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BASin bug?Every now n then I'm getting "invalid floating point operation" when trying to load up BASIC programs....it then locks up BASin But I can get r…
... trying to load up BASIC programs....it then locks up BASin
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Lame BASIC BEEPer editor - alphaI like music, like BASIC and find all current music utilities complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple BEEPer edito…
I like music, like BASIC and find all current music ... I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple ... doing. :lol: If this ends up becoming useful I may even ... -
What's best for backing up home data?What's best for backing up home data? I'm not talking about anything too important (if I even had anything like that I'd use multiple DVDs, with some…
What's best for backing up home data? I'm not ... , and I'd periodically back up that going-to-make-me ... , and when you've set up the best mods to work ... can take the DVD-R round there safe in the knowledge ... -
OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…
... with routines borrowed from SAM BASIC (thanks to Andrew Wright) ... (this requires replacing the BASIC ROM and patching the editor ... set the permanent attribute), MOVE (BASIC wrapper for the LDIR block ... variables, freeing up an extra 168 bytes for BASIC or your ... -
Ebay Sales just upHello all again at last. Have finally got round to start listing the 2nd big box of my old speccy games here..... [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/mun…
... at last. Have finally got round to start listing the 2nd ... , my copy of RODLAND is up and a few nice bundles ... -
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…
... close to getting my prototype up.
I am writing ... something like this under +3e basic?
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WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
Hi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place.
Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am making good progress.
Reading the book ZX Spectrum Games Master. Its a great start ... -
They're here ! BASIC horror themed games[IMG]http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q541/Rygarman/theyre_here.jpg[/IMG] Because its my birthday tomorrow (38 years young) I am making these ga…
... the games were written in BASIC by myself, and for myself ... . Although I managed to program basic text adventures, I was the ... move and then may end up in combat like my other ... .
Now where?s my BASIC programming guide?
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+3 BASIC DOS_DemoI got side-tracked while working on the Op.Wolf conversion and ended up writing this +3 DOS utility which provides most of the disk functions that mi…
... Op.Wolf conversion and ended up writing this +3 DOS utility ... but which don't have BASIC commands for them.
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BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
... this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from ... discarded
;a BASIC line may be split across ... lines
[strike];a BASIC line starts with an integer ... the first line)
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Loading basic from basic?Hi Guys, Could you please help me. I want to create a menu on my plus 3 disks. If I use the line below I just get "c nonsense in basic" if inkey$…
... just get "c nonsense in basic"
if inkey$ = "1 ... from a basic listing.
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SE Basic IV 4.1 Buffy previewSE Basic IV 4.0 Anya was released back in December 2012. You can read about it here: [url]http://cheveron.github.io/sebasic4/[/url] But here's some …
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* A fork of OpenSE BASIC.
* Supplied with FUSE (> ... or clone from the 16K up.
* Compatible with Spectranet ... language closer to the Minimal BASIC 78 standard. It still ... of the characteristics of OpenSE BASIC.
While Anya ... -
Full 16*16-digit BASIC multiplicationI liked Andre Adrian's 32-bit long multiplication routine so much that I decided to a decimal version. After all, 2^63 is only 9223372036854775808, a…
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I've done this BASIC version, which follows the original ... probably do the other three basic arithmetical operations as well.
Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... frustration I went back to basic..
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(Up untill this point I thought ... Return
looking up the hex codes for the ... ]
running round the room like a contestant ... down. Time to think up another one. Better to ...MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... call NOTRAP to restore BASIC:
REM To ... ; MOVE_M moving object control for BASIC
; runs with interrupts ... exceptions are dealt with from BASIC
; object properties are ... /> KEYU: defb $25 ;Q up
KEYD: defb $26 ...Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…
... a specific animated screen in BASIC on whatever 8/16 bit ... a picture of it, set up, and running the animation. They ...New Game: Spiker: Basic TrainingThis is a new game for 128K spectrums inspired by the Spectrum spaceship mascot thread here on WOS. Even if you hate the game, it is worth loading up…
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So suit up, fuel up, zip up, scarf up, goggle up, take a deep ...
to this: your "[U]Basic Training[/U]."
