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New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... br /> Unfortunetly (sp?) basic doesn't have an AND operation for the ... add a new AND command for the screen to basic.
But ... that would break its Sinclair BASIC compatibility - which is not ... (NOT AVAILABLE IN SINCLAIR BASIC!!!)
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Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... have the information to login and will forward it to ... ready you can pm me and I will send you ... also try to upload a basic game design document for bejewelled ... week or so, for the basic demo and the design doc, as ... want to add pm me, and lets get going. Sorry ... -
Maps in progressIf you are working on some map, this thread is just for you! Post here the name of that game for which you are creating a map. Only then we can preve…
Sorderon's Shadow - 3%.
The map will contain more than 4100 screens, the lot of Tips and will demand whe whole year of work.
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How powerful were the Moon-landing computers?I've meant to ask this before, but I got sidetracked; does anyone know how powerful the computer(s) NASA used in the 1969 Moon landings were, in comp…
... around 5000 integrated circuits and weighed about 30kg. Because ... FONT][FONT=Verdana]Apollo Guidance and Navigation System (AGS).
... /> Each computer had erasable and fixed memory. The fixed memory ... also known) used a basic display and a 'DSKY' keyboard. ... -
Getting attribute location from a screen coordinates (x,y)I am having trouble figuring out how to convert an x,y coordinate pair (pointing to a specific pixel) to the location of the attribute for the block …
... 's a power of two and again can be done by ... if you follow the Sinclair BASIC convention and use the bottom left ... 'd ever use the Sinclair BASIC co-ordinate convention for a ... -
my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…
... the tape buttons and tape-flap are damaged, and i would consider ... /> i had tried *both* mono and stereo connections - i dont give ... later date (maybe next weekend) and see if i cant permanently ... />
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rather disturbing developmenthelp dunny seems to have got himself banned from wos due to downloading 80 files? today what a silly nana
... tipshop. Searched through 80 games, and then found that I had ... denied" page instead of the tips. And a ban on WOS, the ... /> Anyhow, it's gone now and I'm taking a different ... -
rather disturbing developmenthelp dunny seems to have got himself banned from wos due to downloading 80 files? today what a silly nana
... tipshop. Searched through 80 games, and then found that I had ... denied" page instead of the tips. And a ban on WOS, the ... by idling through the forum and opening one too many threads ... -
What's the longest time you've spent playing a game?There's a similar discussion going on in the SFX forums right now and I thought I'd start it here. Around 1990, I spent about 9 or 10 hours playing …
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OpenZXRom v2006-05-17 releasedJust knocked out a new release of OpenZXRom last night - a GPL licensed functional replacement for the original Spectrum ROM. [url]http://matt.west.…
... in keeping compatibility than enhancing Basic's capabilities, but if ... intention of incorporating an actual Basic editor, so it won ... an attractive platform for general Basic fiddling. You never know ... because it's embedded in BASIC programs and all) so it wouldn ... -
Disk image utility for USB disksI make simple utility programm for copy physical disk content to image files. It can work with USB disks, or memory cards attached via some card read…
... packed, depacker is usually in Basic REM line 1, at address ... some snapshots, but most is Basic loader (and depacker in REM) + CODE ... /> Even longer Basics are packed, and inited via some ROM calls ... -
Which Speccy is the best to buy...I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games.…
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+3 soundhello there, just a quick-fire question today. i'm kinda keen on the idea of using my +3 quite a bit, particularly if i bother to to actually sort …
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thanks for the tips, and when i get the time ... looking over the 1.2version, and it has kinda taken my ... might make it more enjoyable, and worth the effort for the ... -
Problems with my +2A DatacorderHey folks, Bought a speccy from ebay, but i think its fucked. What do you think? Basically it turns on fine, but when i try load a game nothing wor…
... pop open the speccy tonight and have a look at ... could give me as many tips and instructions as possible over ... this talk of audio plugs and the like has confused ... the power supply plugged in and the aerial going from ... the speccy to the tv and thats it - have I ... -
Joystick compatibility on the +2AHey folks, now my +2A is working, I decided to find some more problems (not really...I didn't "decide"! :( ), basically the joysticks won't work prop…
... (+2/+3) machine, the movements and fire button correspond to keys ... 1-5 and 6-0 for Port 1 ... and Port 2 respectively.
I [ ... if you open up the BASIC editor and move the joystick you ... -
Calling ROM routinesFirstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I wasn?t quite sure under which heading is best fitted. I?m trying to figure out how…
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Calling ROM routinesFirstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I wasn?t quite sure under which heading is best fitted. I?m trying to figure out how…
... that can read and set the values of Basic integer and string variables ... name of the target variable, and it looks like HL is ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... when you break into a BASIC program and want to continue without ... where you ran the program and you had to enter data ... had to SAVE the program and data. I could never understand ... . I would enter the data and RUN the program which immediately ... -
Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... from a USR call from basic, that and making sure SP is ... stack location and IM1/EI is selected so that Basic's ISR ... -
Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... from a USR call from basic, that and making sure SP is ... stack location and IM1/EI is selected so that Basic's ISR ... guarantee a safe return to BASIC from a USR call, the ... are:
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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... want to transfer between PC and Spectrum falls into one ... be understood: this would include BASIC programs and Z80 code (which needs ... just truncated to 10 characters and the file is used ... nature, are Spectrum-specific, and you need Spectrum-specific utilities ... -
What are the best Soccer Management gamesI found the following in the archive : 2 Player Soccer Squad 7(5) The Boss 8.6(15) Graeme Souness 6(2) Jimmy's Soccer Manager Kenny D…
... the limited options, slow BASIC programming and generally weak user interface a ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... (and a great feature whereby you couldn't enter an incorrect BASIC ... line, and I've never seen ... great games, and attracted by the easy to learn BASIC. Most soon ... ) realised that BASIC wasn't fast enough for games, and so they ... -
z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... low level functions to do basic input and output. You can see ... on the Basic interrupt routine to scan the keyboard and write ... to stop running Basic's interrupt routine and use IM2, for ... is because Basic's interrupt routine scanned the keyboard and stored ... -
Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …
... know Kizza pretty well, and if there?s anything " ... they look like simple basic programs and some artwork -- but ... he continues to plagiarize (and he hasn't since ... now been set straight and credit goes where credit ... we've been entertained. And indeed I have; hats ... -
TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
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MERGE "" the BASIC loader and you'll see that after ... so continue setting breakpoints and dumping memory until we ... and initializing before starting the game. Therefore, we know that our BASIC ... program). Enter the following basic BASIC loader (adapted from ... -
Was learning machine code a waste of time?I remember computer magazines from the mid-1980s often had features about using machine code, which I duly skipped over as it seemed totally impenetr…
... language/machine code these days, and having learnt one form, ... of optimised code, and assembly for Hitachi and Zilog microcontrollers! As ... platforms too.
And of course I still use ... languages (C++/Java/Visual Basic, etc.) and, except for a small ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... though. Kernighan is respected, and rightfully so for his work ... on the spec, and a lot used BASIC too - and for the hardware ... copious use of spaghetti code, and assorted memory saving techniques ( ... to is the assertion that BASIC programmers are tainted with no ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... on the spec, and a lot used BASIC too - and for the hardware ... project in it; BASIC and assembler were not allowed, and I didn't ... the decent games written in BASIC seem fairly spaghetti-like too ... to is the assertion that BASIC programmers are tainted with no ...
