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Sinclair Extended BASIC...Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.
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speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …
... 'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to ... program that I type a basic program and it compile and ... -
more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …
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Detecting TR-DOS from BASICIs there a simple (or contrived :D ) way to detect the presence of a TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC? For fairly obvious reasons this can't rel…
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Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
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GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
Are there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc?
The Spectrum BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.
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I've just found a couple of my old cassettes...Some people have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made while they were still at school. Not me. I found one cassette…
... gone) featuring a load of BASIC type-in programmes, mostly from ... .
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Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
I was just wondering how many people are actually developing games ... language do you use? (Asm, Basic, C etc)
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BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…
... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
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BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …
... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
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Mega rare Red Boxes home control systemMega rare Red Boxes starter system hardware ? Sinclair / Commodore / BBC Now there?s rare and there?s rare! This piece of kit dates from 1986 and wa…
... something called Red Basic, a powerful version of BASIC, specifically developed for ... with the Red Basic system.
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Machine Code QuestionHi All Not sure if this is the right place for this but it seems closest. Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book and its ver…
... "Assembly" language, I know what BASIC is, and the hex machine ... language something else?
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how do I tune the speccy to tv?hello folks :) I am come here for help rather than because I am still a speccy person. I did start with the ZX, many moons ago,had a couple of thos…
... , many moons ago,had a couple of those and taught myself basic ... of her late husband's many computers, but first we have ... -
Zilog Z80 ManualI'm looking at the zilog manual at the moment. (A pdf one), whilst trying to implement a basic emu, just for learning. Are there known to be many e…
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ... -
how many games were available on speccy?Has anyone an estimate to how many games were released on the speccy?
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128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
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A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…
... it, there's only so many reactions you can provoke before ... let Harry price do the sprites. That means space suit becomes ... -
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…
... easy to set up for sprites. No masking yet - anyone come ... UDG editor. It now handles sprites of any size, and multi ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
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…
... easy to set up for sprites. No masking yet - anyone come ... UDG editor. It now handles sprites of any size, and multi ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…
can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this:
PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2: ...
or so...XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…
... far as saving out a Basic loader - but it won't ... get in touch!
Many thanks in advance!
Switching basic to 48k modeHi there, we all know that the SPECTRUM command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However, when executed in a program, the SPECTRUM …
... command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However ...creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…
... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ...ESA games and shop softwareThere are two Czech games by ESA on [URL="http://esa.webz.cz/projectsen.htm"]this page[/URL] that are not in WoS: "Black Man" and "Letris 2". I think…
... syntax (LOAD d*) and the BASIC loaders are protected against modification ... stock control programs written in BASIC specifically for use in two ... , of course, but neither were many utilities on WoS. I wonder ...Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…
... running a program in 128k basic (so that you can ... switch back down to 48k basic before you run the ... like to do this within BASIC.
I ... I switch down to 48k basic the program stops executing. ... I would like my basic program to continue its operation ...Why so many disk systems?Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more? As far as I can see, this did nothing but create …
Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more?
As far as I can see, this did nothing but create the need to get a new copy of something for the new format when you upgraded.Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…
... an old classic (pacman) in basic . . .
BUT . . .
I can ...How to grab an entire website?(Hey, that's almost the name of a Speccy game! ;) ) Rather than bump that 3D thread again, I'll post a new one to remind peeps that, try as I may, I…
... the default types exclude such basic, commonly-used ones as JPG ... 'm demoralised from trying so many that don't...
