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What did you pay for a SpectrumJust wondered what everyone paid for getting hold of a spectrum. I got hold of one from eBay MINT condition, both the Box and the Speccy. Paid 110 …
I got my first and only speccy on chrismas 82,only a 16k butit cost my old man a whooping ?150.Now i don`t see much change out of that for 3 xbox games,my how times have changed(sighs and dons rose tinted glasses)8) -
COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
... chips where the lower half of the memory worked fine, ... microdrives instead of floppies etc.)
... wouldn't give you much change out of ?700
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Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…
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I have hundreds of BASIC books in my lounge.
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Jet-set Willy editor Mk2Has anyone gotten Jet-set Willy editor Mk2 (the TZX) to work ? I even tried saving the edited Jet-set Willy from inside the SNA, then load it back in…
... you having problems getting the editor to load, or getting the ... editor to load JSW.
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Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…
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The annoyance with Basic compilers is that you have ... to fit compiler, source basic and resulting code in ... someone should make a basic cross compiler. if i ... think of it as it might be in basic. I ... z80 asm a decent knowledge of basic is great ... unless i ... -
Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…
... to think of it as it might be in basic. I think ... z80 asm a decent knowledge of basic is great ... unless i misunderstood ... /> [/quote]
I think Basic is a good learning tool ... you would in Basic, by thinking in terms of data structures (variables ... -
New BASin (Alpha Release 9) upHi all, Since you're more interested in here about BASin, here's the new update announcement. There's no major changes to the way the system work…
... 've got a smallish list of bugs, so I'm working ... order (and a big shout of thanks to the peeps in ... not find from the start of BASIC memory)
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create z80I want to Create z80 code and run it on an emulator for the 48k spectrum. I want it soo easy to use its a dream. I dont like dos based stuff.. Can a…
... wanting to get an idea of BASIC - whether they have an interest ... -
BASin's BASIC Editor! Suggestions?Hi all! I'm just starting BASin's BASIC editor now - and it's finalised as a resizeable window that uses the spectrum font. Kind of like Notepad mee…
... order to minimise the number of line numbered statements.
< ... program. Hence when exporting to BASIC you could have each statement ... generate a line numbered minimal BASIC program - which may or ... you'd fill 9999 lines of BASIC without first running out ... -
POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
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You can load BASIC as Bytes to protect it ... from address 23552 to end of basic and add a goto after ... -
Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
... software really makes use of what the machine can ... not got a lot of memory, but otherwise, ... I've just got hold of a SORD M5 computer. ... BASIC-G language looks like one of the best versions of BASIC ... sprites and keyboard handling from BASIC, and windows. With ... -
Question about sabre wulfBeing new on here i dont know if its already been talked about or not, but i was just looking on rares site and came across the forthcoming section, …
... dark grey (not total black) colour of the background (the 48K Spectrum ... 's black colour).
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TransAm - technical curiosityHi all, I guess this is for you machine code experts: how come a snapshot of TransAm always places the trophies in different places when I start a n…
... too much in terms of BASIC, with which it is ... randomize-command at beginning of program execution and then ... guess the rnd-style of code is better to ... software? - The presence/absence of created randomness (OK, a ... lot of exceptions, e.g. Manic ... -
TZXed without real tapeEverybody, who knows, answer please... I have lot of ZX games, which not presented in WOS database. But they are in PC format (as dat.files, for exa…
... /> Afterwards you cold load the Basic-parts into every emulator and ... look at the basic-progs to find out the ... you send me an example of basic and code files and I ... -
Spectrum board Issue numbersWhilst cataloging my spectrums I am documenting the issue numbers of the motherboards. so far I have (all spectrum or smegtrum + Issue TWO 3 3B …
... (generally) spot one by the colour of the keys - the picture on ... issue one - note the key colour is light grey, rather than ... (apart from the name of the pcb of course ;) ) - is the two ... thought) therefore are the rarest of all.
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i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
i don't think that using basic compilers is good idea. the generated code is still very slow and u lose many advantages of BASIC (floating point, multi dimension arrays a some functions). -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... simply enough to write in basic and are not performance driven ... 2. The cross compiler method of programming really does require a ... little more technical knowledge of programming and the machine ... br /> So get any version of BASIC and learn to program "Hello ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... a soft spot for all of these machines especially:
of memory, but otherwise, it was ...
Simplicity and a masterpiece of modern design
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Tasword 2 files as TZXWhere can I download resp. upload tasword 2 text files as snapshot (Z80, SNA, ...) or tape file (TZX, TAP). Are there websites for tasword files? Tha…
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TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…
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1) Change length of standard pilot to 3223 and ...
2) Implement compression of $15 block, using CSW2?
2. The length of a 'pulse'
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TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…
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>> 1) Change length of standard pilot to 3223 and ... >> 2) Implement compression of $15 block, using CSW2?
change its structure and everything !
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TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…
... >> 1) Change length of standard pilot to 3223 and ... [1] While we can change the pilot pulses to 3223 ... go ahead with that change, but if not, ... gt;> 2) Implement compression of $15 block, using CSW2? ... since it would completely change its structure and > ... -
TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…
... of things!
About the specific points:
1) Change ... length of standard pilot to 3223 ... ..................................
00 2 Length of PILOT pulse [2168]
... as a sequence of symbols consisting of NB bits
some new games ?is anybody working on a game for speccy?
I think as long as the sprites are masked with an outline around them (which they will be) than they should look pretty good against the backgrounds. Of course they will take on the colour of the background.whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... about [I]every[/I] flavour of BASIC with graphics commands [I]including ... [/I] Commodore BASIC 3 upwards. i don't ... />
But the C64's BASIC still sucks.
[quote ... strengths being weaknesses and the BASIC sucking being rolled out over ...FUSEI've written a ONLINER textadventure in FUSE. I would like to share it with you all, but I can't get it to a textfile from FUSE. I have tried it with…
... . Try printing from the 128K basic editor.
O, en Johan ...Retro Gamer and Type-InsWell, Retro Gamer is apparently looking out for some good type-ins to include on its cover CD (maybe, ok?). They'd like some from WoS, and I thought …
... good games there. Impressive demonstration of BASIC programming.
GOC: Mega ...Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... reads the coords, the colour of the polygon being drawn. It ... This is a hell of a lot of work even for ... think that people capable of doing this who wanted ... them as a bit of a waste of time -- it makes ... and Intellivision sticks) capable of doing both Spec256 and ...simple z80 rom for test my emulatorHi there! Does anyone here have a very simple rom(in Z80 format) for testing my emulator. I need a very simple one that implements few opcodes and po…
... to have a few lines of Basic on a Webpage in the ... " from the Utilities "T" section of the Archive.new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
... grip of basic .I wanted to program games that basic wasnt capable of producing ... code book . At the age of 10 it was just too ...
