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  • 48k disk basicWhen trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file at [URL="http://www.alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL] I got…

    ... comes up as "48K Disk BASIC IMC 1985/88", which I ... quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Games you speed upI was just having a go of Striker because it has such a high rating (8.94!): [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004952[/url] As…

    ... />
    My solution was to speed up emulation with a swift ...
    Mousey Mousey June 2008 Games
  • How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…

    ... the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have ... ended up back in +2 basic and noticing they had got ...
    KK128 KK128 June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Integer RangesOK, I need a little help clarifying something. I am making good progress with the emulator so far - I've emulated most ADD, INC, DEC commands (as we…

    ... not getting confused with my basic binary maths. When I INC ... is true of the INC command (i.e. if the new ...
    MadDoc MadDoc June 2008 Emulators
  • ZXS to TAP conversion......for the DOS illiterate. Basically I've saved a BASIC program in ZXS format. I need to convert it to TAP (I think), because it's so large it needs…

    ... /> Basically I've saved a BASIC program in ZXS format. I ... other words I open the "command prompt" in Windows... and then ...
    vwright vwright June 2008 Emulators
  • Science Explained (Finally)!We believe that all the main physics principles can be explained away by the existence of tiny gnomes. Electricity: Inside cables there are hundreds…

    ... , and this is where the basic theory for gravity comes from ... these gnomes travel at the speed of light-gnomes). A call ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton July 2008 Chit chat
  • Handling RST8 on a +3Well, I've come to that bit of my project that I wasn't really looking forward to (because I don't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extend…

    ... understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extending the interpreter by ... in 48K BASIC.

    However, when a new command is successfully ...
    Winston Winston July 2008 Development
  • How do you make a CD play at its normal speed in a PC?OK, annoying. I want to play a CD using my laptop but it seems silly to me to have the thing going at 24x generating a ton of heat and noise. I tried…

    ... tried a programme called CD speed and reduced it to 4x ... spin down to the right speed, then up to read the ... CD play at its correct speed?
    Windows XP Pro Corp ...
    Vertigo Vertigo July 2008 Chit chat
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... tried in Loader and 48k Basic, but I can't even ... the television, as the BEEP command in Basic works fine. I've ...
    Outraged Donkey Outraged Donkey July 2008 Hardware
  • Games sale clean-out...Having a clean-out, and are selling the titles below... PM me if you're interested in any of them. Unsure of any particular prices - make me an off…

    ... (The Arcade Game) / Rockman
    Speed King 2
    Splat (Blue ... Adventure Creator, The
    Laser Basic
    Laser Compiler
    Mcoder ...
    bobs bobs July 2008 Sales
  • Incorrect loading screen for Battle CommandI noticed that the loading screen in the archive for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000451&loadpics=3"]Battle Command[/URL] …

    ... =0000451&loadpics=3"]Battle Command[/URL] is incorrect.

    Rickard Rickard August 2008 Infoseek database
  • Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…

    ... core to run the real BASIC 4 ROM, but the operating ... emulated in Z80 for maximum speed. This means reading the keyboard ... type and run a BBC BASIC program. You currently can't ... odd typing in a BBC Basic program on a Spectrum. It ...
    Jimmy Jimmy August 2008 Development
  • VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…

    ... ran at 1/16 speed. The following Basic program takes 197 seconds ... 's a 40% increase in speed!!

    Not only that ...
    Jimmy Jimmy August 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Suggestion: A new (and simple but good) feature for emulatorsOne slight but real problem with emulators is that when you load a tape file (.tzx/.tap) then the randomise seed system variables are always set to z…

    ... load then before the LOAD "" command is issued/emulated, then the ... it's fortunately written in BASIC I simply added (something like ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2008 Emulators
  • alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…

    ... under 32K is available for BASIC
    the shadow screen is ... almost a full 48K for BASIC programs. On the other hand ...
    chev chev October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…

    ... all) of them are in BASIC and easy to get into ... it goes straight to the BASIC listing.

    I accidentally ... easy to get into their BASIC listings.

    So if ... you are interested in BASIC programming then you might learn ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Maze: a Spectrum-oriented build system[url]http://matt.west.co.tt/demoscene/ninja-milkman-conspiracy/[/url] Finally got round to sharing the source code of this demo from August, and mor…

    ... without having to fiddle with command-line switches to Pasmo and ... .tap' do |tap|
    tap.basic :source => 'ninja_milkman.bas', :as ...
    gasman gasman October 2008 Development
  • DivIDE+, Spectrum +3e, ResidosHi, I've a Spectrum +3 with Lancaster's 1.37 +3e (DivIDE+) EPROMs installed. I've connected a DivIDE+ with the +3 jumper set correctly. The only Fi…

    ... +3e functions, with spectrum +3 BASIC, with my DivIDE+ devices and ... CLEAR 32767, %install "taskman.prg" command but the NMI button doesn ...
    dg67 dg67 October 2008 Hardware
  • BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …

    ... have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last ... festive tune using the BEEP command.
    [IMG]http://i77. ... course anyone knows any handy BASIC trick.

    That ... just modify the already implemented BASIC routine.

    Thanks ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2008 Development
  • Daton Software Info ?Hi folks, Does anyone know more about Daton Software: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Daton+Software$ We currently only have…

    ... to change some of the BASIC
    , like REMing a line ... POKE VAL "23739",CODE "o" command to supress the loading screen ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker October 2008 Infoseek database
  • Games in basicIs there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures.

    Is there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures.
    chop983 chop983 October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • A new Basic manualWith all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc. What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?

    With all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc.

    What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?
    chop983 chop983 October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…

    ... I've succeeded in Speccy BASIC, I think I might just ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick November 2008 Development
  • About Chess games & BASICIs it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?

    Is it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…

    ... be defined in the load command. If we, for example, had ...

    the load command from basic for video playback would be ... POKEs (or even a small BASIC program) and use Randomize USR ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
  • Memory and BasicQuestions 1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs? 2. How do I check how much is left? 3. How much memory does an array take up?

    Questions

    1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs?
    2. How do I check how much is left?
    3. How much memory does an array take up?
    chop983 chop983 November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Small BasicFor all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com…

    For all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx]Small Basic[/url].
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Compact file to zip using DOS command promptI know there are lots of clever people here so I am hoping I can get some help. I need a DOS command to compact a file into a zip file from Windows …

    ... />
    I need a DOS command to compact a file into ... need to use the COMPACT command but I cannot work out ... to do this from a command line.

    Can anyone ... do need this as a command line as i am going ...
    WhizzBang WhizzBang November 2008 Chit chat
  • Any die hard PACMAN fans here?I've played pacman clones all of my life and I always have to complete at least one screen of any new pacman clone I discover (which to date is proba…

    ... emu running at the real speed? - it is set to this ... sure you get the "OK" BASIC prompt of the COMX-35 ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2008 Chit chat
  • Please help me complete this lil'programI'm editing Basic programs that were saved in Timex TOS discs, and every load command starts with LOAD *"filename". If I want to go through these pr…

    I'm editing Basic programs that were saved in ... TOS discs, and every load command starts with LOAD *"filename".
    Basic and let it 'fix' everything ...
    zxbruno zxbruno December 2008 Sinclair Basic
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