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  • Writing faster BASICIn terms of structuring BASIC programs, what are the best ways allocate variables, functions, arrays? Any tips. I remember INPUT mag had some suggest…

    ... "+1"s are discarded. The BASIC is 19 bytes shorter as ... saves 8 bytes in the BASIC as well.

    A ... $0E marker, 5 for the FP form) and about 1,000 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Writing faster BASICIn terms of structuring BASIC programs, what are the best ways allocate variables, functions, arrays? Any tips. I remember INPUT mag had some suggest…

    ... last value" on the calculator stack and there won't ... called with USR from BASIC, but most of them ... the calculator stack which can't be done from BASIC. For ... values can be stacked from BASIC; eg:
    LET a ... & numexp3 on the calculator stack, which is fine if ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • What Spectrum projects (Software/Games/Utility)(Hardware)(Others) are you working on?So, basically that :) You dont have to give names or more clues if you dont want to ;) Also, if you are working on more than one, you can tell all of…

    ... allow you to use the Calculator directly in the Program Editor ... 've discovered to extend the BASIC*, which in some ways resemble ... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Extended+BASIC+%5b1%5d$&pub=^Your ...
    The_Bert The_Bert January 2014 Development
  • Next gen programmers are going to be ****ING AWESOME!I'm so glad my daughter's computering is in good hands: [url]http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/02/tory-boss-of-government-coding-education-initiati…

    ... a computer rather than a calculator.[/QUOTE]

    It CAN ... they will probably just use basic HTML to create simple static ...
    David Jones David Jones February 2014 Chit chat
  • NOW look at what SpecBAS can do![img]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/specbas_32.png[/img] Here's the code: [code] 10 WINDOW NEW w,0,0,SCRw,SCRh BPP 32 20 FOR f=1 TO 512 30 …

    ... like the listing in 48k BASIC; you can scroll through ( ... commands, but like the 128k BASIC editor can also evaluate expressions ... , which was just a simple calculator) and has a command history ... s all about bringing Sinclair BASIC kicking and screaming into the ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • dumping protected BASIC loadersI wrote this a few weeks ago but forgot to post it. It will load & list from tape/TAP/TZX any BASIC program which has been saved with SAVE, including…

    ... code at the end of BASIC have always been too much ... to convert the 5-byte FP form to decimal. This routine ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • dumping protected BASIC loadersI wrote this a few weeks ago but forgot to post it. It will load & list from tape/TAP/TZX any BASIC program which has been saved with SAVE, including…

    ... which is believed. The individual BASIC line lengths are printed (in ... , convert the following 5-byte FP form of the preceding number ... 'value' and then converts the FP form in 'number'. Doesn't ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…

    ... you started messing around in BASIC with POKEs then you know ... ) off-by-heart, since Sinclair BASIC doesn't support hex. Doing ... must therefore be 49152 (checks calculator - yep) but I couldn't ... of the attributes, without the calculator.
    joefish joefish March 2014 Development
  • How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…

    ... you started messing around in BASIC with POKEs then you know ... off-by-heart, since Sinclair BASIC doesn't support hex. Doing ... must therefore be 49152 (checks calculator - yep) but I couldn ... of the attributes, without the calculator.[/QUOTE]

    Same ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins March 2014 Development
  • RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…

    ... you may use RS232 through BASIC... but in machine code you ... , in the 128k editor and calculator functions as a numeric keypad ...
    Zup Zup May 2014 Hardware
  • Basic program malfunctionHello. Please does anyone know why this basic program 10 LET x=0 20 LET x=x+0.1 30 print x 40 if x<>1 then goto 20 50 STOP does not properly work o…

    ... does anyone know why this basic program

    10 LET ... the speccy uses the same FP routines as the zx81, which ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic program malfunctionHello. Please does anyone know why this basic program 10 LET x=0 20 LET x=x+0.1 30 print x 40 if x<>1 then goto 20 50 STOP does not properly work o…

    [QUOTE=Battle Bunny;776002]What I think was meant was: ABS (x-1) < 0.000001; ie. the difference between the actual (x) and the required (1) final value is < 0.000001 .
    [/quote]

    No, I was copying the sense of the original compare ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • +128 with usr0 in menu screenIve just watched a video of a guy with a spectrum and on the loader menu i think under calculator the menu had an entry for usr0,anyone aware of this…

    ...
    128 BASIC
    48 BASIC
    USR 0
    Calculator
    Tape ... with the original version of BASIC from the 48 or the ...
    chev chev July 2014 Emulators
  • +128 with usr0 in menu screenIve just watched a video of a guy with a spectrum and on the loader menu i think under calculator the menu had an entry for usr0,anyone aware of this…

    ... possible,
    Cassette
    128k Basic
    128k Investronica(english translation ... )
    48k Basic
    48k Investronica(english translation ... /> TR-Dos
    Usr0
    Calculator(maybe leave out)
    Tape ...
    zedexspectrum zedexspectrum July 2014 Emulators
  • +128 with usr0 in menu screenIve just watched a video of a guy with a spectrum and on the loader menu i think under calculator the menu had an entry for usr0,anyone aware of this…

