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  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... /> BREAK into your program, activate CAPS LOCK and re-run. It should ... , but nothing else (CAPS LOCK is a software thing in spectrum, it has ... such code is only found in the INPUT routine methinks).
    na_th_an na_th_an July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... . Ideally it needs to detect CAPS LOCK being pressed but this does ... 0 in FLAGS2 as well. If I can reliably test for CAPS LOCK ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... /> [/QUOTE]

    Well was CAPS LOCK on at the time? :)
    basic! You could try doing a ... which should hopefully toggle the CAPS LOCK bit of FLAGS2 for you ...
    guesser guesser July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    [QUOTE=guesser;638798]Well was CAPS LOCK on at the time? :)
    < ... operations are a pain from basic! You could try doing a ... which should hopefully toggle the CAPS LOCK bit of FLAGS2 for you ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... a 6 when I pressed CAPS LOCK or SHIFT+2 on a ... time I pressed CAPS LOCK, then another key, then CAPS LOCK.
    Also variable ... sometimes I could not get "CAPS LOCK" to work.
    Also if ... with something and again ending in a K Invalid color
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    [QUOTE=Paddy Coleman;638755]In Spectaculator you get 6 but ... subsequent keys are still returned in lower-case.[/QUOTE]

    CAPS LOCK (i.e. change FLAGS2), Shift ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... change - press some other key in between to confirm this). Although ... switching back again.

    In this latter situation, the codes ... key codes returned by BASin in Run mode are somewhat ... the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?" would have to be " ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... nothing (not zero, but nothing, in that LAST_K doesn't change ... - press some other key in between to confirm this). Although ... key. If you keep pressing CAPS LOCK, it's value doesn't ... 0 to 5 only when CAPS LOCK is pressed... or the key ...
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... some other key in between to confirm this". In BASin (and presumably ... +(PEEK 23560=i)[/code]
    in BASin (or ZXDS, if you ... and each time you press CAPS LOCK you get 6 returned from ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... and each time you press CAPS LOCK you get 6 returned from ... $.[/QUOTE]

    Eh?! - but in post #1 you said it ... [...] the first time I press CAPS LOCK I get 6 printed on ... working (with regard to CapsLock) in post #1 I could use ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying Files in +3e BASIC (not using COPY command)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Yet again I find myself in need of guidance, I am sooo close to getting my prototype up. I am writing my own byte cop…

    ... looooong string. I remembered Paddy Caps Lock test I made and then ... is no mention to this in +3e pages in WOS!
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Play command on divideHi, i thought I'd have a quick go on divide seeing as i had an afternoon spare.However,i can't seem to get the 'play' command on the screen?. It see…

    ... will crash. Also you can force 128 mode using the following ... /> rst 0[/code]
    or in BASIC
    [code]10 DATA 243 ...
    chev chev July 2012 Hardware
  • INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…

    ... saved me weeks of work in optimization of the code ... /> Especially the poke for the caps lock detection, that would have turned ... weird 'keyboard drift' I noticed in debugging. that had me scratching ... implement the graphics screens used in say the knights quest? ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…

    ... 13.8.2012) in SNAPLOAD (in compare with FATWARE or ... Esxdos 0.7.3):[/B]
    ;LOCK ... 8.2012
    ;LOCK to 48kB mode is enable ... /> ;now is 48 LOCK acive only after correct loading ... see more info write in basic ".snapload" without param.
    velesoft velesoft August 2012 Announcements
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    he is right: you can redefine keys, but they aren't working in the game. but kempston joystick works ok.

    p.s. to make them work just turn on 'caps lock' before loading. either by pressing CS+2 or by doing POKE 23658,8 before typing LOAD ""
    Ketmar Ketmar September 2012 Games
  • Semi-Dead Spectrum - Help RequestedI have finally got my hands on my two old Spectrums - neither of which work, but ideally I hope to get both of them working again. Spectrum number o…

    R62 is in series with the 12V supply ... the address bus. The keys CAPS LOCK - V are all connected to ...
    Zorn Zorn October 2012 Hardware
  • 128k +2 does not show menuHi guys! I have a 128k +2 and when I turn it on, the main menu is not shown to me. Instead, I enter directly on 48k mode. Does anyone know how7why t…

    Do you have a DivIDE interface plugged in?

