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super-quick games in BASIC?do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed? (i wonder, speccy is rare…
do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed?
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So many questions...I'm a regular reader of this forum and everyday I see so many questions people have. Questions regarding technological decisions made in the past. Qu…
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How many players can you cram simultaneous on a speccyYou know how they have those..how many people can you cram in a mini or a phone box things on guiness book of records. Well say someone wrote a game…
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New versions of ZX-Editor and ZX-Preview publishedDear ZX-Spectrum Emulator fans, I want to announce that I published new versions of ZX-Editor Second Edition and ZX-Preview today. Refer to [url]www…
... tokenizer, full (!) BASin basic program and variables support, many bug-fixes, a ... see all colour effects of Basic programs, but also syntax-highlighting ... -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
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2) What did Spectrum BASIC lack that might have been ... regarding a BBC vs. Spectrum BASIC comparison, I'd have to ... to write a few very basic BASIC programs for Computer Studies. -
spectrum basic documentationhi. once, i programmed in spectrum basic, yet, i forgot almost everything already. is there a downloadable text which would help me to refresh my the…
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once, i programmed in spectrum basic, yet, i forgot almost everything already. is there a downloadable text which would help me to refresh my the syntax in my memory?
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Speech In BASICIs it possible to produce any speech in just Spectrum BASIC?
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How Spectrum changed our livesHave you ever thought about how Speccy changed your lives? Just imagine all of us in our youth age without Manic Miner or Knight Lore, without that…
... time spent in typing in BASIC magazine games or waiting
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How many games have you got ?How many games on tape have you got ? I?m talking about original copy?s only, not compilations :smile:
How many games on tape have you got ?
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Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…
... , would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely ... start machine code with minimal BASIC knowledge?
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How could you hear if loading BASIC or MC?When loading a Spectrum program from tape you could usually hear from the sound if it is a BASIC or is some machine code program *. My question is, w…
... sound if it is a BASIC or is some machine code ... the differens?
In BASIC I assume that the keyword ... command, so should not a Basic program in memory (and to ... sounds hard and tight, and BASIC more light and open. :smile ... -
How many Beatles Tunes can you find.[b]Me and my wife put this together: How many Beatles song titles can you spot. There are quite a few.[/b] As Emily is an avid Beatles fan we though…
... wife put this together: How many Beatles song titles can you ... twist and shout as the many bands played rock and roll ... tour bus to take in many of the historic Beatles sights ... -
How to add basic commands like "!command"Hi all, is there some where in the forums a thread dealind with the topic how to add basic commands? How are the commands for example of Basic+ are …
... the topic how to add basic commands?
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Basic Programming BookSinclair ZX Spectrum - Basic Programming Book Good, clean, unsoiled condition. A must have item for any Sinclair Spectrum Fan. [URL="http://cgi.eb…
Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Basic Programming Book
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basito: CPC Basic interpreterHello. I'm writing a Basic Interpreter compatible with the Amstrad CPC series Locomotive Basic. It's still in a very early development stage, but al…
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I'm writing a Basic Interpreter compatible with the Amstrad ... CPC series Locomotive Basic. It's still in a ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... this is that the BASIC debugging windows are available ... ) and import it into BASIC as DATA, REM etc ... memory or translated into BASIC. It can import as ... double quotes in them. Many thanks to Mike, Spike ... original line remains in BASIC memory. This may break ... -
Understanding extensions to the BASIC parserFor a while, I've had a rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap in hardware, just so that I can send stuff to a Spectrum over ethe…
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Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC? -
Help with maze in Sorcerer's Mountain.:-? Does anybody out there know how to get out of the maze in SORCERER'S MOUNTAIN a text adventure (with some pictures) written by Martin Sykes and r…
... ? The program is written in basic but after looking at the ... work it out. Far too many variables for my brain to ... -
Beta BasicWhilst testing my 16K Speccy emulator for CCG2008, I wanted to load Beta Basic. I know v1.0 supported 16K models, but the TAP file online only contai…
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BASIC Keyword ReferenceHi. I do most of my ZX work on a grey-case +2 which, as we all know, is devoid of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and stuff, but not much…
... of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and ... when I need to edit BASIC - I usually resort to random ... anyone knows of a 48k BASIC key-to-Keyword reference? Sure ... -
How many expansions can a Speccy handle ?How many expansions / interfaces / addons can a Speccy handle ? I'm not thinking about the issue of powering the interfaces through the Speccy's PS…
How many expansions / interfaces / addons can a Speccy handle ?
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Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…
... to actually edit the loading BASIC program somehow. I have found ... can see, there are 2 "BASIC" blocks, the first one (Program ... Blockeditor.
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New utility - Arcade Game DesignerNo income tax, no VAT, no money back, no guarantee... In advance of SEUD's release I thought I'd release AGD to get people in the mood for game maki…
... making. It's a rather basic affair and not as user ... , of course. There aren't many bells and whistles, and it ... going to compete with Sinclair BASIC and can be a bit ... -
Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASICI'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the problem …
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A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
... /> I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum ... It also has a tiny (basic) TZX library (to save ... moment), and a minimalistic BASIC tokenizer to generate ZX ... Spectrum BASIC programs (used as ... tzx file with a basic loader which loads an ... -
Important for Game/Demo DevelopersHello Spectrum-friends, I just finished our new Disc-Magazine SCENE+ with newest games, demos, graphics and sounds from the Spectrum Scene. However,…
... just try to make the Basic Loader as short as possible ... can be avoided I and many other disk-users would be ... -
WTD: First Edition BASIC Programming ManualAs per title, looking for a "First Edition" BASIC Programming Manual to suit original rubber key speccy. Must be a "First Edition" no other edition w…
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BLAST Your BASICBasic compiler software [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350050782179[/url] Can't see who is is made by though.
Basic compiler software
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350050782179[/url]
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SE Basic 2The next version of Sinclair Extended BASIC will be based on Open82 which incorporates the math library from the ZX81 ROM and is distributed under th…
The next version of Sinclair Extended BASIC will be based on Open82 which incorporates the math library from the ZX81 ROM and is distributed under the GNU GPL.
