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  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... , you say in MC and LOWER screen. normal screen ... fetchan
    ret ; back to basic


    ; ... /> ink equ 16 ; ink , x (0-7,8)
    paper equ 17 ; paper , ... compiler I'm using and be Spectrum 48K-specific.)< ...
    Kotek Kotek June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... fetchan
    ret ; back to basic


    ; ... /> ink equ 16 ; ink , x (0-7,8)
    paper equ 17 ; paper , ... /char is CHANNEL-INFO and used to set the ... defm at,1,0,ink,9,paper,1,"Screen#0at1,0"< ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... fetchan
    ret ; back to basic


    ; ... /> ink equ 16 ; ink , x (0-7,8)
    paper equ 17 ; paper , ... /char is CHANNEL-INFO and used to set the ... defm at,1,0,ink,9,paper,1,"Screen#0at1,0"< ...
    Kotek Kotek June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... fetchan
    ret ; back to basic


    ; ... /> ink equ 16 ; ink , x (0-7,8)
    paper equ 17 ; paper , ... /char is CHANNEL-INFO and used to set the ... defm at,1,0,ink,9,paper,1,"Screen#0at1,0"< ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... fetchan
    ret ; back to basic


    ; Print ... /> ink equ 16 ; ink , x (0-7,8)
    paper equ 17 ; paper , ... /char is CHANNEL-INFO and used to set the ... data] 145
    db [and another one] 146
    db ...
    Kotek Kotek June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... fetchan
    ret ; back to basic


    ; ... /> ink equ 16 ; ink , x (0-7,8)
    paper equ 17 ; paper , ... /char is CHANNEL-INFO and used to set the ... anything the ROM routines can and more. The ROM routine ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter June 2022 Development
  • How to change this...?Hi! Does anyone remembers good old football game 'The Double'? Well, i wish to change teams and players names but i'm not sure that's possible...! Ca…

    Hi!
    Does anyone remembers good old football game 'The Double'?
    Well, i wish to change teams and players names but i'm not sure that's possible...!
    Can someone help me on this?
    Thanks!!!
    Bifaro11 Bifaro11 May 2005 Games
  • Good platform games for other machines and consolesBasically, what good platform games are there for the SNES/NES/Megadrive/C64/MSX/Amstrad/BBC/Game Boy (and GB Colour and GB Advance)/Atari 8-bit etc?…

    ... /Amstrad/BBC/Game Boy (and GB Colour and GB Advance)/Atari 8-bit ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2008 Chit chat
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines ... /> It also has a tiny (basic) TZX library (to save standard ... blocks by the moment), and a minimalistic BASIC tokenizer to generate ZX ... a .tzx file with a basic loader which loads an executes ...
    boriel boriel April 2008 Development
  • A classic thread sub-forum?You know how some sites have a "classic" thread sub-forum? Where any notable threads are moved to, after a certain period of time when no-one has pos…

    ... br /> Starting on machine code - BASIC first?:

    [URL ... br />
    Reading the border colour:

    [URL]http ... />

    Modern Laptops and TFT Screens:

    [URL ... What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good)?
    ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Change machinesAnyone ever used one of those machines in the grocery store...you pour your change in and it gives you a receipt that you cash in at the counter for …

    ... grocery store...you pour your change in and it gives you a ... pocket change for about 3-4 months in a jar and ... in my change jar....I got back $86 and thats after ... straight to the liquor store and bought a big bottle ... used to just toss my change away as it wasn' ...
    beanz beanz July 2008 Chit chat
  • ZX archive high-resolution dreamI was thinking today how great it would be to have a high resolution archive resource of ZX advertisements and photographs from magazines, as opposed…

    ... process that requires time and effort and experience, with a number ... and one unscreened. A screened image removes all the colour ... attempted, such as replacing aging paper colour with white, keep the ... images you could search and review and enjoy at the best ...
    SteveP SteveP January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Facebook change TOS and claim ownership to all images and content uploadedFrom 4th February, any images and content on the Facebook website becomes theirs to use however they wish, even after you remove them and delete your…

    From 4th February, any images and content on the Facebook website ... , even after you remove them and delete your account:

    MattLamb MattLamb February 2009 Chit chat
  • not much gear and absolutley no ideaIm looking for some help with two spectrums that i have just dug out of storage and are both unfortunatley faulty. I had always regreted that during …

    ... just dug out of storage and are both unfortunatley faulty. ... the clock back and teach myself basic for these two ... that coverd basic for numerous different micro computers and set about ... teaching myself the basics of basic.Unfortunatley ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. June 2009 Hardware
  • Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…

