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Flood FillHi Folks, Can anyone point me to a flood fill that I can call from ZX BASIC? I have looked through the archive and although there are posts about…
... I can call from ZX BASIC? I have looked through the ... memory where I want
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BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…
... like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest ... game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please take a ... ://gkanold.wix.com/homeputerium#!basic-tenliners-2016/c450"]BASIC Tenliners 2016[/url] -
Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…
... 61 if you have a copy handy) and am pleased to ... manage a successful return to BASIC without crashing."
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Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... 'm trying to go too fast.
To be fair ... we don't care about "copy protection"), but is not that ... -
Turning .src files in z80 source code into .tap files.Does anyone know how I might go about turning z80 source code in 5 .src files into a .tap or .tzx file so that I can play it into my Spectrum +3? …
... even describe myself as a basic programmer, I don't really ... .
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Fast load of multiload games on real hardware?I was wondering if there was a hardware device that could allow fast loading of multi-load games for real hardware? I noticed a good many of the b…
I was wondering if there was a hardware device that could allow fast loading of multi-load games for real hardware?
I noticed a good many of the best 128 games are multiload and I'm quite impatient and I don't have a +3! -
BASIC problem in SpectaculatorI have a piece of music written in +3 BASIC in spectaculator (using FOR LET, PLAY and NEXT) and when it auto loads (because of save "tune" LINE 10) i…
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ZX Basic interpreter in the Forum Postings. It would be so nice to do this in our forums [basic line=1] 10: BORDER 1: PAPER 6 20 FOR N = 0 to 7 20 PRINT "Happy Birthday Dear Joe Bloggs…
... in our forums
[basic line=1]
10: BORDER ... .5,7: BEEP1.5
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Any basic Z80 code to get me started?Basically looking for keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would then improve upon. My first game would be a simple Ro…
... keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would ... -
Faster Manic MinerHey, dudes. I've been fiddling around trying to wring more speed out of this game recently. I've replaced the LDIR buffer copying routines with s…
... . Almost-but-not-quite as fast as the very snappy Atari ... think it's about as fast as it could ever be ... could, I suppose, replace the BASIC ROM with a custom one ... -
140 characters Basic game contestHey there, I've announced a new micro contest on my blog (in Czech language only). However, it might be interesting also for the non-Czech/Slovak …
... in the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC that will fit into 140 ... of the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC syntax
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Simple Spectrum Character Creator Web AppHey guys, Here is a simple web app i wrote to create ZX Spectrum 8 x 8 characters: http://www.amelyn.com/speccy_character_builder/index.htm …
'Solaris' text adventure game - Softel 1983Its a fairly trivial topic but I just wondered if anyone else has encountered this problem with this game. Played this text adv game many years ago i…
... it was written in Sinclair Basic and just need to press ... be interested in obtaining a copy, if possible.Some BASIC programs - may be of interest?Found these on a C15 in a bundle.. one of them is listed in the archive, I don't think the others are. I suspect these are all type ins but I don't …
... ://www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stilton.z80"]Stilton Patience[/url ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Missile-Attack.z80"]Missile Attack ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Race-Chase.z80"]Race Chase ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stock-market.z80"]Stock Market ...Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…
... model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I ... I came across the full basic source and decided to port ... it over in C. Basic being basic, there's a lot ... real machine.
Original basic source: http://willus.com/trs80 ...Help needed with broken Basic programI got recently into my hands a Polish program written in Basic. But it doesn't run, after loading it hangs. It is set to start from LINE 0 whic…
... a Polish program written in Basic.
But it doesn ...Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …
... ridiculously simple, as the following basic code doesn't work.
bin to tap with basicI have compiled some machine code to binary. How I can convert it to tap (or tzx, doesn't matter) with custom basic part? Of course, I can create …
... , doesn't matter) with custom basic part?
Of course ... create separate tap with basic, and later save basic+code manually. But ... have more automatic solution.
Basic will contain clear, request from ...The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... through the usual introduction to BASIC (10 PRINT "peter is cool ... owning a computer. Let's fast-forward to 'big school', October ... and quite a few were BASIC efforts that I could break ...So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... ; hide the M/C from BASIC
Call48 RST #28 ; ... a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
DEFW #2DA2 ; unstack ... /> and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into ... call routines in the 48-BASIC ROM, there is no need ...Time Gate graphics patchI've rediscovered Time Gate and one thing I don't like about the game is that it's hard to remember what's what in the status indicators. The manual …
... moment it's a little BASIC program that loads UDGs then ... is that there is some copy protection in Time Gate and ... but getting better at Boriel BASIC, but I guess I'll ...How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…
... import that image into a Basic program? Do Spectrums recognize any ...How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…
... 's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's ... do I call them from BASIC ?How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then starting to draw on top of the screen while the beam is busy somewhere on the bottom. Hoping that your ...A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
... I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use ... routine and use it from BASIC but is this not the ... make something two player in BASIC since I use INPUT INKEY ...Basic programming for kidsHi there I'm thinking strongly of getting my kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so I can get two bluetooth keyboards fo…
... kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so ... and mess around with their BASIC program to see what happens ...help with my original issue 3b from when i was a teen. possible lower ram fault.hello, well ive tried to fix my old speccy, but haven't made much progress. could you help me out with some diagnosis. the fault occurred about…
... /> it initialises very fast and shows the copy write message, but the ...
