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T/S 2068 & SpectrumBorrowing what you see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide, by Fred Blechman. It appears the T/s 2068 was intended to be …
... One nice thing about ts2068 basic is that the interpretter doesn ... suggested page size being 8k. The 48k spectrum can only swap out ... the bottom 16k page, the 128s only ... RAM, ROMs (interfacing with the basic system or taking it over ... -
Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…
... a boot disk having to swap disks to make a operation ... a single disk system (as basic setup) or to avoid people ... know if it will ever page the RAM but the ROM ... -
Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…
... a boot disk having to swap disks to make a operation ... a single disk system (as basic setup) or to avoid people ... help?
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File size in 128K RAM diskHi Folks, Is there a way to get the size of a file stored in the 128K RAM disk from within a BASIC program? Many thanks Paddy
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File size in 128K RAM diskHi Folks, Is there a way to get the size of a file stored in the 128K RAM disk from within a BASIC program? Many thanks Paddy
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ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... menu and Basic editor existing in the alternative ROM page. Since the ... load/save routines and the Basic error handler, a firmware that ... have to do a ROM swap, and I guess most people ... -
80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... s hard to have to swap memory banks to have ... /> It's possible. SE BASIC IV pages in bank 7 ... . Before it does the page it temporarily relocates the stack ... ' RAM that you could page in over the normal display ... worlds, but with SE BASIC IV it is greater than ... -
RAM used / corrupted by +3DOSAs I said previously, [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41775]I'm trying to put some games in hard disk[/url] so they can b…
... of about 600 bytes in page 4 which could be ... /> [*]clear the screen
[*]swap the $5b00 area with whatever ... /> [/list]
The BASIC loader is just:
[code ... program uses a chunk of page 4 to copy in ... the top 30 bytes of page 2. It turned out ... -
Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... 128, can you write a BASIC loader that uses OUT to ... Basic interpreter is constantly doing its own paging in order to swap ... set: 16 for page 0, 17 for page 1 and so on ... -
Strider II (and others) + 3 disk versionsHello everyone, I've been working on converting some games to be able to load them from the +3 floppy. I started with single load games but now Im i…
... br /> PI_3: call SWAPFG ;swap in +3 system variables!!
ldir ;save page 7 $db00->$e7ff< ... page 7 $db00->$e7ff
PO_3: call SWAPFG ;swap ... br /> PO_0: call PAGE_H ;page 4, ROM 3 (BASIC)!!
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Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
... look at any random game page there and you'll see ... thought I'd read every page on your blog, but somehow ... programmed in most versions of BASIC and still run at a ... can store one piece, and swap it at any time with ... -
128K shadow screen?Hi How does the shadow screen feature work , and how can it be used?
... 128 to ever return to BASIC or leave the standard interrupt ... an interrupt). You can actually swap display screens at any time ... . I am not returning to basic and the PLAN is to ... . However as soon as I page from it I see the ... -
Faulty M1 or no?Hi all, OK, so I've got an issue 4B which was pretty much untouched and appears to work fine (starts up OK, loads games, 23732 and 23733 both retu…
... /> In the original orange BASIC manual on page 118, there is a ... you have another to hand, swap it.
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Currah MicroSourceThis is an interesting one for the experts to mull over. I've got (and love) a MicroSource interface from Currah which consisted of an 8K ROM provid…
... . basic) and debug facility.
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AY musicThis is a format I'm proposing for an AY music player. If anyone can see any problems or anywhere it can be improved please say so. An AY music form…
... memory 16k in the top page) to the data, 4k per ... music is intended. As the basic structure doesn't change it ... -
ANNOUCE: Spin Public Beta 0.1d now availableWell, after the overwhelming response to the previous announcement here on WOS Forums, I thought I'd best post that SPIN 0.1d is up. Here's the CSS …
... Andy Barker's Loading Schemes Page) :
Mask.csw - Won't ... ,
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Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game.
There are 63 points available this time.
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FAILED THE BLOODY TEST !!!Well, I finally worked out the courage to take the Spectrum certification test... AND FAILED !!! Not exactly that I was expecting to pass, but - My G…
... God ! 60% !?!! And 40% for BASIC programming !?!! I was thinking of ... some kind of ace in BASIC, now to find out that ... -up a programming-oriented WWW page for Speccy ! Now how can ... -
Viewing SCR screens in a web-pageI wrote a small program in java some time ago which allows you to view the spectrum screen dump in a web page. how about using this in the world of s…
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BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…
For the BASIC-coders among us.
... program below.
The fastest BASIC-program wins.
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Laser BasicDid anyone else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler? I just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru a website, and it reminded me about…
... else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler?
I ... just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru ... could write programs in Laser Basic, but if you wanted to ... -
A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…
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BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …
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Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …
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How To List BASIC?Hi, I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is there a piece of code I can load into a 48k Spectrum which will read in a .TAP file and list i…
... want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is ... way I can list the BASIC program?
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Crash page/mp3 needed :-) Can anybody do me a greyscale scan of page 76/ issue 16 (bruce lee map) as I don`t really want to buy off ebay for 1 page :( This is due to …
... me a greyscale scan of page 76/ issue 16 (bruce lee ... buy off ebay for 1 page :(
This is due ...Speccy bits for sale/swapBeen digging about in the attic today and found two Speccy related bits. a 16k RAM pack for a ZX81 and a DK'Tronics Lightpen for a 48k Speccy Both …
... for a nice price or swap them for certain issues of ...
