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  • z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…

    ... />
    here is the basic of basic C code

    [ ... Mouse
    MEDIA : 128MB (256mb in 8 Bit) Compact Flash Hard ... and read from this space in BASIC, by saving programs and variables ... and exits safely back to BASIC - sadly no output on the ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 June 2017 Development
  • Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…

    ... you're getting into coding in Basic, squared (graph) paper is ... - mainly thanks to quirks in Basic working out what the instructions ... s and Sprites, klutzy chr graphics in particular, its faster and ... had got lost in space were actually hiding in plain sight ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch June 2017 Chit chat
  • 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 ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • 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_compo
    borislav borislav November 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • are 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.
    digital digital November 2017 Software
  • 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 ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 December 2017 Hardware
  • Pyjamarama remake, players wanted.I've been spending some time recreating Pyjamarama using Mono (C#) on the PC. Why? 1. I started pulling apart the original Z80 and published the [u…

    ... the original graphics,
    has basic sound and only runs in a small ... window. Being in C ... #/Mono and only using the basic ... maybe push on with better graphics, more sound etc etc.
    Luny Luny January 2018 Brand new software
  • How would I turn memory paging on/off in Assembler?Sorry for the noob question. It's perfectly ok to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC to turn memory paging off. But how do you do it in assembly language? I kn…

    ... to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC to turn memory paging off ... how do you do it in assembly language? I know there ... 's an OUT in assembly and it's like ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 January 2018 Development
  • Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…

    ... ’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit ... that I want to add in to the game.

    in to memory as and when ... heavy game just not achievable in Basic?

    Thanks for any ...
    TidusRenegade TidusRenegade March 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • Are there any games/apps developed in Pascal or others?After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor edito…

    After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor editors? If so, was the lack of memory the root problem or there were more?

    TY
    NRA NRA May 2018 Development
  • Can I record binaries from any emulator with Basic commands, machine code, macros or something?Hello I do not know if this is the right place to put this question Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a binary file, I'm going to: file ->…

    ... , etc
    directly from commands in basic or from machine code, that ... are different files?

    In pseudocode it looked something like ... the first piece of memory in a binary file
    < ... The second piece of memory in a different binary file
    maeloterkim maeloterkim June 2019 Emulators
  • is there a way of adding a define procedure command to zx basic?i know you can add things like renumber, using randomize usr to call it, but this would have to be keywords. this would be so helpful in basic as you…

    ... . this would be so helpful in basic as you would no longer ... didnt add this feature to basic. this would have to be ...
    digital digital July 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Amiga chit chat (sorry but it never really was a commode designed machine)I wish there was a forum like this for the Amiga, perhaps there is but I tried a few and they mostly seem pretty moribund and lots of the links at Am…

    ... have - and barely struggled by in Basic, it was always hopeless to ... it was the graphics capability that attracted me in the first ... was run through every shareware graphics program I had or ... could find (eg Graphics Workshop) converting files and ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch February 2020 Chit chat
  • Should I get a NEXT?Despite my having wanted one almost since I heard about it, I'm beginning to wonder whether it would be an extravagance, 'cos its sure to cost a fair…

    ... one hand the fabulous improved Basic would in theory give me the ... encouragement to try some more exciting graphics ... surely that would mean the Basic would also be less tortoise ... and moving backgrounds and sound in Basic if - as it would ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch March 2020 Chit chat
  • Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …

    ... to code some BASIC with my daughter.

    In the tips ... ways to perform routine tasks in BASIC.

    However, after ... about how much time each BASIC command takes to run.
    in the programme?

    ...
    48K 48K July 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    ... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
    ... I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... horizontal scrolling part isn't in basic, because that part is ... y,3)... Remember the spectrum basic has its Y coordinate first ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • How to write a simple game in C+asm.This is just a link to an old post in Development, about a post of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. It was suggested that this thread shou…

    ... link to an old post in Development, about a post ... of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. ... this thread should belong in this C forum as ... explains a bit more in BASIC what the game is doing ... -to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]( ...
    Timmy Timmy April 2021 C
  • Slideshow...Is there any interest in MDR files with graphics slideshows? I was playing around with a Microdrive Superformat I'm working on ( I'm trying to mak…

    Is there any interest in MDR files with graphics slideshows?

    ... [url="https://zxart.ee/eng/graphics/top-rated/"]https://zxart.ee ... /eng/graphics/top-rated/[/url]
    ... PC... Wrote a quick loader in basic, and just had it ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk May 2021 Software
  • ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…

    ... version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about ... aspect just "touches" on Speccy BASIC (At first , I thought about ... therefore the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some extent ... GOOD non UK software titles in BASIC that could be given this ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio July 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • Best way to rip zx spectrum graphicsHi, I'm in the process to create a clone of REX just for fun. I'm just a programmer so, if I could rip the graphics from the z80/sna/tap image it …

    ... ,

    I'm in the process to create a ... if I could rip the graphics from the z80/sna/tap ... point me in the right direction in order to extract graphics in a consistent ... https://nexus23.com/sge-spectrum-graphics-editor/

    Thanks in advance!
    HexDump HexDump September 2021 Development
  • Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…

    ... locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games written in BASIC, back in the ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... also messes the game's graphics up whenever you press a ... to get rid of it in Basic, but I still don't ... know how to do it in Assembly.
    Kotek Kotek June 2022 Development
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... brother and I made games in BASIC in speccy.. were so funny.. I ... made a game of ski in which you go down a ... you "scroll?".. I remember designing graphics in binary... 0 white, 1 black ... ..

    Also in Amiga with AMOS basic.. we I write games ...
    Javier Javier November 2001 Games
  • which programming language?........hi there, which programming language did people first learn to program the zx spectrum? a. basic b. machine code c. other what sort of programs did…

    basic, always basic, and then more basic on amiga.

    ... delved into was a type in from a MicroHobby that ... up doing a similar thing in basic which was a helluva lot ... , i was geting more interested in graphics anyway. :)

    _________________< ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum ROMI downloaded some text files (they are actually the spectrum ROM files but in text) which can be compiled using TASM (or soemthing). I read on WOS th…

    ... printing routine in MC.

    If you make your graphics with ... UDG's and print them in BASIC and when ... will see that the bigger graphics (say 4 UDG) don't ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... development , paranoid delusions and in severe cases total lack ... of beigeness.
    Its graphics capabilties were lifted wholesale from ... software and yet lacking in sufficient computational abilities to ... our cry!
    C NONSENSE IN BASIC! (The text of the ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis September 2002 Games
  • The DoubleThe Double was my favouritre Footy Manager game until I graduated to the PC. I've downloaded it from the site but it needs a code entered before I ca…

    ... , with terrible character block graphics that lurched in BASIC-style up and down ... - with bunch of MC routines in there to speed things up ...
    GP GP December 2002 Games
  • The DoubleThe Double was my favouritre Footy Manager game until I graduated to the PC. I've downloaded it from the site but it needs a code entered before I ca…

    ... , with terrible character block graphics that lurched in BASIC-style up and down ... - with bunch of MC routines in there to speed things up ...
    BadBeard BadBeard December 2002 Games
  • Money!How much money do you think Kevin Toms made from the Football Manager series? I only ask because I imagine if he sold the units today that he sold ba…

    ... was a dire game written in BASIC (with 1 small MC routine ... in the archive, great Cybernoid type game, 100% machine code, great graphics ...
    Neil^P Neil^P March 2003 Games
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