Micropendium Volume 1 Number 2 - Revision history

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‎Policy

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‎How to order

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	Send classified advertising to: Home Computer Compendium, P.O. Box 1343, Round Rock, TX 78680.		Send classified advertising to: Home Computer Compendium, P.O. Box 1343, Round Rock, TX 78680.
		+
		+	==Software for Sale==
		+
		+	===Record Keeping===
		+
		+	Flex-File program allows translation of personal Record Keeping module files into a format which can be accessed by your BASIC or Extended BASIC programs. Use data from your module files without restraints imposed by the module. Write programs to perform customized data analysis or print specialized reports. Program uses "secret" module routines to allow access to data files. Send SASE for catalog or $9.95 for cassette or $10.95 for disk to TSS SOFTWARE: 8249 Bunnell Hill Rd.; Springboro, OH 45066.
		+
		+	===STOCK MARKET===
		+
		+	Stock market analysis based upon fundamentals developed by the National Association of Investment Clubs. Educated judgment is an essential element for your investment success. Kit includes an 81 page investment manual produced by the NAIC. This manual is the nation's most widely used text for learn-by-doing investment and covers many topics which explain the time proven methods developed by the NAIC organization. The Extended BASIC computer program included in the kit speeds usage of the decision making
		+	techniques presented in the manual and allows rapid computer record keeping and math calculations. Send $28.95 for cassette or $29.95 for disk to TSS Software: 8249 Bunnell Hill Rd.; Springboro, Ohio 45066.
		+
		+	===TI-99/4A SOFTWARE BARGAIN!===
		+
		+	A complete library of 100 Terrific cassette programs ONLY 50 cents each! A G REA T B UY! Send for Free Catalog. THE EXCHANGE, HCC-2, P.O. Box 46, Sterling, VA 22170.
		+
		+	===TI-99/4A SOFTWARE===
		+
		+	125 programs available, only $3 each! Not public domain, not translations, not pirated, not brief routines, these are absolutely original innovative programs utilizing full color and sound capabilities of the TI-99/4A. Programmed in BASIC but XBASIC etc. often optional. Games, education, music, displays, programmers' aids, etc. Catalog $1, refundable. Tigercub Software, 156 Collingwood, Whitehall, OH 43213.
		+
		+	'''LEARN''' by experience. Motivating interactive educational software for the TI99/4A, designed and field tested by professional educators. Free Catalog. Specialities include Math, Science, Administrative and Authoring system. Intellestar, 25 West Middle Lane, Rockville, MD 20850, (301) 251-0046. Phone orders accepted.
		+
		+	===SOFTWARE PROGRAMS===
		+
		+	All programs in Extended BASIC. Originals, not copies. Documentation included. Strike Force 99, Ring Destroyer, Starship Concord, AllStar Baseball, Programming Aids III, TI Asteroids, Wizard's Dominion and Cosmic Drift. $10 each or $70 for all. Bruce Edward, 16606 Terrace Dr., Austin, TX 78728.
		+
		+	===Budget Management System===
		+
		+	A complete accounting system to manage simple & complex home or small business financial matters; consists of a family of six individual programs that operate as a single friendly package. Up to 150 user definable accounts, can group accounts into maximum 30 categories; very friendly, minimizes keystrokes; complete income, expense, asset and liability reports: extensive Operating Guide included: compares monthly & YTD budget/actual, computes Net Worth: all data retained for other programs. Requires TI99/4A, l or 2 disk drives, Extended Memory, 80-column wide printer. Send $28.95 (CT residents add 7.5% sales tax) to: Sound Computer Design, 470 Haviland Road, Stamford, CT 06903.
		+
		+	===Software Package For Tl99/4A===
		+
		+	Superspeller, Math Quizzer, Word Scramble. TI BASIC. Speech synthesizer and TE2 optional. Cassette $10, disk $13. Price List $1 refunded with order. SOFT RELATIONS, P.O. Box 647, Patton, CA 92369.
		+
		+	Many exciting game and educational tapes. Send for free catalog. TJ SOFTWARE, 104 Hillside Drive, Eldridge, Iowa 52748.
		+
		+	==Hardware for Sale==
		+
		+	===TI THERMAL PRINTER===
		+
		+	Like new. $125.00, including S/H. Daniel Zunko, 1116 Indiana Ave., Glassport, PA 15045. (405) 678-8063.

