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A new Basic manualWith all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc. What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?
With all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc.
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best basic to useAs I like to do a bit of basic programming now and then what do you think is the best basic to work with? It's a pity the ramdisk can't be used on th…
As I like to do a bit of basic programming now and then what do you think is the best basic to work with?
It's a pity the ramdisk can't be used on the +2a/+3 in order to give maximum ram for basic.
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Best basic game to port to another machineI want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise 128[/url]. What are the best basic game for this? For example [url="http://www.e…
... want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu ... [/url].
What are the best basic game for this?
For ... .htm"]this is an EP basic game[/url], that show EP ... -
Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
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The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf ... finds an error in the manual please let me know so ... .
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Original ZX Basic Manual in *.pdf formatDoes anybody knows where to get original Sinclair ZX Spectrum Basic Programming Manual written by Steven Vickers and Robin Bradbeer in *.pdf format? …
... get original Sinclair ZX Spectrum Basic Programming Manual written by Steven Vickers ... -
1st Edition Spectrum BASIC ManualWasn't there someone here who was after a 1st Edition of the Spectrum BASIC Programming manual? I seem to recall someone offering me money for mine …
... 1st Edition of the Spectrum BASIC Programming manual?
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Best basic games 2017Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/mai…
Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/main_compo -
Improved Hi-Soft Basic Compiler I just thought I'd inject this here since there's a number of people looking at Basic compilers: " HISBASC.TAP The Hisoft Basic compiler by Cameron…
... number of people looking at Basic compilers:
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HISBASC ... .TAP
The Hisoft Basic compiler by Cameron Hayne, but ... tape. This is surely the best Basic comiler for the ZX Spectrum ... -
Sinclair Basic manualAre there any manuals on Sinclar basic or SE Basic? and are they in PDF or DOC formant?
Are there any manuals on Sinclar basic or SE Basic? and are they in PDF or DOC formant? -
BASIC Programming ChallengeHi there. I have started a competition to see who can make the best BASIC program. The catch is, you can't use all the bells and whistles your machi…
... see who can make the best BASIC program. The catch is, you ... -
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.
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What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8 ... />
2) What did Spectrum BASIC lack that might have been ... regarding a BBC vs. Spectrum BASIC comparison, I'd have to ... to write a few very basic BASIC programs for Computer Studies. -
CP/M Plus Manual for Spectrum +3Hi everybody, I'm Anny and this is my first message here. Sorry if I was wrong to leave this request. I've an original CP/M Plus for Spectrum +3 lic…
... for Spectrum +3 license without manual (bought by my uncle some ... CP/M Plus and Mallard Basic manual from WOS, but it's ... re-typed) version of this manual and can send it to ... -
Sinclair BASIC manual cover artHello, dose anyone out there have any information or links regarding the art work on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought it was rea…
... on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought ... -
Best Basic games ?Any thoughts on what are (were) good games purely written in basic ? Any type be it adventure / platform / whatever. Nothing compiled although tiny…
... ) good games purely written in basic ?
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The grass is always greener...I have been a ZX Spectrum User since I owned one in my teens when they first came out in the early 80s. Not that I use it every day, but I get a fit …
... the Hungarian sites, and the basic manual is very good. There is ... more). We also have the best emulators like Spectaculator, Spin, BASin ... -
Beginners Basic Programming BookHi All, My son is interested in learing programming and I got him started on a spectrum emulator on my laptop. I've bought him a +2 (grey) 128 of Eb…
... of Ebay. Apart from the basic manual that you get can anyone ... recommend a good basic typing in book to get ... -
Need the title of the Sinclair Basic manual to look for itI had a copy but I've lost the USB chip it was on! I need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all used the command MOD and…
... look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all ... only exception was an Applesoft Basic program that used DEF FN ... -
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... answer your question about the BASIC. As far as I ... CPC had, by far, the best BASIC (it was fast, had ... , had a very good manual, you could even muck ... and the worst was Commodore BASIC, in which, apart from ... in comparison to the other BASIC adaptations. I seem to ... -
loading techniques I never worked outFirstly, how do games that load with LOAD "" CODE autorun? Secondly, how do you save a basic program as a CODE file (but not as BASIC compiled into …
... program, iirc. It's usually best to have say a line ... Chapters 24/25 of the BASIC manual for details):
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Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
... probably your best betif you want to convert to Sinclair BASIC. BASin ... contains the entire "Orange book" (BASIC manual) and full help built-in ... and for every aspect of BASIC - even context help for commands ... -
Porting more adv games to the ZX SpectrumIf anyone is up to the task, I'd love to see a port of some of my other games on the ZX Spectrum. I myself need to find a manual for Sinclair BASIC b…
... file, a complete Sinclair BASIC manual. Not just any manual, either - it ... BASIC - including tutorials and example code.
The best ... tools etc. It's the best there is.
... ]It contains the entire Sinclair BASIC manual.[/b][/i]
How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
... /> Anyway, as aowen said, the BASIC manual is a pretty good place ... obvious patterns like for instance, BASIC programs use INKEY$ for most ... !
One of the best bits of advice I ever ... programming life was in the BASIC manual, all these years ago, when ...Calculating free memory...Hi Folks, I am using the following method to calculate the amount of free memory available to BASIC: [CODE]PRINT 65536-USR 7962[/CODE] Is this the…
... variables is in the SE Basic manual.[/QUOTE]
Andrew how ... can't be determined from BASIC except by a USR call ... in machine coded/asembler. Only BASIC. So I gave my best shot :)ZX Spectrum 48K AV IssueOK so I dugout my old 48K Speccy today and decided to AV mod it. I did the mod (pretty easy) but the picture I am getting is this. [url=http://posti…
... the Spectrum?
Next, best you do the supply voltage ... />
See the Spectrum user / BASIC manual (available from WoS) for a ...Welcome to the Matrix!Ok here's something I been playing with while I'm at work and on public transport. I'm thinking I want to be able to move the large letters around th…
... books or lessons on coding Basic is that they never touch ... seems to me that the best effects are always created by ... up 'scrolling' in the Sinclair Basic manual and the BASin lessons but ...endless runner project..So I'm thinking of writing a small tutorial series on writing games for the speccy in C, and figured that an endless runner would be an easy example …
... than there are in Sinclair Basic, for example.
& ... same size as the spectrum basic manual, and packed tight with a ... It was one of the best-written university texts I had ... and greatest features or new best practice but many embedded programmers ...Christmas games/memories...So, with Christmas fast approaching, what games remind you of Christmases of old? Horace Goes Skiing/Horace and the Spiders are the first that spr…
... Colin the cleaner! Not the best game ever but i was ... weeks later i read the BASIC manual i got with it (which ... have) and wrote some little BASIC programmes that i saved onto ...
