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  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... /> I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started ... like:

    [INDENT][FONT="Courier New"]LD BC,1400h ... it seems that [FONT="Courier New"]JR NZ[/FONT] is not recognising ... the [FONT="Courier New"]DEC BC[/FONT].

    ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... go. Current changes to Sinclair BASIC are mainly about compatibility with ... be mono - the default font is a mono font.
    Finally, I ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…

    ... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...
    Nonsense in BASIC Nonsense in BASIC August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…

    ... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…

    ... ask here instead of the basic forum..

    ... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ...
    fog fog September 2010 Development
  • Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…

    Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?

    I use

    if inkey$="z" then goto...

    but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…

    ... or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm trying to exclude ... and main game should be Basic.

    I can quickly ...
    spider spider September 2010 Games
  • emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…

    ... ?
    so far the bbc basic for the speccy doesnt support ... ?
    there is no bbc basic for sam coupe- the speccy ... in 13tstates using a proprtional font? that prints a line of ...
    Roger Jowett Roger Jowett September 2010 Emulators
  • bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…

    ... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
    Now available: ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces ... not only line-numbers of BASIC statements but also their ... which will read not only BASIC files but also assembly language ...
    AY Chip AY Chip September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic EditorWould this make sense or serve any purpose for anyone here? On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can write your basic code while on the go an…

    ... On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can ... write your basic code while on the ... trying to write a basic compiler as the keyboard ... view. So a plain Basic interpreter that checks for ... syntax, tokenizes and runs BASIC programs. Also looking for ...
    OZApps OZApps October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…

    ... have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to ... where ZX Spectrum 48k stores BASIC programs upon loading them. Does ...
    ZXMrk ZXMrk October 2010 Development
  • Help with loaderHelp! I have been racking my brains for too long, and so it?s time to ask for help. Kyd Cadet II is about 98% complete now and I am trying to put to…

    ... flat on its face, the font corrupts or the thing crashes ... have the following;
    Basic Loader.
    Font - 936 bytes
    Screen ...
    Paul-J Paul-J October 2010 Development
  • BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…

    ... (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler?

    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers October 2010 Development
  • How to Extract a Font from a Game?I remember it was possible to load/save your own fonts in ArtStudio on my Speccy. I also remember it was possible to loop the loaded block of a game …

    ... actually trace where a certain font was stored, then save save ... from the point where the font started and then load it ... visual representation of the whole font. I mean to make it ...
    tridy tridy November 2010 Games
  • world smallest font.. Tasword?I think Tasword uses font like this: [url]http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1438228/The-Worlds-Smallest-Legible-Font[/url]

    I think Tasword uses font like this:
    [url]http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1438228/The-Worlds-Smallest-Legible-Font[/url]
    orange orange November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Arrays in Spectrum basicHi everyone, I've recently begun learning to programme in Spectrum and want to write a text adventure. Could someone give me an example or help me o…

    ... needs.
    I'm running Basic on Spectaculator and intend to ...
    REB REB November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Flight - flight simulator (Basic)Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old tape. Obviously this is a my type-in from an old ex-Yugoslavian magazine from mid 80s. I did …

    Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old ... also mostly done in the basic), we can say that this ... worthy competitor.
    Unfortunately spectrum Basic is pretty slow for this ...
    Pegaz Pegaz November 2010 Games
  • Problem with se basicI use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program i…

    I use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program in 48 basic and switch to SE BASIC then show basic incorrect. Why ?
    velesoft velesoft December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Font Editor (version #)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0025370&loadpics=3"]Font Editor[/URL] According to the loading screen, the version is 2.3 (12…

    ... ?id=0025370&loadpics=3"]Font Editor[/URL]

    According ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman December 2010 Infoseek database
  • Z88DK tapfile creation questionHere's another question. The game I've just started working on (Sid Spanners 3), I'm concatenating the following tap files together, to make a big ta…

    ...
    4. A font tapfile, saved out from ... screen.tap music.tap font.tap sidspan3.tap
    font.tap sidspan3.tap > ... contains a second BASIC loader (the BASIC loader generated by ... without including the usual BASIC loader (just the CODE ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn January 2011 Development
  • Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…

    New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's the fastest way to program in BASIC in a Windows environment?
    olaf olaf January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair BASIC manual cover artHello, dose anyone out there have any information or links regarding the art work on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought it was rea…

    ... on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought ...
    Mikie48k Mikie48k January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…

    ... have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy ...
    Speccyman Speccyman February 2011 Development
  • BASIC Listing for loading screens then gameCould someone explain the code required to load a screen image followed by the game file please? I've lost my notes on loading the game (which I thin…

    Could someone explain the code required to load a screen image followed by the game file please? I've lost my notes on loading the game (which I think was CHAIN "") from a BASIC listing..

    Thank you..
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 March 2011 Development
  • SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…

    ^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to make it sticky or not (although this used to be the SE Basic forum and I used to be its owner).
    chev chev April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • SE Basic questionsI've got a 128k heatsink machine which I'm working on modding to include a proper keyboard and built in DivIDE+.. Was I right in reading that the S…

    ... in reading that the SE BASIC ROM can be plugged into ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair advertising font...Hi Folks, Does anyone know the name of the font that Sinclair used in their QL and later advertising? Many thanks Paddy

    Hi Folks,

    Does anyone know the name of the font that Sinclair used in their QL and later advertising?

    Many thanks

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman April 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... ]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really ... segment of memory) in ZX BASIC without resorting to a tedious ... using only standard ZX Spectrum BASIC - and it's not an ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Speccy Font Spotted in National Lottery GameRecognise this font in the lottery game "Retro Riches" ? [IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b307/Blooda/speccy%20thing/2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http:…

    Recognise this font in the lottery game "Retro Riches" ?


    [IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b307/Blooda/speccy%20thing/2.jpg[/IMG]

    [IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b307/Blooda/speccy%20thing/1.jpg[/IMG]
    murtceps murtceps April 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • This might be something new[img]http://www.711chan.org/test/src/130427925559.png[/img] Have a look at this screenshot of my emulator ZX82. Notice the copyright message? That's…

    ... then? It's because the BASIC is running on the host ... FTP server (from within the BASIC - being it's running on ... as well as call the BASIC routines, or DOS calls, or ... status of the ZX Spectrum font is, but the original ROM ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm May 2011 Emulators
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