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  • Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette)Couldn't find this in the archive. Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette) by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Kluwer+Techn…

    ... archive.

    Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette) by [URL="http ...
    Hairy Hairy May 2013 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Good Beginners Basic BookMy 10 year old son would like to learn basic programming. Can anyone suggest a good book or books that would help? There are a lot in the archive a…

    My 10 year old son would like to learn basic programming. Can anyone suggest a good book or books that would help? There are a lot in the archive already but I would not know where to start.
    Klepto Klepto February 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... /> As I have the book absolute beginner to mc then I think ... then I can always learn Basic instead, and maybe curb the ...
    Spadge Spadge March 2006 Development
  • ZX81 Question?Just bought a ZX81 on Ebay (as you do). It was sold as not working, but once I'd changed the fuse in the plug on the transformer it was working like …

    ... off to read my ZX81 Basic book now!

    Mark
    Mark Wills Mark Wills June 2008 Hardware
  • Need a pointer to using the spectrum calculator from MCHi all, Can anyone point me to a good resource on using the spectrum calculator stack from machine code? I need to work out the number of seconds f…

    ... code because, as in the BASIC book example -

    [quote]
    book but it deosnt really explain ...
    dickydodds dickydodds February 2009 Development
  • Ultimate games/Crash magazine +++ for saleI have a lot of ZX Spectrum stuff for sale on Ebay. Including: 9 "Ultimate play the game" games. 17 boring games only 1p! Postage will be more ex…

    ... !

    Use and learn basic book and casset.

    2 ...
    zxnorway zxnorway June 2010 Sales
  • Boxed ZX Spectrum + with 2 x ZX microdrives, Alphacom32 printer with 3 x thermal rollHi people. I found a bargain at a carboot on Sunday from somebody who didn't know what he was selling. (Im no expert by a long shot) Shamefully, I …

    ... 1 manual, Zeus Assembler? book, Mega Basic book, Paintbox book[/I]

    Other ... covers.... Paintbox (proper tape) Mega Basic (looks to be copied tape ...
    ayupmiduck ayupmiduck September 2010 Wanted
  • ZX Spectrum + 2 x microdrives and Alphacom32 printer + extrasHi people. I found a bargain at a carboot on Sunday from somebody who didn't know what he was selling. (Im no expert by a long shot) Shamefully, I …

    ... 1 manual, Zeus Assembler? book, Mega Basic book, Paintbox book[/I]

    Other ... covers.... Paintbox (proper tape) Mega Basic (looks to be copied tape ...
    ayupmiduck ayupmiduck September 2010 Sales
  • Vic 20 megathreadMi mates just been round and given me his old vic the boxes are mega tatty but exist, mostly this is what it contains vic 20 powersupply ariel lead…

    ... /> cassette player
    introduction to basic book

    carts
    16k ... /> tapes
    An introduction to basic (tape 1 / tape 2) - no ...
    mel the bell mel the bell August 2011 Chit chat
  • did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…

    ... get back to learning Spectrum BASIC. How's that tutorial you ... simple tutorial from an old Basic book of mine, so it should ...
    Takashi64 Takashi64 December 2002 Games
  • Hewson QuestI have pretty much solved the game and visited all the rooms, but I cannot for the life of me get back out of the forest to the start room, or get ba…

    ... , clay vase, mirror, goblet, book, scroll (false one), scroll (real one), grail, chalice ... (golden and silver), jewel, phrase book, ring ...
    Adventurer Adventurer May 2003 Games
  • Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…

    ... code mixed in with the BASIC to scroll the cars etc.
    chaosmongers chaosmongers August 2004 Games
  • BASIC Programming ChallengeHi there. I have started a competition to see who can make the best BASIC program. The catch is, you can't use all the bells and whistles your machi…

    ... perhaps I should move into Basic book collecting, as apart from manuals ... I have not one single book on Basic, i.e. like from ... a book company or repectred author.

    I think perhaps Basic ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Announcements
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... enough to write games in BASIC (quick and dirty) you will ... of picking up a Spectrum BASIC book (there are hundreds - take your ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Development
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... a programming language. Think again, Basic was used for scientific and ... complete source listings for Sinclair Basic. Plus it's an interpreter ... , in my view, inferior to Basic as a beginner's programming language.
    torstum torstum September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading soundIs there a way to kill the loading sound coming from the spectrum during loading but restore the sound when playing a game. This would be for a 48K …

    ... with both the intro and basic book. Neither make it crystal thats ...
    Toxitalk Toxitalk June 2007 Hardware
  • Orange Intro Sinclair book + Subliminal Message = ???I've had [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000512"]this book[/URL] for over 20 years now ... and I just noticed* less than 5 mi…

    ... on the inside of the BASIC book:

    "Front cover illustration ... also a confirmation from the book.

