS comes with full documentation for all of its fea-
tures, including the SuperBasic, C68, and Machine Code
interfiles. It comes with example programs that help in
learning how to use DBAS.
If you are new to databases and you want to learn how to
program them, stay with Archive. If already know how
databases work and want to develop your own stand-alone
applications, then DBAS is worth the look.
DBAS should be available on most QL BBS's worldwide.
For North American QL users, you can get it from QHJ
Freeware (me) (just send a disk with return postage).
See the Unclassified Ads for address.
Few Useful Z88 CLI Routines
From: dbennett@epix.net
I apologize for the lack of Z88 articles from myself
over the last few years. I am not a programmer. I mostly
just use Pipedream. I tend to create databases putting data
in Pipedream spreadsheet cells.
However I have experimented a bit with the Z88's
Command Line Interpreter or CLI. For those of you not
kmiliar with the Z88, the CLI is sort of like batch files in
MSDOS. Every keystroke on the Z88 can be interpreted
into a sequence of characters. You can program these
characters into a file. But the Z88 also includes a facility to
record your keystrokes. You press []+K, do the desired
operation on the Z88, then press []-K. The [J is the square
key. The file will be in :RAM.-. Copy this file to :RAM. 1 or
:RAM.O. then erase the file in :RAM.-. One of the CLI
routines here does this operation.
There is a bug in versions 3.0 and earlier of OZ which
will cause the Z88 to become confused if you do a soft reset
with a file in :RAM.-
You may have to edit the resulting file to get it to work
properly. You can do this in Pipedream then save it as plain
text. I would give it a name such as ????.CLI. To execute
the file in the Filer, highlight it with the marker then type <>
EX. The <> is the diamond key. All the operations that
you performed will be performed again. It will be faster too
because there is no delay between keystrokes. It looks like
some robot has taken control of the Z88. For more
information on CLI files, look in "The BBCBASIC (Z80)
Reference Manual for the Z88" by DJ Mounter.
Here are a few CLI files that I have come up with.
Type these into Pipedream and save as plain text.
This CLI file will copy a file in .Ram.- into a file called
: RAM. l\s.txt. It will erase the .RAM.- file and load s.txt
into Pipedream.
You can also use []+S and []-S which will save any
character that appear on the screen into a :RAM.- file. This
is especially useful to save your on-line session with a
modem.
The e.cli in my article is by Keith Winsor.
s . cli
~A-S
I SV~R~R~R~R~R~R~X-
~E~R~E~L I CO: RAM. 1/s . txt~E~E~R~E~L I ER~E
I SV~R~R*R~R~R~R~X1~E
#P I FLs . txt~E IW80~Dya~E
This cli file will erase any :RAM.- file,
e. cli
#F | ER: RAM. -/ * ~EN~E I [
This CLI file will set your baud rate. Substitute any baud
rate that you choose.
9600. cli
~As~Un~U~U9600~U9600~E
This CLI file changes the default .RAM device. Note
that you must change this in both the Filer and the Panel.
This CLI does it for you. Note that it does not return you to
the Filer, it is designed to be run from BASIC or Pipedream.
You press [] F to go to the Filer. Execute the CLI and it
returns you to your application. But now you have access to
the other :RAM device. Put O.cli in :RAM.l and 1 cli in
.RAM.O
O.cli
~Csv~R~R~R~R~R~R~X0~E~As~D~D~D~R~R~R~R~R
~R~X0~E
Finally I wanted to be able to run a program from the
Filer. It was a pain in the neck to go to BASIC then type the
filename in. Substitute the name of your BASIC program
and put the same name in the CLI file. The following
example is for zfu.bas.
zfu.cli
#BRUN ":RAM.l/zfu.bas"~E
Have fun with the Command Line Interpreter and the Z88 !
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connected to the ZX81. The interface
receives the 12-bit serial data from the
keyboard and transforms it into 7-bit-
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keyboard matrix and matches the ZX
leads A8 ... A15 with the 8-bit from
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Remember, the ZX reads the keyboard
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Just before finishing the AT-interface, I heard that a ZX-user from USA (see IKI by Jack Dohany, ZAQ! Spring '96)
developed a similar interface, but using XT-keyboards. Due to the 8049 microcontroller my interlace is programmable; you
can press one function key (F 1 ... F 12) at the keyboard and the interlace gives a sequence of some keys to the ZX81 !
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^?J»^he failure of the compiled data entry routine to run
/ I properly, plus the fact that as of this date I am not
VJ^yet a machine code programmer, meant that if I
wanted to continue to develop the whole package of
program units, my only option was to divide the data entry
routines into two parts. Part #1 is a block of compiled
machine code above RAMTOP. This block of machine
code is composed of all the TIMEX BASIC operations of
the data entry routines which the 'TIMACHINE' compiler
did compile correctly and do run properly. Part #2 is
composed of all the TIMEX & LKDOS extended BASIC
window operations needed by the data entry routines. I
added Part #2 of the data entry routine to the Core
Routines which start at lines 9800. The program lines
provided for Part #2 of the data entry routines in the Core
Routines are for the pseudo three window demo lines 9889
to 9904, 16 program lines, and for the true three window
demo lines 9889 to 9926, 36 program lines. Because the
data entry routine is divided with Part #1 in compiled
machine code and Part #2 in TIMEX & LKDOS extended
BASIC I had to add POKEs & PEEKs to and from a
parameters buffer above RAMTOP so both Part #1 & Part
#2 of the data entry routine can share parameters and keep
synchronized with each other. The data entry routines are
ENTERed from the Implementation Program with a
RANDOMIZE USR jump to Part #1 of the data entry
routine, Part #1 of the data entry routine sets the
parameters for Part#2 of the data entry routine and then
Part#l makes a jump to Part#2 of the data entry routine, in
the Core Routines section, which does the LKDOS
extended BASIC windows operations. When Part#2 of the
data entry routine has completed the LKDOS extended
BASIC windows operations Part#2 makes a jump back to
Part #1 of the data entry routine or if data entry into that
line has been completed Part#2 makes a jump back to the
Implementation Program. These POKEing & PEEKing
operations cause delays, and would not be needed if the
data entry routine were all in one block of machine code as
originally planned. It is the POKEing & PEEKing and
slower running TIMEX & LKDOS-extended BASIC
window operations of Part #2 of the data entry routines
which slows down the typing speed, especially for the true
three window demo which has 20 more lines of TIMEX &
LKDOS extended BASIC to labor through.
