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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…
... adding commands via software to sinclair basic. I know there was one ... , new self-made commands to BASIC, is there any articles on ... -
BASIC compo on our Facebook page - join in, win cash!1st - will receive £50 2nd - will receive £20 It's been a few years since our game competition, so I think its time for another! This time t…
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Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
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Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... ARE ALL BROWN! Okay no attribute clash, but it's all brown ... always enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true ... -
Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…
... modified rom with a new basic keyword similar to the MSX ... and make it work from basic or mc, but then old ... ,c ' without worry about color clash ![/quote]
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Getting attribute location from a screen coordinates (x,y)I am having trouble figuring out how to convert an x,y coordinate pair (pointing to a specific pixel) to the location of the attribute for the block …
... of the start of the attribute data. You now have an ... address that points to the attribute square you are interested in ... ). But if you follow the Sinclair BASIC convention and use the bottom ... you'd ever use the Sinclair BASIC co-ordinate convention for a ... -
Oh so BRIGHT!What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT? It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions or doing stuff for the sake of it. …
... won't be changing any attribute except BRIGHT anyway (in Matt_B ... that will be interpreted using Sinclair BASIC and writing the program in ... -
Speccy graphics on CBM64The recent "Starquake" thread had me browsing through Steve Crow's portfolio of games and I was quite surprised when following the links to the CBM64…
... one with four colours per attribute square would have been ... to, like the Speccy's attribute clash, Windows crashing every so often ... simulator for the c64? full basic emulator, and loads tapes directly ... You can load a Spectrum BASIC game in (like Mined Out ... -
Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... defining whether we started from BASIC or directly (so i know ... i safely "exit" to the basic editor?
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Fixing Attribute Clash via emulationI'm sorry if this has been posted already, but is there a possibility to fix attribute clash via emulation? I'm not talking about RealSpec or any of …
... remove or get around the attribute issue. I completely agree that ... can get nostalgic over colour clash, I'd say that for ... attribute clash that could have been incorporated into the Spectrum motherboard by Sinclair ... -
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
... spectrum had rubber keys.
Attribute clash!
Rampack wobble
Tape ... useful on the C64 in basic.
Carrier Command!
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
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Attribute clash!
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[quote ...Spectrum DreamsI had this dream last night that I had found a Spectrum+. Most of it was painted black but the keys were painted the Sinclair red. Looked very nice i…
... me and the walls had attribute clash causing parts of me or ... ]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/s/SabreWulf ...The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
... faster, and obviously you get attribute clash, but its roughly the same ... this a factor of how BASIC generates random numbers?
Help with references For WikipediaThere was recently a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum/GA1#GA_Reassessment"]review[/URL] of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.…
Not sure if this is useful or not - Geoff's website [URL="http://www.wearmouth.demon.co.uk/item1.htm"]here[/URL] contains a link/reference for the original 'attribute clash' circuit patent, filed by Sinclair and listing Richard Altwasser as the originator.Help with references For WikipediaThere was recently a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum/GA1#GA_Reassessment"]review[/URL] of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.…
... for the original 'attribute clash' circuit patent, filed by Sinclair and listing Richard ...Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... these expressions, whilst genuine ZX Sinclair BASIC does. So I had ... to check them against 48K BASIC in an emulator.
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... to avoid name clash with user variables and Sinclair BASIC didn't allow ...Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... expressions, whilst genuine ZX Sinclair BASIC does. So I had ... to check them against 48K BASIC in an emulator.
... $ functions in Microsoft BASIC because the way Sinclair BASIC does it, is ... to avoid name clash with user variables and Sinclair BASIC didn't ...Post your best SCRs - Image to ZX Spec 1.0.1 and beyondI've been playing around with Image to ZX Spec's encoding algorithms and I've achieved a "half colour" floyd steinberg mode, that it, the image is pa…
... moderating. I worry about the Sinclair scene, and some of us ... additional constraint of 8x8 attribute colour clash is imposed. Greyish areas ... is much better when: the attribute clash is lesser, as it is ... fit for the Spectrum's attribute system. An 8x8 ordered ...Howto paint a squared zone of the screen ?You know what guys ? i begin to love this languaje. Cant understand why not put more effort on the 80's to learn it :( because it is really speedy. …
... , we have to calculate the attribute area address from X,Y ... has nothing to do with Sinclair BASIC.SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…
... ) it functions as a regular Sinclair Spectrum, attribute clash and all ... just with ...Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... , it was simply amazing, the attribute clash issues simply didn't matter ... games, i wasnt keen on BASIC games but as a kid ...SpecBAS (SpecOS's BASIC interpreter) is updated - build 236Build 236 is up at [url]ftp://zxdunny.dyndns.org[/url] New for this release is the beginnings of a proper manual - all commands and functions docume…
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What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... this "complexity" in to BBC BASIC did reduce usable RAM to ... . [/QUOTE]
Not really BASIC, it's more to do ... like any other language ROM. Sinclair BASIC implemented on the Beeb would ... usage is indeed the bitmap/attribute screen layout, you get a ...Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
... that same year. :)
Sinclair computers were always meant to ... 've been inaccessible to the Sinclair crowd, cost-wise, or they ... possible backwards compatibility but no attribute clash, more memory and different resolution ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... it does. For example: the attribute area is separated from the ... ULA. More logic means that Sinclair might have able to adopt ... a ULA the size that Sinclair used, I'm agree with ... in to account why is Sinclair BASIC rather slow?
Please ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... then), a great version of BASIC which many of us mastered ... one channel, the games had attribute clash, there were no hardware sprites ... came along, yes, the attritbute clash (which in most games was ...Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... you know Microsoft developed the basic for it? That's why ... choosing Microsoft to write their BASIC's for them? Well, Microsoft ... also wrote Amiga BASIC for the Amiga. That was ... of the time (due to attribute clash), but with the Commode, some ...Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…
... by Codemasters
Horrendous attribute crash. The game was pure ... from data statements written in basic to poke the code for ... peoples brain aches curtosy of attribute clash induced garish colours...Newbie Spectrum developer advice ....Hi, Im new to the site and to spectrum developing - well, not quite, I wrote Spectrum programmes in Basic 30 years ago but then went off into the wo…
... amazing development environment, specifically for basic.
If ... beyond ZX Spectrum basic, Dunny has written a Sinclair Basic-esque - environment ... , and with no colour clash. So that's pretty ... games written in close to sinclair basic.
If ...
