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  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • A day in with the Speccy (real hardware)right, inspired by nicks post heres my speccy games playing so far today. All on real hardware now ive got a speccy set up and all the games out of t…

    ... />
    munchman (dk troniks) - pretty basic but fun, and quite tough ... clone

    love the following 2 games, along with cookie ... load tho

    the following 3 were purely to check ...
    mel the bell mel the bell May 2010 Games
  • The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…

    ... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…

    ... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…

    ... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...
    briant briant June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…

    ... and I forgot some extended basic instructions as Format..

    Puma V?loce Puma V?loce July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • +3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?

    Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
    Spectrum +3 Spectrum +3 July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …

    ... />
    (Just in case, the following is an excerpt from my ... /> ;Typing USR 0 in 128 BASIC effectively calls memory address 0x0000 ... .
    ;Since the 48 BASIC ROM is paged in, this ... used to store bits of BASIC
    ;and other banks are ...
    Hikaru Hikaru August 2010 Development
  • storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …

    ... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…

    ... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...
    Nonsense in BASIC Nonsense in BASIC August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • News: Many more Retro Computing related videos published on YouTubeDear all, Summer holidays are over now (at least for me). During this summer I've spent some spare hours going through my video footage. In the past…

    ... 80's, etc.

    Following the July upload which was ... , VAX 11/750, Inmos,
    BASIC interpreter benchmarks, AMIGA, Sinclair ZX ...
    QLvsJAGUAR QLvsJAGUAR August 2010 Announcements
  • 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 ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Machine code issue...Hi Folks, My trials with MCODE continue and I am stuck. I wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an attribute byte in to a "box" on th…

    ... stuck. I wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an ... and is quite quick for BASIC if the box is not ... things simple I used the following to run it.

    C9 RET ;RETURN to BASIC[/CODE]

    When I ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…

    ... ask here instead of the basic forum..

    ... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ...
    fog fog September 2010 Development
  • Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…

    Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?

    I use

    if inkey$="z" then goto...

    but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…

    ... or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm trying to exclude ... and main game should be Basic.

    I can quickly ...
    spider spider September 2010 Games
  • Looking for cursor routineIt's been a long time since I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create a simple cursor routine: [url]http://db.tt/SPnSdpx[/url] I k…

    ... programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create ... with the following features:

    -Can be called from Basic
    Basic (maybe via PEEK?)
    -Return ... to Basic if certain keys are pressed ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…

    ... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
    Now available: ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces ... not only line-numbers of BASIC statements but also their ... which will read not only BASIC files but also assembly language ...
    AY Chip AY Chip September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic EditorWould this make sense or serve any purpose for anyone here? On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can write your basic code while on the go an…

    ... On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can ... write your basic code while on the ... trying to write a basic compiler as the keyboard ... view. So a plain Basic interpreter that checks for ... syntax, tokenizes and runs BASIC programs. Also looking for ...
    OZApps OZApps October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…

    ... have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to ... where ZX Spectrum 48k stores BASIC programs upon loading them. Does ...
    ZXMrk ZXMrk October 2010 Development
  • General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …

    ... (in BASIC). It is still quite simple but provides the following features ... Required
    [/LIST]
    The following source is quite heavily annotated ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Various game / utility / cover tapes.Having a clean-out - If anybody interested in buying any of the following drop me a PM. Anything not taken by next weekend will go onto eBay. Games…

    ... in buying any of the following drop me a PM. Anything ... Adventure Creator, The
    Laser Basic
    Laser Compiler
    Mcoder ...
    bobs bobs October 2010 Sales
  • BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…

    ... (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler?

    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers October 2010 Development
  • Storing two 4 bit values in one byteHi Folks, Another little tip to share although I suspect this one will be known to a lot of you out there. ;-) I wanted the ability to store two 4 …

    ... up with the following solution that works well from BASIC.

    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…

    ... .

    One of my aim was to transfer some of ... jump to a program without basic :)

    I guess there ...
    Arda Arda November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Name the Game (tough one)I am clutching a straws here, but this is the best place to ask - just in case anyone happens to have their memory jogged: I am trying to find the n…

    ... area. I cannot remember the aim of the game, but I ... simplistic game - probably written in BASIC.

    I really cannot ...
    mrmessy mrmessy November 2010 Games
  • 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…

    ... needs.
    I'm running Basic on Spectaculator and intend to ...
    REB REB November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... loaded or saved using Spectrum BASIC. A self extract method is ... the actual org address. The following files are saved in the ... /> PROGRAM.BIN

    A BASIC listing can be displayed by ... for the system variables and BASIC program area. The screen is ...
    ASM ASM November 2010 Announcements
  • 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…

    ... was thinking about using the following approach in a program I ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 old ... also mostly done in the basic), we can say that this ... worthy competitor.
    Unfortunately spectrum Basic is pretty slow for this ...
    Pegaz Pegaz November 2010 Games
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