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Part 1 of 2 Parts

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Aa TUTORIAL on

MACHINE Cope FROGRAMMING by DICK SCOVILLE

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The BASIC tanguage itself is, GF course, &@ huge set OF instruc tions For the ZB@ chip. These instructions tzke up all the ‘ a@ddfEsSss5 Spaces betwcen GRES and SFFF, and @ tot more besides —- Exactly HOW Man MeTE Bill we glearer €@s we g& Blanaq. UWhen- ever a FBS chit is turned on (5 volts spplied across two oF itS pins} it, ig@mediatetu starts executing the instruction et @G@G and camtinues,. never sianr-

= Qf medisastar. Zis 3@6b if t& 2 @ Certain kind &F cCedé@ entere from the hLeuboeaerd (the lines that we write! and “rewrite” them in FSG cede. and then st the Preper Moment execute the FeMmritten cG@de& and come back Far more. ; _ The iM@parteni fPoint for us 5 that BASIC. regarded #5 a ®s- Chine code praegram, 25 Willing if, OMG ahd GOmLu Gre Circumstance LO Give up its Hold on the 288 Chi and alia: ihe ZGG tae exe- CULE Code Which if Guitsidée BASIC. Manu @achine Code fra- Grams won't aLilaue this—--games . ghee MAZGEGE end ANDROIDS are -En Finite Loars From Which you

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SUPPOSE YOU write & Pregram CGOMnLaininag the EXPression

USR 48886. (By the Wau. Peapie eften cai the Programs theu write BASIC Pregrams, buUi Let*s use the ward BASIC tG SPPiy gnmiu to the huge H2chine code Efsegram from S8ae tG GFFF and more .: Back ta USR €@8608: when BASIC gets is this EXPTESSICn it tnmaws thet USR iS Ghee OF SevVGrat functions that it i8 CaPSabte GF evaluai— amg f€like SGR. LEN. etec.} and zt Rnogws it must First Find the Value OF the €SRFSSSiGh Fol low-

ing “USSR”. Ei 28¥@5 this selue.

and them in €f fect GO-s Sum. The COrrespoanding FBS inmstruc- Lion is.

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BRSIC territory. and BRSIC has

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The vatue is the pair of num-

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Do You Own as 2ZoeoR= Or Are You Getting Ones? And Are You Interested Im Machine Code Programming?

Undoubtedly you would like to own a nice machine code loader, and a simple disassembler, and a hex/decimal;decimal/hex converter. Then you could easily follow and learn from Dick Scoville’s machine language tutorial which starts in this issue. Such utility programs as we have mentioned above usually cost %9.95 and up. BUT for TSUG receivers, | Dick will provide all the above programs on a good tape for only $5.00 (s+h included)--a real bargain. Please send your order today to Dick Scoville, 2313 W. Club, Durham, NC 27705. If you purchase this tape,we will consider your purchase to be a show of interest and confidence in TSUG and will not soon drop you from our newsletter mailing list. This is important if you have been getting our newsletter FREE NC. As you will find out inside, we are ready to clean house (¢!') and trim our mailing list toa more manageable number of interested people. Don’t cut yourself off from TSUG nor from machine code.

NEW OLD PRODUCTS FRODUCTS NEWS OFFERS

By Billi Roberts

GREAT NEWS! TIMEX SINCLAR USER magazine does NOT appear to be dead, as we last reported, but it may be changing colors! We hope to be hearing from them soon: though in the newsletter press there is some skepticism about this magazine’s reappearance in its original form, now that TIMEX is joined by SYNC who is out of publication. Write to Timex Sinclair User, P.0. Box 325, Mt. Morris, IL 61054 or call 1-B00- 435-0715 if you"d like to know more about your Timex Sinclair User

subscription.

TIMEX has had 2050 mademe manufactured, almost released them, and then decided not to de so at the last moment. Doug Dewey saw one in operation in the TIMEX Atlanta office in early February and thought it looked fine. The packaging and unit were all finished but the software cassette and documentation were preproduction versions. We understand there were a few minor problems in the modem and that a software company is still owed some money for their part of the software package. And the latest is that the modems have 611 been shipped back to Anchor, the manufacturing company.

mast : . RA. THE BEST DEAL ON A MODEM SEEMS TO BE BYTE-BACK IN SOUTH CAROLIN

BYTE-BACK, Rt. 3, Box 147, Brodie Rd., Leesville, SC 29070 (803) 532~- 3812. Byte-Back has the best software and has models ..for both TS2X -and

2068 computers.

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Bernard V. Gerber of TIMENSA SOFTWARE, 3707 Downey Dale ODr., Randalistown, MD 21133 sent a nice program called DO-CALC which we begin to review in this issue. His program is illustrative of the great strength of the TSZX market and is available for $16.00 postpaid. Bernard also has some TSi000 computers available without manuals for $25.00 postpaid.

