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Editor’s Corner
MAGAZINE
JAN/FEB 86
Do you still like to make and keep New Year's Resolutions? I do, and first on my ee list was to re-design that old TIME DESIGNS
TIME DESIGNS MAGAZINE COMPANY logo. Well, I had it done in time for this
issue. I feel it is a big improvement to the 29722 Hult Rd.e Colton, Oregon 97017 over-all appearance of the magazine, and a (503) 824-2658
trade mark to be associated with. What do you think?
A few of our advertisers mentioned to me that some of you took advantage of the new pricing, and adopted a Sinclair QL into
TIME DESIGNS MAGAZINE is published bi-monthly Pe pote eS ee eee See ne and ts Gopsright @ 1966 by the Tine Bestgns Starting with this issue, TIME DESIGNS will Magazine Company, Colton, Oregon 97017. Al| feature on a regular basis, articles and in- elabts reserved formation for the QOL. At one time I had been catesss Tia Wank ? contemplating a separate publication for the Assistant Editor: Stephanie Woods QL, but presently I feel this would be pre- Editorial Assistant/Production: D.L. Woods mature. The market is rather small right now Photography and I think our readers would be much better Oa ee eae Payne tee a served with an over-all Sinclair publication Printed by: Toad'L Litho Printing and Comp., (we are a close knit bunch who understand Oregon City, Oregon 97045 each other). I have lined up a couple of QL SUBSCRIPTIONS: $15 a year for six Issues (US ene eee a aS. Bone = Beat
7 ' funds only). No extra charge to Canadian sub- vg bes hag mo, “UR bast a fetes aeven : ‘ebb scribers. All other countries please write PLEEPSTS, is discontinuing their QLUB service ae oe ere ee ey eT ee to American owners. Instead, they oat SEEES CUSTOMER SERVICE: Customer satisfaction fs eR. ee Re eT eee ; (like TIME DESIGNS).
our goal. For subscription service problems please write or call TIME DESIGNS. SEO ERSE oh mcecbectpagese that you pene CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Write or call to prevent BORA SERENE SEE SAT Se aL ROGET £1 | Ae delay of service. the QL REPORT, published by Curry Computer
‘ ‘ ; , : (PO Box 5607 Glendale, AZ 85312). Rob Curry Reproduction of this magazine in whole or in ;
‘ : paanis has announced that early this year they will
part by any means without written permission : offer the OL REPORT on a subscription basis. is prohibited by law. I feel that their newsletter would be worth subscribing to, as they have been "pioneers" in the U.S. QOL market...stocking products while we were all still skeptical of seeing
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| a rasan meee lump to the throat of you T/S users’ (who
"NOTICE: Contributors to TIME DESIGNS are in- have no use for this machine), you have dependent of the TIME DESIGNS MAGAZINE CO., nothing to worry about. By no means will and opinions expressed in the contents of the ; : daraGeeh: ace) not» necesaseiie® Kheee: sok =the TIME DESIGNS short you of information for management or its advertisers. Time Designs your computer. You are the main reason for Magazine Co. will not be held liable for any ; , ; ay damage or consequences resulting from in- this magazine. This issue has more T/S stuff structions, assertions of fact, review of than ever before, and even additional pages. products or companies provided in the maga- : zines's content." CONTINUED NEXT PAGE
Although I have a OL here in the office (for testing purposes), my 2068 with disc drives practically runs this business.
I have a “speciat— offer" tor 2X81/TS 1000 users only. I have been wanting to de- vote an entire page to special tips and also short programs/routines that you might. like to share with other users. I will print as many aS possible. Would you like to see your info and name in print? Any "takers" ‘on my offer? I hope so, aS a column like this is really needed.
Well, it has been two years now since most of us were orphaned by the Timex Com- puter Corporation. Have you realized that the support for your computer has not de- minished, but has for all practical reasons, improved? Quite an amazing story. One of the big "slicks" should do a feature our thriving T/S community,
Thank you Sinclair for still supporting us. Although sometimes we haven't understood you, we are very glad that your still hang- ing in their.
To all Spectrum (16k, 48k, Plus~ and 126K8,).. OL, 2068, . 2X38), -$5- 1000/7500, ana ZX80 users...keep up the good work!
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Direct all correspondence to: The Editor c/o Time Designs 29722 Hult Rd., Colton, OR 9/7017
"Your readers may be interested in knowing about the availability of a relatively inexpensive full size [dot- matrix] printer. A recent catalog from: DAK INDUSTRIES, INC., 8200 Remmet Ave., Canoga Park, CA 91394, contained an ad for the GORILLA/BANANA printer for the relatively low cost of $89.90 plus $8.00 for P&H. Admittedly, this printer has certain limitations. It does not provide true descenders for letters with tails, but text is still very readable. In my opinion, to obtain a full 80 col. dot- matrix printer for less than twice the price of the 2040 thermal printer is well worth that error in the letter format...ads for TASPRINT claim it will provide true de- scenders with this printer. The ad [for the printer] did claim it was a close out, and quantities were limited so they may be all gone by now. Compatability with the Cen- tronics I/F and TASWORD II is demonstrated by the fact that this letter was written using them and printed on my GORILLA/BANANA printer.”
Vance J Carpenter Fairport, NY
EDITOR: RMG ENTERPRISES,1419 1/2 7th St., Onegon City, OR 97045, has an EPROM that neplaces the one in the GORILLA/ BANANA, and gives you descenders. Price 4s $14.95.
"I'd really appreciate help from TIME DESIGNS or any of its many subscribers on the following T/S 1000 and T/S 2068 problems. 1000: How do you reconcile the ORGANIZER (16k) software program with a 64k RAM hardware add-on? Without upgrading the software to 64k, the 64k hardware is useless!!! 2068: How do you get the VU-FILE software program to print graphics output? VU-FILE is the software equivalent of ORGANIZER. Graphical output (white char- acters on black background) on the T/S 1000 by ORGANIZER is straightforward, requiring only use of the graphics key. The same is not true, however, for VU-FILE print- outs by the 2068!!! VU-FILE refuses to print-out white characters on black background."
Ed Wheeler 534 Line Road Hazlet, NJ 07730
EDITOR: Those VU-FILE programs (developed by PSION of the U.K.) do have thein Limitations. Many users prefer other data bases that ane mone flexible Like PRO/Fale {which has many modification possibilities]. However, there is a book available, VU CALC/VU FILE (and the ORGANIZER) by Robert Masters. 165 pages cover these programs in-depth, and may have info that you ane Looking for. One dealer that I know has it in Stock 48 SUNSET ELECTRONICS, 2254 Tanavak St. San Francisco, CA 94116. Price 46 $9.95 pus $3.00 for total onder S&H. 14 any readers have a Specific patch for these programs, please forward «zt to Ed.
"Iam looking for a simple Bubble Sort program for the Timex. I have seen programs for other computers in various magazines. I own a T/S 1000 with a 16k RAM pack."
Tony Bates Jackson, WY
EDITOR: I "dug-up” a shont BASIC Bubbfe Sort algorithm, that you might be able to use. Lines 130 and 140 ane not necessary, but allow the user to view the random numbers
before they ane sorted. Also, my printer's zeros don't have the usual skash, and watch out for "I" and 1 (the numenak) .
30 REM BUBBLE SORT ALGORITHM
40 RAND
50 DIM A(20)
60 FOR I = 1 TO 20
70 LET A(I) =INT (RND * 100+1)
80 PRINT A(I)
90 NEXT I |
130 PAUSE 200
140 CLS
150 LET N = 19
160 LET SL = 0
170 FOR I =1 TON
180 IF A(I) <= A(I+l) THEN GOTO 240
190 LET AA=A(I)
200 LET A(I) = A(I+1)
210 LET A(I+l1) = AA
220 LE? SL = 1
230 LET N= ]
240 NEXT I
250 IF SL = 1 THEN GOTO 160
260 REM COMPLETED SORT
300 FOR I = 1 T 20
310 PRINT A(I)
320 NEXT I
“,..T own a TS2068 (with ROMSWITCH) and am starting
to get a collection of Adventure programs. This brings me to the point of this letter. Have you ever considered including an “adventurer's column" in your mag? I have reached a dead end in some of the adventures that I have, and on some of them I have gotten a bunch of clues. For example, I have completely mapped out Part 1 of the BACK- PACKER'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE, and have found the keys for all but one lock. But I can't get past the first set of rooms in the MOUNTAINS OF KET. I hope that you will consider my proposal and try to find someone to write an article for you. I am sure that others would send in tips as they found them out, and also ask for help when they got stuck. Thanks for a great mag."
Douglas Jeffery Telkwa, B.C. Canada
EDITOR: An antacke or column such as you have suggested has been on the "back-burner" for awhile. 1 think just about everyone has at Least one computer game in thein Software collection no matter what thein computing <n- tenests ane. (I am stihl stuck in the early part of THE
HOBBIT!) Look for game tips ina future issue, as I have someone in mind for the project. "Since in my letter [see TDM Nov/Dec ‘85 issue] I
indicated that MC for SOUND was easy, I! better include the following:
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of line 10 in the GUNSHOTS listing on page 195 of the USER MANUAL. The last byte, in this case 201, is really the first byte of the rest of the program. This byte is
required by the SOUND sub-routine to be>=14.
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S@210 CEFE 32.36 ,12,438,15,8,221 Ron Ruegg
Baton Rouge, LA
| "As I was skimming through the Sept/Oct '85 editicn of TIME DESIGNS, I was "shocked" to see a joystick appli- cation program which used the exact same algcrithm as
mine. My first thought was; How dare Mr. Fricke (the author), use his name on my software. Then I reflected. How could Mr. Fricke have gotten a hold of my _ ingenious
software in the first place? I hadn't even published it yet. Logic prevailed and I concluded that both Mr. Fricke and I had independently devised an identical algorithm for the same purpose; That of BASIC joystick control for the T/S 2068 computer.
...My next step was to verify if both algorithms were indeed identical. I dug deep into my vast library of 2068 programs, and low and behold, there it was; written almost two years prior with no witness to the event other than my own personal documentation. Only the variables were different. Where I used x and y as coordinates, Mr. Fricke used the more meaningful variables c and 1, for column and line.
I had always intended on submitting my joystick pro- gram for publication but so far it had been easier to find an excuse not to. Although I realized this simple program could benefit the T/S 2068 community at large, I did nothing to encourage this fact. The bottom line being "I am a procrastinator" ("I'll do it later").
