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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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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 ... -
Homing missile routine - help neededI am attempting to write a routine which will allow a missile to home in on a player. Basically the sort of thing you see in most shoot-em-up games. …
... /> I have a BASIC program which in effect does this - but I ... -
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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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: ...
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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 …
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Games with rippling water effectI have seen this effect of animated water in one or two games and want to try something similiar but can't remember which games. Can anyone suggest s…
I have seen this effect of animated water in one or two games and want to try something similiar but can't remember which games. Can anyone suggest some games were it is used to good effect.
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req: hack/poke for 3D deathchase border colourBack in the day, I used to have a version of 3d deathchase which had a black border instead of the usual white one, it made it much better, especiall…
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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 ... .
- #defines for colours, border(), screen address calculations have been ... the sprite RB type (right border). The blank row at bottom ... -
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…
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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 ... -
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 . . .
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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.
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SimCoupe 1.0 released[size=-2](for those of you that don't read CSS)[/size] SimCoupe, the SAM Coup? emulator, has been updated to version 1.0. This major release adds ma…
... display
- Added support for border pixel artefacts, as used by ... cursor up/down
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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 ... -
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 ... -
What effect would you most like to seeJust wondering, what with the fact that it seems to be 1983 all over again and more and more new games coming out, what feature, thing or special eff…
... , what feature, thing or special effect would you most be pleased ... full 360 rotated chain type effect.
More than this ... -
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.
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Print routine for BASIC (or BASin)For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initia…
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How to transfer a BASIC-Programm to PC and/or TZX?Hello there, I'm pretty new at WOS, but have already spent some time reading a small bit of the large amount of information here. I am trying to fin…
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The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…
... in mixed BASIC and Compiled BASIC (the pure BASIC part is ... and forth, the Compiled BASIC part is the game itself ... music file. Playing it from BASIC is easy:
... stuff) - I know that BASIC has a ISR which is ... to hook it to the BASIC ISR.
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Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […
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Basic games Compo? Nathan ?Is there any chance of you running another competition for new games again? I remember there being quite a few good games, and the thread was interes…
... thread was interesting bringing up Basic games.
I meant ... to enter the Basic part but failed due to ... catogories available, like SAM Coupe Basic (obviously), QL SuperBasic etc etc ... -
Black paper, white border. Ram fault?We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working o…
We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working one, and we got the same result.
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Bytemaniacos.com 2006 BASIC Games compo - lot of games to play!All games for 2006 Bytemaniacos.com BASIC Games compo ready to play: [url]http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2006.html[/url] you can download al…
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Autorun BASIC programsIs it possible to write a basic program which will autorun after typing in LOAD ""? Thanks
Is it possible to write a basic program which will autorun after typing in LOAD ""?
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SE BASIC Compiler Help!I have downloaded and am using the 16k replacement ROM for SE BASIC (0.94B) and am trying to use the SE BASIC compiler from this site. I have found s…
... 16k replacement ROM for SE BASIC (0.94B) and am trying ... to use the SE BASIC compiler from this site. I ... some documentation for the Hisoft BASIC compiler, upon which this is ... -
Little BASIC gameTry to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it. Not allowed i.e. : PRINT USR 1362 D - Break cont-repeats but ok 10 GO TO 10 RU…
Try to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it.
Not allowed i.e. :
PRINT USR 1362
D - Break cont-repeats
but ok
10 GO TO 10
RUN and press BREAK
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(Basic) Sinclair BASIC mode for EmacsI saw this [URL=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14622]post[/URL] regarding a Sinclair BASIC editing mode along with some Fuse …
... ]post[/URL] regarding a Sinclair BASIC editing mode along with some ... 's a mode for Sinclair Basic with syntax highlighting, which should ... some Lisp to send the BASIC listing across to Fuse, which ...