T.S.U.6. member Bill Kegelmeyer (7510 Overbrook Dr., Fayetteville, NC 28303 (919)864-4488)of D & L COMPUTERS has become the area dealer for A & J MICRO DRIVE. I am all for it! I have a Stringy Floppy and I really can give it my highest recomendation. Let me give you a few of the really nice specs on the Stringy Floppy. The SF has a data transfer rate of 10.4K BAUD. That’s over thirty times faster than 4 cassette! The wafer tapes are i.6" by 2.7" by 0.2" and weigh, typically, 9.4 grams. These are high quality tapes: the base is mylar with a chromium dioxide. magnetic coating. The maxium tape length is 50 feet (about 70k of data) doun to a minimum of S feet. Tape speed across the head is 25.4 cm/sec. One new feature that is included in this version of the SF is a wafer directory. This is a much needed improvement as you can store up toa 127 files per tape. If several people in the group are interested, we can make an order and possibly get a discount. Older Exatron Stringy Floppies will run on this new hardware version.

K.D.V.H.E Publishers, P.O. Box 6788, Chicago, Illinois 60680, has Several nice sets of Statistics books and cassettes for the 16K TSZX. The price is either $15.00 or $17.00. The program: seem very complete. Each set contains:

Independent groups t-test to compare two means, F-vest to compare two independent variances:

‘Correlated measures t-test, t-test to compare two correlated

variances, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient}

Independent groups one-way analysis of variance (completely randomized k group design)s

Randomized block analysis of variance (two-way analysis of variance): calculates two F-ratios, one for treatments and one for blocks (subjects) § . . .

Independent groups two-way analysis of variance (completely randomized Factor val d by K Gesign?: Calculates F-ratios for Factors Ay _B, _and

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Gplit-plot Factocwat ceacnay analysis of variance: calculates F-ratios for A, B, and ABs

Randomized block factorial two-factor analysis of variance: calcuteres F-ratios for Blocks, A; B, and ABS

Independent groups three-way analysis of variance: av ehiatee F-ratios for €, B, C, AB, AC, BC, and ABC;

Split-plot factorial analysis of variance: calculates F-ratios for A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, and ABC.

Book 1 is for small data sets with two or fewer factors. Book 2 is for large data sets and i to 3 factors. Book 3 is for medium data sets and up to 3 factors. Book 4 is for medium data sets and 2 or fewer factors. If you do a lot of data crunching maybe one of these programs will fit your need.

SUPER LIBRARY, P. G. Box 27125, Union Park, FL. 32867, will rent you programs for the TSZX. You rent the program for 30% of the retail value. If you decide to keep the program you send the balancte of the retail value, otherwise you return the program. There is also a $25. oo annual membership fee.

ZEBRA SYSTEMS Inc., 78-06 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven. NY 11421, ts having a SO% discount sale on selected items. This includes Timex RAM packs, Zircon video command joysticks and some sofeware from Softsync and Timex. The prices are good till April 15, 1784. This maybe your best chance to buy that program you have been wanting for ages but cid NOT have the bucks for. They have also sent the group a list of patches that allow their TS1000 joystick to work with some of the more popular games. The patches may also provide. some insight for thase who nave 4 homebrew joystick set up. The patches were handed out at our last meeting, so if you need one, give Doug Dewey a call. The prices for the RAM packs are: S19.95/1, $19.00/2, $15.00/5 ard up. we

TRADE-A-COMP, TRADE-A-DISK, FP. 0. Box 671, Bethel Park, Pa 15102, has an interesting newsletter. It is for people who want to buy, sell, or trade new or used computer software or hardware. subscription is: $18.00/year or %10.00/6months. The minimum number of words per ad is 20. It cost $0.15 per word per issue.

pa TECHNOLOSY, FP. 0. Box 340128, Tampa FL 33694, has a really nice eal. They are offering their 64K RAM pack as a kit (without chips).

The price is 20.00. If you have questi or just write. Sestions you can call (81S) 961-2595

ALAN PATTISON, 3422 French Loop NW, Olympia, WA 98502, has software for both the TSZX and the TI 99/4A. A sampling for the TSZX reads like this: Money Manager, Bingo, Weaving Patterns (I like this one: you design your own weaving pattern and when you are finished the program displays what the finial product will look like), Payroll, Inventory (150 items), Stats, Equipment Cost, Breakeven, Space Analysis, Mail Order, etc. These are very reasonable in price at only #8.00 or $9.00, And Alan was kind enough to send two of these programs ‘for reviews Bingo and Personnel Selector.

MULE ELECTRONICS, 444 Lincoln Blvd. Dept 310, Venice, CA 90291 (213) 452-1205, has avery nice set of keytops for your homemade keyboard. They also have plans to produce a keyboard kit for $49.95 with a 57 key keyboard (40 regular keys and 17 shifted or dedicated funtion keys). Their keytops are extremely well made, top quality vinyl: black letters, red shifted keys, blue shifted functions, ail for $11.95. And for $5.00 more you get all the shifted keys and 0-9 plus "Repeat" for your numeric keypad. For some reason, Mule ships their excellent product at times that seem to be determined by powers far superior to those that govern the Post Office. They say that they ship twice a months but you may have to wait up to two months for this fine product. Doug Dewey and Harvin Sauls both claim that these stick on keytops are well worth the wait.

