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Basic programming for kidsHi there I'm thinking strongly of getting my kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so I can get two bluetooth keyboards fo…
... kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so ... and mess around with their BASIC program to see what happens ... , add your own UDG's if you want to, and you ... -
What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
... topic really only works properly if:
1. ... either new or used) 'back then'
2. You are ... *ahem* try mine including the IF.1 too:
Basic etc it could be ... to be used, even if it used Microdrive commands.
"ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…
... of Starfire, the early, mostly BASIC-based release from Virgin Games ... made some routines work in BASIC that I could never have ... it in +3 BASIC which goes mad if I try to use ... /> IF o=INT o THEN LET d=0
IF oINT o THEN LET ...48K light gun on a 128K ZX SpectrumHello I have a 128K ZX Spectrum. I want to use a Cheetah Defender with a DE-9 plug (Kempston interface wired) with it. I am aware that normally it…
... ? I mean if I load a game from 48K basic and use ... a Kempston interface, then the ZX ... /> It’s quite a bummer... If that means that the Kempston ...Screenshots from my old BASIC gamesI have written several dozens of games in 90's. They haven't remained, so I show only screenshots 'for history'. Some screenshots are real, but all…
... have been written on a BASIC; gameplay was very primitive.
The only survived BASIC game from this list.
My last BASIC game (possibly, the largest BASIC game for ZX ... /fJQ75tM.gif[/img]
Then I have learned a machine ...Saving BASIC program from Spectrum to PCSo I did something stupid. I started writing a program on the Spectrum, and before I knew it I am on line # 1430 of my BASIC program. I now have had…
... on line # 1430 of my BASIC program.
I now have ... my PC, so I figured If I use the MIC---> ...SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
... they are, same as Sinclair BASIC
Changed Ctrl+Up/ ... updates.
Optimisation to IF/ELSE addressing string characters
then top).
Re-ordering ... complex expressions
END IF not working after ELSE in ...New language for spectrumI made a halfway language between assembly and Basic here is some example code: [code] INFLOOPSTART ifram(scrolla=1) print(intera) endif…
... halfway language between assembly and Basic
here ... WriteRegister(HL,scrolla)
if(a=1)
WriteRam(HL ... WriteRegister(HL,scrolls)
if(a=1)
WriteRam(HL ... />
then in the main infiniteloop it prints if the ram ...ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
... (xxx-----)
// if =7 then use 2nd byte to get ... //
// if no args then show help
if(argc==1) {< ... c,_ulzfa060 ; 12/7t - if not then in pixel
;;
;;
;; code for pasmo basic
END $c000
;; ...How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…
... in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws ... position a line up 20 then left 20. Is there some ... $ so the Speccy can determine if the next character it reads ... how long the number is if I do "u5r10" it will ...Can I name a subroutine and then call it by name?No thats not really exactly the problem. I wrote 4 lines of Basic that draws an 8x8 square and then told it to check x,y and subtract 4 from x or y t…
... lines of Basic that draws an 8x8 square and then told it ...ZX Spectrum BASIC game jam over on itch.ioHello, everyone. Apologies for the prolonged absence. (It's been almost 4 years, yikes!) Just wanted to let everyone know there's a [url="https://itc…
... .io/jam/zx-spectrum-basic-jam"]Sinclair Basic game jam[/url] starting ... to be crowded. Come over if you can, to play the ...He's back! Not sure why, or even if anyone will remember him, but he's back anyway.Yes, *he* is back. Unless you're British, over forty, and haven't gone senile, then you probably won't remember him, but he's back, nonetheless. T…
... and haven't gone senile, then you probably won't remember ... semi-non-moving cartoon. If you don't know the ... boy. I don't know if that's true, as ... remember the cartoon, and even if it is/was true, ... film?
