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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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b00mzi11a - where is he?I transferred money for the xbox to his account nearly 3 weeks ago, since then he's dropped off the 'net. I don't want to jump to assumptions as he'…
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Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
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-** Egghead Iv - Cassette Version Now Available **-In case anyone wants the official cassette version of Jonathan's excellent EGGHEAD IV, it's now available from the Cronosoft website. Price is ?1.99…
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
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Sir Clive hints at a return to computersFrom [url]www.designweek.co.uk[/url] "Sinclair hints at a return to computers Published: Jul 2006 Sir Clive Sinclair is designing more transport-led…
... a decent built in basic and about the size of the original ...Prince of Persia in an actual Spectrum?Prince of Persia is one the best games programmed for our Speccy in the last 10 years, but I think originally was written for TR Dos, although there …
... rather simple credit in the BASIC loader.
Anyway, I ... from TAP version, the game size is about 200k. Maybe with ...Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... is in fact a full size back buffer being used.
The engine is really double-buffering taken to the limit ...Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... is in fact a full size back buffer being used.
The engine is really double-buffering taken to the limit ...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…
... , had a friendly version of Basic for people interested in learning ... ), had a decent version of basic, and was half the cost ... bother including a version of basic that was able to access ... processor speed to video ram size hadn't been where it ...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…
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1) the size. C64 are big to me ... use.
4) the basic. I like much the zx ... basic in comparation with the ... poor c6a basic.
5) graphic commands ... games. I like more the basic.
cpc664 was very ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... 2k to your program's size. puts_cons, on the ... level functions to do basic input and output. You ... it relies on the Basic interrupt routine to scan ... wanted to stop running Basic's interrupt routine and ... working. This is because Basic's interrupt routine scanned ...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…
... had a strong version of basic (better that anything offered by ... a beginner. The version of basic was excellent and I found ... cpu power to video display size is about at the sweet ... a really weak version of basic. The disk system was the ...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…
... /> Even if a larger sample size were used for comparing the ... the speccy but when in double speed mode would be up ...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…
... recall seeing speed comparisons for basic. Are you sure that wasn ... a notoriously slow version of Basic...
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... double buffering like that on the Tandy Color Computer even in BASIC ...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…
... double buffering like that on the Tandy Color Computer even in BASIC ...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…
... easy to animate graphics in Basic if you have hardware sprites ... .
The CoCo had BASIC functions for blitting but they ... and I always ended up double buffering to eliminate flicker.
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…
... easy to animate graphics in Basic if you have hardware ... sprites in several versions of BASIC (e.g. Hisoft's ... Compiler and Ocean's Laser BASIC) on the Spectrum. They ... do with the built in BASIC, but I've seen ... requirements for the number and size of them, so they' ...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…
... is, why have a Trabant (BASIC) if you can have easily ... (Pascal)??
Would the size / overheads of Pascal have prevented ...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…
... little more complex than ZX BASIC - wasn't the ... Rom was 32K in size, beautiful Basic in the machine too ... the numbering but SAM Basic is actually more or less ... Beta Basic 4 with MasterBasic being ... Beta Basic 5. So soo many ...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…
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As for your question, BASIC was a better choice, imo ... problem, with a small memory size. Many procedures and functions needed ...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…
... one of advantages: other is size of programm.
There are ... , it is lack of Sinclair Basic - such functions are present in ...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…
... of advantages: other is size of programm.
There ... it is lack of Sinclair Basic - such functions are present ... I never wrote a BASIC program that was too ... to write them in Sinclair BASIC, albeit a *lot* ... manipulation, but surely no BASIC in the early/mid ...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…
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