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  • !Warning Vapourcompo! A BASIC competition with a twistI have an Idea for a Games compo with a twist, 1. BASIC because I don't Know Machine Code (selfis reason I know :) ) 2. The actual game is supplied …

    ... a twist,

    1. BASIC because I don't Know ...
    guesser guesser March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BBC - Making the Most of The Micro Live - Speccy Type-inI've just been sorting out stuff in the garage and stumbled on a "Send For" Information sheet from the BBC's Making the Most of the Micro From Octobe…

    ... For" Information sheet from the BBC's Making the Most of ... .
    Video Subtitling
    The BBC Buggy
    The Programmers Programmes ...
    murtceps murtceps March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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. …

    ... suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair basic creation/editing programHi guys I'm just starting to write a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there that would alow me to write the pro…

    ... a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there ...
    uzzzi uzzzi May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • BBC Radio 2Working on your own allows you to listen to what the **** you like all day. Although I listen to many CD's Tapes and Records("Daddy, Whats a record?"…

    ... ./

    NEXT WEEK ON BBC RADIO 2:

    See ...
    JimDiGrizLovesAngelina JimDiGrizLovesAngelina May 2005 Chit chat
  • Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…

    ... game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The ...
    pottyboy pottyboy May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?

    Does anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?
    mgmetro mgmetro July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Speeding up BasicHi, Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic? What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 5…

    Hi,

    Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic?

    What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 50000,100?

    Thanks

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…

    ... .. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window ... text to my box but basic seems to position text in ... should be in the Spectrum Basic section.. I didnt see it ...
    javaguy javaguy August 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…

    Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making basic games for the speccy?
    Whitesnake Whitesnake September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …

    ... Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2005 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…

    How 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 the last two lines are destroyed!
    wilko0070 wilko0070 September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • BBC audio tapes, etc, converting to MP3's. Best way?Firstly, I don't know about how to archive Speccy tapes, so please don't use that as a reference, I donate my MIA's to other people. Talking to my d…

    ... etc.... I have lots of BBC Audio Tapes, want to send ...
    thx1138 thx1138 October 2005 Chit chat
  • Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…

    ... ...

    Some of the Basic programes and games I've ... , it's possible that these Basic games were not programmed with ...
    mulder mulder October 2005 Emulators
  • Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …

    ... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been testing ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K and ... test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 November 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • BBC 2 Death Metal MurdersAnyone else watch it? I was intrigued to watch, after hearing a discussion with the program maker on BBC Radio Five Live earlier in the week. For …

    ... with the program maker on BBC Radio Five Live earlier in ...
    thx1138 thx1138 November 2005 Chit chat
  • Speccy on BBC News video clipOn the [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm"]BBC News Technology front page[/url] there's currently a video clip entitled "Pong to…

    On the [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/ ... default.stm"]BBC News Technology front page[/url ... file is [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web ...
    Daren Daren December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC 2005 Competition - a lot of games for downloadA lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all in spanish for download now: [url="http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2005.html"]http://www…

    A lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all ...
    radastan radastan January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair Extended BASIC...Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.

    Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.
    chev chev January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …

    ... 'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to ... program that I type a basic program and it compile and ...
    paolo z paolo z January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …

    ... programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people ... any way of saving your basic program, half half way through ...
    somewherecheap somewherecheap January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Detecting TR-DOS from BASICIs there a simple (or contrived :D ) way to detect the presence of a TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC? For fairly obvious reasons this can't rel…

    ... TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC?

    For fairly obvious ...
    pissedbob pissedbob January 2006 Development
  • Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks

    If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
    thanks
    somewherecheap somewherecheap January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…

    Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
    Thanks in advance
    carmack carmack January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    Are 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 BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Mega rare Red Boxes home control systemMega rare Red Boxes starter system hardware ? Sinclair / Commodore / BBC Now there?s rare and there?s rare! This piece of kit dates from 1986 and wa…

    ... system hardware ? Sinclair / Commodore / BBC

    Now there?s ... ?s a Spectrum, Commodore or BBC Micro.

    The ... something called Red Basic, a powerful version of BASIC, specifically developed ... this with a Spectrum or BBC Micro, you will need ...
    wadsterboy wadsterboy February 2006 Sales
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ...
    Spadge Spadge March 2006 Development
  • UKNOVA Heads Up - BBC Rock'n'Roll Years 1980'sWant to see what inspired the YSRnRY? You can now get the '80s episodes of the BBC Rock'n'Roll Years from UKNova.

    Want to see what inspired the YSRnRY? You can now get the '80s episodes of the BBC Rock'n'Roll Years from UKNova.
    NickH NickH April 2006 Chit chat
  • 128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.

    It is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
    chev chev April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…

    can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this:
    PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2: ...
    or so...
    Fikee Fikee April 2006 Development
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