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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…

    ... an article about adding commands via software to sinclair basic. I know ... , new self-made commands to BASIC, is there any articles on ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Learning z80 assembly - useful linksI'm starting here: [url]http://cobb.host.sk/z80guide/index.htm[/url] Anyone got any other great links?

    ...
    MC LESSON - Fred 19 - Basic theory, opcodes
    MC LESSON ... - Fred 21 - ROM Routines, FPC, Vectors, DOS
    MC LESSON - Fred ... /> MC LESSON - Fred 27 - Adding commands to basic
    MC LESSON - Fred ...
    DonkeyPong DonkeyPong February 2007 Development
  • Multiple ROMsI'm mulling over the idea of a bit of hardware with a ROM in it, which has some commands that can be called by BASIC (like the old wafadrive star com…

    ... that can be called by BASIC (like the old wafadrive star ... /> Now I presume how adding commands to BASIC works is that the ... filesystem ROMs that hooks into BASIC this way, if you have ...
    Winston Winston September 2007 Development
  • The Spectranet world tour continues...First Oxford, England... Now Bilbao, Spain... Next, Huddersfield and beyond! The latest news on the Spectranet, which you may have seen a hint of in…

    ... the first steps in adding support for BASIC streams.

    What ... this means is that BASIC programmers can write networked programs ...
    Winston Winston July 2009 Hardware
  • Screen to vector?I've found old topics covering this subject and even spoke to Geoff about this, but still want to ask a few questions. I've been playing with vector…

    ... /> I've been playing with vectors in BASIC (yes, I know it ... images by using a small BASIC program to trace lines on ... convert a complex image to vectors, where do I start? What ... assuming such routine, either in BASIC or m.c., would have ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …

    ... for the help with this BASIC sound routine.
    [/QUOTE]

    Adding the extra BASIC scroller and BEEP routines ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2008 Development
  • Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…

    ... programming the Spectrum, BBC BASIC, Amstrad etc. After years ... lack of features in ZX BASIC (data types, loops etc ... .) and that BBC BASIC etc. was better for ... the features that ZX BASIC does have and to ... that Paul is adding to ZX BASIC via SpecBAS but ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…

    ... features that Paul is adding to ZX BASIC via SpecBAS but until ...
    ASH-II ASH-II January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • File size in 128K RAM diskHi Folks, Is there a way to get the size of a file stored in the 128K RAM disk from within a BASIC program? Many thanks Paddy

    ... searching. Surely this is worth adding to the Basic tricks sticky?
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • INPUT Magazine (1984-85)Out of curiosity (and possibly also trying to find the listing for a character-enlarger program I used to create part of a larger UDG editing suite) …

    ... />
    [quote="mattsteel;919885"]Basic+ if I remember, is an ... extension to standard basic that requires an interface1 attached ... , verifying the listing of "Basic +", at line 100 there ... page no. 844, title "Adding Instruction to BASIC" and it is written ...
    mattsteel mattsteel September 2017 Magazines
  • 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…

    ... ] has a chapter on adding commands to BASIC ( .txt file version [url ...
    dbolli dbolli August 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • DowntimeThere will be a downtime on the server over the next couple of days due to essential maintenance. I will post more details as they arrive.

    ... thing I will be adding to the basic infoseek engine is page ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty July 2020 Updates
  • Complex DRAW command?After looking at some Speccy code I noticed that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or it looked that way). On the Coco, the LINE command was…

    ... command was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement was completely ... but don't draw)

    "U8R8D8L8" would draw a square 8 ... the DRAW command.
    It was an easy way of adding 3D ... animation to a BASIC program.
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…

    ... can either be read from BASIC or M.C. The (translated ... Twins is reading, please consider adding a "layer" option to the ... level of transparency, and then draw the vectors on top of it ... 've experimented with a small BASIC program that allowed me to ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Questions about BasicHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…

    ... and we are basicly learning basic BASIC programming in order to get ... questions, examples for differences in basic language. Maybe you can give ... how to work with arrays / vectors:

    dim a(10 ...

    instead of just adding: print a(1)+a(2 ...
    lomax030 lomax030 December 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    ... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.

    I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... ]B) Adding a player[/b]

    First, we will draw a ... (y,3)... Remember the spectrum basic has its Y coordinate first ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…

    ... write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW commands ... text to my box but basic seems to position text in ... should be in the Spectrum Basic section.. I didnt see it ...
    javaguy javaguy August 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.

    What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic.




    Andrew.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk October 2006 Development
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…

    ... />
    [CODE]
    SINCLAIR BASIC Keyword Reference

    The ... D REM : K : E
    DRAW : K : W RESTORE : E : ... colours within strings in a BASIC listing.

    ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 of ... ' commands from a typed-in BASIC extender program. Alas the machine ... one I'm after. Most BASIC command additions used * or . before ... Google insists on stripping or adding its own quote characters.
    denali denali May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • +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…

    I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a ... on my +3 under 48K BASIC or in RST 0 mode ... at all with the +3 BASIC editor. Whenever a new command ... track? What does the +3 BASIC editor do that the 128K ...
    Winston Winston February 2009 Development
  • 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 ... ] would be the parameters for DRAW. Since PLOT is only necessary ... , the routine would skip PLOT, DRAW a,b and jump to ... ways to do this in BASIC.

    And I'm ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…

    ... adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC ... write a web server in BASIC now :-)
    Winston Winston August 2009 Hardware
  • CellularBasicPro - enhanced BASIC interpreter for mobile phones and devicesDownload location : [url]http://code.google.com/p/cellularbasicpro/downloads/list[/url] Features of cellularBasicPro include : - Extensive mathem…

    ... .
    - PNG image load and draw support, including PNG images with ... and Functions support.
    - Large BASIC programs support.

    CellularBasicPro ...
    yossik yossik August 2009 Announcements
  • Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…

    ... work of compressing a BASIC program by adding all the VALs, NOT ... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.

    And ... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…

    ... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.

    I've got ... /> 210 PLOT 20,165: DRAW 0,-145: DRAW 225,0
    220 ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • DRAW x,y,a Algorithm - how does the ROM do it?Hi all, Getting on with SpecOS, and one of the things I would love to do is to preserve the original ROM's behaviour when drawing Arcs. This is don…

    ... . This is done by using DRAW x,y,a where the ... an example of the DRAW command implemented in BASIC - but not the ... 'd love to see a BASIC (or C, or Pascal!) implementation ... be clear, I can already draw bezier curves (and therefore, so ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…

    ... 20225"]BASIC compiler[/ ... ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; DRAW using Bresenham's algorithm ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    ;; DRAW PROCEDURE
    PROC
    boriel boriel December 2010 Development
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    ... , its supposed to let you draw a title page for the ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…

    ... I make something move in Basic without getting flicker. 1st i ... and CLS with plot and draw (Hi Res) for moving a ... split second.
    My sinclair basic knowledge is VERY limited but ... try make some games in basic 1st.
    rustyredline rustyredline October 2012 Sinclair Basic
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