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  • +3 assembler questionI was wondering if anyone could give any suggestions as to how to get this bit of code working on the +2A/+3 in 128k mode. It works on the +128k/+2 i…

    ... the 48k ROM paged in by the +3 isn't really the ... an explanation of its use in the +3 manual.[/QUOTE]

    in 128 BASIC or not and display ... disk motor stuff for the +3.
    chev chev August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX48K 128K modHas anyone make this mod to the ZX48K? Does it work? [URL]http://hw.speccy.cz/128krebuild.html[/URL] Micky

    ... and putting all the logic in a CPLD to save some ... is to fit it all in a rubber key case.[/ ... you using the spare bits in #7FFD to 512K, or ... more ROM banks, either in the +3 scheme or one of your ... routines
    2 - BBC BASIC
    3 - Original Spectrum ROM
    ...
    chev chev August 2010 Hardware
  • ZX48K 128K modHas anyone make this mod to the ZX48K? Does it work? [URL]http://hw.speccy.cz/128krebuild.html[/URL] Micky

    ... you using the spare bits in #7FFD to 512K, ... ROM banks, either in the +3 scheme or one of ... routines
    2 - BBC BASIC
    3 - Original Spectrum ROM
    ... upgrade designed for use in 128kB ZX models, but ... be redesigned also for use in ZX16/48kB !!!
    [ ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2010 Hardware
  • Granny's Garden[IMG]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Granny%27sGardenWitch.gif[/IMG] As I'm sure everyone is aware, Granny's garden is not permitted for distribut…

    [quote=nonsense in basic;464067]there was an adventure ... the beeb, which was also in schools. It was more for ... font). Nsew movemnet. You're in a house for the most ... the puzzels, is to play 3 blind mice on the piano ...
    John Elliott John Elliott August 2010 Games
  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... standards!). I wrote the following BASIC program:

    [INDENT][FONT ... /> 140 FOR b=1 TO 3
    150 FOR a=sa ... a long time to run in BASIC and I thought would be ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • TIMEX 2048: anybody can convert GIGASCREEN?Hi. Timex 2048 has stable GigaScreen (no flickering at all). I know there are several big TC2048 fans on the Forum. Could anybody write a viewe…

    ... would allow for a game 3.5x as big as JetPac ... 2008 entry HunchBack '08 written in BASIC at [url]http://reptonix.awardspace ...
    Fred Fred August 2010 Development
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    -what i really miss in basic is support for structured programming ... just something which speed up basic by 3-5 times.

    Fikee Fikee August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Beebs Back in Education AgainBletchley Park Museum of Computing is running classes for A-Level students in computing using old BBC-Bs: [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-…

    ... wrote a BBC BASIC emulator on the BBC itself, in BASIC, which would ... my elder brother was drafted in by the staff to track ... />
    There was a Spectrum in the maths department, and a ... a lot of [I]Repton 3[/I] got played.
    joefish joefish August 2010 Chit chat
  • IF and control flow in machine codeHi everyone, Basic has a nice control flow like if statements. How can these be done in machine code since i cant find anything thanks

    In MC you use flags and ... /> example in BASIC and in MC

    10 LET A = 3
    20 ... />
    [code]
    ld a,3
    loop push af ; save ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2010 Development
  • Location of variableHi everyone When basic makes an array how to you find out the location in the ram of where the data is stored. :) Also, does it store the values in…

    ... 122-124 of the 48k BASIC Programming manual. Here's an ... manipulating them directly from memory in BASIC is a bit tricky.
    IN o$
    3001 PRINT #0 ... i
    3005 IF e=3 THEN LET i=i+5 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ccompletly baffeled machine codeHi everyone, BEFORE you ask i have not asked help for loads of problems i have recently now encountered and i figured the problems out myself, hones…

    ... at position 12 across 3 down' contains the Letter ... Comand like PRINT AT 3,12;"Q" the ROM ... routines convert the 3,12 into the appropriate ... PRINT AT 0,0;"A" in BASIC) you could use:
    ... ld de,15880 ;address in ROM where the 8 bytes ...
    Turkwel Turkwel September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…

    ... School Report was mainly BASIC (with a hint of ... and Part 3 was a mixture of BASIC and Machine ... text adventure game in good old Speccy BASIC, and well ... it and decipher the BASIC listing.... with no success ... by Automata) also written in BASIC, as well as both ...
    thezxfiles thezxfiles September 2010 Games
  • Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…

    ... School Report was mainly BASIC (with a hint of ... and Part 3 was a mixture of BASIC and Machine ... text adventure game in good old Speccy BASIC, and well ... it and decipher the BASIC listing.... with no success ... by Automata) also written in BASIC, as well as both ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 September 2010 Games
  • Speccy map of the UKHi, I decided to play about with Google Maps to see what it could do, and decided to come up with a Speccy map of the UK. The idea is to put flags…

    [QUOTE=zx1;175603]Can't forget Microware - Holytown, North Lanarkshire, Central Scotland.
    That was my software 'house'. I wrote over 100 games!! (all in basic)
    Hee hee[/QUOTE]

    Cassette 50 volumes 1 2 and 3?
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…

    ... ""CODE 23755 gave me "nonsense in BASIC".
    [/QUOTE]

