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loading techniques I never worked outFirstly, how do games that load with LOAD "" CODE autorun? Secondly, how do you save a basic program as a CODE file (but not as BASIC compiled into …
... autorun?
[and save the program as CODE]
[/quote ... . See Chapters 24/25 of the BASIC manual for details):
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Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…
... recall that it could use the same BASIC syntax as microdrives, or ... simplified version along the lines of LOAD *1;"program" or similar.
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Does Anyone have any advice for me?Hey, I've just recently bought a Sinclair ZX Spectrum + (I've been looking for one for a good year or so) and I plan to be learning to program with …
... on ebay I suppose). Speccy BASIC is very easy to pick ... .co.uk/cgc2004/[/url] for the annual BASIC crap games competition. This ... all specchums. The aim is to write a BASIC program that is as ... good (or crap rather) as the Cassette ... -
MemoryI am writing a game for the Spectrum and need to store a lot of map data. What is the lowest address I can start to store the data at ?
... /> 23552 - 24063 System variabels and BASIC-program to load ZX81games even from ... a BASIC-program to load from you can always store data in the ... running MC switch the data with the BASIC-code , storing the BASIC in the buffer. Waiting ... -
Z80 register decoding document error?Hi, I've been working on a disassembler using the following document written by Cristian Dinu (aka GOC?). [url="http://www.z80.info/decoding.htm…
... 't test anything related to the Z80 myself... I'm hopeless ... Spectrum and a simple BASIC program to create the assembler snippet you need ... -
Z80 register decoding document error?Hi, I've been working on a disassembler using the following document written by Cristian Dinu (aka GOC?). [url="http://www.z80.info/decoding.htm…
... Spectrum and a simple BASIC program to create the assembler snippet you need ... to test the Z80 out.
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Well, actually, I mentioned the electronics bit because it would ... than a real Spectrum. However, the Z80 won't work on ... -
new release of winTZXHi all I released winTZX 0.4drc1 (04/02/2005) + Added CSW file support + Added block selection (replay and save) + Added reverse output + Added direc…
I use the basic/advanced zlib functions to read CSW files. The utility functions ... can't work because of the uncompressed header. An input and ... more difficult to write a program to read them as they ... -
CGC2004 - almost there!The competition ended on 31st. Guess jil (who incidentally has been missing for some time now and was presumably busy with the competition - or so we…
... BASIC program.
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Speccy celebritiesI just noticed that Mark R Jones has registered here. It's great that people involved in creating the games we used to play are members of our little…
Welcome to the forums!
Your book [ ... still use your basic program design techniques when programming on the Spectrum even ... -
BASIC performance tips?Been fiddling around with an old project a little after rescuing it from tape, and I'm toying with the idea of completing it (hey, better late than n…
... to work optimally in pure BASIC may not be equivalent to ... compiler. For instance, in pure BASIC, it's a good idea ... and SUBs at the top of the program, so that the system doesn't ... -
About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... ?t know if the problem is my program or my compiler ...
This is the basic char output routine that stdio ... .
Anyway, near the end are "doink", "dopaper", "doflash ... etc. Contary to what the documentation says, the code clearly shows that ... -
OCR recommendations.Can anyone recommend some cheap (or preferably free) OCR software for the PC that I can use to OCR the Crash mag scans to get a basic text file and n…
... also with the Sam Coupe from a small Sam BASIC program, still ... done on WoS and for the sam sites [[url]http ... Omipage pro would do the job which works well ... scanners Epsom and Xerox are the ones I use. Also ... results, and I?ll do the same with Textbridge
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PAW instructionsI've the instructions for the PAW add on pack Paw PTM (Phosis, Tel and Mega) If anyone wants them posting to them for scanning purposes - can they e…
... question - found 'MakeTZX', but the WAV file and tape now ... to have developed the same problem where the first program fails to ... load with a 'C Nonsense in basic ... ' error.
