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  • Z80 'EXX' ConfusionI was working on a little Z80 routine last evening, and, having run out of registers, resorted to sticking one of the values into a memory location a…

    ... the routine working, but then wondered if I could speed it up ... was getting a 'Nonsense in BASIC' error when it had finished ... bit of code to see if my understanding of EXX was ... code gives a 'Nonsense in BASIC' error!

    Here's ...
    RoseCotton RoseCotton November 2009 Development
  • Making TZXsI would like to be able to make new TZX files containing new software/data. If at some point I do manage to complete the writing of a little game or…

    ... new software/data.

    If at some point I do ... a little game or something, then I'd like to be ... , i.e. a BASIC loader, a picture, then the game code.
    RoseCotton RoseCotton December 2009 Development
  • Help needed id'ing two gamesHi. I was wondering if anybody could identify two games for me. I remember playing them but have absolutely no idea what either was called. The fi…

    Hi. I was wondering if anybody could identify two games ... really weird platformer. If I remember right the basic idea of the ... , that kind of thing). As if that wasn't difficult enough ... of the game started you then had to do your best ...
    Sakura No Seirei Sakura No Seirei December 2009 Games
  • Sinclair ZXC3 FLASH ROM CartridgeI recently received mail about the new ZXC3 PCB which provides the unique ability to program it directly from the Spectrum without the need for an EP…

    ... a Windows PC application and then transmitted to the Spectrum via ... the Spectrum. The Spectrum will then erase the ROM and re ... All the standard Interface 1 BASIC commands can be used to ... not connected. However, if one is connected then the emulated cartridge can ...
    clive-nl clive-nl December 2009 Hardware
  • "Up to 80% of violent criminals turned to crime because computer games"According to China (that well known bastion of openness and human rights), or at least the official China news people: [[COLOR=Red]Note: if you can'…

    ... :

    [[COLOR=Red]Note: if you can't be bothered ... of human rights or even basic considerations. No. Online computer gaming ... addicted to cough medicine and then drugs like methamphetamine as a ...
    ewgf ewgf December 2009 Chit chat
  • Short-circuit evaluation of complex IF conditionsJust idly wondering, any way to terminate a complex if check using multiple AND operators after the first FALSE result instead of checking all the co…

    ... way to terminate a complex if check using multiple AND operators ... />
    Instead of

    IF (x>0) AND (x0 ...
    bigjon bigjon January 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…

    ... in high RAM, and then a routine in BASIC (yeah, I'm ... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.

    And finally ... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • If I want to create a power supplywell, I'm doing a fair bit of travelling with my leads and wires and computers and speakers and stuff,so I thought of making a little device out of a…

    ... . Well, if I simply hook this up to the PSU, then it ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm January 2010 Chit chat
  • Why did Ultimate games load like this?What I remember about the early Ultimate games was the unusual way they loaded. You'd get the BASIC bootstrap loader, then a SCREEN$, then a main bl…

    ... 'd get the BASIC bootstrap loader, then a SCREEN$, then a main block ... of code. But then it'd load two or ... very short blocks of code, then the game would start. [I ... [/I]. I'm not sure if the 16K games did too ...
    joefish joefish February 2010 Games
  • OR in a IFHi guys, I have a string that is defined by the user. I want to have an IF that does something like IF string<> a OR b OR c THEN goto 10 Hope that m…

    ... IF that does something like IF string a OR b OR c THEN ...
    Robin Robin February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Platform Game Designer 2Right, with Telly Heroes out of the way, I've decided to have a second attempt at this. I've ditched the old PGD2 source, and started again with the…

    ... have written some code for basic horizontal and vertical patrols, plus ... would they do then, and what would happen if the player touched ...
    jonathan jonathan February 2010 Development
  • My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…

    ... I never really ventured beyond BASIC back then.

    Now, here ... any flicker or tearing, and if I can trust ZXSpin's ...
    riv riv March 2010 Development
  • Feelin' kinda proud of myselfOkay, it has bugs. But I kludged it together about 10 mins after getting the sprite thing to actually work. [url]http://britlion.googlepages.com/Spr…

    ... when I was a kid. Then again, so was assembler ... library for Boriel's ZX Basic compiler. (Join in at ... . :)

    And yes, if you ignore the sprite library ... in a form of basic that isn't completely ... alien to sinclair basic users. I love this ...
    Gedlion Gedlion March 2010 Development
  • Easy way to print text in machine code?Please? It sounds so simple, but I've never done it. At the moment I'm grabbing the start address for each letter then printing them out one at a t…

    ... start address for each letter then printing them out one at ... rather just do it in BASIC.

    So... Can I ... address starting at, say, 40000, then use a simple lil prog ... all out where I want? If so, how?

