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ELITOR'£ COLUMN This edition of

: : tne Newsletter is turning into quite

EX r St rz E EG Sé = er a E an adventure in parts swapping. Last

; nignt, My disc drive went down,

EE n B A a a taking my working copy of the

G = rri eee newsietter with it. After the Goligatory weeping and gnazmipma Of

E a Led E ia = lee ba WW teeth, I decided to pull out some

: R oid EqUIPMENt and try to put out the

newsletter “by alternate means”. I burrowed around until I found mi

old Memotext module with the broken edge connector, found an extra

connector in the parts box, and Stayed up well past z s.m. repairing

it, I aM glad to have it on line, though mu zioppWu work will get sent to Dan Elliott for a repair as SOON as the newsletter is out. I QUESS

the moral of ine Story ig you can newer have Loo much "statt": spares are az good az qoid. If you find sOMething You might need, pick it upi there*tz not a lot of mew stutt coming our way unless uou can build jt ugourzelf. "HUET zaid, nog, I'd like to welcome some new members that have Come through tne PUbiic Domain Library program: ROM Brann, Pasadena, Ca: Gary Zohn, West Heu Cork, HJ; Bob Barnett, Ft. Myers, indiana, Pm, We alsa

FLs Dar Staignt, Casper, Wén and Wiiliam Forbes,

have a new exchange newsletter, the CRAGIST Mewzietier, courtesy Of Don Lambert, Cedar Rapids, If. Weicome to you alli I hope that VISTA Will Prove to be a Help to You jm the coming months. Fesi free to contact me at iz0552967-931i15, and Ii] do my best to meio... TOU

Wiliina, ed.

GUOOIES Ili-- Casting soOUTt, 1 have man aged to drag in tuo Triangle Sinciair group neusietterz, voi. G, Ho. 6, and one Vol, EE Le A 9 Cagpitai District ciub newsletters: a "49 Explosive Games for ZX-81" book Gu Tim Hartneii: a ZSS intermediate;/advanced guideoook,; a copy orf "Timex Sinclair User", voi. 1, NO. 9j and a TE2068 "Fiight SimUlator" command cartridge with docs, If Wou're interested in any of these itemz, drop me a line or cali; mnd we can work something OUT,

ERROR TRAPFIMG-~ Teens the "Zx-TUFbO" listing from last (SSU Short Some code, reports Bob Barnett of Ft, Myers, FL. I inc program courtesy of tne Vancouver Sinclair User Group newsizt Appeal", but somewhere along tre Waly, about Z2 oytes wert le OL Bob ran through it with a dissssembler and Made this discovery. rne Mas Written Lo YEG in hopes of BILLIG the Missing Codes; wren me does we Will Bubiizn the corrected program. Bob may ewer f£inizm the code himzelf if he receives no reciu. Thanks for Yor Efforts, Bob.

FOR SALE One Digital Devices 84% Printer Buffer, complete. Heu RAM Chips, veru good condition. £35.80, write to R. Arthur Gindin, Medical Arts clinic, Suite zz, Princeton, Wy 7937949,

AM oMZOLICITED LUG If you pave a ZX/TS on the Sick list, there IS Someone Wha wiil fix it-- Dan Eiliott of Promise Land EZiectronics,. I Cannot recommend his work highiuy enough; very fast and VERY reasonable. He recentiy out a 2063 of mine back together for $25 that I had Given up on. He does upgrades and custom building as weil as repair. TOU Can "each Dan at Rt. i, Box 117, CaboO!, MU 556283, «4175408-4971 weekends, ana 4314073971712 evenings, Sunday through Thursday.

LARKEM OCT REPORT/LIVING WITH oa LARKEN-- AS I have alread, mentioned, I ain jiving on cassette Lans again for the time being, af I have sent the Larken ODOT to Damn Eliot for reoair. Megrshiie, I sti | nave some utiiitijez to assist other Larken 1080 FOI user The dist Utility programs are backed Up on Cassette tape and I |! Spplu trem to anyone jnterezteg enough tO contact me. The D ic tor program oy Peter MCU Lim ig a muüzt-nawe if MOR LS eyer à directory Pac K, and tnere jz a copy Utility for Z drives that alzo Wsefui. Pail me à Cassette With return postage and you can see for yoursei¢. I am aizo inciuding im this iggsJUg the zcnemnaticz for the Larken 1983 FOI, sUpplied to VIETA bu Larry Kenng4. These are very useful if you happen t2 have a problem or reed to bou spare parts, sz Le partz lizt iz included, Jameco Eiectranics ¢ yer number 135 nag most of tne pants listed for Sais át discount prices, ready to Ge ciosed out, o if you need Some Spare parts, but) o Quick Check revealgz that most cor tne Chips are priced at $.zze tO £2.98, 20 it would pe relatively inexpensive to outfit uourzeis with a combplete set of zpare Crips. Jameca can be reached £4 nours at i94195»59z-60807, ofr written at i395 Shoreway Rd., Belmont, CA Gap,

