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  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... a computer whose BASIC doesn't even have a CIRCLE command, and ...
    GOC GOC February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... a computer whose BASIC doesn't even have a CIRCLE command, and ... />
    Overall the C64 BASIC seems to have been appalling ... . I remember that the BASIC didn't include any support ... expansion cartridge holding the extra BASIC graphics commands. Beginners using ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... are talking absolute rubbish. Spectrum BASIC acted as a stepping stone ... what the first two letters BASIC stand for? "Beginners All ... logic are covered by Commodore BASIC too, anything else isn' ... realised that the border, paper, circle and so forth commands weren ...
    TMR TMR February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... logic are covered by Commodore BASIC too, anything else isn't ... it's nice having a circle command but what does that ... 't depend as much on circle commands as much as they ... claim that Commodore BASIC is better than Spectrum BASIC, all things considered ...
    Spector Spector February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... realised that the border, paper, circle and so forth commands weren ... Circle weren't available from machine code? They WERE available from BASIC ... you needed to draw a circle in machine code? Hardly a ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... [I]agreed[/I] about Commodore BASIC being rubbish because it is ... is obviously wrong i'll follow up nine times out of ...
    TMR TMR February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... is obviously wrong i'll follow up nine times out of ... as much because of the BASIC. You cannot prove that, because ... is even one thing, like BASIC, that overall is better on ...
    Spector Spector February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... .

    2) Spectrum BASIC did help novices to migrate ... is a misrepresentation of facts. BASIC encouraged people to program, and ... can use the CIRCLE command to draw a circle doesn't mean ... rule should apply to all BASIC commands then, including PRINT!< ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2004 Games
  • simple z80 rom for test my emulatorHi there! Does anyone here have a very simple rom(in Z80 format) for testing my emulator. I need a very simple one that implements few opcodes and po…

    ... for example. Or makes a circle, that kind of things
    Basic on a Webpage in the ...
    Geoff Geoff April 2004 Emulators
  • Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…

    ... (even if it's in BASIC!), performing simple tasks such as ... snapshot facility. If not, just follow the below steps:

    monty.mole monty.mole June 2004 Development
  • Earth ShakerIm stuck on a level. Can anyone help me if i tell you the level number/name?

    ... much finished the follow up 'World Shaker' in Blitz Basic but won ...
    +CotL-DS +CotL-DS June 2004 Games
  • Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…

    ... (even if it's in BASIC!), performing simple tasks such as ... snapshot facility. If not, just follow the below steps:

    CKay CKay June 2004 Development
  • SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …

    ... a turd is often what BASIC compilation is. The only way ... not hard, more tedious. With BASIC compilation the matter is simplified ... no conventions you need to follow like you would for C ...
    cyborg cyborg July 2004 Development
  • 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…

    ... a release number like Beta Basic 3.1 v345 (I can ... ]


    more to follow over the next few weeks ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • lambourne cricket gamesI am a recent convert to retro games and the zx emulators. I remember playing a cricket game which is the lambourne games cricket 1991 but when I run…

    ... you get the 'Nonsense in BASIC' message as per program. You ... is a vicious never ending circle of you entering information.
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous August 2004 Games
  • Program sizeI am typing a basic program into a ZX and I need to find out exactly how much memory it is using. Is there a way to calculate this? :confused:

    ... to the start of the BASIC program and the variable area ... , according to the ZX BASIC manual, the variables follow the program immediately ... the exact size of the BASIC program.
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Program sizeI am typing a basic program into a ZX and I need to find out exactly how much memory it is using. Is there a way to calculate this? :confused:

    ... , according to the ZX BASIC manual, the variables follow the program immediately ... the exact size of the BASIC program.

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    pluvia pluvia August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AmericaI've been wondering, was the Spectrum released in America? Was it popular? Are there Spectrum games that were made in America? There must be a few A…

    ... or a smart peripheral. The Basic system enumerated the expansion memory ... the ROM supported 48K Spectrum basic + a few more commands but ... the ts3068, which was to follow the 2068 a few years ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2004 Games
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    ... ;Preserve IY for return to BASIC
    LD (SPSTORE),SP ;Preserve ... second 192 bytes DO NOT follow on directly
    * from the ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Development
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... :

    For a very basic core, you need:

    basic z80 document. You'll likely ... code is not hard to follow, I'd model your emu ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2004 Development
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... your question about the BASIC. As far as I ... , by far, the best BASIC (it was fast, had ... and the worst was Commodore BASIC, in which, apart from ... -res drawing commands (PLOT, CIRCLE, etc.), you had to ... in comparison to the other BASIC adaptations. I seem to ...
    GOC GOC September 2004 Games
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... possibly-more-readable-to-a-BASIC-programmer descendant PerlSpectrum implement half ... familiar with BASIC, you'll probably be able to follow the corresponding ...
    gasman gasman October 2004 Development
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... modified rom with a new basic keyword similar to the MSX ... and make it work from basic or mc, but then old ... have fun with something like ' CIRCLE 100,100,50 ,c ' without ...
    Arm73 Arm73 October 2004 Emulators
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... rom with a new basic keyword similar to the ... and make it work from basic or mc, but then ... have fun with something like ' CIRCLE 100,100,50 ,c ' ... want to play with some BASIC keywords. It would be ... to write your own Sinclair BASIC style environment for a ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Emulators
  • You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…

    ... hopefully more other formats to follow) goes to show how highly ... /> _________________
    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…

    ... the new screen modes in BASIC, and handle memory management (i ... shift the address of the BASIC and variables workspaces according to ... sw program that augments the basic to support the 512x192 mode ... there to support line and circle drawing in 512x192 mode too ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... of them... and actually do follow all these advancements most avidly ... /> I understand that where Beta Basic offers up some graphical commands ...
    CKay CKay March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... is entirely upto individuals to follow (or not).

    I ... blame my formative years with BASIC for it! ;) ) but do plan ...
    Arjun Arjun March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... in VARS for start of BASIC and POKE the first two ... ]

    ====================

    * General BASIC tips
    --------------------

    * Place ... contains various flags controlling the Basic system and generally should not ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
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