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Questions about BasicHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... 2 in class and we are basicly learning basic BASIC programming in order ... , examples for differences in basic language. Maybe you can ... switch between radiant and degree (sin, cos and stuff). there should ... be things like DEG and RAD in Basic...
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SPECTRA - RGB SCART Interface for 48K SpectrumSince the launch of the SPECTRA interface back in June 2012, some discussion of it has appeared in the forums in the past (mainly [URL="http://www.wo…
... compatibility with all existing hardware and software.[/LIST]
BASIC. The new 64 colour palette can ... in some very hypnotic and wonderful colour patterns. The program ... support, an extension BASIC ROM and at least one brand ... -
Speccy games with B/W option?Hi peeps I have just read a comment on my Halls Of The Things YouTube vid that has got me thinking,a guy recalls how he used to play HOTT on a Black …
... to turn the display from colour to B/W. (Press " ... you change the display from colour to B/W during play and why ... as i would of though colour tv`s would of ... but if you play a colour game on a B/ ... defined and therefore making it an advantage to turn of the colour ... -
Strange INK behaviourThis weekend I hooked up two Sinclair ZX Spectrum with Interface 1 to try out the networking capabilities, and I ended up using parts of the Net Game…
... coordinates to the other computer and receive the coordinates of the ... no 1 sent his coordinates and received the coordinates from ... when I instead used the INK and PRINT on two separate lines ...
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Using rainbow processing for red/green stereoscopeWould it be possible to set the display attributes to alternate lines of paper black, ink red and paper black, ink green with full width? You could …
... to alternate lines of paper black, ink red and paper black, ink green with full ... the screen like this, and display stereo images using the ... As the colours are fixed and can be quickly copied using ... to move some sprites around and have the rainbow processing on ... -
Tape loading problem with Issue 3BI have an Issue 3B 48k that doesn't seem to want to load any tapes. I have an MP3 player connected to the EAR socket. When I type LOAD "" and start p…
... socket. When I type LOAD "" and start playing the wav, the ... blank and stays blank. No stripes in border or change in paper color ... stripes appear to the border and paper changes color.
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3D Games in SpecBAS!Not really :) Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master" [code] ZXASCII AUTO -1 PROG CrapCastleMaster 1 REM Crap Ca…
Not really :)
Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master"
[code]
ZXASCII
AUTO -1
PROG CrapCastleMaster
1 REM Crap Castle Master by A Lycett adapted to SpecBAS
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Tile engine and slight colour flickerOver the past few nights I've been working on a simple tile game engine for a rock fold game I'm making. While all is going surprising well I've not…
... . The main character moving elsewhere and all seems OK.
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Tile engine and slight colour flickerOver the past few nights I've been working on a simple tile game engine for a rock fold game I'm making. While all is going surprising well I've not…
... . The main character moving elsewhere and all seems OK.
Full source and runnable .tap file is included ... />
Controls o, p, q and a. Keyboard routine is only ... -
fastest Sound FX methods in ZX BASIC?Right now I'm doing an alternating footstep sound in my game using this following Beep statement. [code]beep 0.008,-4 + tog+tog+tog+tog : let tog=1-…
... able to get out of BASIC, but it still slows down ... else to do music and sounds from BASIC? My emulator (Spectacular) emulates ... -
Back into the scene and having problems !Hi Guys,<br><br>After a few years away from the retro scene, I'm back with an Atari 800XL, A C64 and - best of all arrived today, a lovely little 48K…
... mod - switched on but no colour !!
I then discovered ... mainboard - gave it a tweak and the colour returned !!
... problems.
Tried TZX and Tap , also tried converting ... to Wavs and moving the soundcard balance all ... -
bin to tap with basicI have compiled some machine code to binary. How I can convert it to tap (or tzx, doesn't matter) with custom basic part? Of course, I can create …
... , doesn't matter) with custom basic part?
Of ... create separate tap with basic, and later save basic+code manually. But ... more automatic solution.
Basic will contain clear, request from ... to enter number, some pokes, and rand usr.
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ZX-Paintbrush 2.6.3 and ZX-Blockeditor 2.4.2 publishedDear readers, as you see in the subject, two of my ZX-Modules applications have been updated today. The very special change, kindfully and very nice…
... today. The very special change, kindfully and very nice supported by BlackHole ... ZX-Paintbrush version.
And last but not least Einar ... update ZX-Editor, ZX-Preview and ZX-Explorer as well, but ... -
Input command in 128K BASICHi, Is the input command different between 48K BASIC and 128K BASIC? I'm typing in a missing listing from the TypeFantasic and using 128K BASIC…
... input command different between 48K BASIC and 128K BASIC?
