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1st interface in 30 years (update)Hi all, Just a wee update to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project. Main IC's: 82C55 three 8-bit port I/O (configured for 12 dig in, 12 dig out…
... to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project.
in BASIC.
The ... this is where coding in BASIC is starting to be a ... to be written....and in BASIC this will be slow ... different, or faulty mem in the toastrack......who knows ... -
JHCon 2014Hello, not sure if this is the right category but JHCon 2014 will take place[B] from 28. to 30.11.[/B] at usual place - gymnasium in Jindrichuv Hrad…
... completation of [B]ZX Basic megademo named Cowina[/B] ... - ZX Spectrum BASIC part for a new megademo (in BASIC, surprisingly)
... --- type a BASIC program and ... --- use normal 48 BASIC and 48K memory
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Air Traffic Control RomeLuca has taken an old game he wrote in basic back in 1987 and with a bit of help from me and Einar he's managed to get it into 16k. [IMG]http://www.…
... an old game he wrote in basic back in 1987 and with a ... for download.
A BASIC program for the 16K/48K ... originally dedicated to my father in 1987, who played Hewson's ... the Lazio region in Italy, stored inside the Spectrum memory, which displays ... -
What would have been the hardest game to write?<div>I was recently think about Code Masters' Fruit Machine Simulator and what a piece of **** that would have been to code. I bet it brought in some…
... could really have been done in BASIC (albeit without the rapidly smooth ... what a mere 48K of memory and 3.5MHz CPU could ... -
New game: WordBlasterWords. Do you ever think that you have too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports, books, small print, documents? Wor…
... too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports ... blast them to bits in order to feel free?
Now ... Android game "WordBlaster" and written in BASIC!
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Memory testersHi, Just wondering which software people are using to test the memory in their spectrum. I have been using Zorn's memory tester as described here:…
... are using to test the memory in their spectrum. I have been ... using Zorn's memory tester as described here:
in-a-48k#latest
Oh MummyA game many CPC owners are familiar with as it came free with the £100 software pack withe CPC 464. A fun if limited little game. So when Amstrad …
... familiar with as it came free with the £100 software pack ... needed to bundle some games in with the +2 they had ... looks like it was coded in BASIC.
Anyone had a ... the code? Is it indeed BASIC? Is there a story behind ...Afera, a library for Abersoft ForthI've published a [url=http://programandala.net/en.program.afera.html]library for Abersoft Forth[/url]. It's called Afera. I wrote it some months ago…
... wrote it some months ago in order to make the ... common words and tools found in modern Forth systems.
[*] ... br /> [*] 1 KiB of additional free memory on Spectrum 48K.
[*] ... 11 KiB of additional free memory on Spectrum 128K.
[*] ...Incompressible blocksOne idea I've been pondering about regarding Mackarel is incompressible blocks. If you have a game where you store some data in memory in compressed …
... where you store some data in memory in compressed form, it's likely ... stuff to be in the slower low memory, which means copying ... side, we can overwrite the basic part too..)..
... has some interesting incompressible bit in the middle:
[code ...Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off ... it written by him in the Software Projects office ... has said in an interview he dabbled with BASIC for ... two weeks to make in the accompanying article when ... s Night Off was written in BASIC, why he would risk ...Calling machine codeOccasionally I see on ZX computers (mostly the spectrum, but I think also the '80 and '81), how someone made their machine code and wrote the bytes i…
... wrote the bytes into some memory which BASIC doesn't touch. Then ... that address leaves an integer in the BC register, then that ... /> if you are not interested in the return value.
Tasword file format - for transfer to/from PCHaving worked out that it's dead simple to load in and read .TXT files from the memory card on a DivMMC Enjoy!, I'm keen to see what else can be done…
... to load in and read .TXT files from the memory card on ... and save routines are all in BASIC and can be customised for ... save and load from the memory card and stick .TXT extensions ... does it store anything else in there that I'd need ...Tell when BASIC program was written to disk or modified?I have a small tune written in BASIC and stored on a 3" disk. Is there any way to tell when I created the tune? Is there a program that will run on a…
... have a small tune written in BASIC and stored on a 3 ...Help needed with broken Basic programI got recently into my hands a Polish program written in Basic. But it doesn't run, after loading it hangs. It is set to start from LINE 0 whic…
... hands a Polish program written in Basic.
But it doesn ... protection.
I changed it in Zx Blockedtitor (utility by Claus ... ? Is it missing something? Thanks in advance :)
The files ...Arrays in BASICHi so I'm making this crappy game and I wanna store the screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have 50 characters. So I made the ar…
... screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I ...A BEEP program I want to make in Basic. Helpful remarks gratefully receivedI want to explore the possibilities of the BEEP command. So I need to be able to try different combos of pitch/duration and sequences of same. I'm tr…
... be able to type this in 'on the fly' to modify ... even if it ties me in knots.
I was ... gunshots (its hunting season here in VA) from a distance and ... analyzer, so as to help in having some idea of how ...How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…
... 's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's ... do I call them from BASIC ?New Game: A Yankee in Iraq (2017). A shoot-em-up.Last year, I [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53207/new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old shoot-em-u…
... -game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old ... 1992, which I’d written in Sinclair BASIC. It was a fun ... from all the limitations inherent in BASIC.
To commemorate the ... it from the ground up in assembly. For the technically non ...Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…
... try to write a program in BASIC so huge that it required ... does that bouncing ball program in the 128K+/+2 manual.Basic versions of popular Spectrum games?A couple years ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a Spanish competition, and it looked amazing. I forgot most details, but remember it resem…
... ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a ... Set Silly clone completely written in Basic. Is there a list of ... Basic games which are similar to ... when I see something written in Basic, but with good UDGs and ...How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…
... kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a ... the next character it reads in the string a$ is a ... get confused or "r100u10". Thanks in advance :)ZX ROM in 64 characters a lineDear ZXS users, I am glad the today's release is not only concerning MB-02+ as it is normally the case with me, but it concerns really everyone, sinc…
... patches which make ROM print in 64 characters a line. The ... will be for those programming in BASIC since two times more information ... -02+ I placed the patch in the autoexe, so after the ... my BSROM reports itself already in 64 chars a line:))Just watched Paul Jenkinsons's spectrum chanel and now want to write code againPlease assume for the purpose of this thread I know nothing... I want to look to write games on the spectrum but want to develop and test on my wi…
... to prototype my game is basic and then either rewrite as ... assembler or compile the basic. Is this approach ok and ... as I will be prototyping in basic, is there a better option ... would like to stick to 'free' bits if only to start ...Working with streams in BASICHi I've been screwing around with streams and Spectranet, there's something I can't figure out. If you want to send data to a stream how can you tel…
... listen till it's finished? In other words instead of reading ...Bugaboo - speed run checker hackHi there, Here is a special mode of Bugaboo what helps you to press the jump key to perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for …
... perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for ... />
3; Now you are in BASIC.
4; Redirect 2 ... the new procedure into the memory:
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and type these data in row (just 28 bytes):
Best basic games 2017Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/mai…
Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/main_compoare there any basic conversions of machine code games out there?i need as many as possible as i would like to play around with them in basic.
i need as many as possible as i would like to play around with them in basic.Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
... using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whether and ... to check whether something in front of my ball ... Here's my version of BASIC's ATTR function. What you ... to return from subroutines in assembly with a return ... than storing them somewhere in memory.Saving in BASIC in ESXDOS, the date is interesting :)I just got my hands on a divMMC Enjoy Mini. What a fantastic device!!! So I tried saving/loading basic programs to the disk. A curious thing happens.…
... !!! So I tried saving/loading basic programs to the disk. A ...