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BITS AND PIECEZ-- i am sure most of You know that Fred Nachbaur’ s products Were taken over by Jiu Horne in Vancouver, Canada. Lately I nave bad disturbing reports that people have sent nim money ana/on hardware tor trade and have not heard Fram mim since. This if notninag neu in the Sinc air hobby, and I nope that he iS Just running into some time constraint problems, as we ail do. Most Of these Zi? businesses are one-man shows, done after your main employment ix for the day. Im an case, I am going to write to Jii Horne, ae m

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1S catalog has Many interesting innings that are Uravsilable eisewcosre and it woulo be a Shame to jose Saber source or innovative atad A 2 Qf YOU have azked scout SMUG 19 iw PrOD EZZ. InevitaeciWu, EC PE an Organiztion sz this iz goi 3 take some Lime to put tT eiectigns nave taker piace i HMatnarnmzon mas een z l ec Led E res ! pen S d and they have had tneih Fi soared meeting, The Pubiic Domaii iibrari

policies are being set and librarians confirmed, and their first issue oF the Club mewlettercvinagazinég if nearly ready. Thé editor iz Gar LESSEMberry, Who was transferred Du the Military to Japan temporarily JUST BEFORE he could Get the mewsletter to the printers. Mei bas algo had some Health proclems lately, Which tende ta slow things, cut that iS all hopfully behind mim and aii Systems are "go". Contact SMUG at 7512 Amrbordgdale Dra, Fort Richey, FL 394959. AS you know, Tim Ward and I have been asked to be SHUG Tz-198GG librarian, and we have given them a fond) tional “yes", but we also Want to Keep Some degree of independence and Keep the Library a wser-gQroun effort. The details are uet to be finalized, but ue NOE for an agreement that will benefit Sli. Finally, what of "Time Gesiqns” magazine? ell imndicationz out of Oregon point to Tim Woodz* desire to continue the magazine. Tin mas reorganized the magazine and delegated zome edi torial aUtnoh"itu Lo

Lj ghnten his won"rkioad, afd ne noses to pUblizh Every Sixty days. Their family mas had Some bardzbicz iSteiy as well, the | atest being the jase of Tin’ fatner, and pSthween tne aforementioned, hiz employment, and tne new addition to biS family, tne Hoods Family hag roua Jess tine savailabpie for magazine production. We wish tà externa our sympathy to Fhe Woods famil ana hope for better Limes imn the Montes to come

iM THE MAILBAG-- The latest issue of "Time Designa" iz gut, vol. +, no. Ba HEll, at least my copy is here. If you haven't received Your Copy, Write or call and enotner" will be zent to uou. Time Designz Magazine, ZS7zz Huit Ad., Colton, OR 97017, «5EG0Z»Sz4-z558, The jatest fiyer from Curry Computer <POB 5667, Glendale, AZ GO3S12-2607, ARZ SFB- offers Close out pricing on ali iines Of LATE software, from T/x-icou Lo Spectrum, and trey aiso SUpPOrt the QL ana mztrad iipnzz. AS the Say in their Flyer, Please Call for more information. Finallu, I received word from Parker Electronics in Jacksorw: lie, FL that trey had some 7946 printer paper ror zaie. Lotz of it. 49 Cases of it. At S roiis per Back, 15 parc CS oer Case, 4G Cases, that's about ZORO roilz of Paper, Maybe more, az Kathy Kwilogz, im charge ot moving tris Paper, was not Sure exactly how much they nad. Parker Electronics ManU tag tures computer-control neatingo and cooling systems for a Major company in tnat figid, and they used T/s-iGGGs az control devices and zG4G printers for readouts. They sold off all tme hardware and ended Up with a Warehouse fUli of thermal paper. I Qut her in touch with Rod Gower: o£ RMG Enterprises ¢1419 1/2 7th SE, Oregon City, OR 97045, C(S5G32585-743895 and I hope Rad could Strike a qood deal and offer à Zaig on thermal paper!

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