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  • SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …

    ... Spectrum. A bit like Visual Basic, but instead of producing ... of simple commands for moving sprites around the screen, playing music ... being that anyone who knows BASIC (I have based the ... a very buggy, very basic, rudimentary BASIC compiler that doesn't work ...
    ccowley ccowley July 2004 Development
  • Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …

    ... or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Development
  • Wanted: Machine Code Sprites and Graphics BookWould anyone be willing to either sell or swap this book. Its full title is Machine Code Sprites and Graphics for the ZX Spectrum : A complete guide…

    ... is

    Machine Code Sprites and Graphics for the ZX ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Wanted
  • Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…

    ... ; ********************************************

    ; Char Offset Sprites Demo

    ; August 2004 ... for the total number of sprites

    Spriteloop:
    RET

    sprites:
    ; 0=xpos,1=ypos ...
    robpearmain robpearmain August 2004 Development
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... a good knowledge of Visual BASIC and RealBASIC (essentially, a Mac ... would be appreciated.

    Many thanks,

    MadDoc,
    MadDoc MadDoc September 2004 Development
  • Sparky eZX-BASIC Project in need of FPGA ExpertYou probably are not familiar with this project, but it is a computer system based on Zilog's new eZ80 chip and the OS is a superset of ZX BASIC. Ju…

    ... is a superset of ZX BASIC. Just think of what you ... mentioned in Andrew's SE BASIC section, but the web address ...
    Sparky Sparky September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …

    ... demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method ... into the buffer, draws the sprites and when finished, sets the ... up the drawing of the sprites too.
    [code]
    ; ... /> LD B,30 ; 30 Ball sprites
    lp1:
    PUSH BC ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Char Based SpritesI've been looking at Rob's assembly example for character-based sprites in the other thread with interest. However, I find I'm not following it very …

    ... assembly example for character-based sprites in the other thread with ... a clue how character-based sprites are supposed to work.
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …

    ... BUFFER
    MOVE AND DRAW SPRITES TO BUFFER
    SET UPDATED ... , or:
    Have the moving sprites B&W.

    LD B,6 ; 30 Ball sprites
    lp1:
    PUSH BC ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • I cant belive this website and the activity round here!Hi! I?m new to this site (hope i have not posted in the wrong place already!). In the last few months I have got my self a PC to play games on from…

    ... used to play my Speccy many moons ago! I thought their ... are still coming out! That many people are in a community ... as expected). New stuff from many countries etc. All I can ... do. I would like some basic info if i could guys ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow September 2004 Games
  • Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…

    ... was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast.

    sprites so quickly and relatively flicker ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Best/worst endingsPity this cheap'n'nasty UBB-clone doesn't have polls, one of the many features it lacks. :roll: :) What does anyone think are the best, and worst, g…

    ... have polls, one of the many features it lacks. :roll: :)
    BASIC -- whilst blind drunk. :)

    many screens, most of them the ...
    robert@fm robert@fm October 2004 Games
  • Original ZX Basic Manual in *.pdf formatDoes anybody knows where to get original Sinclair ZX Spectrum Basic Programming Manual written by Steven Vickers and Robin Bradbeer in *.pdf format? …

    ... get original Sinclair ZX Spectrum Basic Programming Manual written by Steven ...
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Wildly OT: Computing Today's slagging-off of PascalIn the late '70s or early '80s (at the beginning of the home-computer era anyway, just before the dawn of the Speccy), there was a mag called [I]Comp…

    ... the workspace of an interpreted BASIC program! :D Needless to say ... mag didn't survive for many issues after that gaffe...
    robert@fm robert@fm October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • RFC: Sinclair Extended BASICSE Basic is no longer being developed.

    SE Basic is no longer being developed.
    chev chev November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Is there much ?Do you think there`s much cooperation, and in fact co-development now goes on within the 8-bit community.. in fact is there any? I know that`s a daf…

    ... `s a shame.

