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How to use MGT disks on the emulatorDear readers, you may think I'm a bit silly, but I can't get the emulator (Spectaculator for instance) working with MGT image files. I have had a r…
... past, and I remember the BASIC usage, but it doesn't ...
- Load any of those many MGT files, e.g. Alchnews ... -
Knot in 3D - how?Dear all, Does anyone know the basic concept behind the programming of Knot in 3D? How much usable ram did the speccy have - was it 32768 bytes? If…
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Does anyone know the basic concept behind the programming of ... to a GIF format (so many pixels of the same colour ... / so many units in the same direction ... -
Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…
... sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example:
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CellularBasicPro - enhanced BASIC interpreter for mobile phones and devicesDownload location : [url]http://code.google.com/p/cellularbasicpro/downloads/list[/url] Features of cellularBasicPro include : - Extensive mathem…
... and Functions support.
- Large BASIC programs support.
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General question about electronics I guess... (128k +2a)[Short question] When I very slightly put my finger on top IC15 on my +2A the TV picture becomes crazy and the spectrum acts if it just resets I don…
... /> lets just say that after many resets sometimes the +2a boots ... /> it works great ! I program basic etc etc like if it ... -
FS: ZX Spectrum 'stuff', including books.Hi all, This is my very first post to this forum. I recently rediscovered the speccy (in emulator form) and this prompted me to revisit my collec…
... my parents' house for so many years. Ah, the memories.
15) Very Basic Basic - The First 15 Hours on ... -
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…
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Residos - Shared Disk QueryHi all, I want to create a shared disk under residos, Garry's explanation he gives in his documentation concerning creating 'shared' disks I find so…
... /> Firstly I found out how many cylinders, heads and sectors my ... partition with 16mb partitions (as many as will fit)
basic to format the CF card ... -
An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
... rendering
-Animation of big sprites
-Anything that needs to ... data
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AY interface - How many possibilities?Currently the newest AY interface available for sale gives 16K and 48K owners a chance to add AY sound to their Speccy, but (correct me if I'm wrong)…
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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…
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 …
... /> Subject: For Sale - Many Speccy parts - full list here ...
Books:-
ZX Spectrum BASIC Programming manual First edition (1982 ... /> Subject: Re: For Sale - Many Speccy parts - full list here ... Subject: Re: For Sale - Many Speccy parts - full list here ...[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…
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The book 'Elementary Basic': [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... :
Full title Elementary BASIC
Year of release 1983 ...Joffa speaks... sort of.I was looking through my archives today to search for some images, and found this psydo-interview I done with a certain Jonathan Smith. It reads as f…
... certainly caught the eye of many, including me. It was certainly ... from the usual messing with BASIC, I started developing games in ...Memory concerns with z88dkI've retaken my old spectrum project and sadly I've reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain my worst problem in a few lines. I'm not a vet…
... z80, I never went beyond BASIC until the emulation era. With ... of code that moves my sprites and so on.
Many broken linksMany of the links on [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/documentation.html[/url] seem to be broken - specifically the PDF of the ZX81 manual, and th…
Many of the links on [url] ... . Where have these, and probably many others, gone?
Sinclair ZXC3 FLASH ROM CartridgeI recently received mail about the new ZXC3 PCB which provides the unique ability to program it directly from the Spectrum without the need for an EP…
... . All the standard Interface 1 BASIC commands can be used to ... , load, erase, etc, and even many machine code programs will operate ...Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... happened either in +3 BASIC and 48K BASIC. Even the +3 initial ... ULA failure, which generated too many interrupts, but a fast test ... quickly.
A tiny BASIC program to show the contents ...The Chuntey InitiativeIt's the start of a new year and with it brings a new wave of optimism and hope! :) In light of the relative success of twitter/speccynews (in the s…
... 's Assembler directives etc), short BASIC or Assembly snippets, et al ... the wikia IMO - far too many people find it intimidating.
How many 16/48 magazine tapes?How many tapes gives it from the 16/48 magazine? On WOS are No. 1-26. Is that all? Micky
How many tapes gives it from the 16/48 magazine? On WOS are No. 1-26. Is that all?
MickyMaking 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 ...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.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 ...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 ...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…
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…
... for ZX Spectrum, and on many designs you see a backup ... additional commands for use in BASIC, to access files, maybe change ...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 ...shifting spriteshi. have anyone experience with shifting sprites by table ? some neat tricks ? i don't want to see complete code (really don't want, it trashes thr…
... . have anyone experience with shifting sprites by table ? some neat tricks ...Platform Game Designer 2Right, with Telly Heroes out of the way, I've decided to have a second attempt at this. I've ditched the old PGD2 source, and started again with the…
... (now stable) AGD code, more sprites are supported, flicker disappears, room ... have written some code for basic horizontal and vertical patrols, plus ... other requests? I could have sprites that slowly rise to the ...