'he help I seek is, that you put me in touch with a
machine code programmer who is capable of
'putting the LKDOS extended BASIC window
functions, Needed by the data entry routines, into one or
more relocatable machine code modules.
would like to have the LKDOS extended-BASIC
-^JJ window functions setup as a stand alone reloc4table
machine code module just like the one that Jack
Dohany wrote for the LKDOS disk drive functions. I
could then locate this machine code module anywhere
above RAMTOP. Then using the base address of the
module plus several fixed numbers I could calculate the
addresses where specific parameters are stored within the
module. I could setup Part #1 of the data entry routine to
POKE those parameters numbers, needed to control the
module's LKDOS extended BASIC windows operations,
directly into the address where the module looks for them.
The parameters that would be POKEd into the LKDOS
extended BASIC window operations machine code
module would be <1> The specific window number (5, 6
and 7 ). <2> Printable characters (" A ", "_" & "\"). <3>
CHR$ ('B'). The module could be used to store the
current parameters set by Part#l of the data entry routine
instead of POKEing them -to a separate parameters buffer.
This would cut out "the PEEKing of the parameters buffer
now done by Part#2 of the data entry routine. I would
rewrite Part#l, the TIMEX BASIC Partof the data entry
routines, to accommodate the use of the LKDOS extended
BASIC windows operations machine code module then
compile the new version of Part#l of the data entry routine
to machine code with the 'TIMACHINE' compiler as
before. The details of exactly how to setup the LKDOS
extended * BASIC window operations machine code
module must be worked out between the machine code
programmer and myself directly.
C*fi believe the program master plan I have worked out
Jj which uses the DELETE/MERGE LOADER, the
v. Implementation Programs & the Core Routines plus
the machine code routines above RAMTOP is a sound
prograrriming methodology. I believe my demos show
great promise with respect to the development of both
versatile and sophisticated programs, using the many
useful functions provided for these demos as their
foundation. I believe that in time I will be able to work out
the LKDOS extended BASIC windows operations
machine code module on my own in my spare time I do
not have much spare time in which to do this kind of work.
I also believe that by the time I do get this project
completed most everyone will have left the TS-2068
computer behind. I want to complete these demos, with
the LKDOS extended BASIC window operations machine
code module before the Withdrawal happens. If I get the
help I need, the finished programs I have already been
working on for some time,-will be done before everyone-
else but you and I gives up on the TS-2068 computer. I
hope you can find a machine code programmer it this-late
date that is capable of getting this job done properly.
<^fff you have any information concerning the use of
machine code to access the routines of the LKDOS
v. version 3 firmware's extended BASIC operations
that might help me to complete the development of an
LKDOS extended BASIC window operations machine
code module on my own please send it to me. If there is a
fee for that information please let me know the amount of
that fee and I will send you my check in that amount.
Feel free to give out any software or the program listings to
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anyone who shows an interest. Especially if they happen
iP-^-^^^^^^^lE^S^^liH;
Timex & LKDOS Extended Basic Pseudo Three Windows
Demo Programs Excerpted Timex & LKDOS Extended
BASIC
(Part #2 Of) Data Entry Routine
9889 RANDOMIZE USR RN
9890 LET BG=PEEK 62383: LET
62385: LET CS=PEEK 62377: LE
62371: LET B=PEEK 62380 9891
POKE 1 6045, A: PRINT #4: POKE
9892 IF BG=1 THEN GO TO 9901
F=PEEK 62380: LET H=PEEK 62382:
INK H ; A, F : LET DL =PEEK 62384
9894 PRINT #4: DRAW (4+DL),8,0
9896 IF BG=2 THEN LET B=PEEK 62375;
PRINT #7;CHR$ B;: GO TO 9901
9897 IF BG=3 THEN LET RN=61872: GO
CU=PEEK
T A=PEEK
PRINT #4
16046, B
9893 LET
PLOT
TO 9889
9898 IF BG=5 THEN LET RN=60899: GO TO
DR
9899 IF CU=0 THEN PRINT #7;NAN: GO TO
9904
9900 IF CU=1 THEN PRINT #7;'.': GO TO
9904
9901 IF CS=0 AND CU=0 THEN PRINT #7;
9902 IF CS=0 AND CU=1 OR CS=1 THEN
PRINT #7;'_"
9903 IF CS=2 THEN PRINT #7; "\": GO TO
9904
9904 LET RN=62141: GO TO 9889
Robert Shade
3210 N BROAD ST
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DAISY BE GOOD U(((
by David Lassov
The entry point for the daisy code that manages
"Screen Macros" is line 2443. That's where the particular
menu is. There are six entries.
What Bill Jones refers to as "Screen Macros" are
stored by the 2068 as screen strings. When we use this
code to create "Screen Macros", it is usually just a menu,
with color stripes on it. Very attractive, as they say, and
seductively expressive, as they don't say! So, let's enter
"1", in order to "Create Macro". Up comes the following
message:
Build a Screen Macro. Line 2443
You may input up to 22 Lines. 2447
The Screen File will be SAVEd with the rile name that
you input, with a ".C4" extension.
