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  • Image to ZXSpec 1.0Hi, I've written a piece of software (still not finished) that outputs any kind of image onto a Spectrum having being converted on a PC. It takes a…

    [QUOTE=LCD;351049]Its because every number in spectrum BASIC uses 5 Byte. If you store the coordinates in REM lines as byte, you can make bigger pictures.[/QUOTE]

    Can you give an example of how to do this?

    Thanks!
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    It already compiles many Sinclair BASIC programs, with almost no modification ... IF" (as in Free Basic, Visual Basic, etc...). This is a ... will be much slower and bigger that a real compiled ... (and maybe others). Sinclair BASIC was rather limited (but suitable ...
    boriel boriel May 2009 Development
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... /> This displays the Amstrad CPC font. Btw.: ZXB Compiler version 1 ... reasons to use ZX BASIC ones. Some Sinclair BASIC routines have bugs ... "Invalid Argument" in Sinclair BASIC. ZX BASIC manages this the right way ...
    boriel boriel May 2009 Development
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... will be much slower and bigger that a real compiled one ... try to do with ZX BASIC).[/quote]

    I'd ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2009 Development
  • Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …

    ... chars equ 0x5c36 ; start of font - 256
    chans equ 0x5c4f ... 0x00 ; set
    inc hl ; font
    ld (hl), 0xcc ; address ... af

    ; return to BASIC
    ret

    ; ...
    chev chev May 2009 Development
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... (since my Russian knowledge is basic).

    It contains the ... that file with my much bigger current version of it.
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn May 2009 Games
  • So what about ethernet and ZX BASIC?Well, as of about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly wrote some packets to the network! OK, so it isn't perhaps 100% what Andrew Ow…

    ... remainder is no different - the BASIC extensions for filesystem operations like ... module. And so is the BASIC streams support. Each module gets ... />
    The buffer could be bigger than 256 bytes given that ...
    Winston Winston July 2009 Hardware
  • Utility to read/write to memory cards formatted for +3EThis post comes from [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25658]this thread[/url]. I've released a small command-line utility…

    ... content without extracting, as Spectrum BASIC code (if it is a ... (for binary files). Zx Spectrum font can be used for display ... , if a font named "Zx Spectrum" is installed ...
    dg67 dg67 August 2009 Emulators
  • How to use MGT disks on the emulatorDear readers, you may think I'm a bit silly, but I can't get the emulator (Spectaculator for instance) working with MGT image files. I have had a r…

    ...

    I also tried bigger strings and I see the ... border stripes appear), but the BASIC does not return back and ...
    clausjahn clausjahn August 2009 Emulators
  • New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…

    ... the 1.5K of the BASIC area that's present on ... low RAM (and read sprite/font data from there) with no ...
    gasman gasman August 2009 Development
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... very big problem with ZX font install after reset. Add wait ... can be blocks saves from basic, but after reset this file ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Development
  • font editor/designerI need a font designer, I've had a search on infoseek and not really turned up anything of any use. Any one got one I could have please? I need one f…

    ... a tap/tzx file the font so I can use it ... UDG editor to either a BASIC program, or directly to a ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2009 Development
  • Speccy vs C64: Enduro RacerJust seen a video of the commode version of Enduro Racer, what a pile of cack: [youtube]kZVNLX6OxwU[/youtube] Speccy version: [youtube]ouKg6LeXkD…

    ... standard font being used, poor graphics, just looked very rushed and basic.
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2009 Chit chat
  • Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…

    ... own 80 column font driver that works from BASIC. Sys64 seems to ... also have a 40 column font driver kicking around somewhere. Both ...
    chev chev October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…

    ... ago I wrote a BASIC 64-column font routine which generates the ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …

    ... /> [code]CODE
    DISK
    FONT
    SPRITES[/code]

    BASIC, with filenames that happen to ...
    John Elliott John Elliott October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... is typically quicker than compiled BASIC, but I'd put its ... different to typical c/java/basic approach. so its usability is ... in mood to write something bigger in forth. but still want ...
    Fikee Fikee November 2009 Games
  • POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…

    ... cels) for use in Speccy BASIC.

    When writing in ... .

    Here's the font set from Saucer.

    frobush frobush November 2009 Games
  • POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…

    ... you want a brand new font then download or make a ... it and every time the BASIC PRINT (or ROM routine that ... ) is used you're new font will appear instead.
    < ... do all this with the BASIC PRINT functions and using the ... are way round this in BASIC but you won't ...
    Turkwel Turkwel November 2009 Games
  • POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…

    ... cels) for use in Speccy BASIC.

    When writing in ... .

    Here's the font set from Saucer.

    MinerWilly MinerWilly November 2009 Games
  • New game - All Present and CorrectNew game available from my site or the link below, quickly beaten together with help from Mister Beep, Fikee, Graz & Andrew Owen. [URL="http://www.b…

    ... -Gun (all the sprites & font)
    Crimson Editor (for editing ... called? Used to create the BASIC loader).
    SPIN (for testing ...
    bobs bobs December 2009 Games
  • Announcing: The +2A/+3 FLASH ROM adapter boardAs I've mentioned in a couple of other threads, this project is coming along quite well now, so I thought I'd post some details up here. I've built …

    ... effort - all you need for basic bank switching on an IO ... chips have got so much bigger (it was hard enough finding ...
    guesser guesser December 2009 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... to get the spectrum (In BASIC) to write my name with ... the area and draw it bigger in the centre.
    That ...
    ASH-II ASH-II January 2010 Development
  • Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…

    ... of reading and saving files bigger than 65535 bytes?

    BASIC to handle these type of ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Development
  • Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…

    ... of reading and saving files bigger than 65535 bytes?[/QUOTE]

    You can also use BASIC streams and channels to access ...
    glancaster glancaster January 2010 Development
  • Favourite/Least Favourite Movie Licence?I could only do five each for this genre as I really couldn't find another five of each that I felt that good or bad about! [URL="http://jdanddiet.b…

    ... on the Speccy with the BASIC font, it was just boring. The ...
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2010 Games
  • Favourite/Least Favourite Movie Licence?I could only do five each for this genre as I really couldn't find another five of each that I felt that good or bad about! [URL="http://jdanddiet.b…

    ... poor.

    Shoddy graphics, basic font, boring driving sequences, boring 'shop ...
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2010 Games
  • Fastest fill m.c. routine ever?What is the fastest fill routine you've ever seen? Is there a listing somewhere? Most games and adventures that use fill routines were considered slo…

    ... . The first one is a basic flood fill program. This is ... 'm pretty sure mine are bigger though they aren't too ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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