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  • Basic program malfunctionHello. Please does anyone know why this basic program 10 LET x=0 20 LET x=x+0.1 30 print x 40 if x<>1 then goto 20 50 STOP does not properly work o…

    Hello.
    Please does anyone know why this basic program

    10 LET x=0
    20 LET x=x+0.1
    30 print x
    40 if x1 then goto 20
    50 STOP

    does not properly work on the speccy?
    Saltor Saltor June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Help needed for old manhi im wanting to play some old spectrum games and stumbled across this site and saw some old games from my younger days and the memories come floodin…

    [quote]
    On 2005-10-19 00:34, piters wrote:< ... file, I'll reiterate some basic steps (I'll assume you know ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2005 Emulators
  • writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…

    ... CCowley has pointed out the basic steps. In order for anything to ... typing out some BASIC test programs. Like this:
    10 PRINT "Hello ... World"
    20 GO TO 10

    :)

    That ... a) it's written in BASIC b) its authors are active ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2011 Emulators
  • Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…

    ... in Sinclar Basic.


    Squares

    10 plot 75 ... />

    Lines

    10 plot 75,75
    20 ...


    Stars
    10 plot 75,75
    20 ...
    murtceps murtceps February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN - ZXSoftware.co.uk Update V1.5 21/05/06ZXSoftware has now been updated to V1.5. Changes :- 299 new titles have been added - Listed below. A few thousend new ingame screenshots and loadin…

    ... 0 Aackosoft
    Spectrum Basic Programming Course - Revised Edition ... Jackson
    Video Basic Issue 02 Gruppo Editoriale ... Editoriale Jackson
    Video Basic Issue 10 Gruppo Editoriale Jackson
    Video Basic Issue 11 ...
    ADJB ADJB May 2006 Announcements
  • some help pleaseive just got a 48k and brings me back to 1982 lol having problems loading games-used to be wizz at it but the grey matter aint what it used to be, iv…

    ... nothing-ive tried the basic program-
    10 print "paul"
    20 ... goto 10
    all working how i ...
    djpk1 djpk1 February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX-2-PC Interface continue...A couple of months ago I started to built an interface for less then ? 5,00 which should communicate to the PC on a high speed. Yesterday I managed t…

    ... it possible to use normal BASIC-commands for LOAD and SAVE ... code is fully MC since BASIC is too slow. At the ... loaded with the following BASIC-program

    10 FOR F=64000 ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP February 2002 Hardware
  • 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 ... equivalent of this BASIC-code

    10 FOR F=23755 ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • List of "funny" pokes?Hello! I'm looking for a list of "funny" pokes. Pokes that do strange things with my Speccy, like POKE 23607,0 scrambles up the keyboard. Regards …

    Enter a line of basic like
    10 REM This is a test

    and then

    POKE 23756,0

    Now you have the uneditable zero line in your basic listing!
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan February 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tank gameDoes anyone know any games on the speccy similar to the kind I've seen lots of for other computers (usually shareware/freeware rather than commercial…

    I'm sure I wrote one in compiled BASIC about 10 years ago .. I'll see if any of my old tapes still LOAD, I can't imagine it will take too long to recreate tho..
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... however, yes, learn Basic. Next

    10 FOR A=32768 TO ... />
    Voila, in the limited basic above I have wrote a ...
    GBNvK GBNvK February 2004 Development
  • Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…

    ... text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like ... the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and ... then use a short BASIC prog:

    10 LOAD "" SCREEN$: ... (SAVE "Proggy" LINE 10) then load your screen ... multiple action descriptions, but BASIC will only let me ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…

    ... ]
    On 2005-10-11 11:16, Lloyd ... 65368 from within your BASIC program. The routine copies ... 32768) and returns to BASIC. Basically it copies your ... it's pure BASIC, folks:

    10 RESTORE 20: READ ... it's wayyyyy faster than BASIC
    [/quote]
    < ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • What should be the base address to set for my codeHi, I am new here and I have a simple question but one which I have not found an answer to. When I am developming my programs what should I set th…

    ... the following lines of basic:
    [code]
    10 RANDOMIZE USR 32768 ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan April 2006 Development
  • Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…

    ... the screen resolution availiable in BASIC to 10, both ways, in other ...
    zxbasic zxbasic October 2006 Development
  • Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…

    ... can quickly try this BASIC
    [code]
    10 print at 0 ...
    Fikee Fikee November 2006 Development
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... Kempston Mouse from basic:

