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Die RollerOkay, technically it's in machine code - but it's all compiled in a basic compiler. (you know, the one that people keep telling us is impossible to …
... but it's all compiled in a basic compiler.
(you ... it's not documented, in spite of pages of ... Anyway, back to being a basic dice roller. Does it ... standards or what? (I'm no joefish or bob, ... 'm afraid, who no doubt could code something better in ... -
Multi Dimension String Arrays.Ok so I've been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible. I know what when a…
... playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use ... />
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Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no ... way back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found ... the new system variables in the former printer buffer ... embed colour control codes in the basic program, or if you ... way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K ... -
US minister planning to burn Koran in the USWhat an eejit that Koran burning minister is in the states. I'm not the greatest fan of organised religion myself, but even I can see how offensive …
... burning minister is in the states.
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New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…
... can either be read from BASIC or M.C. The (translated) page ... and sequences of images (as in video clips) into outlined ... ve experimented with a small BASIC program that allowed me to ... process! A working example in M.C. please. :) But BASIC is also acceptable. ;) -
ZX Flight - flight simulator (Basic)Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old tape. Obviously this is a my type-in from an old ex-Yugoslavian magazine from mid 80s. I did …
Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an ... Basically, its the landing situation in low visible environment, 2000 feet ... (which is also mostly done in the basic), we can say that ... competitor.
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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…
I 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 in 48 basic and switch to SE BASIC then show basic incorrect. Why ? -
Recursive 4-way floodfillHi guys) Shortly, I wanna find out whether there's a way to some object. Perhaps some of you have already encountered such an issue which is relativ…
... which is relatively easily solved in pseudocode:[CODE]Procedure Fill(const ... about the speed and I'm not sure about stack size ... how once it was done in ZX basic at all...
Enjoying Gaming Again:cry: Why oh why.... I work with computers all day.... and I come home and work on computers some more. I used to enjoy gaming, perticularly games …
... symtom of the state I'm in.
This mind set ... , but I constructing programs even in ZX basic are more compelling. I ...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…
... (were) good games purely written in basic ?
Any type be ... snippets of code are OK in the basic itself.
I ... don't really have anything particular in ...Hi there ;) New development groupHi everybody! I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member of a new very little development group called "Kabuto Factory" and this is my first post ;) We'v…
Hi everybody!
I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member ... /> We've got a work-in-progress to be released soon ... " ("Aahku to the Rescue"), coded in compiled BASIC and, I hope, with ... "Freak en Paro" blog (sorry, in spanish only...):
[URL ...ANN: Spectaculator for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPadHi all, Spectaculator is now available for the iPhohe, iPod Touch & iPad! It features the same high quality emulation developed for the Windows' ve…
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[*]Program in Sinclair BASIC
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[1] In Tau Ceti, for example, you ...128 Toastrack power supplyHi! Should Toastrack work with rubber key Spectrum power supply or does it need it's own one? Is Toastrack RF modulator same as in rubber key model?…
Hi!
Should Toastrack work with rubber key Spectrum power supply or does it need it's own one?
Is Toastrack RF modulator same as in rubber key model? So can I use rubber key modulator in Toastrack?
Thanks!
IppeSuper Stick ManBeen thinking about doing a weird platformer for a while now, but since I have zero programming knowledge, and a modicum of drawing skills, I thought…
... Be warned, as i'm thinking about what to write ... Anyway, my idea is a basic 'rescue the girl' type ... few mini-games thrown in. The basic premise is that you ... and another involving stickman in an arcade wandering through ... to animate, although i'm sure i'll eat ...Operator ANDHi I'm trying to write some very simple game in ZX Basic, but I guess I've forgot most of it because I can't understand why simple IF....THEN sequen…
... /> I'm trying to write some very simple game in ZX Basic, but ... why simple IF....THEN sequence in this example was executed:
What I'm doing wrong, why these two ...A standard emulator "hardware" for console outputAlmost every day, I want to copy text from zx spectrum format, yet, without peeking in the memory spending a lot of time, or typing it by hand, it is…
... spectrum format, yet, without peeking in the memory spending a lot ... .
