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How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... only one i could program was the Texas Instruments ... ,,now i always wanted to write my own frogger ... lightning but found them to limited,i wasnt very ... i would love to be able to program my own frogger ... me to learn to program,i will be using realspectrum to learn ... -
Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... for it no matter how difficult/easy to program it was.
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how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…
... use to me because I need to be able to ... learn how to use a compiler and compress the program that ... the errors were and how they were debugged so ... my explanations of how I learned to program in the 80 ... than just using a paint program.
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Has anyone ever heard Spectrum MIDI?Simple question: has anyone ever heard MIDI controlled by a Spectrum? This seemed to be one of the major features added by the Speccy 128, which eve…
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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…
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How to get Grahics to wrap vertically around the screen?I am using the following code to draw an image to the screen. First I use HL to contain ROW and COLUM I then call the MapScreenFunction As I draw m…
... using the following code to draw an image to the screen.
First I use HL to contain ROW and COLUM
line to get the next line.
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How to recover data from old Microdrive cartridges?I have 17 Microdrive cartridges that I filled with games (some listed in the "Missing in Action" section of this website) about 20 years ago. My or…
... to load a few SCREEN$ files eventually, and one 4 line BASIC program ... one of the fixed resistors to turn up the gain on ... -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... 704 characters. In order to save memory, and ... that I don't know how to do:
... to be a game for Dr. Beep's one line BASIC program ... request. But I was unable to include ... the movement commands in just one line. ) -
how convert PNG to TAP (SCR...)Can you tell me how can I convert PNG (or BMP GIF) image [B]without any pixel/attributes changing[/B] to TAP (SCR)? The problem is that I have a pict…
Can you tell me how can I convert PNG ... any pixel/attributes changing[/B] to TAP (SCR)? The problem ... the final image... the program rejects any non-bright attributes ... don't need a program that does any calculations ... just a simple conversion to any ZX format so ... -
What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…
... , what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made ... place as to how many commands can be put in each line.)
SEUD - How to - Part IIOK, now let?s enter on each option to see how to use them. First of them, the attack waves. A - Attack Waves [IMG]http://img841.imageshack.us/img84…
... enter on each option to see how to use them.
... cursor where you will insert the coordinates that enemies ... 'I' to insert a coordinate or 'R' to remove it.< ...
Now hit A to insert an attack wave (the others ... be shown and how many hits to kill the enemy. ...How to convert a .txt file (ASCII/PC) into a Tasword file?Short version: [B]How can I convert a .txt file (PC) into a Tasword file (ZX Spectrum)?[/B] Longer version: {Maybe I should first re-introduce mysel…
... 128k. It is fascinating to see how kids react to a Spectrum. They ... Woodcock, shows on page 22 how to convert a Tasword file into ... the other way round: [B]how to convert a .txt file into ... ). And I tried a communications program associated with The Writer, that ...Hooky - hook ZX ROM and rewire RST and NMI to RAM - rantThis is a rather long rant. Not for short tempered. :) The objective is to hook into RST "vectors" and NMI on a Spectrum without affecting the normal…
... to rewire these jumps to RAM so that a program ... - IM1 routines. :)
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The only ... our possibility to "rewire". We could simply insert JP to our ... INTERFACE ONE
QUESTION: how to rewire RST 0x08 (since IF1 ...How important is the 9V line?I'm in the middle of resurrecting an Opus Discovery. The transformer is gone so Im using a small switched mode PSU from a PC. My plan is to bypass …
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How critical is the voltage on the 9v line to the Spectrum ... , can I use the 12v input to feed ... the 9v line?
What ... would the best way be to reduce ...How big is the program?I've got the following one line program (running in a 48K Spectrum emulator) [CODE]1 input n:let n=n-int(n/4)*4:print "1 i -1-i"(n*2+1 to n*2+2)[/CO…
... 've got the following one line program (running in a 48K Spectrum ... -1-i"(n*2+1 to n*2+2)[/CODE]
to show file size in bytes, which I run after the program ...Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY ... - I just learned how to use Soundtracker anyway (Thanks to ZXF for those ... screens displayed do not go to a line before this one 350 ... leaving a shed load of line numbers for icon drawing - perhaps ...I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…
... simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah ... . Then a GOTO back to the PRINT AT line.
It ... made the asterisk immediately jump to the far left. Pressing R ... others? So I added a line to print the values of X ...WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware EmulatorDecided to take the plunge and learn how to program a Raspberry Pico Micro Controller and, after messing around a lot with Oqtadrive, decided to crea…
... plunge and learn how to program a Raspberry Pico Micro ... br />
I wanted to mirror the Pi1541 project whereas ... use a menu system to insert new cartridges into one ... & 9v reducing to 5v to power the Pico. Rest ... simply connect it to the 9v line so it is ...Which assembler to useHello again, another question. As I just started fiddling with assembler I used whatever tools were in front of me. In this case, the built-in assem…
... 't find any instructions on how to use it!
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Delete line : ... />
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Poke 23755 & 23756Entering the following few lines of BASIC: [IMG][URL=http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/rebelstarwac/media/Poke1_zpsc2845838.png.html][IMG]http://i12…
... to the previous or the next line. If you edit a program and insert ... of your program. In each loop run, the line to go to must be ... searched fom the start of the program.
program that lists itself, so you can understand how it ...FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... squares from the vertical line to the rightmost extent of ... B] shows how the justification function is meant to be used ... justification functions (in this program, fzx_write_justified()). If the input ... word and insert spaces between each character to do a ...Help with Wizball - how to use power-ups???Anyone played Wizball recently? I can't work out how to activate the power-ups. For those who haven't played it, you collect green icons (which are…
... I can't work out how to activate the power-ups.
to be pearls) to gain extra powers. ... , but can't work out how to actually use them.
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I used to play thi on a joystick ... I can't remember how I used to do it, and it ...How to program Machine Code on a PC, and then run it on a speccy?Well, I've been looking into MC a bit more deeply recently - I reckon I could get my head round MC now. Back when I was a teenager, I couldn't see th…
... load etc and am beginning to think I could do it ... , it's a bit cumbersome to actually code it on the ...TASM, Z80 and Spec emusHi! Having some novice questions here regarding TASM and writing machine code for the Speccy emus... Now I have configured TASM into my EditPlus and…
... contains two lines with the program in hex code (as ascii ... else my EditPlus program converts the binary data to ASCII text).
how, for instance, do I ... of relative stuff). And how to insert data to specific memory cells, i.e ...Graphics Mask FormatsHi. Just a quick question. I'm curently hacking a little program to aid my in my own ZX development (i'm hoping to build a little collection of tools…
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Now, I know how I like to have the mask in ... : Mask then Image, for each line.
[*]BBBBMMMM : Image then Mask ... , for each line.
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Of course ...Who knows how to program a "pathfinder"?Hi all. I like to play games like "Colour Lines" and I think, I will create a version of this game for the SAM Coupe. It looks easy - until this "dam…
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I like to play games like "Colour Lines" ... path from a point A to a point B or doesn ...My little first set of routines.Hi all, I just coded a little set of routines just to draw a screen on video mem and a fade out. I could have just copied the screen rendering rout…
... to my fade out routine and tell me how ... /> pop bc ;one less line to draw
dec bc
or b ;insert new color in atribute< ... br /> or b ;insert new color in atribute< ...Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…
... the games you used to play to death as well as ... . I've read how you need to wire a stereo connector ... got my program from PC to spectrum without having to buy an ... to work.
Once I've got the program ... use to get the spectrum to just get it to copy ...
