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Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…
... for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have ... do this in BASIC.
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Can a floppy disk wreck a disk drive?I'd been re-installing some old Apple Mac games so that I could back them up before the disks become unreadable (too late in some cases). After doing…
... in the first disk for Citadel, the floppy disk drive made ... complete manual rotation of the disk, checking both surfaces, and ... perfect condition. So did this disk wreck the drive, even ... />
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Help loading OPUS data block ?Hi folks, A while back I obtained a Daton Software Card Games compilation which will be in the next Vault update: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…
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However, I'm unable to load a couple ... /> The BASIC loaders for each game are on the disk....
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Jumping to BASIC after importing 23296,1703Sorry for the confusing title. :-D Now that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a few more que…
... to safely "jump" to my BASIC program. :)
... same as returning to BASIC after an USR command ... I have a very basic understanding of m.c. I know ... feel happier when I'm using the old BASIC editor.
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Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
... disk access code is too tightly coupled to a Basic ... example of what I'm getting at, I'll ... the test program I'm using (and bear in ... opening the attached DivIDE disk as a block_device, and ... your interface here) firmware with Basic extensions to read and write ... -
Transferring +3 Disk Image from PC to real +3Is there a way to do this without physically connecting the +3 disk drive to the PC? Something like a Speccy version of the "Xfer in C" utility for…
... without physically connecting the +3 disk drive to the PC?
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The best ... beginning with "M"Been a long time since we did the letter "L", so here's the next one: Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per…
... post]". So, for the letter "M", which do you think are ... . There are lots of great "M" games, such as Mercenary (brilliant ... Mined Out! (the best Spectrum BASIC game ever, if you ask ... -
Suggestions for resurrecting a hard disk?I started up one of my PCs today, which I hadn't used for a couple of weeks, and HD1 won't start up. My impression is that the motor has seized, as i…
... whizzing sound as when the disk spins up. I've tried ... />
I could get another disk and re-install Windows and ... OK.
What I'm interested in is any practical ... replacement drive. I believe the disk itself to be OK, it ... -
How do I use MGT files?While browsing here, I came across a disk file that's an "mgt". I'm trying to run it in ZX Spin, I have managed to load the file into it, but how to…
... s an "mgt". I'm trying to run it in ... in emulators before but usually disk images autostart, but this ... 't. There's no "Disk Loader" or "TR-DOS" ... "Tape Loader", "128 Basic", "Calculator", "48 BASIC" and "Tape Tester", ... I go into 128 basic and type something to ... -
Utility to read/write to memory cards formatted for +3EThis post comes from [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25658]this thread[/url]. I've released a small command-line utility…
... partition. It does not modify BASIC loaders in any way, so ... is responsible for customizing the BASIC loader to properly load the ... this posting), and while I'm currently using it to perform ... /> Features:
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How to use MGT disks on the emulatorDear readers, you may think I'm a bit silly, but I can't get the emulator (Spectaculator for instance) working with MGT image files. I have had a r…
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you may think I'm a bit silly, but I ... past, and I remember the BASIC usage, but it doesn't ... .g. Alchnews Issue disk
- Checking that the disk is really inserted ...
- Typing RUN: The disk loader images flickers
Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…
... sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example:
20 LET m=4
30 IF m=4 THEN GO ... /> 40 FOR i=5 TO m
50 PRINT #i;RND ...
200 LET m=m+1
210 %accept #m,4
220 ... write a web server in BASIC now :-)Amstrad FD-1 - Does not acknowledge inserted diskI picked up another Amstrad FD-1 drive not long ago. It's in very clean condition, but has one major fault. Turning on the drive, and then the +3 th…
... :" [ENTER] the +3 thinks no disk has been inserted, and I ... tells the +3 that a disk has been inserted, and if ... so I know what I'm looking for before taking the ...looking for best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, udg basedhi all! I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like those from zx-spectrum mags, made at mid 80's I'm looking fo…
... /> I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games ... mid 80's
I'm looking for these games mostly ...Residos - Shared Disk QueryHi all, I want to create a shared disk under residos, Garry's explanation he gives in his documentation concerning creating 'shared' disks I find so…
... want to create a shared disk under residos, Garry's explanation ... 50% to IDEDOS and 50% disk space for fat filesystem.
basic to format the CF card ...Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any ... that can be called from Basic but uses 64 or maybe ... 32?