You can imagine my suprise then, when I saw "my" program credited to someone else's name. My first re- action was one of disbelief and surprise, followed by anger (at myself), next of jealousy and finally redemp- tion. The next instant, I found myself voWriig.. which brings me to the “here and now" and “what are you going to'do about it (?)".
First, I would like to commend Mr. Warren Fricke of Depew, NY, for his initiative in submitting an ingen- Tously efficient, yet simple algorithm for BASIC joystick control for the 2068. Commendations are also forthcoming to Mr. John McMichael of Bozeman, Montana for having in- spired Mr. Fricke in the first place with his MC joystick program published in TDM (May/June '85). Credit also goes to editor Mr. Tim Woods, being first to publish these algorithms in his leading journal TIME DESIGNS Magazine.
Second, to all you prospective programmers: send in your ideas and programs. There are at least a half dozen leading American T/S periodicals, waiting and wanting for your INPUT. You have nothing to lose and so much to. gain and so do we. You may even get royalties for your work if its up to standards. Do as I say, not as I do.
Thirdly, having said all that and still feeling like a “shmuck", I set out to redeem myself..elsewhere in this magazine you will find MY program on BASIC 2068 joystick control. It is an enhancement to a program with which you are already familiar (if you have read this far), and has been reproduced in full for clarity of description. I call it JOYSTICK WRAP AROUND. I trust good use will be made of it."
Martin DeBoniface Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
EDITOR: Thank you Mr. DeBoniface for your story with a monal, and a "happy ending”.
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: SINCLAIR: NEWS NEWORIK
128K AND ENIGMA
Reported by R. Lussier
The 128k Spectrum (code name ("Derby") has been launched in Spain, and will be available in the Spring in Britain.
Fssentially two computers in one: turned on,
when the 128k mode is on automatically
but type "SPECTRUM", and it becomes a 48k spectrum Plus, completely compatible with all the existing Spectrum software. The UK
model will sell for about ¢150.
The 128k looks like a Spectrum with a big heat sink bolted on the hand side, attached by a coil-cord into the front of the Spectrum. A full range of ports have been included: an RS232 socket, MIDI sockets for musical instrument hook-up, RGB/com- posite socket and TV socket. The tape leads are on the left-hand side, and the edge con- nector is in the usual place. There is a SOUND chip as on the 2068 (but SOUND is thru the TV speaker and adjustable.
In the 128k mode, the keyword system is not used. They are entered one letter at a time, but keywords are retained in the 48k mode. The 128 has the capacity to act as a RAM disk system. This is a facility where areas of RAM can be set aside to store a suite of programs or sets of data, in the same way as on the to files on RAM disk is almost as_ instan- taneous. AS an example, the command "CAT", produces an instant catalog of RAM files. There is still no sign of a joystick port.
Plus right-
Microdrives. Access
There may be a few changes before it appears on the British market scene. It looks to be a strong base model for the new Sinclair range of models including the new
portable PANDORA and the desktop ENIGMA. It is stated in the current catalog of the EMC (15-Kitburn-Ct.., _ Newport, Ri '— 02840) -- that they will be carrying this great new product [Editor's Note: reportedly the English Micro Connection now has the Spanish version of the Spectrum 128k available now for $259.95 plus $10 P&H. The keyboard, screen text and users manual is in Spanish]. If interested, then contact them for more information.
The ENIGMA -willi- —be-— Sinciair's — first "Mega-machiche". Sinclair believes that one Megabyte RAM is a minimum needed to compete
and a separate [numerical] keypad |
much
with Atari's ST and the Commodore AMIGA. The ENIGMA will also have two 3.5 inch disk drives. It is planned for launch in May 1986 between ¢500 to ¢1000 price range. The pro- grams QUILL, ABACUS, ARCHIVE and EASEL will be on ROM. It will also have full window, icon and mouse environment, aS well as GEM (used on the APRICOT computer). The Enigma will be sold aS a complete package. This will include software, drives, mouse, color monitor and printer. It may also develop the addition of phone and communications work station.
AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL
Most colorful and popular arcade-type game programs are instantly associated with the British Spectrum. Until now that is. An American programmer, John Coffey of Scotts- burg, Indiana, has developed a brand new arcade game called "DIAMOND MIKE", for the un-modified 2068. This is the first program of its genre, written in 100% machine’ code, that has been released here especially for the 2068, in the last two years. Due to the author's thoughtful placement of code in memory, Diamond Mike also runs on the Sin- Clair Spectrum (or 2068 with Emulator). Mr. Coffey is the owner of a software company called JRC SOFTWARE. He has also written the 2068 COMPASS assembler/compiler package, the T/S 1000 SUPERTAPE, and 2068 GREAT GAMES and GRAPHICS SHOW.
DIAMOND MIKE (as the name suggests) is a cute little character who craves diamonds. He impatiently stamps his foot, waiting for you to guide him thru the diamond mine. All along the way are boulder-sized obstacles that could have "deadly" results. There are also attacking amebas and butterflys (?) to watch out for. The game has a lot of person-
ality, and is addictive.
On the same tape iS a bonus’ program called CAVERN. It is a space game imported from Canada. There is also an "electronic"
catalog, that describes other programs being offered by JRC Software. An impressive (and unigue) feature of Diamond Mike, is’ the users ability to SAVE a short demo version of the game to pass along to a friend. Over all there are 22 different screens/puzzles,
and six levels. At its $17.95 price, JRC Software (PO Box 448, Scottsburg, IN 47170) Will be selling lots of DIAMOND MIKE copies this year.
QUICKEY 2068
QUICKEY 2068 is a series of keyboard overlays that assist the user in remembering important commands for selected popular pro~ grams like TASWORD II and MSCRIPT. The over- lays are made of durable plastic and have the commands printed on the top-most section (above the keyboard), so the user does not have to glance down at the keyboard itself.
The Tasword version of Quickey 2068 in- cludes commands for TASPRINT. Other overlays will be available soon, for programs’ like OMNI-CALC, ect. There is also a blank model available that the user can customize _ to suit any need.
AN-TO PRODUCTIONS (9009 West Elm St. #2 Phoenix, AZ 85037) is the developer and dis- tributor of the Quickey 2068. Prices for the Tasword and MSCRIPT versions are $3.99 each plus 50¢ for postage.. Blank overlays are $3.00 each. Any two versions can be ordered for $7.50 plus 50¢ for postage.
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PRODUCT NEWS
The OLIGER 2068 FLOPPY DISC INTERFACE is available now. The interface consists of two boards that plug into the OLIGER 2068 EXPANSION BOARD. Disc Board "B" contains JLO SAFE, the disc Basic eprom. At a later date, an advanced DOS written by Ray Kingsley of SINWARE, will be available. Package price fox both"A" and.-“B" boarde: $97..95 for. kit, and $119.95 assembled/tested. The required Expansion Board is $43.95 for kit version, and $54.95 assembled/tested. For further in- formation write to The John Oliger Co. at 11601 Whidbey Dr., Cumberland, IN 46229.
LARKEN ELECTRONICS, RR#2 Navan, Ont., Canada K4B 1H9, has a disk drive controller board for the 2068 that is Spectrum Emulator compatible. Single drive version is priced at $95.00 (U.S.) plus -$6.00 postage. A mod- ification for second drive will be available by February 1986.
Two issues of EXTENSIONS are to upgrade PRO/FILE 2068 with a to be released. A total of two dozen en- hancements, improvements, and’ corrections are provided, including automatic updating of files and a data save. The upcoming third issue, when combined with the first _ two, will make profile Spectrum/Emulator com- patible. Extensions are $6 each from Robert ©. Frigscner, <21 Scoggins -St.,;, Summerviite, GA 30747.
Uncased new T/S 2050 MODEM CARDS are available from GLEN D. CLIFFORD, 13910 Hall- dale Ave., Gardena, CA 90249, for $25 each. The circuit cards are reported to be _ 100% operational and include the interface con- nector and phone line cord. The user must supply a 9 volt power supply, modem software (such as the readily available MTERM), and an optional case. There is a 10 day exchange privilege.
SIMULUSION; Box 2382; ta-Jolla,. Calif., 92038, is closing out all of their software packages for the ZX81 and T/S 1000. Titles like CLASSIC GAMES and BANNER/MESSAGE BOARD, come "bubble-packed" and complete with in- structions. Prices start at 99¢! A catalog is available upon request. SIMULUSION now has a list of entertainment software for the Sinclair QOL. Write for further information.
Many new products for Timex/Sinclair micros will be unveiled this year by ZEBRA SYSTEMS INC., 78-06 Jamaica Ave, Woodhaven, NY 11421. TECH-DRAW JR. is their first new release this year. Tech-Draw Jr. is similar to the original TECH-DRAW, except this ver- Sion uses a standard joystick jnstead of a graphics tablet to control the software's functions. It supports most popular printers and interfaces. Price is $19.95 for cassette
available third soon
and $24.95 for Zebra 3" diskette. Add $3.00 for postage (total order). During the first quarter of 1986, Zebra Systems will enhance
their popular 2068 Disk Drive System with optional Spectrum software compatibility and a CP/M compatible operating system. Their inexpensive SPECTRUM EMULATOR CARTRIDGE will be available in an enhanced version with "Dull-up" resistor pack for $29.95. During the month of January, Zebra is having an in-
ventory clearance sale. Example: T/S_ 1000 and 2068 versions of ZEBRA TALKER (a _ voice synthesizer), normally priced at $69.95...
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is $35.00 during the sale.
PERIPHERALS DIRECT LTD., PO Box 33075 Northbrook, IL —60065, has the heavy-duty AMDEK DXY100 X,Y PLOTTER for $125.00 plus $10 for postage. The Amdek Plotter is the "flat-bed" type, 360mm x 260mm plotting sur- face, and includes a Centronics port. Great for 2068 graphics.
Jack Dohany, 325 O'Connor St., Menlo Park, CA 94025, has an interesting concept for selling his software. "For each program you may pay me what you feel is fair...I Suggest a nominal $5.00 per program, and less for upgrades." For a list of Jack's programs and enhancements of some popular
software, send a legal SASE.
