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BASIC performance tips?Been fiddling around with an old project a little after rescuing it from tape, and I'm toying with the idea of completing it (hey, better late than n…
... being written entirely in Spectrum BASIC. I can compile it, but ... 'd like to tweak the BASIC to optimum performance first in ... on performance tuning for Speccy BASIC? Which commands to avoid, viable ... -
Save Basic sources.How I can save Basic 128 sources in TAP (I use UnrealSpeccy) or TRD? [ This Message was edited by: Adramelek on 2005-02-22 01:16 ]
How I can save Basic 128 sources in TAP (I use UnrealSpeccy) or TRD?
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How To Upload BASIC program To WOS archiveIn 1987 when i was 15 years old,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ART STUDIO..yeah i know Its the only basic program i have ever wr…
... ,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ...
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... to code in BASIC. The problem with Speccy BASIC is its slow ... />
I asked for some BASIC compilers and have tried some ... compiled with any Speccy BASIC compiler. Not big games, but small things ... . Those are written in Spectrum BASIC (1991, 1992 and 1993) ... -
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. …
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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…
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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…
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Who's looking forward to Big Brother starting on Friday?Apparently the house this year has see-through walls, to reduce any chance of privacy the housemates might have. The producers just keep turning the…
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Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?
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The big missing thing at WOS: Speccy!I've just discovered that there is one big missing thing at WOS - the ZX Spectrum! There are tons of games, utils, magazines, inlays etc. but there i…
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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
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Big Bro Vanessa hit in gob with big yellow ball thingDid anybody else see this? It happened when Davina was walking her down through the screaming crowds. Something big, round and yellow flew out of th…
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Which games were a magazine flop, but made it big.In light of similar questions. What games received poor reviews or marks from reviewers, and then went on to be a big hit or a 'peoples' smash, if yo…
In light of similar questions. What games received poor reviews or marks from reviewers, and then went on to be a big hit or a 'peoples' smash, if you like. Is there any?
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Big Bro Makosi's a puppetWell, Kemal's worst fears seem to have been confirmed. Makosi's an actress who seems to have been fast tracked into the big brother house with a sli…
... been fast tracked into the big brother house with a slick ... Endemol, the company that produces Big Brother, to the sum of ... /> I've suddenly gone off Big Brother :(
BigBadMick
BBC BASIC for the SpectrumThe latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url="http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software/Spectrum/BBCBasic"]http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software…
The latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url=" ...Big K done and dusted :-) Just a quick message to say I have finished Big K and it is available on the [url="http://www.zzap64.co.uk"]www.zzap64.co.uk[/url] site at a bargai…
... to say I have finished Big K and it is available ...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 ...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?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 ...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!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…
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Some of the Basic programes and games I've ... , it's possible that these Basic games were not programmed with ...After roughly 22 years can you help?Hi, A long one this but here goes. Roughly 22 years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy for christmas of my dad it was awesome an…
... did a few things in basic. Anyway my dad got further ... tell a 38 year old big kid just how his dad ...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 ...WOS - The Computer Game I may start looking at putting some quick routines together for this over the weekend, so wanted to establish some sort of concensus as to the form …
... thinks. Should it be a basic MM or JSW style collect ... they have masks so that sprites move behind them as seen ...Crisis At Christmas + SUI've loved this text adventure ever since I first played it. I've just seen it published in Sinclair User. *IN* Sinclair User. (Dec '86 issue) 4 1…
... pages filled solid with ZX BASIC, most of which are DATA ... going into them in a BIG way then.
Oh ...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 ...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.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 ...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 ...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 ...
