80 Microcomputing – Volume 84 – January, 1987
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Mace + Utilities come to the rescue with solutions to your floppy or hard-disk problems.
Mass-storage options to combat floppy-disk overflow. (All systems)
Catalog anything from magazines to collectibles with this easy-to-use reference data base. (Tandy 1000, 1200. or 3000; Model 4 version on Load 80)
Pinpoint differences between two similar files. (Model 4: Load 80)
A simple way to keep your MS-DOS subdirectory files under cover. (Tandy 1000)
Liberate your disk drives creating a memory-resident version of TRSDOS. (Model 4.4P. or 4D: Load 80)
Access your Model III from afar. (Load 80)
Tips for making the most of Allwrite. (Model I, III, 4, or 4P)
Modular programs to automate TRSDOS 6 functions. (Model 4; Load 80)
Three popular programming languages face off.
Departments
- Mace+ Utilities
- Telecomp 1000
- ComputerEyes
- The Pro-MC Compiler
- AI:Typist
- Profix IV
- Proald 4+
Electric Webster Grammar and Style Checker; BSORT 51; Multiple Choice, The Tandy Portable Computer
80 Microcomputing – Volume 85 – February, 1987
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Three debugging tools that leave MS-DOS Debug in the dust.
80 Micro’s thought outliner simplifies the task of organizing ideas. (Tandy 1000: Model 4 version on Load 80)
Take the guess work out of buying materials for home improvement projects. (Model III or 4 and Tandy 1000; Load 80)
Choose read only, hidden, or normal status for MS-DOS flles. (Model 1000)
At last, bank switching for the Model 4 in Model III mode. (Load 80)
Get an insider’s view of the Model 4’s video memory. (Load 80)
Pushing the 640K limit? Here are two megaboards that give you memory to spare.
Public-domain programs offer a low-cost way to learn about C.
Departments
- Advanced Trace85
- Periscope
- X-View 86
- 8 MHz Super Speed Up 512K or 1MB Memory Board
- The Personal Choice Collection
- Mach 2
- Clickart Personal Publisher
- TRSCROSS
Ztime1, Flight Simulator Scenery Disks, Star Scenery Disks, Memcheck, Opt-Tech Sort
80 Microcomputing – Volume 86 – March, 1987
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Maxthink: an outline processor that kind of grows on you.
Learn the basics of rescuing crashed MS-DOS disks.
Determine how much house you can buy using your Tandy 1000 or Model 4. (Load 80)
Make your own cables to connect serial devices to your computer.
Take greater advantage of the Model 4’s keystroke-multiply filter. (Load 80)
Eliminate unwanted Tandy 1000 subdirectories quickly.
Determine the relationship between variables on your Model I/III/4 or Tandy 1000. (Load 80)
Two utilities that find errors and make corrections on TRSDOS or MS-DOS data-base files. (Load 80)
Dave reviews two great MS-DOS books.
Departments
- Maxthing
- 286 Express
- Speedpac 286
- Racecard-286
- Webster’s New World Writer
- Webster’s New World On-Line Thesaurus
- Webster’s New World Spelling Checker
- Pro-Hartforth
- Enhcomp Basic Compiler 2.5
On-Line Help, Printrix 2.0, Q-Dos 1.21, Business Analyst ROM
80 Microcomputing – Volume 87 – April, 1987
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An introduction to GW-Basic’s graphics abilities.
Flexibility and ease of use mark this Model 4/Tandy 1000 payroll program. (Disk Series, formerly Load 80)
A Model 4 BBS driver that adds features not easily done in Basic. (Disk Series, formerly Load 80)
Imbed assembly routines in Basic for higher performance. (Tandy 1000)
Recovering your lost text is a snap with this Model I/III/4 utility. (Disk Series, formerly Load 80)
Automate mundane tasks and save time on your Tandy 1000.