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	<small>'''The information provided here comes from many sources, including TI home computer user group newsletters. We encourage everyone to contribute for publication in this column.'''</small>		<small>'''The information provided here comes from many sources, including TI home computer user group newsletters. We encourage everyone to contribute for publication in this column.'''</small>
		+
		+	=Classified=
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		+	==Policy==
		+
		+	Classified advertising is a unique feature of Home Computer Compendium. The cost is 20 cents per word. Classified advertisements must be paid in advance. Classified advertisers may request a category under which they would like their advertisement to appear, but the final placement decision is the responsibility of the publisher.
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		+	Classified deadlines will be kept open for as long as practical. For the purpose of classified advertising deadlines, any classified ad received later than the first day of any month cannot be assured of placement in the next edition. We will do our best to include every advertisement that is submitted in the earliest possible edition.
		+
		+	The publisher offers no guarantee that any advertisement will be published in any particular issue. Any damages that result either from errors in copy or from failure to be included in any particular edition will be limited to the amount of the cost of the advertisement itself. The publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement.
		+
		+	The advertiser may elect to publish the advertisement in subsequent editions at the same charge, payable prior to publication. The deadline for carryover classifieds is the same as for new advertising.
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		+	In submitting an ad, please indicate whether you would like a refund if it is not published in the requested edition or whether you would like us to hold it for the next edition. Cancellations and refunds cannot be made after the second day of the month.
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		+	Send classified advertising to: Home Computer Compendium, P.O. Box 1343, Round Rock, TX 78680.

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 Several cartridges, such as Extended BASIC, affect the amount of random access memory available to the user of a TI console. Powered-up in BASIC, the console has 14.536 bytes of user-available memory. Insert a Terminal Emulator II cartridge and the  amount is reduced to 14.024 bytes. Insert the Extended BASIC cartridge and you've got 13.928 bytes available. If you add a disk drive to your system, deduct another 2088 bytes.
-<small>'''User notes is a column of tips and ideas designed to help readers put their home computers to better use.
+<small>'''User notes is a column of tips and ideas designed to help readers put their home computers to better use.'''</small>
-The information provided here comes from many sources, including TI home computer user group newsletters. We encourage everyone to contribute for publication in this column.'''</small>
+<small>'''The information provided here comes from many sources, including TI home computer user group newsletters. We encourage everyone to contribute for publication in this column.'''</small>

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 ==Keeping track==
-Extended BASIC programmers can
+Extended BASIC programmers can use the exclamation point at the end of a program line to enter remarks . . In BASIC, however, TI says the remark statement, REM, is supposed to come at the beginning of a line. For programming purposes, the computer ignores anything that follows a REM statement until it reaches the next programming line. However, the Hoosiers Users Group of Indianapolis says the REM statement can be written on the same line as a program statement, with a few limitations. First, the program line, including the REM statement, cannot be longer than one screen line. This may limit this technique to remarks following GOSUBs, GOTOs and other short commands. Here's an example:
 use the exclamation point at the end of
 GOSUB 200 REM DRAW LINE
 The Hoosiers caution that the line
-must end with a blank space.
+The Hoosiers caution that the line must end with a blank space.
 How many bytes?
-S e v e r a l c a r tr i d g e s. such as
+==How many bytes?==
-Extended BASIC. affect the amount of
-random access memory available to
+Several cartridges, such as Extended BASIC, affect the amount of random access memory available to the user of a TI console. Powered-up in BASIC, the console has 14.536 bytes of user-available memory. Insert a Terminal Emulator II cartridge and the  amount is reduced to 14.024 bytes. Insert the Extended BASIC cartridge and you've got 13.928 bytes available. If you add a disk drive to your system, deduct another 2088 bytes.
 the user of a TI console. Powered-up in
-BASIC. the console has 14.S36 bytes of
+<small>'''User notes is a column of tips and ideas designed to help readers put their home computers to better use.
 user-available memory. Insert a
-Terminal Emulator II cartridge and
+The information provided here comes from many sources, including TI home computer user group newsletters. We encourage everyone to contribute for publication in this column.'''</small>

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 ==No more quit==
-There are few things more frustrating
+There are few things more frustrating than having 30 minutes worth of keyboarding done away with by a power outage. Even more annoying is losing the data because of hitting the Function QUIT key inadvertently. Is there a TI user who hasn't done this at
 least once?
-. Those who have a 32K memory
-expansion and Extended BASIC can
+Those who have a 32K memory expansion and Extended BASIC can prevent this latter problem from ever happening. Here is a two-liner that disables the Function QUIT key: CALL INIT:: CALL LOAD (-31806.16). Type it in after entering Extended BASIC.
-pren·nt this li.tlter problem from ever
-lwppening. Here is a two-liner that
+Although you won't be able to use the QUIT key to leave Extended BASIC, you can still type "BYE" to exit to the title screen.
 disables the Function QUIT key:
-CALL INIT:: CALL LOAD (-31806.16).
+==Keeping track==
-Typt' it in after entering Extended
 Extended BASIC programmers can
 use the exclamation point at the end of

