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  • How to draw a picture on ZX Spectrum Basic?How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662

    How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662
    DerekAutista DerekAutista December 2016 Games
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b]
    a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.< ... />
    First, we will draw a player on screen:

    basic has its Y coordinate first ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • A new Basic manualWith all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc. What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?

    With all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc.

    What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?
    chop983 chop983 October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Crazy stuff - a tree grows inside someone's lungs[url]http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tree-Found-In-Lung-Seed-Sprouted-Inside-Russian-Mans-Chest/Article/200904315262048?f=rss[/url] wow …

    [url]http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tree-Found-In-Lung-Seed-Sprouted-Inside-Russian-Mans-Chest/Article/200904315262048?f=rss[/url]

    wow this guy inhaled a tree seed and it grew in his lung!
    torot torot April 2009 Chit chat
  • Deathchase improvementsI have spent the last couple of months bringing out an "enhanced" version of Deathchase which I called "Deathchase 2012". Unfortunately because it us…

    ... . Just make it work as a "patch" instead.
    < ... br /> More specifically: create a tape (TZX) file that will ... to exist in the tree world map, but it ...
    I have learnt a lot by examining how Deathchase ... the motivation to draw a tree at 26 different heights!
    Jimmy Jimmy May 2012 New game ideas
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    ... Spectrum Games Master. Its a great start thanks for that ... its supposed to let you draw a title page for the game ... Idea is you design a screen then break the program ... book.. plus im still a bit unsure how to use ... ;"*"
    50 LET A$=INKEY$: IF A$="" THEN GO TO 50 ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…

    This is a very, very sily idea. ...
    I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is ... leaves feedback, that is a comment about the vendors serivce ... to write a message.

    So, what BASIC program can ... -----

    So, too keep a sad retro-collector happy can ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…

    I'm thinking a lot of it and ... t find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, ...
    1. Easy-to-use BASIC with editor separated from listing ... allows using PRINT AT to draw a game screen. Draws 8x8 ... and easier then PLOT and DRAW.

    3. Good ...
    kmatveev kmatveev June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Complex DRAW command?After looking at some Speccy code I noticed that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or it looked that way). On the Coco, the LINE command was…

    ... that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or ... was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement was ... position isn't updated after draw)
    B = blank ... don't draw)

    "U8R8D8L8" would draw a square 8 ... adding 3D animation to a BASIC program.
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... />
    It also has a tiny (basic) TZX library (to save standard ... moment), and a minimalistic BASIC tokenizer to generate ZX Spectrum BASIC programs (used ... complete sdk can generate a .tzx file with a basic loader which loads ...
    boriel boriel April 2008 Development
  • Fastest way to decide which pixel to paint in order to draw a straight line(after I saw "Bresenhams circle algorithm" in development forum, I decided to ask this in here) in fact, I want to accelerate a car towards a direct…

    ... , I want to accelerate a car towards a direction.

    car ... position in every iteration, so a new path/pixel must be ... method to do this in basic?
    Arda Arda September 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If ... I have a picture made ... thought of using a matrix of A (x,y,a,b), where ... the routine would skip PLOT, DRAW a,b and jump to the ... ways to do this in BASIC.

    And I ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate ... way to implement a'la vector font in BASiC.

    I ... /> 210 PLOT 20,165: DRAW 0,-145: DRAW 225,0
    220 ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Have I got a mystery for you!All morning I worked on this set of 12 UDG's to draw a better looking tank. I created the UDG's and wrote the program in Basic using BASin for Beginn…

    ... of 12 UDG's to draw a better looking tank. I created ... and wrote the program in Basic using BASin for Beginners after ... I saved it as a .sna file for a 48k machine.
    a static picture of the tank ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…

    ... br /> The conversion is a very basic colour guessing conversion, so ... /> you could draw them into a spectrum 8x8 format ... .

    * in BASIC:
    POKE 49157, : RAND ... * or in assembly:
    ld a,
    call 49158
    ...
    Timmy Timmy November 2018 Development
  • Is it possible to run a single BASIC line via a ROM CALL of the Standard ZX 48k ROM?On: https://cygnus.speccy.cz/popis_trdos-assembler.php I found the following code: [code] CHADD equ 23645 ; Location of SOS variable CHADD ld…

    ... SAVE or adress LOAD via a CALL to TRDOS/Betadisk-ROM ... TRDOS v5).