ENTER WHEN READY
Then, we proceed to ENTER as many as 32 characters
in response to 22 prompts, as described above.
2448
Next, we are shown the screen, as
ENTERed, and offered the choice to either escape
back to the menu or edit the 22 lines of 32
characters, just ENTERed. 2449 2450
So, let's edit !! The foregoing entries scroll
by as two screens of eleven labeled lines each.
We now are asked to either ENTER "q" to escape
back to the menu, or ENTER the line number,
from 1 to 22, of any line to correct. This takes us
back to the preceding paragraph, where we are
shown the screen, as corrected, and offered the
choice to either escape back to the menu or edit ...
. 2451
Well, when we are satisfied with this viewing _
and re-editing process, then we escape back to the
menu, where we can choose to "SAVE Macro." 2443
First we are asked for the of a disk drive, to which to
SAVE the screen string, which we created, above. Next, we
ENTER the name of the macro, without extension. 2453 :4
The screen CLEARs, and the text of the screen macro
is displayed on-screen in black and white, prior to being
SAVEd as a screen string. The "screen macro" has just
been SAVEd with the given name and with an extension of
"C4" , and we return to the menu. 2453 : 1 1
Now, that our "screen macro" is on disk, there are
several ways to go. Suppose we "PRINT Disk Macro File."
Then, we have to ENTER the disk drive , containing the
screen macro, we want to PRINT on the printer. There is a
CAT of all the files with an extension of .C A , and we are
asked to ENTER the screen file title and extension. The
screen displays the screen string, and we are asked for the
left margin (TAB) of the desired printout. 2444 :7 2444 :8
Then, the printer springs to life, listing out 22 lines of
32 characters, each, text which was initially ENTERed, as
above, while creating the "macro". 2444 : 1 1
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Read Ds K Pi US
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mteresting, how the screen be read. Remember, the
screen is just a graphic display of little pixels. Well, the
function SCREEN$(I,J) assumes the string value of the
character (of 8*8 pixels), located at line I, column J. So, we
just treat the screen as a matrix of 22 lines and 32 columns.
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And, we print-out the matrix. That Bill Jones is really
clever, although we have seen that technique before. 2444
Suppose we are going through a disk, full of screen
strings, cleaning up the disk. Then, we use "View/Edit Disk
Macro File". First, we ENTER the disk's drive , getting a
CAT of all the .C A files. ENTERing the screen file title and
extension, the screen string is LOADed, color and all, and
we are offered three options. 2445
First, we can escape back to the menu, if everything
looks all right. 2443
In case the screen string be garbled or something, then
we can ERASE it from disk, by just Pressing "2". 2461
Suppose it were garbled, BUT we can at least work
with it. Then, we PRESS "1", in order to EDIT it. Now, we
have to wait, as the graphic pixels of the screen be read by
function SCREENS, as above, converting the 176 x 256
screenful of pixels into a 22 x 32 matrix of characters. 2446
Then, we bounce back to the screen display of
paragraph 5, above, where we can correct the text, line by
line, for all 22 lines of 32 characters. After editing, we
ENTER "q", to escape back to the menu. 2451
To be safe, we should ENTER "3", in order to "SAVE
our Macro". But, it is only in black and white. So, let's add
a little color , by ENTERing "5". 2443
We get a message, that "This Program Colors Screen
Strings on Disk," and we can either escape back to the
menu or "Get the File," to be colored. So we "Get File," by
ENTERing its disk drive . The screen string, to be colored,
is then LOADed onto the screen, and we can now see why
we should always STORE our screen strings, even if they be
only in black and white. Because, in order to color them,
they have to be LOADed in from disk. 2445 2446
Anyway, we are presented with the screen string and
asked, whether we wish to color the lines, yes or no. 2457
Suppose we want more color. Then, we ENTER "1,"
and we are asked for a starting line . This is anything from 0
to 21, whichever character line we desire to color. Then, an
ending line (from 0 to 21.) Then, PAPER color (between 0
and 7). The as the specified PAPER and INK be applied to
the screen from the starting line to the ending line. Again,
we are asked, whether we wish to color the lines, yes or no.
2458 2457
Otherwise, we are finished applying color to our
screen string. So, we ENTER "2," and are asked whether
we wish to RE-SAVE the screen string, as colored on the
current screen. 2459
If no, then we escape back to the menu. 2460
If so, then the formerly black and white screen is
SAVEd, back onto the same disk, whence it came. 2459 :6
One way or another, we're gonna get back to the
menu, the last Entry of which takes us back to one of the
Daisy menus. 2462
2442: ON ERROR : GO~ TO ~fm~
2 443 CLS : PRINT AT op,oo;"[Il Create a
Macro" ♦ "[2] PRINT disk macro File" ' "[3]
SAVE the macro" ' "[4] View Ed disk Macro
File" ' " [5] Paint a disk SCREEN$ File " '
"[6] To Program Menu" : GO SUB il : GO TO
(z<oa OR of<z)*VAL "2443"+ (z=oa) *VAL
"24 47"+ (z=ob) *VAL " 2444"+ (z=oc) *VAL
"2453"+ (z=od) "VAL "2444"+ (z=oe) *VAL
"2455"+ (z=of ) *VAL "2462"
24 44 CLS : GO SUB il+ob: RANDOMIZE USR
ml: CAT ".C A ",: INPUT " INPUT SCREEN$ File
Title+EXT "; LINE z$: RANDOMIZE USR ml:
LOAD Z$ SCREENS : IF Z=ob THEN INPUT " INPUT
Tab : ";tb: L PRINT : L PRINT : FOR n=oo TO
ov: L PRINT TAB tb;"";: FOR y=oo TO t3+oa:
L PRINT SCREENS (n,y);: NEXT y: L PRINT :
NEXT n: L PRINT ; GO TO k2+m4+t4+oc
2445 INPUT ;: PRINT #RND;"<1> Edit <2>
ERASE <3> Menu ": PAUSE o o: LET Y=CODE
INKEY$-CODE "0": GO TO (y=oa) *VAL
"2446"+ (y=ob) *VA L "2461"+ (y=oc) *VAL
"2443"+ (y<oa OR oc<y)*VAL "2445"
24 46 INPUT ;: PRINT #RND; "Uno Momento.
