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  • What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…

    ... at all, just like Sinclair BASIC. Support for different hardware ... />
    Huh, I don't follow. MODE 7 is quite different ... access these with commands in BASIC.

    Wikipedia:
    ... unnecessary distinction to say BBC Basic has no graphics modes. ...
    ghbearman ghbearman September 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…

    ... definitely one of the better BASIC interpreters on machines at the ... 't abstracted in the BASIC. But BBC BASIC was better than ZX ... code so much easier to follow.
    * Ability to have integer ... to write a program in BASIC for simplicity and maintainability, but ...
    Winston Winston September 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…

    ... also been curious why BBC basic is so generally well ... do they?).

    Sinclair basic is tortuously slow. That and ... 3.5MHz z80. BBC basic was efficiently implemented in comparison ... bolt on some junk development path that Sinclair basic was treated to.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…

    ... they?).

    Sinclair basic is tortuously slow. That and ... 3.5MHz z80. BBC basic was efficiently implemented in comparison ... on some junk development path that Sinclair basic was treated to.[/ ... QUOTE]

    Sinclair BASIC is awesome, but IMHO it ...
    na_th_an na_th_an September 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... file (ie one with a basic loader and rand usr) you ... link on their page. Instead follow the link to their [URL ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2007 Development
  • What was the worst game you brought ?Only games you paid for please :) Myself i think it was Alien Kill (Mastertronic) Apologies if the author is on here :oops: But even at the time…

    Flight Path 737. I'm sure I' ... utter howler. Written entirely in BASIC (which is too slow for ... , only the menus were in BASIC, the actual flight sim bit ...
    Winston Winston October 2007 Games
  • Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…

    ... .

    I would certainly follow Woody's advice. Failing that ... /> I am sorry for using BASIC, here. I'm only bothering ...
    zub zub October 2007 Hardware
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... the ball will always follow exactly the same path in every game ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2007 Development
  • Vector drawing routines.Anybody could point me to some sort of vector drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean to draw 2D pictures with…

    ... to leave enough space for BASIC?
    [/QUOTE]

    z88dk ... br /> #
    # Include the full path, eg c:\z88dk\include
    #
    # Supply the full path before the filenames, eg c ... sake)
    #
    # CRT0 = Full path and name of the startup ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2007 Development
  • A vexatious questionThis is kind of a follow-up to a question about RST #8 and hardware that I wrote in the development forum a while ago. To summarize that: certain ha…

    ... ]This is kind of a follow-up to a question about ... time.

    So, some follow up questions. If you have ... use the interface 1's BASIC extension vectors instead of trapping ... handling of commands that neither BASIC nor Interface 1 understands. But ...
    guesser guesser October 2007 Hardware
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... next version of conexao (Notes follow):-

    [url]http://www ... /> I will write a small BASIC test program to find out ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn November 2007 Development
  • The terrorists have wonWhen a man collapses in a diabetic coma, instead of the bus driver assuming the man is ill, but assumes he's a terrorist (and gets the police in who …

    ... ] liberty includes not having a basic right to justice removed (now ... , so I don't really follow your argument, and in a ...
    Winston Winston November 2007 Chit chat
  • The terrorists have wonWhen a man collapses in a diabetic coma, instead of the bus driver assuming the man is ill, but assumes he's a terrorist (and gets the police in who …

    ... , so I don't really follow your argument, and in a ... even giving up a few basic economic liberties for the "common ...
    Zagreb Zagreb November 2007 Chit chat
  • Just nuked Vista on my new Dell laptop for XPHave had this laptop for about six months. It came with Vista pre-installed. No one in the house liked it. - Wireless networking is the last thing t…

    ... ]
    - Vista's URL/explorer path bar becoming drop downs. Rubbish ... at all apart from the basic stuff for the laptop (battery ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2007 Chit chat
  • Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…

    ... the strongest.

    2. Follow a program of vigorous daily ... and depression and are absolutely basic to the solution of this ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers November 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…

    ... the strongest.