    ... space. Chances are that BASIC will get corrupted while attempting ... /> push hl ; preserve return to basic
    exx
    ;
    ... /> pop hl ; restore return to basic
    exx
    ;
    ... main2 xor a ; set screen, ink and border to black
    ld ...
    jp jp August 2009 Development
  • Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…

    ... dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Since receiving advice ... on the cause of the fault and ... decided to download zx spin and learn basic using an emulator instead ... on the task of learning basic.I plan to post updates ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…

    ... sockets from ZX BASIC using ZX BASIC streams. Both server and client programs ... to navigate filesystems and manage files.
    * BASIC streams support for reading ... software, such as the border colour and whether the 128K alternate screen ...
    Winston Winston February 2010 Hardware
  • Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…

    ... storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many designs you see ... for use in BASIC, to access files, maybe change directories and so on ... 'm talking about.

    And I can understand it would ... on an interface like this, and why does it need battery ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie February 2010 Hardware
  • Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…

    ... :

    DK'Tronics Keyboard and ZX Spectrum
    ===================================

    And how about that grey, black and orange colour scheme - straight ... a roll of printer paper. Fully working and tested - see pictures for ...
    teamemark teamemark June 2010 Sales
  • Found an old tapeWay back in the 80's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting fantasy books. I tried fl…

    ... 's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character ... ) with the classifieds in the paper.

    Anyway, I thought ... that seems to fade in and out a lot?

    Gedlion Gedlion July 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Hack into Mescaline Synthesia 128Hi folks, this thread is not about copyright, although if somebody knows the e-mail adress or another way how to contact the author "DeMarche" pleas…

    ... but should not post here and destroy the topic.
    ... ever seen. Really fantastic and I want have that program ... part is loaded from Basic, then depacked and running, after this part ... Basic and write a Basic disk loader for every part
    or
    - change ...
    Speccyman Speccyman September 2010 Development
  • Books for salePostage and packaging at cost. (I'll use as much recycled packaging as I can.) Payment [I]gifted[/I] through PayPal or cash on pick-up (I'm in North …

    ... ).


    ZX Spectrum BASIC programming (Third Edition 1983) ?1 ... . Clean pages and sound spiral binding.

    ZX81 BASIC programming (1982 ... of foxing to the covers. Ink and pencil writing on the inside ...
    dekh dekh March 2011 Sales
  • Some issues with my UDG programFor the sake of remembering how to do some things in Basic, I started coding a small program that could be used to create UDGs: [url]http://db.tt/tt…

    ... to do some things in Basic, I started coding a ... way to prevent blinking [I]and[/I] prevent a trail, ... /> -If x or y change [I]and [/I]the value c(x1 ... cursor, using over 1 and displaying it twice every 1 ... would need help identifying it and correcting it as well.< ...
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Open Office Help - how do I make www.links black, and not default to blue?I'm editing the first document draft* of an OU essay, I have to give my references, one of which is a webpage. When I put the address, in the Open Of…

    ... I always do with pen and paper :)
    thx1138 thx1138 November 2011 Chit chat
  • Interrupting emulation if Multiface isn't availableA few years ago I asked about how to exit to BASIC when the BASIC environment is still available and stable. Now I have a similar question... Certai…

    ... exit to BASIC when the BASIC environment is still available and stable. ... to interrupt emulation and return to BASIC without having to ... possible to change PC to something else and force the ... message on programs where the BASIC environment still exists.
    ...
    zxbruno zxbruno March 2012 Emulators
  • No colour after changing LM1889NI replaced the faulty LM1889N in my issue 2 spectrum, since I had a very yellow picture, and soldered a socket to put the new LM1889N into, however, …

    ... had a very yellow picture, and soldered a socket to put ... I now have only black and white colour. I have checked the ... voltage on Pin 2 and 4 ... to adjust VR1 and VR2 to ... check the settings for TC1 and TC2 as I dont have ...
    Johan1973 Johan1973 April 2012 Hardware
  • 48K and wavy lines.It seems all Spectrum related things are breaking here at casa de Don Pedro. After the problem with my old ZX81, I went over to my issue 2 ZX Spectru…

    ... />
    The patterns change when I touch the case ... if lines disappear. If so change that capacitor
    2 ... X2
    3) Check/change TR1 and/or TR2
    4) ... Check/change IC14

    ... the voltages at TR1 and TR2 and believe they are ...
    pmsr pmsr July 2012 Hardware
  • PRINT a numerical value i.e. the scoreHow do you fo about printing a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM? For instance I have a value 0-255 and want to PRINT the result at…

    ... have a value 0-255 and want to PRINT the result ... say 0,22 in blue ink/white paper.

    I have ...
    daveysludge daveysludge August 2012 Development
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