Departments
- LS-DOS 6.3
- Wordperfect Library 1.0
- Switch-It
- Twist and Shout
- Guide to Training for IBM PC-DOS
- Guide to Training for IBM PC-DOS
- VP-Info 1.09
The Norton Commander 1.0, Lunar Explorer, Wilderness, The Basic Science and Graphics Handbook, Jumpstart 1.0
80 Microcomputing – Volume 88 – May, 1987
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This inexpensive MS-DOS computer is a bird of a different feather.
Wait no longer for the 1000’s memory test on a warm reboot.
Create a bufler that feeds text to your printer while you use your 1000 for other purposes.
A utility that automatically time-stamps your Model 4 or Tandy 1000 Basic programs. (Disk Series)
Compare any two Model 4 text fles on screen simultaneously. (Disk Series)
Convert Model I/III/4 or Tandy 1000 assembly code to Basic Data statements. (Disk Series)
Remove all unprotected files from Model 4 TRSDOS disks in one step. (Disk Series)
Use ASCII characters to place printer control codes within Deskmate text.
Departments
- Tandy 1000 EX
- ASP
- ASE
- E1
- The CMOS Expansion RAMs
- The Data Transfer Utility Program
- TT512P Modem
- A-Plus ETG
Autodos 2.0, Omniscroll III/IV, Moonmist, Managing for Success
80 Microcomputing – Volume 89 – June, 1987
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Get to know your 1000 more intimately programming it at its own level.
Get a Model 4-like Memdisk in III mode. (Disk Series)
Create a data base of custom text fonts and graphics symbols.
Perform DOS functions on your Model I/III/4 without leaving SuperScript. (Disk Series)
Clear or set the MOD flags of the TRSDOS 6.2 directory slots while backlng up your flles. (Disk Series)
Teach your Tandy DMP printer and Model 4 how to print three more character fonts. (Disk Series)
Departments
- Electric Pencil PC 3.0
- Warp Speed Lightpen
- Dac-Easy Base
- Deskhelp
- LSDOS 5.3
- Trackstar
Whoops!, Mergemate
80 Microcomputing – Volume 90 – July, 1987
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Manage your stock portfolio more efficiently on your III (4, or 1000; Disk Series)
A sure cure for an overstuffed Superscripsit disk.
Quickly track and edit commodities (or other) information. (4 or 1000; Disk Series)
Take the drugery out of backing up TRSDOS 6.x or LDOS disks. (Disk Series)
Transfer Model III or 4 files to a Tandy 1000 using Deskmate.
Make custom individual labels quickly with your 4 or 1000. (Disk Series)
Get Profile and Superscripsit on speaking terms. (Disk Series)
Bott me up to the ball game.
Departments
- Managing Your Money 2.0
- Your Personal Financial 100 Planner. Vol. I
- Mindreader
- 87Quickbasic Support 6.2
- 87Basic
- ED/ASM-86
- Express 2.0
- Spellsys
- Write-Hand Man
Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reader, Word for Word, ICLE, Advanced Microsoft Word
Directory
Following a Stock Portfolio
- Article: Taking Stock of Your Stock (p. 50).
- System: Model 4. 32K RAM; Model III with changes.
- Stoctrac lets you follow the performance of your investments with a minimum of input.
- Language: Basic.
- Filespec: STOCTRAC/BAS
Handle Commodities Data Efficiently
- Article: The No-Nonsense Disk Editor (p. 63).
- System: Model 4, 64K RAM.
- EZ Editor gives you a way to organize, edit, and store commodities data or data of any type.
- Language: Basic.
- Filespecs: EZEDIT/BAS, TESTGEN/BAS.
Custom Labels
- Article: Easy Labels (p. 76).
- System: Model 4, 64K RAM.
- Print individual custom labels in five print styles with Labeler.
- Language: Basic.
- Filespec: LABELER/BAS
Merge Data and Files
- Article: Profile Handler (p. 78).
- System: Models III/4/4P/4D, 32K RAM, Profile 3 or 4 +.
- With Profile Handler you can merge Profile data files with Superscripsit text files more easily.