HAM RADIO
The TIMEX/SINCLAIR AMATEUR RADIO USERS GROUP (TSARUG) has organized a FIDO NETWORK node to serve the members of the organiza- tion and others who are interested. Messages can be sent to network 15 node 1006. The bulletin board can be accessed directly at
“WHY THE QL?” AOA AA
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE THE QUANTUM LEAP
Se } GOe 6 GED 2 GRE 6 SE SD 2 GE = SE s aS by Mike de Sosa
Why should you consider the purchase of a SINCLAIR QOL? Why, possessed of an excel- lent and only recently fulfilled system such as the Timex/Sinclair 2068, should you go to all the trouble and expense of switching systems--just think of the problem in tran- scribing your current files to Microdrive format? And why purchase a system that Sin- Clair Research doesn't seem proud enough of
to advertise, and which some have said is Uncle Clive's first computer failure? Why opt for the QL instead of your current sys-
tem, another reasonably priced wunderkind computer such as the new Atari, Commodore, or Amstrad, or, perhaps, a somewhat more expensive IBM PC-compatible? Finally, why consider a system which reviewers have gen- erally panned? There are many excellent and indisputable reasons why you should consider such a purchase. Here are a few. There many others.
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(505) 646-5194. Files that are available in- clude early copies of articles to appear in QOZX, the groups newsletter. For more infor- mation, send SASE to Alex F. Burr K5XY, 2025 O'Donnell, Las Cruces, NM 88001.
COME TO THE FAIR
Plans are being finalized for the MID- WEST TIMEX/SINCLAIR COMPUTERFEST to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 3 and 4, 1986. On hand will be vendors, services, and users groups. Also planned are classes and 1lec- tures by guest speakers, hardware and soft-
ware demonstrations, and a "swap-shop". A Major goal for the T7S5 — COMPUTERFEST jis to introduce the wide scope of products’ and services available for the discontinued T/S line of computers, and perhaps new practical uses for these computers. For further infor- mation, contact Jack Roberts of the T/S Con- nection, 3832 Watterson Ave, Cincinnati, OH $522/, OF Frank Davis, 513 East -—Main- St, Peru, IN 46970 (Compuserve I.D. #75525,1324) Make plans now to attend!
A Best Buy!
At the moment--and things do change-- the Sinclair QL, with its compact and effi- cient keyboard console, its 32-bit CPU, its twin Microdrives, its excellent operating system and highly regarded SuperBASIC, its exceptional "bundled" software, its compre- hensive user guide, and finally, its avail- able hardware and software support, is a "best buy" by a considerable margin at $299. The U.S. version of the QL, its firmware, and its four semi-integrated software pro- grams--now in their fourth or fifth version, comprise a mature and thoroughly debugged system for which dozens’ (who really needs thousands?) of excellent software programs and numerous state-of-the-art expansion and mass-storage systems are now available.
The OL Keyboard Console
The 3-pound keyboard console--a triumph of design and engineering, recognized as such by the Museum of Modern Art--includes all QL components except a separate one- pound power supply. QL components include two CPU's, the 32-bit Motorola 68008 (cousin to that in the Apple Macintosh) and the 8- bit Intel 8049; four additional Sinclair- designed ICs; a full-sized, 65-key QWERTY keyboard, first-class in most respects but with no numeric keypad; twin, built-in Micro
& drives; expansion ports for extra RAM, disk
drives, cartridge port;
Microdrives, and peripherals; a ROM- two complementary ports; two RS-232C serial interface ports, one optimized for output, one for input; an RGB monitor output providing 512 by 256- pixel definition in four colors; a TV output providing 256 by 256-pixel definition in eight colors; and two 1local-area-network ports by which up to 64 QLs may be connected in series to function interactively. All in
all, the QL is remarkably compact, light, versatile, and powerful--it is the first lightweight, low-cost super-microcomputer, about which more later. The QL ROM
The QL's 48K ROM, expandable to 64K with a ROM Cartridge, consists of the QDOS
(the QOL operating system) and SuperBASIC, a major advance in computer languages. The ODOS is classified as "single-user, muliti- tasking, time-sliced system" with "device- independent input and output." What is all of this gobbledygook in simpler terms? The ODOS, by assigning time to two or more pro- grams in separate, minute increments of ms. (microseconds), can run several programs Simultaneously (or what seems like simul- taneously). The source of program input or destination of program output may be spec- ified when the program is run, obviating the need for duplication of effort in, for ex- ample, writing a program to send data alter- natively to a monitor, printer, modem, or another networked QL. The QDOS also provides for multiple, and independently functioning
"windows" on your monitor screen, with each displaying the data for a particular pro- gram. The QL RAM
The QOL offers a respectable, if not
overly generous 128K of RAM, expandable in 7
‘maximum 640K.
joystick
64K, 128K, 256K, or 512K increments to a (The OL video circuits require 32K of RAM, leaving 96K of RAM available for program and data; QL software programs may occupy upwards of 80K.) Two British firms are now replacing the two 64K RAM chips of the QL with two 256K chips, creating a Super QL with 512K RAM internally (the cost, See to $275). More than one million separate addresses (line numbers) are available in
any QL RAM option. .
QL SuperBASIC
A major inovation which some have gested is the profound contribution of the OL system is Sinclair's high-level, arti-~ ficial language, SuperBASIC. More than an expanded Timex/Sinclair 2068 BASIC, Super- BASIC offers much greater flexibility than previous versions. User-defined procedures and functions--callable by name without ref- erence to line numbers--may be used to ex- tend an already much-enlarged SuperBASIC vocabulary. Data is more readily transferred between variable types, with string vari- ables accepting numeric data and vice versa. Repetition, branching, decision-making, and other logical and array-handling procedures are improved. And the very mechanics of pro- gramming itself are automated. (Some, like the writer, will miss the "smart cursor" and
sug-
single-keystroke aspects of previous Sin- Clair BASICs, but this sacrifice iS accept- able considering the improvements.) The OL Microdrives
Two built-in Microdrives are atone time the Achilles' Heel of the QL and the
key to its success. Much criticized at first but now relatively trouble-free, the tape drives operate superbly together to provide all the file flexibility and bulk storage you may ever need. Later versions’ provide, on average, about 115K of data storage (that is about 20,000 words) per Microdrive cart- ridge. Up to six external Microdrives may be
connected, but the trend seems’ to be toward adding disk drives which operate in con- junction with the Microdrives. The four QL "bundled" software programs each load in
less than twenty seconds.
After much deliberation, to forego disk-drives and expand my QL's RAM, externally, to 512K. (External RAM cards are transferrable to other QLS and now operate a little faster than built-in RAM modifications.) I may get one "external" Microdrive to better facilitate file backup and database operations. External QL Micro- drives are not yet available.
I have decided
OL "Bundled" Software
The four software programs that come
packaged with the QOL at no extra cost are all first-class--two of them are genuinely superb (QL Archive, a database program, and
OL Easel, a business graphics program). QL Quill, a "what you see is what you get" word processor, is very easy to use with only minor flaws that will, no doubt, be cor- rected in later versions. QL Abacus is a spreadsheet program, limited only by the
maximum size of its grid and the absence of built-in statistical functions.
OL Archive is a "Smart" filing system, programmable in itS own command language, that is open-ended in it's capabilities,
limited in scope only by RAM available. More books and articles have been written re- garding the applications and use of Archive than about any other QOL software program, and this will continue to be the case. Not as easy to use as the other QOL software pro- grams, Archive is capable of extracting desired data from ferent files, manipulating and ordering it in complicated ways, and producing finished screen or hard-copy reports in any format
several dif-
desired. QL Easel is the reviewers' favorite OL software program. It has been suggested that
every organization with a need to _ produce 35mm color graphics should own a QL, if only for that purpose. Simple to use, QL Easel produces graphics suitable for business, governmental, academic, or private use in eight basic formats, each one of which can be tailored to your preference in almost every way. Backgrounds, bars and lines of every sort, pie-chart segments, and anno- tations may be selected from many choices
offered, or designed from scratch.
The programs are semi-integrated in their present version. To be fully inte- grated, all programs would have to be loaded in RAM at one time--occupying about 300K of RAM without their data files. But this too may change in later versions designed for use with QLs with much larger RAMs. All QL software programs--are comprehensively self- documented in on-line HELP facilities which take you directly to the information needed and return you precisely to the same spot in the program from which you called for help. The QOL is User-Friendly
The OL's 32-bit CPU is designed to run several complex programs rapidly, but a spinoff of this chip architecture, perhaps more important in the long run, is that pro- grams can be designed to be very simple in operation. And that is what has been done in the case of the QL and its bundled software.
automatically |
used effectively by those with no prior com- puter experience and those who have not pre-
viously met with success uSing a computer.
Other QOL Software
More than a hundred serious and ational programs are now available in the U.K., with emphasis on the former. Most of these should be available from suppliers in the U.S. soon. Those available now include the following: several full-accounting sys- tems; project-planning, decision-making, and other business-oriented programs; several excellent graphic artS programs; compilers for more than a dozen other programming- languages, including a revolutionary com- Piler for converting a SuperBASIC program to machine code; many educational programs; numerous utility programs which expand Super BASIC and facilitate routine operations, one in a manner that apes the Apple Macintosh; all sorts of games including excellent road- racing, bridge, and backgammon and two you-must-see-to-believe tennis chess simulations from Psion Limited ducers of the QL software programs),
LeCcre=
Simulations,
and (pro- the
wer
‘photo by Sinclair latter the '84 Microcomputer Chess Champion; and other programs of every sort.
Third-party Hardware for the QL
Numerous state-of-the-art disk and ex- pansion systems have been designed for the OL, including CP/M systems if-that is your
bag. The best of these will be marketed here --all at prices generally much less’ than those for other comparable systems. The Future of the OL
Although the folks at Sinclair Research USA won't tell, I believe that the QOL in its present form will be a relatively long-lived computer perennial. There is some talk of a
The QL and its software are designed to oo with expanded RAM, and a
built in 3 1/2-inch disk drive, perhaps with only know that the QL as the first light- the four QL software programs integrated aS weight, low-cost supermicrocomputer--a tech- part of ROM. But this may not happen, or nological and historic watershed that may happen soon. Besides, if you purchase a QL foreshadow revolutionary changes in most now only to be confronted with a superior aspects of the computer world--deserves to version later, you can always network your be a success. Any questions? old QL with your new one. Next time--programming in SuperBASIC on European users of the QL had to wait the Sinclair OL. many months for the bugs to be exterminated from the QL ROM, the Microdrives, and the QOL MIKE DE SOSA is a retired Air software programs, and for compatible per- ipherals and software to appear. And _ the price of the QOL was higher then. We now have a mature system with lots of backup offered to us at a bargain price.
