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ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... and languages to illustrate the basic workings and logic of the ... issue would then use Blitz basic to do the same. Of ... website is up so that graphic & sound files can be ... the same article for Blitz Basic, then feel free.
ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... and languages to illustrate the basic workings and logic of the ... issue would then use Blitz basic to do the same. Of ... website is up so that graphic & sound files can be ... the same article for Blitz Basic, then feel free.
Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
... do it easily with visual basic :D
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Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
1.) A graphic adventure game called 'The Legend ... more illustrations! I also HiSoft BASIC compiler (+3 version) to compile ... and enjoyable story!
9.) BASIC of course!Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... of interest - how slow is BASIC for what I am doing ... ago that could swap in blocks of code for the 3 ...Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... of interest - how slow is BASIC for what I am doing ... ago that could swap in blocks of code for the 3 ... /> For what you're doing, BASIC is very slow. It's ...Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... of interest - how slow is BASIC for what I am doing ... ago that could swap in blocks of code for the 3 ... faster raw Z80 is than BASIC. Copying such data would take ... quite a long time for BASIC to to its interpretation (as ...Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... of text but not for graphic screens.
First take a ... last wrote anything in speccy basic so I am quite pleased ...Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... entirely written in 100% unadulterated BASIC and the other for programs ... that predominantly use BASIC but also use a few ... critical areas" would cover 3d graphic engines?? ;)
Development advice I was an user of the Spectrum 48K in the old days. I arribed to learn a lot of BASIC, and a bit of assembler. The time have passed, and now I am …
... .bas files as auto-loading BASIC blocks, and binary files as CODE ... blocks.
The included manual ...creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…
... code for you. Open the graphic editor from the tools menu ... menu to send it as BASIC DATA statements, including POKE code ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... sprites in SP1, the frame graphic address specified in the move ... specific character square just like Basic's "PRINT AT". These characters ...Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... allow code generated by a basic compiler to use functions in ... it is possible to compile BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, etc programs under ... . There were so many IFDEF blocks in the code that it ...files on +3 discHello! I have question. As you know, when Spectrum +3 loads CODE file from tape, you can get by CAT command from audio header to which address it…
... show the lenghth of the blocks, sometimes address where it is ... try to open/hack the basic header to see where it ...Printer softwareHi guys Found a tape whilst going through a box of stuff. Clearly printed on the surface: RAM ELECTRONICS CENTRONICS PRINTER SOFTWARE (c) 1988 …
... to and compared to the BASIC file on the tape - they ... exactly the same. The three blocks of code have the same ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... the subprograms ready: i.e. basic loader, font, loading screen$, music ... each of the above mentioned blocks into the copy program, then ...Disk file transfer utilities ?Are there some PC programs for transferring Speccy software between common emulator formats like TAP to disks or disk images? I mean here about +3 f…
... to read BASIC programs, look at SCREEN$, and browse CODE blocks' bytes ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... the border corruption in all graphic modes, GDI, Direct Draw, Direct ... only flashload standard rom blocks, with turbo blocks loading normally or accelerated ...What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... sound and graphic routines implemented. As I recall Laser Basic (which was ...Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... lot of pages of Sinclair BASIC related discussion.
I ... start posting huge asm code blocks, please.
D ...ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... type (e.g. only Basic or Bytes blocks) using wildcards or you ... in the case of code blocks it will default to file ...ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... have about 3 blocks of code, some gfx, basic loader, lookup tables ... to exist, or new data blocks emerge (the number of these ... blocks is not fixed, so the ...ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... numbers in the suffix for basic, one number for code, as ... about 7 or 8 CODE blocks after the SCREEN$. However, I ...SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
... sector copier, SECTORCOPY, is a BASIC wrapper around * READ.
Again ... protection)
These CODE blocks can then be "glued" together ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... to use.
4) the basic. I like much the zx ... with the poor c6a basic.
5) graphic commands as PLOT or ... games. I like more the basic.
cpc664 was very lately ...TZX format questionProbably a daft one, but I like to be sure of these things! For a block type 10 (a standard speed data block), the text states that all values in s…
... header and data blocks as saved from Speccy BASIC is 50 HALTs ...TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
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MERGE "" the BASIC loader and you'll see ... Therefore, we know that our BASIC loader should jump here once ... /> Now that all the code blocks have been dumped, use bin2tap ... similar program). Enter the following basic BASIC loader (adapted from the one ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
I think that Basic was a right choice ... easy to start programming in Basic (especially for 10 years ... libraries, pointers, switching modes from graphic to text etc.
< ... program looks like in Basic and other languages at< ... Don't you prefer the Basic version? :)
