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Making Music With My SpectrumAnyone know of a good program for my 128K Spectrum Program that will allow me to hook it up to one of my Midi Keyboards so that I may take advantage …
I think the speccy midi is only midi out (on the +3 at least) using the standard midi commands in basic (from the play command) -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... seeing speed comparisons for basic. Are you sure ... a notoriously slow version of Basic...
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The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?
... /> To code in BASIC I fire up the emulator in 48 BASIC mode, I ... 1.2 for +3, load the sources in +3 BASIC and compile it from ... there.
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
[QUOTE=NickH]SAM BASIC was a little more complex than ZX BASIC - wasn't the SAM ROM larger than the Speccy ROMs?[/QUOTE]
ROM is larger 4x - as it is larger in Spectrum +3 (64KB).
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Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would ... trying to escape memory contention in BASIC. You can't. The ... /> and if a function like in example 3) isn't available (you ... usually the quickest way. BASIC stores them in both display friendly format ... -
2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... a problem with Spectaculator 5.3 as it's now an ... I'm very often sucessful in TZXing... hence the Tape monkey ... be interesting to see the differences in your TZX and our, Mikie ... -
2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... problem with Spectaculator 5.3 as it's now ... now works on Spectaculator 5.3 - the one on WoS ... 'm very often sucessful in TZXing... hence the Tape ... be interesting to see the differences in your TZX and our, ... useful programs.
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VB Emulator UpgradeHas anyone upgraded the VB 6.0 open source of either VBspec or VB81 to the free VB Express 2005 Edition? [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/expr…
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To create the Visual Basic 6.0 application
Open ... , choose New Project.
In the New Project dialog box ... use one of the pictures in your My Pictures folder.
Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …
... realy simple termial program in basic, (see the +3 manual for how to ... I can come up with in the morning, I'm to ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
I generally use EDGE in Spin. It was just that ... , but what are the differences between the 3 following modes and which ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... the screen in a very similar manner as in Basic. And ... would like to write in Basic, Basin is the ideal ... support the few additional TS2068 basic commands (SOUND, STICK, ... s own FDD3000 which uses 3" drives. Aside from ... single and double density 3.5" and 5.25 ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
In BASIC you can get fair results ... to be Hisoft BASIC 1.2 for Plus 3 wich comes with ... a couple of games created in this way shortly. The main ... , so they have to move in steps of 8 pixels (i ... for your impressions about Infinity. In fact, the MSX version wasn ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... /1689]ZX Emulator[/URL] 3 years ago.[/QUOTE]
... started, let alone finalised in design yet. The ... course, with the interpreted BASIC being available from boot ... offers. As the BASIC will also serve as ... rewriting old Spectrum games in BASIC might actually be a ...Anybody play RPGs?Did anybody play RPGs in their younger years? I used to play Dungeoneer (the RPG based on the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. with an added on skill sys…
... s absolutely no difference in the landscape/character/dungeon ... at 480p, or in 4:3 format. The GC ... version will only play in 4:3.
... ]GP: What sorts of differences are there between the Wii ... is very little difference in the graphics, although the ...Jet Set Willy Guru Nedded UrgentlyNow I know these questions have probably been asked over and over and over again but I just want to make sure my memory is correct and I've actually …
There are only 83 items in the original JSW, and you ... single one. It's only in JSW II where you can ... the total number of items in the game.
The ... are the only differences in #8000-FFFF, although the BASIC loader and the ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... /o ports are fully decoded in the bottom eight bits, so ... ]
I wrote a basic program to step through the ... Anonymous]The TC2068 does have differences in the cart port though![/QUOTE ...3D CAD symbolsNot sure if this is the right place for this but...... Does anybody know of a good site to get hold of 3D CAD symbols (Cells, blocks ect, I will con…
... it into an endless loop in basic and it would start altering ... the typed in code. Returned it to ...
Firstly its not in any way a zxPC or ... a similar hack to above in a PC200 case. Very ... fit into a Plus 2/3 case but it doesn't ...ZXSpin 0.61 Available nowHi all! Well, after a lengthy few testing cycles, I'm taking the plunge and uploading the latest version of ZXSpin, to replace the rather aged old 0…
... than the 48K model, 3.54Hz vs. 3.5Hz if I remember ... (aside from the border timing differences in Starion, Paperboy etc, when pre ...Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
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screen_base[2]=?;
screen_base[3]=?;
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... and offsets.
BASIC treats it as linear for ... 26, Offset 0)
SCREEN 3 = 409600 (Page 24, Offset ... You can use those values in BASIC to POKE to the screen ...funny thing I found out!so this week end I was cleaning up stuff and found out a briefcase filled with drawings and stuff and in the midle of all that I found out a "plan"/"…
... wrote a series of games in 1988-90 called 'Explorers' (i ... think there were 5 in all). It was based on ... 3 to go east, that sort of thing. I wrote them in Basic ... did get a free game in return! I must have written ...Who knows how to program a "pathfinder"?Hi all. I like to play games like "Colour Lines" and I think, I will create a version of this game for the SAM Coupe. It looks easy - until this "dam…
Example in BASIC
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280 LET s$=s$(3 TO ): REM Fetch next knot ...Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... to m/c, in which case the basic program gets whatever was ... in the BC register ... page in ROM 3 and RAM 0, and somehow replicate the basic CLEAR ... 't know about +3 specifics, but Sinclair basic in general expects you not ...Little BASIC gameTry to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it. Not allowed i.e. : PRINT USR 1362 D - Break cont-repeats but ok 10 GO TO 10 RU…
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funny thing I found out!so this week end I was cleaning up stuff and found out a briefcase filled with drawings and stuff and in the midle of all that I found out a "plan"/"…
... description of their planned games in a text file, and we ... " would only work on a +3 as it needed fast disk ... data. Also unfortunately, the +3 disk commands in BASIC are unequal to the ... routines are in the +3 ROM and are well documented in the manual ...DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... ROMs in my +3 and they work very well, although the BASIC is ... firmware I like to use in USR0 mode.+2 / +2a : What's the difference ?+2 / +2a : What's the difference ? I still haven't managed to find out this yet. Yes, I know I'm an idiot.
... have problems on the +2A/+3 that will work on the ... have graphical glitches due to differences in processor speed and memory contention ...Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... you can POKE the values in BASIC, export binary data from ... cybernoid, import and mod in BASIC, reexport the new data ... link between the screens in any direction so long ... screens 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - a very ... to use. Could be done in BASIC.
If you just ...PAW tests - help and discussion :)Hello my friends :) I have started to make some tests with PAW and I must say I'm very pleased and surprised at the great program. I will be posting…
... object 2 should be placed in location 2. If you want ... , was placed initially in Location 3 from object (container) 3, a box. I ... 't believe I was considering BASIC a week ago... :D
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... peoples' appetites :-)
In version 0.1, the editor ... Version 0.3 sees the introduction of graphical input in the editor ... /b339/ETamm/Cybernoid%20Editor/ver0-3.png[/IMG]
... is the slow response (written in BASIC). Works fine at about 500 ...
