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  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... a whole Basic routine, or an entire Basic program for ... learning this but my basic has gotten very rusty ... youll get a C Nonsense in Basic error.

    ... more than 9999 lines in Basic. Again when it comes ... better off compiling your basic program - but this ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... :07, Woody wrote:
    Oh, in that case I'll have ... can be loaded after a basic loader and create colored striped ... a bit of MC in data lines in basic, and playing around with ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... br /> To use a Basic analogy, imagine having to ... write a Basic program where every 3 ... that every branch taken in your Basic code takes exactly the ... with ay music in a intro i made in basic, and it ... me then the stops in sampling woudl be so ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... , with ay music in a intro i made in basic, and it came ... to me then the stops in sampling woudl be so quick ...
    cyborg cyborg July 2003 Games
  • Big K, SU, C&VG ProgsHow Do!!! I was just wondering if anybody has scans of any of the type-ins from Big K, SU, C&VG etc. The reason I ask is that I remember two excelle…

    ... , written by Matthew Smith in BASIC, and published in (I think) C& ...
    Ed Ed August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... can find one of them in a Timex Sinclair model.
    in Basic is one thing ( and even ... short enough durations and variations in pitch + there's white noise ... .com/pics/mayhem_01_anim_screen_ZX.gif"]Mayhem in Monsterland[/url] on the C64 ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... can find one of them in a Timex Sinclair model.
    in Basic is one thing ( and even ... short enough durations and variations in pitch + there's white noise ... .com/pics/mayhem_01_anim_screen_ZX.gif"]Mayhem in Monsterland[/url] on the C64 ...
    Yerz Yerz August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AssemblersOk, two quick questions for you guys: 1) Can anyone give me a link to the Prometheus Assembler ? 2) Does anyone know of an assembler that satisfies …

    ... at 40000
    (this comes in easy when coding new ROM ... )

    Further : controls as in TASWORD
    SShift+Q = delete ... /> E-cursor = Back to BASIC

    In BASIC is a menu for ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN: ZXF Issue 5 now availableWhat better way to spend a day of this summer swelter than to chill out in the sun with a copy of the latest issue of ZXF? :) Yes folks, ZXF05 is he…

    ... goto the setup and type in news.whatverisp.net.
    in my head though, with ... have to write it in basic, i dont know not ... way to get them all in "one" file and "compressed ... to save memory ) but in one code file, loading individual ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... did and I saw it in action BEFORE I ever set ... then dad wrote a program in BASIC on day 1 to draw ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Games
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... then dad wrote a program in BASIC on day 1 to draw ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone August 2003 Games
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... i could write little programs in Basic or type out 20 pages ... a new release coming out in a month or so was ...
    psj3809 psj3809 August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... , I tried something like that in BASIC. It was pitifully slow but ... I stored all my programs in and restore it! I could ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Games
  • 128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …

    ... /> Am I right in thinking that when in BASIC, Bank 2 is at ... able to set up data in Banks 3 and 6, then ... 0 as required by the BASIC program? (I notice that bank ... 0 always gets paged back in on return to BASIC).
    trellis trellis August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • 128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …

    ... /> Am I right in thinking that when in BASIC, Bank 2 is at ... able to set up data in Banks 3 and 6, then ... 0 as required by the BASIC program?
    [/quote]

    in on return to BASIC).
    [/quote]
    Woody Woody August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Uncle Clive speakLink to an Uncle Clive interview: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/CliveSinclairInterview1982/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/CliveSinclairInter…

    ... will still be here in 10 years time? In computing terms, that ... piece of 'whatever' someone did in basic like moving the letter "A ... and all the Retro sites in general.

    the ... is happeneing because they see $ in their eyes knowing the retro ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... ?
    [/quote]

    Basic compilers, no. Basic is pretty much a ... really really want to program in Basic :)

    C Cross compilers ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • What was your favourite Speccy magazine?What was your favourite Speccy magazine and why? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-08-21 12:37 ]

    ... beginner's course to advanced in basic and Machine Code, awesome ... maybe it wasn't available in the UK ( well, it ... i couldnt find it in the kiosks and didnt ... dont need anymore like basic games listings, but i ... of cool tricks could do in Basic and MC, crazy pokes ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…

    ... actullay see a resemblance to basic. it's not as high ... level as basic but it's still high ... knowing basic helps cause you can kind of think in ways like ... i were to do this in basic it would be like 'this ... it is high level like Basic, and has a bunch of ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • Z80 Machine CodeHello again chaps, Hope I'm in the right category for this question - I suppose it could be under 'Game Creation / Programming'. hehe Ive got far t…

    ... section with a complete course in Basic and Machine Code but Speccy ... is/was great! ) ... it's in Spanish though. I don't ... Z80 processor. Her at WOS in the software section you can ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…

    ... promise (I made around 10 in BASIC in the old days, I need ... ;)

    I've coded in x86 assembly, even a simple ... looking IMHO (not knowing it in depth), but I'd probably ... 'm very accustomed of coding in Basic (QB mainly, also sucky VB ...
    na_th_an na_th_an August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ...
    The annoyance with Basic compilers is that you have ... compiler, source basic and resulting code in memory all at ... to really know basic well to code in asm, or ... as it might be in basic. I think that together ... a decent knowledge of basic is great ... unless ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…

    ... well as they could running in basic and all. youve obviously have ... in basic that run exceptionally well for basic and a Q-bert game in basic ... clever and plays great, entirely in basic. THAT takes intelligence. not to ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…

    ... well as they could running in basic and all. youve obviously have ... in basic that run exceptionally well for basic and a Q-bert game in basic ... clever and plays great, entirely in basic. THAT takes intelligence. not to ...
    stupidget stupidget August 2003 Games
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... editing the picture when zoomed in.[/I]
    [/quote]
    ... have free zoom like in most modern-day PC ... thing) or adapt the one in the ROM.

    ... values and call the routines in ROM (#04C2=SAVE, #0556 ... you're not writing this in BASIC I hope !!! :D
    GOC GOC August 2003 Development
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... try and figure this out in MC.

    like i ... said i can already Zoom in, its just the drawing while ... , key presses, etc is controlled in Basic, yes, like changing your ink ... .

    the rest is in machine code. gimme a break ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... . You can even do it in BASIC if you don't need ... you make a fast plotter in MC, you can use it ... /> [quote]
    the rest is in machine code. gimme a break ... 't mean to sound harsh in any way, I was just ...
    GOC GOC August 2003 Development
  • Unknown Games For ZX-Spectrum For Spectrum in period from 1980 to 1993 was made more 15000! games ...Where other 9000?(Don't check info) Also i find Names of very good games fo…

    ... order with the listings in the book in case you didnt want ... who writes a game in their pyjamas in their bedroom but charges ... clones and the software produced in those countries including small software ... program they made of pong in basic 15 years ago when they ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... to really know basic well to code in asm, or ... as it might be in basic. I think that together ... a decent knowledge of basic is great ... unless ... as you would in Basic, by thinking in terms of data ... /> In conclusion, your best bet at having a new Basic compiler ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…

    ... ).
    We need to force ID.11 in many cases, becuase ID ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker September 2003 Emulators
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