-
Don't forget about a priority of GAMEAll of us were united with this site, which name ? World of Spectrum ? speaks that it applies for being considered as storehouse of all Spectrum-prog…
... is mostly the product of Martijn's efforts, so ... to put hard-to-find-out-of-former-USSR games ...
As a matter of fact, I've contributed myself ... /> 3) The WoS archive contains a lot of superb ... of hearing of, let alone playing them. Of course there's a lot of ... -
Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
... have and used the version 3 but have the +D ... was sent to me on 3.5 +D disk - Which ... .
Sample of Beta Basic code and programs will be ... the Beta Basic Neswletters. I have 1 - 15 of them and ... spectrum stuff has been preserved of all of us.
... -
Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
... or a Word file of the version 4 ,then ... only has a subset of the commands from the ... versions of BB have a release number like Beta Basic 3.1 ...
[quote]
Sample of Beta Basic code and programs will be ... the Beta Basic Neswletters. I have 1 - 15 of them ... -
Survey: buying new games?Hi all, I'm steadily progressing with my Ragnar Revival isometric game for the Spectrum 48k and if I keep working as hard as I do now, it'll probabl…
... laughed at the thought of people selling new games...< ... we could all find 2 or 3 quid for a ... tenner I want Originals of Renegade and Combat School)...< ... Im not the biggest fan of isometric 3d games (apart from ... enough to limit sales of new software in the ... -
Three questions about Spin1) Why when I load a TZX file without any acceleration/flash loading etc. I can't see the familiar red/cyan and yellow/blue stripes but just a series…
... stripes but just a series of flashing borders?
... the pixel scaling effect of Direct Draw), pixels ... is not an exact multiple. Therefore, the pixels will ... is exactly an integer multiple of the border type you ... />
[quote]
3) Wouldn't it be nice ... -
Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …
... paging...
In 128K BASIC the operating system sometimes
of +3 oddities -
[url="http:// ... although only a very large BASIC program would occupy this area ... .
The 48 BASIC system is very robust but ... -
This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …
... right waste of time!), and you can only find 2 or 3 piccies ... action and some moving footage of actual games.
I ... -
3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... what you did in Visual Basic, however, even though ... and Spec I can`t find it... :(
... must really like/respect Basic... so what do you ... real coding languages, and Basic typically is looked down ... year, come on... less of the Basic bashing *_+
... -
PokesDoes anyone know where I can find a list of Pokes for my Speccy games? I am trying to find some for On the Bench ! Thanks
... to solving the problem of gaining extra money (or ... commands to view/hack the BASIC listing after all, and ... B] to browse all of the BASIC listing. (There are many ... finished hacking away at the BASIC code (e.g. altered ... can't find any trace in the listing of the ... -
3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... and Spec I can`t find it... :(
Basic Compiler results in an update of one ... coding languages, and Basic typically is looked down ... year, come on... less of the Basic bashing *_+
...
Being a Visual Basic programmer myself, I know most ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... as fast as regular Spectrum Basic.
[quote]
of the Basic version manual and I ... of the Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource. Anyone who wants it can find ... it there. It's still valid for the Compiler version of ... -
How will be the (real) new Speccy "thing"?I read about hundreds of cool and wacky ideas to get Speccy bring to new life. I know (and I adore) this new era of the speccy - new magazines, new g…
... " I wish for is a +3 with unlimited RAM/ROM. I ... it would be problematic because of how Basic/assembly addresses the RAM ... -
How will be the (real) new Speccy "thing"?I read about hundreds of cool and wacky ideas to get Speccy bring to new life. I know (and I adore) this new era of the speccy - new magazines, new g…
... " I wish for is a +3 with unlimited RAM/ROM. I ... it would be problematic because of how Basic/assembly addresses the RAM ... get a consistent way of accessing 4Gb of addressable space for an ... -
How will be the (real) new Speccy "thing"?I read about hundreds of cool and wacky ideas to get Speccy bring to new life. I know (and I adore) this new era of the speccy - new magazines, new g…
... " I wish for is a +3 with unlimited RAM/ROM. I ... it would be problematic because of how Basic/assembly addresses the RAM ... is already available with 1Mb of RAM. Given you want "ridiculously ... -
Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…