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 ==Are those chimes?==
-Last month it was telephone tones.
+Last month it was telephone tones. This month's sound idea has to do with a routine that emuates chimes. This comes from the NET 99er group in Hurst, Texas. It will run in BASIC or Extended BASIC, they say.
-This month ·s sound idea hi.ts to do with
-a routine that emuL.1tes chimes. This
+''100-(Program Lines)
-comes from the NET 99er group in
+-GOSUB 1000
-Hurst. Texi.tS. It will run in BASIC or
+-(More Program Lines)
 -RESTORE 1080
 -READ TONE
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 -FOR NOTE = -5 TO 30 STEP 5
 -VOLllME = ABS (NOTE)
--CALL SOUND (-99. TONE. VOL
+-CALL SOUND (-99,TONE,VOLUME, TONE*2, VOLUME,TONE*3.VOLUME)
 -NEXT NOTE
 -GOTO 1010
--DATA 2000.2200.2420.2000.99
+-DATA 2000,2200,2420,2000,99
--RETURN
+-RETURN''
 Let the bells ring.
 Forward and back
-Those with Extended BASIC can
+==Forward and back==
 save time in their programming
-chores by scrolling forward and
+Those with Extended BASIC can save time in their programming chores by scrolling forward and backward. It's simply a matter of hitting the Function REDO key. You may start your scrolling anywhere you'd like by NUM and the line number. Then hit the function REDO key to get things started . . Now, if you want to scroll backwards, just press the "E" (up arrow) key. If you'd like to go in the other direction, press the "X" (down arrow) key. You can move forward and backward through the entire program if you'd like. This can be very useful when debugging a program.
-backwL1rd. It's simply a matter of hitting
-the Function REDO key. You may
+==No more quit==
-start your scrolling anywhere you ·ct
 There are few things more frustrating
 than having 30 minutes worth of

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 If you've got a Terminal Emulator cartridge and speech synthesizer you can have your programs listed via the computer's "voice." We don't recommend this for long programs, but if you've been locked up in a cabin in the out-back for months and miss the sound of a human-like voice, this may be of interest. This hint comes from the Rocky Mountain 99ers group in Littleton, Colorado.
-::1-Install speech synthesizer and Terminal Emulator II.
+:1-Install speech synthesizer and Terminal Emulator II.
-::2-Load program in BASIC.
+:2-Load program in BASIC.
-::3-Type in LIST "SPEECH".
+:3-Type in LIST "SPEECH".
-::4-Listen closely.
+:4-Listen closely.
 Be warned, however, that once you start this routine the computer will go on talking until it has finished the program. The Los Angeles 99ers Computer Group says you may run only selected portions of the program by adding a colon followed by the line number you want it to start with, a dash, and the line number you'd like it to stop talking. This is the same technique used to list programs to the screen or printer. Failing this, if you get the TEII started on a long program, the only way to get out of it is to turn the computer off.