    2. Follow a program of vigorous daily ... and depression and are absolutely basic to the solution of this ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers November 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…

    ... />

    [quote]
    2. Follow a program of vigorous daily ... and depression and are absolutely basic to the solution of this ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers November 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tom Cruise second in command at the Church of Scientology?According to Andrew Morton's new biography... [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7176796.stm[/url] ...Tom Cruise is second in command at…

    ... try to persuade others to follow suite.
    Why? Well, most ... sense, there are traits that follow without doubt. Although as with ... Scientology, when theres lack of basic science-prooving is misleading.
    Hedegaard Hedegaard January 2008 Chit chat
  • Arti've decided to paint pictures and flog them to art cafes, and also online, mostly on ebay. i only did basic art at school, i can't really draw and …

    ... music seems to be a basic property of being human. But ... (or have the interest) to follow through. But the innate talent ...
    Winston Winston January 2008 Chit chat
  • Z88DK fun and gamesHi, I was wondering if anyone here uses Z88DK with TommyGun and knew about how to link the two together (e.g. how do I use a screen, sprite or map e…

    ... compile command or the path variables are not pointing ... />
    [code]
    set path=%path%;c:\z88dk\bin;c:\gnu ...
    there's some path stuff in there you may ... gnu utilities in the path are only needed if ... a tap file with basic loader, compiled code and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2008 Development
  • Well it's the end for Britain by the looks of things!!![url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23436203-details/Adoption+of+Islamic+Sharia+law+in+Britain+is+'unavoidable'%2C+says+Archbishop+of+Can…

    ... tell us how to worship/follow/serve him, then he must ... our solar system, its orbital path and size/colour. Their planet ...
    FrankT FrankT February 2008 Chit chat
  • Well it's the end for Britain by the looks of things!!![url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23436203-details/Adoption+of+Islamic+Sharia+law+in+Britain+is+'unavoidable'%2C+says+Archbishop+of+Can…

    ... our solar system, its orbital path and size/colour. Their planet ... closed minded as those who follow religion. I am an agnostic ... God. Those who claim to follow God's word are living ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2008 Chit chat
  • Well it's the end for Britain by the looks of things!!![url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23436203-details/Adoption+of+Islamic+Sharia+law+in+Britain+is+'unavoidable'%2C+says+Archbishop+of+Can…

    ... modern example (I don't follow politics, money or business), but ... opposite of natural selection's basic process. If you saw a ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2008 Chit chat
  • New Spectrum GameAs some of you may be aware I've been busy working on a Shoot-Em-Up Designer utility for the past few weeks. As the program is pretty much there now…

    ... . It will automatically create the BASIC loader program for you, and ... /> I was working on a follow-up to PGD, but I ...
    jonathan jonathan February 2008 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…

    ... the exterior wall and then follow it to the exit.
    path thus making most mazes too ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2008 Development
  • Get a life[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7322347.stm[/url] This John blokes a bleedin nutter. Theres bands i really like and some other celebs but …

    ... perhaps quitting his job to follow the England rugby team on ... people who choose a different path for their lives than they ...
    Winston Winston April 2008 Chit chat
  • Jaw Dropping spectrum Demo'sPost your youtube vids of the most Jaw dropping Spectrum demos. I stumbled on this whist looking as GasMans vid. [youtube]0DP7RbkSWEQ[/youtube] On…

    ... , so it could only follow the one camera path.

    Other ...
    gasman gasman May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • *The* Sinclair Knowledge baseOk, get ready for a long post. :p Let's consider a few facts: -The WOS ftp has thousands of important files, but it can be difficult to find what w…

    ... , Tech Wiki and History of BASIC resources is that they eventually ... we be encouraging others to follow them?

    We need ...
    Geoff Geoff May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • *The* Sinclair Knowledge baseOk, get ready for a long post. :p Let's consider a few facts: -The WOS ftp has thousands of important files, but it can be difficult to find what w…

    ... , Tech Wiki and History of BASIC resources is that they eventually ... we be encouraging others to follow them?

    We need ...
    chop983 chop983 May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... of a one-liner in Basic...

    [B]PATHFINDER[/B ... borders. One possible implementation would follow a spiral order. Another possibility ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2008 Development
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