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High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
... /> LD (23693),A ; PAPER 0, INK 0, BRIGHT 1
AND A ; carry reset
... ; load fourth score
AND A ; carry reset
... ; load second score
AND A ; carry reset
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Seikosha GP-50S suppliesDoes anyone know if it is still possible to find ink ribbons and paper rolls for the excellent Seikosha GP-50S printer in this day and age?
Does anyone know if it is still possible to find ink ribbons and paper rolls for the excellent Seikosha GP-50S printer in this day and age? -
How to avoid flicking? IM2 help.Hi, I have started on a quest to make a demo for ZX Spectrum. However the display is flickering and I guess it is something about updating at…
... /> However the display is flickering and I guess it is something ... .dk/d/demo1.tap
And here is the code I ... /> ld a,56 ; black ink, white paper
ld hl,attrstart
ZEsarUX-7.0Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX stable version :) This is ZEsarUX 7.0 There are a lot of new features added, more than ever! You can downl…
... improved Spectrum 16/48/+ colour palette
Added a ... , run to cursor, change registers, and a lot more...
and interaction with mouse, joystick and stdout driver ...
Some other minor bugfixes and improvements
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Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... with new one's, and do a basic composite mod with capacitor ... a working keyboard and entering in a few basic commands, the odd ... hang up with a black paper area. Also noticed a thick ... tested again typing in some basic commands and the glitches came back ...ZEsarUX 8.0 stableHi! I've uploaded a new FINAL stable ZEsarUX version, 8.0 :) You can download it, as always, from the url: https://github.com/chernandezba/z…
... now move cursor left and right and write text in ... Added DAAD, PAWS and Quill debugger, for Spectrum and CPC (CPC ... Added colors to ncurses driver and Chloe machine
Added ... -fixed full ink mode border colour
-fallback (transparency) colour is now ...ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…
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Added Pentagon 16C colour mode emulation
Added 1024 ... ui-io-ports: to change keyboard state and joystick
- ... becomes "--snap-no-change-machine" and applies to .sna and .z80
... use utf "blocky" characters and have 64x48 resolution
...ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…
... Windows
Added Pentagon 16C colour mode emulation
Added ... -ui-io-ports: to change keyboard state and joystick
-write ... becomes "--snap-no-change-machine" and applies to .sna and .z80
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Improved cpu speed change: now it's a lot ...Input MagazineDoes anyone know of any web site(s) that has scans of this mag : particularly the early ones.....? Cheers!
... The SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM (16k and 48k), COMMODORE 64, ACORN ELECTRON ... and BBC B, and the DRAGON 32
and explanations are also suitable for ... VIC 20, and TANDY COLOUR COMPUTER in 32k with extended BASIC.
...Randomize USR xxxxxA weird topic: When I was a kid I use to mess around with the RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx, sad I know!!! For instance RANDOMIZE USR 51234 would give me a loa…
... type in the following listing and run for fascinating rom action ... 2002
20 Cls: Ink 4: Paper 2: Border 6
30 ...Li'l help?I'm making a video-sketch-show thing, and I plan on putting some speccy code in somewhere, (as well as a comic strip on the inlay case) but I can onl…
... routines
left/right/up and down.
In the ... printed the name in INK 7, PAPER 7 on lower half of ... printed
spaces in INK 6, PAPER 7 and we (sc)rolled the ... from down out up in and our text came visible 'cause ...Castlevania ZX looking REALLY nice in color :)[url="http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html"]http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html[/url]
LCD - treat the attribute map as a 32 x 96 one instead and do whatever you normally do for a 32 x 24 attribute map - as essentially 64x96 just has a vertical half ink/half paper bitmap behind it. See what sort of results that sort of processing gives.games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... addresses. There's a simple basic one for beginners which displays ... to play" (you can change this) and then runs the game, before ... simply run the game and return to BASIC. This is so you ... screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress and then call ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... to play" (you can change this) and then runs the game, before ... is ) when the basic program ends and returns to basic and can just load ... the game you wanted to change the tune? can you set ... to be done from basic? and if done from basic , how would you ...Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
... the 128K was from Amstrad and not really Sinclair (or have ... tape deck onto the side, and re-colour the spectrum grey.) :o ... the speccy a decent keyboard and joystick ports, then left it ... /> _________________
C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1
[ This ...AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
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[B]-select: bright/over/ink/paper/flash/undo/zoom [/B]
ink , p paper, b border , o over, t write text ( normal and ... />
[B]- Redefinable keys and possibly Mouse support[/B]
[B]- Sprite creator and animation, maybe used in games ...
