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128K+ Keypad Swapsies.I've been offered a swap, a Spanish 128k keypad, for one of my UK microdrives. Is this a good swap?
... the original version of 128 BASIC which is somewhat faster than ... (Warajevo).[/QUOTE]
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ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... browser, but work ok if loaded from basic, they seem to mess ... -
ZX Spectrum Core EmulatorHi All, Here i have my ZX80 Core Emulator. Which im working on to help me complete the Spectrum PLAYBASIC Emulator. I hope this comes in use for o…
... them quicker!
ie, If you choose an op-code ... do this for you. Apologies if I sound very negative but ... an unfamiliar language (even if it's BASIC!) involving someone else's ... -
ZX Spectrum Core EmulatorHi All, Here i have my ZX80 Core Emulator. Which im working on to help me complete the Spectrum PLAYBASIC Emulator. I hope this comes in use for o…
... do this for you. Apologies if I sound very negative but ... an unfamiliar language (even if it's BASIC!) involving someone else's ... -
Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... which you then compile into 4x4 tiles, then all the ...
You can then assign functions to those tiles ... set a flag, then if you go away and ... these scripts are not 'if...then...else' complicated branching things. ... script stops there and then. If it goes on to ... -
Best Way to Learn From Input Magazines?Hey all. I'm the lucky recipient of all the Input magazines that were published by Marshall Cavendish back in the day. I've decided to start prog…
... type stuff in on, if it's basic.. I couldn't ever ... -
ZX-Preview 2.2 publishedDear readers, yes, it's a big time of beta-testing and publishing, but I want to get my time free for my new project ZX-Assembler. Two days ago I r…
... . Indeed I detected the wrong if...then... command that caused the wrong ... 16 all the time, even if you use decimal format.
Loading basic from basic?Hi Guys, Could you please help me. I want to create a menu on my plus 3 disks. If I use the line below I just get "c nonsense in basic" if inkey$…
You get Nonsense in BASIC if your loaded BASIC program doesn't have a ... autorun. Save your second BASIC program with "LINE 0" and ... string, which makes no sense if the interpreter was expecting a ...SAM Revival issue 24 now out![url=http://www.samcoupe.com] [img]http://www.samcoupe.com/2013/24.jpg[/img] [/url] It's about time... Yes, it's back! Yes, it's been a long time! S…
Still no signs of SAM accelerator?
By the way, I have a chance to buy a SAM Coupe. Is a BASIC compiler available for it, which allows to use PUT command and MEM$ function, and use more then 32K BASIC?SAM Revival issue 24 now out![url=http://www.samcoupe.com] [img]http://www.samcoupe.com/2013/24.jpg[/img] [/url] It's about time... Yes, it's back! Yes, it's been a long time! S…
... a SAM Coupe. Is a BASIC compiler available for it, which ... MEM$ function, and use more then 32K BASIC?[/QUOTE]
I ... months time.
No BASIC compiler is available.SAM Revival issue 24 now out![url=http://www.samcoupe.com] [img]http://www.samcoupe.com/2013/24.jpg[/img] [/url] It's about time... Yes, it's back! Yes, it's been a long time! S…
[QUOTE=Gott;712220]Is a BASIC compiler available for it, which ... MEM$ function, and use more then 32K BASIC?[/QUOTE]
I got ... write good games in SAM BASIC too.Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…
... the address, if length is not specified
then the whole file ... will give an error if:
Then clever download software is not ...What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
Cliff Hanger. Not played it before - for such a simple game it's actually pretty addictive, if a bit BASIC-looking and unpolished for 1986.What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
[QUOTE=leespoons;721885]Cliff Hanger. Not played it before - for such a simple game it's actually pretty addictive, if a bit BASIC-looking and unpolished for 1986.[/QUOTE]
Great stuff! It's what the Road Runner game should've played like.Throwing this up for anyone who wants to finish itThere's a thread somewhere, about my little side-scroller, that never got very far into development. It got some kind and enthusiastic feedback such…
... - pick up James Brolin, then a basic chase through canyons and release ...The Art of selling a Spectrum gameSee if this takes your fancy... [url]http://www.retroyak.com/the-art-of-selling-a-spectrum-game/[/url] :D
... and pick it up. Even if then you immediately flip the box ... good idea of the genre, if not the quality. Though I ...Next gen programmers are going to be ****ING AWESOME!I'm so glad my daughter's computering is in good hands: [url]http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/02/tory-boss-of-government-coding-education-initiati…
... 's no flow control like If-Then/For-Next etc. that makes ...Finding an empty cell in a grid[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I?m after some advice on ways to tackle the following problem. I?m not after code to do this but would be interested in possibl…
... +dist
IF cell(a,y-dist) = empty THEN cell(a,y ... : RETURN
IF cell(a,y+dist) = empty THEN cell(a,y ... : RETURN
IF cell(x+dist,b) = empty THEN cell(x+dist ... be better to move the IF..THEN part into a sub-routine ...Loading data from 128 memoryAfter all these years I have come across the LOAD! in 128 basic for storing/restoring data in the 128 memory. How do I go about implementing this in…
... ;switch ROMs to ROM.0 (if in ROM.1)
call ... /> call $5b00 ;switch ROMs (if returning to BASIC)
ret
[/code ... -$0E) = LINE number; ($0E)=$80 if no LINE
------ ($0F-$10 ...Programming with an 8-year-oldI have promised to write a game with my 8-year-old son and was wondering what languages or tools to use. Does anyone have any suggestions? My own c…
... already.
If starting with BASIC teach him GOSUBs before ...Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... process AND and OR within IF statements, despite not erroring on ... AND is to string together IF ... THEN IF .... THEN IF ....
Fix for memory ...Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... is compiled then the basic can be removed, a new basic program ... Upside... you can write your basic, compile it, test within 30 ... seconds, exit back to basic with everything intact and continue ... writing in basic without having to reload ...Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... with smaller numbers.
Staggering IF THEN IF THEN is a great tip, and ... a maze based game, but if I have time I'll ...Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... with smaller numbers.
Staggering IF THEN IF THEN is a great tip, and ... a maze based game, but if I have time I'll ...Jetset Willy ATTR Buffer 2Does anyone understand how Jetset Willy uses the system vars area as screen ATTR buffer 2? H5C00 D23552. Thanks
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This will crash if run from BASIC - you've overwritten the ...Bug fixing woesGaahhhh! I've spent an afternoon off work agonizing over why my routine didn't work. It's something I'd already restarted so didn't want to wipe th…
Wrote a lot of if..then statments along the lines of... < ... the JP. Cursed a bit, then a bit more and fixed ...Bug fixing woesGaahhhh! I've spent an afternoon off work agonizing over why my routine didn't work. It's something I'd already restarted so didn't want to wipe th…
... ;793727]Wrote a lot of if..then statments along the lines of ... the JP. Cursed a bit, then a bit more and fixed ... changing to a JP table? If I'm still developing and ...Detecting flash mode inversionsIs is possible to detect with certainty when flashing characters change from normal to inverted and vice-versa?
... same amount of frames? if it is, basic interrupt service routine's ...Detecting flash mode inversionsIs is possible to detect with certainty when flashing characters change from normal to inverted and vice-versa?
... same amount of frames? if it is, basic interrupt service routine's ...
