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+3 how to detect if a file exist ?Need help. I am making a generic menu to my compilations over the spectrum +3. Exist some way programatically to detect if some file exists on the d…
... a couple of short m/code routines in a BASIC demo which test ... it uses. (The example in #21 above is a more ... 31 & 36 (plus the BASIC, of course). It uses file ... if that number is already in use then it will return ... a file number is already in use and then use ... -
ZX +2/A - What does "Drive M: Available" mean.I just received a +2/A I bought on eBay, plugged to my TV and on the start up screen below the copyright info at the bottom is a line that says "Driv…
From +3 basic you could try:
cat "m:"
and ... tho'
load"m:filename"
save"m:filename"
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How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... Elliott;448089]In +3 BASIC, the bitmaps also live in the STRIP1 and ... ;terminator[/CODE]
I'm sure this could be made ... through cunning use of INVERSE in the character data. The optimisation ... -
ZX + 2: Why Audio from RGB Connector ?Does anyone know what is the difference between the standard "tape/sound" output and the audio output inside of the RGB DIN connector? Does the RGB c…
Sorry, I'm spanish... I mean that both ... PDF[/url] that shows the differences in the sound circuit (and a ... +3 sound stereo).
In the original +3 schematic, TR4 ... connected directly to ground, while in later +3 (and +2A, I ... -
Howto paint a squared zone of the screen ?You know what guys ? i begin to love this languaje. Cant understand why not put more effort on the 80's to learn it :( because it is really speedy. …
ROM (BASIC) routines for graphics designed to work in 256x176 area with ... problems, because of 'channels' conception in the BASIC/ROM.
... DRAW routines? Keep in mind that I'm not copy/paste ... routines from somewhere, I'm write them from scratch just ... -
Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…
... something in melbourne draw.. save it
do a basic loader ... />
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save "prog" line 1 ... here , I asked about it in hardware bit a while ago ... -
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…
... the Screen Addressing. Bear in mind that this is ... handling routines to include in the ZX Basic library (see what ... url]). I'm probably going to put in a 64 column ... as a library for basic coders, so needs to ... complex than what's in the BASIC manual - though the ... -
Icons for Ziggy emulator - help anyone?Would anyone be able to help me out in creating some icons for Ziggy emulator? My artistic skills are close to zero and the couple of free icons I'…
... , Ziggy seems to save a version of it in the same foler ... completed (less than a second in most cases). Maybe the deletion ... is something I added in the version I'm working on...not ... -
You know those modern atari games in a joystick...The modern way to play atari games, by buying a joystick that has games in-built? I have a stick with pacman, rally X and other namco classics. Well…
... emulator could be written in XNA. Although M$ would never sanction ... onto the 360 when M$ release their next console ... and lose interest in the 360 like they ... 't happen so I'm simply musing on the ... an emulator written entirely in Visual Basic 6 a few years ... -
You know those modern atari games in a joystick...The modern way to play atari games, by buying a joystick that has games in-built? I have a stick with pacman, rally X and other namco classics. Well…
... could be written in XNA. Although M$ would never sanction ... onto the 360 when M$ release their next console ... 't happen so I'm simply musing on the ... an emulator written entirely in Visual Basic 6 a few years ... card have been talking about in this thread. :lol:
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…
... the app myself, but I'm guessing that the tape image ... screen data file, without a Basic loader program (which is what ... shift K if you're in 48K Basic.RZX questions...Got a quick couple of questions for y'all. I'm trying to record the ending of [I]Rockstar Ate My Hamster[/I], but my cam grabbing software seems to c…
... Rollback work in ZXSpin? [/QUOTE]
I'm sure it ... you can create a "save point" every time you ... gameplay
[I]*in Spin there is a window ... 4. When something goes wrong in the game (they kill you ... . You can't convert it in a second.
Thoughts about 1990Just dipping my toe into 1990 research (I know I said I'd be taking a sabbatical, but it seems to be slowly, surely, drawing me in), and wondering ho…
... what I could hack together in SAM Basic.