I don't know whether the Sinclair Qt UNA AAAAATEAAA
Will be a market success in this country. I
Force officer, with a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, who has completed a comprehensive book on the QL and its software, and is now looking for a publisher.
ADVENTURES IN THE RAM JUNGLE
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RAMPACK, has 2K RAM (maximum Actual RAMTOP
The results presented in this article address 18432) and can only use Mode No. 3
were obtained with a T/S 1500 and may differ and Submode 3. The Submodes are used in a from those obtained with the T/S 1000 with- program when it is designed to store data or out a 16K RAMPACK. machine code in the Safe Area with NEW in a ~The readers with a T/S 1500 and those program line so that the strings and vari- with a T/S 100 who own 3.25K or more of RAM ables, along with the program, will be de-
have their choice of three trails (Operat- stroyed, in order that a new program can be ing Modes) they can use to traverse the RAM LOADed that will utilize the data or machine Jungle: code. Mode No.2 can also be used for this 1. Both the Actual RAMTOP and the system purpose. The main use of Mode No.2 is_ to variable RAMTOP set at or above address- save memory when a program will not’ operate 19712. in less than 3.25K RAM and a full screen is
2. Actual RAMTOP at or above address 19712, not used in the program. Mode No.2 can also but the system variable RAMTOP POKEd to less be used when recording a program in order to than 19712, without ENTERing NEW. save time or tape, as there are 768 bytes 3. Both the Actual RAMTOP and the system less in the display file to.be recorded. variable RAMTOP set below address 19712. Mode No.3 can also be used for this purpose. In all of the modes the program must be A program SAVEd while in Modes 2 or 3 can be able to operate in the amount of RAM, to LOADed into the computer when it is in Mode which Actual RAMTOP is set. Actual RAMTOP is No.1. , one address higher than the top of the GOSUB Part One of this article (published stack (GS stack). Both Mode No.1 and Mode SEPT/OCT '85) covered the GOSUB and Machine No.3 have a sub-mode available where the stacks also determining the upper limit of system variable RAMTOPis POKEd to an ~ wo Safe Area. Part Two of the article (pub-
lished NOV/DEC '85) covered the Calculator Stack (C stack) and determining, while in Mode No.1, the lower limit of the Safe Area and the minimum setting for RAMTOP, that would allow the program to operate. If a program will not use a full screen display, RAMTOP can be set even lower, Saving ad- ditional memory above RAMTOP for storage of
data. To determine
this absolute minimum setting tor RAMTOP that will allow the pro6o- Gram to RUN and the ‘computer ~to act ~“nor-
mally, we can use either Mode No.2 or, if the program will operated in less than 3.25K of RAM, Mode No.3. For the purposes of illu-
stration of the features of Mode No.2 to those readers with 3.25K or more RAM, we will use this mode for them. Readers owning the T/S 1000 but only 2K RAM will also. be able to join in RUNning the examples, and obtain Similar results.
Readers with more than 16K RAM, set
RAMTOP to 32768 as follows:
ENTER POKE 16388, ENTER POKE 16389,12e8
ENTER NEW
All those readers with 3.25K RAM or more are now ready to cross over the Great RAM Divide, located at address 19712, into the domain of less than 3.25K RAM. We _ will do this by POKEing the system variable RAM- TOP to address 18432 (the same as if we had 2K RAM) without ENTERing NEW as_ follows:
ENTER POKE 16388,@ ENreSG PORE tGseo, 7e ENTER CLS
A minimal display file has now been set up, but Actual RAMTOP is still 32768. To this, ENTER the following: PRINT PEEK The top of the GOSUB stack marker, no. 62, will not be printed on the If -you PRINT PEEK 32767 it -will “be on the screen.
prove 18431 decimal screen. printed
To prove that a minimum display file has been set up, PEEK the system variables VARS and D_ FILE by ENTERing the following:
PRINT (PEEK 16420+256*%PEEK 16421
)-(PEEK 16396+256*PEEK 16397) The value displayed should be 25, of bytes in a minimum display.
To find the absolute minimum address to which we can set RAMTOP for Program One that we used aS an example in Part Two of this article, we must type in the program and SAVE it on tape while in Mode No.2 (T/S 1000 2K RAM in mode No.3). Type in Program One as follows:
the number
19 FOR N=1 TO 48
20 PRINT PEEK 16412+256%PEEK 1 6413; ";
32 NEXT N
SAVE this program on tape.
As we want a completely clean memory in order to determine the upper limit of the Safe Area for Program One while in Mode No.2 (or 3), turn off the computer. Then power up. Those with over 16K RAM, set Actual RAM- TOP to 32768 as covered above. All but those with 2K RAM, POKE the system variable RAMTOP to address 18432 without ENTERing NEW as you did before. Everyone LOAD and RUN Program
One. Your results should agree with Figure
No.1. Each time through the loop the program prints the value contained in the system variable STKEND and illustrates how every-
thing above the expanding display file is
moved up in memory. Find the upper limit of
the Safe Area by PEEKing the addresses below RAMTOP-50 until you find the start of the Addresses containing only zeros. This should be 32715 for Mode 2 or 18379 (Mode 3).
PEEKing either the system variable STKEND or STKBOT using the direct double PRINT PEEK command, you should get 16667. We will investigate the reason for this value later.
Looking at Figure No.1, the
first two
values in line one and in line nine are not the addresses of the top of the C_ stack. They are due to a "Giant Bug", beacause the
system variable STKEND is used by the Wicked Wizard of ROM for some other purpose’ than pointing to the address of the top of the C stack. What about the other values of Fig. No.1? Change line 20 of Program One to read:
e@ PRINT PEEK 16410+256*PEEK 1 Ss Si lee es
Each time through the loop the value stored in the system variable STKBOT will be print- ed. RUN the program and your results’~ should agree with Figure No.2. Each time an address is printed, the bottom and the top of the C stack are moved up another six addresses as the display file is expanded by that amount.
Note the correlation between Figures No.1 and No.2. The addresses in Figure No. 1, other than the first two of lines 1 and Q, are the same as those in Figure No.2, and
are actually the addresses of the bottom of the C stack. Therefore we cannot locate the top of the C stack while the program is RUN- ning by inserting a line in the program to PEEK STKEND.
Let us investigate why we get 16667 as
10°" bottom of the C stack using the direct
command to PEEK STKBOT or STKEND when the programs print the last value as 16912. When a direct command is ENTERed, the first thing that happens is the screen is CLEARed. AS we are dealing with a minimal display file, the C stack is moved down before the command picks up the value stored in STKEND or STK- BOT, so we must add the number of characters on the screen to the 16667. The last characters (including the space) are ed after the value is picked up. we have: 9*32-6=282 characters The direct double PEEK command, in Part Two of this article, increases result by thirty-seven, so it must be
tracted. Therefore: 16667+282-37=16912
Which is the same as the last value of Fig- ures No.1 and 2.
We can locate the maximum address of the top of the C stack during the RUNning of the program by laying down some fly-paper with Program Two of Part Two of this series. Changing line 10 to fit the new the program now reads as follows:
10 FOR N=1691e2 TO 17152
22 POKE N,5
30 NEXT N N is from the last address to the highest address in Fig. No.1. The program places a 5 in each address from 16912 to 17150. 1) Type into the computer lines 10 and 20 of Program Two which will wipe out these lines of the previous program. 2) RUN the program 3) ENTER CLEAR 4) LOAD Program One from tape 5) RUN Program One 6) ENTER CLEAR 7) In-Mode No.2 Cor: 3), with 288... bytes cf screen display used, we do not have to de- lete any program lines. 8) Using the direct command: PRINT PEEK n Where n is the address to be PEEKed, find the highest address whithout a 5. This ad- dress should be 16932 and is the top of the C stack when Program One is RUN and the com- puter is in Mode No.2 (or 3).
The formula for computing the minimum address to which we can set RAMTOP and have the program RUN and the computer act norm- ally, determined while in Mode No.2 (or 3), is: Top of the C stacktActual RAMTOP-Upper limit of Safe Areat+36 Substituting the addresses we found:
For Mode 2 16932+32768-32715+36=17021 For Mode 3 16932+18432-18379+36=17021 The High Byte of 17021 is: INT(17021/256)=66
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The Low Byte of 17021 is: 17021-256*66=125 , To set RAMTOP to 17021: ENTER POKE 16388,125 ENTER POKE 16389,66 ENTER NEW
gram will RUN properly.
As repetition is the core of learning, let us find the minimum setting for RAMTOP of a more practical program. Figure No.3 is an outline for a "bare bones" text. entry program. When complete, it will display the text as it is entered, and store the _ text above RAMTOP. Line 80 redefines the ENTER key as the SPACE key, because both the PAUSE
and INKEYS functions turn the SPACE key into BREAK when shifted or unshifted. To quit text entry, use STOP. The STOP is stored as the end of the text marker (line 100). The
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minimum value for A in line 10 is need to determine. 1) To avoid crashing the arily change line 90 to: So POxE-t6383 ,D This continually POKEs the text to an unused location in the system variables must also change line 140 to: 142 PRINT CHR$ PEEK 16393; 2) Power up, ENTER line 90, and find the no.
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of bytes in the changed line by PEEK-ing 16511. In the same manner, find the mumber of bytes in the original line 90. The dif- ference is 10. Find the difference between the changed line 140 and the original line 140, the difference is also 10.
3) Assuming we do not know if the program Will RUN in less than 3.25K RAM, readers with this amount or more should chose Mode
No.2 in determining the minimum setting for RAMTOP. To set Mode No.2, ENTER: POKE 16388,@ POKE 16389, 7e CLS 4) The Final value for variable A in line 10 Will be the minimum setting for RAMTOP+1. Temporarily, since we will be working in Mode No.2 (or 3) and we need to exactly fill the screen with text, so that the display file will be expanded to the maximum for 22 lines, we will use A=B-703 bytes. Change line 10 to read: For Mode 2 10 LET A=32064 For Mode 3 10 LET A=17728 5) Change line 20 to read: For Mode 2 20 LET B=32767 For Mode 3 20 LET B=18431 6) Type the program as changed above’ into the computer and record the program on tape,
while the computer is in Mode No.2 (or 3). 7) To insure a clean memory, turn off the power. Power up. Set Mode No.2 as in 3 above (3.25K RAM or over only). LOAD the "Text Entry" program. RUN the program, typing in text until the screen is filled and you’ get a 0/160 report. There is no cursor or cor-
rectional features!