So I'm proposing a standardized emulated console ... compatible with real hardware, I'm not a hardware guy, ... communicate it from basic, or m/c? Maybe it already exists in somewhere?ZX81 Basic questionI just got a ZX81 off Ebay and when it arrived it has an Atari joystick hardwired into it. It does work as moving the joystick replicates certain key…
... really used PEEK commands when basic programming and would use the ... : This might have been better in the Basic forum...Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... with a knowledge of coding in the world of html, ... />
I've fallen in love with this piece of ... , and obviously some cassettes to save them to?
in the right direction would ... to sound patronising in any way I'm talking about ...Display half a screenWorking in 128 Basic and saving screens to memory via - SAVE! "image" SCREEN$ . Is it possible to display just the top half (or the bottom half) of t…
Working in 128 Basic and saving screens to memory via - SAVE! "image" SCREEN$ . Is it possible to display just the top half (or the bottom half) of the screen ? (leaving the bottom half of the previous screen visible). Thanks in advance.Distinguishing between models?I'm running the risk of being pointed to the faq here, so sorry in advance. Something I'm trying out requires that the program can distinguish betwe…
I'm running the risk of being ... , so sorry in advance.
Something I'm trying out requires ... a paging variable, or the differences in some of the rom. Distinguishing ...Newbie QuestionsI have just purchased my first Speccy! It should be shipped to me (in the U.S.A.) very soon. I'm a ZX newbie & I have some questions :-D First of al…
... should be shipped to me (in the U.S.A.) ... of all, I located a "Toastrack" ZX Spectrum 128. Here ... information is posted in the forum & I'm asking for ... ve heard that the audio in 48k mode is different ... />
* The unit I'm buying does not come with ...Minimal BASICAndrew Owen has just uploaded [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books archive on WOS. Thanks! [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pu…
... [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books ... the ANSI Minimal standard for BASIC.
The two standards ... an important work in the origins of Sinclair BASIC which adhered closely ... . There is no ON GOTO in Sinclair BASIC (a good substitute exists ...Is the PlusD board design available (in Eagle format)?Someone knows if the PlusD board design is available in Eagle format? I'm thinking of producing PlusD light interfaces: want to leave out the parall…
... design is available in Eagle format?
I'm thinking of ... .
But I'm doubting between putting in the effort of making ...BIFROST* ENGINE with Spectrum 128K support is out!The BIFROST* ENGINE release 1.1 is finally available, now providing also support for all Spectrum 128 models. You can download it from here: [url]ht…
... different delays to compensate timing differences. But in practice, it was much ... timings), even when running BASIC programs or delaying interrupts during ... previous version 1.0 in a BASIC or Assembly program, you ... z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC, there's no need ...Game Barrels and Ladders appeared in yesterday's updateIts an hungarian hack of the game of the same name by "D. Millington". Actually in the basic listing of the hungarian hack, you can read that in the …
Its an hungarian hack of the game of the same name by "D. Millington".
Actually in the basic listing of the hungarian hack, you can read that in the beginning ;)Sound designer wantedAs you may or may not be aware, in a complete IP violation, and written up as a HOW-TO tutorial, I'm writing a pac-man clone. But I'm crap with soun…
... may not be aware, in a complete IP violation, ... HOW-TO tutorial, I'm writing a pac-man clone ... br />
But I'm crap with sound. (and graphics ... br />
This is in ZX Basic, so can be:
< ... br /> basic beeps (think microfine bursts)
Two more M.I.A.sI wrote two simple educational games in 1988 called "Easy Time" and "Easy Maths" (may have been "Easy Math"). They were written in compiled BASIC, a…
... two simple educational games in 1988 called "Easy Time" ... Math"). They were written in compiled BASIC, and were conversions of ... a software shop called "BASIC Enterprises" in Kettering, Northamptonshire. I had ... there, two weeks working in the shop, and wrote ...Good character sets ?Just wondering if anyone had any favourite character sets ? :) The one in SE basic is quite nice and I'm aware (I used to have it in my head I'm sur…
... /> The one in SE basic is quite nice and I'm aware (I ... used to have it in my head ... I'm sure years ago) a quick bit of basic ...Received my divide but stumpedAfternoon guys I am now a proud owner of a complete divide (complete with case).I've worked out how to load my tap files but i am assuming .tzx doesn…
... in.How do i get into the main menu with 128 basic ... files from an emulator in order to save stuff?.
It comes ...