Howard Loboda af ROMPAK, 8206 Blackburn Aves, Los Angeles, CA 90048 writes that Rompak fully intends to support the TSZX computers through 1984. His Rompak. is selling very well. It’s a 4K/8K EPROM READ Board with a ZIF socket and extender (ZIF=Zero Insertion Force). He is marketing ZX PRO/FILE, QUICKLOAD and ROMPAK’s own software: he had earlier thought of expanding and licensing software but received so much really good software that he thought it better to stick with what they already had for now. The ROMPAK kit is not being marketed but the assembled version with ZIF socket and extender IS at $16.95 + $2.50 sth. Howard PORT SER A ERNE Se copy after he restocks. - rea Don Barnard of TIMEX/SINCLAIR TRAINING SERVICE, P.O. Box i3214, Red Bank, TN 37415 (615)877-6328 from 1 to 6 pm, has sent along their most recent issue of the T.&.T.1.S. software product tape as well as review copy/gift .of a STAR TREK game--an interesting adventure game (with static graphics displays) that Don includes with orders for 5 or more programs. His T.S.7.1.S. product tape is $2.00 and he will update it with your order. The tape is well worth purchasing if you want to know what is available for the 2068. Don is a very informative conversationalist if you’1]1 give him a call.

KNIGHTED COMPUTERS, 707 Highland St., Fulton, NY 13069 has the 2068 and 2040 for $189.95, Bob Fingerle’s TEXTWRITER 2000 and 2000+ wordprocessors for the 2068 (one for the 2040, the 2000+ for a full sized parallel printer) at $17.95 and 24.95 each, the AERCO Centronics Parallel Printer Interfae for the 2068 (with software) for $64.95, the Panasonic DT1300D Color, Hi Res (switchable composite and RGB) for $397.00. They say to add 3% for s&h. Doug Dewey tried to cali them but they haven't got a phone...They did advertize in the most recent issue of SYNC (the Last of SYNC?).

“GARY SMITH of HAWG WILD SOFTWARE, P.0. Box 7668, Little Rock, AR 72217, (¢S01)227-7817 (MCI I/D: 116-5247) is as proud as ever to be supporting the T/S customer base. Remember that Gary features the “Ham Hacker" series as well as XFORTH and the XFORTH XCHANGE newsletter that we regularly feature in our pages.

See THOMAS B. WOODS* ad and letter later in the newsletter. He’s going strong as usual and promises to visit with his family this spring on his way south. Remeaber that his PRO/FILE is available for the ROMPAK board for the ZXTS._

BIOCAL SOFTWARE, 167 Wilson Stret, Petaluma, CA 94952 (707)763-4348 have a number of great games cassettes or CAI/ESF (Stringy Floppy) wafers at either $10.00/cassette or €15.00/wafer:Life, Rebound, Bomber, Backgammon (which they have included for review along with ZBODA, a machine code monitor disassembler), Blackjack/Bar Dice, Gin Rummy/Solitaire, Wim/TacTix, Meelborn/Riverside, Steck Market and Checkbook. These are good prices for top quality software.

Remember MAG-RAK and DELPHIC ENTERPRISES, two of our advertisers this issue. The MAG-RAK is a nicely made preduct and an extremely handy ‘one, too. It is also available with a non-glare clear cover for $39.95 (the non-glare cover can be purchased separately for $15.00). And DELPHIC ENTERPRISES’ PROGRAMMER’S UTILITY EPROM will operate on lots of different boards and contains just the right combination of utilities at a very reasonable price.

In addition to SYNTAX, RD 2 Box 457, Harvard, MA O1451, at $29.00 for 12 to 15 issues here are three more excellent and important newsletters: TS USER, P.0.Box 155, Vicksburg, MI 49097 is $26.95 for 12 issues and will feature a list of bargain basement prices in upcoming issues;Ralph Coletti’s SINCLAIR/TIMEX SOUTHEAST REGIONAL NEWSLETTER has lots of hardware information (info from England, too) and projects and comes out in-6 issues/year for $12.00 or $2.00 per issue; and Alex Burr, KSXY, and *Bo” Barry’s, W4GHV/5, @ZX NEWSLETTER for ham radio and TSZX computer operators--but really of interest to a lot wider audience--is available for $12.00 per year from @2ZX, 2025 O’Donnell ODr., Las Cruces, NM 88001. Remember 1T.S.U.G. and the Boston Computer Society, too. The B.C.S. address is One Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108 and the $24.00 membership includes all mailings from 2 special interest or users groups. SYNTAX is selling TIMEX software for (iit!) $6.00 per program, 16K RAM packs for $17.00 each and the excellent book by David Foyt (THE ZX81 TS1000 HOME COMPUTER BOOK by Osborne McGraw Hill) for 9.00. Also available is THE WORKS It, complete SYNTAX and S@ through December 1983 for $97.00--and you get 3 free products: one may be a RAM pack.

a SAME AND A GRAPHICS FASTIME By Steven T. Sceovwvilile

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OFT MAGIC CORP., 1210 W. High St., Bryan, Ohio 43506 OTe ei casst to buy the TREE-FORTH version of the FORTH language. Dick Scoville wrote them and they obliged by sending the very fine documentation for this product. You get the TREE-FORTH chip and documentation for $44.95; STARTING FORTH by Leo Brodie {a good tutorial) for 13.455 UNDERSTANDING FORTH by Joe Reymann for $2.25. But these prices are only good if you identify yourself as a member of T.S.U.G or some other well known users’ group.

