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ZXSpin plotIs there a way I can plot on ZXSpin?;)
What do you mean, plot? Do you mean the Speccy's PLOT command? Just press Q in 48k BASIC and the PLOT keyword will come up.
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Washing machine errorI know there are probably more appropriate forums to ask questions like these but, I know the place and there's always someone in the know it seems. …
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Strange keyboard port reads on 48+Hi all, I don't know whether it was already discussed (I also searched forum, but there are too much of results searching "48k keyboard" so I didn't…
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Spectrum +2 (Gray) Serial/MIDI ConnectorHi Does anyone know where I can buy the Serial Connector for my +2. I'd prefer the US but at this point across the pond would do as well. Thanks Di…
... I love to make tunes in 128k basic and play my Yamaha A3000 ... .
The Pin-outs are in the speccy manual, which you ... can remember that the white and red wires from the light ... what connect to the black and red wires on a midi ... -
Sorting variablesHi there. I'm trying to make a greyhound betting game. I'm ok on the straight win part but need some help with the other bets and sorting dogs(1st,2n…
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ZX Spectrum issue 6a - yellow border problem<p>Hello!</p><p>I have problem with my Sinclair ZX Spectrum issue 6A, 48K. </p><p>I have changed low memory (all 4116 IC's) and coil, all electrolyti…
... clean switching between 0 and 5V. No values in between!
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Falling Blocks - new game from z80 assembly beginner<p>I started learning z80 assembly earlier this year, mostly from reading Jonathan Cauldwell's "How to write ZX Spectrum Games" and from reading arti…
... start with Boriel ZX BASIC instead of Assembly Z80 ... something more BASIC and I went and downloaded Basinc and started to ... [/b] is implemented in Sinclair BASIC and it has some simple ... in Sinclair BASIC, but all my Speccy games in Boriel ZX BASIC (and/ ... -
Falling Blocks - new game from z80 assembly beginner<p>I started learning z80 assembly earlier this year, mostly from reading Jonathan Cauldwell's "How to write ZX Spectrum Games" and from reading arti…
... start with Boriel ZX BASIC instead of Assembly Z80 ... something more BASIC and I went and downloaded Basinc and started to ... [/b] is implemented in Sinclair BASIC and it has some simple ... in Sinclair BASIC, but all my Speccy games in Boriel ZX BASIC (and/ ... -
Gryzor box coversWould anyone happen to have or know where to see box scans of the Ocean-Imagine Helias version of Gryzor, as well as the disk release of it? Imagine …
... confirm that the Hit Squad (and Erbe) re-releases are different ... version has some level differences in the first and last stage, compared to ... level layouts to the 48K and also, for some strange reason ... -
Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
Oh, there's some real experts in Sinclair BASIC, and you can learn a lot from them. With clever use of arrays and advanced string functions, your program could be condensed (and sped up!) considerably.
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Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... 's some real experts in Sinclair BASIC, and you can learn a lot ... . With clever use of arrays and advanced string functions, your program ... could be condensed (and sped up!) considerably.
Flood FillHi Folks, Can anyone point me to a flood fill that I can call from ZX BASIC? I have looked through the archive and although there are posts about…
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Full description and source here, no need for ... /> That's me and the versions in zx basic and z88dk are the pattern ... filler from that zip :) But in ... be less than half size and near 3x faster. These ...Calling machine codeOccasionally I see on ZX computers (mostly the spectrum, but I think also the '80 and '81), how someone made their machine code and wrote the bytes i…
In BASIC, the return value of USR ... other hand just sets the BASIC RNG seed to its argument ... from using it with USR in BASIC. As for using 'USR X ... preceding command, that only works in 128K BASIC and interpreterNew to forum? INTRODUCE YOURSELF!!!Looking at the memberlist, the forums are getting new members almost each day. So why not making a thread for 'newbies' to introduce themselves? :D …
... in BASIC programming. BASin and SpecBAS rule although I confess to dabbling in BBC BASIC and ...TommyGun updatehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwXFKYO5i1IlN2U4MUtrRVZZWUE/view?usp=sharing Hi, I have updated my TommyGun application and since we can't uplo…
... retro-platforms like spectrum and cpc. I'm intrigued ... com/Articles/25069/JSBasic-A-BASIC-to-JavaScript-Compiler
... write in sinclair basic and target boriel's zx basic, sdcc and other ... using simplified javascript or Basic javascript would be appealing ...Let's copy buffers!Figured I'd do some double buffered graphics, so I can render for several frames before displaying stuff. Yes, I mean on a 48k speccy, so no 128k spe…
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And repeat for all the rows ... most of the PUSHes occur in side-border time, then it ... a line; certainly not in steps 1 and 3 of that algorithm, where ...I need help to figure out the name of a game i used to haveI want to buy a zx spectrum to relive my youth and i am desperate to get a copy of a couple of games that i can't remember the names of. One was a m…
