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got a great speccy deal with some weird itemstoday i bought a job lot of speccy stuff inc. 48k+ zx81 2 16k ram packs interface 1 micro drive loads of books. and now the weird stuff. prism vtx500…
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euroelectronics zx print 3 interface
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How to compile a BASin program with Hisoft Basic Compiler?If I write a Basic program with the BASin application and then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine code, what are the steps to a…
If I write a Basic program with the BASin application ... then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine ... then load the basic program. But must the basic program be in ... -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... maze in 88 bytes, and print the maze by reading the ... from the m array and print the maze by reading the ... Dr. Beep's one line BASIC program request. But I was ... -
A great free boot CD for PCsMy laptop refused to boot Windows a couple of days ago, and since it doesn't have a floppy drive or a boot-from-USB option, I needed a boot CD. I fou…
... ), with lots of utilities and free DOS boot environments, and made ... -
ZXF11 now available in printThe print version of ZXF issue 11 is now available for £5 per copy (not including postage and packing). Received my copy today and it looks supe…
The print version of ZXF issue 11 ... . If you do purchase a print version from lulu, don't ... -
Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... far as possible in basic (maybe compiled basic) and will run ok ... REM display player
100 PRINT AT playery,playerx;CHR$ 144 ... $="." THEN LET playerx=playerx+1: PRINT AT playery,playerx-1;" "
PRINT AT playery,playerx+1;" "
Free Acorn and Amiga gear - Cambridge UKHiya - not really speccy related - but you can emulate the speccy on em! Hehe The time has come, I am in Oz, my folks in the UK and they are tired o…
... are welcome to it, for free and gratis.
I ...OT: Pb-free solder and iron tipsIs it just me, or do soldering iron tips wear out really fast with lead-free solder? Another 1mm tip just crumbled and it's only done two and a half …
Is it just me, or do soldering iron tips wear out really fast with lead-free solder? Another 1mm tip just crumbled and it's only done two and a half PCBs worth of soldering... anyone else having the same thing happen to them?Pssssttt...Wanna buy a legit copy of ZXS1? Full colour print with a free poster?
Wanna buy a legit copy of ZXS1? Full colour print with a free poster?The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
Ram Turbo InterfaceHi all, Can any one tell me if the Ram Turbo Joystick Interface is compatible with Kempston Joysticks? Or are both the Joystick ports Sinclair 1 and…
Hi all,
Can any one tell me if the Ram Turbo Joystick Interface is compatible with Kempston Joysticks?
Or are both the Joystick ports Sinclair 1 and 2
It is the one with the Rom port on it.+2B ram chips?Hi all, I have got 2 Plus2B`s and 1 Plus2 gray case. Ok the one Plus2B don`t work, so I tried to see if I could pin down the problem. I changed the …
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There are 4 ram chips on sockets on board ... Plus2B.
The one ram chip IC6 had a pin ... br /> I then removed 2 ram chips IC6 and IC4 replace ... dwith 2 other ram chips that to be honest ... br />
If its the ram chips then I shall buy ...+D and RAM Turbo interfaceJust a quick note to let a few guys in particular know that my RAM Turbo does in fact work with my +D interface. I checked continuity through the RA…
... particular know that my RAM Turbo does in fact ... I checked continuity through the RAM Turbo, and found all lines ... used to have a second RAM Turbo, and of course ... is a clone. The other RAM Turbo, which, alas, ... external devices, or som RAM Turbo interfaces don't ...How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... box height, width and
PRINT AT coordinates of where to ... then the basic FOR F=0 TO 19 :
PRINT AT F ...I'm Free!!We've all had a ride round in Turbo Esprit, stopping at lights running over pedestrians, etc, and in Skooldaze/Back to Skool we've done everything bu…
We've all had a ride round in Turbo Esprit, stopping at lights running over pedestrians, etc, and in Skooldaze/Back to Skool we've done everything but what we're supposed to do, but how many other free-roaming games existcant format answereHi all, I am writing a short basic program that will convert a frequency to a length. 10 print "Spectrum antenna length conversion." 20 let w = 468 …
... /> I am writing a short basic program that will convert a ... a length.
10 print "Spectrum antenna length conversion."
30 print "Input the frequency "
40 ... input f
50 print "The antenna length is ";w ...text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing ... ,3,6
199 REM Print Each Location
200 FOR ... =2 TO 4
220 PRINT d$(l(n,m));
+3dos BASIC Headers - Char and Number ArraysHi. I'm almost ready to release the first beta of "3eExplorer" my utility for extracting files from a +3e HDD/CF image. It's actually going quite w…
... +3DOS file header the "+3 BASIC header data" is the same ... a .TAP file...[CODE]+3 BASIC header:
0x0f : Type
41 Crash mags - free to a good home (Australia)I'm having a clear out and the following Crash magazines have to go. Their condition is a bit variable, all have seen some wear and tear, but all ar…
... are still readable.
Free to a good home, from ...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?
(i wonder, speccy is rarely used in this way - it's even more platform independent then JAVA! :-))) )Alternative chips for upper RAM blockDoes anybody know of a way to use 4464 chips instead of 4164 for the upper RAM block in a 48K machine? If not 4464 then something a little more avai…
Does anybody know of a way to use 4464 chips instead of 4164 for the upper RAM block in a 48K machine? If not 4464 then something a little more available than the 4164. Winston? Piters??
TIAFree games too play[url]http://play-free-online-games.com/games/games_all.html[/url] Not heard of many of these except Anarchy Online. Might try some of these out lat…
[url]http://play-free-online-games.com/games/games_all. ...Here's a good, free dictionary/thesaurusAlright, so it's not going to get you racing for the download links, but if anyone want a good freeware Windows dictionary/thesaurus then I've found …
Alright, so it's not going to get you racing for the download links, but if anyone want a good freeware Windows dictionary/thesaurus then I've found a great one at:
[URL]http://wordweb.info/free/[/URL]What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... Alright, so they were free to stop producing the XBox ... XBox only having 64MB of RAM (which is shared between ... the program and the video RAM). The game authors did ... with this tiny amount of RAM, but more would have ... too of course, feel free to name and any others ...Sam Revival issue 19 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 19 of Sam Revival is now out! Let's start off with what's on the coverdisk: Conquest. Written by Peter King in 1997 this originally had a lim…
... you've only stuck with BASIC or the likes of GamesMaster ... Sam Coup? in fact - feel free to drop me a PM ...Which is the best Speccy emulator for the windows PC?I'm a newbie around here. So please forgive me if I ask some rather basic :smile: questions. Which is the best Speccy emulator for windows/pc? I am …
I'm a newbie around here. So please forgive me if I ask some rather basic :smile: questions.
Which is the best Speccy emulator for windows/pc? I am considering both free and paid for emulators. Which features are more important to you?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…
... magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an ... />
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.Wipe Out by KB RamWhilst doing a long-overdue update for Speccy Spoilers, I noticed that one of the latest additions is a game which doesn't appear to be in the archiv…
... was written by a KB. Ram in 1987. It's very ...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…
hi.
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?
TIAa free firewallIs there a good free firewall programme anyone can recommend
Is there a good free firewall programme anyone can recommend
