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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... of advantages: other is size of programm.
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... one of advantages: other is size of programm.
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Arrays in C and C++ from a Java Programmer.I have been looking arround the web and found many conflicting answers to this question so I thaught I'd ask you folkes. What is the C and C++ equal…
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Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... due to increase in board size, chip costs and increased case ... size.
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
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New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
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How to write an IDE drive (8 bit)?Hi there. I want to build the 8-bit interface by Pera Putnik, and substitute the original ROM by an EPROM with the appropriate program in order to c…
... hard drive(s) with your BASIc program until that...
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VB Emulator UpgradeHas anyone upgraded the VB 6.0 open source of either VBspec or VB81 to the free VB Express 2005 Edition? [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/expr…
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Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
... the point about the integer representation being faster makes ... have constructed integers directly using integer constants.
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Oh so BRIGHT!What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT? It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions or doing stuff for the sake of it. …
See, I was trying to also size-code*. In BASIC.
Oh yes, I'm demoscene alright.
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Oh so BRIGHT!What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT? It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions or doing stuff for the sake of it. …
... was trying to also size-code*. In BASIC.
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a spectrum + that runs 40 x faster with blast ?What is this guy on about ..... [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-Plus-Personal-Computer-Boxed_W0QQitemZ260051893370QQihZ016QQcatego…
... s referring to the Blast BASIC Compiler which is supposed to ... - it claimed to compile ANY Basic program, but of course that ... It was a restricted compiler (integer only etc.) but produced really ... pixel-movement sprite routines in Basic which worked in good speed ... -
Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […
... letter, numerics, and with positive integer values. Be careful, there must ... a sample of debugging spectrum basic in cp/m:
divIDE - +3 only or what??Guys, I've been let to believe that the DivIDE interface only works with the +3/2a. Looking at a website last night, the info there sugested it woul…
... will even work in 128K BASIC mode (subject to the +divIDE ... to 1600 sectors - the same size as a +D disk.
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... write playable games even from basic using these hardware sprites ... possible to do them from basic. Also, hardware sprites do ... Changes are in character-cell size granularity, however, which is ... the unique variation of basic that sinclair made available ...Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
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Little BASIC gameTry to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it. Not allowed i.e. : PRINT USR 1362 D - Break cont-repeats but ok 10 GO TO 10 RU…
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Any interest in new low-cost mass-storage interface with 512K RAM?I've recently added support to ResiDOS and the +3e ROMs for SD/MMC card interfaces; in particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is only sup…
... programs that are 128K in size (which is what the QL ... support a common set of BASIC commands and the best features ...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
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An aftermarket Atari Basic replacement added a FAST keyword ... interpreter.
The Atari BASIC replacement wisely made it optional ... out that a lot of BASIC interpreters didn't convert ... GOSUB to a 16 bit integer. Instead, they repeatedly converted ...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
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Current BASIC compilers get ...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
... could select which version of BASIC you want on startup if ... a string or 16 bit integer form of the line number ... .
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A BASIC compiler won't work with ...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
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... lists of lines. Sinclair Basic does not, meaning searching ...Most ridiculously over-sized game box?Which Speccy game had the most ludicrously over-compensatingly sized box?
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Agreed, its not the size of ...Sam Revival magazine issue 16 now out! [Sam CoupIssue 16 of Sam Revival magazine is now out! This issue features the full Sam game 'Colony' on the coverdisk, which was written by Derek Koselo. Col…
... `t mind bench marking Master Basic against GamesMaster, I started a ... last year in SAM Basic and Master basic and it`d be ... it was for a certain size of graphics, 32*40 or ...
