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  • Basic program malfunctionHello. Please does anyone know why this basic program 10 LET x=0 20 LET x=x+0.1 30 print x 40 if x<>1 then goto 20 50 STOP does not properly work o…

    Hello.
    Please does anyone know why this basic program

    10 LET x=0
    20 LET x=x+0.1
    30 print x
    40 if x1 then goto 20
    50 STOP

    does not properly work on the speccy?
    Saltor Saltor June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…

    If the BASIC couldn't be read you ... MC-program which gave the BASIC-lines on screen with an ... equivalent of this BASIC-code

    10 FOR F=23755 ... TO 4E4: PRINT F;"...";PEEK F,CHR$ PEEK ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Resolving USR entry point into a data + m/code block?Well, I had another look at that Merlin listing and decided that blowing up the faint page made it possible to read everything (with a struggle). How…

    ... />
    Try this BASIC programm.

    10 FOR F= 23755 TO ... /> 20 PRINT F;"..."; PEEK F, CHR$ PEEK F AND PEEK F ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP June 2010 Development
  • 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…

    ...
    ;; Sept 4th/2010 Basic Type-in Importer for SpecOS ... file = FileOpenDialog("Import ZX BASIC text file...",$Dir,"Program Listing ... />
    $N="\"& Chr(13)&Chr(10)&" "
    $Text ... as a stand alone windows BASIC interpreter...

    ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... br /> ;; Sept 5th/2010 Basic Type-in Importer for SpecOS ... />
    $N="\"& Chr(13)&Chr(10)&" "
    $Text = ... br /> $Text = StringReplace($Text, Chr(34), "@") ;;replace all quotes with ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Saving space...Hi Folks, Looking for ways to save some memory in a program I am writing. In a number of places I have the following code: [CODE]xxxx PAUSE 1: …

    Nice piece of code to have a look in BASIC

    [code]
    10 FOR F = 23755 TO 4E4
    20 PRINT F;"..."; PEEK F, CHR$ PEEK F AND PEEK F>31
    30 NEXT F
    [/code]

    You will see the markers.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP February 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    ... $. This line of BASIC demonstrates the problem:
    [code]10 PAUSE 0 ... ,0;CODE a$,: GO TO 10[/code]

    Anyhoo, so ... at line 116, but the BASIC routine would also have to ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Get a listing to .txtI am messing with an old Spectrum game which was written in Basic for the 48k Speccy (not compatible with 128s). I get an error in the begining of th…

    ... . Add ZX Printer, load the basic program with MERGE "" if you ... to. Then, I select 128K BASIC from start menu, load the ... BASIC program with MERGE "" if you ... "; I
    NVERSE (INKEY$=CHR$ 10);" D "; INVERSE (INKEY$=CHR$ 8);" L "; INVERSE ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix September 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Code execution logging/profilingAs revealed in [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41666"]this thread[/url], I'm adding support for reading code execution l…

    ...
    [/code]

    A BASIC program to do it is ... too slow.
    [code]
    10 OPEN #3,"b"
    20 ...
    32 IF a$(a)CHR$ 10 THEN NEXT a
    40 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2013 Emulators
  • Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …

    ... can be done using the BASIC command IN 31. But I ... 'Identify' command, using Spectrum's BASIC .
    The SD card itself ... type in the following BASIC program:

    10 REM: Give 'Identify ...
    roko roko October 2013 Hardware
  • Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …

    ... />
    Remember that, although CHR$ 10 & CHR$ 11 may be described as ... printed from BASIC; they just print a '?'; and although CHR$ 13 does ... quicker way than that from BASIC.

    A game I ... CHR$ 22+row+col and all the printing is done from BASIC ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…

    ... in Sinclar Basic.


    Squares

    10 plot 75 ... />

    Lines

    10 plot 75,75
    20 ...


    Stars
    10 plot 75,75
    20 ...
    murtceps murtceps February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN - ZXSoftware.co.uk Update V1.5 21/05/06ZXSoftware has now been updated to V1.5. Changes :- 299 new titles have been added - Listed below. A few thousend new ingame screenshots and loadin…

    ... 0 Aackosoft
    Spectrum Basic Programming Course - Revised Edition ... Jackson
    Video Basic Issue 02 Gruppo Editoriale ... Editoriale Jackson
    Video Basic Issue 10 Gruppo Editoriale Jackson
    Video Basic Issue 11 ...
    ADJB ADJB May 2006 Announcements
  • Can anyone see a way to speed up the following line of code?Hi Folks, Been looking at bottle necks in my code using BASin's Profiler and the following line (well the 2nd LET statement) is somewhat slow. [COD…

    ... )+("DP" AND z$(a,o)=CHR$ 10)+STR$ ((CODE z$(a,4 ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • some help pleaseive just got a 48k and brings me back to 1982 lol having problems loading games-used to be wizz at it but the grey matter aint what it used to be, iv…

    ... nothing-ive tried the basic program-
    10 print "paul"
    20 ... goto 10
    all working how i ...
    djpk1 djpk1 February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX-2-PC Interface continue...A couple of months ago I started to built an interface for less then ? 5,00 which should communicate to the PC on a high speed. Yesterday I managed t…

    ... it possible to use normal BASIC-commands for LOAD and SAVE ... code is fully MC since BASIC is too slow. At the ... loaded with the following BASIC-program

    10 FOR F=64000 ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP February 2002 Hardware
  • List of "funny" pokes?Hello! I'm looking for a list of "funny" pokes. Pokes that do strange things with my Speccy, like POKE 23607,0 scrambles up the keyboard. Regards …

    Enter a line of basic like
    10 REM This is a test

    and then

    POKE 23756,0

    Now you have the uneditable zero line in your basic listing!
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan February 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tank gameDoes anyone know any games on the speccy similar to the kind I've seen lots of for other computers (usually shareware/freeware rather than commercial…

    I'm sure I wrote one in compiled BASIC about 10 years ago .. I'll see if any of my old tapes still LOAD, I can't imagine it will take too long to recreate tho..
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a August 2003 Games
  • i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…

    ... however, yes, learn Basic. Next

    10 FOR A=32768 TO ... />
    Voila, in the limited basic above I have wrote a ...
    GBNvK GBNvK February 2004 Development
  • Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…

    ... text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like ... the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and ... then use a short BASIC prog:

    10 LOAD "" SCREEN$: ... (SAVE "Proggy" LINE 10) then load your screen ... multiple action descriptions, but BASIC will only let me ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2004 Sinclair Basic
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