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+2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…
... enter the +3 (probably in +2A too) built in diagnostic program? (While ... you're in the color testing screen (BREAK and reset), press ... all the keys work fine in basic(either version). What gives? -
Which AMstrad CPC 464 emulator is the easiest to use?It might be a bit off asking this on a Spectrum site, but I might as well ask the experts! I'm using Spectaculator for my Speccy games, and it's gre…
... get to BASIC so you can load in other games from ... disks, you need to press the F1 key ... is emulated by the 1 key on the numeric keypad.< ... that's the real F1 key, not the keypad this time ... />
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Into the screen driving simulator effectI was wondering how the racing games of yore did the into the screen scrolling effect. I'm sure you could do something crude drawing bars on the scre…
... it as a oneliner game in basic using print, and also using ... =19216[/URL]
The key to the array is that ... think that would fit in a line of basic on one screen ... while the array booted up in BASIC! -
Into the screen driving simulator effectI was wondering how the racing games of yore did the into the screen scrolling effect. I'm sure you could do something crude drawing bars on the scre…
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The key to the array is that ... that would fit in a line of basic on one screen ... while the array booted up in BASIC![/QUOTE]
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ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... ' intead of the right-arrow key, ctrl+p instead of ", etc ... 've been developing something similar in Basic and with some machine code ... to develop that tool for Basic users I see no reason ... . There are a lot of Basic programmers out there who still ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... br /> 3) Transparent color (8 in BASIC) is not selectable as ink ... letters, you can enable or disable painting with INK, PAPER, ... Blue, without affecting BRIGHT in any attribute cells that are ... painted in. Similarly, to replace only ... -
Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... music stops playing whilst BASIC performs tasks like displaying ... % of my program is written in BASIC.
What ... returns to BASIC correctly whilst still running in the background.
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Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... last bit will be slow in basic because you have to start ... is acceptably fast in asm or C.
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CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... /> Sat 5th April - Grand National (in fact we already have a ... ".
Hold down the BREAK key (i.e. SHIFT-SPACE) to ... Sub Chase will load up in the virtual environment.
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The new GP2Xpectrum releases threadYeah, I know the thread title isn't exactly too original, but I've decided that just one post to hold all updates makes more sense than a lot of smal…
Is it possible to add a "break key" combination to the keyboard emulator? What I mean is a double-key combo, as required for example in Psion Scrabble for the selection of the blank tile.
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BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
One of the best things about the beeb was the ability to disable the break key and set them all off playing music. Oh what fun, watching the supply teacher go mental trying to reset them. Bwahhahahahahahahahahaha
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Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …
... is the check whether a key has been pressed routine. ... or leaves the machine in an unknown state. I ... it is v. useful) in Popular Computing Weekly. I just ... will see the "press any key" message on the screen ... This can't be modified in BASIC. Have a look at ... -
Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…
... and gives a 'Nonsense in Basic' error. After I get ...
Yep - error C in line 130 - looks like some ... trapping isn't triggering in the 128k PLAY command. ... Btw, using the "Force BREAK" option will get you back ... for that.
In other news, your OVER 1 ... -
System 15,000Anyone got an opinion about [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005106]this one[/url]? It looks quite interesting, wonder how it p…
... in code "SL312"
Of course real hackers would just break ... into the BASIC program and have a ... -
help with a screensaverHi , hope someone can help me Got a great utility called zxScreen which , when installed , displays a continually changing selection of old Speccy lo…
... when you press a key you break into the Basic loader at the ... be 'R: tape' rather than 'Break conts repeat'
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Why's my PC BSOD?Righto, Windows XP Pro Corp SP3, haven't installed anything new lately, it's just started blue screening occasionally and resetting. Did a memtest, a…
... do is press the PAUSE/BREAK key for that ever elusive picosecond ... just a far fetched dream in a differently alternate, alternate reality ... -
Why's my PC BSOD?Righto, Windows XP Pro Corp SP3, haven't installed anything new lately, it's just started blue screening occasionally and resetting. Did a memtest, a…
... do is press the PAUSE/BREAK key for that ever elusive picosecond ... just a far fetched dream in a differently alternate, alternate reality ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... I have tried in Loader and 48k Basic, but I can ... , as the BEEP command in Basic works fine. I've ... the television. This is key to where the fault is ... mechanism. I've seen in some rare cases this resistor ... tape deck to PL12 is in good working order.
