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What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…
I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But ... little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were ... written exclusively in 128K BASIC without any machine Code ? ... decent software written using 128K BASIC .I wonder if this question ... -
BBC Basic on the ZX Spectrum - possible?I have never used a Cambridge Z88 - but I understand it was Z80 based and had a functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the…
... functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the ... -
Strongest aspect of Spectrum BASICWhat would you say is the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on other micros at the time. I think it might have been the Fun…
... the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on ... any other aspects of spectrum BASIC that were better than other ... BASIC variants on home micros? Was ... -
Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…
... . It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... Adventure Game frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games ... written in BASIC, back in the day? -
How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…
... when I later return to basic.
I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ... -
Text compression methodsI once typed in a Text compressor from INPUT magazine, it worked on a first and second most common following letters algorythm and reduced the binary…
... list of most common english words, and encode these as one ... a 'dictionary' of 150 english words from 2 to 6 letters ... , and easier to program in BASIC, but it would be pretty ... -
PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …
... added a few bits of basic stuff on algebraic notation in ... I thought I'd better print it. Okay, Mr Bond? Ed ... 5 seconds until you get Basic. Now you can type RANDOMIZE ... the program has not overwritten BASIC, or protected it with system ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... u a sample:
BASIC:
LET A = 2
LET C = A + B
PRINT C
in assembly ... /> Note, we don't actually 'print' the results in the AL ... use a ROM routine to print but that's another topic ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... u a sample:
BASIC:
LET A = 2
LET C = A + B
PRINT C
in assembly ... /> Note, we don't actually 'print' the results in the AL ... use a ROM routine to print but that's another topic ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... said before you started putting words into my mouth) i would ... have been sold with a basic front end that was reliable ... hate people twisting my words or putting words in my mouth. I ... -
Games cracking...A question for the crackers out here.... What was your very first game you cracked and for how long were you 'in clouds' of it? My very first progr…
... wulf" conversion to three-part: Basic, screen and one code, the ... poked directly into memory from Basic. My first real crack with ... REM or later also with PRINT.
I like Uniloaders, so ... -
Screen$ +3 disk to tape helpHi, I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks (Screen$). How can I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing the last to lines beca…
... Basic use an adaptation of the following routine
10 PRINT ... -
WANTED: tape replacement for +2?Any tape replacement possible for a +2? My +2 works wonderfully but the incorporated datacorder is simply worn out and won't load ANYTHING. Dirty sig…
... BIN 11101111
20 PRINT IN 254
30 ... ,BIN 11111111
40 PRINT IN 254
50 ... br />
The BASIC program used above is relatively ... techinfo.doc) is that PRINT IN 254 gives bit ... , as PRINT IN 254 is typed at a BASIC prompt, ... -
Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…
... for mucking around in Speccy BASIC all those years ago.
10 PRINT "CHRIS WOZ ERE"
20 ... -
Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... border until the power was cut. There was no way of ... and then save
a BASIC loader, followed by the main ... -
Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…
... keyboard, and how it tokenises BASIC keywords, however, you should first ... in the WoS archive. To cut to the chase, though, the ... ironically very, very much a BASIC program! -
which programming language?........hi there, which programming language did people first learn to program the zx spectrum? a. basic b. machine code c. other what sort of programs did…
basic, always basic, and then more basic on amiga.
the ... Game Over effect where the words "GAME OVER" printed all over ... doing a similar thing in basic which was a helluva lot ... -
are games?................are games made today just as playable as they were in the 80's?
... day because the 'puzzles' are basic and the combat merely a ... and poorly scripted storylines & cut-scenes (see MGS2) are used ... is so damn good. All cut-scenes take place within the ... -
Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
If the BASIC couldn't be read you ... MC-program which gave the BASIC-lines on screen with an ... this BASIC-code
10 FOR F=23755 TO 4E4: PRINT ... /> CALL PRINTSTACK ; ROM Routine to print last value(=BC)
LD ... -
Quiz 14(ish)- Giddy up horsey.. whooo! Ok, 10 quick fire questions.. Some cryptic - you`ll have to unravel the clues to get the game name, Some are description of the game. Others are in…
... /> Print`n`Plotter Products
3: PSS Pinball 2 words ... -
Spectrum ROMI downloaded some text files (they are actually the spectrum ROM files but in text) which can be compiled using TASM (or soemthing). I read on WOS th…
... with UDG's and print them in BASIC and when you move ... -
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 …
... , ((p and INKEY$="") * 4)+p: print "Key released"
The ... two pokes set the next basic line to the line the ... -
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 …
... program you will see the PRINT 1 and then the 00100 ... effect when you run the BASIC after that. It was a ... -
new to emulators...I tried using a speccy emulator several years ago...but I see that they have improved by leaps and bounds now. So...what is the best emulator to use …
... 128k Spectrums to have their BASIC expanded by a couple of ... T+U with those command words. Load the game either in ... a 128k using the 48k BASIC option, and you'll be ... a tape in the 48k BASIC mode of a 128k model ... -
a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
... Psion contains some machinecode to print BIG TYPOGRAPHY. Like twice or ... and start digging in the basic. For instance, there should be ... can find everything in the basic of the keyboard trainer. Have ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... 'd written your BIOS in basic and then compiled to z80 ... asm. BASIC just doesn't have the ... due to compiler performance from BASIC to z80, I'd be ... is written in asm - BASIC won't cut it for fast action ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... a BIOS programmed in compiled BASIC, of the use of a ... come out with a low-cut, slower spectrum, with less memory ... can compile something else than BASIC. :)
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Anyone got a copy of 'Z80 for primates'?This Z80 lark isnt easy, in fact it makes me feel very much like Washoe the chimp trying to learn learn sign language, I just dont think I've got the…
... and whatnot from. In other words you're getting crashes because ... nothing about interrupts).
The basic way you'd access the ... -
250,000 games on ebay - 2nd chance ??hi guys , thanks for all your help in the past few days , watching over the auction , it was quite exciting at the end ................until the winn…
... 10 FLASH 1
20 PRINT AT 0,3; CHR$ 75 ...
30 PRINT AT 0,0; CHR$ 70 ...
40 PRINT AT 0,2; CHR$ 67 ...
50 PRINT AT 0,1; CHR$ 85 ...
60 PRINT AT 0,4;
50 ... br />
This Spectrum basic seems strange after using C ... -
did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... text adventure game written in BASIC. First attempt. Helped by ... conversion of an original Basic adventure listing in a ...
ad 2) See BASIC program added.
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70 PRINT VALUE : IF X> ... THEN GOTO 30: REM Print value and take next ...
