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speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…
... also wrote a program in basic that simulated a working BBC ... it in to places to auto-load. It would string you ... -
Successor to the SpeccyBased on the rambling on the other thread it would be interesting to see what people felt was the 'spiritual' successor to the speccy. Amiga here....
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Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... of protected BASIC loaders, code blocks with 49152 bytes and auto-run ... 's nothing like a clean BASIC loader with a clean listing ... system variables and/or the BASIC area, but I can still ... -
Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... of protected BASIC loaders, code blocks with 49152 bytes and auto-run ... 's nothing like a clean BASIC loader with a clean listing ... system variables and/or the BASIC area, but I can still ... area to another (printer buffer, BASIC overwriting, etc.), after this the ... -
Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
[QUOTE=ZnorXman;353598] and when I scroll the window [up/down] on this LCD screen I believe I'm emulating the "effect" nearly 100%[/QUOTE]
no, there are no flicker in the real thing. ;) just plain, clean stripes while using basic. -
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…
... and have an option to auto-color them instead of trying ... when I've got the basic conversions/manual controls out of ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... loads back with the same basic loader as the original russian ... to continue, the big letter scroll that comes next works but ... -
Windows problem - please helpA friend of mine's PC (XP service pack 3 *shudder*) has a problem - when he connects a USB stick the PC hardware Blue Screen of Deaths, a known probl…
... fails...
Has he auto installed IE8?
If ... keyboard has no CAPS LOCK, SCROLL LOCK etc lights (how bad ... -
Running .TRD filesHi. Is there any way with an emulator to run .TRD files for Spectrum? Or maybe convert them to a usable format? Appreciate it.
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>scroll down on the pentagon to ... to
enter:
"128 BASIC"
type:
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How many players can you cram simultaneous on a speccyYou know how they have those..how many people can you cram in a mini or a phone box things on guiness book of records. Well say someone wrote a game…
... to do something in Sinclair Basic. The mechanics work, but it ... [/I], or have the screen scroll only forward around the circuit ... -
It's just not cricketHaving just watched the ashes, well done England, I couldn't think of any cricket games for the speccy other than Ian Bothams:-o I just wasn't into c…
... Cricket is part BASIC, part machine code. Part BASIC, because if the ... too long, you get the "scroll?" message come up. Part machine ... -
Colour clash on the Commode64?Was there any? Every now and again, I see a screen shot like this... [img]http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/j/jack_the_nipper_02.gif[/i…
... didn't they add some basic scroll registers to ULA when 128k ... -
Colour clash on the Commode64?Was there any? Every now and again, I see a screen shot like this... [img]http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/j/jack_the_nipper_02.gif[/i…
... didn't they add some basic scroll registers to ULA when 128k ... . :)[/QUOTE]
Indeed, some scroll registers would have gone a ... -
Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
... print subroutine entirely written in basic by me, in the game ... >21 THEN PRINT #0;"Scroll?": PAUSE 0: CLS : LET x ... -
Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…
... the Amiga though you could scroll a full 15 screen * ... bitmap layer... all in basic at 50 fps or ... tred a half competent BASIC coder could attemp on ... even trying, even in Basic, which wasn't so ... more machines most versions of Basic, when you download scrolling ... -
super draughtscan anyone tell me how this auto-runs? its a code loader game that starts at 23755 - if system vars are overwritten it's obvious how it starts - but …
... anyone tell me how this auto-runs? its a code loader ... is the start of the BASIC program area, I'd guess ... -
Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…
... native compilers such as Hisoft Basic had to incorporate a ... optimal machine code from the basic source. This goes well ... away the interpretter phase of basic program execution. The cross- ... will do what Sinclair Basic does -- auto promote vars to float ... -
border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have ... "scroll ?" in the lower border?
< ... . just try edit a long basic line.
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border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have ... "scroll ?" in the lower border?
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What are the keys for Penetrator?Q - Up, A- Down, O-Left P- Right Space - Bomb. So what's fire? When I press the P button, it fires bullets, but that's the 'right' key. Surely they…
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2. Select all the basic program lines 10 to 160 ... the new keys as a basic listing because I like to ... a bomb, hold space for auto fire. -
What are the keys for Penetrator?Q - Up, A- Down, O-Left P- Right Space - Bomb. So what's fire? When I press the P button, it fires bullets, but that's the 'right' key. Surely they…
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2. Select all the basic program lines 10 to 160 ... the new keys as a basic listing because I like to ... a bomb, hold space for auto fire.[/QUOTE]
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Tape loading question...I'm getting back into BASIC after some 20 odd years away from it and i've started saving stuff to tape. How do I go about making a loaded program aut…
I know this is a very basic (no pun intended) question but is it possible to stop a program saved with the above auto run option from executing without having to press break just before it reaches the end of the block. -
Tape loading question...I'm getting back into BASIC after some 20 odd years away from it and i've started saving stuff to tape. How do I go about making a loaded program aut…
... know this is a very basic (no pun intended) question but ... program saved with the above auto run option from executing without ... -
Tape loading question...I'm getting back into BASIC after some 20 odd years away from it and i've started saving stuff to tape. How do I go about making a loaded program aut…
... know this is a very basic (no pun intended) question but ... program saved with the above auto run option from executing without ... -
Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…
I've uploaded my very basic "Skool editor" [URL="http://www. ... move around, keep going to scroll the map. Press EXT mode ... have a look at the BASIC to see which keys are ... -
Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…
... ]I've uploaded my very basic "Skool editor" [URL="http://www ... move around, keep going to scroll the map. Press EXT mode ... have a look at the BASIC to see which keys are ... -
More questions to ponder/argue/ignore as you wish...Just copying some stuff to a memory stick, and I found some old questions I'd intended to post on these forums to provoke debate, that I'd never got …
... amazement of seeing Grand Theft Auto 3 on the Playstation 2 ... , the A.I. was very basic, you could go inside almost ... -
OR in a IFHi guys, I have a string that is defined by the user. I want to have an IF that does something like IF string<> a OR b OR c THEN goto 10 Hope that m…
My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
... .- We open up Spectaculator, enter BASIC, do a CLEAR to the ... sure you have deactivated the Auto-load features).
4.- Type ...Some help needed, pretty please! :-)Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-) I'm going through a process to get all my tape games (some real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I'…
... blocks with header (BASIC loader, SCR$ and another BASIC block) and 1 ... /> SPECTRUM
...in the basic loader (before the randomize usr ... it as the basis to auto switch to 48k mode before ...
