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  • 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…

    ... of storage and was learning basic on. Since receiving advice on ... download zx spin and learn basic using an emulator instead. Unfortunatley ... on the task of learning basic.I plan to post updates ... goal is to program a basic game from scratch to as ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • looking for best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, udg basedhi all! I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like those from zx-spectrum mags, made at mid 80's I'm looking fo…

    ... best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like ...
    nitrofurano nitrofurano September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any ... that can be called from Basic but uses 64 or maybe ... />
    I'm creating small Basic programs that allow me to ... 's easy to call from Basic? Thanks!
    zxbruno zxbruno October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…

    ... automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Looking for contact!Hi all, Back in 1998 I sold most of my Spectrum gear........I traced the add in comp.sys.sinclair and it's quoted below. I think I sold it to JAMES …

    ... straight from normal Spectrum
    commands (PRINT #1 etc....) and without ... />
    Books:-
    ZX Spectrum BASIC Programming manual First edition (1982 ...
    IanJ IanJ November 2009 Hardware
  • [Book] Elementary Basic (Missing UK version details)Hello. The book 'Elementary Basic': [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001188"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id…

    ... .

    The book 'Elementary Basic': [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... :

    Full title Elementary BASIC
    Year of release 1983 ...
    Lefty42 Lefty42 November 2009 Infoseek database
  • ZX Basic Manual in PDFIs there any? I love to see that there is PDF scanned version of Introduction in archive: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/ZXSp…

    ... nice scanned version of ZX Basic Manual?
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan December 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…

    ... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.

    And ... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ... tells me that non-compressed BASIC should be easier to ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Print at 128,87? :)The advanced search function didn't help me find the answer to this, and I don't remember seeing anything similar in magazines or books... so please …

    ... a character or UDG from BASIC but using pixel coordinates?
    commands with functions and USR. Is ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…

    What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC?

    +3 Basic or 48k basic.

    No machine code routines utilised to help the program along.
    BigBadMick BigBadMick January 2010 Games
  • A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…

    ... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…

    ... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.

    I've got ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…

    ... after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished.
    chev chev February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…

    ... 'll need some additional commands for use in BASIC, to access files ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie February 2010 Hardware
  • Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…

    ... here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ...
    jp48 jp48 February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…

    ... />
    2) When writing a BASIC loader to load back a ...
    Hercules Hercules March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…

    ... , my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe ... a new version of ZX BASIC. It's a free compiler ...
    boriel boriel March 2010 Development
  • An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …

    ... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:

    [code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... script that expands the ZX BASIC tokens.
    Winston Winston March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ISO ROM 128 with TR-DOS 5.05(cz)This is new correct version of ISO ROM for ZX + BETADISK. Some extra basic command is designed specially for use in conmination with TR-DOS 5.05(cz).…

    ... /> !LOAD "filename" (load basic file "filename")
    !GOTO ... registers ...)
    = (show basic info - ramtop, used memory, ... All trdos commands can be writed in basic line after char ... RESET - return to basic (if basic variables is bad then ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…

    ... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very ... able to write in basic and make M/C ... you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's time to ... -in functions for the basic compiler to make it ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…

    ... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…

    ... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…

    ... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...
    briant briant June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…

    ... and I forgot some extended basic instructions as Format..

    Puma V?loce Puma V?loce July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • +3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?

    Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
    Spectrum +3 Spectrum +3 July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... go. Current changes to Sinclair BASIC are mainly about compatibility with ... .
    Finally, I've added commands like INC, DEC and MOD ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ...
    Nonsense in BASIC Nonsense in BASIC August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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?

    I use

    if inkey$="z" then goto...

    but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Sinclair Basic
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