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Good Beginners Basic BookMy 10 year old son would like to learn basic programming. Can anyone suggest a good book or books that would help? There are a lot in the archive a…
... or approach, and the more tricks and solutions he could combine ... case with a limited ZX Basic, yet the aforementioned [i]BasinC ... .net/Program/Editor.aspx"]small basic[/url] and find its syntax ... -
Shrinky challengeInspired by this contest on c64: http://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html Make the smallest possible .tap t…
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Nice work. Some nifty tricks employed there.
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If the ZX Spectrum AND the Commodore 64 were not available which 8 bit computer would you have got?Following on from the “[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/218/your-favourite-machine-apart-from-the-spectrum/p1"]Your favourite …
... shitty mono speaker, but the basic was second to none, had ... , and some really clever graphics tricks that meant you could build ... -
Spectrum USB KeyboardI know you can buy these but how do you make one . What I am thinking of be similar to the type described in Issue 1352 of Micro Mart at page 45 .The…
... Fuse to do my crappy Basic programs.
Does this ... perform all sorts of wondrous tricks. Hell I still havent worked ... -
CSSCGC 2020The return of the famous, the one and only... https://www.connosoft.com/csscgc2020/ More details and an official announcement to follow soon...
... I know in BASIC, occasionally pull a few tricks with POKEs (see ... the game working in 48 BASIC. I expect to score very ... -
LOAD""CodeWhy did some games load this way? Is it something to do with not having a 'header' or something? And if so why not? Also do we have a list of games …
... form, it works by saving BASIC + system variables (also can ... was combined with anti-BREAK tricks.
- Other games ( ... remember seeing it without the BASIC loader) loaded a CODE block ... it will return to the BASIC interpreter (and then it tries ... -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... too) , as that is Compiled Basic, evidenced by the (c) string ... details. Maybe my memory playing tricks on me... -
Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …
... a slightly optimised format, but BASIC still has to check what ... as it could be. Sinclair BASIC doesn't have any way ... fairly awful. There are tricks for speeding up BASIC programs slightly, but ... -
Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …
... ="AndyC;968841"](..) There are tricks for speeding up BASIC programs slightly, but ... -
Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem (to me) that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to wr…
... compiler works aswell. Like with basic i assume the z88dk compiler ... and various other standard Z80 tricks can just accomplish things it ... -
Who's NEXT?How about having a category just for Spectrum NEXT owners? I got mine on Monday, its the original issue, plain jane and quite enough for me to ge…
... . Besides I started out with Basic back in the 80's ... .
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Fighting Warrior's protection systemThis is one of those bizarre cases where cracking the loading system is orders of magnitude more fun than playing the game. (Indeed, discovering I wa…
... , is a real treat of tricks that were brand new in ... ) The code block after the BASIC overwrites all the system variables ... ERR_SP to point to the BASIC calculator's workspace which is ... -
Currah MicroSourceThis is an interesting one for the experts to mull over. I've got (and love) a MicroSource interface from Currah which consisted of an 8K ROM provid…
... providing assembly (excellent), forth (v. basic) and debug facility.
zx32: cursor keysAre the cursor keys emulated on zx32? I ask because i want to select the 128k Basic option from the opening menu in Spectrum 128 mode, but when I pre…
... want to select the 128k Basic option from the opening menu ... how do I select 128K basic in zx32?Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …
... how about a build in Basic compiler (much like HiSoft Colt ... and bit-test, or HiSoft Basic 1.1)?
In fact ... compiler. The extended basic could base on Beta Basic, Laser Basic (Laser Compiler ... was lame) or Mega Basic and can include extra commands ...How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... /4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite ... wasnt very good with speccy basic as well all this peek ...Head Coach - where can i find it to download?Does anyone remember a game for the spectrum , called Head Coach? It was a very simple coaching american football game, and was very basic, and very…
... football game, and was very basic, and very addictable! I need ...inRetroSpectIf any1 is interested I have made my Speccy Database program (inRetroSpect) available to any1 who's interested!! It's available at: [url]http://www…
... /> It's at its most basic point for a release at ...Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
... ever program was TI extended Basic on the TI99 4A...i ... that on pc,,,TI extended Basic language...any chance you could ...moneyWhen i was younger and writing speccy games in basic with the occasionaly machine code subroutine, i used to dream of writing a hit game and making a…
... and writing speccy games in basic with the occasionaly machine code ...What's this racing game?Hi 2 everyone who likes Spectrum. Does anyone know what was the name of this RACING game. It was 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum ba…
... . It used the ZX Spectrum basic font (you know what i ...OmegaAnybody know where I can get a version of this game once played on Spectrum? White lines on blue background. Build your own Robots and send on task t…
Anybody know where I can get a version of this game once played on Spectrum?
White lines on blue background. Build your own Robots and send on task to disarm reactors on a ship. Basic but fun.
ThanksHow did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to ...Spectrum +3 tape to discHi I have ZX Spectrum +3 and about 20 blank disks, I need to know if there is a way to copy games from tape to disk i.e a basic program I could write.
Hi I have ZX Spectrum +3 and about 20 blank disks, I need to know if there is a way to copy games from tape to disk i.e a basic program I could write.Thanks for the memories... is it 16k or 48k? Hi. At three different flea markets in Gothenburg, Sweden I found just as many Spectrums... (and a ZX81! [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif…
... RAM-memory?
Most basic-dialects has commands for that ...Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... headers):
A single BASIC loader (no assembly), which LOADs ... . The last sentence in the BASIC loader was invariably RANDOMIZE USR ...AY musicThis is a format I'm proposing for an AY music player. If anyone can see any problems or anywhere it can be improved please say so. An AY music form…
... music is intended. As the basic structure doesn't change it ...ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... a little terminal program in BASIC.
Can anyone tell me ... /> need to consider how slow BASIC is)
open a stream ... print it out.
in BASIC:
10 format "t ...
