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So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... 'll allow drive access in 48K BASIC too - works for ... just tested the program in Spectaculator, in both Toasty and ... intention to disassemble the M/C part and see ... for a command in an extended Basic i am trying ... be the 48KDB (48K Disk Basic)?
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How to make/program a Pacman game on ZX SpectrumHow can i program a Pacman game on ZX Spectrum 48k/128k?? On a video or a manual
... DATA statements to define UDGs in Sinclair Basic.
[quote="mik3d3nch ... a stick in the mud (or worse) but I'm not convinced ... I'm concerned line numbers are life savers![/quote]
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Bug detected in BAS2TAPIf I try to compile this: [CODE] 10 PLAY "c" [/CODE] I have the next error: Error in line 10 ... Expected end of statement ... I have solved in […
I'm not sure this is a ... interface for reporting possible bugs in BAS2TAP, but I just encountered ... . I tried the same construct in emulation, and something like L ... (C) is perfectly valid syntax in Spectrum BASIC.
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Getting Tasword to save to CF cardHey chaps I have a Plus 2 with a simple 8bit IDE interface installed. I was hoping I might be able to use the +3 disk version in conjunction with …
... look in A: I might be scuppered. I'm ... "B:" OUT : MOVE "B:" IN "TASFILES"
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... "A:" OUT : MOVE "A:" IN "TASWORD"
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Elite clonesHi there Question. Is there any Elite clones out there for our Speccy worth playing? thanks!
... called Lander) was written in BASIC, that's how amazingly ... do 3D graphics in BASIC! But I'm now completely sure ... and drawing routines in BBC BASIC first; before reimplementing ... them in assembly language. The BBC BASIC version reportedly ... -
MIDI for spectrumI saw another topic for this in search but it didnt get any informative replies. I was looking through a magazine and found some MIDI stuff, keyboar…
... it direct from Sinclair. The toastrack, has an RS232/MIDI socket ... /> I used only PLAY in 128 Basic. Let a$-h$="blah", PLAY ... ]
Midi channel is set in PLAY statement, upto 8 channels ... for sending midi commands are in that small manual somewhere. Can ... -
Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…
... some kind of overlays on BASIC is forbidden. [/quote]
< ... [b]can[/b] overwrite existing BASIC lines from a merged program ... common lines.
TS2068 basic has the DELETE keyword that ... . In fact, I'm sure at least one of the many basic toolkits ... -
User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... case font because it's in ROM (well, I suppose you ... ). When you see custom fonts in BASIC programs, usually it's because ... 'm aiming to have about 2K's worth of graphics in my BASIC ... -
User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... pain to re-assemble in the BASIC, because in the BASIC the actual graphics ... can't be seen if typing in ... of it are needed... I'm getting there! -
Basic versions of popular Spectrum games?A couple years ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a Spanish competition, and it looked amazing. I forgot most details, but remember it resem…
... infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Jet+Set+Basic$&pub=^Purple+Studios$& ... are from the Spanish Bytemaniacos Basic competition, which ran for ... find the ones hosted in WOS and show screenshots ... m looking for is "Clones of popular Spectrum games, written in Sinclair Basic ... -
Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
Right now I'm considering if I should try to implement A* path finding algorithm in Spectrum BASIC, or do something far simpler that won't work as well. Hey, it is a crap game compo so perhaps functionality is not the highest priority. -
Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
... ="carlsson;904952"]Right now I'm considering if I should try ... implement A* path finding algorithm in Spectrum BASIC, or do something far ... use the Assembly version (the BASIC version is only intended to ... ), although you can use the BASIC version if you want a ... -
The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... keep in mind that Dijkstra wrote that in the 70s, when BASIC ... for microcomputers was pretty much in ... assembly code that is used in the BASIC ROM of every Sinclair ... I’m wrong, but if memory serves, Sinclair BASIC was written in Forth ... -
Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…
... /pourri/akalabeth_zx48g.zip
The BASIC loader TXT2Emu has also changed ... lot of program data embedded in the BASIC; eg. dungeon structures, creature ... as why I'm doing what I'm doing with the a ... $() array, as the comment in the ... -
z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... would need to know where in BASIC such variables would be stored ... the variable is not declared in basic, it will be created by ... make a string from that in basic by PEEKing each character one ... is getting the catalog. I'm not too familiar with +3DOS ... -
Trying to repair a Speccy 48k - No PulsingI've had this machine for ages. I'd I've been putting off fixing it for some time now. So a couple of days ago I pulled it apart and started prob…
... 've ordered should just drop in as a replacement.