Or buy a modem from BYTE-BACK and send messages quickly (we didn’t say cheaply) all over the country by jaining MCI Mail by calling 1-800- 424-6677 to sign up. : ; ake

Consider signing up to receive Ron Barnard’s machine code newsletter-— another fine effort aimed at the beginner. Write to Ron Barnard, c/o Bonnie and Clyde Software, 36 Tanglewood Rd., Albany, N.Y. 12205 (518) 869-5918.

Or perhaps join the T-I-M-E Society to find an esoteric--perhaps even exotic--application for your ‘computer: They meet on the fourth Thursday of each month in the Dreyfus Hall as per their newsletter which we include below. . =

T-I-M-E SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

TRIANGLE INTEGRATED MICROPROCESSOR EXPERIMENTERS SOCIETY ~ March Tosa”

At the February meeting, Clark Beall became the first Treasurer of the Society. ae:

Ken Boone gave a very interesting demonstration of "Junior", his — roving homebrew robot. The robot really perked interest with the remote control and the ability to “learn”. -A task for the hand; capable of vertical and rotational movement, and the robot movements ‘were repeated in the learn mode with remarkable precision. The robot, was assembled primarily from scrap parts, hand worked sheet metal,

and a vintage 6800 microprocessor kit. Our thanks to Ken for bringing, in “Junior".

MARCH MEETING

Hal Chamberlin will give a short presentation on EPROM programming

at the March meeting. This will be followed with a discussion led by Rus Lyday on Navigation and the Club Project. The next meeting will be held Thursday, March 22nd at 7:00 PM in Dreyfus Hall, Research Triangle Institute. . ; ; : j

Please bring any address information that you have on possible part sources. Two that I have are - : Diets he

Diamondback Electronics Company “P.O. Box 12095 :

oe : ae 953« oF paper ooo ee American Surplus Trading

62. Joseph St : : ; Moonachie, NJ 07074 (Phone: 800-228-2028 Ext 825)

Finally, get into HAM Radio and set your little rascal. up to work along with all the other equiptment in your HAM Shack. ‘Incidenally, the next HAMFEST will be in RALEIGH APRIL 15 at CRABTREE} come early—- like 7 or 8 am. Admission is as usual: around $4.50 at the door? I¢ you have never been to a HAMFEST, you will find there things too wonderful (and cheap) to behold. From our close friends in the Washington area, members of the CATS Users’ Group we need to mentian an item that they always have in their . excellent publication, CATS Newsletter, P.O. Box 725, Bladensburg, MD 20710 $12.00 for 12 issues. (It’s so good that I have occasionaly borrowed from it without asking permission.) The item I refer toa is their HAM RADIO . NETWORK INFORMATION: @ZX Net is Wednesdays, 9:00 pm local time at 14.345 MHz NV4F NCS and the Eastern Regional Sinclair Net is Sundays, 1600 Z on 7.245 MHz K@2F NCS.

PO—CALC by Bernard Vv. Gerber

With this issue we start a review of. DO-CALC. Bernard Gerber’s address is located in our NPN OPO column. His program is available for the 16K TSZX and for the 2068. Hiawatha Demby, 1T.S.U.G. vice president is this month’s reviewer. I was particularly happy when -Hi took oan the job of doing this review because I had always felt that statistical studies had just a sit of the occult running through them. Hi is much more capable ore se makes Gut in these introductory R 7 THIS aords. Furthermore, he tells me [IRS TION ae pee GN INDEPTH that the deeper sens eae ies aou zis PaetCarzes, "tHe" Secon AND 3 leties of this program w noe pee he TIO o THE

ar wasted on hie. Bite. Karen's, FASE OF sec’ THE BASIS OF THEIR ander standing. PRACTICALITY,

DO-CALC consists of 6 connected

programs sO you can carry information from one to the other. Part of the beauty of this program lies in the ability to arrive at answers and enter "“remarks" to identify and explain answers. The 6 programs ares CALCULATOR, N- FACTORIAL, ACCOUNTING/STATISTICS, RUNNING BALANCE,

TRANSFORM/REGRESSION, and COMPOUND |

INTEREST. There is one last special Program called DISPOSITION which allows a special screen to come up after the programs have been used and the whole SAVEd to tape and reL0QADed. More from Hi about all of these features a little later.

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Bernard claims that line 7415 needs to have an ABS between the first two left-handed parentheses so that it looks like this when corrected:

_ THE PACKAGE INCLUDES THE 9° ‘ FROUGRAM AND GOCUMENTATION IN THE FORM OF A 14 PAGE BOGELET. THE BOOKLET IS IN DEPTH AND INCLUDES & NICE OUERUIEU IN THE FRONT FOR THOSE PEGELE Lino WANT TO GET GOING FAST. IF YOU ARE LIKE MOST

YOU GILL NEED TO USE THE EXTEND- Sian

MEMORY. ; 26K THAT LEAVES you WITH NOT MUCH AFTER VARIBLES. NO UPPER RAM PROGRAMS I CAN THINK OF WILL FIT IN WHATS LEFT.