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post your preferred 'up-down-left-right-fire' keys redefinefor me, and for some reason it was Emlyn hughes back in the day that got me attatched to this, from then on and to this day I will always redefine my…
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[QUOTE=Nonsense in BASIC;289624]O P Q A ... the default and non-configurable key settings for most (all?) ... a better combination with one key free between them.
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'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... do I flip between screens in Basic again? I've forgotten the ... the snapshot, and press any key to repeatedly flip between the ... two seconds between pressing a key and the screen flipping due ... into second screen (Very slow in BASIC - takes a few minutes. Hint ... -
'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... ] command isn't actually needed in BASIC!
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in at 49152 and select second ... second screen can only be in bank 7 - hence ... will see that even BASIC is capable of very rapid ... />
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Nmi menu for MB02+ enters 21st century:)Dear speccy users and especially MB02+ ones, I am proud to anounce that after 5 months of ceaseless and intensive work I am releasing new version of…
... made a short installation program in BASIC. And I also know, that ... menu is easy, using key H (in setup can be modified). I ... want to create a special key ... for quiting to Residos only, but in this version ... -
Step by step instructions for putting PGD games together needed.I'm a bit thick, almost as a thick brick, and slightly dumber than the official definition of dumb. So, bear with me but please help me out. I need…
... three blocks - a BASIC loader, a SCREEN$ file ... /> Then, write a Sinclair BASIC loader program like this:
Then, type CLEAR 39999 in BASIC, and select "Load Binary File ... " from the menu in SPIN. Select your ... mygame", and press a key to save the block ... -
Basin feature requestsI know dunny does not ask for those requests, and he is mainly coding basin for himself, I still want to list my requests here, in case if he's bored…
... to list my requests here, in case if he's bored ... can look for them up in the future for my projects ... extra work (save/load functions in basic). Basin needs a general project ... ZxSpin's icon (same K key with rainbow at the corner ... -
Decompiling a TAP file and remaking a game in FlashHello everyone! I posted this, in part, under another username (a while back) but I don't have access to that account anymore so I started another h…
... it was written in BASIC then yes - you can just break into the ... utilities to show you the basic listing.
If ... study all the machine-code in order to work out ... exactly what it does in order to re-create ... it in FLASH - there is no ... -
How would you make Cybernoid a better game.Following on from the Cecco thread, it might actually be quite interesting to hear people?s views on how they would improve the recognised ZX Spectru…
... some bugs. Experimented with a key item that could explode parts ... ]. 48k made a cybernoid editor in basic, he got the ball rolling ... in the first place on editing. ... -
How would you make Cybernoid a better game.Following on from the Cecco thread, it might actually be quite interesting to hear people?s views on how they would improve the recognised ZX Spectru…
... bugs. Experimented with a key item that could explode parts ... 48k made a cybernoid editor in basic, he got the ball ... for the first time in over 20 years and ... the lack of variety in its design makes the ... idea of adding a basic puzzle solving elements to ... -
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... program generates a Nonsense in BASIC error and stops the ... Type in 10 CAT !:GOTO 10 . Now RUN it. BREAK out ... of it. Now type in CAT ! ( ... still generates a L BREAK error message for some ... ]
Fixed. +3 BASIC isn't supported by BASin ... -
The ZX printer buffer in +3 modeI have a few programs on .DSK images that were transferred from Timex disks, but some of them have code starting at 23296. Most of the time the code …
... work as long as you disable interrupts and restore everything to ... state prior to returning to BASIC. Paging can be made without ... anything within machine code, just in BASIC.