m not sure how much reliance ... does claim that there are differences in design as well as appearance ... would know just what these differences are? -
Laser Squad - original release TZXJust noticed that the ZIP corresponding to the TZX from the original release (82.364 bytes long) includes some TZX files with seven missions. Acco…
... there weren't any major differences in terms of pauses etc when ... on the forums because I'm still not convinced the WOS ... -
UFO Defence Command: XCOM without the tactical battles!I've got it into my head to create a Spectrum game that's basically XCOM, only without all the parts where you're personally guiding soldiers around …
... , having just finished another game in AGD, I fancied a challenge ... I've started writing ZXCOM in Sinclair BASIC! Very, very, *very* early ... flooding back (even though I'm using an emulator with a ... -
Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... is shown in Ast_A_Moore sreenshot when loaded in the Loader ... appear down the screen. In 48 Basic mode, only the top ... is different. FWIW I'm normally using tinypic as ... way of telling where in the frame something has ... on the CPU speed in a given Spectrum model, ... -
New Platform Game: "Moritz 48K"Hello. There appeared a new platform game with my music. The game has been made by Sebastian Braunert and Uwe Geiken. Enjoy. "Moritz 48K…
... don't mean in 'that' way. I'm not insinuating anything ... replied the Doctor "I'm... I'm totally alone" his voice ... to be there in person. I'm talking to you ... Either that or I'm dead. Or in a coma?" it ... to have a basic appraisal of Latin in order to transition ... -
What can I do with this donated Spectrum?Hi All Recently I was given a modified Speccy +2 to join my 8-64bit collection of retro computers/consoles. It took me a while to get up to speed…
... the default mounted drive? I'm guessing boot.bas or start ... ONE instance of this in practice: the CP/M disk for the ... "DISK" which must be a BASIC program; if found, it loads ... of the ERR_SP scheme, since in +3 BASIC, (ERR_SP) always points to ... -
Database model ZXDBRecently, I have been trying to figure out how to provide my contribution to whoever takes over WoS archive rework next... So I came up with this: …
... made a file cataloging database in Visual Basic 6 a few years ... language changed so much (I'm so lazy to learn the ... ) and VB6 can't run in modern Windows OS I've ... new or already exists quickly) in case the tape has the ... -
BASIC to Python - bringing a modern view on an 80's obsession...Howdy! I don't know how relevant this will be here, but I've just finished up a 3-part overview on my blog where I convert an old 1K ZX81 basic pr…
... undergrad courses were included in that, so I ... finally seen the (NN) in brackets in (say) ld bc, ( ... the way we did in the original Spectrum ... how to do this in Sinclair BASIC (ZX81 or Spectrum) ... since I was in single figures and I'm ... -
GameHammer Classic Gaming ReviewsHey everyone, I've been pushing out a lot more game reviews lately so I thought I'd mention my channel here 'cause some of you may like it. The Sp…
... game. In addition, I'm wondering if this was a BASIC game sold ... really feels like it's in BASIC and the apparent use of ... -
ZX Spectrum keyboards : all and everything about them and how can the Speccy keyboard be improved? This discussion can include of all the main types of Spectrum keyboard from the past (inc addon / aftermarket) , their strengths and weaknesses , …
... single board computers. But I'm bored of trying to type ... early and mid 1980s machines, in comparison, the best keyboards ... Spectrum machines not having the BASIC keywords printed on the keys ... are entered character by character... In 128 BASIC, to enter LOAD you ... -
Cubic RevealI just though I'd develop this a little further. Written a while ago on a whim! [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/s/p44y5dda49ucmop/square_reveal_1_1.gi…
... ="Arkannoyed;928627"]i think I'm done, can't find any ... , but I'm pretty happy with the results in 93 bytes.[img ... ]
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Detecting +3 / +2AWhat's a simple but reliable way to detect if code is running on a +2A/+3? My first though was to try switching to ROM2 and then checking for the …
... ="AndyC;928969"]Put the machine in an "all RAM" combination and ... have a DivIDE connected? I'm sure I read that somewhere ... machine type is due to differences in memory contention. I suppose the ... is to run a loop in page 1 or 4 and ... -
Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…
... vectorial games and use them in your Basic games. It works as ... if you traced drawings in a carbon ... so I switched focus. I'm a creative person who tends ... a button to read it in English - how does one do ... -
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…
... ’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit ... of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying ... you would like to code in Speccy BASIC, and that's fine ... -
How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…
You can code simple routines in BASIC, so it would be no ... need it - just ask. I'm on here, IRC and Skype ... stuff like procedures et al in Sinclair BASIC, so you don't ... to use them in SpecBAS. It's Sinclair BASIC [i]with extra ...
