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MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... computer with a well designed Basic and with a tape ... outside Spectrum.
In opposition to the windows world ... disk content is fully implemented in basic and there is no need ... be formatted without destroying drives in the neighborhood.
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Advice needed please!Hi, Sorry in advance for the 'Noobness' of this question but I'm programming a simple adventure game in basic and was wondering how to save multiple …
Hi, Sorry in advance for the 'Noobness' of ... programming a simple adventure game in basic and was wondering how to ... can tell i'm not in the same league as everybody ... -
Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute BeginnerNot quite sure if this should be in here but here goes. Having never delved into machine code before I thought id have a go at this book and its qui…
... you have to type in the programs to continue ... anyway. I typed in the ezcode routine. Now ... i got no errors in the basic program whatsoever yet when ... i either get C nonscence in basic or 0 OK, 0: ... .z80[/url]
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Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…
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Change PAPER and INK, but nothing else?Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK,…
Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK, but keep the character (or whatever is displayed) intact. -
Can someone compile Mined Out, please?For those of you who are unaware, there is a great Spectrum game called [I]Mined Out ( [/I][URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=000…
... better. Anyway, it's written in BASIC, and takes a few seconds ... one compiler could compile large BASIC programs in sections, but since I ... -
Microdrive CATIs there a way in Basic to obtain any more useful info on the contents of a Microdrive? File size, head info for example? Also, is it possible in ge…
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One's speccy is unwell, can anybody help?Hi chaps! This would be my first post here, so hello to all :smile: I've got a 128+ heatsink speccy that seems to have a display issue whereby after…
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I've got a 128+ heatsink speccy that seems to ... +D disk interface and Multiface 128 plugged in. Would this of maybe ... the machine?
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I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
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A: 4xbinary inputs (as in "on" or "off" x4 - this ... /> C: 4x binary outputs (as in four independant OFF/ON controls ... control using the IN and OUT commands in BASIC.
In more detail ... rotation and one for elevation) in both directions each. I ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... doing. I have tried in Loader and 48k Basic, but I can ... television, as the BEEP command in Basic works fine. I've given ... -
Myth II - Return to HellHello all. A new game has been released... a sequel to one of the best ZX games ever. It is of russian make (I THINK) but I think you can get around…
... spectrum (it doesn't work in 128k mode !!!).
Link ... /> To start, choose Pentagon 128, then in the menu go to 48k ... -
EightyOne bug?I have been using EightyOne 1.0 to test my code using a Timex display mode. The code (a UK101 emulator) was released for CSSCGC2008 a couple of weeks…
... program to crash when loading in TS2068 mode.
in just fine with Fuse ... 0.9 in TS2068 mode. It therefore ... What's stranger is that in EightyOne, once the machine ... the machine will crash in BASIC with it corrupting the ... -
Suggestion: A new (and simple but good) feature for emulatorsOne slight but real problem with emulators is that when you load a tape file (.tzx/.tap) then the randomise seed system variables are always set to z…
... zero before loading starts (in effect the game is ... on Spectrum). This results in any game that uses ... the Speccy counts time in fiftyths of a second.< ... since it's fortunately written in BASIC I simply added (something ... spell "fiftyths" (as in fifty-th's of a ... -
The "Ernie Wise Memorial Game What I Wrote" thread 2008As the September rain lashes remorselessly long and hard against the window (Everest PVC-u) what more can a cove do but reflect on life whilst drinki…
... Birth", which I wrote back in 1990 and submitted to Sinclair ... /> All these games were written in BASIC, and apart from "Touchdown", compiled ... importantly, why they wrote it in the first place!? -
Basin feature requestsI know dunny does not ask for those requests, and he is mainly coding basin for himself, I still want to list my requests here, in case if he's bored…
... to list my requests here, in case if he's bored ... can look for them up in the future for my projects ... extra work (save/load functions in basic). Basin needs a general project ... -
Help identifying a gameAgessss ago i wondered if anyone knew this game but it wasnt found. I thought i would try once more as i want to relive the memories. Yearsss ago t…
... which was released, all in basic where you created a ... 30 was again all in BASIC, an indicator moved up ... record a huge large basic graphic appeared with the ... The graphics were very very basic and old but the ... cant seem to find that in the archive.
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... =2]BASin thread[/url] in the Sinclair BASIC forum.
Fixed - Toolbar buttons in the SCREEN$ editor should no ... to the binary number. (Nonsense in BASIC)
Fixed - A small ... user, which are parsed for BASIC functions, now accept the ...Developers developers developers developers developers!OK, I think it's at a stage where someone else can also have a go at doing things with the Spectranet. If you've not been following the hardware foru…
... is. If you're in this situation...well, the ... is programmable from the Spectrum in software) and 128K of ... ve already hinted at this in the Hardware forum, but ... you want to join in with development you'll ... to support socket programming in BASIC but it won't ...Greatest Error Messages of all timeAfter compiling the 13 Greatest Error messages ranging from Abort? Retry or Fail to the Blue Screen of Death, Technologizer has come up with a second…
... the ZX Spectrum's 'Nonsense in BASIC'
[url]http://technologizer ... but good to see it in there.
The examples ... in the manual could also have ...12-pixel-wide font on 512x192 screenThanks to Geoff I have a working prototype for displaying this font in BASIC. Machine code to follow.
Thanks to Geoff I have a working prototype for displaying this font in BASIC. Machine code to follow.New version of mb-resi copy tool, ver. 1.5Dear fans of MB02+ and ResiDos, on my site [URL="http://hood.speccy.cz"]http://hood.speccy.cz[/URL] you will find a new version of this copy tool, t…
... the user interface is still in BASIC, major improvements has been done ...The best ..... begining with the letter "A"Since forum posts are few and far between at this time of day, and I'm waiting for downloading to finish, I thought I'd post something interesting . …
... "three word story" thread in the Chit-chat forum, I ... br />
Best sound or music (in a game):
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music[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B ... [B] Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:[/B ...Best Spectrum [whatever] beginning with "B"You know the drill, this time it's letter "B". I have to say, for me the Speccy stuff beginning with "B" tends to be of a higher quality than the "A"…
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Best sound or music (in a game): [/B]Brian Bloodaxe ... />
Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:[/B ... with "B". No doubt everyone in this thread will post vital ...Best Spectrum [whatever] beginning with a numberI forgot to do a numbers one, so here it is, for things that begin with a numerical digit:[B] Best game: [/B]Does 3D Deathchase count? If not (if…
... allowed), does 3 Weeks in Paradise count? If not ... probably called Three Weeks in Paradise), then I'll ... B]
Best sound or music (in a game): [/B]3 Weeks ... br /> Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]: [/B ... ]3 Weeks in Paradise, if allowed.[B ...Almost screwed up my MRI scan today :)I was lying there starting to nod off. Then the sounds changed and they reminded me of the music in Forbidden planet and I started grinning, and the…
... they reminded me of the music in Forbidden planet and I started ... just like the quiet bits in FP when the monster is ... off in the distance but approaching, kind ... thinking John Carpenter ... special effects in a black bathtub ... let there ...Corrections to "Authored with Quill"Started testing today from the end of the list... These are not written with Quill: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^You+Ca…
... Quill game, it is written in Basic.
[URL="http://www ... "]Xtroth[/URL] also is a Basic game
To ...The best ... beginning with "C"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "C", which do you think are the: [B]Best g…
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Best sound or music (in a game):
... Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:
Best sound or music (in a game):
Best ... graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:[/B ...The best ... beginning with "D"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "D", which do you think are the: [B]Best g…
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Best sound or music (in a game):
... Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:
Best sound or music (in a game):[/B] Dynamite Dan ...
Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:[/B ...Speech reproduction on the Speccy - 2009 style?Thanks to Chapter 33 of [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000388"]Super Charge Your Spectrum[/url] by David Webb - "Speech Repr…
... play samples of my favourite music in glorious, noisy lo-fi.
in [i]Super Charge Your Spectrum ... you'd relive this experience in the 21st century with pre ... audio and a Spectrum emulator. In other words, how would you ...The best ... beginning with "F"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "F", which do you think are the: [B]Best…
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Best sound or music (in a game):
... Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:
Best sound or music (in a game): [/B]No question ... , Fairlight's music, one of the best ... Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]: [/B ...
