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  • Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…

    ... over the weekend and if you're anything like ... typed in various bits of BASIC, know your way round ... through the subset of BASIC you need to make ... it after you venture beyond BASIC. There's also a ... effects.

    Basically if a Speccy technical author had ...
    Danforth Danforth February 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • I need a bit of (speccy-related) help with my web-comic...I've posted before that I do fancy stuff for landmark episodes of my comic...well, I've reached episode 199, and for No. 200, I've drawn it as a .scr…

    ... it as a .scr. If you download the mp3, you ... then a .wav and finally as an mp3. I wrote a basic ... 't check to see if it works on a ... down. I was wondering if anyone could have a look ... the mp3 and see if it works? If it does, you ... a week's time. If not...meh. Back to ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie March 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX80 Snapshot queryDoes anyone know why Z80 snapshots store some data as different values? I was initially trying to print the Outlet magazine Outdex files from Master…

    ... Except .....

    I then went back to RealSpectrum, loaded ... Masterfile and then loaded subsequent issues of ... if there was some arcane method of storing system variables, Spectrum Basic ... virtual disk. The result then ran OK with my ...
    Little Hal Little Hal March 2009 Emulators
  • Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …

    ... get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using ... . If I have a PAUSE statement after an INKEY$ statement, then when ...
    polomint polomint March 2009 Development
  • RLE source codeI'm considering tweaking my Des Des loader to cope with on the fly decompression (yeah I'm bored) I was wondering if anybody out there had a very ba…

    ... was wondering if anybody out there had a very basic RLE (only ... and I don't know if I still have the right ... but if I don't get started on the bugger then I ...
    Kilby Kilby March 2009 Development
  • Dynamite Dan/Rod BowkettI'm surprised no-one's mentioned this before, but in this month's Retro Gamer, there is the interview with Rod Bowkett. I was looking forward to this…

    ... people to become competent with BASIC!

    Also, the ... says he can't remember if DD2 did include an end ... versions of Fernandez Must Die, then he went over to programming ... music applications, then left the software world forever ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2009 Chit chat
  • Turbo BasicHi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;) P.S. I am sorr…

    Hi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;)

    P.S. I am sorry for my poor english :(
    amigainspired amigainspired April 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectranet updateSince I've not written an update in a while for those who don't follow the blog on the Spectranet wiki, I hit an important milestone on Saturday. Th…

    ... , I saved the first ZX BASIC program over ethernet to the ... , I loaded the first ZX BASIC program into the Spectrum.

    * If FUSE has been ported to Windows, then that too ...
    Winston Winston April 2009 Hardware
  • Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…

    ... a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture ... . Since PLOT is only necessary if the next vector isn't ... coordinates to determine different things. If [I]x[/I] was, for ... ways to do this in BASIC.

    And I'm ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • DeathchaseHi all, I was just wondering if someone out there could help me... I have the ?2.99 rerelease from 1986 and I'm trying to hack the loader. The tape h…

    ... all, I was just wondering if someone out there could help ... . The tape has a basic loader, and then the screen$ and main ...
    hypostomus hypostomus May 2009 Games
  • Name Me, Make me (involves Boolean math).[B]What's the name of this game?[/B] There are 2 players. You have 4 rows of toothpicks. 16 toothpicks total. 1st row has 1 toothpick, 2nd row h…

    ... one row (at a time) then the other player has a ... /> BTW I don't know if this matters or not but ... I'm wondering if it changes anything if the game is ... this into a one-step* Basic listing :grin:

    [B ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman May 2009 New game ideas
  • The best ... beginning with "M"Been a long time since we did the letter "L", so here's the next one: Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per…

    ... Out! (the best Spectrum BASIC game ever, if you ask me).
    then, moan moan, I'll say ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2009 Games
  • Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…

    ... assembly skills are very, very basic.

    The following code ... a character at a time. Then, it looks for its graphic ... this will be welcome, or if you thing there's a ... a, (hl)

    ; And then point to the next cell ...
    na_th_an na_th_an June 2009 Development
  • So what about ethernet and ZX BASIC?Well, as of about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly wrote some packets to the network! OK, so it isn't perhaps 100% what Andrew Ow…

    ... about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly ... know how to use ZX BASIC.

    At the moment ... socket.

    Then the standard Spectrum BASIC keywords can be used ... I've got input done, then also requesting input will cause ...
    Winston Winston July 2009 Hardware
  • INPUT Magazine BASICHi All, I was wondering if I was allowed to upload some BASIC program codes which I have for ZX Spectrum (That work!) onto the Forum. Cheers, Specc…

    ... was wondering if I was allowed to upload some BASIC program codes ... />
    p.s. not sure if this should be in preservation ...
    speccyfan1945 speccyfan1945 July 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectranet world tour continues...First Oxford, England... Now Bilbao, Spain... Next, Huddersfield and beyond! The latest news on the Spectranet, which you may have seen a hint of in…

    ... steps in adding support for BASIC streams.