    ... br /> Cassette
    128k Basic
    128k Investronica(english translation ... )
    48k Basic
    48k Investronica(english ... TR-Dos
    Usr0
    Calculator(maybe leave out)
    Tape ... the Spanish and English BASIC ROMs in the 128 ...
    chev chev July 2014 Emulators
  • +128 with usr0 in menu screenIve just watched a video of a guy with a spectrum and on the loader menu i think under calculator the menu had an entry for usr0,anyone aware of this…

    ... version of 128 BASIC is faster, has a running calculator, has an ... version), enables you to enter BASIC lines that are impossible to ... to enter control codes in BASIC lines, has a full screen ...
    chev chev July 2014 Emulators
  • Cassette 50 vs Rise Of The RobotsHaving been a Spectrum owner since 1984 I have played some of the best and worse games the machine has to offer, so my question is: Is the Spectrum …

    ... least you got a free calculator watch! And just loading and ... I recall some were in basic, so you could break into ...
    paranoid marvin paranoid marvin August 2014 Games
  • Cassette 50 vs Rise Of The RobotsHaving been a Spectrum owner since 1984 I have played some of the best and worse games the machine has to offer, so my question is: Is the Spectrum …

    ... least you got a free calculator watch! And just loading ... recall some were in basic, so you could break ... Cassette 50 was almost entirely BASIC games. I seem to ... was too smooth for BASIC. I may be wrong ... enough about programming in BASIC, but most of what ...
    MattLamb MattLamb August 2014 Games
  • Resurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…

    ... happens in 48K BASIC mode, not Calculator or 128 BASIC, so getting 'p ...
    gasman gasman January 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Return to basic from sna created by Z80 compilerHow can I go back to basic when running sna created using Z80 Assembler ([url] http://www.worldofspectrum.org/utilities.html#crossass [/url])? For e…

    ... a byte containing $38, the calculator literal for "end_calc", which is ... be a consistent set of BASIC system variables from 23552 to ... to be interpreted in the BASIC line.
    [/list]

    BASIC (eg. to return a result ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2015 Development
  • Floating Point Package Math48<br>I came across a neat little floating point package for the z80 and I'm adapting it now to work with z88dk and sdcc.&nbsp; There is an interesting…

    ... can use the rom for fp for a big win on ... a TAU keyword to Sinclair BASIC... :-)


    There is ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2015 Development
  • Peeking the contents on screen? How?You will have to forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek …

    A quick warning, if you do use the SCREEN$ function, there is a bug in Speccy BASIC. If you put SCREEN$ inside a calculation you will get a garbage answer, as calling SCREEN$ corrupts the calculator stack IIRC.
    p13z p13z August 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Buddy 0.1 demo[url="http://wischner.co.uk/downloads/app.tap"]The tape is here[/url]. Load it, then enable kempston mouse emulation, then reload it. [url="https://g…

    ... fast with empty windows. Basic resize logic is already programmed ... in. So the basic framework is close to complete ... window */
    main_window=window_create(
    "Calculator",
    window_desktop,
    WF_HASTITLE|WF_HASBORDER ...
    tstih tstih August 2015 Development
  • Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …

    ... the version number in (almost) FP notation.

    From old ... all ROMs.
    For real FP we must subtract 192 from ... ) numbers in the FP notation inside a BASIC line p.e. 10 ...
    roko roko October 2015 Hardware
  • Just games or also "serious stuff"?Hi guys :) When a ZX48K entered our home in 1986, i started programming for it but mainly i used it for games. No other use was accomplished: no a…

    ... used my Speccy as a calculator about 6 times in all ... /> I realised using an actual calculator was quicker and easier :))

    I did fiddle with BASIC a bit, and I have ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2016 Games
  • Just games or also "serious stuff"?Hi guys :) When a ZX48K entered our home in 1986, i started programming for it but mainly i used it for games. No other use was accomplished: no a…

    ... . But also...
    Typed in BASIC listings from mags (which got ... quickly).
    Wrote my own BASIC programs (but not games, as ... a door switch, which a BASIC program monitored, so that when ... bit changed in a normal calculator.

    [b][i]Mark ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK March 2016 Games
  • Sad News for Fighter Pilot and Digital Integration fansSad news, I heard last night that David Marshall, co-founder of Digital Integration and the man responsible for Spectrum classics Fighter Pilot and T…

    ... landing in FP was because he guided me through the basic steps ...
    Arjun Arjun March 2016 Announcements
  • What am I doing wrong here?[code]IF INKEY$=SCREEN$ (21,4) THEN LET SCORE=SCORE+1[/code] It's delivering a positive every time.

    ... INKEY$ : SCREEN$ results on the calculator stack it has INKEY$ : SCREEN ... to avoid this problem in BASIC is to assign the SCREEN ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Optimizing numbers1. Is there automatic way to process basic program (huge), and replace all numbers with an VAR "number" ? 2. Same as above, but replacing numbers wi…

    ... make the changes to the BASIC listing and then load it ... which will generate the hidden FP values in the normal way ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2016 Sinclair Basic
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