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  • Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…

    ... /> It certainly works in Sinclair BASIC, although your mileage may vary ... array that requires variable length strings to be handled during runtime ... you can't see the BASIC listing anymore!

    ... I've always associated with BASIC type-ins). On the other ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Using INPUT without clearing last two lines of screen?I'm trying to print to the 22nd row of the screen using the ol' print #0 trick. Unfortunately, I require user INPUT which seems to wipe out the botto…

    ... like you do in a BASIC FOR loop, the concept is ... the same as CP 0 (compare to zero). If you wanted ...
    Winston Winston January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…

    ... .[/QUOTE]

    Did you compare to real tape??? :D
    basic commands for that. I know ...
    ingo ingo January 2009 Hardware
  • Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…

    [QUOTE=ingo;327434]Did you compare to real tape??? :D[/QUOTE]< ... file must be select from basic manually with long command (i ... like the feeling of typing basic commands for that. I know ... all. You can use RESIDOS basic commands and all fatware features ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2009 Hardware
  • Other forums and why they piss me offI was on this site where you can download comics and ended up in the comicbook forum (my blame there) and all of a sudden just because I was giving m…

    ... descriptive. So one can't compare both languages in terms of ... that Delphi was like Visual Basic and other oddities. I did ... reply that I enjoyed Visual Basic very much. And in fact ... Visual Basic put more food on my ...
    rahtgaz rahtgaz January 2009 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 …

    ... /> To compare the speed, you can download the original .TAP BASIC version ...
    boriel boriel February 2009 Development
  • 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 …

    ... /> To compare the speed, you can download the original .TAP BASIC version ...
    LCD LCD February 2009 Development
  • Simple text compressionI just checked one idea about text compression. Do not take it as recomendation but rather as info which can you save some time when you are solving …

    ... ; ------------------------------------------------
    ; API for reading strings from a Huffman Encoded String ... /> LD B, 0 ; For BASIC!
    LD C, A ; ... For BASIC!
    POP IX
    ... (also in BC for BASIC programmers). A return code of ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2009 Development
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... check BASIC programs behaviors and compare them to the ones ZX BASIC ... to your compiled variables from BASIC - does yours?D.[/QUOTE ... /> Nope, ZX BASIC does not. ZX BASIC just output Z80 code ... machine code variables from Sinclair BASIC using PEEK and POKE, ...
    boriel boriel May 2009 Development
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... check BASIC programs behaviors and compare them to the ones ZX BASIC compiler ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2009 Development
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... basic).

    It contains the result of running the (UNIX) "strings ... definitive (final) versions of the strings are only in the snapshot ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn May 2009 Games
  • How to use MGT disks on the emulatorDear readers, you may think I'm a bit silly, but I can't get the emulator (Spectaculator for instance) working with MGT image files. I have had a r…

    ... />
    I also tried bigger strings and I see the file ... border stripes appear), but the BASIC does not return back and ...
    clausjahn clausjahn August 2009 Emulators
  • Top man! Father Ted/IT Crowd creator sparks off #welovethenhs in reaction to USA liesIt's a [url=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/52120,news,how-father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-sparked-nhs-backlash-on-twitter-against-fox-news-glenn-bec…

    ... , but if you were to compare the number of problems as ... still relatively low, (because the basic cover is still by the ...
    murtceps murtceps August 2009 Chit chat
  • Test program for 128k machinesThere is a Test Program for 16/48k machines: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008884&loadpics=3[/url] Is there a similar progr…

    ... program passes the 128K BASIC ROM which is ... and totalling these in BASIC I got the ... /> SBC HL,DE ; compare with DE
    RET ... EXX
    CP $24 ; compare with garbage
    RET
    Geoff Geoff September 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Is this true? And if so, how is it legal?You know how Google are setting up a Google Library of online books? This is a collection of online scans that anyone can view: [URL]http://news.bbc…

    ... 't see how Google can compare themselves to a public library ... I thought - Quake is so basic, I could easily see HL ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2009 Chit chat
  • Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…

