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  • Beginners Basic Programming BookHi All, My son is interested in learing programming and I got him started on a spectrum emulator on my laptop. I've bought him a +2 (grey) 128 of Eb…

    ... of Ebay. Apart from the basic manual that you get can ... anyone recommend a good basic typing in book to get ...
    jayteebee jayteebee November 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Euro 2016 Draw AKA The 'England Are Gonna Win' ThreadNow I know it's currently the 'in thing' to think the England footie team are overrated, overpaid, uninterested twonks, but thought I'd start a threa…

    ... start a thread as the draw is at 5.30pm (GMT ...
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection December 2015 Chit chat
  • Incompressible blocksOne idea I've been pondering about regarding Mackarel is incompressible blocks. If you have a game where you store some data in memory in compressed …

    ... I'm probably taking is adding new commandline parameters where you ... side, we can overwrite the basic part too..)..

    Anyway ...
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA January 2016 Development
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest ... game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please take a ... ://gkanold.wix.com/homeputerium#!basic-tenliners-2016/c450"]BASIC Tenliners 2016[/url]
    Bunsen Bunsen January 2016 Announcements
  • "Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca""Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca" (Jet Set Luis: On the Way to Costa Blanca) is a 2014 or 2015 (see below) Spanish remake of "Manic Miner", mad…

    ... ), working with programs like Melbourne Draw (for graphic design), Graphics Searcher ... of the existence of this basic tool for JSW *and* MM ...
    jetsetdanny jetsetdanny February 2016 Games
  • BASIC problem in SpectaculatorI have a piece of music written in +3 BASIC in spectaculator (using FOR LET, PLAY and NEXT) and when it auto loads (because of save "tune" LINE 10) i…

    ... of music written in +3 BASIC in spectaculator (using FOR LET ...
    matalog matalog March 2016 Emulators
  • Tell when BASIC program was written to disk or modified?I have a small tune written in BASIC and stored on a 3" disk. Is there any way to tell when I created the tune? Is there a program that will run on a…

    ... a small tune written in BASIC and stored on a 3 ...
    matalog matalog March 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Basic interpreter in the Forum Postings. It would be so nice to do this in our forums [basic line=1] 10: BORDER 1: PAPER 6 20 FOR N = 0 to 7 20 PRINT "Happy Birthday Dear Joe Bloggs…

    ... in our forums

    [basic line=1]
    10: BORDER ... .5,7: BEEP1.5
    [/basic]

    and have a ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk March 2016 Feature Requests
  • Any basic Z80 code to get me started?Basically looking for keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would then improve upon. My first game would be a simple Ro…

    ... keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would ...
    Darkhog Darkhog April 2016 Development
  • 140 characters Basic game contestHey there, I've announced a new micro contest on my blog (in Czech language only). However, it might be interesting also for the non-Czech/Slovak …

    ... in the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC that will fit into 140 ... of the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC syntax
    [code]1 FOR ...
    Factor6 Factor6 May 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Simple Spectrum Character Creator Web AppHey guys, Here is a simple web app i wrote to create ZX Spectrum 8 x 8 characters: http://www.amelyn.com/speccy_character_builder/index.htm …

    ... paste them into a Sinclair BASIC program.

    Any feedback ... additional features I was considering adding were:

    1. Select ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick June 2016 Development
  • TommyGun with Debugginghttp://goo.gl/HfSXev?gdriveurl Ok, so this is a pretty big release for me and I have added a lot of stuff into the code editor. Mainly of course …

    ... /> I'm not interested in adding any new features at the ... Re-Added (missing) Boriel ZX Basic demo with all the example ...
    Kiwi Kiwi July 2016 Development
  • Leading Zeroes on a Score in BASICI'm trying to print the score with leading zeroes such that it's always 6 characters wide, i.e.: 000010, 000150, 006100 etc. I quickly knocked thi…

    ... way to do this in BASIC?
    MykeP MykeP July 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Some BASIC programs - may be of interest?Found these on a C15 in a bundle.. one of them is listed in the archive, I don't think the others are. I suspect these are all type ins but I don't …

    ... ://www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stilton.z80"]Stilton Patience[/url ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Missile-Attack.z80"]Missile Attack ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Race-Chase.z80"]Race Chase ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stock-market.z80"]Stock Market ...
    blueowl0708 blueowl0708 July 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…

    ... model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I ... I came across the full basic source and decided to port ... it over in C. Basic being basic, there's a lot ... real machine.