THIS IS RUNNING BALANCE

R=GuUIT @=+RENARKS (-} s-RENARK laa DEPOSITS Ute te

$1012.74

~$ 3435 RENT $654.74

amiices°s GAS “ELEC $507.21

~$21.42 TELEPHONE $465.79

-~$50 GASOLINE $435.79

-~$35.98 _ SEARS $399.81

$49.95 BATTERY /CHEU $349.86

$16 DO-CALC $333.36 525.75 PAY aso,

THE FROMPTS SEEM TO BE Sood

~ aes GUIDING. OU. THROUGH THE — GR ae.

YOU GHOGSE TO Oo, ; SCREEN IS @& MENL OFFERING YOu SEVEN CHOICES... EACH FROGRAM FUNCTION ARS THE OPTIONS THAT APE AUALIELE LISTEG AT THE TOF OF THE FORM. THE FORMAT OF THE CUTPUT SCREENS ARE WELL CONE AND En0o FOR MRR AN Terr OM AND READ - ABILITY.

I WILL SAVE FURTHER COMMENTS FOR. TRE EVALUATION PART OF THIS REVIEW. AT THIS. POINT I WOULD LIKE TC STOP WITH THE FOLLOWING BIT OF ADVICE...

THE FIRST

~ THIS IS f COMPLEX AND. EXTENSIVE PROGRAM THAT TOOK LONG LONG HOURS

OF PROGRAMMING By AN

EXPERIENCED PROGRAMMER. GO NOT ATTEMPT To 66 THIS PROGRAM AT HONE YOURSELF. YOu COULD GIVE YOURSELF A SEVERE HEADACHE IN THE ATTEMPT.

REALLY. THIS IS A VERY LONG

RRID INTRICATE PIECE io WORK AND

OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU WOULD NOT LIKE TO DO YOURSELF. NEXT MONTH, THE INSIDE STORY

COMPOUND INTEREST -

7415 LET R2=(ABS (NM*CXY-CX*CY) /SOR ABS

(CNM#DX2— (OX#EOX) ) # (NMECY2—(CY#CY) )) ) #82

Weare EP Tee ears THE INVASION OF RUSSIA, JULY 19741

RATED A + Review by Robert Cromartie

I tried two versions of this war atrategy game by Mark Steuber, one @ 16K TS 10@0/ZX81 version and one for the 2868. In this simula- tion of the Nazi invasion of Russia, you control the German forces with the object of capturing and holding Moscow for four consecutive game turns. Your army consists of divisions and brigades of Panzers and infantry, with varying attacking and defending power and range of movement. You are opposed by the more numerous but generally weaker Russian forces. Each turn consists of four distinct phases. In the first, you control the movement of the German forces. Each of your units blinks to indicate its turn to move, which you direct uGing the cursor control keys. If you want to stop a unit's movement before the maximum alloted for it, you use the 9 key. An unfortunate feature of this part of the game is that the pieces move in a certain order which is predetermined by the computer and you carmot defer the movement of a piece until later in your turn--this often results in units getting stuck behind their own men who have not yet had their turn to move. After the first phase, the computer conducts the German attack phase, the Russian movement phase and the Russian attack phase and adds any reinforcements. The first few turns tend to maké you overconfident as the German units roll through the Russians with ease, but you soon realize that this is only an illusion as reinforcements bolster the defenders ranks and progress becomes much slower. The Germans must also cope with weather, morale and supply factors as the invasion drags on.

It is probably not fair to compare the black and white version with the one for the 2868, so I won't, except to note two things about the ZX81 game: it uses fast mode, so the screen goes totally blank during phases two, three and four, which can take up to five minutes for the computer to complete. Also, the player must be sure not to move over other units (if you do, they disappear from the screen until the next turn)...in the color version, the computer won't allow illegal moves. In both versions the various units are represented by inverse letters and are eccasionally difficult to distiguish, but this is not a Major problem. ; renee bth gaa no i don't have anything to compare ~~ this game to, but once I overcame some initial confusion and frustration about the mechanics of the game, I must admit I got hooked. I improved each time I played and, in my fourth game, I managed to occupy Moscow for three consecutive turns. Much to fry surprise this game suddenly ended with the message “You lose... Russian forces entered Germany”, a pitfall not mentioned anywhere in the rules. ,

My overall impression is of a fine product that hasn’t quite been finished. A few relatively easy enhancements could make this game truly great. Aside from the movement problem mentioned above, the attack phase should allow for the Player to chose which units to attack and the order of the attack. During the attack phase, the computer choses @ random number, which is combined with the power of the units to determine the result of ar attack. These numbers should be displayed on the screen so the Player can better tell what is happening. The documentation is Poorly written and not complete, but the patient reader will find the information he needs. Better execution of this fine idea would make this a four star game.

War in the East for TS?x: 16K,

$14.953 32k, $17.95 + $2.00 skh

War in the East for 2068: $17.95 + , 82.00 s&h ;

VISA and MASTERCARD accepted. Order

from SHARPS, 127 Nine Mile Rd.,

Sandston, VA 23150 (804)737-4a95.

