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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…
... ve found that the best preparation I've had ... a thorough knowldge of Sinclair BASIC. Out of all the languages ... it lacks most of the features of more modern languages ... have to use loads of GOTOs, GOSUBs; can' ... it's better to learn Sinclair BASIC than Java...
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…
... /> I've found that the best preparation I've had for ... is a thorough knowldge of Sinclair BASIC. Out of all the languages I ... , because it lacks most of the features of more modern languages - proper ... , it's better to learn Sinclair BASIC than Java...
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…
... ]I've found that the best preparation I've had for ... is a thorough knowldge of Sinclair BASIC. Out of all the languages I ... .
Sinclair BASIC provides lots and lots of structures which are ... , it's better to learn Sinclair BASIC than Java...[/quote]
Unknown UTPG game?well, maybe you know about it, but as I´ve read about the [B]Ultimate Play the Game[/B] titles, never seen this one... surely this wasn´t m…
... (probably) released titles exclusively on Sinclair machines.[/QUOTE]
... for Stavros Fasoulas (author of their first three titles and ... house!) and just took the best of what was offered them; ... place when other members of Cosine were putting the ...Un-identical conversionscan anybody recall the conversions which were absolutely unidentical on different PCs? for example [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi…
... to the end of the project Amstrad bought Sinclair and decided on ... the code or a tape of it anymore though, sorry. [/QUOTE ... ='Gary Bracey']Well, to the best of my recollection (which isn't ...new spectrumI have notices all sorts of advances on the C64 sceene such as 20mhz cpus, gui`s, and IDE interfaces. are they any kind of advances in development fo…
... copyright law allowed direct replication of Sinclair computers. To my knowledge ... I would argue that the best commercially produced Spectrum clone was ... some Russian 'clone' with lot of RAM - standard PC modules, ... IDE, floppy IFs, and of course hi-res graphic etc ...+128ks and Specdrum!Does anyone have a Specdrum they wish to part with? needs to be working, but I want to use it not collect it, so not bothered about packaging and in…
... . The grey +2 was the best of the 128s. A very well ... done overhaul of the original design, although the ... would say the original Sinclair 128 is best for good quality sound ...An icon of England?Hi - I nominated the ZX Spectrum as an "Icon of England" on the ICONS website a while ago, but since then 39% of people have voted against it! I'm …
I think the editor of the worlds best (current) Sinclair mag should get a mention. I'm English.
It's about time I won an award. Either that or I might have to go for ZXS4 troll of the month. (ZXS3 troll of the month is already taken)An icon of England?Hi - I nominated the ZX Spectrum as an "Icon of England" on the ICONS website a while ago, but since then 39% of people have voted against it! I'm …
... ]I think the editor of the worlds best (current) Sinclair mag should get ... for ZXS4 troll of the month. (ZXS3 troll of the month is ...i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
... ]
In my best Brian Blessed voice!!..
[b]ASHSHSHAAYYMEEED OF YOU OL SPECTRUM??.... AYE....??[/b ... GRACE SIR CLIVE OF SINCLAIR AND VISIT THE WORLD OF SPECTRUM ON ... [b]GET OUT!!!!!! GET OUT!! OF MY SIGHT YOU IMPETULENT RETCH ...The best magazineHere it is folks, the battle of the titans. Which was the best magazine for us Spec-chums? As I'm not entirely unbiased, let's have a poll :)
... weekly magazines of which "Popular Computing Weekly" was the best and would ... Crash and YS. The copies of Sinclair User that precede my interest ...Reason for FLASH attribute?Is it known why Sinclair choose to implement the flash bit in hardware? Since flashing could be easily done with code when needed it seems quite un…
... thing could dramatically change performance of Sinclair QL in 3D. In such ... QL this would be the best thing ever.Ultimate microdrive cartridge games?I saw this on epay and was wondering if Ultimate or other games were released on microdrive carts? ..or is this just a game (cassette) added to a mic…
... BloodBaz, it happens to the best of us. :(
[QUOTE ... .[/QUOTE]
The Planet Sinclair website's Microdrive section actually ... you couldn't be sure of them working on other people ...Does anyone else find Dan Brown suspect?Don't get me wrong, he's a good entertaining [i]fiction[/i] writer -- as long as the emphasis is on "fiction"; unfortunately, he has the annoying hab…
... -great-great etc grandson of Clive of Sinclair, and you are fated ... to design the greatest computer of ... of course Andrew did. Everyone knew Yesterday, it was the second best ... , or should I say Sinclair. Your quest has failed".
