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Jonathan Cauldwell writes.I also found this in me old archives, which was actually written by Jonathan Cauldwell. Again, typos and editorial tags included for authenticity ;-)…
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Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... 23561 and 23562 (the two system variables that are responsible of autorrepeat ... region called K-STATE in system vars).
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Converting 50ths of a second to hours, minutes and seconds...Hi Folks, I have written some code to convert the interal Spectrum clock from 50ths of a second to hours, minutes and seconds. The following code s…
... returned from PEEKing the three system variables in 50ths of a second ... -
New tool: ZXBOOT.EXE[B]ASM[/B] is proud to present the first release of ZXBOOT.EXE: [url]http://www.4shared.com/file/NP-FVOSf/zxboot__beta_.html[/url] ZXBOOT is a comma…
... PCs running the Windows operating system. Its role is to compress ... plenty of space for the system variables and BASIC program area. The ... -
A Rare Spectrum BookA rare Spectrum Book has been recently uploaded by JP - The Guide to the Spectrum ROM by Andrew Pennell [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infosee…
... and accurate list of the System Variables and rather spookily he anticipates ... that the NMIADD system variables will be used to extend ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... beep and then the system resets.
[*]Fairlight 128K - System crash after initial ... screen.
[*]Fairlight II 128K - Freezes ... upon loading.
[*]Tau Ceti 128K - System crash upon loading.
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The INPUT command routine ($2089)I was looking at the INPUT routine with a view to modifying the intro so that I could pre-load the workspace and edit an existing value, rather than …
... a 'LINE'.
All the system variables have to be reset before ... -
Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …
... Using PEEK to examine the system variable P-RAMT produced 32767 ... every time. Once the system had initialised it could run ... upper RAM. I assume that system variables and data structures etc. were ... upper RAM, but the system later crashed because these were ... -
More RAM for BASIC (ZXSE required)Ok, here it is: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/48KBASICSE.zip[/url] Use it as an IF2 ROM with a ZX Spectrum SE. It's a version of the 80x2…
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Interesting tip to speed up user experience...Hi Folks, I suspect many of you will already know this but it only dawned on me a couple of weeks ago. Whilst trying to improve the speed on my XIN…
... changing the REPDEL and REPPER System Variables. I thought that lowering the ... -
A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... of the more obscure system variables which I've found ... /> Another method of preserving variables is to assign them in ... statement. Space for these variables (or pointers to them ... structured - disposition) then the system variables NEWPPC & NSPPC are available ... -
What's the POKE that removes the Start Tape message when saving?I'm sure there is one... you could POKE one of the system variables and when you SAVEd it would do it without the pause and the Start Tape message. …
... could POKE one of the system variables and when you SAVEd it ... -
Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
How do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code?
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Detecting TR-DOS w/o relying on system variablesOK, I know it's much easier to do this simply by checking whether the BASIC program area has moved or some specific pattern in the sysvars etc (somet…
OK, I know it's much easier to do this simply by checking whether the BASIC program area has moved or some specific pattern in the sysvars etc (sometimes even checking the current value of PC might do). But let's say that, for whatever reason, you wanted ... -
Where does the BASIC program sit 48K Spectrum memory?Hi there First post so be gentle, I've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started programming it for fun again. I wrote the followin…
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Help with Snake type game...any ideas ?Hi all I've attached me trying to write a snake type game. My first concern is me not writing over the System variables area. I'm pretty happy what i…
... me not writing over the System variables area. I'm pretty happy ... -
ROM PRINT routine issuesHi all, I am using the ROM print routines a lot in my assembly program and I'm experiencing issues. I am changing the system variable DF CC to po…
... issues. I am changing the system variable DF CC to point ... print routines are updating other system variables to check what 1/3 ... -
What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
... PSU 'brick' itself
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z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... $ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I know I ... have upon compiling when using "system()" it simply isn't implemented ... Memory that are used by system variables and then have the basic ... -
Fuse 1.4.1 releasedA new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulato…
... "tape:microphone" and "spectrum:frames" system variables to allow access to the ... -
Fuse for macOS 1.4.1 ReleasedA new version of Fuse for macOS has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/ Note …
... "tape:microphone" and "spectrum:frames" system variables to allow access to the ... :
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Clever, yes. Useful? Not so sure. Re: LOAD ""CODE gamesI was always curious about how the (few) games that require that you type LOAD ""CODE, rather than the usual LOAD "" worked, but only just now decide…
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Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... scroll.
-The management of variables for speeding up the program ...
2-Flags of the system variables
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Adding command to BASICI am looking for an article about adding commands via software to sinclair basic. I know there was one published and to the best of my knowledge it w…
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Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…
... , and uses massive strings of system variables, POKEs and control characters instead ... , just in different colours. More system variables and control characters had to ... generator was set by the system timer. I thought it unnecessary ... -
PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …
... BASIC, or protected it with system variables, some emulators should be able ... -
Character set variableCan anybody help me? I'm trying to find out where the pointer to the ascii character set is. I remember that if you wanted to change the font on the …
... chapter 25 you find the system variables.CHARS is the one you ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... stack, the TS2068 stored extra system variables and the "OS RAM Routines ... -
new emulatorHi All. If you wish you can download/test/link to/betatest etc. my new emulator EmuZWin 2.0. It emulates S48 and S128 and works under all Windows 9x…
... like the ROM calls and system variables specifically labelled and the ability ...