20682 GAME SCREEN

MEA CLEA, TUA VERBA

Roustily translated the Latin gives us: My Fault, but Those Were Your Oras. .

The last issue of 7T.5.U.G. would not have been the same without two or three borowings--at least two of which have gotten me into a small bit of trouble. From the CATS Newsletter {(non-copyr: ghted like our own) I got. Mihaly Grell’s want ad for machine code fam: as well as Jules

Gesang’s little ad and a piece of text which begins "SUBMISSIONS for this newsletter are...."

Dunbar Aitkens wrote and was concerned about copyrights for special materials. Now that the big magazines ari’ perishing at an extraordinary rate, I suppose some of the better stuff will show up in newsletters and nowhere else and the whole issue of copyrights will become very important. I hope that we can continue 23 free and open exchange between users’ groups--without great corcern about little things and with credit to sources (Mea CulPa, again).

But if there is a need for copyrights to be establishec’, I hope it can eccur on an individual piece-by-piece basis so that ve will have no concern for borrowings from other areas--borrowings that might be better described as "sharing."

The other thing that I have received several comments about was an attempt to report fairly on The Winky Board. Well, Bill fbussell, of Winky Board fame, called and Pete Callinicos, of Colorado’s Mile High Chapter, wrote and all is fine with them and with the Winky Board which is now out in the 2068 version. I thought that was the case when I quoted from the Vancouver Newsletter source. But I gather that a small misunderstanding was so blown out of proportion that it may have affected G. Russell Electronics. I hope that we will all beware of the

power of the press and understanding of its obligation to report areas of contention.

se cae ‘eae Festal, dtc Sane vont cane FRR ae a Re IE So EO

APRIL MEETING TO FEATURE BiG AUCTION

Yes, our April meeting will feature an auction of materials and hardware for Timex/Sinclair computers. As most of you know, Bill McCotter was kind enough te donate his entire system to our group and has agreed to let us auction it off to raise money for our good work. We will also auction off several review copies of programs and a brand new MAG-RAK. Items of special interest are given below with their list prices:

C41/0 Board with Exatron Stringy Floppy controller and Centronics port

EPROMS installed, and 10 SF wafers. $264,335 2x81, Suntronics Keyboard and UHF modulator upgrade 174.90 16K RAM pack $49.95 Extra keyboard from Jameco $34.95 Empty TSi000 case and keyboard $14.95 <2 Special Ribbon Connectors-~one may be bad $30.00 7 magazines (SYNC and SYNTAX) each magazine $3.00 3 Books $3, 50-69. 95 Inventory program $20.95 Super Programs Tape $10.90 VU-CALC ‘ ‘ $16.95 Grimm’s Fairy Tales $10.95 ZX Assembler $14.95 VU FILE $10.95 MAG—RAK $34.95 War in the East for 16K $16.95

War in th East for 2068 $19.95

i, SOG HOT FF EFL from SINWwARE Review by Dick Scowilililile

Hot Z altows you to enter code rot 2 if in @ variety of ways--as Charac- &llows users ter code (&.9.,"HELLO"), in hex, to walk on water! in Z88 mnemonics. Any one cf the following can be directiy

4. tuped im: .-. ' iS review has been promised For a tong time, but IT have just : Hs Hi, thE) i gotten around tO @riting it. © «© © FR gttg= € main reason is this: IE have : @ 2068 now. It is used almost

i . . z ; & | sha Snig'oortss tise Seem cne Make witn°tae careect sggress, are attached tc it, and all ay and oes With the Sinclair CODE

heen gone an? TRG Poke eg For debugging and analysis you

Of course, for the ZX-TS1e08.’ Can single-step through code,

When I do reatt ruthing watching all the registers and

: “Dad r eae the aeee Senge to see the effect the code wilt

therer , normally have on the reat dis~ PVH Ace er scnee Cecorder, ec. Bremacty neve on the fee ana

Ly qualified to weicers complete fiihe gou please. and toad ft

Lik : miaew)=—'swack tO wherever you please, ett, SLE Or ei aes ROOMS Onty See’ “Geme cee eo owee,

half Of all BASIC commands wr it— Here are some things I didn’t

that many of wy comacs 2s feet Like, bUt please remember what I

be dirrerent 22 © Nad aoe ce Said at the beginning. Commands

perience. z= are single (shifted) keys and as

renel feiZ if £0 extensive tnat 3 {gsuit, Cannel be remembered,

new Ceneunue. ree Glan taane 2 next. Some letters mean differ—

base” iS BASIC and you onty MOU Are Th ee ne mee

Chen Onally poke @ short ma- For purposes other than a

Zine into a REM otalceens es?” = major program development dob,

: arse ee I think the 16K version is” too

hope you're not Satisfied with Comp Lete- PTrOGragwmers Wha wilt

AO MARY OaUy Co Latest tree are use Hot-Z to its Limits probably

increase the z ' abilities of your computer just bave G4K anyway. TI used Hot Z |