8) Find the upper limit of the Safe Area by PEEKing the addresses near RAMTOP-50. This will be 32717-(?7S 1500-Mode No.2)- or 18389 (T/S 1500 Mode No.3, Actual RAMTOP at 18432) As you can see, setting Mode 3 in the fT/S 1500, not only sets up a minimum display file, but also changes the operating system as regards the M stack. To be on the _ safe
of the Safe Area less than RAMTOP-51. 9) To find the initial value for Nin "Flypaper" program, ENTER:
PRINT PEEK 16404+256*PEEK 16495 The value of the address of EF LINE is 16838 To this add 704 which is the number of ad- dresses E LINE is moved up when the display FIle 22 expanced. The top of the —C stack Should never be more than 50 addresses high- er than the actual address of E LINE during the program RUN. 10) To wipe out the program, turn the off and then on. Set Mode No.2 as _ in above. Type in the modified "Flypaper" gram:
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18 FOR N=17542 To 17592 2@ POKE N,5 3M NEXT N
RUN this program. 11) ENTER CLEAR, LOAD and RUN the Text Entry program, typing in text until you get a 0/160 report. PEEK up from 17542 to find the top of the C stack. THis should be 1 7551. Correcting this value for the extra 20 bytes we added to the program, the final value for the top of the C stack, 2s 775314. 12) Substituting in the formula for the min- imum address to which we can set RAMTOP in Mode 2 (or 3): Top of the C stack+Actual RAMTOP-upper limit of Safe Areat+36 we get 1/7618. Set RAMTOP to
POKE 16388,218
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NEW 13) LOAD Text Entry program and change the following lines:
19 LET A=17619 98 POKE N,D 148 PRINT CHR$ PEEK N;
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Review by Dick Wagner
CHROMA-SOFT Color Graphics" ZX81 computers.
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"Experimental Software the T/S 1000/1500 anda
For those who would like to enlist their computer in some interesting experiments in color illusions, this program offers a rare opportunity to investigate "Subjective Color- ing". Bill Russell, developer of the computer concept, has worked out a very interesting
program that will produce in a graphic manner .
the colors: GREEN.
The taped program provides an image that does this very thing (for some people). The user can also produce images of choice as Bill provides the parameters for doing this. Granted, there are restrictions as to image drawing in terms of space between different colors. Two methods of drawing are provided.
RED, YELLOW, BLUE, CYAN, and
One is to draw the shapes by what amounts’ to PLOT, as the lines are 1/4 character size. The second method is more complicated as it
is more like defining GRAPHIC shapes by using the GRAPHIC keys and character keys, and specifying spaces down and spaces over for the graphics you want. This method permits the use of letter shapes as well as_ graphic shapes.
There is provision in SAVE graphic shapes, so that demonstration is possible. a Shape after it is LOADed, with different degrees of color separation.
The method developed to give a color effect is to produce each different color by vibrating or pulsing the black image that corresponds to the part of the picture that is assigned that color. This is done, by sim- Ply specifying a color for those parts to be so colored. Each color pulses at a different rate that has been determined by tests. The experimentor can vary the black/white flash- ing rates to study this phenomena.
How well does this illusion work? It indeed in the eyes of the beholder the brain?), as different people
the program to further study/ You can even alter thus experiment
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"colors" differently. There are factors’ that influence just how the colors appear, such as viewing distance from the screen, room light brightness (no flourecent light, the manual says) the viewers physical state, ect. For myself, the pulsing did a bit to my stomach and my wife simply said, "turn it off". At a
recent demonstration for our User Group, some half dozen members offered such comments’ as "couldn't see the colors", "RED was the. only color showing", "the colors were not’ bright or defined", "depends where I stand", "I can see the GREEN", "I can't see the GREEN", ect.
The concensus of viewers was that for Some, there was color, but very dim or muddy. The author makes no pretense about this as the system is intented to produce an illusion in the mind that there is color.
The demonstration image [supplied on the tape], full screen, had me puzzled as to where the green color existed, so I printed the screen for each color on a 2040 printer. The image for each color was then known, so I Studied the screen again knowing which lines to look for. I doubt that this convinced me. I haven't yet persued a study to enchance the COLOrS.
This program can provide considerable discussion for groups as it certainly brings up to date a method, first discovered 100 years ago, of stimulating the nervous’ system with pulsing black and white.
The documentation is very good, written in the Bill Russell "style". Besides a com- plete instruction of use, he has included an explanation of the BASIC program, and also the machine language with mnemonics and ad- dresses, and a description. This is a treat in itself. There is also provided a cut-out Benham Subjective Color Disk,: to try the original experiments. He also _ provides’ an amber-colored screen filter (10 x 12 inches) to be taped over the B&W TV screen. Price for the CHROMA-SOFT program on cassette is $14.95 from Russell Electronics, RD 1, S33; Centre Hall, PA 16828.
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LINEAR PROGRAMMING
Linear Programming, is the minimazation or maximazation of a linear form, subject to linear constraints, containing non-negative variables. The program I have written, uses the "simplex" method to do this.
The linear constraintS are model certain physical situations, linear form that is optimized, Situation that has been modeled, changes in the variables.
The program that I have written finds the mimimum of the linear function and_ the value of the variables used. The array S§S contains the column numbers of the variables having been solved-for, starting with the first equation and going on down to the last constraint equation. For example:
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Here is a problem that iS sovable by Linear Programming: A company makes wooden dowels. They make three sizes; 1/4", 1/2", and 3/4" in diameter, with a fixed length of
three feet. They sell for one,
dollars per dozen respectively. Fifty of 1/4 and 3/4 inch dowels, together can be be made from one piece of wood ( if the wood is good). Seventy-five of the 1/4 and 1/2- inch dowels can be made if the wood is good.
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To conserve wood, two 1/4-inch dowels are made after each 3/4-inch dowel is made. How many of each size dowel, should be made
to maximize profit, from each piece of wood?
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A Mickey Mouse Solution To A Graphic Problem
Attention users of the TABLET. Are you tired of having "spray" all over your screen whe the Zebra Painter software? Are y
little grooves into the surface of the Koala Pad in an attempt to keep stray marks
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by Duncan Teague
ZEBRA GRAPHICS The Color Mouse will allow a degree of the cursor control over the cursor unobtainable with n you use the stylus and graphics tablet. If you re- ou carving lease the Color Mouse, the cursor just sits
there and blinks. If you move the Color from Mouse over the table or desk top, the cursor Would follows its movement. When you press-7 the hat cursor button on the Color Mouse, menu selections can be made, and drawing iS accomplished
e*s Mouse- with incredible ease. The Color Mouse will not give you more
Well you can! Next time you visit your artistic talent than you already possess. local Radio Shack to pick up a couple of But it will allow you to produce graphics in rolls of thermal paper for your ZX or 2040 far less time because of the stability of printer, take a look at their TRS-80 COLOR the cursor. The Color Mouse is Catalog No. MOUSE. You'll notice that the little plug at 26-3025, and it costs $49.95 at your local the end of the Mouse cable looks a lot like Radio Shack. the socket in the Zebra Graphics Tablet in- [Editor- Zebra Systems will sell the TECH terface. The only thing missing is the cen- pRAW software and the Graphics Tablet's in- ter pin. Is the little light bulb appearing terface (excluding the Kola Pad) separately in the balloon above your head? if a user wanted to adapt the Color Mouse.
The Color Mouse will work just fine Write or call for further information and once the software is initialized. Load your prices: 78-06 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, NY Tech Draw software, for example, and acti- 11421, (718) 296-2385] vate the program by pressing the "Command" button on the Koala Pad. Then carefully ex- tract the graphics tablet's plug from _ the interface socket. Piug in the Color Mouse
cable. Enjoy!
Radio Shack's Color Mouse
LOLLIPOPS
Warren Fricke
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22ee@ PRINT AT 21,8; "You gat “";F; * BOPS. Al wise: “Store = *;5 23@ IF STICK (2,13=1 OR INKEYS$= ~“¢ THEN GO TO 32
242 CO TO 232
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SWEEPS
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448 PRINT “"“YOU GET CREDIT FOR
EACH FLAVOR YOU TRY. BUT THE St ORE CEPENCS UPON THE FLAVOR ITS a Oe. 45@ PRINT ‘““PRESS “; FLASH 1,” ENTER “; FLASH @”" TO CONTINUE.” 46@ INPUT z$: CLS
472 GO SUB 382
482 FRINT AT 2,2, CORING I5 LICORICE
IN THIS
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49@ PRINT AT 5,9; "“LICORICE...49
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COLUMN
There has been no EPROM updates in the last two months, so I will give the conver- Sion changes for TASWORD II, and PRO/FILE. In the next issue I will give a conversion command table comparing the commands for the AERCO, RAMEX, and the ZEBRA disc’ systems.
The following are the changes you can make to convert TASWORD to the AERCO disc system. These changes do not include any
wording changes that you may want to make, to have Tasword refer to disc rather than tape. Gon 15:5 CAT "“tasword.BIN", 7@0:4 MOVE “tasword.BAS",15 718 MOVE “tasword.BIN" ,54784,10751 1030:3 LET AS=AS+". BIN"", "+ STR b+"
2030:2 LET AS=A$+".BIN"",": CAT "AS",
GAMESMATE FIX
by Steve Wyatt
Those who have purchased the GAMESMATE Kempston compatable joystick interface have noticed conflicts with other add-ons such as the AERCO disk interface. This is due to the minimal decoding techniques used by so many of the third party peripherals, including the GAMESMATE, for the Spectrum and 2068. Further decoding can be accomp- lished relatively simply and without add- itional parts, that will resolve most of these conflicts. Understanding the circuit isn't necessary, so if you wish, refer _ to FIGURE 1 and make the changes.