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	Last month's Newbytes column carried an item about "How to Feel at Home with a Home Computer," the new 264-page book by Texas Instruments. We got so caught up in the irony of TI coming out with the book after ending production of its home computer that we neglected to provide ordering information. Here it is: Texas Instuments Inc., P.O. BOX 225012 M/S 54, Dallas, TX 75265. Or call (214) 995-4844, which will put you in touch with TI's Dallas Learning Center. The cost is $12.95.		Last month's Newbytes column carried an item about "How to Feel at Home with a Home Computer," the new 264-page book by Texas Instruments. We got so caught up in the irony of TI coming out with the book after ending production of its home computer that we neglected to provide ordering information. Here it is: Texas Instuments Inc., P.O. BOX 225012 M/S 54, Dallas, TX 75265. Or call (214) 995-4844, which will put you in touch with TI's Dallas Learning Center. The cost is $12.95.
		+
		+	==Exchange update==
		+
		+	It seems to be a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Last month, we reported that repairs to out of warranty TI hardware would be done through the company's Lubbock repair facility. This information came from TI spokesmen in Dall and Lubbock.
		+
		+	Now we've learned from TI Exchange Center employees that they are continuing to exchange defective hardware whether in or out of warranty. "We're still exchanging them," one employee said. "And we'll continue to exchange them until we're told otherwise." Of course, users are billed for exchanges of out-of-warranty hardware just as they would be if they sent the items to Lubbock for repairs.
		+
		+
		+	<small>'''Newsbytes is a column of general information for Tl99/4A users. It will include product announcements and other items of interest. Vendors and others are encouraged to submit items for consideration. Items submitted will be verified by the staff before inclusion and edited to fit the Newsbytes format. Items may be mailed to the Compendium, P.O. Box 1343, Round Rock, TX 78680.'''</small>
		+
		+	=User Notes=
		+
		+	==TI Adventures copies?==
		+
		+	There is a use for the Tunnels of Doom cartridge that TI may not have intended. Those who bought a number of TI's Scott Adams Adventure games on tape and have since purchased disk drives may be frustrated by the fact that they can't copy the tape to a disk. Not to mention that it would be more convenient to have all the adventure files on one disk. We know of a third party cartridge that allows you to copy the data files, but you may be able to do it with the Tunnels of Doom cartridge, too.
		+
		+	Here's how it's done: With the Tunnels of Doom cartridge in the console, load the adventure game data from tape. After it's loaded, do not start the game. Instead, press Function BACK and then save the data to disk, giving it whatever file name you'd like. Allow about 52 sectors for storage.
		+
		+	Then, when you want to play the newly transferred program, insert the adventure cartridge into the console and load the program out of disk. The adventure appears to play normally, though there may be some random graphic characters that may have gotten
		+	transferred.
		+
		+	==Speaking of BASIC==
		+
		+	If you've got a Terminal Emulator cartridge and speech synthesizer you can have your programs listed via the computer's "voice." We don't recommend this for long programs, but if you've been locked up in a cabin in the out-back for months and miss the sound of a human-like voice, this may be of interest. This hint comes from the Rocky Mountain 99ers group in Littleton, Colorado.
		+
		+	::1-Install speech synthesizer and Terminal Emulator II.
		+	::2-Load program in BASIC.
		+	::3-Type in LIST "SPEECH".
		+	::4-Listen closely.
		+
		+	Be warned, however, that once you start this routine the computer will go on talking until it has finished the program. The Los Angeles 99ers Computer Group says you may run only selected portions of the program by adding a colon followed by the line number you want it to start with, a dash, and the line number you'd like it to stop talking. This is the same technique used to list programs to the screen or printer. Failing this, if you get the TEII started on a long program, the only way to get out of it is to turn the computer off.
		+
		+	==Are those chimes?==
		+
		+	Last month it was telephone tones.
		+	This month ·s sound idea hi.ts to do with
		+	a routine that emuL.1tes chimes. This
		+	comes from the NET 99er group in
		+	Hurst. Texi.tS. It will run in BASIC or
		+	Extend<-•d BASIC. they say.
		+	100- (Progrnm Lines)
		+	200-GOSl 'B 1000
		+	210- (More Program Lines)
		+	1000-RESTORE 1080
		+	1010-READ TONE
		+	1020-IF = 99 THEN 1090
		+	1030-FOR NOTE = -5 TO 30 STEP 5
		+	1040-VOLllME = ABS (NOTE)
		+	1050-CALL SOUND (-99. TONE. VOL
		+	l1ME. TONE2. VOLUME. TONE3.
		+	VOLlTME)
		+	1060-NEXT NOTE
		+	1070-GOTO 1010
		+	1080-DATA 2000.2200.2420.2000.99
		+	1090-RETURN
		+	Let the bells ring.
		+	Forward and back
		+	Those with Extended BASIC can
		+	save time in their programming
		+	chores by scrolling forward and
		+	backwL1rd. It's simply a matter of hitting
		+	the Function REDO key. You may
		+	start your scrolling anywhere you ·ct
		+	like by NUM and the line number.
		+	Then hit the Function REDO key to get
		+	things started .. Now. if you want to
		+	scroll backwards. just press the "E"
		+	(up arrow) key. If you'd like to go in
		+	the other direction. press the "X"
		+	(down arrow) key. You can move forward
		+	and backward through the entire
		+	program if you'd like. This can be very
		+	useful when debugging a program.
		+	No more quit
		+	There are few things more frustrating
		+	than having 30 minutes worth of
		+	keyboarding done away with by a
		+	power outage. Even more annoying is
		+	losing the data because of hitting the
		+	Function QUIT key inadvertantly. Is
		+	there a TI user who hasn't done this at
		+	least once?
		+	. Those who have a 32K memory
		+	expansion and Extended BASIC can
		+	pren·nt this li.tlter problem from ever
		+	lwppening. Here is a two-liner that
		+	disables the Function QUIT key:
		+	CALL INIT:: CALL LOAD (-31806.16).
		+	Typt' it in after entering Extended
		+	BASIC.
		+	Although you won't be able to use the
		+	QUIT key to le<.1ve Extended BASIC.
		+	you can still type "BYE" to exit to the
		+	title screen.
		+	Keeping track
		+	Extended BASIC programmers can
		+	use the exclamation point at the end of
		+	a program line to enter remarks .. In
		+	BASIC, however, TI says the.remark
		+	statement, REM, is supposed to come
		+	at the beginning of a line. For programming
		+	purposes, the computer
		+	ignores anything that follows a 'REM
		+	statement until it reaches the next
		+	programming' line. However, the
		+	Hoosiers Users Group of Indianapolis
		+	says the REM statement can be written
		+	on the same line as a program
		+	statement, with a few limitations.
		+	First, the program line, including the
		+	REM statement, cannot be longer
		+	than one screen line. This may limit
		+	this technique to remarks following
		+	GOSUBs, GOTOs and other short
		+	commands. Here's an example:
		+	100 GOSUB 200 REM DRAW LINE
		+	The Hoosiers caution that the line
		+	must end with a blank space.
		+	How many bytes?
		+	S e v e r a l c a r tr i d g e s. such as
		+	Extended BASIC. affect the amount of
		+	random access memory available to
		+	the user of a TI console. Powered-up in
		+	BASIC. the console has 14.S36 bytes of
		+	user-available memory. Insert a
		+	Terminal Emulator II cartridge and
		+	the amount is reduced to 14.024 bytes.
		+	Insert the Extended BASIC cartridge
		+	and you've got 13.928 bytes available.
		+	If you add a disk drive to your system.
		+	deduct another 2088 bytes.
		+	User Noll's is a ('Olumn ol tips and idPas
		+	desigm•d to lwlp readns put tlwir honw
		+	('Ompuh'rs to helh·r use.
		+	The information pro,·idt'·d hen• <·onws
		+	from many soun"l'S, induding Tl honw
		+	eompuh'r user group newsletters. We
		+	pm•ourage en•r􀀺·o,w lo ('Ontrihuh· items for
		+	puhliealion in this ('Olumn.

