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deCyphernoid: Cybernoid editor release threadFollowing on from the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14711"]development thread[/URL], the Cybernoid editor I have been …
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The editor is written 100% in BASIC and developed using a modern ... /showthread.php?t=14622"]Sinclair BASIC plugin[/URL]) and emulator ... the first program I've written in over 15 years. My ... any general comments/bug reports in this thread.
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Best beginners guideHi folks One of the girls in work is looking towards learning the very basics(1) of programming. She has never written any type of program or even a…
... programming. She has never written any type of program ... programs written in Sinclair Basic (in the forums somewhere) and explained in very ... Basin and downloaded "Beginning BASIC With The ZXSpectrum" for ... are there any plain written, assuming nothing, books ... -
A few questions about machine codeOh no... another noob. I'm giving my first steps in assembler (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article explaining that if I wan…
... (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article ... registers if I call a routine from the spectrum rom, because ... . I still see registers as BASIC variables, and I want to ... -
The hunt for a game in Welsh!Just out of pure curiosity, were any Speccy games or apps ever made in Welsh? I was earlier performing an "Advanced Search" of the archive, and noti…
... games or apps ever made in Welsh?
I was ... ever was a speccy title written in Welsh?
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line editing in emulatorhi, it's been a very very long time since i messed around in basic on the speccy.. wrote a couple of games back then on the original machine.. and w…
... time since i messed around in basic on the speccy..
wrote ... ? how come there's lines in my listing which i cannot ... get a low pitched beep in return..
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It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... the Speccy ROM gets paged in.
- 0x3C00-0x3CFF ... interpreting the line of BASIC at CH_ADD. As ... that's normally illegal in BASIC into a program.
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Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
I remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to ... a way to optimize this routine and make it work without ... similar routine, but with bytes instead of characters.
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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…
... lists the keywords available in Sinclair BASIC
as ... commands in 48k BASIC. The
keywords are listed in ... the various controls available in BASIC using the keyboard.
in specific colours within strings in a BASIC listing.
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Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute BeginnerNot quite sure if this should be in here but here goes. Having never delved into machine code before I thought id have a go at this book and its qui…
... continue anyway. I typed in the ezcode routine. Now ive checked, ... i got no errors in the basic program whatsoever yet when ... i either get C nonscence in basic or 0 OK, 0 ... after i typed it in too if anyone cares ... z80[/url]
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Fantasia Diamond also in DutchI bought a ZX 48K and loaned a game from a friend who doesn't own a Speccy. I got Hewson's 'Fantasia Diamond', because I love text adventures. Anywa…
... /> Anyways, the covers + instructions are written in Dutch. I loaded the game ... , the game is also available in Dutch language.
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Sequel to Earth Shaker released (beta)Hi everyone, 18 years later, I have released a beta of a sequel to my spectrum game 'Earth Shaker'. It is called 'World Shaker', is written in a ret…
... Shaker', is written in a retro style (in Blitz Basic) and runs in Windows.
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CGC 2008 entry... help wanted please!Hi, I've written a BASIC game for the CGC2008. With a limited understanding of the hardware, I've written it in 128 BASIC, but have saved it out as …
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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 saw "Bresenhams circle algorithm" in development forum, I decided to ... ask this in here)
in fact, I want ... pixel. since target changes position in every iteration, so a new ... fastest method to do this in basic? -
Spectrum Ethernet updateWell for those of you who don't follow the news section on the project page, here's a quick update...and a request. Development has slowed a bit, si…
... issues. Everything written so far uses these functions - the in built DHCP ... ...if you have a project in mind, tell me what you ... deal easier!) The simple transfer routine is in ROM.
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Developers developers developers developers developers!OK, I think it's at a stage where someone else can also have a go at doing things with the Spectranet. If you've not been following the hardware foru…
... is. If you're in this situation...well, the ... is programmable from the Spectrum in software) and 128K of ... ve already hinted at this in the Hardware forum, but ... rinkety-dink one I've written as a test, or ... to support socket programming in BASIC but it won't ... -
BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …
... have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year ... there's no easy way in BASIC to make the menu responsive ... course anyone knows any handy BASIC trick.
That ... just modify the already implemented BASIC routine.
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About Chess games & BASICIs it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?