    Basic coders too, I think it ... many people that occupy this place who know a lot about Basic ... I rarely see discussion on Basic (least `til miner_willy came)... I ... what they could offer the Basic Coder as little add ons ...
    CKay CKay November 2004 Development
  • BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…

    ... updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure!

    many new features and bugfixes, ... the Sinclair BASIC Manual integrated for full BASIC context sensitive ... Drag and Drop support for BASIC files (.bas), CODE files (. ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2004 Emulators
  • New Functions for Sinclair BasicA total of 52 new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A-Z) and 26 string functions (A$-Z$). Owing to the internal structu…

    ... the internal structure of Sinclair BASIC, the best place to ... partially compatible with their Beta BASIC equivalents. Some of the ... with 16-bit numbers in BASIC would be tortuously slow. ... to permit compilation with HiSoft BASIC.

    [code]
    ...
    chev chev November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • New Functions for Sinclair BasicSee the sticky post in the Sinclair BASIC forum.

    See the sticky post in the Sinclair BASIC forum.
    chev chev November 2004 Development
  • Laser Basic Sprite GeneratorDoes anyone know how to use Laser Basic Sprite Generator? I've downloaded it from this site but I don't know what to do with it! Thanks in advance.

    Does anyone know how to use Laser Basic Sprite Generator? I've downloaded it from this site but I don't know what to do with it!

    Thanks in advance.
    tanium tanium December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…

    ... 'The Speculator' (hence the handle), many many moons ago (1995), but gave ... rid of colour clash, make sprites 256 colours, and other stuff ...
    Speculator Speculator December 2004 Development
  • ANN: SE BASIC 0.94B available for downloadSE Basic is no longer being developed.

    SE Basic is no longer being developed.
    chev chev December 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • XBasic or EX-Basic ???I found couple NIB Artic x- or ex-basic. Case and manual seys X-Basic but casette is EX-Basic. Is this MIA ? [url="http://koti.welho.com/hgerkman/XB…

    I found couple NIB Artic x- or ex-basic.
    Case and manual seys X-Basic but casette is EX-Basic.
    Is this MIA ?

    [url="http://koti.welho.com/hgerkman/XBASIC.JPG"]http://koti.welho.com/hgerkman/XBASIC.JPG[/url]

    - Peter -
    pechge pechge December 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Combining NostalgyHi, Perhaps a childish idea, but in the name of nostalgy... Most if not all of you know and remember the cards that were about cars, planes, motorc…

    ... example, was presented with some basic info such as top speed ... number one then also how many weeks as number one. Or ... alternatively, how many copies sold.

    2 ...
    SpecMem SpecMem January 2005 Games
  • Logic 3 Learn BASIC programming...Just want to know if this is still MIA,(http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Learn+BASIC+programming+on+the+Sinclair+ZX+Spectrum$&pub=…

    ... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Learn+BASIC+programming+on+the+Sinclair+ZX ...
    Rapunzel Rapunzel January 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Anyone know about computers? #2[B]NOTE:[/B] I've now found a specific forum that might be able to help - i would delete this thread if I could. Wotcha, folks. Nothing to do with …

    ... want to write a Visual Basic application that can save data ... good direction please?

    Many thanks, and apologies for taking ...
    Tobo Tobo January 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New release and new web site of Blassic, the classic BasicHello. I have launched the release 0.10.0 of Blassic, a Basic interpreter '80 style multiplatform. There is also a new web site: [url="http://blas…

    ... .10.0 of Blassic, a Basic interpreter '80 style multiplatform.
    NotFound NotFound February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC performance tips?Been fiddling around with an old project a little after rescuing it from tape, and I'm toying with the idea of completing it (hey, better late than n…

    ... being written entirely in Spectrum BASIC. I can compile it, but ... 'd like to tweak the BASIC to optimum performance first in ... on performance tuning for Speccy BASIC? Which commands to avoid, viable ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks February 2005 Development
  • Save Basic sources.How I can save Basic 128 sources in TAP (I use UnrealSpeccy) or TRD? [ This Message was edited by: Adramelek on 2005-02-22 01:16 ]

    How I can save Basic 128 sources in TAP (I use UnrealSpeccy) or TRD?

    [ This Message was edited by: Adramelek on 2005-02-22 01:16 ]
    Adramelek Adramelek February 2005 Development
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