Essentially,
may
two more address A6 and A7, are being brought into play. Originally, if I/Oreq was low(active) and A5 was low(inactive), the joystick would be enabled. Thus the GAMESMATE I/F would be active every time an I/O operation was per- formed and A5 wasn't used. By bringing A6 and A7 into play, we can effectively re- strict the joystick to an I/O address of 31 decimal/1iF hex and below. The first move is to cut the trace (marked with the xX) run- ning from pin 6 of the LS32 to pin 1 of the LS244. A6&é and A7, marked A and B at _ the finger connectors, are jumpered to pins 1 and 2 of the LS32, and the output is then respectively taken from pin 3 and jumpered to pin 10 of the same chip. Pin 6 is’ jump- ered to pin-v, again, .on the--same chip.
lines,
After trying for two weeks to convert PRO/FILE 2068 so that the files may be saved separately from the program...I gave tried to use both an early and a later ver- Sion of the program. This iS an excellent data base program, and really needs to have one more rewrite to be fully useful. It may be possible to save the files by re-saving the complete program every time you add to or start a new file. But you would have to be extremely careful to keep separate discs for different files.
One further bit of information. Be ex- tremely careful about formating discs with a program in the computer, and also using the erase option. This can cause the disc _ to crash and the loss of all information on that disc.
ub. <£
»'+ STR$ a: MOVE"AS"
Finally we can take our new enable signal to the LS244 by jumpering pin 8 of the LS32 to pin 1 of the LS244,
This fix doesn't work on the Zebra Graphics Tablet, which is mapped in at O- 16. Your questions and problems can be directed to Steve Wyatt (301) 779-7743. I
would like to know if this fix works with
the A & J Mikrodrives. 7% belt eu teases - ¢ sbppeco,
Nita
Figure 1 - Place the GAMESMATE solder- Side up (the chips and connector toward the table) with the connector fingers toward you, and compare the lower right portion of § the board with figure 1. Cut: the trace marked with an X in the diagram, and make the five jumpers using thin wirewrap wire Connecting A. to: A; 38 to Bb, ¢C teicy Dp te @ and E to E. Clean the residue board with nail polish remover, check your connections and you're done. You can use epoxy or glue to make sure the jumper wires remain flush on the board.
from the
19
by Martin DeBoniface
The following BASIC joystick program for the T/S 2068 computer is an enhancement to an original by Warren Fricke, first pub- lished in TIME DESIGNS Sept/Oct 1985 (Vol.1, No.6).
Keeping the flavor of it's predecessor, program does no more than demonstrate new potential. Possible applications
this sete
Will be dealt with later. | There are two lines of code which make this program tick. All else is superfluous. These two lines are the assignment state- ments for "column" c and "line" 1 (Stmt #360 and 370).
These two asSignment statements’ effec- tively replace over three dozen IF _ state-
ments. It reminds me of APL, where the epit- omy of programming code is; "See if you can cram it all in one line". This architectural marvel is made possible by what is known as "BOOLEAN LOGIC AND RELATIONAL OPERATORS".
Boolean Logic, also known as_ Boolean Arithmetic, is named after George Boole, a 19th century English mathematician and log- | ician. Relational operators are also known as Binary operators. The T/S 2068 user's manual outlines these very briefly page 22%
on
HOW IT WORKS: In a nutshell, all I done is include the statement (-x OR twice, within each assignment statement 1 and c in the original BASIC joystick tine (see TABLE 1).
-x is the parameter limit for each -31 for horizontal, and -21 vertical. Clair BASIC only allows 0 to 31 horizontally and O to 21 ically.
The inclusion of this bit of in the antecedant program, not only ckecks for range limitations (eg.< 0), but acts on them as well. Should the joystick direct the cursor beyond the screen range, the limit is reassigned to it's opposite value.
What does this mean? If you try to_ go beyond column zero, the cursor is reassigned to the opposite side of the screen and pops up in column 31. Or, if you pass through the the cursor "wraps
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LABELMAKER
by Bill Ferrebee MOUNTAINEER SOFTWARE
I have been one of those "Sinclair Junkies" since almost the beginning. Yes... I took the abuse..."You have one of those toys?!2?"..."I thought that was a high-tech doorstop!"...and so on. But, you know as well -as=l- de: that vou =-woultdn't - trade —in your T/S for anything. Our motley crew of tinkerers constantly come up with new and exciting ways to enjoy or "toys". And with great publications such as this, we never run out of places to share our newfound knowledge, or gain insight on how to even beter use "the power within our reach".
With this in mind, I would like to give a gift to you, "the believers". Label- Maker is a short program that I wrote _ to
This program runs on the T/S 2068
10 CLS : INFUT "Frogram Titite:";a%
12 IF LEN a#>S32 THEN GO TO 10
14 PRINT TAB 16-(LEN at/2); at
20 INFUT “Line #2 Info: ";6¢%
22 IF LEN b$*S2 THEN GO TO £0
24 PRINT TAB 16-CLEN b/2);b%
30 INPUT “Line #3 Info: "3c
sz if LEN c$?ss2 THEN GO TO sO
34 PRINT TAB 16-CLEN c#/2)5c%
38 PRINT : PRINT : PRINT : PRINT : PRINT 40 INPUT "Bottom Line: ";d%
42 IF LEN d#>3S2 THEN GO TO 40
44 PRINT TAB 16-(CLEN d$/2);d¢%
SO PRINT AT 21,8; FLASH 1; "Correct? Cy/nd"
S52 IF INKEY$=""""THEN GO TO S2 54 IF INKEY$="n" THEN GO TO 10 100 FRINT AT 21,8; " “s INPUT “Number
1:10 F GR 4 =) 370
120 LFRINT TAB 16-CLEN a%/2);a%
122 LPRINT TAB 16-CLEN b%/23;b%
124 LFRINT TAB 16-CLEN c#/2);c$%
126 LPRINT : LPRINT : LPRINT : LPRINT : LCPRINT 128 LPRINT TAB 16-CLEN d#/2);d%
130 LPRINT : LPRINT
32 NEXT i
140 INPUT “More? Cy/ndi "3 4%
i42 IF x#="y" THEN GO TO 100
150 INPUT “Another title? Cy/nd: "5 x
152 IF x#="y" THEN GO TO 10
160 CLS : PRINT AT 10,8;"CWork Completelj": STOF
fulfill a need I had for a way to make nice looking cassette labels for my software collection. LabelMaker will work with any full-size printer interface you may have (AERCO, Tasman, A&J, Oliger) because you will use the print driver software pro- vided with your interface, to ‘drive this program.
First, load the driver software for your interface, and save it to a blank tape. DO NOT REWIND THE TAPE! Next, type in the simple program below. SAVE this on the tape immediately following the driver. Make sure to use the LINE command on the SAVE so that it will auto-run.
That's all there is to it! Just one note...If you plan on using double quotes
("), such as LOAD "",- you: will need to: in- put TWICE the amount you will want printed. LOAD "" will need to be inputted as_ LOAD
I have found a great place to buy form feed cassette labels to use with your full- Size printer. CUSTOM TAPE LOADERS (8135 Cox's Dr., Suite 209 Portage, MI 49081) has them available in four colors (white-blue- red-yellow) for $1.60 per 1000. Check out their prices on blank computer tapes, too.
I hope you get as much out of this program as I did. Let me know if you _ make any modifications to this program. Bill Ferrebee, MOUNTAINEER SOFTWARE, 449 - Biii Street #6, Parkersburg, WV 26104.
of copies :"jx
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THE PORTUGUESE CONNECTION _ Senge
Hi and welcome to the first of what I hope to be many columns in TIME DESIGNS on the 3 inch Floppy Disk Drive System from Portugal, that is being sold by Zebra sys- tems. I hope that the Holidays were good _ to you. Maybe some of you received the Zebra Disk Drive System for a Christmas gift, and are looking into tapping the full power of
this system. It will be my goal to help you 21
use this system to its full capacity.
As the next few months go by, we will be going over how to use the "Tree Struc- ture" operating system of the drives, to develop many directories and related files on one disk. We will also be going into depth on the two file systems supported by these drives...random access and sequential files.
Continued Next Page
Its the first of these file systems, or Random Access files, that is the most ex- citing. By using random access files, now in the position of using our drive tem as a "disk RAM",
we are sys- That means that because
of the speed that the drives work at, we can use the disks to store information and send specific information to our programs ran- domly. Large data files, such as a= phone book program, will just access the infor- mation you need, and not the entire data file.
File storage is what sets this system
apart from the cassette recorder. Now I know what you are saying. Its the speed that sets this system apart from cassettes. Well, that is only half true. It breaks my heart to see people spend the $350 bucks for a_ state of the art disk drive system, and use it for just saving and loading programs. No, it is the way that we can manipulate our data files, and not have their size be limited by the computer's memory, that sets this system apart from the cassette recorder.
Whew, sorry about that soap box I just get that way when I think powerful this system is.
Other articles will include using the RS232C ports with a Hayes 1200 modem (I_ do it now), aS well as hooking up ae serial printer to them. We will also look at exist- ing programs for the T/S 2068, and how we can convert them for use on the D.D. system.
On that vein, there waS one program that I used more than any other, and that was TASWORD TWO. One of the first things I did was to convert it for use with the D.D. system. Lets see how this is done.
Stuer, about how
The first thing you must do is to exit the program and get into BASIC. Go to line 15, and change the part about LOAD "tascode. cod" to LOAD* "tascode.cod". Next, go _ to line 700 and 710 and put an * in front of the SAVE commands. After that is done, go to line 1030 and do the same for that SAVE command. Just one more line to go...line 2030. There you put an=* “infront “of the LOAD command. Type in GOTO 700, and _ there you have it, TASWORD TWO on the Zebra Floppy Drive System.
Now while that is a bare bones’ change, in the October: tssue ‘of L.1.S.T.ing (the user groups newsletter from Long Island, New York) my best friend Andy Gippetti did an in-depth conversion of Tasword, that makes it even more powerful. Andy's conversion allows for files from both cassette and disk
to be used, and gives you a CATALOG option
in the main menu. For a copy of this article or any other statements you may have, 21 Regina Dr., You can also join that bye for now!
feel
Sayville lax-Lai@s ls gets the
free to write me at: New York 11782. or a more local users group LIST newsletter. Well,
MACHINE CODE TUTOR
f
Reviewed by Duncan Teague
The Complete Machine Code Tutor Knighted Computers 707 Highland Avenue Fulton, NY 12069 TPS 2WOn; Sie
Upon opening the black case containing the two cassettes, I recalled a painting that decorates Walker Hall at M.I.T. The painting depicts the Serpent tempting Adam
This "apple" from Knighted Computers tempts with insights into and an understand- ing of the language of machine code pro- grammers, who, as we all know, speak direct- iy to tne Great god, =2ce0. In this briet article, I'll tell you first how MCT oper- ates and then how well it performs its in- tended purpose.