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Questions about registers, stack, etc.I was told that if I wanted to export code and create unprotected versions of games I should do the following: 1-Find the starting address by using …
... -Create a small machine code routine that will set everything according ... to what was found in step 4 and jump to ...
6-Create an unprotected BASIC loader that will load blocks ... necessary and execute the mc routine described in step 5
8-channels music in games/demosHello there. Currently we are working on scrumbling out music engine from ZX-7 editor (8 channels from BEEPER) and using it in your own games or dem…
... Mister_Beep-A_piece_of_disaster.mp3[/url] easily in own programs and for now ... compiler/player. He wrote in some article on the beginning ... fitting music and its procedure in RAM.
For now ... and it works without it, in BASIC, without problems.
Also ...How does the Speccy deal with the Character Set?Hi All, Can anyone spare a little time to explain to me the basic Assembly method of how the Speccy interprets and retrieves Characters to print on …
... to explain to me the basic Assembly method of how the ... Each character then (obviously) lies in a series that follows 8 ... when I see data instructions (written in other programmers source listings) such ... to point at (23606) elsewhere in the listing?
...Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... ret ;Return to BASIC
;Main interrupt routine:
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in BASIC):
jp 56
;Or use this exit routine ...
;Example jump to interrupt routine:
sample_jump
jp interrupt_main ...Cheetah 125 AutofireI have two of these fine joysticks (I never did like the competition pro style) but cannot seem to get the autofire working - switching it on seems t…
... seems to have no effect. In basic the control directions and fire ... software have to be specially written to take advantage of autofire ...The point of fixing a QLHi All Recently picked up an old QL that was in pieces, all the screws are missing and the keyboard membrane is shot, but it does work. Gave the me…
... an old QL that was in pieces, all the screws are ... ? Any good games werent written by amateurs in basic years later, any good ... waste, especially as twenty quid in Australian pesos would get you ...ResiDOS file launcher?Hi As much as I like ResiDOS, has any Divide+ user out there written a file launcher (in basic or m/code), that allows the user to scroll up and dow…
... + user out there written a file launcher (in basic or m/code), that ...Implementing goto on error condition...OK, so when I'm reading a file or directory on a network filesystem, when I reach EOF, it's not actually useful at all for ZX BASIC to stop the progr…
... at all for ZX BASIC to stop the program ... it ends with C Nonsense in BASIC. If you hit BREAK ... course) then prints C Nonsense in BASIC. It's almost like ... if I trap Nonsense in BASIC itself to interpret a ... I exit the EOF handler routine. There must be something ...midibeep - convert .mid files to BEEPsFollowing on from [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27028]the teaser in the Basic forum[/url] the other day, here's the pro…
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It's written in [url=http://www.ruby-lang ... ratio. (I am interested in ways to make the ... . I'm vaguely interested in the possibility of exporting to ... or packaging it up in a more Windows-friendly ...help in making a tzx file from standard speedIn short, I want to create a tzx file from the original Navy Moves & Army Moves compilation, giving that the one in WOS archive has an error on Army …
... (it gives C Nonsense in BASIC, 50:3) and I ... recorded both cassette sides in two separate files. The ... report the very first basic header as a turbo ... />
The fragment in discussion is [url=http://www ... version of the very first basic header & program).
Req' Help with Random numbersHello all, im new to the forum, i hope im putting this in the right place ... I would like to ask a question in the hope someone will be able to as…
... i hope im putting this in the right place ...
... a little about zx basic programming but this problem ... would like to write in Basic, a routine that can choose at ... as random as spectrum basic can), a series of ... to store them in an array in the order they ...Z80 'EXX' ConfusionI was working on a little Z80 routine last evening, and, having run out of registers, resorted to sticking one of the values into a memory location a…
... working on a little Z80 routine last evening, and, having run ... .
I got the routine working, but then wondered if ... , but ran into trouble. My routine would run and apparently do ... minimal code gives a 'Nonsense in BASIC' error!
Here's ...Feelin' kinda proud of myselfOkay, it has bugs. But I kludged it together about 10 mins after getting the sprite thing to actually work. [url]http://britlion.googlepages.com/Spr…
... for Boriel's ZX Basic compiler. (Join in at [url]www.boriel ... to have clean IM2 stuff in it, it seems.
written in a form of basic that isn't ... completely alien to sinclair basic users. I love this compiler ...
