{"id":19622,"date":"2018-03-05T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=19622"},"modified":"2018-03-12T00:47:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T04:47:18","slug":"sync-september-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/03\/05\/sync-september-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Sync (September 1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sync-Vol-2-No-5-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sync-Vol-2-No-5-001-767x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"sync-vol-2-no-5-001\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FSync%2FSync_1982-09&amp;twg_show=Sync+Vol+2+No+5+001.jpg\">Sync &#8211; Volume 2, Number 5 &#8211; September 1982<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Sinclair line of computers (ZX-80, ZX-81, ZX Spectrum, etc.) was not very popular in the U.S. but they did have a presence in the form of a license to Timex. Sync was one magazine dedicated to these computers. The contents of the September 1982 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>SYNC Notes<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>TRY This<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Perceptions<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; The ZX Parser and the Operations Routines<\/li>\n<li><b>Hardware Tips<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; MicroAce Hardware Peculiarities<\/li>\n<li><b>Resources<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sync in the Classroom<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>List Learning with the ZX81<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A program for memorizing lists<\/li>\n<li><b>Teaching with the ZX81<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; An overview of the British scene<\/li>\n<li><b>Maps and the ZX80\/81<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Rethinking maps and mazes<\/li>\n<li><b>How Many Blocks<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A program for preschoolers<\/li>\n<li><b>Elimination<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Developing math and strategy skills<\/li>\n<li><b>Arithmetic with a Smile<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A tool for elementary math drills<\/li>\n<li><b>Arithmetic series<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Developing math concepts through series<\/li>\n<li><b>Solving Implicit Functions<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Working with equations; algebra help<\/li>\n<li><b>BOLEX: Beginner&#8217;s Ohm&#8217;s Law EXercises<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Help for general science and physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hardware<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Repeat Key Option<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Build your own repeat key<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Math<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Degrees, Grads, and Radians<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Conversion programs<\/li>\n<li><b>Rounding Off and Conditional Tests<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Pythagorean triples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Machine Langauge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Block Transfers<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Machine language programming technique<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Games<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Chase<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Pit your survival skills against the robot warriors<\/li>\n<li><b>Space Taxi<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; To the Spaceport, fast<\/li>\n<li><b>House of Horrors<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; One for Halloween<\/li>\n<li><b>Mouthful<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Random wit and wisdom for your next party<\/li>\n<li><b>8K ROM Updates<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Ah!, Horton, McGath, McLauglin, Nicomachus, Castle Doors, Widget, Hurkle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Complete Sinclair ZX81 Basic Course<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Book review<\/li>\n<li><b>ZX81 Chess vs. ZX Chess II<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Software review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Sync &#8211; Volume 2, Number 5 &#8211; September 1982 The Sinclair line of computers (ZX-80, ZX-81, ZX Spectrum, etc.) was not very popular in the U.S. but they did have a presence in the form of a license to Timex. Sync was one magazine dedicated to these computers. The contents of the September 1982 issue includes: Departments Letters SYNC Notes TRY This Perceptions\u00a0&#8211; The ZX Parser and the Operations Routines Hardware Tips\u00a0&#8211; MicroAce Hardware Peculiarities Resources Sync in the Classroom List Learning with the ZX81\u00a0&#8211; A program for memorizing lists Teaching with the ZX81\u00a0&#8211; An overview of the British scene Maps and the ZX80\/81\u00a0&#8211; Rethinking maps and mazes How Many Blocks\u00a0&#8211; A program for preschoolers Elimination\u00a0&#8211; Developing math and strategy skills Arithmetic with a Smile\u00a0&#8211; A tool for elementary math drills Arithmetic series\u00a0&#8211; Developing math concepts through series Solving Implicit Functions\u00a0&#8211; Working with equations; algebra help BOLEX: Beginner&#8217;s Ohm&#8217;s Law EXercises\u00a0&#8211; Help for general science and physics Hardware Repeat Key Option\u00a0&#8211; Build your own repeat key Math Degrees, Grads, and Radians\u00a0&#8211; Conversion programs Rounding Off and Conditional Tests\u00a0&#8211; Pythagorean triples Machine Langauge Block Transfers\u00a0&#8211; Machine language programming technique Games Chase\u00a0&#8211; Pit your survival skills against the robot warriors Space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2362,1555,1799],"class_list":["post-19622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-retrocomputing","tag-sinclair","tag-timex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}