SHULMAN@Rutgers.arpa (12/31/82)
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@Rutgers.arpa>
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Hi -
I just purchased the T/S for my wife's friend's children. It
seems like a cute machine for introducing one to computers. The one
observation I had was that it is SLOW, VERRRRY SLOW (but what do you
want for $74?.) Anyways, one tip I quickly learned is that you have
to be very careful about printing in FAST mode (since it doesn't
refresh the screen.) You see, I wrote a program that prints a
screenfull of text, and waits for a key to be typed to print the next
one (via INKEY$.) The problem was that in FAST mode the INKEY$ loop
caused the screen to be blank the whole time! Lesson: Put a SLOW
before any INKEY$ loop. Also, it seems the CONT key does not work
when LISTing a long program. After it types the first screenfull it
gives the full screen report; when I then hit CONT ENTER the screen
goes blank and I get the B report (illegal address or something??)
Does yours do that?
As for peripherals: They have the T/S 16K memory pack (actually
it really is 14K + the 2K you already have.) It works fine except it
seems that after a long period of use it heats up and occassionally
screws up characters. Also, on page 41 of November 82 BYTE there is
an ad from MEMOTECH offering the following:
Memory 16K $59.95
32K $109.95
64K $179.95
Hi Res Graphics $144.95 (192x248)
RS232 Printer Interface $139.95
The toll free number they list is 800-662-0949. They promise (in
the near future) a keyboard, digitizing tablet, 16K EPROM and disk drive.
Hope this is of help.
Jeff
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