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Wrong File Type, 0:1Ive gone thru an entire transform box full (20) of cartridges containing spectrum games that i wrestled off bay last year, yet not a single one will …
... like these were created by the Mirage Microdriver hardware ... bytes long - but judging by the (C) message at ... BASIC loader, a tiny SCREEN$ (256 bytes of attributes) followed by ... of space to use BASIC and the Interface 1. ... /> Type in this BASIC program and run it< ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... Bible are meant to be followed by EVERYBODY, but CHRISTIANS don ... have said that the rules followed by Christians are archaic, unnecessary, ... human race. Only the most basic, fundamental laws like the ... from "politics", as defined by society", and my solution is ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... Bible are meant to be followed by EVERYBODY, but CHRISTIANS don't ... have said that the rules followed by Christians are archaic, unnecessary, ... human race. Only the most basic, fundamental laws like the Ten ... fact that you believe this by virtue of your faith is ... -
Forum Improvements[quote=Dunny;307892]Yebbut, I'm not interested in reporting any threads that are off topic, so long as they stay in the off topic area. What I would …
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Followed by the any of these codes ... (Sinclair Miscellaneous)
17 (Sinclair BASIC)
18 (Development)
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help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
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Give it a name followed by .tap (you don't really ... />
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help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
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Give it a name followed by .tap (you don't really ... />
Do your Saving from Basic / whatever program you are using ... -
Which computer is most similar to Zx Spectrum?I have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean similar graphics, similar gameplay, similar program…
... was closest (despite the 6502), followed by the Amstrad hardware wise.
basic was nice but incredibly slow ... -
Jetpac questionHi all, I just bought a copy of Jetpac off of Ebay and I'm having problems. To start, I'm trying to play it on an issue 2 Speccy with Interface 1, 2 …
Back in college (1985) the basic tests we did was writing ... being used (this was then followed by the inverse $00ff being used ... -
ZX81 tape formatIs there a description of it somewhere? The TZX format doesn't give it but can it be worked out from what it says about block 19? There is a good d…
... contains the system area, the basic program, the video memory, ... the VARS area), not followed by any further signals except eventually ... start and stop bits, directly followed by the next byte. A ... of nine pulses, either one followed by a silence period.
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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 …
... the first bit of BASIC (the loader) followed by the machine code. This ... -
Spectrum +2 sound problemsI recently bought an RGB Scart cable for my grey Spectrum +2 - it has a mono 3.5 jack that goes into the sound output and a DIN plug for the RGB pict…
... I've done any speccy basic (out comes spectrum manual and ... program that does a play followed by beep and set my tv ... -
User reviewsAs often requested (e.g. [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18135"]here[/URL]), user reviews are now possible through the s…
... accessed via menu option 4, followed by using the password "CLOUD".
by simply looking at the BASIC source in BASin ... -
Why does the speccy make you hear loading?Always wondered this, of all the 8-bit 'puters I have owned, only the Speccy makes you listen to the loading sounds from the tape, why??? I assume it…
... differences between machine code and BASIC loading. Both have a seemingly ... random pattern, but BASIC seems more ordered, presumably due ... times, possibly with subtle variations, followed by that inevitable harsh sound of ... -
Issue loading certain tapesI got my spectrum today, but I'm having a few issues with a couple of games. Scrabble - loads the loading screen, after the screeching stops I try h…
... mode, type the letter "J" followed by "", press Enter and start the ... to type it in +3 BASIC >.> Figured it out ... -
Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... not fond of protected BASIC loaders, code blocks with ... 'm an haxx0r cracked by IneedAttentionAndPraise), turbo loaders, ... nothing like a clean BASIC loader with a ... nice LOAD"" screen$ followed by LOAD""CODEs and a nice ... variables and/or the BASIC area, but I ... -
Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... 'm not fond of protected BASIC loaders, code blocks with 49152 ... 's nothing like a clean BASIC loader with a clean listing ... 0s, a nice LOAD"" screen$ followed by LOAD""CODEs and a nice ... area to another (printer buffer, BASIC overwriting, etc.), after this the ... -
BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…
Yes. Spectrum BASIC doesn't attempt to ... number token (CHR$ 14, followed by five more bytes).
< ... . They can be revealed by PEEKing the program memory, ... or by reading the value of ... In terms of optimised Spectrum BASIC, [B]BIN[/B] is ... -
divIDE & Joystick interface / other peripheralsHi, Anyone on here with a divIDE, managed to get the divIDE to play nice with a Kempston joystick interface; specifically - a RAM Turbo joystick int…
... the DivIDE can then initialize (followed by the Spectrum ROM). The Spectranet ... can either use the ResiDOS BASIC extensions, or the Spectranet ones ... can only use the ResiDOS BASIC extensions, because you can't ... the network filesystem and hopefully BASIC streams. -
Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... to make them return to Basic properly? It's just that ... the crash on returning to basic. Now, I need to fix ... />
Yes. Type CLEAR 35791, followed by LOAD ""CODE to load your ... -
Loading screenI was reading the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26571"]loading screen thread[/URL] and was a bit insipired. I went to…
... BASIC loader displays a minimal 'Loading' message on screen, which is followed by ... -
2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…
... your program very slow. Sinclair basic will allow you to make ... need to be done character by character.
A smarter ... start encode the letter A followed by two chars pointing at the ... -
DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …
... that's just with straightforward BASIC, with filenames that happen to ... file containing a snapshot loader followed by the contents of Spectrum memory ... -
PC200 bootdisk and monitor connectionI picked up a PC200 today and it seems to work when connected to a TV set. There is one 3,5" disk drive, but what does it need to boot? CP/M? DOS vX,…
... can format them to 720k by covering the right hand ... /> volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or ... volume will be compressed
by default.
/X Forces ... -
PC200 bootdisk and monitor connectionI picked up a PC200 today and it seems to work when connected to a TV set. There is one 3,5" disk drive, but what does it need to boot? CP/M? DOS vX,…
... /> volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or ... volume will be compressed
by default.
/X Forces the ... -
just thinking about ...compo for zx 16k ? anyone ?
... short BASIC program with 1 LOAD "" CODE followed by code block saved by SAVE ... matching rules, can be loaded by LOAD"" and should work on ... -
My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
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Z88dk and sp1 is really great, but I find that I'm running almost out of memory. (Don't blame other people, it's probably just your own bad programming. -Ed)
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Which assembler do you recommend to a (complete) newbie?OK, I am re-dusting my assembler books and want to re-dig into the Wonderful World of Assembly. