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Access Database function in ZX-Rainbow S.E. yes or no?Dear friends and users of ZX-Rainbow! history: I have had some problems with ZX-Rainbow S.E. and a very bad time last weeks: The game scanner of ZX-…
Dear friends and users of ZX-Rainbow!
history:
ZX-Rainbow could not scan & ... 't to do with ZX-Rainbow. I wrote another ... seems to keep the files in memory for faster access. ... there's no real difference in the handling, and you ... -
Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't ... using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow ... for the game using ZX-Paintbrush (good little program ... multiple action descriptions. In many text adventure games ... in. I want to have multiple action descriptions, but BASIC ... -
48k / 128k Game VariationsHi folks! When a game is listed as being for "ZX Spectrum 48K/128K" in the archive does this mean loading it on a 128k definately gives an enhanced …
... listed as being for "ZX Spectrum 48K/128K" in the archive does this ... mean loading it on a 128k ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... Search/Replace functionality
128k style on-line calculator< ... ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and ... very fast emulation.
ZX Printer support (including colour screen ... lines.
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ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... Search/Replace functionality
128k style on-line calculator< ... ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and ... very fast emulation.
ZX Printer support (including colour screen ... lines.
ZX Printer support - with full ... -
GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
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How can I tell if 128k in codeIs there an easy way in code to check if the Spectrum has 128k, rather than 48k so I can display a message "Must have 128k" etc
Is there an easy way in code to check if the Spectrum has 128k, rather than 48k so I can display a message "Must have 128k" etc -
Pretty CrashesTo make a 48K spectrum crash spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though not quite as prett…
... the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though ... />
..and watch as the ZX Spectrum culminates colourful array of ... it looks kinda cool, in a nerdy ZX spectum way!!
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Spectrum Noob! Please Help!!!i just bought my spectrum with 3 games and was realy looking forward to playing on it but i cant seem to load any games!!! i have the zx spectrum +3…
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i have the zx spectrum +3 128k with floppy disc drive ... when i put a disc in and then select loader you ... drive
in 3+basic i tried 'cat' with a ... disc in but i get ... need to type some code in?
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No sound in SPIN in 48K BASICI'm using an Acer Travelmate 5310, with Realtek HD audio. When I start SPIN (0.666) in any of the 48K modes and press a key, I get a click, followed …
... I start SPIN (0.666) in any of the 48K modes ... /> All the same settings in any of the 128K modes work perfectly. -
Looking for an extended BASIC graphics routine from mid- to late-80sHello all, This is my first post here so please go easy. This is basically a cut-and-paste job from comp.sys.sinclair where I've had no luck with an…
... I've discovered a small BASIC program that makes use ... swap' commands from a typed-in BASIC extender program. Alas the machine ... one I'm after. Most BASIC command additions used * or . ... likely the routine was printed in ZX Computing or Sinclair Programs sometime ... -
How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…
... space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have ... games and ended up back in +2 basic and noticing they had ... -
Handling RST8 on a +3Well, I've come to that bit of my project that I wasn't really looking forward to (because I don't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extend…
... 't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extending the interpreter ... experimental code that works somewhat in 48K BASIC.
However, ... of a peripheral, my toastrack 128K is awaiting repair at the ... the +3's ROM routine in the right place, or ... -
Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
... There was a story in the paper about somebody using ... out of a hat in batches of 6). Apparently ... that I've succeeded in Speccy BASIC, I think I might ... just give it another go in ... Z80 assembler too. Another project in Z80! :D
Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…
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Found this in a second-hand bookstore over ... you've typed in various bits of BASIC, know your way ... through the subset of BASIC you need to make ... it after you venture beyond BASIC. There's also a ... For the record, I have in fact done various bits of ...Fairlight 2 128K is wrong file?On the Fairlight 2 page: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Fairlight+II$&pub=^The+Edge+Software$&model=spectrum&loadpics=3 the fi…
... if youo load it in 128K mode in ZX Spin then the tape ... to it in the game, unlike the 128K version that ... . Also there is no 128K music with the file. ... the game loads in in one go, and has 128K music, so ... this is clearly the 128K version.
+3 BASIC and RST 8I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how Interface 1 does it (catch the RST 8 error trap). This works…
... adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to ... 48k, a 128k (in either RST 0 or in the 128 editor ... my +3 under 48K BASIC or in RST 0 mode.
BASIC editor. Whenever a new ... the +3 BASIC editor do that the 128K BASIC editor doesn't ...Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…
... for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have ... different ways to do this in BASIC.
And I'm ...Divide+ and ResiDOS questionhaving a real blank moment, i got a +3e (obviously) with V1.38 roms how do i install TAPEIO? Do i need to convert it .TAP ? As i would like to save …
... the +3e to start in 128k editor/+3 basic (cant get it to ... actually says 128k mode).
%zx reboots to +3 basic but I ... CF card from within +3 basic,
OUT23,104 then just ... have the games and files in one long list?
Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
... and 128K snapshots.
Snapshots can also be loaded from a BASIC ... ZX BASIC using ZX BASIC streams. Both server and client programs can be written in BASIC ... colour and whether the 128K alternate screen is in use.
* Snapshot ...A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…
... make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and ... implement this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general ...Thanatos 128k - patched to work on ANY 128 model!A little something I somehow managed to do the past couple of days. A version of Thanatos 128k which works on not just the 128 but also the +2, +2a a…
... A version of Thanatos 128k which works on not ... Thanatos contained 48k and 128k versions of the game. ... Unfortunately, the 128k version only worked on ... if you typed CAT in +3 BASIC, it would say ... of Thanatos 128k that works on ALL 128k models! :- ...E2 demoFor demo lovers: here is our contribution to Forever 11 party, where we won 1st place. [IMG]http://files.omega.webnode.com/200000554-377cf38773/e2_r…
... check the TAP file. In emulator: Machine ZX Spectrum 128k, in 128k basic type "USR 0 ... is only version compatible with 128k (+2).
Full demo ... ]http://omega.webnode.com/products/zx-eklhaft-2/[/URL]ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ... from being able to write in basic and make M/C output ... have as add-in functions for the basic compiler to make it ...Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... provided the new system variables in the former printer buffer are ... to embed colour control codes in the basic program, or if you ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines.
ZX-Editor, Blockeditor and Paintbrush 2.0 publishedDear ZX-Spectrum & Emulator friends, yesterday I've uploaded new versions of - ZX-Blockeditor - ZX-Editor - ZX-Paintbrush on my website at [URL="h…
... ZX-Editor/ZX-Paintbrush which can be used for editing BASIC ... TZX file with ZX-Blockeditor, select a BASIC data block and ... edit it with a ZX-Editor running in ... Basic and Beta basic grammar files that are used for syntax checking in ZX ...Arrays in Spectrum basicHi everyone, I've recently begun learning to programme in Spectrum and want to write a text adventure. Could someone give me an example or help me o…
... recently begun learning to programme in Spectrum and want to write ... needs.
I'm running Basic on Spectaculator and intend to ...ZX BASIC and garbage collection...Hi Folks, I was thinking about using the following approach in a program I am writing: [CODE]DIM d$(100,50) LOAD "NAMES" DATA d$() ... DIM d$(50,25…
... about using the following approach in a program I am writing ... would be loaded in and saved to the 128K RAM disk. During ... RAM disc i.e. swapped in.
Do you think ... likely to have any problems in terms of garbage collection etc ...ZX Flight - flight simulator (Basic)Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old tape. Obviously this is a my type-in from an old ex-Yugoslavian magazine from mid 80s. I did …
Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an ... Basically, its the landing situation in low visible environment, 2000 feet ... (which is also mostly done in the basic), we can say that ... competitor.
Unfortunately spectrum Basic is pretty slow for this ...128k editor undelete function?I was reading the "Spex" section in an issue of NCE, which gave some of the extended keyboard functions which replicate the external keypad functions…
... reading the "Spex" section in an issue of NCE, ... external keypad functions on the 128k. As far as I ... manual, Paul Farrow's ZX Resource Centre, and Toni ... programming feature on the keypad in ZX Computing, but there's ... 'd raise the question in case I've missed ...
