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speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…
... syllabus of GCSE computing and realised it'd be ... 'A' level and later a degree. In my first year ... mentioned it before, but in 2nd/3rd year maths ... card each week and work through it in pairs. It was ... re-write the program in BBC basic, and got paid a whole ... -
speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…
... to re-write the program in BBC basic, and got paid a whole ... you're now getting paid in Ferrero Rocher?
Oh ... -
speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…
... 'A' level and later a degree. In my first year ... card each week and work through it in pairs. It ... re-write the program in BBC basic, and got paid a whole ... at college and got paid in a Mars Bar and a can ... file, a elaborate routine in LOGO and a few other things ... -
+2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …
... beat desincronizes the loading and the game dont run.< ... versions (4.0, 4.1 and Spanish).
TZX ... on all 128 models in 128 basic and USR 0 mode.
in 128 basic.
I convert ... value from afress #FF and #100 and CPU jump to ZX ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had ... would just turn your BASIC into a series of ... ones would spot patterns in your BASIC and know how to turn ... are a big help) and also have highly optimised versions ... that can be pasted in for the program to ... -
Graphics DisplaysI?m not sure if this should be in here in in the BASIC section, so mods please move if necessary Does anyone know of any programs (TZX or type-in) t…
... about graphics and sound and one of the programs in there produced ... It demonstrated hidden line removal and was in this book:
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[img ... was around 40 lines long in ZX BASIC and rendering took an age ... -
FMV on +3eOK, so about 6 months ago i posted here that i got full motion video on +3e, with a bunch of scr files called passion. I added the glider rider music…
... in virtualdub. Export uncompressed audio as a wav. Go to filters and ... that script and u got all the audio files in a tap ... up my compiler program written in glorious basic and edit it with +3e ... in the last tune in the table, it will drop back to basic ... -
ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is easy to figure out and you can always peek at ... comes with full source code in ZX Basic. And it is profusely documented ... -
How to read +3BASIC program in PC ?Is it possible to see the +3BASIC file content in the pc with some editor ?. I used a HEX editor and i saw that the program is there but converted to…
If you have an emulator that emulates the parallel printer port as a text file, load the program in +3 BASIC and LLIST it. -
Whi different result with Spectrum +3 ?The followed code 10 FOR n=23296 TO 23299 20 READ a: POKE n,a 30 NEXT n 40 DATA 1,127,106,201 50 PRINT USR 23296 causes that the spectrum 48k show…
[QUOTE=arfgh;446705]The followed code
10 FOR n=23296 TO 23299
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You are trying to put your code in the printer buffer. In 128 BASIC and +3 BASIC this area is used for memory paging code and you can't use it. -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... on past experience - and in my opinion - a ... character based, include Attributes and be capable of handling ... addressing both approaches in ZX Basic and putting in two different sprite ... routines, character and pixel, ... -
WOS community...I am somewhat surprised and distressed by the size of WOS community. 29,544, Posts: 445,305, Members: 4,896, Active Members: 485 2000 - 2010 years …
... too surprising about the differences in the Russian and UK/Western Europe ... is probably more popular in Russia because everyone was ... to it through cracktros (and before anyone gets the wrong ... Forums/vBulletin scraper code, and set something up to feed ... -
ZxCam 1.2 on the App Store[URL=http://itunes.com/apps/zxcam]ZxCam[/URL] has been updated, and is available on the App Store. The sound from the tape player is louder, which ma…
... screen data file, without a Basic loader program (which is what ... shift K if you're in 48K Basic. -
Sequel to Earth Shaker released (beta)Hi everyone, 18 years later, I have released a beta of a sequel to my spectrum game 'Earth Shaker'. It is called 'World Shaker', is written in a ret…
... ', is written in a retro style (in Blitz Basic) and runs in Windows.
and a film mechanism that lets ... for Earthshaker on the forums and I found this thread. ... Earthshaker is an amazing game and perfectly designed around the Spectrum ... -
Brand new Horace GameWe could think on how should the next Horace Game be, taking in account that the past three are mixtures of old, well established classic arcade game…
... of the game are in, and the game can be ... a post long ago in this thread about conversions ... original, due to the differences in screen resolutions and things, but I ... ; SFX to add now in the 2.5K which remains ... those up & running in the next few days.
Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
... the Comb Sort, Quick Sort, and Shell Sort are pretty neck ... has to do fewer searches in *ANY* BASIC, and FOR loops remember where ... be faster for the Z80 and this interpreter. If anyone wonders ... 1.247330950103979 is approximately 80, and .8 * 100 = 80. So we ...zx microdrivesHello. I think those zx microdrives look damn sexy! There are a few on ebay, but seem to be quite pricey. Can anyone tell me if they are worth it in …
... disagree.