Moving TO P$ . . .": DIM p$ (ow, t3+ob) /
FOR n=oa TO ow: FOR y=oa TO t3+ob; LET
p$ (n,y)=SCREEN$ (n-oa,y-oa): NEXT y: NEXT
n: GO TO k2+m4+t5+oa
2447 CLS : PRINT AT oe, ob; "Build a
SCREENS Macro" ' ''TAB oa; "You may INPUT up
to 22 LINE s." ' ' TAS oa;"The SCREEN$ File
will be SAVED" ' TAB oa;"with the file name
that you INPUT with a "".C 4""
extension. "' 'TAB oa/" INPUT when ready":
PAUSE oo: CLS
2448 DIM p$ (ow, t3+ob) : FOR n=oa TO ow:
PRINT AT ov, oo; INVERSE oa;" : INPUT LINE
p$ (n) : PRINT AT
ov, oo;" "/AT n-
oa,oo;p$(n): NEXT n
2449 CLS : FOR n=oa TO ow: PRINT AT n-
oa,oo;p$ (n) : NEXT n: PAUSE 00
2450 INPUT ;: PRINT #RND; INVERSE oa;"<l>
Edit <2> Menu ";: GOSUB sq: PAUSE oo: LET
Y=CODE INKEY$-CODE "0 ": PRINT #RND;y: GO
TO (y>oa OR ob<y) *VAL "2450"+ (y=oa) *VAL
"2451"+(y=ob)*VAL "2443"
2451 CLS : FOR n=oa TO ow: PRINT " LINE #
";n'p$(n): NEXT n: INPUT " INPUT Line # to
Corr or <q> QUIT"; LINE m$ : IF m$<>"q" AND
m$<>"Q" THEN INPUT " INPUT NEW LINE
LINE p$ (VAL m$) .* GO TO k2+m4+t4+oi
2452 GO TO k2+m4+t4+oc
2453 INPUT ;: PRINT #RND;"DD # TO SAVE TO
? ";: GO SUB il+oa: INPUT " INPUT Name ONLY
of Macro: "; LINE w$: LET w$=w$+".C4": C LS
: FOR n=oa TO ow: PRINT p$ (n) : NEXT n:
RANDOMIZE USR ml: SAVE w$ SCREEN$ : CLS :
GO TO k2+m4+t4+oc
2455 CLS : PRINT #RND; "This Pgm colors
Disk SCREENS file<l> Get File <2> QUIT ";:
GO SUB il: IF z=ob THEN CLS : GO TO
k2+m4+t4+oc
2456 CLS : GO SUB il+ob: RANDOMIZE USR
ml: CAT ",C A ",: INPUT "file name + EXT : " /
LINE Z$: RANDOMIZE USR ml: LOAD Z$SCREEN$
2457 INPUT ;: PRINT #RND; "Color LINE s ?
1 yes 2 no 11 GOSUB il: IF z=ob THEN GO
TO k2+m4+t5+oi
2458: INPUT " LINE # (Start) ? ";xl:
INPUT " LINE # (end) ? ";x2 : PRINT #RND; AT
oo,oo;" PAPER # ? ";: PAUSE oo: LET p=CODE
INKEY$-CODE "0": PRINT #RND;p: PRINT #RND; "
INK # ?;: PAUSE oo: LET i=CODE INKEY$-CODE
"0": PRINT #RND; i : PAUSE oo: ON ERROR: GO
TO k2+m4+t5+oh: FOR n=xl TO x2 : FOR y=oo TO
t3+oa: OVER oa: PAPER p: INK I: PRINT, AT
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n,y;" ";:
NEXT y: NEXT n: : INK og: PAPER
oo: OVER oo: GO TO k2+m4+t5+og
2459 INPUT ;: PRINT #RND; "RE SAVE ? <1>
Yes <2> No ?
GO SUB il: IF z=oa THEN
INPUT /: RANDOMIZE USR ml: SAVE z$SCREEN$
2460 GO TO k2+m4+t5+oe
2461 RANDOMIZE USR ml: ERASE z$, : GO TO
k2+m4+t4+oc
2462 DIM p$ (oa) : IF gg THEN RETURN
9998: CLS : BEEP 0.02,20: PRINT
*RND; "Data disk ? "/: PAUSE-0 : LET d=CODE
INKEY$-CODE "0": PRINT #RND/d: RANDOMIZE
USR 100: GO TO d: RANDOMIZE USR 100: CAT
"",: BEEP 0.2,24: INPUT "Entire File Name ?