... it could use the same BASIC syntax as microdrives, or a ... disc, and automatically converted the BASIC loader program for you - it ... which often discussed the problems of transferring software to disc, though ... you'll be able to find any of these articles on the ... -
Cassette 50 Millennium editionI've been thinking about this for a while, after several people have suggested it to me... How about a new edition of CASSETTE 50? Send me in you…
... point. You always find [I]good[/I] Basic games being entered for ... point? There's two categories of entries:
1. ... blinding idea, an excellent knowledge of BASIC, but the game's a ... that they published the tape of people's submissions, those people ... -
Does Anyone have any advice for me?Hey, I've just recently bought a Sinclair ZX Spectrum + (I've been looking for one for a good year or so) and I plan to be learning to program with …
... Megabasic and use that instead of the BASIC you get with the ... joystick, The Tape Recorder and 3 programming book isn't something ... -
100 Spectrum games you HAVE to play before you die..Nominations please :) Im sick of seing all those progs on TV, like 100 things to do before you hit 30, haha, and if only they`d had them on a couple…
... main base where you could find the ray to stop definitely ... you must use cleverly your 3 vehicles. Sometimes the Big Robot ... every level "painting" the floor of the whole one, avoiding contact ... avoid other cars while you find peaces of some prototypes to reach ... -
Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…
Which version of Hisoft BASIC is the SE BASIC Compiler based on? 'Cause I ... . The latter has a special +3 version which lets you use ... . Does your SE BASIC Compiler support any kind of file I/O ... nice addition to the SE BASIC Compiler. Have you thought on ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... writing equivalent functions in BASIC which would compile under ... like the block functions of Beta Basic, instead of relying on UDG`s ... certain compiler, or even variant of Basic, but why couldn`t ... your old games, that MCoder 3 looks promising, especially in ... -
OT : Camputers LYNXAnybody got one of these - or any info on it. Managed to pick a couple up recently and am trying to decide what to do with em. Cheers
The basic is woefully slow - but it' ... to see if I can find any of the tapes. -
Bubble Bobble - The AdventureJust about to start my new game using PDG. This time i'm trying a 'JSW' style game. The graphics are from Bubble Bobble which are looking very good…
... on and then the next 3 to the left only.
These are some of the basic screens, some of the later ones will ... , i aim to add most of the 'nasties' you get in ... . Eg Bub goes into 3 screens of Super Mario World featuring graphics ... -
BBC Radio 2Working on your own allows you to listen to what the **** you like all day. Although I listen to many CD's Tapes and Records("Daddy, Whats a record?"…
THIS WEEK ON BBC RADIO 3:
Tonight on ... Performance on 3
BBC Singers live from ... the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford.
... Penny Vickers, wrote most of the BASIC programs in the original Orange ... -
Can't get disks to run on Spectrum 128K ZX +3Hello all! I got hold of the above machine yesterday at a boot sale and, after having set it up, can't get any of the floppy disks that came with it…
... on.
reset, and select '+3 BASIC'
next type
(progname=name of a program in the list ... -
Universal disk drive controller project - information needed! Hello Speccy world! I am a hardware developer from Russia and old Speccy fan. Currently i am starting a project aimed at joining Western and Eastern…
Is +3 a widely used system?
... DOSes. It is embedded into +3-BASIC (AFAIK) and this in fact ... suggests turning the computer into +3.
But it is possible ... to implement machine code calls of +3DOS (like ResiDOS does). Is ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... .
I find the idea of a BASIC compo very interesting. I ... from a limited - in terms of speed - language. I personally may ... -
Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?
... some crap ways of preventing a BREAK into BASIC but they crash ... get hold of a BASIC compiler, either HiSoft BASIC or ZIP BASIC compiler and ... problems solved at once. The +3 version of HiSoft BASIC is very good. :) -
Still stuck with BREAKOkay now I'm getting desperate! Can anyone rustle up a small 128kBASIC routine/working example to prevent the 128kBASIC program from stopping when a …
... ERROR GOTO statement reminds me of BBC BASIC. How good was BBC ... be my all time favourite BASIC. Fast, advanced, powerful, altogether ... can in the Spectrum port of BBC Basic - sorry no 6502 support ... even some code for nice +3 paging:
[url="http://groups ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... replied to with these type of insults, along with 'blocky ... a superior machine! Hardware scrolling, multiple colours, better keyboard, blah blah ... is superior on the basis of better BASIC (and I can't ... stress this point enough - many of us ...
