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  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... but how about a build in Basic compiler (much like HiSoft Colt ... bit-test, or HiSoft Basic 1.1)?
    In fact, a PC ... compiler. The extended basic could base on Beta Basic, Laser Basic (Laser Compiler ... was lame) or Mega Basic and can include extra commands ...
    LCD LCD April 2001 Emulators
  • moneyWhen i was younger and writing speccy games in basic with the occasionaly machine code subroutine, i used to dream of writing a hit game and making a…

    ... younger and writing speccy games in basic with the occasionaly machine code ... -selling game (I did read in a magazine that the writers ...
    neil neil September 2001 Games
  • ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…

    ... write a little terminal program in BASIC.
    Can anyone tell me ... /> need to consider how slow BASIC is)
    open a stream ... , and print it out.
    in BASIC:

    10 format "t ... missing?

    Thank you in advance.
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Machine code loaderI was wondering how people wrote games. On the trail to this knowledge I discovered a machine code loader in basic, and also z80 assemblers. Which i…

    ... discovered a machine code loader in basic, and also z80 assemblers.

    I am sadly interested in this stuff, wonder if anyone ...
    Duxbuz Duxbuz August 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tornado AssemblerTornado Assembler is not working. What's wrong with it? It says Nonsense in BASIC or something like this. (dwnldd from this site, of course)

    Tornado Assembler is not working. What's wrong with it? It says Nonsense in BASIC or something like this. (dwnldd from this site, of course)
    Dynamite Dan Dynamite Dan April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • FAILED THE BLOODY TEST !!!Well, I finally worked out the courage to take the Spectrum certification test... AND FAILED !!! Not exactly that I was expecting to pass, but - My G…

    ... God ! 60% !?!! And 40% for BASIC programming !?!! I was thinking of ... as some kind of ace in BASIC, now to find out that ...
    nicadi13 nicadi13 June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…

    ... playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple ... i want to do something in machine code. I've seen ... ) - how did they do that in basic?! lol im just curious now ...
    alexsut alexsut July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Li'l help?I'm making a video-sketch-show thing, and I plan on putting some speccy code in somewhere, (as well as a comic strip on the inlay case) but I can onl…

    ... on putting some speccy code in somewhere, (as well as a ... ) but I can only program in basic. Anyone know of any demo ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    ... ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike ... I did things like that in eighties..

    also, there ... poke to quit "scroll? " message in basic??

    where can I ...
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... said he wrote the game in basic and used a compiler to ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr March 2003 Games
  • Name the cosmic gameHi guys (+Knighlore), I still miss one game. The game was written in Basic (maybe with occassional jumps to the machine code). You had to control som…

    ... game. The game was written in Basic (maybe with occassional jumps to ...
    Dynamite Dan Dynamite Dan April 2003 Games
  • OK... Another name the gameYeap... notorious bJohnnyBravo is back with the name the game :)... OK... here it goes... Should be very old(maybe written in basic)... all I can r…

    ... be very old(maybe written in basic)... all I can remember is ...
    bjohnnybravo bjohnnybravo June 2003 Games
  • a few unknown gameshello, the friend of mine asked me to let you know about his past developments for ZX Spectrum 48 - 3 games written back in 1997. you can download …

    ... /> 48 - 3 games written back in 1997.

    you ... i wrote it in BASIC. it
    heavily used BASIC 128 RAMDISK for ... storing
    graphics. and some graphics in ... !! :) :) and English used
    in this game is *cough* *cough ...
    abelenki abelenki July 2003 Games
  • Tons of Books!Loads of books, all in good condition. Anything you want email [email="hitlife@btinternet.com"]hitlife@btinternet.com[/email] with an offer. Trade wi…

    ... Manual: A Course In
    BASIC Programming (Official/Sinclair ...
    Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC programming (Official/Sinclair)
    ... br />
    Practical Basic Programming (P.E. Gosling)< ... )

    ZX81 Basic Programming (Official/Sinclair)
    ...
    Hitlife Hitlife August 2003 Sales
  • ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…

    In my younger days (and ... expert on PLOT and DRAW in those days, and even ... after typing in the slightly hard to use ... , such as that used in the scenes from The Hobbit ... boundary.