- Language: Basic.
- Filespec: HANDLER/BAS.
DOS Backup Utility
- Article: Jumping Flash Backup (p. 69).
- System: Model 4/4P/4D, 64K RAM, Pro_Create editor/assembler (optional), TRSDOS 6.x.
- Onepass lets you back up your TRSDOS 6.x or LDOS disks in a single pass.
- Language: Assembly.
- Filespecs: ONEPASS/SRC, ONEPASS/CMD.
Help Screens
- Artlcle: The Next Step (p. 92).
- System: Model 4/4P/4D, 64K RAM, TRSDOS 6.2 or LS-DOS 6.3, Pro-Create 4.3a or MRAS editor/assembler (optional).
- Add a help filter to call up help screens from within programs.
- Language: Assembly; Basic or C optional.
- Filespecs: HELP/FLT, DEMO4/CMD, HELP/ASM, DEFS/ASM, INSTALL/ASM, LIST4/ASM, LIST5/BAS, LIST6/CCC, TEST/HLP.
Checkbook Program
- Article: Tally and Track (p. 44).
- System: Model 4, 64K.
- Use Budget Balancer to organize your checks in categories, balance your checkbok, and get ready for tax time.
- Language: Basic.
- Filespec: CHEKBOOK/BAS
Checksum
- Article: How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings (p. 100).
- System: Models I/III/4, 32K RAM.
- Use our checksum program to check the accuracy of the Basic listings you type in.
- Language: Basic.
- Filespec: CHECKSUM/BAS
80 Microcomputing – Volume 91 – August, 1987
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Ten years ago, the idea of a “personal” computer seemed silly, but not to a few people in Fort Worth.
Find out what past luminaries of the TRS-80 world are doing today.
Can you name all the TRS-80 clones? All the TRS-80 DOSes?
Trace the evolution of every Tandy computer ever made.
Now you can automatically generate dummy data to test your own Model 4 or Tandy 1000 programs. (Disk Series)
You’ll appreciate this data-entry routine if you use both TRSDOS and MS-DOS computers. (Disk Series)
Perform statistical analyses on test and other data.
Dissect assembly programs written under nearly any Model I/III/4 DOS. (Disk Series)
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- Tandy 1000 SX
- XLR8er Board
- Fractals
- Life Experimenter
- Super Spiro-Graph
- Legalese
The Investigator, Bocaram/XT
80 Microcomputing – Volume 92 – September, 1987
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What’s new from Tandy? DOS in ROM, 3-1/2 inch drives, blazing speed, and more.
Converting custom Superscripsit drivers to Scripsit Pro format is a snap. (Disk Series)
Create activity calendars for all occasions. (1000 or 4; Disk Series)
Plot data on a line graph using your Model 4. (Disk Series)
Some common hardware problems are easier to fix than you might think. Here’s how.
Don’t lose the advantage of owning a hard disk through poor file planning.
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- LeScript 1.70
- Open Access II
- Software Carousel
- First CADD
- DS Backup +
The Color/Mono Video Adapter, Wordstar Professional, Stylewriter
80 Microcomputing – Volume 93 – October, 1987
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Gain control of cluttered floppies with these handy batch flles. (1000)
Stuff more memory into your Model 4 or 4P. (Disk Series)
Free yourself from the worry of video burn-in on your Model 4. (Disk Series)
Know what to expect when buying hardware by mail.
The shareware field offers good software to cost-conscious business folk.
Departments
- Newsroom Pro
- Newsmaster
- DMP 2100
- DED86
- Proteus
- Protracs
- RAM B.A.
Phantasie, The Printer Interface Selector
Directory
Save Your Screen
- Article: CRT Saver (p. 75).
- System: Model 4, 64K RAM.
- Protect your video screen from phosphor burn-in.
- Language: Assembly.
- Filespecs: CRTSAV/ASM, CRTSAV/FLT.
Upgrade Model 4 Past 128K “Limit”.