I'm creating small Basic programs that allow me ... 's easy to call from Basic? Thanks!Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
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Hi folks, I'm a machine code novice who ... knowledge of ZX Spectrum basic, and the ZX Spin ... before returning to BASIC
;return score to BASIC
... as 15 lines of mainly grey text.
The ... code function called from basic will return the value ...Spectrum +3 suspected memory faultHi, I've been using my +3 for the first time in a while and found that some games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes cr…
... of Power Drift, one from disk, one from tape, and both ... tested the first 48K in BASIC by poking and peeking, and ... />
Also, I have a grey +2 that gives a completely ...EPYX 21 Disk only?[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013360"]EPYX 21[/URL] It says in the archive 'Only available on disk/microdrive', yet I have …
... the archive 'Only available on disk/microdrive', yet I have a ... in a bit.
I'm willing to upload any files ...The Archon Collection (Disk)I'm about to sell a half-working +3 disk of this game (Side A: Archon - Loads, Side B: Adept - Doesn't) to a geeza in Canada. Then I see that a disk…
I'm about to sell a half-working +3 disk of this game ... . Then I see that a disk image isn't present in ... it worth me posting the disk to the Preservation peeps first ...Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... then a routine in BASIC (yeah, I'm a masochist :P ) would ... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... using another small m.c. ... routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…
... Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to ... can't seem to get basic to load the extra code ... get them to load of disk and work only in 48k ... and the screen appears the basic stack gets corrupted and you ...Which ZX Spectrum setup?I'm building a semi-pro laser setup, with.. a ZX Spectrum as controller! [url]http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1297705[/url] (I'm no…
I'm building a semi-pro ... list_messages/1297705[/url]
(I'm not the topicstarter of that ... to find out what I'm doing, even if it ... ZX Spectrum 48K, 128K, +2 (grey), +2B
b. DivIDE (lots ... output parallel data from 48K Basic, and both DivIDE firmwares are ...Spectaculator Disk WizardI'm looking to back up my Plus D disks to my PC (running XP). The Spectaculator 'Help' refers to the Disk Wizard, but it's greyed out in the Tools m…
I'm looking to back up my ... Spectaculator 'Help' refers to the Disk Wizard, but it's greyed ...Sorting through my collectionI've been busy sorting, checking and cataloging all of my Sinclair collection. There are a few things I have so far that are not in the WOS archive. …
... . This is only available as disk/microdrive according to archive. I ... 'm going to TZX this when ... Advanced Flight Trainer (Manual) only basic instructions available in archive, I ... inlays/boxes etc..
I'm not sure how I go ...Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.
I've got ... : LET a$="N O R M A L": LET y=143 ... /> 380 INK 2: LET a$="M": LET y=48: LET x ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
1450 PRINT ...ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…
... after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished.
m usually on IRC at #spin ...hdfmonkey - a Swiss Army Knife for HDF disk imagesThis is a spin-off from my recent experiments on ESXDOS. If you want to play with the DivIDE (or other Speccy hard disk interfaces) under emulation, …
... (or other Speccy hard disk interfaces) under emulation, you ... firmwares for Speccy hard disk interfaces will be supporting ... games/ directory of your disk so that you can load ... can even format the disk with a freshly minted ... the moment and I'm not sure why. One ...Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…
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I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 ...Super Hang On (Speedlock deprotector program needed)Hello all, I been looking into finding a way of decrypting the speedlock on Super Hang On. I want to create a deprotected tap version of the game, w…
... (non headerless), and with unprotected basic loader.
I ... the WOS archives, but I'm not asking for a copy ... loader (non headerless) with unprotected basic loader...
Anyone ... to insert the original SP7 disk) which kinda sucks.
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