"; LINE z$: RANDOMIZE USR 100: OPEN #2, z$ (
TO LEN z$-2)+ "CX"+" OUT " : LIST :
RANDOMIZE USR 100: CLOSE #2: STOP : REM
MERGE _in_orde_r_ Jto_gejiera .t e_ t_ ext_ _f i 1 e _ [_._CXi _
OK, guys: Time to
continue with our word
processing primer of the
best single such program
for the 2068. So, get out
and install your daisy disk
1. after Bill's broadside
banner loads, a little tune
plays, and a key is
requested (dared??) to be
pressed. Anyway,
3,2,l,y,y,y (presses)
imtialize the printer
software the way we like
it, and the Function Menu
springs to the screen. In 5
the last six issues of ZQA,
we have discussed entries 1 thru 6. So, unless there be an
objection, we consider item 7 on the Function Menu this
time. It is entitled "Auto Print" and invokes the automatic
printing facilities of Daisy. So, we press "7" . This is like
navigating gopherspace on the Internet, as another menu
comes up! We choose between "Print a Selected Memory
File". "Word Proc With User Pgm Gp", and "Word Proc 1-
50 Disk Files" . Consider the "memory files" : 21
selections include all of h$(l) through h$(7), i(l) through
i$<7), strings a$, b$, c$, d$, and e$, the typing buffer u$ (see
last issue's discussion), and a choice for "abort" that brings
us back to the Function Menu, without printing anything.
For example, suppose we put some typing into the typing
buffer u$, according to last issue's discussion of daisy's
"typing mode." Then, by ENTERing "15" in order to print
u$ as "a selected memory file", the program drive begins to
load the relevant menus and the printer drivers, climaxing in
the printer's printing of whatever we put into u$! Then,
program disk grinds again, leading us back to the Function
Menu.
Suppose we choose to word process 1-50 disk files.
Then, all data is lost, including memory files, as program
Uptr.Bd be LOADed in from the program disk. Well, that's
all right, since the only data of interest, now, reside in ASCII
files on disk. We proceed to specify up to 50 character files
for printout in one pass of the printer!
Jbi* gtgr mm mm «i «SZ
,2,- £ ;f~ *z "mm
a mm « ft— \r^„*™® *m mm M®
Now, the BIG choice remains, to word process with
the user program group of commands.
These instructions, between lines 2180 and 2277
constitute The Heart of Daisy. For, by customizing these
lines, Bill Jones was able to publish three years' worth of
UPDATE Magazine ! That is, each issue contained articles
of one, two, and three columns, graphs, graphic pictures,
menus, maxirnizing the capabilities of 24-pin printers and,
of course, 9- pin printers, too.
In any case, the pertinent menu (Printing Menu) offers
nine options. Please refer to the accompanying picture.
Option 1. (Print Manuscript) performs a simple GOTO
to the above "group of user program commands."
Option 2. (Letters/Invoices) calls up another menu, to
choose between Manual Addressing and Mail List
Addressing.
Manual addressing asks for today's date; the
addressee's first name;
, his
company's name;
department; street address;
city, state, and zip; and,
lastly, number of copies.
And, away goes the
printer!
Mail list addressing
implements mail MERGE,
by referring to a previously
stored mail list as a source
of addresses. For example,
choice of mail list
addressing asks for today's
date, the starting record
number of the mail list, the
ending such record
number, and the number of copies desired. And, away goes
the printer, merging word processing and mail list, as many
times as desired. Sure wears out our printer ribbon,
though!!
Option 3. Labels/Envelopes, asks for formatting
information, so that Bill can mail out all his magazines.
Option 4. To Function Menu, escapes to the main
daisy menu.
Option 5. Postscript ON, sets a flag, so that u$ be
printed as a postscript, three lines following the signature
line of the letter.
Option 6. To Dbx (MMrg) Pg, calls in the Dbx
program to manage a mail list as a data base, either by
MERGE or LOAD, depending on whether we desire to
retain data in memory.
Option 7. Automatic Print of Disk Data, prints out a
sequence of character files, either manuscripts or mail lists.
There is also an escape (abort) option.
Option 8. prints out an outline data base. Lastly,
Option 9. calls up a variety of disk utilities with a menu.
Disk Management.
Item 1. Create or Print Screen Macro, calls on a block
of BASIC Code between 2440 and 2466, which prints
screen strings and creates/prints colorful menus as screen
strings. This code is so interesting as to deserve its own
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article.
Item 2. prints disk catalogs to the screen.
Item 3. prints disk catalogs to the on-line printer.
Item 4. performs a LarKen NEW on whatever disk
drive is specified, as holding "The Toronto LarKen Utilities"
of George Chambers.
Item 5. READ a Disk Data File, does a screen print of
an arbitrary character file on disk. We use this all the time^
in order to verify the integrity of letters, being readied for
printout, ERASEing any corrupt files.
Item 6. escapes to the Function Menu.
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4. Astronomy v 1.0 (2 disks)
5. Music and Sound.
6. Adventures - Les Cottrell
7. Financial - John Austin
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21. Spectrum Game Crackers - G. Chambers
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23. Calendars - G. Chambers
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31. Electronics - R. Ginardi
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34. TS-2068 ROM Disassembly - Bob Mitchell
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37. Pixel Print - Icons, Fonts - S. Spalding - G. Chambers-
Les Cottrell - Matt Kiddo (2 disks)
Font Rotator - Bob Mitchell (1 disk)
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45. Speech Synthesis - G. Chambers
46. Language Tutor - Joan Kealy
47. Miscellaneous/Unique Programs - Chambers. (2 disks)
48. Spectrum Board Games - G. Chambers
49. Spectrum Games of Skill - G. Chambers. (2 disks)
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51. MSCRIPT Support Prog. - Bob Mitchell
52. Timex Information Files - G. Chambers
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54. Conversion Address from Spectrum, Emulator - Charles
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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 Widbey Dr.