Will cut my losses and just upload the ... -
PAW instructionsI've the instructions for the PAW add on pack Paw PTM (Phosis, Tel and Mega) If anyone wants them posting to them for scanning purposes - can they e…
... have developed the same problem where the first program fails ... to load with a 'C Nonsense in basic ... ' error.
Will cut my losses and just upload the ... anything from daveykins regarding the microdrive version instructions. ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... a BASIC program lacks is speed which can be achieved with the use ... use the IDEAL extension from the White Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This ... afternoon I'll try the ... -
Stupid Question... but: BMP2SCRI have downloaded bmp2scr, and produced a couple of pictures in the hires formats, I can see that there are 3 binary files, a red,green,and blue, how…
... your hardware limitations and the complexity of the animation; if you ... in 128K Basic by saving the screens into the RAMdisk and ... tape files, with the aid of a BASIC program like 10 LOAD "" ... POKEry to stop the 'Bytes:' messages screwing the display up). R80 ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... . I program in Perl because it has the ease of BASIC with the power ... , the BASIC version has more challenges to overcome to achieve an efficient program ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... a crap program if you can't structure the design in BASIC.
the BASIC version has more challenges to overcome to achieve an efficient program ... one overcomes the limitations of the ZX Basic interpreter to make the game enjoyable ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... I was talking about the core of your program. That a game ... is coded in MC means that the ... getting and building the latest version, and all the BASIC compilers I know ... for download, i.e. the Hisoft BASIC ... -
I think my +2 is dead! HELP!Me and my brother spent about 40 mins trying to get our speccy +2 down from the loft. We plugged it in, and tuned it into my TV. However, we are havi…
... know that it's only the READ header. I found out ... a small, one-line basic program in 128 basic.
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I Want DENIED Gamessorry pressed enter to soon that should read I want denied games information Erm so what are the reason's for games being denied I know Thor/Odin a…
... mainly covered by the Berne Convention for the Protection of ... Works originating in one of the contracting States (that is ... [quote]
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# the right to make ... the basic sence make it a violation of copyright to execute a program ... -
CronosoftI ordered a few Cronosoft games a short while ago and they arrived today. Although I've only played the games in question (Egghead III and Rough Just…
... Retro-Soft - judging by the amount of development equipment that ... ! I hope that the programmers don't abandon ... of the original program, and produces a machine code program, that ... can be called from BASIC ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... in the speccy manual too, in the demo program to ... draw a clock. That must be the ... time many people here met the concept.
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the correct value from BASIC short of ... issuing a DI from M/C, reading the ... -
MCODER III - PSS softwareDoes anyone here have any instructions/documentation for PSS software's MCODER III compiler?
... To use the emulator, you first load/code your BASIC program, put that ... which actually compiles your program.
2.- The compilation takes ages, ... don't use RUN in the program to auto-start.
... like you did with your BASIC program: SAVE "name" LINE start ... -
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
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Oh and wasn't Frank'n'stein a compiled basic game?
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Don't know about that, but I seem to remember that I read that Dr. Franky and the Monster was a compiled basic program. However, I would not call it good :) -
OT : Camputers LYNXAnybody got one of these - or any info on it. Managed to pick a couple up recently and am trying to decide what to do with em. Cheers
The basic is woefully slow - but ... nifty Monitor program built in.
The graphics looked ... a bit limited the first time round with ... but they worked / looked exactly the same ( less any clash ... Projects Case and included the colour key card thingy ... -
Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
... break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :-
3. Type in the actual program.
4. SAVE "progname ... to MERGE "" the computer will lock up once the program has loaded.
Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
Well it certainly locks up if you poke the BASIC to give an extremely large line-length for the final line in the program.Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
... advantage of the fact that two copies of a BASIC program exist in ... memory, the one that appears ... of Bored Of The Rings). LISTing the program will give the password 'JOSHUA 5 ...
