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-** Egghead Iv - Cassette Version Now Available **-In case anyone wants the official cassette version of Jonathan's excellent EGGHEAD IV, it's now available from the Cronosoft website. Price is ?1.99…
... . As it's programmed in BASIC and encoded in MC with ... HiSoft BASIC, The chapters take up lots ... (all lovely drawings by my big bruv) that are 3-4k ... ). I can't say exactly how many chapters and images there ... -
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…
... by type (e.g. only Basic or Bytes blocks) using wildcards ... depend on a file name - how else would you know a ... . The only problem is that "big" filesystems were not designed to ... -
OpenGL - how to install it and whatever?How do you actually install OpenGL, if it needs installing at all? I seem to remember for Quake 3, when it came out in 1999, that I had to install a …
... the time of the next big demonstration) and the new Nintendo ... wasn't designed to run (basic) games, then why does it ... run well, define how well. What resolution with how many visual settings ... the laptop.
The big surprise was Alien vs Predator ... -
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…
... 's conception had one very big downside in compare to PC ... /> Tossing: I don't know how it is on rusted West ... is about Pascal versus Sinclair Basic. -
Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
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3. An aftermarket Atari BASIC added a FAST command that ... parts of most BASIC interpreters. The other big offender is probably ... how the keyboard is scanned. A later version of CoCo BASIC ... some programs over the original BASIC ROMs. Just reducing or ... -
Xenon TriOxide (Xeo3)I just wanted you all to know that a new cross platform game has started development (well the +4 version has been around a while, but my colleague f…
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basic idea is pretty simple. both ... stack. honestly, i dont understand how exactly R-type works but ... have not real background but big blocks of gfx which acts ... -
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... still read my self-programmed BASIC-game called "Cherryman".
Find out about how I can transfer my old ... )[/I]
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JamJust wondering what progs everyone always keeps on their computay`s and why? I`ll start the ball rolling :- BSPlayer Pro... My fave Video player, or…
... ]- oh look, it removes Adware, how fun
[B]Spybot [/B ... blown video editing suite, very big and slow[B]
Basic programs to the Beeb over ... -
48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
... have hundreds of deals going. How about 100 ZTX650 transistors for ... a really good stash of basic components for not an awful ... 're nothing more than a "big boys" toyshop selling fancy stuff ... have no clue about even basic electronic components. Know all about ... -
Developing the Spectrum ROMI'm working on some Z80 assembler for a Z80-based single board computer that I'm building. For the things that don't poke my hardware, I'm using a Sp…
... 's a short extract on how the Sam Coup? ROM was ... I was also partly using BASIC as a debugging tool. From ... - but I still had a big problem - I couldn't switch ... the ROM area, where my BASIC needed to be, so I ... -
Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... defining whether we started from BASIC or directly (so i know ... 0, and somehow replicate the basic CLEAR), how do i safely "exit ... about +3 specifics, but Sinclair basic in general expects you not ... such options now to specify "big" printf or "small" printf ; ... -
"The Last Question" by Isaac AsimovBelow is an amazing short SF story I first read a few years ago. I recently rediscovered it and if you've got a spare few minutes, have a read... […
... pass[/I] that AC learned how to reverse the direction of ... names I can't remember (big help, I know). Other good ... [/I] (I don't see how anyone can follow the plot ... else; it usually means the basic story was his, but some ... -
Death of the Computer Science DepartmentRead this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and wo…
... . Nobody needs to learn about how to write a linked list ... days. Likewise every course teaching Big O notation should be scrapped ... " are not equivalent to a basic Turing machine, I'd love ... -
don't go Vista matesaGreetings. As you well know, there has been a massive campaign to push Vista into the users. I'm against it and always will be. Most of the ancient s…
... a little unattainable (?) too massive, big and complex. I wish Microsoft ... stuff or and old skool Basic syntax wise... if they wanted ... I wonder if whether and how much we enjoy the OS ... we use depends on just how much we actually do with ... -
Sam Revival magazine issue 16 now out! [Sam CoupIssue 16 of Sam Revival magazine is now out! This issue features the full Sam game 'Colony' on the coverdisk, which was written by Derek Koselo. Col…
... marking Master Basic against GamesMaster, I started a list of how long ... each command took last year in SAM Basic and Master basic ... and it`d be cool to see how ... no compiler it`s a big challenge... -
Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... , had more or less Beta Basic version 5, better graphics, more ... .
It`s funny how many people actually chose to ... gonna live on and grow big time through the SAM. Exciting ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... feels like freedom compared to Basic and Pascal to me. I ... libraries are also not so big and can be picked up ... need. That's how I deal with very big messes anyway. But ... -
What was the best speccy model?What was your favourite speccy model (non-clone)? A close one for me between the 48k rubber keys and the Sinclair 128k machines. Rubber face just w…
... , including the C=64 were big clunky things that looked like ... />
We all heard about how advanced technology was _small_. The ... it had a much better BASIC interpreter than the rubbish Commodore ... it, too). No one discussed how to make a portable Commodore ... -
What was the best speccy model?What was your favourite speccy model (non-clone)? A close one for me between the 48k rubber keys and the Sinclair 128k machines. Rubber face just w…
... , including the C=64 were big clunky things that looked like ... />
We all heard about how advanced technology was _small_. The ... it had a much better BASIC interpreter than the rubbish Commodore ... it, too). No one discussed how to make a portable Commodore ... -
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
Wooohoo how about these then for a ... blocky.
The C64 was big, heavy and stank.
The ... useful on the C64 in basic.
Carrier Command!
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
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[quote ...New speccy part 2As a quick recap, I am looking to create a 'new speccy hardware' platform, which will retain the charm of the original 48k beast. The way intend to …
... have a screen that was big enough to use comfotable.[/QUOTE ... you, just thought it proved how nuts I am. :)
Basic? Extended how? Im just a moron ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... If people ask questions about how something works or have ... non-trivial C program, big programs are broken up ... and string variables. Sinclair basic hides the distinction between ... declare numbers with the basic interpretter automatically converting to ...Poorly Spectrum + Fault diagnosis help needed!Hi, I've got a Spectrum+. Sometime in the past I broke it and sent it off to be fixed. It came back working good as new, but with an issue 2 board i…
... ask (out of general interest) how much info can be obtained ... black and white stripes (4 big wide ones, the white with ... get M RAMTOP no good BASIC errors for 48K programs.Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... (7) and that's exactly how "d_DrawPlotIntoBuff()" proceeds.
< ... sp1_cs *slist; // +4 BIG ENDIAN ; list of sprites occupying ... sp1_update *ulist; // +6 BIG ENDIAN ; next update struct in ... normally done in Sinclair basic, but you should ...Bubble Bobble EditI thought I might have a go at editing Bubble Bobble myself after reading this... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15452[…
... ). So that means the 'basic' table is 858c-859a ( ... started with
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...and that's how it does it after which ... at #F842.
How did you determine what the ...Vector drawing routines.Anybody could point me to some sort of vector drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean to draw 2D pictures with…
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You're always of big help, dude :D
How do I "strip the crt0 ... to leave enough space for BASIC?
Thanks ...My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... you've read up on how the memory and screen work ... you with your first BASIC program :lol:
How about adding a ... one of the well-established big guns could ask for and ... by the elite (albeit inadvertently)! How about a "my first emulator ...My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... 've read up on how the memory and screen ... with your first BASIC program :lol:
How about adding a ... one of the well-established big guns could ask for ... the elite (albeit inadvertently)! How about a "my first emulator ... a few of the 'big guns' as you put ...