Cumberland IN 46229
The John Oliger Floppy Disk System
FOR THE TS-2068
DiskWorks
Expansion Board
2068 User Cartridge
Disk Boards "A" & "B"
2068 Parallel Printer Port
2068 EPROM Programmer
2068/SPECTRUM Joystick Port
DFh Mapped Universal I/O Port board
Vpp Power 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 SASE appreciated
WANTED
Dead or Alive!
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
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ZX-CALENDAR - Time Management
ZX-81 TS-1000 TS-1500
TS-2068
Albert F. Rodriguez
.F.R. Software
1605 PENNSYLVANIA AVE 204
MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
305 531-6464
jilllllli
i
QLAMBer $20
QLuMSi $20
QLUSTer $20
Upgrades $5
fit 2eng
914 RIO VISTA CIR SW
ALBUQUERQUE NM 87105
(505) 843-8414
Get In Touch
QBox-USA
810 254-9878
24 hours a day
300 to 14400 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
'Bow-To' is in the April, 94, UPDATE I Magazine
New England Sinclair QL Users Group
16 HIGHLAND AVE
SAUGUS MA 01906
617 233-3671
&
Bill Cable
ARCHIVE Based QL Software
QLerk - A complete financial program for the
QL
QLerk software (v3.21) 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 VI ,7 $7
DBTutor - A general purpose learning program
DBTytor software(v1 .5) $12
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
V9
Newsletter
Tne Long Island Sinolair/Timex Users Group
L I. S. T.
HARVEY RAIT
5 PERI LN
VALLEY STREAM NY 11581
QL Hacker's Journal
Supporting All QL Programmers
Timothy S wens on, Editor
5615 BOTKINS RD
HEUBER HEIGHTS OH 45424
(513) 233-2178
swensontc@mail.serve.com
http ://www. serve, com/swensont/
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CA.TS Newsletter
The Capital Area T/S Users Group
BARRY WASHINGTON
7044 CINDY LN
ANNANDALEVA 22003
301 589-7407
BBS 301 588-0579
Internet mf0002@epfl2.epflbalto.org
issue between 1990 - 1993.
D G SMITH
410 o 1 UNt o 1 .
JOHNSTOWN PA 15906-1609
(814) 535-6998
WANTED: Timex Sinclair User #2&5, T-S Horizons #1 , 2,
7, 11, all after #16. Software for TS 1000 or 2068 -
Conversational German (Sinclair Research Limited), Dei-
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 1 000.
UOUb VVAbUNfcK
E4825 ST ANTHONY LN
POST FALL ID 83854-8812
Chicago Area Timex Users Group
PHILLIP KWITKOWSKI
2106 DOVER LN
ST CHARLES IL 60174
FOR SAT.F: 1. Hardware: ZX-81 Computer, TS-1000
Computer Case, ZX- 1 6K RAM (Qty 2), TS-1016 RAM Pack,
and TS- 1 000 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- 1 6K RAM Pack. I would like to get $20
for the entire package, but, any offer will be considered and
prooaoly taicen! bitner leave e-maii at o4/ ojzojjo or give
me a call <847) 360-1549 if you're interested. Gary
Lessenberry
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
WANTED: All information about ColorWorks or plus +
Color Graphics, distributed by Plus + Pac System
International, Chicago. Write to:
HENNING RAEDER
ElvlVIERIuHfcR b 1 K. ob
D-46U7 OBERHAUSEN
GERMANY
WANTED: Any books and/or information on the ZX-81
ROM and ULA chips. Write to:
JOSE MORENO
1871 N GLADES DR APT 3
NMWMI BEACH FL 33162
WANTED: MICROACE, T/S-1500, CZ1 000/1500,
TK82/83/ 85 and each MEMOTECH module for ZX81 except
memory modules 1 6k and 3 2K and printer I/F. Write to :
PETER LIEBERT-ADELT
LUETZOWSTR. 3
D-38102 BRAUNSCHWEIG
GERMANY
E-mail: P.Liebert@t-online.de
WANTED: MEMOTECK serial or parallel interface for the
ZX-81 /TS-1000. Contact:
RMG ENTERPRISES
14 /o4 o QUAIL bKUVh OIK
OREGON CITY OR 97045
503 655-7484
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.
1 00' s of programs including many in their original boxes.
You will not be disappointed. We need the space,
PAMI RORIN90N
121 FRANKLIN ST
FAIRFIELD PA 17320
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/Suppfy, manuals, extra
motherboard (if wanted), printer cable and 24 Micro-
Drive cartridges (10 preprogrammed and 14 blank)
$125.
w Ai> 1 slu . rc Magazine, Vol. 3, JNo.. L5 (JNov. Lf,
1984) and/or VoL 6 No.19 (Nov., 1987). Also "Printers-
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T/S Related Equipment For Sale
1) 2 T/S 2068 Computers (never used complete in original boxes).
2) T/S 1000 Computer (never been used in original box).
3) SANYO DM-2112 Monochrome monitor (used) will
work with the T/S 2068 computer.
4) Thomson 4120 Color monitor (used but like new) will
work with the T/S 2068 computer.
5) IBM 5151 Monochrome monitor (used) has IBM
connector so probably is for that computer only.
6) T/S 2040 Printer (used) complete with p/s and docs.
7) LarKen disk drive system (never used) for T/S 2068.
8) Westridge modem with power supply.
9) 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).
10) Oliger EPROM programmer system (never used)
includes supporting documentation and EPROM
programmer board assembled by supplier.
Make an offer on any item(s) including shipping costs:
FRED J HENN
230 N FRENCH RD
/\MHERST NY 14228-2033
(716 691-9495)
SALE • 15- Year Collection of T/S Computers
2 - QL's with QL printers and many spares and
accessories.
3 - TS-2068's with printers and many spares, acc. And
many S/W.
1 - TS-2068 CMOS motherboard with spares and acc.
