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  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... (one row each), and print level data line by line ... Egg 2"[/url], I print the entire screen with a ... single PRINT statement, using a single ... Result, it prints stupidly fast for BASIC and you even get a ... it by reading a BASIC listing in one of ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn March 2011 Games
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... Egg 2"[/url], I print the entire screen with a ... single PRINT statement, using a single ... Result, it prints stupidly fast for BASIC and you even get a ... it by reading a BASIC listing in one of ... m quite fond of these BASIC platformers, I've been ...
    R-Tape R-Tape March 2011 Games
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... a *PRINT command that one could add to ZX BASIC.[/QUOTE]
    fast PRINT code and hook a stream ... up to it. Then PRINT #n;"some text" to use ...
    chev chev June 2012 Development
  • Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…

    ... have a tap of the basic program I wouldn't ... It's too bad a fast print using can't be done ... .

    [code]
    BASIC listing in .BAS = 27,587 ...
    BASIC program in RAM = 19,613 ... />
    Of course the basic program also has a 16k ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2016 Brand new software
  • pixel exact printingis there a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the rom code or using a completely new routine? so that print at x,x works more like…

    If you want fast print in pure Basic, then you need custom fonts.< ... on where you need to print, calculate which copy of scrolled ... change sysvar holding font address. Print new text with OVER. Don ... 't forget print two lines, if text does ...
    Bedazzle Bedazzle January 2022 Development
  • Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…

    ... !

    2000AD used to print basic programs. And I'm sure ...
    Mikal Mikal August 2003 Games
  • Getting basic program listings into a text fileHi - can anyone tell me if there is an easy way of getting basic program listings out of an (any) Spectrum emulator and into a text file on your PC? …

    ... as input and produces a BASIC program listing as a plain ... you to view and/or print BASIC listings from a ZX Spectrum ...
    Golfareninsweden Golfareninsweden June 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • can someone make manic miner in b.a.s.i.c (oh, the horrors!)can someone make manic miner (or it's first level) in b.a.s.i.c . yes i know this is stupid, but i would like to know what would happen! from matthew

    That`s remarkably fast for basic, pleasantly surprised, although it`s very very tricky to control and it doesn`t seem to wanna jump when your not pressing left orright first/ at same time.
    CKay CKay October 2004 Games
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... this game. Well, it is fast for BASIC. :D

    If ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn May 2008 Development
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... windows programs with a super fast spectrum basic tool would be pant ...
    ASH-II ASH-II August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • best antivirus softwareHi folks Any tips on trustworthy - and if possible free! - antivirus software? My wife and I seem to have been stung by antimal and our other lapto…

    ... also very good as a fast but basic browser, but it has ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2011 Chit chat
  • best antivirus softwareHi folks Any tips on trustworthy - and if possible free! - antivirus software? My wife and I seem to have been stung by antimal and our other lapto…

    ... also very good as a fast but basic browser, but it has ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler January 2011 Chit chat
  • ZX SPIN (P and newer) issue.Why, oh, why doesn't Spin work ... (Let's just leave it at that, shall we. -Ed) Anywho ... I extracted it (P and later S) into a folder and then mov…

    ... the job done - Sinclair BASIC on a PC.
    ... BASIC and I thought to myself: "What if CPUs got so fast ... that BASIC would run like Machine ... br />
    Of course, BASIC kind of died as newer ... wanted to make Sinclair BASIC run like the wind.< ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2011 Emulators
  • New game: Dex[b]DEX - A painty-maze game for the 48K/128K Spectrum.[/b] [IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/ip5zeu.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/euqyv6.png[/IMG]…

    ... you say it shows how fast compiled basic is.

    Was ...
    R-Tape R-Tape August 2011 Brand new software
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... in the FAQ) with the fast PRINT code and hook a stream ... up to it. Then PRINT #n;"some text" to use ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston June 2012 Development
  • 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 …

    [QUOTE=WibbleBibble;647421]Its like BASIC was just like a gateway ... solution to slow BASIC, which definitely doesn't provide fast (and I ... mean [i]very[/i] fast) Sinclair BASIC on a PC. It almost ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…

    ... 10, and I typed in BASIC listings from magazines. Then we ... was already writing bits of BASIC but the moment I saw ... on the BBC Micro in BASIC (the pinnacle of the language ... on the Amiga in a fast compilable BASIC that I forget the ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay March 2014 Development
  • A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…

    ... OUT 254,24 repeatedly from BASIC, you'l find it generates ... tone because that's as fast as BASIC can run. (It also ...
    joefish joefish December 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…

    ... two arcade games in BBC BASIC for the Arc and got ... World. That is how fast the BASIC was on the Arc, this ...
    Luny Luny December 2017 BASIC
  • Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…

    ... work, and full of advanced BASIC techniques. Really interesting to study ... screen can be redrawn that fast in BASIC.

    Overall the ... you use the typically ZX81 BASIC definitions of integers e.g ...
    patters patters April 2019 Brand new software
  • Print routine for BASIC (or BASin)For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initia…

    ... crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import ... to initialise the stream, then PRINT #4; AT y,x; etc ...
    Woody Woody October 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... />
    I've done some fast trig and square root stuff ... 's also a 42 char print library option.

    Sadly ... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • 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 well ... -st)*100+0.5)/100: PRINT #0;" Time=";time;" secs":
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 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…

    ... message.

    So, what BASIC program can you write in ... far is;

    10 PRINT "Good E-Bayer" : 20 GOTO ... me this;

    10 PRINT FLASH 1; "Good buyer",FLASH ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …

    Write a program in BASIC as short as possible that ... on KEYPRESSED

    10 PRINT "PRESS A KEY" : PAUSE 0 ... : PRINT "KEYPRESSED"

    But now ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Basic compiler for PC?I know we all can use BASin to play for a while in a little window. But... What about creating a 80x86 EXE program from scratch using Sinclair Basic…

    ... program from scratch using Sinclair Basic? You know, the ATTR(), LET ... /> 10 INPUT b
    20 PRINT b

    You could ... plan to do) any Sinclair BASIC compiler for the '86 range ...
    Marcelo Marcelo September 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • 42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…

    ... for ideas - mainly towards short BASIC and/or m/c routines ... travels I have come across 'Print Utilities,' a release from the ... text. I've studied the BASIC part of this for a ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 February 2004 Development
  • Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…

    ... sprites would work from compiled basic, so results will be even ... USA.

    stuff like Print 'n' Plotter ART o' Matic ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Games
  • 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?
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Sinclair Basic
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