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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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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…
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... not meant to be anything special - just an introduction to ... to the asm name "_sprdrawftbl" (the C name with preceeding underscore ... contains that missing "_sprdrawftbl" name, so that C references to ... />
There are five basic sprite types: MASK, OR, XOR ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... , but I mistyped the name -- it should be "puts_cons ... needs to interpret the special codes for AT, INK ... level functions to do basic input and output. ... wanted to stop running Basic's interrupt routine ... working. This is because Basic's interrupt routine scanned ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... a strong version of basic (better that anything offered ... M, hard disk interfaces, you name it.
... . The version of basic was excellent and I ... really weak version of basic. The disk system ... they were title screen special effects). A few games ...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…
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Feature request- Sprite ... like this: 3x2 grid (6 chars) + 3x3 (9) + 1x2 (2) + 2x2 ... (2) = total of 21 chars.
first I set 3x2 ...Boulderdash style game in compilationHello, I remember playing a boulderdash style game that came in a compilation. The game's graphics were rubbish (looked like it was written in BASIC…
... like they were written in BASIC, and had a screen editor ... search the archives for the name).
Hope that helps ... am currently working on a 'special edition' of the editor for ...Screen$ disappearanceGreetings to all developers :D As you know, I have been playing around with Professional Adventure Writer and was making a few tests in the adventur…
... don`t want the 'Bytes: name' message printed and spoiling your ... /> You mention putting in a special case trap for the rom ... 128 machine thats in 48 basic from the menu or 'spectrum ... ' from 128 basic is bugged. You have to ...Database + web programming queryI was thinking of the best way to implement the a book type-ins database thingy, and I thought something along these lines would be nice and simple: …
... , like so:
type-in name|author|book title|archival status ... is just as easy as Basic to pick up, incidentally, and ... string of up to 255 chars)
publisher (varchar(255))
basic plain-text approach, except that ...Printing UDGs in BASICAfter looking a little through Winer Milly's code, it struck me that I might be able to speed up my Cybernoid editor by replacing: FOR a=0 TO 31: PR…
... for inserting UDGs and other special characters such as block ... and googling "textmate sinclair basic plugin" doesn't turn anything ... supported:
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...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... even smaller than Sinclair Basic. There is something like ... and string variables. Sinclair basic hides the distinction between ... declare numbers with the basic interpretter automatically converting to ... name of the address of a block of memory holding 10 chars ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... be stored at 49152. The name "_scroll_buffer" in asm or, ... br /> [/code]
The name of the function "wrapper()" is ... br />
There is nothing special in the declaration so this ... variables are stored similarly except chars are one byte.
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... let m$="Hello, my name is Mulder and this is ... * doing the equivalent :) The basic string slice operation creates a ... when you copied the 32 chars into s2. However, the ... a maximum of n chars just like the double ... print a max of 32 chars from string alpos at (22 ...Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... fact that they used compiled BASIC means that the number was ... o seu nome .' 'Enter your name:'
35342: 'Esta correcto o ... seu nome ?' "Is your name correct?'
47608: 'SCORE= '< ... : 'HISCORE = '
Game changes CHARS several times. I found 2 ...Vector drawing routines.Anybody could point me to some sort of vector drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean to draw 2D pictures with…
... to leave enough space for BASIC?
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# Z88MATHLIB = name of library linked if -lmz ...SpeedloadersWhen was the first time they came out and who invented them. What was the general speccy user's and media reaction to them? Would be nice to have a …
... RAM by GRIG"). After the BASIC loader it always had the ... called "load*2.exe". Funny name, I wonder if the saving ... them. Other nice features were BASIC listing, 45000 initial free bytes ... an unprotected TAP/TZX (including special care for screen$) to minimize ...WoS Sinclair BASIC page updated[url]www.worldofspectrum.org/sinclairbasic[/url]
... 's wrong with DEF FN Name(value1, value 2,...)? If it ... , so it does not support special conditions (IF-statements). Sure, GOSUB ... of code and any other BASIC function.
Why not ... adapt the advantages of modern BASIC languages for the Spectrum, if ...Horace to the RescueIs anything known about what type of game this would have been? And if William Tang really did pass away, I hope he didn't...
... that, the games were basic as anything but this ... sometimes one or more chars would be wrong on ... it went to a special ceefax page (ceefax pages ... The software read the chars and converted it into ... because you needed a special serial interface for the Amstrad ...Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
... BASIC app runs on the spectrum that saves a file name ... to the server). The BASIC program then attempts to load ... can see potential that no special hardware is needed and ... is run a small BASIC app which could be ... be easy to write in BASIC, and a simple script ...Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
... device by specifying its letter name in the first two characters ... is associated with the letter name and passes a pointer to ... filename (with the first two chars pruned) which the driver can ... groups. The first group is basic i/o, another group direcory ...2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…
... your program very slow. Sinclair basic will allow you to make ... visited. Eg, before matching any chars, all words in your list ... letter A followed by two chars pointing at the string index ... . End state 0 with a special 0 char or something. Following ...border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... . just try edit a long basic line.
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[/quote] as said, basic system uses bottom of screen ...New Game: Heart StealerMy first platformer is finally released! Having a Speccy since a long time ago, I've really wanted to make a game for it. Since february, I've final…
... people who thought that ZX Basic is all you need to ... expect them to do anything special.
[QUOTE]YES, it ... design, or sprites (just to name a few).
On ...SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…
... (AND, OR etc) and need special handling.
Variables ... length marker, followed by the name.
Finally, symbols ... much faster to execute than BASIC code. You need to use ... like that could offer a basic programmer, for designing something ...