; ; : to label a OK program of mine, eechine use: tittle bit about but the program was in my Hunter There are twe versions of Board--it would have been touch

P and go if it had had to fit into ‘the Work-space that Hot Z Leaves

3 Us. sz ak Foe eg eis! sonia Sess = HOt Ze aS timentation is very wet done, being as clear as = POSSiblte, given & Comp tex of Mot Z-IT ihsture of Hot Zatsetr” Ail SOrts of informative items are Stattered through its 38+ pages. Bath the motes and Hot ZF it-— Self take time to digest, but I feel the rewards justify the

ining. There seems te be noth-

Disassemble? i = z : ~ Labels? yes - “Disassemble ine time. Ray Kingstey, the author,

Floating Point language? yes. The motes refer te the Floating POint language as one of the SPecialt treats of the Sinclair ROM. After reading the notes, YOU BWiil agréee--there is a tot

has announced that #2 2868 ver- S$ioh iS n€aring Completion. and that it walt be even better than the present one. Eptan tao get. it and reattiy learn it and use it--anyone interested in daing

Of Untapped power there. the same?

Hot 2 a is awailabie from Sa rear Box GBeos32, Santa Fe, MPM S75a4 Fer 624.975 7+ 682.00 s&h Describe your System or ordering

HOT 2&2 EI FOR 2068 is now @wvweaeaiiliahbl @e Tre price is S24. 95 - 62.00 ain

Documentation for the 2068 will follow; Ray Kingsley of SINWARE sent an early version which shows it to be full of new goodies: special things like LOADS1 which loads ZX81i tapes as data from cursor to END! If you are going to use any kind of machine code on the 2068, if you want to look inte the inner workings-~the real secrets--~of all of those fantastic programs for your computer, you will want to get this program. Today.

The RPNZL (I

* " re NAPS P.O. Box 64, Jefferson, NH 03583

FROM RENZL NOTES

RPNZL QUARTET.

RPNZL (Reverse Polish Notation 2x81 Language) is a fast machine code program that interprets RPNZL codes, or tokens, mucha as the ROM in the TS1000/2X81 inter- prets BASIC tokens. There are many differences in how this is, done, but mainly RPNZL is faster, more compact and more versatile.

Included in the RPNZL System Package (see page 5) are four essential programs written in RPNZL. The first is the Monitor and is laoded along with RPNZL itself within a BASIC program. Its function is to load, save and verify data to tape 12 times. faster than BASIC; plus, to let you examine, change, and print data in your computer's memory. ' The Monitor also supervises the running of other RPNZL programs.

The next two programs come together in one file on tape; they are the Editor and Compiler (EDCOM). The Editor allows you to type into the computer just like a typewriter, except a "text file" is used instead of paper. The Editor also lets you load, save, verify and print these text files.

The Compiler takes a text file prepared with the Editor and translates it into

RPNZL codes, or tokens, and stores the

code in “link files*.”

Later, a number of link files are all played back to the fourth program, called the Linker, which (appropriately) links the code together into a program.

‘Even if you're not a programmer, with the RPNZL System you can run any RPNZL programs others have written, and still take advantage of the added speed and power. R

hed, and the computer

n optimistic future of more pro- itself will be as strong and popular as ever.

et comes to me as a tremendous disappointment. and hard to build a software business with d to still be here. | am determined to

you who use these two marvelous mach-

far more than to be simply dropped and intend to keep my computer running. From

for the Timex.

by communicating, and by sharing ideas and that we Timex computerists will emerge

n their machines and for the last two years

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More on Darkening the Printer Orch Sceviltle .

My Original pian Was to Mahe the following pregram an exam— BLE Gf this Menth’s machine code tTUTOrial and Explain it Line bu tine, but it requares some Familiarity with SG Gany things that it’s best gust to Give if @& iS. The :d€@e# 2:5 very simple: @rite a2 new character set.

Bon’t #anic, the Pregram itseir Wsxti do att the work for You if the twinkiing of an eye. Here 2S the program, in Z8@ mnemonics and if d@cimat and inf hex--—ail 29 bytes oF it:

56576

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3} Enter the £29 butes of code Starting at address S?T?TSS

4) Peek them to be sure they

are OK.

Now RANDOMIZE USR sdi wiit GiVE YOU & Rew stPhebet, Which Wiki be Used by LPRINT, LLIST and COPY from now on. IF you Want to recover the Gtd oGrigingi alphabet, Simpiu POKE 23687

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date was scheduled for

d to be 100 pages--will be mailed

I announce my latest product: to every customer just as soon as it is printed.

752068. d operating instructions and a pro-

extensively tested, and is ready to

notice right away that this program is a significant advance over the older but still extremely popular ZX Pro/File used on the

June 1984, but with circumstances being what they are, I feel T$1000 and 1500.

that this program released now, will demonstrate my ded- Enclosed is a detailed description of PRO/FILE 2068. You'll

The manual for PRO/FILE 2068 is not yet complete, but the PRO/FILE 2068 is a masterpiece if I say so myself!

It is in this rallying spirit tha PRO/FILE 2068. The original release ication to the support of the program itself is finished,

be shipped with abbreviat

mise that the manual--expecte

As always, GOOD COMPUTING!

