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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. …
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one grey and one black +2 up for sale in one lot[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8184519459"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8184519459[/url…
... both types for sale, one grey sinclair version and one black ... -
help on creating +3 disk imagesHi, I have found the SDP web page, and I noticed that I have a few +3 programs that are reported as missing: - Times of Lore - Bard's Tale, The - Pr…
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Sinclair basic creation/editing programHi guys I'm just starting to write a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there that would alow me to write the pro…
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Super League Soccer - for the Amstrad PCWHi, I made a game called Super League Soccer for the Amstrad PCW series. It ran on Mallard Basic under CP/M. I released it in 1992 through DG Softwar…
... series. It ran on Mallard Basic under CP/M. I released ... can re-compile in Visual Basic and add a few more ... me a copy of the disk and would be pleased to ... -
Bubble Bobble not loading with +2A ????Hello.I have Bubble Bobble but i can't load the game in 128k mode because it crashes on the loader (at block 2D) but it can be loaded at 48 BASIC but…
... can be loaded at 48 BASIC but the music turns off ... loading the game with a grey +2 in 128k mode and ... -
Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
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Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?
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Speeding up BasicHi, Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic? What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 5…
Hi,
Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic?
What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 50000,100?
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BBC BASIC for the SpectrumThe latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url="http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software/Spectrum/BBCBasic"]http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software…
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disk sizeWith SPIN emulating a +3, I can create the following disks 1 - 720k Double Sided 80 trk 2 - 360k Double Sided 40 trk 3 - 180k Single Sided 40 trk T…
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BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…
... .. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window ... text to my box but basic seems to position text in ... should be in the Spectrum Basic section.. I didnt see it ... -
Necessary +2A ROMsA +3 has 4 roms: Menu/Editor Syntax Checker +3DOS 48k BASIC I understand that a +2A is identical to a +3 but without a disk drive. It also uses …
... Checker
+3DOS
48k BASIC
I understand that ... a +3 but without a disk drive. It also uses the ... necessary? Does it just hold disk drive stuff or is there ... -
Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…
Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making basic games for the speccy? -
+3 rom disk load/save routines?I`ve been looking everywhere for some documented listing of the +3 rom load/save routines. I want to convert some games to use disk instead of tape.…
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IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …
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3" floppy in pcI'm in need of some assistance. I have attached a 3" floppy to my pc using a cable as described at [url="http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/F…
... , to check some of my basic wiring, I tried to access ... is accepting signals on the basic connections. When windows gives an ... about 30 seconds of frantic disk spinning.
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SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
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Avoid "Program:" and "Bytes:" messagesI converted some original +D programs into TZX files. That works fine, but I'm worry about the "Program:" or "Bytes:" messages of the program blocks …
... there a simple solution in BASIC to avoid the messages of ... original program from the +D disk I did'nt see any ... -
Which disk interface is better?I'm considering getting a disk interface for the spectrum (just for the sake of it). Which is better, +D or Opus? Necros.
I'm considering getting a disk interface for the spectrum (just for the sake of it). Which is better, +D or Opus?
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Hard drive and Multiface problemsI recently read about the Spectrum +3e, and thought to myself - "I'll give that a try, and I'll build the Hard drive Interface while I'm at it". So,…
... - I've got a hard disk on my speccy.
basic program to the hard drive ... image from the original floppy disk.
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+3 Disk commandsHello. How can you operate the +3 drive from BASIC? Does it use the CAT, MOVE, ERASE and FORMAT? Also, how does the +3disk sector structure look li…
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Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…
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divIDE issuesI discovered a few issues with the divIDE hardware and FATware software that may be of interest to some people. 1. ROM paging If your Spectrum is a…
... to page RAM over the BASIC ROM the paging is unaffected ... format FAT-16 from the disk utility. This is very annoying ... -
Multiface 3 saving to diskHaving looked at the manual on this site for the Multiface 3, it say that you can only save to disk in +3 mode, not in 48K mode. But some games, like…
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Help needed - opus toolsHi there! This is my first post here. Years ago, I wrote a small Basic program and stored it on an Opus Discovery disk. There is nothing left of the…
... small Basic program and stored it on an Opus Discovery disk. There ... of the hardware but one disk with my program on it ... on the data of the disk. I found the opus tools ... get my 2 or 3 basic programs out of the image ... -
Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …
... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been testing ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K and ... test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still ... -
Transferring Spectrum Games onto tape or diskI've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…
... because it has a disk drive.I know that the ... number of officially released specci disk based games is low, ... take to load a disk based game as opposed ... capacity of a 3" disk? Is it something like ... be saved on just one disk?
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Datel Electronics disk driveIs it possible to get my pc to read and re-save software ( in an emulator friendly format) that I have stored on 3.5" disks that were created with th…
Is it possible to get my pc to read and re-save software ( in an emulator friendly format) that I have stored on 3.5" disks that were created with the datel disk drive.