    ... the be simply poked from basic or the equivalent m/code ... the same RAM addresses. File Compare the two, and you should ...
    jonathan jonathan September 2009 Development
  • MIDI-out disassembly?Does anyone have the disassembly of the MIDI-out routine or understands how text strings in PLAY commands are converted to a MIDI stream? I'm assumin…

    ... with Play commands in BASIC constructed from strings data derived from the ... other tools around to turn strings into BASIC, BIN or other formats ... doing this project, given my basic skills (ie: Im not a ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil September 2009 Development
  • MIDI-out disassembly?Does anyone have the disassembly of the MIDI-out routine or understands how text strings in PLAY commands are converted to a MIDI stream? I'm assumin…

    ... /> I'm purely a Sinclair BASIC programmer, nothing more. I'm ... together) could be handled as strings, and many of these other ... you wrote it in Sinclair Basic, that would be quite something ... the writing of the PLAY strings... Sounds nice in theory of ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil September 2009 Development
  • 2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…

    ... . Sinclair basic will allow you to make a quick compare in the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • So what exactly IS an emulator anyway?Totally silly, but... I've always been quite happy with describing the multitude of programs that allow us to re-live our Speccy days as "emulators"…

    ... 's a BASIC interpreter or a DOOM engine.

    Compare that ...
    Laser Laser November 2009 Chit chat
  • So what exactly IS an emulator anyway?Totally silly, but... I've always been quite happy with describing the multitude of programs that allow us to re-live our Speccy days as "emulators"…

    [QUOTE=Laser;397144]
    Compare that to a Java VM, ... is like the scumm or basic interpreter though, it doesn't ...
    guesser guesser November 2009 Chit chat
  • zx81 repairare they easy or very tricky to fix, just curious? getting one , that displays but no cursor.. so hopefully I can get parts to fix it. I started off…

    ... clock signal(s)
    3) Compare symptoms with known / common problems ... do need soldering skills, and basic electronics knowledge (and tools) is ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie November 2009 Hardware
  • Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…

    ... feel is missing from Sinclair BASIC?[/QUOTE]
    I play with ... size depending on number of strings that follow plus the length ...
    roko roko December 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Favourite/Least Favourite Arcade Conversion?The Speccy was home to some great arcade conversions considering it's relatively miniscule power. I've put my ten favourite and least favourite up o…

    ... 't bad, in fact. Rather basic graphics and sound, but the ... of the barrel; I would compare it to [I]Double Dragon ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu January 2010 Games
  • SkoolKit 1.0A new release of the Skool Disassemblies is available. This time, besides the traditional [url="http://pyskool.ca/disassemblies/"]online version[/ur…

    ... used to generate (via some basic static code analysis) a control ... make it easier to spot strings.
    SkoolKid SkoolKid February 2010 Development
  • Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…

    ... , but how one can 'draw' strings most efficiently, I wonder?
    BASIC only) then share please.
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • OR in a IFHi guys, I have a string that is defined by the user. I want to have an IF that does something like IF string<> a OR b OR c THEN goto 10 Hope that m…

    ... integer and real values; even strings seem to work fine (as ... fine for me. Anyway, Spectrum BASiC is pretty tricky IMO.
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • BEEP pitch values for key of G?I've been transcribing a listing which is supposed to include a DATA statement with the pitch values for the key of G. What it's got is: DATA 5,7,9,…

    ... never knew you could mix strings and numeric values in an ... used an array. However, the basic manual doesn't explain how ...
    FrankT FrankT March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • I want to see if a file exists. in CIs this what they call a lockfile? I'm trying to write some software that translates from one language to another (as some of you probably know, I …

    ... interpreted. Just like your old BASIC example, an interpreter will read ... it goes. Unlike your old BASIC example, things have moved on ... very good at messing with strings. You will be hard pushed ...
    JamesW JamesW April 2010 Chit chat
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