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Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... game doesn't need to scroll or anything :???:
Here ... box, bright with bright or basic with basic, no mix, correct pixel ... -
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 ... -
Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…
... /> I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started ... /> I have been reading a book on the subject but I ... /> Am I missing something? My book simply states that it will ... -
decoding speech in Creature of HavocI've been looking at the Fighting Fantasy gamebook "Creature of Havoc" for the first time, since it was mentioned yesterday in another place, and hav…
... that are given in the book (location 283) are for [b ... it? Was there such a basic blunder made in the encoding ... -
ULA BookI've just had an email stating that my ULA book is "in the post" - yay! Well done Mr Smith for all the hard work on this.
I've just had an email stating that my ULA book is "in the post" - yay! Well done Mr Smith for all the hard work on this. -
Free Basic coding book for kids if you want itI bought it in a charity shop yonks ago out of nostalgia, a lack of ability to let some retro rot in a charity shop and it was super cheap. Anyway, …
I bought it in a charity shop yonks ago out of nostalgia, a lack of ability to let some retro rot in a charity shop and it was super cheap.
Anyway, I've never used it but I can't bring myself to just recycle it (and I don't think it'd sell in ... -
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 ... -
DRAW x,y,a Algorithm - how does the ROM do it?Hi all, Getting on with SpecOS, and one of the things I would love to do is to preserve the original ROM's behaviour when drawing Arcs. This is don…
... the DRAW command implemented in BASIC - but not the arc drawing ... pages 119 onwards of said book, but cannot get the hang ... 'd love to see a BASIC (or C, or Pascal!) implementation ... -
Booting with a programIf you ever had a VTX-5000, you'll remember it booted to a menu. The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, this BASIC prog…
... menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, ... the initialization routines finish, BASIC starts somewhere where it'll ... a command typed into the BASIC editor.
However, ... the flags themselves, the Orange Book doesn't have them ( ... -
ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
... /> [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url]
can i ...
was readinfg the ula book and this is not described ... -
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 ... -
Advice about creative writing, book reviews and online jobsMy girlfriend has started blogging not so long ago. She has just finished a few years at Uni doing creative writing. She has a talent for writing. T…
... have any advice for writing, book reviews and online jobs? It ... review books for a major book chain or something and work ... -
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 ... -
Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…
Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?
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if inkey$="z" then goto...
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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.
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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 ... -
Competition - Win the Oliver Frey bookThink i'm in a good mood or something ! Dont normally bother with all these 'guess the weight of the baby' type of thing but i'm in the mood for a c…
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The prize is the book - 'The Fantasy Art of Oliver ... !).
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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?
Spectrum Book of Games Lost Tapes ? Spectrum WorkingSpotted these on eBay: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200534848367&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1554wt_1139[/url] It looks…
... like the contents of this book typed up:
[url]http ...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 ...More speccy stuff to sellHere's some more Spectrum goodies I've dug up: OCP Art Studio - boxed with manual & lenslok included. Still in good condition, although the lenslok …
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Book - Spectrum Machine Code for the Absolute Beginner : ?1 plus ...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 ...Problem with se basicI use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program i…
I use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program in 48 basic and switch to SE BASIC then show basic incorrect. Why ?Saving in SpinI couldn't find an extreme beginner thread so I'm posting this here. In Spin emulator after saving a Basic code by a command: save "filename" I am ha…
... couldn't find an extreme beginner thread so I'm posting ... Spin emulator after saving a Basic code by a command: save ... seems frozen. So my extremely basic question is: how do I ...Are any Spectrum books really this valuable?I recently noticed a copy of Machine Code Applications for the ZX Spectrum on eBay at a "buy it now" price of ?77 - that's seventy-seven quid - and n…
... of price for a Spectrum book? If so, what, and ... errmm ... Machine Code for the Absolute Beginner (got that last one just ... rewarded, in that if a book appears at a price which ...Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…
New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's the fastest way to program in BASIC in a Windows environment?Sinclair BASIC manual cover artHello, dose anyone out there have any information or links regarding the art work on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought it was rea…
... on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought ...