1 - TS-2068 Oliger DOS system built into IBM style
case, complete with parallel printer port and CGA
monitor. Many spares and acc.
1 - TS-2068 Oliger EPROM programmer, cartridges and
EPROMs and many spares and accessories.
TS-1000, TS-1500, PC3800 and their accessories
For complete list, send a SASE to:
R.A. JELEN
11443 ISLAND RD.
GRAFTON, OHIO 44044
or caH (216)748-3830 for details
From Scoland
MOTIVATION |
The New Name in Sam Coupe Software j
Zenith Graphics & MOTIVATION presents |
Edition 1 £4.00 Or ail 3 editions for £10
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!
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
j 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 KA15 1EL
UNITED KINGDOM
I The ZX Spectrum 48/128
Emulator
for IBM & Compa tables: Z80 Version 2.01
Turn your PC into a real ZX Spectrum 48/1 28!
The fastest, most compatble and most complete emulator
available! Main features:
=>- Full Spectrum emulation, border, flash, beeper, Interface
1, Microdrive in cartridge file, RS232 input and output
redirection to file, COM or LPT, joystick support, 12SK
sound through Soundblaster or internal speaker, built-in
monitor,
=>- Able to load ANY, even protected or speed-saved program
from tape, to save to tape, to redirect tape loads and saves to
disk for easy file access,
=>- 2500 line English documentation, frequently-asked-
questions file, PostScript file of doc, keyboard help screen,
utilities to convert Spectrum screens to -.GIF and .PCX files,
convert snapshot files and tape files from 5 other Spectrum
emulators to own format and W to read DISCiPLE and +D
disks.
=>- Z80 processor amulabon including R register, inofficial
instructions, inofficial flags,
=>- Runs okay under DOS, Windows and DesqView,
=>- Full source code of emulator and utilities included!
Runs on any 640K PC; too slow for practical use on PC/XT' s
but fast enough on AT's ; runs at about 1 00% on 1 6MHz AT's
(can be slowed down on faster machines), uses
VGA/EGA/CGA or Hercules.
This program costs US $20. You will receive a 3.5" DD disk
(5.25" disks on request), and you'll be kept informed about
updates. Please send bank notes (bills), name and address to-
Gerton Lunter
PO BOX 2535
NL-9704 CM GRONINGEN
NETHERLAND
If you send a cheque, please add US $15 extra and allow 4
weeks for delivery.
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2405 GLENDALE BLVD STE208
SINCLAIR Resources
LOS ANGLES CA 90039
24 Hr. Order line: 213 669-1418
Mark Sfueher (0\ \
Jack Dohanv (Developer - 2068)
627 VERA AVE
SHARP'S COMPUTER CENTER
REDWOOD CITY CA 94061
7244 MECHANICSVILLE TPKE
John McMichael (Developer - Graphics)
1710 PALMER DR
MECHANICSVILLE VA 23111
804 730-9697 FAX 804 746-1978
LARAMIE WY 82070
SUNSET ELECTRONICS (TS- 1000/2068)
Bill Russell (QL)
RUSSEL ELECTRONICS
2254 TARAVAL ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA94116
RR 1 BOX 539
Send them a LSASE and ask for information about
CENTER HALL PA 16828
their current products and/or services.
TEJ Computer Products
RJMG Enterprises
14784 S QUAIL GROVE CIR
OREGON CITY OR 97045
503 655-7484 10AM - 7PM (Pacific) Tues. - Sat. * FAX/VcjceMajj 503 655-41 16 24 hours.
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.
Here is a real bonanza of TS and Spectrum used
items!
BOOKS:
QL Service Manual
$10
ZX81 BASIC Programming
$5
Mastering Your TS1000/ZX81 Computer
$3
MC68000 Programming Pocket Guide
$5
TS2068 Int/Adv. Guide
$3
2 M68000 Programmer's Manual
$5 ea.
MTERM Telecomm Book
$5
QL Tech Manual
$15
Sinclair Survival's Handbook
$10
For Above Items Please Use Reference # MCU0892
Price Reduction!
Effective April 15, 1994, all new TIMEX 2068 S/W on cassette will sell
for $1.50 each plus shipping with a minimum order of 5 pieces. All new
TIMEX 1000 S/W on cassette will sell for $0.50 plus shipping with a
minimum of 5 pieces.
1 Citizen 286/16 Computer. Incl. Case/PS/Motherboard/42Meg HD
/SeriaVParrallel ports. $ 1 25 pp.
We will supply with keyboard, 3.5 or 5.25 drive and video card (VGA),
2 Meg RAM for an added $250 pp. Total package $275 pp.
1 QL computer w/origional S/W/PS/Manual. Incl. Trump Card W/512K
RAM (64 OK total) ' $175 pp.