... Spectrum for a trader in Kettering. It was after ... games and converted them to the ST in STOS BASIC, and wanted ... crude. One involved typing in the time shown on ... the screen and ring a bell (in the ST and my ... Speccy version, he did so in ...Hacker QuestionHello hackers, as some of you might know, I am supervising the work on converting games from TR-Dos or TAP to the +D or Opus disk format for our SC…
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There are several BASIC/code tables online like [url ... with the LISTing you get in the BASIC and you will see the ... way they correspond and what the ... of "" in the memory, and #0D's indicating ends of BASIC lines, but ...Unseen Gargoyle images etcI have some stuff which is not archived including a few advertising posters including for games never made, some images, test play copies of some gam…
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The 2** clue in Dun Darach thumped me, I ... very good with maths, even in BASIC.[/quote]
I couldn ... it because ** was exponentiation in ZX81 BASIC and (I know this is extremely ...Unseen Gargoyle images etcI have some stuff which is not archived including a few advertising posters including for games never made, some images, test play copies of some gam…
... it because ** was exponentiation in ZX81 BASIC and (I know this is extremely ... growing up with an interrest in 8-bit systems. ;) :)ZX Spectrum video waveformsAll work for this post was done on a ZX Spectrum issue 1 board (16k bytes of RAM only). This was what the Spectrum displayed on the TV screen: [i…
... visual difference, given the differences in brightness, contrast and saturation from monitor to ...ZX Spectrum video waveformsAll work for this post was done on a ZX Spectrum issue 1 board (16k bytes of RAM only). This was what the Spectrum displayed on the TV screen: [i…
... , given the differences in brightness, contrast and saturation from monitor ... the displays work differently and affect the end-picture ... possibly wrong" and "definitely wrong" scenarios, and finding out ... users nowadays are professionals, and such "small" details ...Help a new user pleaseI love old school games and never had a Sinclair as a kid so thought I would rectify that via eBay! I have a 48k+ Model that was sold as working, …
I like using real hardware and tried a lot of old ... could hear the loading noises and the border would change red ... Nokia N78 and it worked for a Spectrum 128 (toastrack) and +3. So have ... players/phones you might have and the drawer they might be ...Playstation 4 ProI honestly don't get it... "The most powerful console in the world!": yeah right, until they launch PS5 in 1 or 2 years. Also, no Blue Ray? G…
... original characters, and kind of ties in with 1 and 3 in a what if ... all in that game, you have a mobile phone and a flashlight, and ... . Instead of switching between light and dark worlds, when things get ... of the same, and it's a bit sketchy in places, but ...An appeal to preserve InfoseekID compatibility!Instead of worrying about competition from other Spectrum sites, Martijn always supported them. He actively worked together with other sites to help …
... in importing Einar's data IF he changed his numbering system and ... is one of many differences in the data and database structure that I ... have a lot of checks in place.
Add to ... is adding, language translations, etc and you have a very different ...Confused whether I have a +2A or +2B?I opened up my newly acquired black +2A and what I see is that it's an Amstrad Z0833 Issue 2 board from 1988 . I was changing the resistor to make th…
The Z70830 boards used in the +2A and +3 machines has a design ... numerous articles that describe "fixes" and improvements.
As ... never officially launched separate +2A and +2B models, they just ... by them fitting Z70833 boards in cases that are marked ...Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I ... you would like to code in Speccy BASIC, and that's fine, but ...Pssst and Sinclair joystickIs there a version of Pssst which allows to use Sinclair joystick (Interface 2)? Or is it possible to add Sinclair joystick control to this game?
Not only that; it also appear when an enemy dies. In any event, I can’t reproduce this when the game is loaded in 48 BASIC mode; only in 128 BASIC mode. Either ZXSpin is misbehaving, or perhaps you’re not loading it the way you think you do.Non-repetitive RNDHi guys) Perhaps, some of you already encountered a situation, when one needed a set of [b]unique [/b](pseudo-)random values, say, from zero to 25…
... was swapped in to the one you want, and then the ... swapped with that one, and so on. Until you ... and it's the original element in that slot.
*in fact ... is probably very slow in Spectrum Basic, and you will need a ... br /> 1040 if xi and xj then goto 1060
Which coin-op classics still need a great Speccy conversion?Most of my faves have been done in the last couple of years - Turtles, Kung Fu Master, Rally-X, Mr Do, the Space Invaders and Pac-Man emulators, the …
... emulation is a great achievement and I know I'm being ... 48k or some other models (3) the colour clash is ... not very nice. So in the end it's an ... br />
You are right in the others, it is not ... on the Spectrum and it runs in the +2A and +3 models, which are ...
