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  • I want to learn basic.My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted. Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start.…

    My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted.

    Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start. I lost my original manuals many many moons ago :S
    Countvarg Countvarg May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Looking for an extended BASIC graphics routine from mid- to late-80sHello all, This is my first post here so please go easy. This is basically a cut-and-paste job from comp.sys.sinclair where I've had no luck with an…

    ... ' commands from a typed-in BASIC extender program. Alas the machine ... would like to replace them if possible.

    The ... one I'm after. Most BASIC command additions used * or . ... be from anywhere.

    If anyone recognises the commands and ...
    denali denali May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…

    ... . Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphics ... , as you have to decide if a game's bad graphics ... , but considering it's in BASIC, then it's perhaps excusable. And ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2008 Games
  • Terminal Velocity!Hi, Don't know if I should be posting this sort of thing here, but I read the FAQ and didn't spot any "Don't" rules. So here you have my example of …

    ... ,

    Don't know if I should be posting this ... exit: ";m
    100 IF m=0 THEN STOP
    110 CLS ... to use them. In Sinclair BASIC.

    Q: No really ...
    gcallard gcallard May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • I don't know if this is the right place but...I'm having problems accessing ftp.worldofspectrum.org (I think that's what it is). If that's the wrong name, then basically, I'm having problems acce…

    ... what it is). If that's the wrong name, then basically, I ...
    Cream147 Cream147 May 2008 Infoseek database
  • I don't know if it's my age or what?Has anyone played games back in the days and thought they were great then played them years later and found them to be totally crap? This hapenned ab…

    ... and thought they were great then played them years later and ... me. I don't know if its my age or the ...
    zx1 zx1 June 2008 Games
  • Hilarious!Right, first of all, I am [B]NOT[/B] making an attack either on God (so don't cry blasphemy) or on all religious people (so don't see the topic as an…

    ... I]One of the most basic laws in the universe is ... br />
    "[I]Well, Metta, then you don't know me ... robes and hoods. They then exit the house, and ... br /> "[I]If u have sex before marriage then in Gods eyes ... girl who was raped and then buried alive]

    ewgf ewgf June 2008 Chit chat
  • 48k disk basicWhen trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file at [URL="http://www.alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL] I got…

    ... comes up as "48K Disk BASIC IMC 1985/88", which I ... .

    I was wondering if anybody knew anything about this ... quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Dump Sinclair character set to file?Hi guys, I'm working on a version of Manic Miner for the TI-99/4A. It's not a port, as I'm not looking at the original Z80 code, just re-creating th…

    ... keys / conveyors etc to do, then on to the engine.
    BASIC, but now, I can't ... I'm working.

    If anyone can provide a dump ...
    Mark Wills Mark Wills June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…

    Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to ... the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have ... ended up back in +2 basic and noticing they had got ...
    KK128 KK128 June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Integer RangesOK, I need a little help clarifying something. I am making good progress with the emulator so far - I've emulated most ADD, INC, DEC commands (as we…

    ... not getting confused with my basic binary maths. When I INC ... -bit integer and then add or decrease by 1. If (in the ... the INC command (i.e. if the new value is < ... caught out by working out if an overflow has occured or ...
    MadDoc MadDoc June 2008 Emulators
  • Science Explained (Finally)!We believe that all the main physics principles can be explained away by the existence of tiny gnomes. Electricity: Inside cables there are hundreds…

    ... , and this is where the basic theory for gravity comes from ... gatherings.

    Light:
    If you think about it, its ... of gnomes). The gnome satillites then catapault seperate gnomes to the ... to the wine gnomes (especially if mixed - gnomes love to party ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton July 2008 Chit chat
  • Channels and streamsSo I've put some thought into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting corpse) of the CSS FAQ which contains some information …

    ... and S channels even if you add a new ... the semantics of ZX BASIC's OPEN# are completely ... channel (#4). This avoids BASIC having to be extended ... or server, address etc.). If this works, it creates a ... Then a subsequent CLOSE # to free the stream from ZX BASIC' ...
    Winston Winston July 2008 Development
  • How will my computer improve if I add a graphics cardAllright, at the moment I have a dual-headed set-up (I think it's called dual-screen in the windows world), with a 1280&#215;1024 screen hooked up to…

    ... screen the mouse moves choppily if the CPU is under heavy ... load, and if I choose to see a video, then that can ... go fairly choppily too.

    Now if I ... noisy enough as it is . . . ) then will this situation really improve ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm July 2008 Chit chat
  • Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…

    ... core to run the real BASIC 4 ROM, but the ... type and run a BBC BASIC program. You currently can' ... but it would be nice if anybody could lend support with ... location. If I intend to implement 40 chars/line then I ... odd typing in a BBC Basic program on a Spectrum. ...
    Jimmy Jimmy August 2008 Development
  • Suggestion: A new (and simple but good) feature for emulatorsOne slight but real problem with emulators is that when you load a tape file (.tzx/.tap) then the randomise seed system variables are always set to z…

    ...
    But if emulators had the following function then the problem wouldn ... command is issued/emulated, then the random seed system variables ... it's fortunately written in BASIC I simply added (something ... to continue"
    3 if INKEY$ " " then goto 3
    4 ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2008 Emulators
  • The "Ernie Wise Memorial Game What I Wrote" thread 2008As the September rain lashes remorselessly long and hard against the window (Everest PVC-u) what more can a cove do but reflect on life whilst drinki…

    ... I smoking?