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	==How to order==		==How to order==

−	Last month's Newbytes column carried an item about "How to Feel at Home with a Home Computer," the new 264-page book by Texas Instruments. We got so caught up in the irony of TI coming out the book after ending production of its home computer that we neglected to provide ordering information. Here it is: Texas Instuments Inc., P.O. BOX 225012 M/S 54, Dallas, TX 75265. Or call (214) 995-4844, which will put you in touch with TI's Dallas Learning Center. The cost is $12.95.	+	Last month's Newbytes column carried an item about "How to Feel at Home with a Home Computer," the new 264-page book by Texas Instruments. We got so caught up in the irony of TI coming out with the book after ending production of its home computer that we neglected to provide ordering information. Here it is: Texas Instuments Inc., P.O. BOX 225012 M/S 54, Dallas, TX 75265. Or call (214) 995-4844, which will put you in touch with TI's Dallas Learning Center. The cost is $12.95.

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 =Newsbytes=
-==Tax Dedictible==
+==Tax Deductible==
-Ben Hur Software. 1114 W. Main, Crawfordsville, IN 47933, is offering it's 1983 Tax Preparation Aid for use with the TI home computer. The software is available on cassette or diskette. The program addresses itself to the federal 1040 individual long form and the Schedule A form for itemized deductions. By entering different data, users may be able to reduce their tax bills to the legal minimum, the company claims. The company says the program uses prompts for input and does all the mathematics automatically. Output is to screen or printer, showing what to write on each line of the tax forms. The price is $26, postage paid.
+Ben Hur Software. 1114 W. Main, Crawfordsville, IN 47933, is offering its 1983 Tax Preparation Aid for use with the TI home computer. The software is available on cassette or diskette. The program addresses itself to the federal 1040 individual long form and the Schedule A form for itemized deductions. By entering different data, users may be able to reduce their tax bills to the legal minimum, the company claims. The company says the program uses prompts for input and does all the mathematics automatically. Output is to screen or printer, showing what to write on each line of the tax forms. The price is $26, postage paid.
 The disk version is said to be somewhat more sophisticated than the cassette version. Both require Extended BASIC. The company also produced a tax program for 1982. The 1983 version is said to incorporate improvements from the 1982 version.
 Of course, the program is tax deductible.