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to pass your basic training. You've got three ... ://blackjet.co.uk/spectrum/Spiker:-Basic-Training/[/url]
...IF1bis: I give up! WARNING to casual usersI guess the title of this thread really says it all. I have had an IF1bis for a number of months now, and feel that it is time to express my final fe…
... now accept defeat and give up with it.
To ... ZX microdrives, using native ZX Basic commands. As such, the IF1bis ... not reliable, and that the basic and shadow ROM files used ...From RAM to dim v$() "video buffer" SPEED UP!Hi! This question is related to "quick RAM copy using LET in Basic" ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44296[/url]). Wel…
... RAM copy using LET in Basic" ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... />
Another methor for speed up?
I try changing ...eVALuating $ in +3 BasicHi all, I was very interested in the thread below about re-starting Basic, and remember reasonable amounts from zx81 and early Spectrums. But I now h…
... thread below about re-starting Basic, and remember reasonable amounts from ... works of course in 48K Basic etc. but returns missing vars ... been that difficult to come up with an alternative? I'm ...Creating Boriel ZX Basic Project in Xcode OS XFollowing on from the z88dk Xcode Project post below, the link below describes how to set up an Xcode External Build Project to Edit and Compile Bori…
... below describes how to set up an Xcode External Build Project ... Edit and Compile Boriel ZX Basic .bas and .asm source files ... /21/creating-xcode-boriel-zx-basic-project-in-os-x/"]http ... /21/creating-xcode-boriel-zx-basic-project-in-os-x/[/URL ...Childhood games you made up yourselfI'm not sure why, but I was thinking of some childhood games that me and my friends made up when we were about 9 or 10 (so it was during my speccy er…
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Line up various Star Wars characters ( ... a rectangle round our vegetable patch. Line up a bunch ... never really played Subbuteo!) round the track in turn. ... it all the way round the circuit was the ... 't killed in the next round.
[B ...Has the Basic Programming forum crashed?as the title says , can someone check if the Basic Programming Forum is up and running as all I'm getting is... [B][url]http://127.0.0.1/?a=0[/url]…
... someone check if the Basic Programming Forum is up and running as ...Spectrum preservation/clean up questions.I’m sorting out my 5 Spectrums trying to make them look a bit better, and to package them up how they should be, and to get them to be reliable…
... better, and to package them up how they should be, and ... use/do to clean them up without causing any damage?
round ones) and the power supplies ... (round and square ones), is there ...BASIC to Python - bringing a modern view on an 80's obsession...Howdy! I don't know how relevant this will be here, but I've just finished up a 3-part overview on my blog where I convert an old 1K ZX81 basic pr…
... but I've just finished up a 3-part overview on ... convert an old 1K ZX81 basic program into Python. Python ... its easy to learn like BASIC was and that makes it ... was between an old 1982 Basic listing and Python. I' ... see how well it holds up on a modern machine.< ...Removal of "reset on break" protection (old basic program)Hi, Long time lurker, here! This is hopefully quite simple but there's an old basic game in the I'd like to bring up to date / take a look at …
... but there's an old basic game in the I'd ... like to bring up to date / take a look ... appear to show me the basic listing as I expected.
My experience with a ZX Spectrum clone called Elwro 800 JuniorAfter a long break in using this forum (modellrailroading is my main hobby) I'm back and want to tell something about an interesting ZX Spectrum clon…
... standalone.
Computers boot up into BASIC that was highly compatible with ... ZX Spectrum's BASIC (difference were the polish responses ... There are no prints with BASIC's keywords, so to use ... new FDD. It will be round cable with 37 wires ended ...Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
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1258 REM ** doubling up on keys will work **
up one effect, draw waveform ...Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…
... model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games ... came across the full basic source and decided to ... it over in C. Basic being basic, there's a lot ... up loading on a real machine.
Original basic ... in.
Up to six people can play ...DivMMC and +3 BASIC questionHi everyone, sorry if I'm about to tread a well-worn path here but I looked and looked, and I found something in the DivMMC manual but I'm not sure i…
... in the late 80s, some BASIC, some machine code, and I ... things that imply it ends up in 48K mode after it ... I saw something about '128K BASIC support watch this space' - so ...
