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Sinclair Accounts 1980-1985Sinclair accounts docs from 1980 to 1985 are available on my website. [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/sinclair[/url] Apart from the figures, which ar…
... world markets for Sinclair (much bigger in the UK than elsewhere ... /> Also a tragic view of basic typewritten documents giving way to ... -
The Making Of Manic Miner"Matthew Smith talks us through every level of his classic platformer Sat at the very desk where it was written, Matthew Smith watches Miner Willy l…
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3) "A" returns to basic. You can run it again ... , could add a variable width font but then would need space ... -
OptimisationI've participated in several thread hijacks about this, so perhaps I should open a new thread. Et VIOLA! Here it is! Knuth, who was earlier reporte…
... code in SAS and Visual Basic but I mainly write in ... , although obviously on a much bigger scale. They start building a ... -
Two new programs from Mitchell Software :)Hi everyone, What a lovely day it is on the Isle of Wight, bright sunny and cold. If you head over to my website and look into the software sectio…
... real programming in c++ and basic. This went on for some ... if i cant get the basic version to work, a 2bit ... works, then so do the bigger computers.
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My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…
... leave that default Spectrum text font in final version. Games using ... default font were usually very early ones, often written in Basic and ... -
Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …
... keyboard and a main unit bigger than the package of the ... up the next surprise(s): BASIC commands via single key, what ... -
Is it true that our sweets are shrinking...?...but can it be proved, or is it just our memories from childhood deceiving us? We've had the usual Friday morning discussion in the office about h…
... maintain the integrity of yer basic Mars Bar they have made ... that look they are getting bigger not smaller if we should ... adults our mouths have got bigger. -
Spectrum v Amstrad CPC rangeAmstrad seemed to be a rather late starter in the 8 bit micro computer race. I never really saw one outside a shop, only a few people at school had o…
... one big block available to BASIC programmers when you first switch ... need them. For games, the bigger restriction was the VIC chip ... -
Midi Out from machine codeI need to send midi-signals by machine code, while Basic is too slow for my current project. I already read I can use hookcode #11E, but I have some …
... to the interrupt routine in 'BASIC' ROM1. See ROM0 address #0038 ... simply doing this:
[FONT="Courier New"]ORG 40000
POP AF
RET[/FONT]
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Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
I'm guessing that intro maker uses it's own print routine that accesses the standard speccy font direct from it's ROM location?
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Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... , but as it's in BASIC it is a bit toooooo ... ... I was hoping for much bigger speed increases but the timings ... -
Book scanning questionWe're rather lucky to see the large amount of books that have been fully scanned over the years. There are other volunteers to scan yet more books. …
... font size of 8 or less and the pages are just bigger ... -
Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... , but as it's in BASIC it is a bit toooooo ... ... I was hoping for much bigger speed increases but the timings ... -
ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... multiple sources. Also a new Font editor is planed.
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How paint in the down two lines ?The down two lines on the spectrum screen cant be used. But i remeber from the 80's that exist some code that allow us to paint on these two lines wi…
... serious about looking into ZX BASIC. (And a reference in ... REM FAST CIRCLES - AND BIGGER THAN SINCLAIR BASIC ALLOWS
150 BORDER ... as close to standard sinclair basic as possible. This program doesn ... draws in areas that Sinclair basic doesn't allow. Here's ... -
ZXS Initial pre-release releaseI have been beavering away today on my new, and what's more, free webshite. As well as releasing some of my unrelated development efforts, I have rel…
... encourage shoddy programming habbits. Having BASIC in the title is also ... could just make the window bigger and have the keyboard on ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... : I was going for ROM font, but following updated character sets ... it a library for ZX Basic, which means actually as a ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... want to print with monospace font or with proportional.
... functions for printing with proportional font and can give 'em ... they need specially prepared font (i.e. font with width information). not ... getting put into the ZX BASIC routine library, I'll take ... -
How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
It is UDG, user-defined graphics. The characters aren't in ROM font. You can load and use any additional characters, or even whole font, in BASIC or code (obviously). -
How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... well. The +3 has usual font in usual location, no additional ... many ways without having a font with it, it does not ... the font. You can make it using many ways, for BASIC easiest ... character in BASIC, it is either UDG or whole custom font loaded ... -
How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... -bit mode, or some ZX font ripper etc. There is no ... a simple algorithm like the BASIC line quoted above but straight ... -
How do you make a CV shine without actually lying?My CV has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese, and it looks pretty rubbish quite frankly. I am pretty good at my voluntary job at the Citizens Advic…
... to swear by increasing the font size by half a point ... is nearly double my wage basic Oo[/QUOTE]
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A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... tape is that it produces bigger overhead for payload, thats all ... falldown forever and vladimira use BASIC+CODE blocks. -
A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... tape is that it produces bigger overhead for payload, thats all ... falldown forever and vladimira use BASIC+CODE blocks.[/QUOTE]
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Sinclair font wantedIs there a true type font for the 'Sinclair' logo / branding ? thanks in advance
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Measuring the Roger Jowett problemPlease vote if you've received unsolicited mail from Roger Jowett during this year, be it binaries you didn't ask for, or unwanted invitations to soc…
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TRD/SCL importer for MB02+ and PROFI INTERFACEHi all MB02+ users, I know this time noone of you will be able to use my new program, because with MB02+ you will also need Velesoft's PROFI INTERFA…
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has anyone got bbc basic to run on the +2 ... bbc doesnt support a proportioanl font or use the push mnemonic ... -
Anyone else have a fanboy problem?Over the past 18 months or so, there's been one individual (don't worry, I don't think he posts here, he has a very *ahem* "distinctive" writing styl…
... same people isnt there a bigger issue here?
isnt this ... screen resoltuion is or the font size
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Measuring the Roger Jowett problemPlease vote if you've received unsolicited mail from Roger Jowett during this year, be it binaries you didn't ask for, or unwanted invitations to soc…
... font size before they start making drop down menus that are bigger ...