Please use reference #DWU0795
1 MEMOTECH 32K RAMPAK W/docs. $12.50
Please use reference #RGU0494
CNSN8 Last Updated: June 17, 1996
And Here Are More Collectables
1 TS1000 P/S, 16K RAM, 2040 printer FileSixty Keyboard $50
The following are $1 Each
1 Home Asset Manager 1 Home Improvement Planner
1 IRA Analyzer 1 Nowotick Puzzler 1 The Gambler
1 Stock Market Tech Analysis I 1 Stamp Collector
1 Computer Coach 1 Grimms Fairy Trails
1 The Cube Game 1 Chess 1 Stock Market Game
1 VU-Calc 1 Coupon Manager 1 Conversational Spanish
1 Checkbook Manager 1 The Gambler
1 The Starter 1 Money Analyzer I 1 Money Analyzer II
1 ZX PRO/File $10
1 PRO/File 1000 $9
1 Ten Good Games (Savage Software) $9
1 Trader Jack (Savage Software) $9
All Of The Above Items Can Be Yours For Only $95
For Above Unit Please Use Reference # HCU0793
7 TS1000 Computer Paks with p/s, man., cables, 10 s/w $28 ea. pp
3 TS1000 Computer with external keyboard, cable, printer and 10 s/w
$30 ea. pp
1 TS1000 computer w/extra PC board and p/w $15 pp
1 TS1000 computer w/p/s, man. cables and 10 s/w $25 pp
1 TS2068 Manual $5 pp
54 Assorted TS Magazines $20 pp
For these Items Use Reference # JDU0795
CNSN 12 Last Updated: June 17, 1995
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 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 TS 1 000 $ 1 0
1 MEMOTECH HRG (High Res. Graphics) Pac $20
1 William Stuart Systems Speech Recognition/Sound Board Interface
(Not Working) $15
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2 TS-1000 Power Supplies Both For $10 $5.50 ea.
1 Molded Plastic Briefcase, 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 $35 or $20 ea.
1 TS 2040 Printer With No Power Supply $ 1 0
1 AERCO Centronics printer interface w/software $40
1 WINJCY 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 720 K Drive $15
Total value above items = $357.50 * Order All for ONLY $125
. For Above Itenw Please Use Reference^ #TWUII94_
Here Are Some Great PC Software Titles
1 The Utile Black Book Phone book program $7.50
1 FastBack Plus 2.0 Fifth Generatioa High compression, big 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
CNSN13 -
Last Updated: August 14, 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 lOOO 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.
Get all TWU1 194 items on pages CNSN 13 and CNSN 14 for only
$150 Postpaid
Don't wait ! This may be your last chance.
Theses prices will not be lowered again.
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.
Maganavox 12" amber monitor with cable.
QL Gardner software package.
QL Enterpeneur software package.
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.
Please use reference #JSU0296
CNSN 14
A =
Last Updated: August 14, 1996
Coiii|»iiriii4|
Formerly: Mechanical Affinity
For all Your Needs
TS-2068 zx-e i /ts- i ooo
Computers
Hardware Accessories
Software
Frank Davis
PO Box 17
Mexico, IN 46958 USA
317-473-8031 Tues. - Sat. Only, 6 - 9 PM
FAX: 3 1 7 472-0783 7PM-1 1AM
Internet E-Mail: fdavis@walnut.holli.com
The CAMBRIDGE Z88, an ideal
portable with safe file transfers to
your desktop PC, QL, BBC, Mac,
Amiga & Archimedes. A portable
that will work with them all !!
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mhe Cambridge Z88 A4 Notebook has it's own built-in
Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, Printer Driver,
BASIC language, Calculator, Clock, Alarm, Calendar and VT52
Terminal emulation. Uses mains (power supply) or 4 AA
Alkaline batteries (good for about 20 hours active use). Serial
port allows you to hook up to printers, serial to parallel
converters, modems, etc.
Itjses handy and easily installed RAM and EPROM
^expansion - RAM can be added in 32K, 128K, 512K or
One Meg. increments. Uses 32K, 128K or 25 6K EPROMs.
It has it's own built-in EPROM programmer, with built-in
software to bum the EPROM on a cartridge. You can, by using
Link software, transfer programs from other computers,
computer bulletin boards, or the Internet to place on EPROM.
Also handy for programs you wrote of your own in BASIC
(using the built-in BBC BASIC), etc.
Peyboard click can be turned either on or off. This is an
ideal computer for on the road travel, camping or the class
room. Monochrome display on built-in screen, with
brightness control. When you shut the computer down, it will
maintain it's memory. This allows you to pick up where you
left off when last using the computer. It is not the latest whiz
bang gadget.... but then it also does not cost you thousands of
dollars. You get all what you paid for and a whole lot more. It
works simply and reliably !!
%BB(L
The quietest and handiest portable page-size
computer in the world.
Only two pounds and the size of a sheet of paper and less than
1.5 inches in thickness.
Basic Z88 Computer, vinyl carrying case and manual, new.
$170
Z88 Computer, vinyl carrying case, used in working order.
$115
Z88 Computer, non-working for parts. $60.
To use all of the Z88 features you need blank
EPROM Cartridges to store your most frequently used
programs.
32K for $20 or 3 32K for $50, 128K for $52, and 256K
EPROM Cartridges for $77.
32K RAM Cartridge for $25.
1 28K RAM Cartridge for $46.
5 1 2K RAM Cartridge for $90.
1 Meg. RAM Cartridge for $172.
Z88 to Mac Cables for $8.
Z88 Serial Printer Cable for $10.
Z88 Serial to Parallel Printer Interface for $46.
MACLMEC to Z88, Macintosh to Z88, cable, program,
cartridge for $26.
PCLINK to Z88, PC to Z88 cable, program, cartridge for $26.
Both PCLTNIC & MACLMEC for $50.
QLMEC to Z88, QL to Z88 programs $20.
AMGALMEC, Amiga to Z88 disk, cable, cartridge for $27.
Topper, molded hard plastic cover to protect Z88 for $22.
Z88 MAGIC, best book available for the Z88 for $25.
BBC BASIC, use this book and learn to fully use the built-in
BBC BASIC language of your Z88 computer, limited supply,
priced at $30.
Z88 Source Book 3rd edition, with your choice of 3 QL or PC
format disks of PD & Shareware programs for the Z88 for $9.
Z88 Vinyl Carrying Case for $9.
NEW!! Z88 Keyboards for replacement, only $22.
Replacement LCD for $25.
L/ogiCalL
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 switching system ROMs
without powering down.
Available now for $15 from
FWD Computing & RMG Enterprises
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