- Article: All the Way to 320K (p. 60).
- System: Model 4/4P. 64K RAM.
- Gain four 64K memory banks with this do-it-yourself modification.
- Language: Assembly.
- Filespecs: 256KDISK/SRC, 256KDISK/CMD.
Model 4 Window Programs
- Article: The Next Step (p. 91).
- System: Model 4/4P/4D. Pro-Create 4.3a. 64K RAM.
- Use “pop-up” windows with your Model 4.
- Language: Assembly.
- Filespecs: WINLIB/ASM, TESTl/ASM. TESTl/CMD, DEMO/ASM. DEMO/CMD, MACLIB/ASM.
Bonus Program
- System: Printer Control, Model 4,64K RAM.
- Send decimal control codes to your printer from TRSDOS 6.
- Language: Assembly.
- Filespecs: PRINT/CMD, BONUS/TXT.
80 Microcomputing – Volume 94 – November, 1987
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Dress up Deskmate II output in ways you thought weren’t possible. (1000)
Create customized graph paper on your Tandy 1000 or Model 4 and dot-matrix printer. (Disk Series)
DEF FN routines from our readers that you can use in your Tandy 1000 or Model 4 programs.
These shareware and public-domain programs are suitable for the home and office.
Departments
- Tornado Notes
- Finally!
- Checkmaster 1.02
- Investor’s Management System
- An Introduction to MS/DOS
- Zyindex
Hicard, Pascal Wizard
Directory
January-March 1987
January
Checking References p. 48
REFLIB.BAS
Hidden Attributes p. 66
SECURE.ASM
SECURE.EXE
February
That Thinking Feeling p. 42
OUTLINE.BAS
Taking Measure p. 49
AREA.BAS
Changing of the Guard p. 60
FILEIT.ASM
FILEIT.COM
March
So. You Want to Buy a House? p. 54
HOUSE.BAS
Disk Repair 101 p. 42
DISKINFO.PAS
DISKINFO.COM
Bonus Program
September 1986
Making the Grade p. 68
MARK.BAS
April-June 1087
Payday Made Easy p. 56
PAYROLL.BAS
May
Quick Boot p. 46
- REBOOT.BAS
Leave the Printing to Spooling p. 58
SPOOLI.ASM
SPOOLI.COM
Data-Statement generator p. 80
DATAPOKE.BAS
June
Tandy 1000 Custom Character Generator. p. 58
CLIPART.BAS
CLIPGEN.BAS
SYMSET1.SET
SYMSET2.SET
SYMSET3.SET
NEW.SET
PICTURE1.PIC
PICTURE2.PIC
John’s MS-DOS Column p. 93
SWITCHAR.ASM
SWITCHAR.COM
July-September 1987
July
Tally and Track, p. 44
CHEKBOOK.BAS
Taking Stock of Your Stock, p. 50
STOCTRAC.BAS
The No-Nonsense Disk Editor, p. 63
EZEDIT.BAS
TESTGEN.BAS
Easy Labels, p. 76
LABELER.BAS
John’s MS-DOS Column, p. 84
CWD.ASM
CWD.COM
Fixes and Updates, p. 87
CHECKER.BAS
August
Data to Order, p. 69
FAKEOUT.BAS
Communal Data Entry, p. 75
MDENTRY.BAS
MDRANDOM.BAS
Test Tester, p. 78
- TEETEST.BAS
September
Calendars to Go, p. 73
- CALMAKER.BAS
80 Microcomputing – Volume 95 – December, 1987
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Listings for bulletin boards, user groups, and vendors of Model I/III/IV products and Tandy 1000 add-ons.
Print up to 24 names on a standard mailing label. (Tandy 1000 or Model 4. Disk Series)
MS-DOS texts no novice should be without.
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- W.O.R.K at Home
- PEP
- Freeway
- First Publisher
- Baker’s Dozen
- PC-Type+
PC Tools 3.20; Q-DOS II