    Ta ...
    Graz Graz March 2010 Development
  • Thanatos 128k - patched to work on ANY 128 model!A little something I somehow managed to do the past couple of days. A version of Thanatos 128k which works on not just the 128 but also the +2, +2a a…

    ... had the save bug but then it somehow fixed itself!). ... so that if you typed CAT in +3 BASIC, it would ... . I ripped the files then used BASin's Tape Creator ... was being loaded into (the basic loader just had LOAD " ... Copied it to disk and then the whole lot into a ...
    pottyboy pottyboy March 2010 Games
  • I want to see if a file exists. in CIs this what they call a lockfile? I'm trying to write some software that translates from one language to another (as some of you probably know, I …

    ... foreign charsets etc...)

    Then process B does computations on ... , etc etc etc.

    If I have Process B delete ... see if proc B is ready to receive another batch) then can ... can I check in C if a file exists or not ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm March 2010 Chit chat
  • ISO ROM 128 with TR-DOS 5.05(cz)This is new correct version of ISO ROM for ZX + BETADISK. Some extra basic command is designed specially for use in conmination with TR-DOS 5.05(cz).…

    ... ...)
    = (show basic info - ramtop, used memory ... return to basic (if basic variables is bad then use reset)< ... autoboot (if file boot.B absent then use CAT ... )
    DEVAST+ - if tr ... -dos 5.05(cz) is used then ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…

    ... simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... IF" for each if, which is an easy fix to a Sinclair Basic ... Program) and a very powerful fully fledged freebasic like language if ... from it. If you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    Is it possible? If so how? I've seen ... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Looking for a ZX81 gameHi all, I'm trying to find the name of a ZX81 game. It was a sort of maze / adventure game. There would be a maze on the screen, with something like…

    ... the cursor keys, and then you would stumble into ... enemy. IIRC, you would then got some choice as ... some points). The computer would then 'roll the dice' to ... decide the outcome (=if you could proceed, or had ... the whole thing was a BASIC program.

    ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie May 2010 Games
  • Minor Update to Gasman's Midi2BEEPDon't know whether this is worthy an announcement, but for those of you who enjoyed Gasman's midi2BEEP utility, a new variant has been made called mi…

    ... out Assembly listing rather than BASIC, and can handle larger files ... /Mid2ASM.zip[/url]

    ...If anyone can render a half ... 's first symphony using this, then please feel free to email ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil May 2010 Announcements
  • Building a menu in ASMWEll as probably some figured, i am learning asm at least to make the basic menu i did in basic. It is a menu where we can select games to be loaded.…

    ... to make the basic menu i did in basic. It is ... loaded.
    Of course the basic is so slow painting the ... i programmed a lot in basic and always wanted to ... br /> scape

    In basic was easy to build all ... if i use the other alternate lines, 1,3,5, then ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • +3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?

    Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
    Spectrum +3 Spectrum +3 July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Seeking alternatives to DATA statementsAnyone know of any memory saving alternatives to storing a list of numbers, other than using DATA statements or poking data into addresses?... Im ti…

    ... alternative ways of outputing the basic other than producing repetative ... could still technically be called BASIC (rather than crossing over ... to be allowable in any BASIC crapmo competitions & readable ... MININ*L,P-PITCH: IF INKEY$="" THEN GO TO 20
    < ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …

    ... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ... within each program file - as if it was in a REM ... with LISTing the program - as if it was above RAMTOP. As ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Haha! I've just got my first ever 419!After all these years of reading how much fun people have had wioth these but never having one myself here is my first 419. tbh It's a bit lame comp…

    ... wait years for one 419, then 3 come along at once ... process incoming tasks and
    basic knowledge of management. The working ... url]



    If such money remained unclaimed after ... scrutiny and approval. Please if this is acceptable by you ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek August 2010 Chit chat
  • Multi Dimension String Arrays.Ok so I've been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible. I know what when a…

    ... been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I ... use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible.
    ... />
    For example if I was to create a ... code]

    Is it then possible to say

    basic 0 based i.e. ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Free Basic coding book for kids if you want itI bought it in a charity shop yonks ago out of nostalgia, a lack of ability to let some retro rot in a charity shop and it was super cheap. Anyway, …

    ... , it's free if anyone wants it. Alternatively if anyone wants to ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere August 2010 Sales
  • Booting with a programIf you ever had a VTX-5000, you'll remember it booted to a menu. The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, this BASIC prog…

    ... BASIC program was transferred into the Speccy's main RAM, then run ... is set to 0xFF, and then the return stack is set ... when the initialization routines finish, BASIC starts somewhere where it'll ... for the '%load' command - if the BASIC program is saved with the ...
    Winston Winston August 2010 Development
  • Hack into Mescaline Synthesia 128Hi folks, this thread is not about copyright, although if somebody knows the e-mail adress or another way how to contact the author "DeMarche" pleas…

    ... is not about copyright, although if somebody knows the e-mail ... first part is loaded from Basic, then depacked and running, after this ... from MC into Basic and write a Basic disk loader for every ... people who are better hackers then me come with me hack ...
    Speccyman Speccyman September 2010 Development
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