    Wonder what they ...
    Skarpo Skarpo June 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • cant format answereHi all, I am writing a short basic program that will convert a frequency to a length. 10 print "Spectrum antenna length conversion." 20 let w = 468 …

    Yes thats the line, its as far as memory goes now I see it again almost identical if not the same to the one I used.
    I got my calculation from a ZX Spectrum basic book.
    Many moon`s ago.
    swift240 swift240 July 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Turbo BasicHi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;) P.S. I am sorr…

    Thanks a lot for all! :wink:

    I'll look over it all over time!

    Still about the my Basic-book: Shall I something undertake? For example scan? It will to something? :)
    amigainspired amigainspired April 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…

    ... one more thing in the basic book that ive got it says ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…

    ... one more thing in the basic book that ive got it says ... a bit handicapped by Sinclair BASIC in that it doesn't ... using GO TO's in BASIC, so don't worry too ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • One free copy of Connect 4 for XBOX 360I've got a scratch off code for XBOX Live, [URL="http://www.ingames.co.uk/Xbox-360/Xbox-360-Games/Connect-4-Xbox-360-Live-Scratchcards-Xbox-360/prod_…

    I've seen 2 threads in 5 mins now where Mile is mooching for free stuff (the basic book in sales and this one)....so based on that.



    Free Manlove to a good home, inquire within.
    beanz beanz August 2010 Chit chat
  • One free copy of Connect 4 for XBOX 360I've got a scratch off code for XBOX Live, [URL="http://www.ingames.co.uk/Xbox-360/Xbox-360-Games/Connect-4-Xbox-360-Live-Scratchcards-Xbox-360/prod_…

    ... mooching for free stuff (the basic book in sales and this one ...
    mile mile August 2010 Chit chat
  • One free copy of Connect 4 for XBOX 360I've got a scratch off code for XBOX Live, [URL="http://www.ingames.co.uk/Xbox-360/Xbox-360-Games/Connect-4-Xbox-360-Live-Scratchcards-Xbox-360/prod_…

    ... mooching for free stuff (the basic book in sales and this one ...
    MrCheese MrCheese August 2010 Chit chat
  • Newbie QuestionsI have just purchased my first Speccy! It should be shipped to me (in the U.S.A.) very soon. I'm a ZX newbie & I have some questions :-D First of al…

    ... look at the excellent ZX BASIC manual by Steven Vickers, that ... Miner ;-)[/QUOTE]

    The BASIC book is very useful. Thanks for ... /"]The ZX Spectrum Introduction[/URL] book, which is surprisingly helpful. (Given ...
    zolli zolli February 2012 Hardware
  • Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…

    ... paper, using the Sinclair BASIC book (the red fat book, you know) as ... offsets, I wrote a small BASIC program that essentially accepted hex ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2013 Development
  • how to load machine codeI'm reading Jon Caldwell's how to write Spectrum games but can't enter the code! Here's an example:_ LD BC, (score) Call 6683 I tried putting…

    ... the one from the Sinclair Basic book that fills the screen with ... little example code that the basic book suggests you enter. Up till ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch December 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…

    ... /> This is the 'Sinclair BASIC Attribute Scroll Mechanism', or [b]SBASM[/ ... br />
    Then to scroll your display, call [b]USR ... br /> 30 REM Sinclair BASIC Attribute Scroll Mechanism
    40 REM ... Example of Vertical Attribute Scroll
    50 REM by ...
    joefish joefish January 2017 Games
  • Why don't the variables print where I told them too?I wrote the following program to experiment with creating sounds using 3 notes of BEEP and having the ability to change the notes up or down one at a…

    ... . Neither cases apply to Sinclair BASIC. One would argue that for ... that. The 'B' of BASIC stand for Beginner's, and as such ...
    thricenightly thricenightly May 2017 BASIC
  • z88dk multicolour enginesI've been trying to work out how the multicolour sprite engines have been implemented in z88dk. It's not obvious. Looking in the source, I found …

    ... user, supports Z88dk and Boriel Basic. No scroll nor multicolour though. I ...
    hikoki hikoki July 2017 Development
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