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My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…
... Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the ... I never really ventured beyond BASIC back then.
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SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…
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Thanatos 128k - patched to work on ANY 128 model!A little something I somehow managed to do the past couple of days. A version of Thanatos 128k which works on not just the 128 but also the +2, +2a a…
... +3! :-D
As many of you are aware of ... you typed CAT in +3 BASIC, it would say 73k available ... in Fuse and copied the BASIC loader and the SCREEN$ to ... was being loaded into (the basic loader just had LOAD "thanc ... -
Machine Code for BeginnersHi folks. [sort of] newbie alert. Not new to Spectrum - been there since getting first rubber key 48k in 84 and a regular visitor to WoS for many y…
... regular visitor to WoS for many years. I am newly signed ... kid I never got beyond BASIC. Did a fair amount with ... Z80 machine code?!?!?!?
Many thanks.
Cheers
An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... script that expands the ZX BASIC tokens.New game out now: Final Fantasy ZXEver since I played the games on the SNES, I thought that it should be possible to make a strapped-down version for the Speccy. Just minus any super …
... myself but there were so many different sprites that at some point ... didn't want completely monochrome sprites and since there isn't ... for this solution where the sprites move mostly in 8-pixel ...ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very ... able to write in basic and make M/C ... you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's time to ... -in functions for the basic compiler to make it ...Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …
... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…
... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... an attempt to save as many bytes as possible, people have ... jump. Doing so involves executing BASIC tokens as if they were ... 4 (the command in the BASIC program -- [b]PRINT[/b], or ...Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…
... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...How many hours a week do you use your Speccy?How many hours a week do you use your Speccy and for what (gaming or programming?).
How many hours a week do you use your Speccy and for what (gaming or programming?).Fighting Fantasy utilitiesThis is my [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/fab_sol.zip]Fighting Fantasy Solution Solver[/url]. It is written in awk, but could…
... be easily converted to Speccy BASIC, so I'm putting it ... - thanks to arfgh's [b]many[/b] questions - I have done ...Die RollerOkay, technically it's in machine code - but it's all compiled in a basic compiler. (you know, the one that people keep telling us is impossible to …
... 's all compiled in a basic compiler.
(you know, the ... - It's using character based sprites, fourspriter style. But I thought ... /> Anyway, back to being a basic dice roller. Does it totally ...Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…
+3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... box, bright with bright or basic with basic, no mix, correct pixel ... should be anywhere near as many monochrome games on Spectrum as ...Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... producing a disk magazine for many years, always supplying our readers ... Jonathan Cauldwell or Retroworks and many other coders are using the ... in Basic.
Thanks of me, our readers and many other ...storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …
... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…
... /> I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started ... was non-zero.
Many thanks
Paddyhow many codies games did one of the Darlings write some blurb?yet another one turned up today in a bundle.. "this is probably the most playable casino game ever - it's absolutely brilliant!!"-david darling [B…
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just curious how many games his taglines or his ...Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…
... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...Hack into Mescaline Synthesia 128Hi folks, this thread is not about copyright, although if somebody knows the e-mail adress or another way how to contact the author "DeMarche" pleas…
... first part is loaded from Basic, then depacked and running, after ... from MC into Basic and write a Basic disk loader for every ... possible.
I hope many people who are better hackers ...BASin floating point issue...Hi Folks, I have been very happy with BASin and found it to be an excellent tool. However, in the last few days a strange error has started to occu…
... ". This is not from any BASIC code that I am writing ... would be appreciated.
Many thanks
PaddyBASin floating point issue...Hi Folks, Reposting here as I think I put it in the wrong section before - sorry. I have been very happy with BASin and found it to be an excellent…
... ". This is not from any BASIC code that I am writing ... would be appreciated.
Many thanks
PaddyReturn to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...Boxed ZX Spectrum + with 2 x ZX microdrives, Alphacom32 printer with 3 x thermal rollHi people. I found a bargain at a carboot on Sunday from somebody who didn't know what he was selling. (Im no expert by a long shot) Shamefully, I …
... manual, Zeus Assembler? book, Mega Basic book, Paintbox book[/I]
Basic (looks to be copied tape ... will be refunded.
Many Thanks for looking, please don ...ZX Spectrum + 2 x microdrives and Alphacom32 printer + extrasHi people. I found a bargain at a carboot on Sunday from somebody who didn't know what he was selling. (Im no expert by a long shot) Shamefully, I …
... manual, Zeus Assembler? book, Mega Basic book, Paintbox book[/I]
Basic (looks to be copied tape ... will be refunded.
Many Thanks for looking, please don ...New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…
... can either be read from BASIC or M.C. The (translated ... and turn it into as many vectors as necessary until the ... 've experimented with a small BASIC program that allowed me to ... in M.C. please. :) But BASIC is also acceptable. ;)