Speed and reliability - When in good condition (the drive ... to use and relatively easy to work with in both BASIC and machine ... a ?complete kit?, and are interested in tinkering with this old ... both drive unit and tape(s) are in good working order ...Problem with se basicI use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program i…
... rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program in 48 basic and switch ... to SE BASIC then show basic incorrect ... original ROM don't exist in SE Basic and vice versa. Only the ... commands only work with SE Basic paged in.What kind of joystick?Hi, I've just bought ZX Spectrum +2 (grey), my first. Near the joystick socket is caption "USE ONLY SINCLAIR JOYSTICK .....". Socket is standard DB9.…
Were you in 48K basic to load Knight Lore? It works on my +3 in 48K Basic, which, actually, I was quite surprised to discover.contended memory...so memory contention on the toastrack and the grey +2 is in the wrong place compared to the documentation, yet the +2a/b and +3 it is in the correct …
... s my understanding that toastrack and +2 grey have odd ... banks contended and even banks non contended, and +2A/B ... from reading posts by aowen and reading the 128ke scratchpad how ... because of the differences in contended memory.
And reading about ...Amstrad Toast Rack?Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Recently I have been very lucky with my brother giving me a Sinclair Spectrum 128K+ (Toast Rack), it needed a little a…
... /> There will be no differences in the ULAs, and are very unlikely to ...Serial protocol, help!Hi, simply trying to find best way to transfer programs from PC to real ZX Spectrum for testing purposes. Under Windows I tried using Spxfr and it w…
... spectrum by using simple BASIC LOAD *"b" and SAVE *"b" commands. ... PcZx. It is written in Visual Basic and it uses custom serial transfer ... And The only load that works is LOAD *"b* (loading a basic ... probably run in top two thirds of video memory). And it ...Sabre Wulf - don't you just hate itThere's lots of Speccy opinions that divide us, but one thing I seem to stand alone in is my dislike for Sabre Wulf. I'm not joking now, I don't like…
... , but the gameplay and physics were far closer ... similarity between Sabre Wulf and Atic Atac, which ... and SW. They're nominally both maze games, but with significant differences in ... the setting and gameplay - SW was ...spellbound 48k on a amstrad 128 machine?just curious if it works.. I tried under emulation after someone commenting the tape I sold em didn't work... 48k / + / toastrack work fine.. but on…
... works fine in 48k machine.. and yep the +2 / 3 were both in 48k mode ... forgot to test [i]Spellbound 48K[/i], only [i]Finders Keepers ... [/i] worked. [i]Spellbound 48K[/i] hangs on the start ... have been consistent between emulation and real hardware.
Thanks ...Best Basic games ?Any thoughts on what are (were) good games purely written in basic ? Any type be it adventure / platform / whatever. Nothing compiled although tiny…
... fast enough to be playable in Sinclair BASIC and (b) works off just ...numbers to binaryHi everyone, I have looked through the manual and have found nothing. How do you change a number to binary easily? I know you can go binary to decim…
[QUOTE=BloodBaz;482583](In jest....) and how was brownb2 meant to ... serious....) The thread is posted in Sinclair BASIC and not CHIT-CHAT.
and wanted to make a joke ... located[/SIZE])
EDIT: And now I notice the thread ...Birthday PlotsHello all; When browsing the web, I stumbled across an oddity known as Birthday Plots. In effect somebody enters a numeric date and the computer prin…
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50 RANDOMIZE Z
in ZX BASIC; and
60 I ... =INT(RND*10)+5
in ZX BASIC.
So for ...Best way to read a key row?Hi All, I must confess that reading the keyboard is the bit I understand least about when coding, I've found some things that work for what I want t…
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Indeed AND 31 then XOR 31 or ( ... /> Why would we need to AND 31 anyway? Isn't this ... />
When I tried it in 48k, 255 was the null value ... than each key in being 1 less. I thought ... 've just tried cp 191 in 48k mode and it's worked (191 ...how can we convert .z80 to .tap ?is there some way to convert a .z80 file (specially 48k) to .tap, in a similar result as saved from Multiface1? (i'm asking this because i imagine th…
... a 48k machine - it splits into three blocks - one between 24792 and ... 16384 and 23295 (a screendump), and the last one below 23296 and ... ldir, i think) back later), and the z80 registers - i think ... do from .z80 in 48k mode, and load them into 48k mode, just like ...Technical Help Forums - Am I expecting too much?A common problem I observe when on technical forums for programming questions is arrogance. I really hate it when you ask e a simple question, but …
... like to make a beatemup in Visual Basic and he need help. Guess ... that visual Basic is crap and he should do it in C++ instead ... about C++ and pointers for several pages :)
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