BTW - ... +2A. I had to save for 3 years more but ... eventually got myself an A500 in '93 (just at the ... I think Myth came out in 1990 right? I remember getting ... it for my birthday in 1990 (Feb) and it ...Beepola v1.01A new version of Beepoa, v1.01, is now available for download from:- [URL]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/Beepola_v1.01.00.zip[/URL] (650KiB) …
... Phaser1 too, although I'm not sure because Shiru said ... it anyway. ;) ;) ). [/QUOTE]
In common with most engines, Phaser1 ... number of phase resets and differences in drum patterns between the ... These each cause slight variations in the number of T states ...purchasing mp3s off t'net...anyone here regularly buy mp3s? just wondering what you would consider a reasonable price to have an mp3 at is one site I buy off is ?1.06 + VAT so …
... too, but the download came in handy until the cd turned ... up in the post).
As ... messing with your PC, I'm not too sure. A while ... this than it is in Itunes). to save me having [I]loads ...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.
save solutions to screens. It's a bit clunky in places ...Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …
... of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the ... ;
;Typing USR 0 in 128 BASIC effectively calls memory address 0x0000 ... ;Since the 48 BASIC ROM is paged in, this is effectively ... used to store bits of BASIC
;and other ... disk options to save to.Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... ll think about what I'm doing and apologise to ... you are concerned about politeness in general (my words). And ... ) for the differences in approach between different countries, in written laws and ... ready to experience equal 'happiness', in such case? Oops, three ...BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy
... by SuperBasic. In terms of extending the original BASIC without going ... paging) SE Basic crams in more than any other BASIC.
< ... uses these techniques when coding in ZX BASIC. However, it is ... user friendly BASIC into a functional ZX BASIC. I'm pretty sure ...UWOL, quest for money - The MojonTwins (ZX SPECTRUM 128k)Uwol didn?t have enough after earning about the 90% of all the income which resulted of selling retrovideogames in Spain and getting himself rich. No…
Possibly. We have a dedicated toastrack coder so expect more releases. ... based on tiles and sprites in hardware, which really is an ... real effort on the toastrack so I'm pretty glad people are ...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…
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if I'm right in what I'm interpreting (Dunny correct me ... if I'm wrong) ... close, yes, but I'm not emulating at all. This ... will be somewhat backwards compatible in the BASIC language, and totally incompatible ...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…
... very close, yes, but I'm not emulating at all. This ... of the Speccy ROM in x86. In actual fact, it's ... will be somewhat backwards compatible in the BASIC language, and totally incompatible ... want compatibility, then use BASin in FAST mode.
...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. …
... I wrote the routine in Sinclair BASIC to ensure I ... double height character routine in BASIC that is as quick ... around the method used in BBC BASIC MODE 7 i. ... only downside of the BASIC routine is that it ... Enter the following and save it as PC-DBLBAS1.
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. …
... I wrote the routine in Sinclair BASIC to ensure I ... double height character routine in BASIC that is as quick ... around the method used in BBC BASIC MODE 7 i. ... only downside of the BASIC routine is that it ... Enter the following and save it as PC-DBLBAS1.
Spectrum exclsuive gamesWe've discussed almost every Speccy related topic you can think of, but one I don't remember is a discussion of games exclusive to the Spectrum. Thes…
... Quazatron was in 3D where I'm sure Paradroid was in 2D, ... judging by the screenshots. I assume there were gameplay differences ... wiki/Andrew_Braybrook"]Andrew Braybrook[/URL] in 1985. Although a direct ... be pushed off edges in order to damage them.[/ ...storing level datahi everyone im using arrays to store level data. its not working. just to set up the walls takes an array of size 92*2 is there a better way?
... of zero (well not in Sinclair BASIC). So your code would ... [/CODE]
In terms of storage your array ... bytes i.e. 960. In those 960 bytes you are ... a character array will save you loads of space. ... . a%) would be good in Sinclair BASIC.
Hope ...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…
[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007185"]The Wild Bunch[/URL] was written in BASIC save for a few MC routines for sound effects.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…
... Wild Bunch[/URL] was written in BASIC save for a few MC routines ... 's impossible not to die in the desert travelling between towns ...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…
If you've saved a basic program to auto run as ... has finished loading to break in. If your lucky you may ... will all be loaded in. Then just SAVE the basic as usual.
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…
... exactly the same test data in the same order, there is ... remember that fewer line numbers in an inner loop means the ... has to do fewer searches in *ANY* BASIC, and FOR loops remember ...
