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text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
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He's back......and he's got a new trick! AY Chip here. I've been away far too long. I would like to announce 'HatStand': for no adequately explored reason, I h…
... a Spectrum emulator, _from scratch_, *in BASIC*.
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A few questions about machine codeOh no... another noob. I'm giving my first steps in assembler (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article explaining that if I wan…
... (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article ... . I still see registers as BASIC variables, and I want to ... -
How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... things that will help me in producing my own programme. I ... am not interested in copying the code straight from ... have to extract as a basic programme as I don't ... think that Striker was written in basic.
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Naughtiest keywordWe've had how to generate each of the error messages but which keyword can be used to generate the most errors? BORDER CODE VAL$ "WOS" Nonsense in B…
plotting and rotating wireframesCan anyone point me to an example of plotting a (2d) shape and rotating it in basic. Unfortunately my trig was never that good and I want to get a h…
Can anyone point me to an example of plotting a (2d) shape and rotating it in basic.
Unfortunately my trig was never that good and I want to get a handle on this in basic first.
cheersHow Spectrum changed our livesHave you ever thought about how Speccy changed your lives? Just imagine all of us in our youth age without Manic Miner or Knight Lore, without that…
... /> Just imagine all of us in our youth age without Manic ... time spent in typing in BASIC magazine games or waiting
in front of ...Loading ScreensWhat method of revealling loading screens can be achieved in BASIC or is the only one which can be done the one which reveals it line by line over an…
What method of revealling loading screens can be achieved in BASIC or is the only one which can be done the one which reveals it line by line over and over?
Thanks in advance.Spin 0.666 Little Bug using 48K Keyboard helperHello, There is a little bug in the 48K Keyboard Helper. If you try to write an inverted commas ("), LOAD "", for example, if you press the p key a…
... /> There is a little bug in the 48K Keyboard Helper.
key after you press the SymbolShift ... key, the letter p is written ... other functions of the SymbolShift key in conjuction with Shift work correctly ...It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... the Speccy ROM gets paged in.
- 0x3C00-0x3CFF - uncondionally ... of interpreting the line of BASIC at CH_ADD. As a result ... stuff that's normally illegal in BASIC into a program.
would result in the code in the real ROM entry ...Random variablesI made some programs in BASIC and saved into z80 files and I realized that they have some problems with ramdom variables. For example, I programmed …
I made some programs in BASIC and saved into z80 files ...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…
... remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to ... of characters.
I know BASIC is slow and it should ... be compiled or done in assembler, but I would like ...MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... computer with a well designed Basic and with a tape ... outside Spectrum.
In opposition to the windows world ... disk content is fully implemented in basic and there is no need ... be formatted without destroying drives in the neighborhood.
...Advice needed please!Hi, Sorry in advance for the 'Noobness' of this question but I'm programming a simple adventure game in basic and was wondering how to save multiple …
Hi, Sorry in advance for the 'Noobness' of ... programming a simple adventure game in basic and was wondering how to ... can tell i'm not in the same league as everybody ...Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute BeginnerNot quite sure if this should be in here but here goes. Having never delved into machine code before I thought id have a go at this book and its qui…
... you have to type in the programs to continue ... anyway. I typed in the ezcode routine. Now ... i got no errors in the basic program whatsoever yet when ... i either get C nonscence in basic or 0 OK, 0: ... .z80[/url]
In the listing in the book the font ...Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…
... I mean, a 1983 type-in listing can perhaps be forgiven ... graphics, but considering it's in BASIC, then it's perhaps excusable ...Change PAPER and INK, but nothing else?Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK,…
Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK, but keep the character (or whatever is displayed) intact.Can someone compile Mined Out, please?For those of you who are unaware, there is a great Spectrum game called [I]Mined Out ( [/I][URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=000…
... better. Anyway, it's written in BASIC, and takes a few seconds ... one compiler could compile large BASIC programs in sections, but since I ...Microdrive CATIs there a way in Basic to obtain any more useful info on the contents of a Microdrive? File size, head info for example? Also, is it possible in ge…
Is there a way in Basic to obtain any more useful ... />
Also, is it possible in get a CAT of a ...I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
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A: 4xbinary inputs (as in "on" or "off" x4 - this ... /> C: 4x binary outputs (as in four independant OFF/ON controls ... control using the IN and OUT commands in BASIC.
In more detail ... rotation and one for elevation) in both directions each. I ...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 …
... doing. I have tried in Loader and 48k Basic, but I can ... television, as the BEEP command in Basic works fine. I've given ...EightyOne bug?I have been using EightyOne 1.0 to test my code using a Timex display mode. The code (a UK101 emulator) was released for CSSCGC2008 a couple of weeks…
... program to crash when loading in TS2068 mode.
in just fine with Fuse ... 0.9 in TS2068 mode. It therefore ... What's stranger is that in EightyOne, once the machine ... the machine will crash in BASIC with it corrupting the ...Suggestion: A new (and simple but good) feature for emulatorsOne slight but real problem with emulators is that when you load a tape file (.tzx/.tap) then the randomise seed system variables are always set to z…
... zero before loading starts (in effect the game is ... on Spectrum). This results in any game that uses ... the Speccy counts time in fiftyths of a second.< ... since it's fortunately written in BASIC I simply added (something ... spell "fiftyths" (as in fifty-th's of a ...The "Ernie Wise Memorial Game What I Wrote" thread 2008As the September rain lashes remorselessly long and hard against the window (Everest PVC-u) what more can a cove do but reflect on life whilst drinki…
... Birth", which I wrote back in 1990 and submitted to Sinclair ... /> All these games were written in BASIC, and apart from "Touchdown", compiled ... importantly, why they wrote it in the first place!?Help identifying a gameAgessss ago i wondered if anyone knew this game but it wasnt found. I thought i would try once more as i want to relive the memories. Yearsss ago t…
... which was released, all in basic where you created a ... 30 was again all in BASIC, an indicator moved up ... record a huge large basic graphic appeared with the ... The graphics were very very basic and old but the ... cant seem to find that in the archive.
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…
... =2]BASin thread[/url] in the Sinclair BASIC forum.
Fixed - Toolbar buttons in the SCREEN$ editor should no ... to the binary number. (Nonsense in BASIC)
Fixed - A small ... user, which are parsed for BASIC functions, now accept the ...Developers developers developers developers developers!OK, I think it's at a stage where someone else can also have a go at doing things with the Spectranet. If you've not been following the hardware foru…
... is. If you're in this situation...well, the ... is programmable from the Spectrum in software) and 128K of ... ve already hinted at this in the Hardware forum, but ... you want to join in with development you'll ... to support socket programming in BASIC but it won't ...Microl - The Database - different versionsWith reference to [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008076"]Microl - The Data Base[/URL], I have two different versions. The s…
... which explains the upgrades, mainly key changes.
So ... got both copies to load in to Spin, via wave ... command, Q key in first version, and L key in second version.
To further complicate matters, The TZX in ...
