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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…
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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 better version of BASIC, but as it had no ... and sprite capability was hampered big time.[/QUOTE]
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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…
... the underlying hw in a big way.
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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…
... , and a lot used BASIC too - and for the ... level project in it; BASIC and assembler were not ... language took off in a big way on micros. It ... decent games written in BASIC seem fairly spaghetti-like ... is the assertion that BASIC programmers are tainted with ... -
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…
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Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... ? Basin Help file is too big to read from start to ... won't speed up a BASIC program on a real speccy ... -
How to write an IDE drive (8 bit)?Hi there. I want to build the 8-bit interface by Pera Putnik, and substitute the original ROM by an EPROM with the appropriate program in order to c…
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Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
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3. An aftermarket Atari BASIC added a FAST command that ... parts of most BASIC interpreters. The other big offender is probably ... A later version of CoCo BASIC used a keyboard routine that ... some programs over the original BASIC ROMs. Just reducing or ... -
Xenon TriOxide (Xeo3)I just wanted you all to know that a new cross platform game has started development (well the +4 version has been around a while, but my colleague f…
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basic idea is pretty simple. both ... have not real background but big blocks of gfx which acts ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... didn't remember that compiled BASIC program still make extensive use ... subroutine locations are not a big deal as the interpreter knows ... out z88dk and SP1. Interpreted BASIC can be suitable for some ... -
Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... still read my self-programmed BASIC-game called "Cherryman".
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HELP BTTF on Speccy 48khello, fellow spectrum owners! I have won a Back To the future game on cassette of eBay that is for my 48k. I run it, by typing LOAD "", and it sta…
... I press enter, I get BASIC code - (10, 20 30 etc ... the bottom 48K on a big yellow sticker.
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Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... 's rights at the most basic level. So protect its rights ... say I believe its a big reason why Amstrad themselves, being ... -
PSPSIM - SamCoupe Emulator for the PSPI have just been playing around with PSPSIM and just wanted to know what Sam Coupe users thought were the best games/apps for the Coupe? Cheers,
... was not done by the big company`s... where there was ... done by even a relatively big company (i.e. Enigma ... if you look at SAM Basic then it`s in a ... different league to Speccy Basic when it comes to speed ... Speccy can do with compiled Basic... it`s just such a ... -
JamJust wondering what progs everyone always keeps on their computay`s and why? I`ll start the ball rolling :- BSPlayer Pro... My fave Video player, or…
... blown video editing suite, very big and slow[B]
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48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
... a really good stash of basic components for not an awful ... 're nothing more than a "big boys" toyshop selling fancy stuff ... have no clue about even basic electronic components. Know all about ... -
What happened to...Does anyone know what happened to Oasis Software, the makers of White Lightning, or HiSoft?
... Ocean, since their other 'big' release (Laser BASIC) was published by them ... -
Developing the Spectrum ROMI'm working on some Z80 assembler for a Z80-based single board computer that I'm building. For the things that don't poke my hardware, I'm using a Sp…
... I was also partly using BASIC as a debugging tool. From ... - but I still had a big problem - I couldn't switch ... the ROM area, where my BASIC needed to be, so I ... -
Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... defining whether we started from BASIC or directly (so i know ... i safely "exit" to the basic editor?
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basic in general expects you not ... such options now to specify "big" printf or "small" printf ; this ... -
Little BASIC gameTry to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it. Not allowed i.e. : PRINT USR 1362 D - Break cont-repeats but ok 10 GO TO 10 RU…
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[B]6 Number too big, 0:1[/B]
[B]C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1[/B]
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
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Not a big issue, software companies were doing ... (?).
The Classic Spectrum Basic ROM could have been moved ...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
... is binary compatibility. Modifying basic code and intoducing new codes ... game)
Are compiled BASIC programs larger or smaller than ... problem with large BASIC programs.
Current BASIC compilers get ... and a BASIC compiler doesn't offer as big of a ..."The Last Question" by Isaac AsimovBelow is an amazing short SF story I first read a few years ago. I recently rediscovered it and if you've got a spare few minutes, have a read... […
... names I can't remember (big help, I know). Other good ... else; it usually means the basic story was his, but some ...Death of the Computer Science DepartmentRead this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and wo…
... days. Likewise every course teaching Big O notation should be scrapped ... " are not equivalent to a basic Turing machine, I'd love ...don't go Vista matesaGreetings. As you well know, there has been a massive campaign to push Vista into the users. I'm against it and always will be. Most of the ancient s…
... a little unattainable (?) too massive, big and complex. I wish Microsoft ... stuff or and old skool Basic syntax wise... if they wanted ...Sam Revival magazine issue 16 now out! [Sam CoupIssue 16 of Sam Revival magazine is now out! This issue features the full Sam game 'Colony' on the coverdisk, which was written by Derek Koselo. Col…
... `t mind bench marking Master Basic against GamesMaster, I started a ... last year in SAM Basic and Master basic and it`d be ... no compiler it`s a big challenge...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
[QUOTE=aowen;170396]Yes. SE Basic adds six commands by using ... it wouldn't be a big deal to check for. If ...Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... , had more or less Beta Basic version 5, better graphics, more ... gonna live on and grow big time through the SAM. Exciting ...Complex DRAW command?After looking at some Speccy code I noticed that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or it looked that way). On the Coco, the LINE command was…
... drawing.
"R10F15E15R10D30L12U10G13H13D10L12U30" draws a big M on the screen.
BASIC even in my humble 486 ...If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... feels like freedom compared to Basic and Pascal to me. I ... libraries are also not so big and can be picked up ... how I deal with very big messes anyway. But, you know ...