    ... was saved to +3 disc and a Multiface 3 was also involved ... appearing at any point?
    3) What exactly did these programs ... remember if 128K BASIC is compatible with 48K BASIC - could this ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • Sprite RoutineI was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a really basic example of a per-pixel sprite routine? Preferably commented. The screen …

    ... ? ;)

    If not :) try in Basic

    10 FOR X ... filled and that there are 3 segments, filled one after another ... lines

    The byte in the left upper corner has ... />
    But it works only in horizontal pixel lines 0-7 ...
    Ralf Ralf October 2010 Development
  • variable variable names with VAL$It's possible to make the RH-side variable names in a LET statement be themselves variable by using VAL$. Thus, if v$ holds the [b]name[/b] of anothe…

    ... the RH-side variable names in a LET statement be ... machine code routine, but not in BASIC. Is there any method available ... for doing this in BASIC?[/QUOTE]

    Now ... 2 LET AB=2
    3 INPUT A$
    4 LET ... A(1)=1
    3 LET A(2)=2
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Alien8 will not run on Divide?I can't seem to get Alien8 running on my 128+ with Divide. I have the original tape and have loaded into an emulator to create a snapshot, (.z80) an…

    ... #7FFD on ZX128/+2/+2A/+3 and game crash or work ... fixed for possibility load in ZX128/+2/+2A/+3 models but exist ... /> Set your ZX to 48 BASIC ( or write OUT 32765,48 ... and use 48mode in any time without manual setting in basic:
    [url ...
    velesoft velesoft October 2010 Hardware
  • emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…

    ... stores sourcecode in a tokenized format much like BASIC. If ... same coders that thought 3 BITS of sub pixel resolution ... is to finish the +3 to .DSK ripper. Basicly ... documenting how it worked in the +3/+2a manual (never ... to read an entire +3 disc sector by sector ...
    ASM ASM November 2010 Emulators
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... much comparison between "languages" in the computer industry. Often ... to write a fast sort in BASIC - choosing the right ... pixel line
    BIT 3,D ; Wrapped past 8 ... ; Not wrapped past 1/3 screen
    LD A ... ; Step to next 1/3 of screen
    SAVEP ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston November 2010 Development
  • Programming flash eprom on DIVIDE+Can you test it on DIVIDE PLUS ? [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/flasher-divide-plus.zip[/url] (This flash utility is WINSTON's flasher for dia…

    ... of it being written in BASIC and love the design ... /> Option to start in 48K in Tygrys selector disable 128kB ... br />
    We need 3 ways for run firmwares:
    3) 48kB mode with disable ... ZX128/+2/+2A/+3 machines, but in combination with DIVIDE ...
    velesoft velesoft November 2010 Hardware
  • How create boot file for Tr-dos game?How can I create a boot file for a converted Tr-dos game? I use tap2trd from the trdos-utils-2010 but this program makes no boot file. Micky

    ... of making the boot file in TR-Dos. Instead of changing ... /> 1) Open the .trd file in emulator.

    2) If ... into Basic

    3) If necessary remove disk write protection in emulator ... TR-DOS

    6)In TR-Dos type
    [B ...
    Ralf Ralf December 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ...
    3) Get Guesser's Flash ROM board. In one half ... ROMs for maximum compatibility and in the other half the divIDE ... commercial speccy software including the +3 disk versions. Technically the 128Ke ... M plus and HiSoft BASIC +3), but since the +3 is the bastard ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... for maximum compatibility and in the other half the ... plus and HiSoft BASIC +3), but since the +3 is the bastard ... quite a good plan in some ways, and it ... my wife would be justified in calling it. I hardly ... better than the DivIDE+. In addition to that, if ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 December 2010 Hardware
  • inverting graphics using basic?just curious if it could be done by poking screen memory ? and what's the structure. (foreground / background for each char ? ) reason I ask is I'd …

    ... swap the PAPER/INK bits in the attribute by POKEing the ... to swap the PAPER bits in the byte (mask is 00111000 ... is tricky to do, esp. in BASIC. The logic is as follows ... & 56) / 8) | ((Attr & 3) * 8)[/code]
    BloodBaz BloodBaz December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • inverting graphics using basic?just curious if it could be done by poking screen memory ? and what's the structure. (foreground / background for each char ? ) reason I ask is I'd …

    [quote]but Basic uses logical operations, MC uses ... not very easy to do in basic:

    [QUOTE=BloodBaz;497535 ... & 56) / 8) | ((Attr & 3) * 8)[/code][/QUOTE]

    in this thread:
    [url]http ...
    Arda Arda December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • joysticks?Is this ok [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flash-Fire-Joystick-Atari-Commodore-Spectrum-MSX-Etc-/280598083389?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item4154f2f73…

    ... original manuals. Im on chapter 3 so variable like > and ... archive. It's written entirely in Basic, you can press break and ...
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause December 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... [/I] is original Spectrum one (3.54 MHz or so) to ... timing is different (or built-in peripherals sit on ports that ... /> If you meant the built-in BASIC: well that's un-optimized ... want even further optimized: code in assembly...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2010 Hardware
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... start learning how to program in BASIC? I know I'm ... this can be broken down in to two aspects:
    ... being used whether that is BASIC, PASCAL, COBOL or ... and maintainability.

    3) Finally, you will need to ... than using the ZX BASIC line editor. So for ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman December 2010 Sinclair Basic
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