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  • How times change!PHP error message:- [quote] Warning: Unknown(): Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advise…

    ...
    [/quote]

    Sinclair Basic meaning - Variable Not Found.
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty December 2005 Chit chat
  • esxDOS v0.8.8 releasedFrom: http://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=679 [quote] lordcoxis: esxDOS v0.8.8 has been officially released. Grab it at http://www.esxdos.o…

    ... to SAVE command

    Variable support in GO TO command ... )
    [05/04/2020] BASIC: Added variable support in GO TO command ... . Slump)
    [07/04/2020] BASIC: Added BIN variant to SAVE ...
    Luzie Luzie May 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    ... be invoked by setting a BASIC string variable, and then executing RANDOMIZE ... the contents of that string variable sideways.

    However, as ... exact name of the needed variable is, to demonstrate the program ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2007 Games
  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    ... at wire-rate into a BASIC string variable, and deal with it ... /> It could be that the BASIC ROM routines are very inefficient ...
    trellis trellis June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    ... at wire-rate into a BASIC string variable, and deal with it ... /> It could be that the BASIC ROM routines are very inefficient ...
    guesser guesser June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…

    ... ]

    In Spectrum BASIC all variable names are converted and stored ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…

    ... =Einar Saukas;486168]In Spectrum BASIC all variable names are converted and ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... general problem of binding a BASIC string variable to any user-specified ... /> The string slicing feature of BASIC using ( TO ) could also be ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Omitting LETAn untested thought. Changing: [code]1B34 SUB $CE ; Reduce command code by $CE to ; give 00 to 31 for comman…

    ... wondered if declaring a variable with "LET" would ... compatibility with earlier BASIC programs which enforced ... define variable types, in Locomotive BASIC a variable which ... hasn't been defined is a variable ... s a variable of type REAL. :)
    CP/M User CP/M User December 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …

    ... by having to update a third variable every time the object moves ...
    joefish joefish June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …

    ... by having to update a third variable every time the object moves ...
    ccowley ccowley June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…

    ... There was no equivalent RAMTOP BASIC system variable on the ZX80. However ... , since the BASIC ROM sets the ... some kind of overlays on BASIC is forbidden. [/quote]
    ... ]can[/b] overwrite existing BASIC lines from a merged program ...
    GReW GReW March 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…

    ... /> There was no equivalent RAMTOP BASIC system variable on the ZX80. However ... , since the BASIC ROM sets the stack ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone March 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Red Dead RedemptionHave found a lot more incoming information about this game, and as I think it's going to be a pretty massive hit, decided to give it it's own thread.…

    ... /> Red Dead Revolver was a basic third person shooter from what I ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob May 2017 Chit chat
  • Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…

    ... year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording ... as well as a number variable in 2030
    320 LET ... : CLS
    410 REM *** Upper third Menu area ***
    420 PLOT ... cosmetically.
    780 REM *** now draw window top/bottom ***
    790 ...
    RetroPhase2014 RetroPhase2014 December 2015 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…

    ... 210 PLOT 20,165: DRAW 0,-145: DRAW 225,0
    ... PRINT ""
    770 PRINT " ORIENTATION VARIABLE. "
    780 PRINT ""
    ... ""
    970 PRINT "THICKNESS VARIABLE."
    980 PRINT ""
    ... 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…

    ... /showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL], and finally ... be stored int the system variable COORDS.
    [*]Plot ...
    [CODE]
    ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; DRAW using Bresenham's algorithm and ...
    boriel boriel December 2010 Development
  • 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…

    ... update the timer in system variable FRAMES. Since 0x38 lies ... There are a (very) few third-party peripherals that could generate ... rate.
    [*] The Basic system's interrupt routine at ... * d4f5 - d4f6 SP1.LIB sprite draw function table (indexed by type ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…

    ... are stripped off as in basic when INT() is used ( ... function we've managed to draw the shifted mountain graphic ... "mtn_rotateLeft" this time, to draw this last bit of mountain ... /> [/code]

    The global variable "g_uchar0" gets an attribute consisting ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2007 Development
  • BUZZSAW+ Demo No. 3Right, another demo of BUZZSAW+. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap"]Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap[/URL] The default con…

    ... tolerance of it is highly variable.[/QUOTE]

    I'm ... and sometimes you have to draw the graphics in "pieces" so ... course I did it in Basic. It was too slow. I ... the lower half or lower third of the screen.

    Sadako Sadako June 2010 Development
  • Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…

    ... a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using ... the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying ... have multiple action descriptions, but BASIC will only let me use ... , it is stored in a variable. If the command matches one ...
    pottyboy pottyboy November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW commands ... text to my box but basic seems to position text in ... should be in the Spectrum Basic section.. I didnt see it ...
    javaguy javaguy August 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 …

    ... Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control ... of an IN in a variable, something like this:

    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.

    What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic.




    Andrew.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk October 2006 Development
  • The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…

    ... in mixed BASIC and Compiled BASIC (the pure BASIC part is ... and forth, the Compiled BASIC part is the game itself ... music file. Playing it from BASIC is easy:

    ... call the player if a variable is set. I have ... to hook it to the BASIC ISR.

    ...
    na_th_an na_th_an November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 completely ... position isn't updated after draw)
    B = blank ... don't draw)

    "U8R8D8L8" would draw a square ... 3D animation to a BASIC program.
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... mode? I am coding the BASIC program in a Text Editor ... (TextMate with a Sinclar Basic plugin).

    EDIT:
    variable around so that it points ...
    48K 48K March 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • +3dos BASIC Headers - Char and Number ArraysHi. I'm almost ready to release the first beta of "3eExplorer" my utility for extracting files from a +3e HDD/CF image. It's actually going quite w…

    ... +3DOS file header the "+3 BASIC header data" is the same ... a .TAP file...[CODE]+3 BASIC header:
    0x0f : Type
    variable of the stored data - for ...
    icabod icabod July 2007 Development
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…

    ... />
    [CODE]
    SINCLAIR BASIC Keyword Reference

    The ... D REM : K : E
    DRAW : K : W RESTORE : E : ... colours within strings in a BASIC listing.

    ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • New and updated software for ResiDOSI've posted an update to the TapeIO package for ResiDOS. This includes a couple of bugfixes and an enhanced listing in the %TAPELIST command, showing…

    ... %TAPELIST command, showing array variable names, BASIC autorun line numbers and CODE ... ]
    [*]Tasword 2
    [*]Melbourne Draw
    [*]Picturesque Code Machine Monitor ...
    glancaster glancaster June 2008 Announcements
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