    [code]
    10 LET x = IN ...
    Arda Arda November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • HELP BTTF on Speccy 48khello, fellow spectrum owners! I have won a Back To the future game on cassette of eBay that is for my 48k. I run it, by typing LOAD "", and it sta…

    ... I press enter, I get BASIC code - (10, 20 30 etc)
    compact-mac compact-mac November 2006 Games
  • First Person Shooter creator?I've just found: [URL="http://www.fpscreator.com/"]http://www.fpscreator.com/[/URL] via another board (yes, there are other forums than WOS, thou…

    ... 'd stick with ZX Spectrum basic and '10 Print "Bang you shot ... , you're good", 20 GOTO 10' and save your money for ...
    Collie Collie December 2006 Chit chat
  • Who knows how to program a "pathfinder"?Hi all. I like to play games like "Colour Lines" and I think, I will create a version of this game for the SAM Coupe. It looks easy - until this "dam…

    Example in BASIC
    [code]
    10 REM pathfinder with Dykstra algorithm< ... 410
    500 PRINT AT 10,0;
    510 FOR f ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2007 Development
  • basin & spinWhen a basic program is loaded into Basin from .tzx does it display the real basic underneath or what the basic has been made to look like by the sof…

    ... If you write a small BASIC program (10 LOAD "" CODE 32768), you ... the casual reader the BASIC will be 10 LOAD "" CODE 12345, ... but it will be interpreted by BASIC ... as the original... because BASIC looks at the ...
    icabod icabod January 2007 Emulators
  • Image convert: bmp - TAP - wav: help!(cross posted to css, too!) 'ello all! I've been asked to give someone a hand converting images into a format suitable for loading into a *real* sp…

    ... its looking for a basic program.

    10 BORDER 0 : CLS ... PAUSE 0
    40 GOTO 10

    This will load ...
    FrankT FrankT March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Image convert: bmp - TAP - wav: help!(cross posted to css, too!) 'ello all! I've been asked to give someone a hand converting images into a format suitable for loading into a *real* sp…

    ... its looking for a basic program.

    10 BORDER 0 : CLS ... PAUSE 0
    40 GOTO 10

    This will load ...
    j00ce j00ce March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interface 1 with 3.5" floppyHas this been done or can it be done? Using an interface 1 and a powered 3.5" floppy disk drive (with a modified cable) instead of a microdrive?

    ... file loads, if a BASIC program called "something" ( ... can load or save from basic, with:

    5 MANICMINER BASIC LINE 10
    6 MANIC ... Pn might only be for BASIC programs, not code).
    BASIC command system, so that ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spin assembler - where am I going wrong?I'm trying to use the assembler in ZX Spin, but I'm getting error messages. Here's a screenshot of the first simple program I'm trying to get workin…

    ... a program like:

    10 PRINT USR 61440

    Then back to Sinclair BASIC and 10 PRINT USR 61440 and voila ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler October 2007 Development
  • Detecting a Kempton joystick...I've been playing with the idea in the games I'm currently developing so that once the Kempston joystick has been selected you can hold FIRE down to …

    ... running a simple basic program...

    10 PRINT IN 31
    20 GOTO 10

    ...through SPIN emulating ...
    bobs bobs January 2008 Development
  • How to use standard Joystick on a +2Hello, I know that the two joystick ports that can be found on any Spectrum +2 are Sinclair II proticol. Where can i find clear directions on how t…

    ... can write this simple BASIC program:

    10 LET k$=INKEY ... IF k$="" THEN GO TO 10
    30 PRINT k$; " " ;
    40 GO TO 10

    Port 2 will ...
    dg67 dg67 April 2008 Hardware
  • Programming Books for Kids - Whats happened to programming?What has happened to Programming in the 00's :( I remember at the tender age of 9 exitedly going to my library to get one of them colourfull program…

    BASIC
    [code]
    10 FOR f = 1 TO 100 STEP 2
    20 PRINT f;" ";
    30 NEXT f
    [/code]

    Equivalent C++ code
    [code]
    for (int f = 1; f < 100; f += 2)
    cout
    Arjun Arjun October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Programming Books for Kids - Whats happened to programming?What has happened to Programming in the 00's :( I remember at the tender age of 9 exitedly going to my library to get one of them colourfull program…

    ... though:

    BASIC
    [code]
    10 FOR f = 1 TO ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …

    ... consists solely of the single BASIC line "10 CLS" and another entry ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2008 Games
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