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ZX81 Basic questionI just got a ZX81 off Ebay and when it arrived it has an Atari joystick hardwired into it. It does work as moving the joystick replicates certain key…
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128k RAM paging from BASICI'd always thought that OUT had to be used to page RAM, which from BASIC would be an "OUT 32765,ddd" command, although I don't know if just doing tha…
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"ZX" Spanish magazine type-ins and ZX BASIC projectI'm actually performing a complete list of all BASIC type-ins included in this Spanish magazine that haven't been added yet here (it's a huge list). …
... a complete list of all BASIC type-ins included in this ... I'm also updating my BASIC project with referees to most ... ="http://proyectobasiczx.wordpress.com/"]Proyecto BASIC ZX[/URL]", it could be ... 've really started with "ZX" BASIC programs. Also, somebody else is ... -
checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…
... of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this ... for ease of handling from BASIC, with a little loop to ... binary digit character strings in BASIC for bit manipulation, but the ... -
A POKE for Super Mario Bros (Famicom)Saw the section entitled Super Secret Worlds on [url=http://matotree.com/localization/smb/misc/]this[/URL] page and thought it was pretty cool, had n…
Saw the section entitled Super Secret Worlds on [url=http://matotree.com/localization/smb/misc/]this[/URL] page and thought it was pretty cool, had no idea Japanese gamers with Family BASIC were poking their games too in 1986. -
hisoft basic compiler - saveAnd yet another question. I'm sure spamming forums a lot hehe :) Is there anyone expirienced with hisoft basic compiler? I'm working on small program…
... there anyone expirienced with hisoft basic compiler?
I'm working ... save it.
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JHCon Basic GOTO-less CompoHi there, I've just announced a ZX Spectrum 16/48K Basic compo for JH-Con party in December, with some rules. For details and rules, please visit my …
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saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …
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Books for BASICIs there any godo books out there to learn BASIC ? I want to go from begininer to advanced really even though back in the day I used to write games …
... books out there to learn BASIC ?
I want to ... would still like to use BASIC as well.
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AND,XOR,OR,BIT,RES,SET,CPL,NEG,RLC,RRC,SLA,SRL,RL, RR,SRA for BASICAs this was drifting away from the original INKEY$ thread I thought that I'd create a new one. So here's a routine to provide all of the above mentio…
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Find-Fill-Copy functions for BASICThere's not much going on here, so here's three m/code routines to provide some data manipulation functions which are otherwise slow to do from BASIC…
... otherwise slow to do from BASIC.
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BASIC menus for PlusD discsIs it possible to use BASIC to code custom autoloader menus for PlusD discs? For instance, I can make a disc copy of Dizzy Collection and could make…
Is it possible to use BASIC to code custom autoloader menus for PlusD discs?
For instance, I can make a disc copy of Dizzy Collection and could make a menu to load the programs..
How feasable would it be?
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How to use Spectaculator 7.01 for BASIC ?It does not work for me. Problems with the keyboard - in 48 and 128 Mode. Nor can I move downwards with the "Down-Arrow" from: 128 TAPE LOADER 128 BA…
... LOADER
128 BASIC
CALCULATOR
48 BASIC
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Can someone shorten this line of BASIC for me?I think if Sinclair Basic had a modulo operation this line could be a lot shorter:[CODE]PRINT AT cy,cx; PAPER 7-((cx/2=INT (cx/2))*(cy/2=INT (cy/2)))…
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BASIC: Find the nearestHello guys) A few days ago I found oldie ?Jeux et casse-tete a Programmer? by Jacques Arsac (Paris?85) and suggested my nephew to try a few in Basic…
... to try a few in Basic. He chose Game #8: Shadok ... -
Interesting speed increase...Hi Folks, You may already know the following but I found it "interesting". I have been developing a model railway timetable program in BASin for th…
... data population left. The main BASIC program is 17.1K in ... optimised now (lots of tips/tricks implemented from WOS, books, experience ... -
TR-DOS Gameplay Videos MegathreadA thread made mainly for your amusement for one evening. Yeah, it contains lots of videos of the games that have mainly been left without attention o…
... FPS game. Written entirely on BASIC. Graphics are awesome, rest is ... ] - Moorhuhn, only without bonuses, yet cool ingame music. Supports Kempston mouse ... ][/URL] - Now that's a cool Battle City port right here ... -
storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…
... saved & loaded with the BASIC, as if it was in ... after the last line of BASIC, even though the m/c ... and doesn't need any BASIC to be typed other than ... -
Beta/Sam/Master basic as spectrum ROMWith emulators being trivial to use to insert new ROMs into - and even in the physical world, RAM in place of ROM by use of a modified multiface or s…
... be to get an improved basic into that first 16k? Obviosuly ... been minor tweaks to sinclair basic.
What if one ... went for beta basic (or its progeny) instead? Reckon ... -
joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…
... to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical cursor motion code ... include a "dividing lines of BASIC" option as well - edit a ... -
What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…
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Minimal BASICAndrew Owen has just uploaded [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books archive on WOS. Thanks! [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pu…
... [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books ... the ANSI Minimal standard for BASIC.
The two standards are ... in the origins of Sinclair BASIC which adhered closely to the ... no ON GOTO in Sinclair BASIC (a good substitute exists) but ... -
Using Boriel's ZX Basic to learn assemblyI wrote a small guide. Hopefully some people will find my gibberish useful - especially people looking at first steps in machine code, where I think …
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Loading .tzx files into my Speccie... please help!Hello everyone! First off: I was there when the Spectrum came out. I was 7 :-D Favourite game (at age 8 or so): Atic Atac. And the weird thing is, W…
... turns your Speccie into a basic drum machine. The tapes load ... to do (i.e., make cool 8-bit sampled drum noises ... -
BASIC compilerI'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried all the ones on the WOS archive and none of them seem to work... I'm only wanting to co…
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The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
... Next thing was getting the basic communication right. Davide Guida's ...
Of course spxfr is cool for isolated (and few) transfers ... forgiving. Afterwards, the crude BASIC loader below worked like a ... load anything else but the BASIC loader saying "File not ... -
Model Railway Timetable Version 1.4.12.0313...Hi Folks, Since November 2010 I have been working on my [B]Model Railway Timetable [/B]software. Thanks to the considerable help and patience of yo…
... program in 64K using ZX BASIC!
Once I had ... written in ZX BASIC and uses extensive tips/tricks to reduce memory ... -
Basic BASIC help needed RNDHi all, I have recently re-discovered an old program I wrote in the early 90s which would do generate random lottery numbers. I know little now, an…
... then, when it comes to BASIC programming and I'm after ... -
Games written in BASICHi all, I've been racking my brain trying to think of a game which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The only thing that I can …
... which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The ... favourites which were written in BASIC? There were certainly a few ... Martha might have been in BASIC (IIRC) and I enjoyed that ...