Even if the film companies are utterly ...128K memory bank selection to avoid contention issuesI'm currently developing a game and I'm trying to get my head around the memory contention issues of the various 128K/+2/+2A/+3 spectrum models in or…
... bank $4000-$7FFF. Hence if the CPU also needs to ... data or execute code, then it is delayed, as ... into either 128/+2/+3 Basic and using a debugger ... Do I need to check if the machine is 128K/+2 ... and if so load into bank ... 4 or 6, and if it is +2A/+3 ...z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…
... br />
I am wondering if someone can help me solve ... />
So a little info then -
[quote]ZCC ... />
here is the basic of basic C code
[ ... :test.txt","w");
if( fp == NULL )
{
...I live and learnThanks to Einar's ZXDB link I found under the Books folder and English sub directory a PDF file named 'The Century Computer Programming Course for Z…
... Course for ZX81 and Spectrum Basic'. I must have half a ... dozen Basic lesson books but it always ... SUM=SUM+x
90 IF COUNTERHey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…
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If you're getting into coding in Basic, squared (graph ... box off 32 columns and then treat each square like a ... epic confident in your calculations if you havent first drawn it ... - mainly thanks to quirks in Basic working out what the instructions ...Where's my green square? Basic & m/c question.I'm going mad here - can anyone tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a green square at the top of the screen? I've checked the num…
... tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a ... and they seem okay and if I poke 32 directly into ... I don't think the basic is overwriting the M/C ...A game from an other machine.if someone interesting, this is a game I created in 1989. this is the basic source, maybe somebody can convert to specy. An image: http://www.ep128.…
... in 1989. this is the basic source, maybe somebody can convert ... br /> 660 IF X$(X,Y)=" " THEN 760
670 IF X$(X ... ,Y)="š" THEN SET INK ...
1080 END IF
1090 IF INKEY$="" THEN LET BBB=1
Short Sinclair BASIC tutorialsHello, if anyone is new to Sinclair BASIC (the built-in ROM one) or feeling the need for a refresh there are (currently eleven) quick 'Under 5 m…
Hello,
if anyone is new to Sinclair BASIC (the built-in ROM ...I think maybe I'll try my hand at making a game like Boggle next.Or maybe a sliding puzzle sort of thing? Although its a royal pain working out all those symbolic characters, its kind of rewarding when it works af…
... only with 26 choices and then translate the number to a ... routine to position the tile - if doing a sliding type puzzle ... 4 to keep it easy if doing a Boggle type game ... character around it - not from Basic, there won't be enough ...Flood Fill IssueHi Folks, Came across the following Flood Fill routine by John Metcalf: [code]; scanline fill by John Metcalf ; call with d=x-coord, e=y-coo…
... their coordinates to fill later if necessary
seekright: < ... br />
; check to see if there's another row waiting ... entered it via the following BASIC program:
[code ... READ H$
150 IF H$="XX" THEN GO TO 250
Just watched Paul Jenkinsons's spectrum chanel and now want to write code againPlease assume for the purpose of this thread I know nothing... I want to look to write games on the spectrum but want to develop and test on my wi…
... prototype my game is basic and then either rewrite as assembler ... compile the basic. Is this approach ok and if so what ... in basic, is there a better option. And if not ... As I don't know if I'm that into the ... to stick to 'free' bits if only to start with.. ( ...TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…
... in many really good episodes. Then the writers changed, the ... [b]Jonathan Creek[/b]. If you've never watched it ... Jonathan Creek to see if he can work out ... They were still worth watching if you were a fan of ... like Red Dwarf, even if feels like a skeletal version ...Trying to remember the name of a sci-fi seriesIf anyone can jog my memory it would be good. It was shown on TV either late 80's or early 90's but it was a repeat then, I seem to think it was m…
If anyone can jog my memory ... but it was a repeat then, I seem to think it ... 70's.
The basic 'story' was a group of ...Working with streams in BASICHi I've been screwing around with streams and Spectranet, there's something I can't figure out. If you want to send data to a stream how can you tel…
... I can't figure out. If you want to send data ... it all at once and then dump it to the screen ...Spectrum PLAY demo's in BasicWas not really sure on which category to post it in nor a better title. Summary is simply is there a list of various tunes/music listings ? By this …
... rather something in Basic using the PLAY command if possible...
Print vs 23659To be honest I could not think of a better topic title, although its not ideal. Anyway, I do recall reading ages ago that the reason you cannot no…
... as a bit of simple Basic seems to be the easy ... all know already it works if you have 23659 at 0 ... /> Obviously that works fine. But then *why* does this fall over ... />
If > 21 is always seen as "lower screen" then surely ...Strange behaviour in very simple ASM program.Someone sent me this and it shows something strange. Here's the BASIC listing [code] 10 CLEAR 32999 20 FOR n=33000 TO 33009 30 READ a: POKE n,a …
... something strange. Here's the BASIC listing
[code]
10 ...
ret
[/code]
If you run this in 48k ... on a +2A/B/+3 then no problem.What's going ...Illogical operatorsI know it has always been this way but... 10 LET A = 10 20 LET B = 20 30 IF A = 10 OR B = 20 THEN PRINT " YES " That evals to true and prints…
... /> 30 IF A = 10 OR B = 20 THEN PRINT " ...
BBC and AMS Basic behave the same, I realise ... if both (or all of them if there are more) are true then ... the result = true
OR = only if either ...
XOR = only if one condition is true should ...
