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Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... price, and excellent (in comparison) BASIC. Seeing games like ATIC ATAC ... . The BBC has a great fast BASIC language and built in assembler ... -
What would you pay for a brand new Spectrum?I wanted to know if there was a market for new hardware, like the DTV-64.
... dull game parts, or 6x fast BASIC)
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Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
... Shack systems had a pretty fast BASIC due to this. I'm ... /> 3. An aftermarket Atari BASIC added a FAST command that caused the ... the slowest parts of most BASIC interpreters. The other big ... some programs over the original BASIC ROMs. Just reducing or improving ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... way to get a usable, fast BASIC is to port the ROM ... remake could be written in BASIC without having to resort to ... -
BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
... multiple graphic modes.
Fast Basic - one that allowed proper functions ... -
BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
... multiple graphic modes.
Fast Basic - one that allowed proper functions ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... rave reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had to ... compilers would just turn your BASIC into a series of calls ... would spot patterns in your BASIC and know how to turn ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... rave reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had to ... graphics commands you get in BASIC.
On the whole ... -
Developing on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)Ok, so I decided to install Ubuntu as my main OS, but keep XP as a bootable partition just in case I err mess up Ubuntu, :) I also have XP VM in Virt…
... host OS). For example, SE Basic is a viable alternative to ... if you're after a fast BASIC editor. It's not as ... -
The SAM CoupeDoes anyone own one of these? I remember being jealous of a friend who bought one of these machines which had a disk that made the system compatible …
... very fine machine with excellent BASIC which lacks only a good ... .
The fact, it has BASIC in ROM, made the SAM ... without a disc, and the BASIC dialects that came with the ... good too (I have now FaST BASIC-Module and STOS). So SAM ... -
Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…
... be surprised to learn how fast BASIC can be when programmed properly ... Miner purely in BASIC... And it was almost as fast as the ... -
Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…
... be surprised to learn how fast BASIC can be when programmed properly ... Miner purely in BASIC... And it was almost as fast as the ... -
Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…
... be surprised to learn how fast BASIC can be when programmed properly ... Miner purely in BASIC... And it was almost as fast as the ... can even get close!
BASIC itself can do quite a ... the speed at which BBC Basic can animate game graphics on ... -
What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…
... it for the Speccy, the fast BASIC and built-in assembler would ... -
Could ELITE's wireframe graphics be improvedWas watching this video last night comparing the BBC and Spectrum version of Elite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4OAteeGWs It seems that the…
... fast as a C64. It still had a hell of a fast BASIC ... -
How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
Nippy = fast . Basic functions are not fast. If you don't need ... . If you are dependent on basic functions what happens if the ... -
Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem (to me) that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to wr…
... that you're not using BASIC? I can relate to that ... was possible to have "really fast basic" back in the day without ... guess your point stands that BASIC is would make more sense ... -
BASIC compilersI'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so I'm in a fix now since my BASIC…
I'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle ... the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so ... a fix now since my BASIC program uses the SAVE and ... handles almost all of BASIC commands and generates fairly fast code too? -
Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…
... loads the game too fast so you actually cannot ... to actually edit the loading BASIC program somehow. I have ... can see, there are 2 "BASIC" blocks, the first one ... br />
The second "BASIC" block at the end of ... to build a new BASIC loader that loads up ... -
CellularBasicPro - enhanced BASIC interpreter for mobile phones and devicesDownload location : [url]http://code.google.com/p/cellularbasicpro/downloads/list[/url] Features of cellularBasicPro include : - Extensive mathem…
... Color (RGB) color graphics.
- Fast double buffered graphics support.
- Large BASIC programs support.
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ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
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I've done some fast trig and square root stuff ... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ... add-in functions for the basic compiler to make it more ... -
fast font engine possible?inspired by the recent "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and having done some of the work on this in the past i wonder if it …
... "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and ... is possible to have a fast raster font engine on ... character width). this would enable fast 8-bit calculations for measure_font ... experience ... do you believe ultra-fast draw_text could be made using ... -
New Game: Spiker: Basic TrainingThis is a new game for 128K spectrums inspired by the Spectrum spaceship mascot thread here on WOS. Even if you hate the game, it is worth loading up…
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to this: your "[U]Basic Training[/U]."
to pass your basic training. You've got three ... you:
1. Blue = fast bullets
2. Red = faster ... ://blackjet.co.uk/spectrum/Spiker:-Basic-Training/[/url]
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fastest Sound FX methods in ZX BASIC?Right now I'm doing an alternating footstep sound in my game using this following Beep statement. [code]beep 0.008,-4 + tog+tog+tog+tog : let tog=1-…
... able to get out of BASIC, but it still slows down ... sound, or some sort of fast sound?
Could I ... do music and sounds from BASIC? My emulator (Spectacular) emulates those ... -
Fast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…
... routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in ... wholesome in writing them in BASIC
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Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... Heels. The routine is quite fast and returns a reasonable random ... instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... return that value to the BASIC program.
As ... br />
Here's the BASIC timing routine which I use ... -
BASIC compo on our Facebook page - join in, win cash!1st - will receive £50 2nd - will receive £20 It's been a few years since our game competition, so I think its time for another! This time t…
... the player to reach a fast enough momentum to beat a ... code must be 100% Sinclair BASIC no MC***
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How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…
... am messing around with a fast stack copying routine.
But ... when I later return to basic.
I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ... -
What's this racing game?Hi 2 everyone who likes Spectrum. Does anyone know what was the name of this RACING game. It was 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum ba…
... . It used the ZX Spectrum basic font (you know what i ... WAS OUT OF CONTROL, TOO FAST.
Something like this ... -
Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game.
There are 63 points available this time.
You can either email your completed answers (along ...