MCT teaches the "instructions" used _ to communicate with the Z80 microprocessor in
and Eve with the fruit of the Tree of Know- the same way a BASIC tutorial teaches’ the ledge. It's Latin inscription says, "you "commands" used in that language. Three shall be even as the gods, Knowing good and techniques are used. The actions performed evil,* YW J by the instructions are explained in text.
Examples of the instructions in use are Shown by means of a "Simulator". The student is allowed to practice using instructions by modifying the examples.
The Simulator is loaded first. Experi- enced pupils can begin practicing using in- structions already learned. Alternately one of the sets of lessons can be loaded into the simulator. The lessons are divided into four groups:
01-09 Introduction to Registers and Memory; Loading, Comparing, Incrementing, Decrementing
10-17 Decision Making: Jumps, Calls, and Stack Operations; Binary, Decimal, and Hexadecimal Notation
18-25 Bit Manipulations: and Rotating; and Parity
26-35 Specialized Registers: Index and Alternates; Input/Output and Block Instructions; Interrupts
In each set you advance through a menu/
Shifting Flags: Sign
list by pressing the SPACE bar. The ENTER key choses a "lesson" on a particular in- struction or a corresponding "example" dem- onstrating the use of that particular in- struction. During the lesson or example, a BREAK will return you to the menu/list.
The demonstrations run by means of the Simulator. A single keystroke by the user
runs the demonstration or moves it ahead one
step. With each step the current status of every register, memory location, and flag is Shown. The user is challenged to understand
and eventually learn to happen.
what will
predict
Sree
sss _ _. Once the lesson is sufficiently under- stood in concept and in practice, you may
elect to "edit" the demonstration routine. A user friendly editor makes it easy to periment by altering either the values used or the instructions
ex- numerical themselves.
Internal error messages invalid instructions or operations which would overwrite the MCT program itself. The user is reminded if a RETurn is not included
alert you to
at the end_of —the— routine. ive =Short- -tAe user's routine iS not allowed to crash. Tt the instructions are valid, then they are
"assembled".
The assembled instructions can then be run by the simulator one step at a time just as the demonstrations are. This provides the pupil with immediate feedback on how well the concept taught has been understood or mastered.
One of the safe areas with which the user is allowed to experiment is the screen display. The demonstrations often change the attributes of screen locations, so a color display is very helpful, although not essen- tial.
The same 42 character per line "micro- print" used in the Masterfile database pro- gram is employed throughout MCT. This allows
one-third more text to be displayed on each screen line than the 32 character mode can provide. Despite the smaller letters, the text is clear and easy to read.
The tutorials on the various 2480 in- structions make more sense the more times you are exposed to them. They also do a better job of explaining machine code _ pro- gramming than any other book or magazine article I've read. The reason for this is
the "explain-predict-control" format of each lesson.
After a cursory look at all 35 lessons, I am still not a machine code programmer. Although I'm not ready to write a whole pro- gram in Z80 mnemonics, I was actually able to produce my own short routines to manipu- late screen attributes and to move blocks of text around at machine code speed.
The MCT is not the machine code programming tocl, nor is it intended to be. A serious student will eventually have to acquire a good machine code assembler’ to translate newly learned instructions the 1's and O's understood by the
I seriously doubt that anyone has de- veloped an assembler as user friendly (un- crashable) as MCT. An explorer in this new realm will, however, be able to practice routines with the MCT Simulator before en- tering them into a working assembler. Don't expect miracles with The Complete Machine Code Tutor. But a better set of training wheels probably cannot be obtained.
ultimate
into computer.
CEES YXXEEIAIAY) 23 COE III IIIT
OS-64
Reviewed by Tim Woods
One way of looking at the OS-64 Cart- ridge Software, is an "unfulfilled promise" that has come true for the 2068. All manner of cartridge-based software was to have had a perfect marriage with this computer, such as languages, CP/M, ROM expansion, utilities for bank-switching, and yes, utilities for the extended video modes. The 64 column text mode is one of these modes, that up until now, has barely been utilized (on a wide- scale basis).
The OS-64 Cartridge is a small pc board with an EPROM, a decoder IC, and _ covered with a thin plastic housing that is spray- painted black. It is somewhat larger than an original Timex cartridge, and has a snug fit when inserted into the dock of the 2068.
The accompanying manual is 12 pages long, and outlines the basic functions of the OS-64. While the language is clear and straight-forward, I have the feeling that Some users will want to receive additional information not covered in the manual. Such as an in-depth explanation of how this. new system "works", along with system ROM calls, and more details on printer/interface oper- ations.
There are a few limitations that should be pointed our to prospective purchasers of the 0S-64. First, it doesn't support the printing routines of the Timex 2040 printer. Instead, it has built-in print drivers’ for the AERCO, Tasman, A&J, and Oliger printer interfaces. The system defaults to the AERCO (but a simple POKE will select the correct one). The trade off for the 2040 is the full size printer facilities.
rather cartridge
OS-64 doesn't use the command FLASH. PAPER and INK have limited effect, and are
pre-determined. All graphics commands’ work HOrmaALly (25527757. the 512 pixel-
width mode is accessible by machine code. All other BASIC commands are _ normal, only now PRINT, LIST, LPRINT, LLIST, tect., -are in 64 columns.
however,
When the 2068 powers up, it re-initial-
and the OS-64 takes over. noticeable white characters on ground screen appears. There is. no border, as all of the screen is now used. I have only used the OS-64 with a color composite monitor, and the small character definition is fairly readable. The user manual strongly recommends the use of a monochrome or RGB monitor. This would reduce eye-strain over a period of time.
One of the impressive "effects" of this system, is LISTing a BASIC program...no more "wrap-around" of program lines, all mation for a line number is on one 64 line. This allows for easy editing bugging of programs.
The other important aspect of the OS-64 would be in software development especially for this operating system. I have had the opportunity to preview two. such programs.
The first program is called PERSONAL SECRETARY. Unlike other common appointment Managers, you can now see a whole screen full of appointments, along with a calender of the month you are working with. Very nice touch. My copy of Personal secretary was previewed on the Zebra Systems Disk Drive system. Together with the floppy drives, and the OS-64...it was a SUPER operating system!
The latter program, is one that you may already be familiar with, if you read my re- view of the VIEWORD word processor in the NOV/DEC 85 issue of TDM. Only this is a new version that works with the OS+64. There are many new enhancements (including 64 col. of course) that makes this good little processor an even better one.
The OS-64 has a few drawbacks, does turn the 2068 into a "professional" style operating system. Outside of the Spec- trum Emulator, I haven't seen a better use for the 2068's cartridge dock. Put into the right developer's hands, some very interest- ing and practical software could be written.
OS-64 is available from Zebra Systems, Inc., 78- 06 Jamaica Ave, Woodhaven NY 11421) for $29.95 plus $3 for total order P&H. PERSONAL SECRETARY also available from Zebra on cassette or 3 VIEWORD is available from Jim Clatfelter,
izes, A quite
black back-
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software is disk. Sand
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y. ee Road, Placerville CA 95667.
RAINBOW PLUS
Reviewed by Duncan Teague The Rainbow Plus Spectrum Interface Damco Enterprises 67 Bradley Ct.
Fails River ,_MA- 02726 T/S 2068; $49.95 You can count the numer of ways to run Spectrum software on one hand. If you don't
want to to to the expense Spectrum Computer, then there are only four: 1. Replace your T/S 2068 ROM with a Spectrum ROM.
2. Use both ROMs,
with a switch.
3. Use an "emulator" that plugs into
the cartridge port.
4. Use an "emulator" that plugs into
the expansion port.
The first two choices require opening the computer, voiding its (ha!) warranty. Many of us just won't chance messing up our computer through accident or ineptitud. But we're not averse to plugging in something. We've had experience with that technique.
The last two choices involve tying up either the cartridge port or the expansion port. This prevents its use by other peri- pherals. The choice of which port to use for Spectrum emulation is a matter of what else you want to accomplish.
The Rainbow Plus Interface is a small black box which plugs into the 2068 expan- Sion port. A switch on the left rear changes its operating mode from T/S 2068 to Spec- trum. Instructions advise powering off the computer before installing the interface.
The Rainbow Plus Interface allows’ the access to the whole line of Spectrum _ soft- ware, but that's not all it does. Its oper- ating system iS on an eprom. This’ makes possible the correction of some flaws in the Spectrum ROM. The Rainbow Plus also has a Spectrum compatible edge connector. This renders the entire line of Spectrum hardware peripherals available as well.
selecting between
When you turn on the computer with the interface in Spectrum mode, your computer first initializes in T/S 2068 mode. Then it
WARE/
of purchasing as.
re-initializes in Spectrum mode. Instead of
the normal copyright notice, you see "Sin- Clair Spectrum Mod. B." This modification refers to the fact
that several known bugs in the Spectrum ROM have been fixed. One unexpected feature is the inclusion of 21 user-defined graphics symbols. They include the superscripts 0-9, Six letters from the Greek alphabet, and five other symbols of marginal utility.
In this mode you can _ load software. All 24 of the programs I tried, loaded with no difficulty. I had a nice su- prise with the PAINTBOX graphics utility and drawing program. Paintbox has 84 udg's’ that are available. Along with the 21 already contained in the Rainbow Plus eprom, my ver- Sion of Paintbox now has 105 udg's that can be edited, used, and saved to tape.
I also had the opportunity of testing
Spectrum
a couple of Spectrum peripherals with the interface. The DK'Tronics Light Pen and the DK'Tronics Sound Synthesizer worked equally
well. I will report in detail on these peri- pherals in subsequent reviews.