    Could a BASIC Commandline like:
    PRINT "Hello ... World"
    be runned on a similar way with the standard ...
    Luzie Luzie October 2019 Development
  • Is there a simple way to type a Spectrum BASIC Program into notepad, save, then open in emulator?Hello. I have two emulators 1 under linux:- Fuse. 1 under windows 7 :- spin, also downloaded and run zx-editor. I just want to be able to type in …

    ... be able to type in a BASIC program using notepad or editor ... files.
    However, loading in a basic file from notepad or zx ... wrappers.
    i cannot find a simple guide to explain. Open ...
    rholduser rholduser March 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Pascalated BASIC for those who do not have a Spectrum NextHere is a Pascalated BASIC converter for those who do not have a Spectrum Next: http://arcalusitana.fun/MuseuZX/Pascalated_BASIC/index.html

    Here is a Pascalated BASIC converter for those who do not have a Spectrum Next:

    http://arcalusitana.fun/MuseuZX/Pascalated_BASIC/index.html
    zarsoft zarsoft December 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • URGENT programming question !I've gotta draw a line from machine code using the standard routine at 24B7, which expects the delta-X and delta-Y values on the BASIC stack. I put t…

    I've gotta draw a line from machine code using ... delta-Y values on the BASIC stack. I put these values ... by calling 2D2B (BC -> BASIC stack). However, it seems that ... . Anyone know how to put a negative BC on the BASIC stack ?
    GOC GOC July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic Compilers and My Compressor CodeAs I mentioned in another thread I'm currently writing a set of compression routines for saving +3 disk space. I've done the first stage (write the …

    ... I'm currently writing a set of compression routines ... (write the things in basic to check the logic) ... 've written it in basic first rather than jumping ... in the direction of a good basic compiler and give ... Anyone know if there is a debugger suite for Z80 assembler ...
    BuzzinRich BuzzinRich September 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic problems with +3Hi everybody, sometimes ago I bought the ZX Spectrum +3. Currently I have some questions, to verify my thinking. 1. How I can easy copy the ZX Spec…

    ... know, I have to make a loader (basic file) with will load ... my understanding, I should have a running tool on the +3 ... /> 3. How I can make a bootable disk for +3 ?
    idrive idrive April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…

    ... jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone ... that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it ... ! oh yes, i do know a little basic, but not much.
    from a 14 year old.
    miner_willy miner_willy October 2004 Games
  • An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…

    ... looking at a site a while ago where a guy built ... used a PIC and looked like a bit of a pain in ... said that it is a fairly basic protocol that runs on ... protocol, simply made of a PIC microcontroller to decode ... speccy would understand and a MAX232 line driver to ...
    KeepGood KeepGood October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • (Basic) Sinclair BASIC mode for EmacsI saw this [URL=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14622]post[/URL] regarding a Sinclair BASIC editing mode along with some Fuse …

    ... =14622]post[/URL] regarding a Sinclair BASIC editing mode along with some ... stuff. There's a mode for Sinclair Basic with syntax highlighting, which ... some Lisp to send the BASIC listing across to Fuse, which ...
    JamesW JamesW February 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • uMIA: Digilog Basic-kompilator (MicroSolver series)As the subject says.. This is a Swedish Basic compiler from Digilog Software (not listed at all in Infoseek). Comes in a spiral binder with manual in…

    ... subject says.. This is a Swedish Basic compiler from Digilog Software (not ... all in Infoseek). Comes in a spiral binder with manual in ... Swedish and a tape holding both 16K and ...
    osgorth osgorth February 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Printing UDGs in BASICAfter looking a little through Winer Milly's code, it struck me that I might be able to speed up my Cybernoid editor by replacing: FOR a=0 TO 31: PR…

    ... TO 31: PRINT CHR$32+a : NEXT a

    with ... etc

    Is there a control character # that switches to ... the BASIC program in a Text Editor (TextMate with a Sinclar Basic plugin ... ).

    EDIT:
    Actually, maybe a ...
    48K 48K March 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Me, the party and a friends wife..deep do doI was very drunk at a party on Saturday night and so was a friends wife. To cut to the chase we were caught coming out the bathroom together. We did …

    ... night and so was a friends wife. To cut ... but eventually we agreed to draw a line over it.
    ...
    Until now...Just had a call from wife, the people ... husband are going on a camping holiday in 3 ... us were going to share a large multiberth tent.
    ...
    IN31 IN31 April 2007 Chit chat
  • ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…

    ... device using a simple ? easy to learn ? language called BASIC. You switch ... "Visual Basic" works.
    In my eyes "Visual Basic" is not a "BASIC" at ... all because Basic means: ?[U ...
    ingo ingo October 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceHi. I do most of my ZX work on a grey-case +2 which, as we all know, is devoid of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and stuff, but not much…

    ... of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD ... when I need to edit BASIC - I usually resort to ... if anyone knows of a 48k BASIC key-to-Keyword reference ... .

    For example, a couple entries would be:
    Anyone know of such a thing? Or do I need ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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