You're gonna bloody well read this...I took the time to write this rubbish, so you can damn well read it! In the thread about Dan Brown (a third class writer who has achieved major fin…
... -great-great etc grandson of Clive of Sinclair, and you are fated ... to design the greatest computer of ... of course Andrew did. Everyone knew Yesterday, it was the second best ... , or should I say Sinclair. Your quest has failed".
Type-in resolution help reqd.In preparation for the next type-in update, I noticed that Infoseek has 2 type-ins wrongly attributed (quite likely be me :oops: ) to the book "49 Ex…
... find any of those programs; none of them are in Best of PCW. The ... Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Astounding Arcade Games for your Spectrum+
Best of ... Games
The Spectrum Book of GamesType-in resolution help reqd.In preparation for the next type-in update, I noticed that Infoseek has 2 type-ins wrongly attributed (quite likely be me :oops: ) to the book "49 Ex…
... any of those programs; none of them are in Best of PCW. ... Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Astounding Arcade Games for your Spectrum+
Best of ... Games
The Spectrum Book of Games[/QUOTE]
sinclair/screens/in-game/s ...New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... and go for what Sinclair stood for: Sinclair was obsessed by two ... do it in the style of Sinclair's "Pandora" concept - a ... all of this. Recycled (small) laptop cases is probably the best bet ... - the cost of the electronics is ...New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... that look`s at the Sinclair Joy1, Joy2 and Kempston ... .
Ok not the best of programs but it worked a ... and top right the name of the program, and if ... would see on the edge of the cassette box the ... 128K.
Again not the best of programs for a Spectrum but ...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…
... addressed nearly all weaknesses of Sinclair Basic. Latest version of Beta Basic 4 ... think that Sinclair was proud of their Basic implementation. The best sinclair basic was ... (is) on the Sinclair ...Best Panic for Speccy?I remember a panic game that had spiders like out of horace and the spiders, but can't find it or remember its name. Panic games never seemed too po…
Perhaps "[B]Spec-Panic[/B]" is the best of them all? :smile:
See this [URL="http://www.rickardberglind.se/zx/su-oct-83.jpg"]advertisment[/URL] from October 1983 in Sinclair User. Unfortunately it seems to be lost forever..Fuse 0.9.0 releasedVersion 0.9.0 of [url=http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/]Fuse[/url], the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator[/url] has just been released. Highlights of t…
... support, rendering and timing fixes, Sinclair joystick emulation and some improvements ... from the 100K-ish Microdrives). Best of all, unlike the otherwise great ... used either a patched version of G+DOS (patched by Miles ...ZX Computing magazineThis is a new one on me, but seems to have had a fair run during ~1986/7. What are people's memories of it?
... drugstore. It was the best of the hobby Sinclair magazines IMO with a ... great combination of smart articles and ... way when every other major Sinclair magazine went all games and ...ZX Computing magazineThis is a new one on me, but seems to have had a fair run during ~1986/7. What are people's memories of it?
... the best alongside Sinclair User although I missed the early issues of both ...New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... really has been one of the most enjoyable threads ... Dr BEEP's orginal thread of course) - and I ... tricks left in the box of "Sinclair BASIC" too.
Anyway, best wishes to all on the ... thread with all of your future endeavours!
...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 …
... , I discovered a huge world of Sinclair related activity that I was ... (imho) compos for the following: Best BASIC game (no m/c ... routine, Best MC game, Best Spectranet utility, Best DivIDE+ utility, Best Spectrum case, Best game ...New Spectrum GameFor those who didn't attend, this weekend's Retro Fusion event featured a high score competition, for which I wrote a new Spectrum game. Nothing too…
... ]Presumably the owner was one of the many poor blokes who ... desired Speccy. But instead of making the best of the a (very) bad ... look like the beloved Spectrum of his dreams.
It ... /> That's the offspring of Clive Sinclair getting into bed with Jack ...hihi wanted to know if there any way to know the spectrum sales year by year bye
... on
comp.sys.sinclair
and see if ... answers you there.
Best of luck, mate.VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…
... perhaps use esoteric screen modes of Sinclair clones or derivatives.
< ... m interested in the curiousities of messing around with what ... standard 48K or 128K speccy - of course acknowledging at the same ... things won't be the best 8-bit gaming experience you ...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 …
... QUOTE=rahtgaz;324703]The best of luck to all participants.< ... . Would quell some of my thirst for all ... entry which consists solely of the single BASIC line ... which assembles to 12 bytes of machine code.
< ... prizes. It's just Sinclair related stuff that I ...