While the Spectrum compatible hardware works fine, it should be noted that T/S 2068 hardware does NOT work when attached to the rear of the Rainbow Plus. A TS 2068 printer interface, for example, must be attached first to the computer. Then the Rainbow Plus can be piggy-backed onto the TS 2068 hard- ware. :
Two exceptions to 2068 hardware
incom-
patability with the Rainbow Plus’ interface
Should be noted. The 2040 thermal printer
and the 2050 modem CAN be used behind the Rainbow Plus.
i —find- the Rainbow. Plus Interface,
extraordinarily easy to use. Installation on the expansion port is easier than opening up the computer. In operation it's more re- liable than some other devices. By this I mean that the Spectrum mode initializes 100%
of the time. This is not so with the ROM switching technique. The use of the expansion port is a
problem for me. My parallel face doesn't have a rear edge
printer inter- connector of
its own. I can't plug it in first and then Plus Spectrum Interface the optimum choice attach the Rainbow Plus. But that's a prob- among several possibilities for Spectrum lem with my printer interface, not with the emulation. Rainbow Plus. The eprom operating system with the corrected bugs and stored udg's iS superior to other devices which employ ae standard Spectrum ROM. Its software compatibility and firmware features, coupled with support of Spectrum hardwar devices, make the Rainbow Reviewed by Paul Bingham Program: ASTRONOMER Type: Educational/Technical the coordinates over a range of times. and Machine: Spectrum or 2068 with Spectrum ROM dates as well. Since most of the information Length: 48K is useful only to telescope owners, it may Price: -§14.95 be less important than the other options. Geta ee Ror nee cae Option 4 is the most complex. Here the eretaiie: ns computer calculates and stores the position use enisay = Cn Gotftwave of 1090 stars (to magnitue 4.75) which are Mather’ Tare Mevetiall visible under normal conditions to the human eye. This is more stars than is shown on my As an avid fan of astronomy, I have Planisphere! It divided the night sky into kept my eyes open for a 2068 program that five parts, treating the sky as a huge dome.
could aid my star gazing Burgess' book More Uses for Your TS Astronomy on Your Computer was all I found until now. Another book of his, tial Basic, has been useful. It is to the other but examples are for the Loe.
ASTRONOMER by CP Software of England is
Eric 1000: had Celes- Similar Apple
interests.
an impressive package. It comes ina color- ful box along with a professional sixteen page typeset instruction booklet. This is
well written and though brief, adequate. Using Doug Dewey's OMNI-EMU ROM board, ASTRONOMER loaded and ran without a hitch. I did load side two, which is just another copy. It loaded but appeared to fail com- pleting its setting of bits in the UDG area before self-running. It later crashed. The program takes 4 min. 40 Sec. load. Colorful graphics make the wait able. The opening menu lists Option No.1 allows the user exact latitude and longitude, the time (to seconds), and the date for anywhere on the earth. This program throughout isS very, very accurate. Options 2 and 3 give the user coordinates for his date and time of the planets, sun, moon, four of the largest ast- eroids, comet Encke, and yes, Halley's com- et, too. This and most information is easily printed out on the 2040 thermal Options 2 and 3 allow the user’ to
to bear-
options. enter the
six to
printer. ask for
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The top is circular when cut part five. The rest is divided into north, east, west, and parts one through four. These views chosen and within 25 second (2 min. circular part five) all the stars to tude 4.75 are plotted out. Faint Single pixel points, brighter The display is colorful and impressive. By entering any of the 79 constellation codes ASTRONOMER will trace out each (see fig. A). By re-entering the same code, the lines it drew in. There is even a code ALL which traces out all of the constellations. This takes nearly ten minutes. eet
Option 4 requires a calculation time of 10 min. 48 sec. the first time through. Once completed, the user can skip from option to option and to any view in option 4 without needing to recalculate anything. Only if the user changes the date, time or location using option 1 will option 4 require this period of re-calculation. The computer beeps loudly when done, in case the user has left the room.
Option 5 is in a way a close-up or zoom of the views in option 4. Option 5. splits the sky into 362 overlapping charts of 20° Declination and 2 hour Right Ascension...... telescope coordinate values. As in option 4, option 5 will allow of constella-
out--this is up equally south panels-- can be for. fhe magni- stars are stars more.
it erases This is remarkable!
tracing
its own. I can't plug it in first and then Plus Spectrum Interface the optimum choice attach the Rainbow Plus. But that's a prob- among several possibilities for Spectrum lem with my printer interface, not with the emulation. Rainbow Plus. The eprom operating system with the corrected bugs and stored udg's is superior to other devices which employ ae standard Spectrum ROM. Its software compatibility and firmware features, coupled with support of Spectrum hardwar devices, make the Rainbow Reviewed by Paul Bingham Program: ASTRONOMER Type: Educational/Technical the coordinates over a range of times and Machine: Spectrum or 2068 with Spectrum ROM dates as well. Since most of the information Length: 48K is useful only to telescope owners, it may Seice: $14.95 be less important than the other options. ea en ae oe Option 4 is the most complex. Here the Piaraiie = “Ke computer calculates and stores the position Maneeactiear Cr Software of 1090 stars (to magnitue 4.75) which are Authear* Baut Marehatli visible under normal conditions to the human eye. This is more stars than is shown on my As an avid fan of astronomy, I have Planisphere! It divided the night sky into kept my eyes open for a 2068 program that five parts, treating the sky as a huge dome.
could aid my star gazing Burgess' book More Uses for Your TS Astronomy on Your Computer was all I found until now. Another book of his, tial Basic, has been useful. It is to the other but examples are for the pit & og
ASTRONOMER by CP Software of England is
Eric 1000: had Celes- Similar Apple
interests.
an impressive package. It comes ina _ color- ful box along with a professional sixteen page typeset instruction booklet. This is
well written and though brief, adequate. Using Doug Dewey's OMNI-EMU ROM board, ASTRONOMER loaded and ran without a hitch. I did load side two, which is just another copy. It loaded but appeared to fail com- pleting its setting of bits in the UDG area before self-running. It later crashed. The program takes 4 min. 40 Sec. load. Colorful graphics make the wait able. The opening menu lists Option No.1 allows the user exact latitude and longitude, the time (to seconds), and the date for anywhere on the earth. This program throughout is very, very accurate. Options 2 and 3 give the user coordinates for his date and time of the planets, sun, moon, four of the largest ast- eroids, comet Encke, and yes, Halley's com- et, too. This and most information is easily printed out on the 2040 thermal Options 2 and 3 allow the user’ to
to bear-
options. enter the
six to
printer. ask for
26
The top iS circular when cut part five. The rest is divided into north, east, west, and parts one through four. These views chosen and within 25 second (2 min. circular part five) all the stars to tude 4.75 are plotted out. Faint Single pixel points, brighter The display is colorful and impressive. By entering any of the 79 constellation codes ASTRONOMER will trace out each (see fig. A). By re-entering the same code, the lines it drew in. There is even a code ALL which traces out all of the constellations. This takes nearly ten minutes. ces
Option 4 requires a calculation time of 10 min. 48 sec. the first time through. Once completed, the user can skip from option to option and to any view in option 4 without needing to recalculate anything. Only if the user changes the date, time or location using option 1 will option 4 require this period of re-calculation. The computer beeps loudly when done, in case the user has left the room.
out--this is up equally south panels-- can be for the magni- stars are starS more.
it erases This is remarkable!
Option 5 is in a way a close-up or zoom of the views in option 4. Option 5 splits the sky into 362 overlapping charts of 20° Declination and 2 hour Right Ascension...... telescope coordinate values. As in option 4, option 5 will -aliow -tracing--cf -constélla-
tions. Fig. B (Lupus the Wolf) and Fig. A are given for comparison. In both options 4 and 5, the location
of all the objects available from options 2 and 3 (i.e. the planets, comets, ect.) can be superimposed among the constellations by using their three-letter codes. The position
is shown as a tiny plus sign which blinks three times then remains. Entering the code again works in reverse and removes it. I found some star regions so busy with stars so aS to miss the blinking plus_' sign the first: time. -Fig..C and D-=show —all.-_of the planets lined up with the setting sun _ on March 10, 1882. This answers a query put forth by Duncan Teague in the Jan/Feb '85
issue of SYNCWARE NEWS for which a prize was to be awarded. (Does this mean I win?)
Option 6 lets the user find the rising and setting times of the solar system ob- jects or to see an animated view of the. solar system itself (see Fig. E). The user inputs the starting date and interval. The motion of the planets continues until the user stops it. This animated view I have found to be very educational and easily un- derstandable by my small children.
ASTRONOMER is a very thorough and com-
plete program. It can grow with the observer
as the observer's needs grow. It is also worthwhile to those following Halleys Comet Or aS an educational device.
Is ASTRONOMER perfect? No, it has a few
drawbacks. In option 4 or 5 the user may be annoyed by a "POSITION NOT CALCULATED" ..... message accompanied by a loud beep when en- tering the code for a solar system objec. As it turns out, the position of each object to display -in option=— 4:'er=5 must —first =be called-up in -itsmenu-in option 2 of 3..-This is a four-key procedure for each object.
This boils down to TIME. The user must figure on 4:40 to load the program initially 4:30 to run through the four-key procedure for all the. oebjects,2=3:00 to change —the date, time and location (which comes set for London, 1/1/84), and 10:48 for the sky calculations “in <option 4. The total is 23 minutes oFfr=so to-get ready.
If I could make all the changes in 23 minutes and then SAVE the program it would be fantastic. Even a back-up copy would be nice to have. However, being a self-running machine code program, no provision for’ such is included. I have tackled ASTRONOMER using 007 SPY and have managed to make a back-up copy after several nights and lots of head- scratching. This is however only a copy as it comes from England. Maybe with HOT Z II I
initial grand
could wade through the 46K of data and find the bytes I need to alter...or maybe not.
At any rate, ASTRONOMER is an excellent aid to most any level of interest in astron-
omy. It works well, is professional, and at $14.95 is an exceptional value. Similar programs for the PC start at $65. My OMNI-
EMU and ASTRONOMER together were less money. It is a good way to get ready for Halley's Comet and much more. It rolls into one at least eleven of the 20 programs in Burgess'! book. The printouts do not do the real gra- phics justice--see the program for yourself.
ASTRONOMER iS available from: Computer, 5344 W. Banff, Glendale AZ for $14.95 plus 90¢ shipping.
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Just about everyone agreed the Millennia K was a great interface except for one problem: Ithad more power than most users required. In response, we’ ve put together a new package which is more in tune with the needs of our users. We tested the concept of this new package with some of you on the phone and received an enthusiastic response. So here it IS:
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