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Game Barrels and Ladders appeared in yesterday's updateIts an hungarian hack of the game of the same name by "D. Millington". Actually in the basic listing of the hungarian hack, you can read that in the …
Its an hungarian hack of the game of the same name by "D. Millington".
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Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …
... interrupts
ret ; return to BASIC
org 0xc39a
jp 56 ; exit via BASIC interrupt handler
blit ... sp, ix
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Shaded Desktop...Hi Folks, As part of some BASin testing I thought I would create a little program that creates a shaded desktop. In this case it goes from solid bl…
... "A" TO USR "C"+7: READ b: POKE a,b: NEXT ... quicker but not bad for BASIC. -
Star BASIC or *BASIC??? Anyone heard of this?Does anyone remember a thing called Star Basic or *basic? It was a tape that extended the BASIC instruction set and from memory you put a * in front…
... remember a thing called Star Basic or *basic?
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More troubles: The microdriveRecently bought a used Spectrum Expansion System incl IF1 and microdrive - in a really nice looking condition, along with the accompaniing software o…
... the cartridges but unable to read any files on the cartridges ... break the operation manually (by keyboard). This caused some strange behavior ... -
Screen2StringFurther to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that I'd do a general redirection routine for anything which normally p…
Further to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT ... I did it all in BASIC but it was a bit ... p=sd TO sd+19: READ v: POKE p,v: NEXT ... -
SPECTRUM command and 48 BASICAs we (almost) all know, when a young Rupert Goodwins redesigned the Sinclair/Investronica ZX Spectrum 128 ROM 0 in late 1985, he kept the SPECTRUM c…
... same time put a 48 BASIC option in the start menu ... typing SPECTRUM in 128 BASIC and selecting 48 BASIC from the start ... -
Open and read a file using +3DOS in MCForgive me if this has been asked and answered before, I've spent a fair few hours searching the forums and looking for books on the subject, all wit…
... minimal code to open and read a file, using the +3DOS ... of what areas DOS OPEN/READ/CLOSE corrupt that would be ... -
Retrospectiva 2012We would like to invite the Sinclair community to a little online competition we organize each year called Retrospectiva. [URL="http://rsp.retrocomp…
... the competition:
* BASIC games (any BASIC variant, so you can ... your game in the standard BASIC or if you like any ... BASIC expansion)
* Graphics
* Music< ... category.
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emulators which support H/V scroll bars?You know, for years I've been using Fuse with a pokey little 4" window and moaning about it because the resize arrows didn't (appear to) work, then I…
... the text remains easy to read and I have a large ... the idiosyncrasies of the Spectrum keyboard. I thought that I could ... -
SpecBAS - Your Help needed with keyboard localisation!Hi folks - As our friend kgmcneil pointed out in an earlier thread, SpecBAS only uses a british keyboard layout. That's now changing with the optio…
... SpecBAS only uses a british keyboard layout. That's now changing ... the option to load in keyboard definition files from the " ... need people who have odd keyboard layouts to contact me ... main distribution.
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File viewer selector for +3 with card reader (basic ide interface)Just wondered if there was a good file viewer/Browser ie jumping through directories for the +3 to load the games in if you have a ide hd or cd card…
ZX Spectrum +2 128K keyboard problemsHey folks New to the forum, wondering if you guys can help me out. I have just recently been given a ZX +2 128K in beautiful condition, powers up fi…
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I'm thinking the keyboard membrane may be knackered. Is ...about 10 Great Games IIHi all :) we talking this time for ... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011441[/url] :) [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/k9uk9…
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tape2sidea we have different basic for "basel the great ... " and ... WOS tzx
samurai different basic and etc.. :)
Jose ... every time ? I need to read for their loading schemes :)
iXpectrum on iPad using Bluetooth keyboard?Does anybody know if it's possible to get the fantastic iXpectrum to use a Bluetooth keyboard connected to an iPad? Some games are easy to play but s…
Does anybody know if it's possible to get the fantastic iXpectrum to use a Bluetooth keyboard connected to an iPad? Some games are easy to play but some platformers would be even better if I could use a proper(ish) keyboard.What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…
... CAPS LOCK on the PC keyboard it remains in effect until ... it again. Any keyboard reading from within a BASIC program reflects this ... works fine when editing a BASIC program but not from within ... to detect CAPS LOCK from BASIC? When I run the following ...Basic Challenge NO.7Ok Boys and girls get your thinking caps on. IN BASIC how would you plot an arc of a ball falling to the ground? so it gets lower and lower and mov…
... caps on.
