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  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    ... , Akeriko is another game created in Basic taken from one of the ... contests there are every year in Spain (like most of the ... ). I forgot to tell you in the last messages. Its an ... ship that has to pick different gems. Year 2004.

    Ivanzx Ivanzx March 2006 Games
  • Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…

    ... Akeriko is another game created in Basic taken from one of the ... contests there are every year in Spain (like most of ... I forgot to tell you in the last messages. Its ... ship that has to pick different gems. Year 2004.
    ... files to the archive in today's update.
    mheide mheide March 2006 Games
  • 3D Star Strike - best unofficial conversion ever?A copy of Star Wars as we all know, but I didn't realise how good a copy it was until I played the arcade game on MAME a couple of days ago. The bit …

    ... first 2 or 3 games in the series are dodgeball ... are in fact the GB kunios 1 and 2 with different ... bad copy of Bagman. In fact it was just as ... experience. It was similar but different enough to be fun ( ... Most of which were written in BASIC, and most of which were ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2006 Games
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... specified ORG 64000 in your source, then enter these commands in Fuse:
    Basic manual to get a better ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan April 2006 Development
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... source, then you enter these commands in Fuse:
    CLEAR 63999
    in this area

    [ ... additional information like the Sinclair Basic manual to get a better ... the moment...much of the BASIC, and organisation of the Spectrum ...
    48K 48K April 2006 Development
  • +3e file manager program/projectFirstly let's get one thing sorted. This program/project is written entirely in basic, as I am a lamo who doesnt know enough M/C. It really Is'nt th…

    ... is, is there a way in basic to make it print this ... correct before I send the commands to drive the hard drive ... could be a major failing in this projeect
    guesser guesser April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • +3e file manager program/projectFirstly let's get one thing sorted. This program/project is written entirely in basic, as I am a lamo who doesnt know enough M/C. It really Is'nt th…

    ... is, is there a way in basic to make it print this ... correct before I send the commands to drive the hard drive ... could be a major failing in this projeect[/quote]

    in a predictable way so it ...
    dasteph dasteph April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • National versions of programming languagesI remember reading in old Polish computer magazines that there were serious plans in the 80-ties to create Polish versions of BASIC, Pascal, Logo so …

    ... was referring to the Speccy BASIC since a few posters talked ... have any of those characters in the ROM by default. If ... language and those crop up in basic tokens/commands or error messages, then ... from? You could define them in a font, but overwriting existing ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • National versions of programming languagesI remember reading in old Polish computer magazines that there were serious plans in the 80-ties to create Polish versions of BASIC, Pascal, Logo so …

    ... was referring to the Speccy BASIC since a few posters talked ... have any of those characters in the ROM by default. If ... language and those crop up in basic tokens/commands or error messages, then ... from? You could define them in a font, but overwriting existing ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Egghead IV on Zx Spectrum +3Egghead IV does not work on Zx Spectrum +3 in 128 mode. You have to switch to 48k mode or in "spectrum" mode. Do anyone know how to fix this (maybe …

    ... /> To stop loading after loaded "basic" part, you just press break ... /> Then you go into 128 BASIC (if you loaded by tape ... line 10. Change the load commands in that line and replace "" with ... ").

    After that save basic part with command SAVE: "eggh4 ...
    nekdo123 nekdo123 June 2006 Games
  • Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …

    ... some programming on the Spectrum in Basic, ie nothing of which would ... how to program in assembly and how to compile basic programs. That ... ), and Forest in the WOS database, and all by different authors. I ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2006 Games
  • New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!