Thomas B. Woods

System is a 3000 bps cassette goodies. It

NEW PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT from Thomas B. Woods, PO Box 64, Jefferson, NH 03583 : Phone (603) 586-7734

NEW FOR THE PRO/FILE 2068: a fast versatile and efficient information storage and TS2068!! retrieval tool for the Timex 2068. A DATABASE PRO/FILE 2068 lets you manage information with your TS2068. You can

use it for logging personal memos, scheduling appointments, compiling Statistics, Cataloging inventories, indexing abstracts, recording research data, managing a mailing list, and much much more.

HIGH CAPACITY

PRO/FILE 2068 lets you store "files" or "screens" of data that contain and EFFICIENT

anything you want. Actual file length is not preset. The program has a total capacity of 28,000 characters. Each file only takes up as much space as the characters used in the file plus a few “overhead” bytes to help the program run, ‘ ;

After data is added to PRO/FILE 2068, access to the files is provided by means of a "relational! linear search". In English, this means you type in a word, symbol, or phrase that you know is in the file you want. The. program then displays every file that holds the matching word. Finding files on the basis of just one word is really just scratching the surface of PRO/FILE's capabilities, however. With this program, you tan scan your files for as many words as you like. You have a total of 32 characters inwhich to input your "search command". That command can be just one or. RY as

16 separate and distinct words ee 2 _

VERSATILE

FAST

1 } 68 - The program incor- @ totally e Cursor driven text editor with many word pro- cessing Commands. You can type across the 32 column screen. Special function keys move the cursor up, down, left, or right; insert text, replace text, erase segments of a line, delete lines, insert lines, and car- riage return.

EASY TO USE

UNMATCHED PRINTER FUNCTIONS

PRO/FILE 2068 can print out any individual file or any group of files. You specify just how the printing is to be arranged too. The PRINT FORMAT can be as simple or as complex as you wish. You could, for example, use the "ALL" command to print the entire file, or you could tell the com- puter to print lines 1, 2, 3; skip a few spaces; print line 7, 5, and 2;

and repeat. .

ORDERED FILE OUTPUT

Both <progrant's: “define very un-

PRICE for PRO/FILE 2068 is $29.95

This includes a cassette of the Program and operating instructions. A 100 Page manual describing the programming theory, tips on how to customize the program, and loads of ideas for using it is in the works and will be available FREE to all who purchase the program. Expected completion date is late June or early July 1984, TO ORDER: send US funds VISA or MC information to:

AVAILABLE NOW :

FREE BOOK COMING SOON

Thomas B, Woods, PO Box 64, Jefferson, NH 03583

Triangle Sinclair ; Users” Group Officers

Doug Dewey, 206 James St., Carrboro, NC 27510, 919-929-3079 (Pres) Hiawatha Demby, Jr., 211 Nature Trail, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919-933- 9362 (Vice)

Dick Scoville, 2313 W. Club Blvd., Durham, ANC 27705, 919-286-4959 (Sec)

Mike Boyce, 3313 East Oak Dr., Durham, NC 27712, 919-383-2000 (Treas)

Send mail and inquiries to Doug Dewey if you are not yet a member.

The Triangle Sinclair Users’ Group meets once a month on the first Sunday at 2pm in the Dreyfus Auditorium of the Research Triangle Park facility just off of Cornwallis Rd. (see the map below). The public is welcome, in fact the public is invited. Membership in our users’ group is $10.00 a year and now is the time te send in your contribution. We have a large public that we Serve, and we need sustaining contributions in the form of money, articles for the newsletter, or 2scasional letters telling us you are still interested in receiving our wublication. The donation of goods and monies by members and business ‘riends alike, is a welcome occurence and is also tax~deductible.

The display of files can be arranged alphabetically. You specify which line of a file shall be used as the basis for ordering and PRO/FILE does the rest.

Triangle Sinclair Lisseer * ss Group - '€/0 Douglass Dewey 206 James St. Carrboro, NC 27510

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In late November TSUG suffered the awful fate of losing its mailing list when a feedback loop developed as the lists were being saved after extensive updating. Storm clouds sometimes have silver linings, and this disaster forced us to redo the mailing list and recode everything--a task we had intended doing for some time. BUT PARTS OF OUR RECORDS WERE LOST, SO PLEASE EXCUSE OUR IGNORANCE AND ANY OVERSIGHT. There are two members for whom we can not locate an address: Jim Doyle and Roy Carlson. ANY HELP?

Secondly, we may not have an accurate accounting of who has paid, who has renewed membership and who has not. AND we are planing to clean house this spring so communication from ALL members and interested Parties is almost a must. Please bear with us. Read your label after reading this long article. TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION! If you need to, SEND €10.00 to be on the safe side and to help out. Send membership fees and donations to Doug Dewey, 2064 James St., 206 James St., Carrboro, NC 27510. Checks should be made to "T.S.U.G."

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EXNSL--we are happily exchanging newsletters. EXNSL ?-—do we exchange

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NO EX--no exchange of newsletters is going on.

AD--you’ve paid for an ad in our newsletter: we appreciate you beyond measure.

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