    And then I wrote Twinz

    If you completed a level you ... these games were written in BASIC, and apart from "Touchdown", compiled ... submitted to Vincent Vity - but then who here has never submitted ...
    Rockford Rockford September 2008 Games
  • If speccy games were made into movies - actors?The "Films not based on speccy games" thread got me thinking, what if some original speccy games had been made into a movie? And then, who would have…

    ... got me thinking, what if some original speccy games had ... made into a movie? And then, who would have been ... would have been great. If I had to think of ... less child actors), so if you think these are terrible ... was also never sure if the game character has a ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG September 2008 Games
  • Be honest - Vienna, by Ultravox, is a really awful songActually, Vienna is a great song. But yesterday on BBC3 they had one of those "100 best" or "100 worst" worst programs that today's program schedular…

    ... something really complicated like BASIC programs that print their ... really. I mean, if the "best comedians of ... been of any merit, then genuinely funny comedians, ... James, etc. And likewise, if the "best of" or ... don't follow music), then the programs would carry ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2008 Chit chat
  • alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…

    ... under 32K is available for BASIC
    the shadow screen is ... working on. I just wondered if anyone else would be interested ... almost a full 48K for BASIC programs. On the other hand ...
    chev chev October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Dunno if any1 cares but....remember I made a thread asking where the Spectrum was most popular?..... yeah I didn't think you would, well anyway I made a "100 spectrum games in …

    ... that if the spectrum is popular in these countries now then it ... popular it was then, so here's the graph if anyones interested ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A problem with a friends laptopMy mums friends laptop wont display anything on the screen anymore. When it boots up you can here it starting up but the screen remains black. All th…

    ... (wifi and power) and if you plug a usb stick ... />
    It has Vista Basic
    A Intel duo 1 ... />
    I was wondering if its a software issue that ... updates which she installed then she restarted it installed ... them she then read her email and ...
    festershinetop festershinetop October 2008 Chit chat
  • Please help me complete this lil'programI'm editing Basic programs that were saved in Timex TOS discs, and every load command starts with LOAD *"filename". If I want to go through these pr…

    I'm editing Basic programs that were saved in ... with LOAD *"filename".

    If I want to go through ... ]IF PEEK (F-1) =239 AND PEEK (F+1)=34 THEN POKE ... rather add two lines of Basic and let it 'fix' everything ...
    zxbruno zxbruno December 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Please help an absolute novice with some simple(ish) programming.I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework [quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a com…

    ... 'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for ... OR 5",b: IF b1 AND b5 THEN GO TO 80
    thx1138 thx1138 December 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • BASin r14d - Final bugfix for the r14 seriesOk, there's not a great deal to "show" here, as most of the work has been going on "under the hood" so to speak. And there's been a [i]lot[/i] of wor…

    ... not "take" properly if the user didn't edit ... highlighted as numbers in the BASIC editor.
    Fixed - ... that follow other keywords (THEN GO TO etc) would ... not tokenise properly if there's a space ... Table now updates itself if your program changes from ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2008 Emulators
  • World Champions - E & J Software & Challenge SoftwareHi folks, The current infoseek price for this title is wrong. According to this mag advert: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Sin…

    ... ... I wonder if the E & J label was then used for ... :

    * First on early basic inlay from E & J ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker December 2008 Infoseek database
  • TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …

    ... TZX to WAV using other basic DOS software. But still don ... , it created a 0kb file, then I tried typing in SAVE ... end of file.

    If anyone knows a real simple ...
    SteveP SteveP January 2009 Emulators
  • Broken links on Sinclair Basic pageThe links ([ Introduction | Licence | Interpreters | Extensions | Compilers | Manuals | Articles | Source ]) at the top of the [url="http://www.world…

    ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/sinclairbasic/"]Sinclair Basic[/url] page are broken.

    (Apologies if this is not the right ...
    SkoolKid SkoolKid January 2009 Infoseek database
  • Machine code and Basic system variablesSpectrum system variables (I mean 48KB model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program and it's never going to return t…

    ... model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started my machine ... never going to return to Basic? Can I overwrite system variables ... system variables somehow.

    If I disable interrupts with DI ... safely?

    And what if I don't want to ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • err, I like wrote this years ago, and just found it archived.[b]read it, and say it's crap if you want, but do not go on about the technical side, cos it was bullshit, we all know it, and the end makes no sense…

    ... SEN5241: Grab us a .jpeg then m8
    Lonewolf: k< ... visually more pleasing, but BASIC worked better with a ... br /> 'And if I don't?'
    'Then you'll go ... the hell is 'the outernet' then?'

    It ... Russia had taken the basic design of the Sinclair ...
    thx1138 thx1138 January 2009 Chit chat
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