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  • getting c nonsense in basic when trying to load a program through a string in +3 basicstrangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works withou…

    strangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works without an error. why is this?
    digital digital August 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    ... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
    ... I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... [/code]

    Remember to save the program before you run ... ,3)... Remember the spectrum basic has its Y coordinate first ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • OqtaDrive - Microdrive emulator for Spectrum & QLQuite a while ago I reported about my [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55983/yet-another-microdrive-emulator#latest"]first prototy…

    ... emulator[/url]. After a long pause with only occasional work on ... with both Spectrum and QL, without any reconfiguration. While the Nano ... daemon, e.g. load and save cartridges into/from the virtual ...
    xelalex xelalex May 2021 Hardware
  • Reverting to Sinclair fontI use the Fuse emulator, and I have a BASIC listing that's a snapshot but not in the original Sinclair font. Is there an easy way to reset the font t…

    ... emulator, and I have a BASIC listing that's a snapshot ... font to standard, or a SAVE/MERGE technique with snapshots, or ... the original font in without losing the BASIC you have loaded? Thanks ...
    SteveP SteveP November 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 . ... were written exclusively in 128K BASIC without any machine Code ? Are ... assuming that as the 128K BASIC was pretty good that ... decent software written using 128K BASIC .I wonder if this question ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2022 Games
  • BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…

    ... wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF ... ]
    You get .... a noticable pause and then .... 1.7973767E-16 ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2022 BASIC
  • 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 ... it.

    If I save all registers on the stack ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • 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…

    ... do this from Basic use an adaptation ... br /> 10 PRINT #0; "Save Me as well"
    20 ... KEY-DONE)

    50 SAVE "192lines" SCREEN$

    without microdrives.
    For ... /> machine code routine to save the complete screen.
    ...
    Geoff Geoff February 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 …

    ... written your BIOS in basic and then compiled to ... z80 asm. BASIC just doesn't have the ... to initialise or enumerate) without resorting to hundreds or thousands ... z80 asm in order to save space. I do think ... to compiler performance from BASIC to z80, I'd ...
    Anonymous Anonymous October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Here's a christmas present for you!SE Basic is no longer being developed.

    ... you planning to extend Basic to support the host hardware ... timing and FLASH stuff. PAUSE 1 is now a handy ... I'm trapping load and save commands to go to the ... the speccy community, although loading BASIC from a .sna or ... t really make sense to save to those - you'd ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2002 Sinclair Basic
  • a couple of questionsHello, Just wondering if anyone has or knows about this 'vga box' that enables you to use a pc monitor with the spectrum. I have a speccy 128k+ and …

    ... loads with BASIC LOAD/SAVE commands so programs will run directly without changing ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…

    ... load finishes removes the tape without rewinding. When you are ... any time you can save the situation of the ... the cassette and S (SAVE) in the computer to ... preparing the cassette pressing S (SAVE), L (LOAD) or ... to press twice followed the pause key. Demo, just ...
    thx1138 thx1138 February 2003 Games
  • "La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…

    ... crash trying to recover positions without having saved them.

    save direct from cassette: Pressing CTRL ... the demo by pressing the pause key twice, and you will ... POSITIONS

    You can save positions by pressing CTRL , and ...
    Sard Sard February 2003 Games
  • "La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…

    ... second part turn the tape without rewind. When you will reached ... want. In SPECTRUM version you save status in memory pressing symultaneosly ...
    In AMSTRAD status dont save in memory, must be loaded ... exit from demo press twice pause key.

    Demos ...
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz February 2003 Games
  • Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…

    ... x less than a screen without attributes), it can be ... from 8BC. B2SP can save MLT pictures with Timex attribute ... Scorpion 256+ Turbo, but without GMX. It is very ... updated drivers for it but without opengl, dont know if ... Pro is written in Dark Basic Pro, so it will ...
    LCD LCD March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... draw routine for drawing sprites without any rotation and which is ... coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
    [/quote]

    Cross ... tap file and save it to tape from BASIC.

    I ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Games
  • Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…

    ... /> {16}{5}Plastic, without the needle.
    ... ....PAUSE/WAIT{6}RS.....RAM SAVE ... : A game without a{6}maze ... {16}{5}Looks weird without a wick!
    ... CREATE 30
    PAUSE 75
    DESC ...
    BadBeard BadBeard August 2003 Games
  • SevenuP and fontsIs it possible to use SevenuP to create replacement Spectrum fonts? If not, can anyone suggest a windows-based Speccy font editor? I've got plenty fo…

    ... create the characters and then save them as binary data or ... create a BASIC program that prints all chars and then save a ... a new 256x24 graphic. The BASIC program can be this one ... /> 30 NEXT n
    40 PAUSE 0

    There's ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain August 2003 Development
  • ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…

    ... convert them to TZX format without any success.
    [/quote]
    BASIC programs. Sample them to WAV ... a new blank TZX image, SAVE "program", press record on the ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone August 2003 Games
  • TZXed without real tapeEverybody, who knows, answer please... I have lot of ZX games, which not presented in WOS database. But they are in PC format (as dat.files, for exa…

    ... to build headers and save in TAP-format. But ... Afterwards you cold load the Basic-parts into every emulator and ... look at the basic-progs to find out ... TR-DOS commands. And save them again with the ... if the CODE is loaded without startadress.
    If thats ...
    PORTHOS PORTHOS December 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…

    ... program crashes, having to save to tape, reload from ... write very large programs without the inconvenience of assembling ... accomplish anything with assembler without knowing at least something ... links:

    Learn Sinclair Basic:

    [url="http ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... map editor into an advanced BASIC system just set me ... that - an advanced version of BASIC and then some more. He ... independence to develop your utilities without worrying about integration issue vis ... would seem that authors could save themselves some trouble of ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... independence to develop your utilities without worrying about integration issue ... would seem that authors could save themselves some trouble of ... @Kiwi: Sure, the overhead of Basic is enormous, but a lot ... CPU time, a lot of Basic games, even uncompiled ones, ...
    LCD LCD February 2004 Development
  • Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…

    ... work in 128k with Hisoft Basic too. also a while back ... or more hat are identical save for some small detail. also ... 128 only deal, maybe 48k without all the bells.

    Sadako Sadako May 2004 Games
  • The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…

    ... ! Although I had to live without the comforts of a Multiface ... the +2A/+3 needed a PAUSE 1 after each POKE 23388 ... conversions, most of which retained BASIC loaders for convenience. :(

    Jmk Jmk May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Insanely difficult gamesOK, folks, so we know Speccy games were difficult in general. But have you ever played some games which were totally unfair from your point of view ?…

    ... perfect way and time - without any pause to take breath i.e ... could make it without emulator help (slowdown plus 'save snap' routine) and ... without cheating, he/she deserves ...
    Alex_Lux Alex_Lux May 2004 Games
  • +D/Disciple games archive?Hi all, Having finally got my disciple to work, I'm starting to have a look at hacking multiload games. Is there any archive on the web with games t…

    ... "R1.sna" a basic loader is saved with 'SAVE "R-TYPE" LINE ... snapshot in an emulator. Then, without resetting the emulator, select a ... made by modifying the save command to save the game data to ... made by modifying the SAVE commands to save the game data to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC compilersI'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so I'm in a fix now since my BASIC…

    ... answers! I'm trying to save two number arrays - one of ... of a difference since the BASIC version is decent enough in ... I could have compilation AND save/load using z80 routines for ... ROM allow me to write BASIC program as-is without command limitations?
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Sinclair Basic
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