    Original basic source: http://willus.com/trs80 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2016 Brand new software
  • Help needed with broken Basic programI got recently into my hands a Polish program written in Basic. But it doesn't run, after loading it hangs. It is set to start from LINE 0 whic…

    ... a Polish program written in Basic.

    But it doesn ...
    Ralf Ralf July 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • DivMMC and +3 BASIC questionHi everyone, sorry if I'm about to tread a well-worn path here but I looked and looked, and I found something in the DivMMC manual but I'm not sure i…

    ... in the late 80s, some BASIC, some machine code, and I ... I saw something about '128K BASIC support watch this space' - so ...
    Robsoft Robsoft July 2016 Hardware
  • Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …

    ... ridiculously simple, as the following basic code doesn't work.
    pointblnk pointblnk August 2016 Development
  • bin to tap with basicI have compiled some machine code to binary. How I can convert it to tap (or tzx, doesn't matter) with custom basic part? Of course, I can create …

    ... , doesn't matter) with custom basic part?

    Of course ... create separate tap with basic, and later save basic+code manually. But ... have more automatic solution.
    Basic will contain clear, request from ...
    Bedazzle Bedazzle August 2016 Development
  • Usefullness of program listings in magazinesEarly computing magazines had printouts of program listings. I always felt this was a nice thing in that you might read the code and learn something,…

    ... of assembly programs with minimal BASIC loaders, and the listings in ... hard to draw a line between the two; a basic program might ...
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... question is how can I draw this into a different part ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…

    ... ; hide the M/C from BASIC
    Call48 RST #28 ; ... a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
    DEFW #2DA2 ; unstack ... /> and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into ... call routines in the 48-BASIC ROM, there is no need ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…

    ... import that image into a Basic program? Do Spectrums recognize any ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • THE LIGHTBULB EFFECT You know what that is? Like how cartoonists depict a bright idea by drawing a lightbulb over the head? When I was trying to work out the lengt…

    ... ! Wait a minute, supposing I draw a circle and then fit ... 'm better sticking with the Basic approach until I've come ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Chit chat
  • NEW RELEASE: "Willy's New Mansion" Special EditionOn the twelfth anniversary of the [url="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/manicminerandjetsetwilly/conversations/messages/4593"]release[/url] of my…

    ... some music;

    - Patch Vectors (PVs) - chunks of code which ... detailed descriptions of the Patch Vectors and the modifications applied to ... helpful suggestions on creating the BASIC loader and the final TAP ...
    jetsetdanny jetsetdanny November 2016 Brand new software
  • How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…

    ... 's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's ... do I call them from BASIC ?
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…

    ... command. And then starting to draw on top of the screen ... move every line left and draw entire column on the right ... .

    You could draw an entire column by simply ... the screen. You'd be adding 256 for next line. And ...
    tstih tstih November 2016 Development
  • A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…

    ... I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use ... routine and use it from BASIC but is this not the ... make something two player in BASIC since I use INPUT INKEY ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 December 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Spin 0.7 + SE BASIC 3.2I've bought SE BASIC 3.2, but I've got no EPROMs to test it yet. While I wait for those EPROMs, I've configured my favourite emulator to run a 48k…

    I've bought SE BASIC 3.2, but I've ...
    Zup Zup December 2016 Emulators
  • Live and learn and be thankful for the opportunityOver at the SpecNext Facebook page there's a video from Kim - forget the last name - about the covertape wars which is yet another facet of Speccy lo…

    ... by making it easier to draw and paint thus encouraging you ... a few examples of simple Basic to get them started.
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch December 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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