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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 ... -
Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC programming manual...Hi Folks, Does anyone know how many editions of the Spectrum BASIC programming manual were released (the orange one that came with the 48K)? I seem…
... many editions of the Spectrum BASIC programming manual were released (the ... -
zx81: is there a 16kb ram limit for basic?first of all, sorry to all about posting a question about zx81 in a forum mostly about zx-spectrum - i didn't want to offtopic questions here anyway,…
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countdown timer ?just curious if there was a pre-made one about that I could use to count down from 999 to 0. in MC / under interrupt, that returns to basic? but how…
... / under interrupt, that returns to basic?
but how to ... basic *AND* wait for a keypress, will I just have a routine ... game is do-able in basic, except that element. -
Authored with z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC?It would be useful to be able to search somehow for games authored with either z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC. This was [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.…
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Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …
... every case. I even left BASIC programs running for a whole ... initialise the rest of the BASIC environment.
Given what ... any fault by testing from BASIC.
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Released programs using Boriel's ZX BASIC?A list of released titles using Boriel's ZX BASIC is now available here: [url]http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:Released_Programs[/ur…
A list of released titles using Boriel's ZX BASIC is now available here:
[url]http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:Released_Programs[/url]
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INPUT LINE and STOP in INPUTWhat was the reason for the ROM Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE to cause the "H STOP in INPUT" error report? Why doesn't i…
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Why "Unidentified copy"?With the last update, several games and utilities I rendered into TZX from the original tape of Load 'n' Run issue 13 were added to the archive. Yet …
With the last update, several games and utilities I rendered into TZX from the original tape of Load 'n' Run issue 13 were added to the archive. Yet their origin is listed as "Unidentified copy" instead of "Original release". Why? :???: -
SPECTRUM command and 48 BASICAs we (almost) all know, when a young Rupert Goodwins redesigned the Sinclair/Investronica ZX Spectrum 128 ROM 0 in late 1985, he kept the SPECTRUM c…
... same time put a 48 BASIC option in the start menu ... typing SPECTRUM in 128 BASIC and selecting 48 BASIC from the start ... -
Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
... machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC:
Obviously in BASIC this is rather sloooooow! :smile ... -
Need to scroll one column using m.c.I've used many of the available routines to scroll the entire screen in any direction, but I'm not being able to find one that would allow me to scro…
... please give me an assembler routine that would do this? I ... column and call it from BASIC. -
Lame BASIC BEEPer editor - alphaI like music, like BASIC and find all current music utilities complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple BEEPer edito…
I like music, like BASIC and find all current music ... complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up ... -
Good free games (for any machine)?Like everyone here (I imagine), I've got too many games vying for my too limited free time, and the backlog isn't helped by my spending so much of my…
... of Doom. They look pretty basic now, but if the gameplay ... site to buy a legal copy of a copyright game, so ... -
The 'new' Digital Copy.Yesterday, I bought the new sherlock Holmes film on Blu-Ray. It's one of those tripple packs, with the DVD and a digital copy. Usually, the digital c…
... the DVD and a digital copy. Usually, the digital copys are ... , this new digital "copy" isn't really a copy of the film ... back from the usual digital copy. At least with that, I ... the future of the digital copy of films. It's not ... -
Sound designer wantedAs you may or may not be aware, in a complete IP violation, and written up as a HOW-TO tutorial, I'm writing a pac-man clone. But I'm crap with soun…
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This is in ZX Basic, so can be:
basic beeps (think microfine bursts)
A machine code routine
Wriggler / WrigglerNLHi people, On my travels yesterday, I came across a confusing tape. It's Wriggler by Romantic Robot, as found here. The weird thing is that it doesn…
... 's different to the WoS copy, but only very slightly. The ... corrupt (there's only one copy on the tape, the B ... the beginning, it skips the BASIC loader... and works! It loads ... don't load the BASIC program! And the BASIC program would have ...File viewer selector for +3 with card reader (basic ide interface)Just wondered if there was a good file viewer/Browser ie jumping through directories for the +3 to load the games in if you have a ide hd or cd card…
Two more M.I.A.sI wrote two simple educational games in 1988 called "Easy Time" and "Easy Maths" (may have been "Easy Math"). They were written in compiled BASIC, a…
... "). They were written in compiled BASIC, and were conversions of existing ... of a software shop called "BASIC Enterprises" in Kettering, Northamptonshire. I ... chances of anyone finding a copy are extremely rare - I myself ...SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
... searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in ... code size instead. The entire routine is only 340 bytes, although ... part is just needed for BASIC programs, so the parts that ...+3 software disk copyHello there my fellow WoS'ers I am curious to know of any disk utilities that I can run on my +3e to copy Disk data to the Harddisk - specifically t…
... run on my +3e to copy Disk data to the Harddisk ... DAT file? where I could copy the CODE element onto the ...Basic Challenge NO.7Ok Boys and girls get your thinking caps on. IN BASIC how would you plot an arc of a ball falling to the ground? so it gets lower and lower and mov…
... caps on.
IN BASIC how would you plot an ...How to capture +3e Device Info in BASICHello there my fellow WoS'ers My hope is that you can help me. I am currently writing a +3e FDISK program - well prototyping this in Specky+3e basi…
... prototyping this in Specky+3e basic, however on one of the ... the current data using just basic?
is it even ...Changing the colour Atributes at y,x (+3e BASIC)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am currently writing away on my +3e and I am wonder is there a way I can just effect the Paper / Ink attributes at Y…
... ,X on the screen using BASIC?
What about the ... as a prototype in +3e BASIC to be precise.
More RAM for BASIC (ZXSE required)Ok, here it is: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/48KBASICSE.zip[/url] Use it as an IF2 ROM with a ZX Spectrum SE. It's a version of the 80x2…
... 47.5K available for your BASIC programs. However, anything that expects ...BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 2This second demo shows animated and moving tiles together, and also how to implement collision detection. This knowledge should be enough to implemen…
... middle of "erase" (routine BIFROST_fillTileAttrH) or "draw" (routine BIFROST_drawTileH) there will be ... , although a Boriel's ZX BASIC version would work exactly the ... way to implement collision detection. Routine "collision" calculates the tile map ...Printing a ListingHello my fellow WoS'ers Todays trouble starts with the need to print-out a listing - personally I would prefer a text file, but beggars cannot be c…
... I want to have a copy of WinDemo.bas - this is ... the viewer (that supposedly reads basic) and No....nothing but garble ... how I can get a copy to hand (or screen) and ...Work out attribute location in MCHow do I go about writing a MC routine which calculates the attribute address from a set of PRINT co-ordinates. I know you in basic you multiply the…
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I know you in basic you multiply the vertical co ...redirecting Z80 sub-routine CALLsI'm working on changing a TR-DOS disk program to work from standard +128k tape and thought that rather than painstakingly working through the code ma…
... could install some automatic redirection routine so that whenever the PC ... it would jump to my routine instead. This would be just ...