    ... that it's being programmed in BASIC and that my programming ... The Dragon'), and is in fact heavily inspired by Dragon ...
    This is a very different adventure game compared to others ... at adventure games in mind. Instead of typing in instructions like ' ...
    pottyboy pottyboy September 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... the market with the built in apps. I'd guess they ... it to fit in, so they tried a different non-existent niche ... they couldn't keep them in stock and was still selling ... , I'm sure we're in basic agreement about them: Nice machines ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... the market with the built in apps. I'd guess they ... it to fit in, so they tried a different non-existent niche ... , I'm sure we're in basic agreement about them: Nice machines ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... And I hated the new BASIC interface. Typing was terrible ... up the notoriously slow BASIC. In fact, it was ... only added two new commands, one for the ... and the system variables in BASIC, but they could have ... clash or monochrome graphics in many arcade conversions, ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... do software sprites in several versions of BASIC (e.g. ... and Ocean's Laser BASIC) on the Spectrum. ... do with the built in BASIC, but I've seen ... the graphics were POKE commands.
    I let ... implement graphics accelleration features in hardware, scrolling and ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    I started in BASIC also.
    I've programmed in heaps of different languages and ... basic is no better ... , they just present it in different ways.
    BASIC is no better or ...
    Kiwi Kiwi September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    I think that Basic was a right choice ... really easy to start programming in Basic (especially for 10 years ... get a result of your commands and kids really don' ... Hello Word program looks like in Basic and other languages at< ... Don't you prefer the Basic version? :)
    Ralf Ralf September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... area each time. All the different types are stored together so ... 'A' variables are never encountered in a search for 'B' variables ... do it for a reason in Scrabble. Don't follow. ... important.
    I often type in BASIC programs intended for Atari and ...
    Geoff Geoff September 2006 Development
  • Star Heritage::TranslationHi all! I am almost finished with a translation of a Russian adventure game Star Heritage (demo) to poor English. I need a volunteer(s) with a good …

    ... s actions by giving him commands in
    Russian, and you ... consists of several windows with different
    functions. Let' ... enemy's
    strikes in fights. As health, stamina ...
    Then follow service commands helping the user to work ...
    ant222 ant222 November 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... to the screen in a very similar manner as in Basic. And then ... you would like to write in Basic, Basin is the ideal tool ... Basin you can write your basic program from the comfort of ... support the few additional TS2068 basic commands (SOUND, STICK, ON ERR, etc ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • Wich key of a rubber Key Spectrum get used least??I'm wondering of all the Keys on a rubber key ZX Spectrum on average wich one do you reccon gets used the least?? I have played with the idea whilst…

    ... ). This mean to use CLS in BASIC programs that need to print ... be completelly different place from the one I live in, of course ...
    ellvis ellvis November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... possible to work with sprites in basic?
    [/quote]

    Not ... be drawn in software on the spectrum and 2068, basic is much ... too slow for the job. This is different from ... with almost no effort from basic.

    On the spectrum ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... there.

    New commands to handle sprites, much improved ... commands, sound commands etc would mean that rewriting old Spectrum games in BASIC ... might actually be a reality. UDGs and fonts in ... character set to handle new commands (up to 65535 of ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... take a uITX motherboard in a nice looking case ... then flash a spectrum emulator in place of the BIOS. ... m pretty much all about BASIC. The only way to ... get a usable, fast BASIC is to port the ROM ... commands, games like a Cybernoid remake could be written in BASIC ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... will be able to program in basic in the 512x192 mode. You ... columns but curiously the graphics commands still work with 256x192 ... printing in the 512x192 mode and introduces new commands like ... LINE for line drawing in the 512x192 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • PSPSIM - SamCoupe Emulator for the PSPI have just been playing around with PSPSIM and just wanted to know what Sam Coupe users thought were the best games/apps for the Coupe? Cheers,

    ... it becomes almost brilliant. Interesting in that it used Mode 2 ... it`s in widescreen because of the SAM`s different shaped pixels ... /ratio, and also slightly faster. *edit* in case ... into one, yet still 100 % in Basic, it`s got added copper ...
    CKay CKay November 2006 Emulators
  • Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […

    ... basic interpreter will not be able to support DRAW/LINE/PLOT commands ... no plans to add graphics in short term.

    ... and operators fails with "Nonsense in Basic" report, except LOAD, SAVE and ... CAT that are ignored in the current Spectrum version.
    NotFound NotFound December 2006 Development
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... already been requested -by me- in the alternative thread for basin ... almost pointless to use that commands in a basic program, because you will ...
    Arda Arda January 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Any interest in new low-cost mass-storage interface with 512K RAM?I've recently added support to ResiDOS and the +3e ROMs for SD/MMC card interfaces; in particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is only sup…

    ... is active, the IF1 commands aren't available, because ...
    Therefore, in order to get access to IF1 commands, a version ... Interface 1 commands, by issuing an OUT command in BASIC (or m ... just remove support for these commands?[/QUOTE]

    Absolutely ...
    glancaster glancaster January 2007 Hardware
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