IN BASIC how would you plot an ...How to capture +3e Device Info in BASICHello there my fellow WoS'ers My hope is that you can help me. I am currently writing a +3e FDISK program - well prototyping this in Specky+3e basi…
... prototyping this in Specky+3e basic, however on one of the ... the current data using just basic?
is it even ...How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
... write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change ... bit of a chore to read - sadly I cannot remember how ...Changing the colour Atributes at y,x (+3e BASIC)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am currently writing away on my +3e and I am wonder is there a way I can just effect the Paper / Ink attributes at Y…
... ,X on the screen using BASIC?
What about the ... as a prototype in +3e BASIC to be precise.
Switching 48/128 modes within a BASIC programI'm not sure what use this would be; ie. being able to switch between 48k and 128k modes and back again from within a continuously running BASIC prog…
... from within a continuously running BASIC program, but as it's ... to 48k modes while the BASIC program continues to run. Unfortunately ...Copying Files in +3e BASIC (not using COPY command)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Yet again I find myself in need of guidance, I am sooo close to getting my prototype up. I am writing my own byte cop…
... something like this under +3e basic?
thanks for ...More RAM for BASIC (ZXSE required)Ok, here it is: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/48KBASICSE.zip[/url] Use it as an IF2 ROM with a ZX Spectrum SE. It's a version of the 80x2…
... 47.5K available for your BASIC programs. However, anything that expects ...BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …
... I will assume you already read the BIFROST* documentation first, so ... , although a Boriel's ZX BASIC version would work exactly the ... to translate it to ZX BASIC and post it here?
Announcing: idedosfs and plus3dosfsAnnouncing my latest project, [b]idedosfs[/b]. FUSE (Filesystem in USErspace) modules for mounting PLUSIDEDOS .HDF files and partitions thereon as fi…
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Features:
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[*]Read/write mounting of .HDF files ... (a.k.a. 'xattrs')
[*]Read-only mounting of [b]+3DOS ... an existing idedosfs mount
[*]- BASIC file headers exposed as xattrs ...Interesting Keyboard FaultWhy-oh-why do I keep buying half-dead Speccys off fleabay. Bought this one as a source of spares, it was listed as having a non-working keyboard due…
... as having a non-working keyboard due to a possible ULA ... message and a known working keyboard membrane brings no response, I ...Kempston Interface/Divide RandomnessI have just complemented my system with a Kempston joystick interface and am having some terrible stability problems. I have an Issue 4 (4a I think)…
... getting lots of 'Nonsense in Basic' errors, corrupt graphics, random resets ... be at fault? - I've read about someone having similar problems ...INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…
... N or n on the keyboard. anything else it will just ... there a beep editor? I read it was in development for ...ZX Spectrum keyboard stickers DIYI decided to upload some files I created in the past, to print stickers to put on a PC keyboard or on a +2/2A/B/+3 that lacks the keywords. More tha…
... to put on a PC keyboard or on a +2/2A ... /vanmezelf/zx_spectrum_keyboard_stickers.jpg"]ZX Spectrum keyboard stickers[/URL]
[URL="http ... /vanmezelf/zx_spectrum_keyboard_stickers_high_contrast.jpg"]ZX Spectrum keyboard stickers - high contrast[/URL]
Best books & Sugested reading..Hi i was trying to search the forum but couldnt find it. Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect.. I mess…
... a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect ... ins and read a few simple books on basic (give me ... do today but in spectrum basic.
To be ... and write a solution in basic or machine code for ... the best books to read and in what order to ...