    What this ... means is that BASIC programmers can write networked programs ... me: ";a$
    50 IF a$="q" THEN GO TO 100
    Winston Winston July 2009 Hardware
  • Divide+ and ResiDOS questionhaving a real blank moment, i got a +3e (obviously) with V1.38 roms how do i install TAPEIO? Do i need to convert it .TAP ? As i would like to save …

    ... start in 128k editor/+3 basic (cant get it to work ... /> %zx reboots to +3 basic but I then cannot access the CF ... from within +3 basic,
    OUT23,104 then just puts into '48k ... I cant see it
    if anyone can shed light on ...
    reanimator reanimator August 2009 Hardware
  • Sony Offer ?10,000 For PSN Game IdeasAny old Speccy coders fancy there hand at this, there has been quite a few retro styled games on Xbox Live and the Playstation Store. It would be gr…

    ... and Humberside regions of England. If successful, 5 applicants will be ... make a basic, playable, version of their title. This will then be ... March 2010 and hopefully will then be fully developed by Sony ...
    brcu brcu August 2009 Chit chat
  • Knot in 3D - how?Dear all, Does anyone know the basic concept behind the programming of Knot in 3D? How much usable ram did the speccy have - was it 32768 bytes? If…

    ... />
    Does anyone know the basic concept behind the programming of ... all. I guess (analogy alert) if my array theory (above) is ... bitmap format (each pixel counted), then a more efficient way would ... , and I'm very tired. If so, please forgive the ramblings ...
    Tobo Tobo August 2009 Games
  • General question about electronics I guess... (128k +2a)[Short question] When I very slightly put my finger on top IC15 on my +2A the TV picture becomes crazy and the spectrum acts if it just resets I don…

    ... crazy and the spectrum acts if it just resets
    ... ! I program basic etc etc like if it was a ... a black paper and if you play a tape ... (blue and yellow border) and then crashes...

    CPU ... weird behaviour

    If someone has some opinion or ...
    Nuno2009 Nuno2009 August 2009 Hardware
  • Vintage Computer Festival UK 2010.Hi all, Just to make you all aware of the UK's first Vintage Computer Festival. June 18th*-20th 2010. In and around the National Museum of Computi…

    ... />
    The site has some basic details at the moment and ... for further details!

    If any of you have an ... collection of Sinclair/Spectrum kit, then would you be interested in ...
    SimonDH SimonDH October 2009 Announcements
  • Implementing goto on error condition...OK, so when I'm reading a file or directory on a network filesystem, when I reach EOF, it's not actually useful at all for ZX BASIC to stop the progr…

    ... the read loop exit, and then when EOF is reached, continue ... 7) when RST 8 fires, then set NEWPPC to the line ... ends with C Nonsense in BASIC. If you hit BREAK during program ... (RASP, of course) then prints C Nonsense in BASIC. It's almost ...
    Winston Winston October 2009 Development
  • Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…

    Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there ... that can be called from Basic but uses 64 or ... />
    I'm creating small Basic programs that allow me to ... that solution would only work if the multiplication result was ... easy to call from Basic? Thanks!
    zxbruno zxbruno October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…

    ... automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a
    if something has to be changed ...
    if it's not possible on ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... working knowledge of ZX Spectrum basic, and the ZX Spin ... before returning to BASIC
    ;return score to BASIC
    Copy ... machine code function called from basic will return the value from ... /> djnz stands for Decrement then Jump if Not Zero. We load the ...
    bigjon bigjon November 2009 Development
  • Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…

    ... />
    The typical description back then, that "the ghosts chase Pacman ... apparent if you look at a clunky conversion written in BASIC and ... , better written as 16.5ms if you don't like recurring ... will take 3.3 seconds if the row has already been ...
    ajmoss ajmoss November 2009 Games
  • POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…

    ... remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input ... trying to remember!)

    If a commercial game created it ... create the graphic - draw it then use the same character for ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers November 2009 Games
  • The ZX App StoreI was watching one of those iphone adverts and got to thinking Hmmmmm what if you could do something like that for the speccy. Ok heres the idea, if…

    ... got to thinking Hmmmmm what if you could do something like ... , if you have a little usefull program you wrote in basic then you ... could upload it to the ZX App Store. Then ... chance to show off your basic skills
    BruceNorton BruceNorton November 2009 New game ideas
  • Spectrum +3 suspected memory faultHi, I've been using my +3 for the first time in a while and found that some games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes cr…

    ... a largely black screen, and then crash. When I use the ... tested the first 48K in BASIC by poking and peeking, and ... there a way to determine if the memory is at fault ...
    JohnH JohnH November 2009 Hardware
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