    Hence, in the Dragon's utterly mad ... a way to do this in BASIC?
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone August 2003 Games
  • The AbyssI tell you what, one of the best games for the spec is the Abyss. Its written in Basic, but it provides an almighty challenge to the modern gamer. Ch…

    I tell you what, one of the best games for the spec is the Abyss. Its written in Basic, but it provides an almighty challenge to the modern gamer. Check it out. You wont be dissapointed.Im no mathematician, but some of the RUNES are impossible.
    ZxSargent48k ZxSargent48k September 2003 Games
  • TransAm - technical curiosityHi all, I guess this is for you machine code experts: how come a snapshot of TransAm always places the trophies in different places when I start a n…

    ... TransAm always places the trophies in different places when I start ... Ultimate (well A.C.G in -83) guys didn't program ... am I thinking too much in BASIC?

    Just interested of ...
    SpecMem SpecMem November 2003 Games
  • Spectrum booksOK, this is a question posed not out of curiosity, but because I have to construct the 'bibliography' section of some paper I'm making. Unfortunately…

    ... , I must not specify websites in there (please don't ask ...
    GOC GOC February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 2 Spectrum books for saleTwo classic Spectrum books for sale... ZX Spectrum Users Handbook by RJ Simpson and TJ Terrell. Newnes Microcomputer Books On the back it mentions…

    ... the machine and explains programming in Basic and machine code (199 pages ... high quality' games to type in !

    Email me at ... [/email] if you are interested in them
    psj3809 psj3809 March 2004 Sales
  • Printing at line 22...The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone?

    The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone?
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • a new GREAT demo from HOOY-PROGRAM :-)Yes. At last. ;) The production is entitled: "NO, I DON'T NEED YOUR KIDNEY, MR SAUSAGE". :) There are 2 versions in the ZIP file - TAP and SCL. Where…

    ... br /> There are 2 versions in the ZIP file - TAP ... A HOOY-PROGRAM CRAPMO, MADE IN 2004
    MUSIC, GRAPHIC, ... MANY WELL-KNOWN IDIOTIC EFFECTS IN BASIC ;)
    ........as usual ;)
    ...
    Yerz Yerz July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WoS found my game!!!I don't believe it... A long time ago, in a Galaxy far far away, I wrote an adventure game called "Valley of the Kings". My friend Paul and I immedia…

    ... it... A long time ago, in a Galaxy far far away ... Soft and advertised the game in the classified ads section of ... (I think to a man in Scotland).

    SO... here ... totally crap. It was written in BASIC, and playing it now it ...
    SRF SRF July 2004 Games
  • TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…

    ... know how to code in some way ( Basic/C/asm/Forth[?]/etc ... available for you to use in your Basic programs. For those who ... know how to code even in Basic it is possible that TommyGun ... be used without Forth, but in Basic, by the way ) and everything ...
    Sadako Sadako July 2004 Development
  • 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…

    ... examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling ... it`s got some MC in at the end.. so it ...
    CKay CKay September 2004 Development
  • BASin problemsDunny, I seem to have some problems with BASin under WindowsXP. BASically (sorry.ahem), if I maximise the screen it crashes giving me an access voila…

    ... could have a look at in BASin. Now then, when I ... gives me a C Nonsense in Basic in line 7060 (always). The same ... snapshot runs well enough in the emulator though. Any idea ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Emulators and the SAVE"" commandIs there an emulator which can save any data using the SAVE"" BASIC command? I once tried to write a program in BASIC in zx32 and to save it by typin…

    Is there an emulator which can save any data using the SAVE"" BASIC command? I once tried to write a program in BASIC in zx32 and to save it by typing SAVE"" but nothing was saved on my hard disc.
    tanium tanium September 2004 Emulators
  • Retro Gamer Issue 9[Vicky Pollard mode=ON] Ohhhhhhh Myyy Goddddddddddd!!! [Vicky Pollard mode=OFF] Anyone else got Retro Gamer Issue 9 yet? A Spec-chum heaven for sur…

    ... />
    _________________
    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Archive Bugreports 'NONSENSE IN BASIC, 2020', component #2. Could someone please confirm

    reports 'NONSENSE IN BASIC, 2020', component #2. Could someone please confirm
    dalmudlee dalmudlee October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • CPC 464 plus - technical help please.I set up my CPC464plus today. With a cartride inserted, it works. Without a cartridge inserted, it displays just a green screen. I have one cart, …

    ... , where I can either start in BASIC or play the game. The ... .

    If I start in BASIC, and try to load a ...
    thx1138 thx1138 October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Name the (CRAP) gameI've had a heated discussion with a friend over what was the 5#!++!35+ speccy game we've ever played...he argues that it is Jet Set Willy, and I say.…

    ... looked like it was written in Basic...the weird thing was, the ... surround. Which was a odd in that the graphics were 5 ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie December 2004 Games
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