    (Probably an odd question to ask, but best to cover all the possibilities I think :-) Most firmwares for the DivIDE will force you into 48K Basic, for compatibility reasons.)
    gasman gasman October 2012 Hardware
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... Amaurote 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the ... [*]Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... System resets on pressing CAPS SHIFT or after the ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu November 2012 Games
  • Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…

    ... the AY library I wrote in [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... php?t=40525[/url] (= "Link2" in a previous post.) Sources are ... request I can add them in. :)[/QUOTE]

    Keyboard ... = Noise on Channel 2
    Caps Lock = Noise on Channel 3
    DaRkHoRaCe DaRkHoRaCe November 2012 Development
  • CAPS SHIFT on Spectrum+ ComputerI have just recently supplied a couple of replacement Spectrum+ keyboard membranes to a customer in Barby, Germany. Although something may have been…

    ... resistors to +5V) as described in the link mentioned above did ... just carry on using the caps lock method ;)
    guesser guesser December 2012 Hardware
  • Adding IDE to your Spectrum +2 A/B (or +3)Hello my fellow [B]WoS'ers[/B] [B]This is a shared thread with [url]www.amibay.com[/url] which you can [URL="http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=…

    ... none of those pesky ceramic caps get in the way of a ... and using a ceramic capacitor lock it into place.

    Zetr0 Zetr0 January 2013 Hardware
  • CAPS SHIFT on Spectrum+ ComputerI have just recently supplied a couple of replacement Spectrum+ keyboard membranes to a customer in Barby, Germany. Although something may have been…

    ... but .. I have problem with caps shift and . m and etc ... d6.
    What make caps shift and . ? in basic I get E cursor ... game and when press caps shift + . or caps shift + m I get ...
    gorski gorski January 2013 Hardware
  • Enable 128kB paging in emulatorFrom Zx Spectrum documentation ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/128kreference.htm[/url]) [CODE][SIZE="1"]When memory is being pag…

    ... : load in 48kB mode(LOCK 7FFD)
    -u: ignore 48kB LOCK in snapshot
    U=start snap and ignore lock bit
    V=start snap ... =start snap with rom1(48 basic)
    SPACE=cancel changes+start ... )/1(blue)
    -line 4 = lock 0(black)/1(red)
    velesoft velesoft June 2013 Emulators
  • Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…

    ... stripey vertical pattern appears in the first column as ... />
    I enter something in BASIC like:

    [CODE ... at a random point in the screen filling, ... screen the stripey pattern in the first column disappears ... the plus side, the caps are all done, a ...
    Trafferth Trafferth August 2013 Hardware
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... s menu/frontend is written in BASIC; my TZX files include turboloading ... this BASIC block. As a side-effect, the loader has to force ... USR0 mode because I had trouble with loading BASIC as ... and then returning to 128 BASIC. Therefore, the PLAY command ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 September 2013 Development
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... s menu/frontend is written in BASIC; my TZX files include turboloading ... this BASIC block. As a side-effect, the loader has to force ... USR0 mode because I had trouble with loading BASIC as ... and then returning to 128 BASIC. Therefore, the PLAY command ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu September 2013 Development
  • Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …

    ... similar issue with my IF1bis, in terms of the spectrum locking ... seconds to page the ROM in. When I do that the ... /> Now, it looks like my caps lock key is sticking on, before ...
    rune rune October 2013 Hardware
  • SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…

    ... org 0x0296
    key_line:
    in a, (c) ; read ULA
    in DE
    ret nz ; ... ex de, hl ; store kstate_0 in DE
    ld hl, kstate_4 ... , (iy + _flags2) ; test for caps lock
    jr z, k_caps ; jump ...
    chev chev October 2013 Development
  • SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…

    ... 6 ; mode codes and caps lock?
    jr nc, key_m_and_cl ... b, a ; store code in B
    and %00000111 ...
    chev chev November 2013 Development
  • is this a forum for new games ideas as in really new gamesWhat I mean is Nebulous was a new game concept, [cylindrical scrolling?] and I am having difficulty coming up with new concepts. Seems my brain just …

    ... a game related with mining in the space really cool!
    force of gravity, new ways for ... seem to have been coding in Basic lately, I think ZXBasic accepts ...
    hikoki hikoki January 2014 New game ideas
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