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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?
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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?
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Celebrity Big Brother who would u put in ?i think it's going to be difficult for the big bro lot to better this series, and was wondering which celeb housemates could surpass these lot. If yo…
... to be difficult for the big bro lot to better this ... you could put anybody in big brother from past or present ... in the next celeb big bro, who would u put ... -
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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Barrymore - the big comebackSo now that Celeb Big Bro has finished and Michael Barrymore has emerged as somewhat less that a social pariah, what does everybody think of his chan…
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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…
... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ... -
+3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…
... the system would be in BASIC so that the saving/loading ... saving would be done in BASIC, saving to anything is possible ... only way to create a big .DSK file I think - a ... to cat them into one big file to create the .DSK ... -
128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
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New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... easy to set up for sprites. No masking yet - anyone come ... UDG editor. It now handles sprites of any size, and multi ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... easy to set up for sprites. No masking yet - anyone come ... UDG editor. It now handles sprites of any size, and multi ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
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...Switching basic to 48k modeHi there, we all know that the SPECTRUM command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However, when executed in a program, the SPECTRUM …
... command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However ...The C5's big brother?[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4930794.stm[/url] "A tiny, three-wheeled car that could help solve city congestion has been demonstrated …
... finished vehicle looks like the big brother of the ill-conceived ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... if your only background is Basic, and for that reason I ... is a great bridge between basic and asm, and even when ... reason your program should draw sprites first before doing background ... only or paper-only sprites. By default sprites are now created transparent ...creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…
... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ...Spectrum BASIC Programs listings MagazinesHi to all, I'm an Italian newbie of this forum, but i know this site since long time ago. I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of …
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I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of ... course an old BASIC programmer :wink: ) and i ... have so many scans on BASIC programming magazine in the archive ... Magazine which has published many BASIC programs for Spectrum and others ...Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…
... running a program in 128k basic (so that you can ... switch back down to 48k basic before you run the ... like to do this within BASIC.
I ... I switch down to 48k basic the program stops executing. ... I would like my basic program to continue its operation ...Big Brother - You're Safe....I said a week or two ago that my youngest sister-in-law might be a housemate. But, you're safe from the exploits of her on the air.. (she should giv…
... rejected from X-Factor and Big Brother) just be greatful you ...Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…
... an old classic (pacman) in basic . . .
BUT . . .
I can ...Spacewreck by Big Ben Software - MIA ??I have a copy of Spacewreck by Big Ben Software. Can't find any mention of it in the archives. Can anyone confirm if this is MIA and needs the atte…
I have a copy of Spacewreck by Big Ben Software. Can't find any mention of it in the archives. Can anyone confirm if this is MIA and needs the attention of Steve, Andy or Tony ? I can send it onto the person with the least WIP.
Cheers.Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time.
BASIC after calling machine code? I ...ANN: Spectrum Host 0.40 for BBC BASICZXHost 0.40, the ZX Spectrum host for BBC BASIC now has working microdrive support. You can load, save and catalogue microdrives, and any other devic…
... ZX Spectrum host for BBC BASIC now has working microdrive support ... /> Recent updates also include BBC BASIC runnable in RAM and colour ...Lee on Celebrity Love Island - how big are his cojones?For the non-Spanish speakers out there: cojones = balls :) How big are they by now? If he doesn't get with that Colleen playboy bird soon I think he…
... : cojones = balls :)
How big are they by now? If ...Help WW2 text adventure team game - what was it!Hi all - just getting into the whole retrogaming thing - after parting with my speccy 15 years ago at least! Slowly trawling the mind to bring bac…
... Nipper, Green Beret, Renegade (remember Big Bertha!), Gunship etc...and when ... -
it had pretty basic graphics and IIRC it was ...John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…
... got bored programming it in Basic but when I eventually bought ... was to come in a BIG box containing lots of goodies ... all had to take a big pay cut and work very ...Various Games to TradeHi Another list (this time with slightly rarer games =D), I am looking to trade for adventure games e.g. text adventures on 8-bit platforms (infocom…
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59 Big Bad John Tynesoft Spectrum 48K ... Spectrum 48K Tape Case Yes Basic -> Machine Code Translator
"Learn BASIC programming on the Sinclair ZX ...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…
... it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum ... parameters began to replace the Basic style sub-routine that relied ... language for learning as was basic. Would it have better suited ...Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic.
Andrew.
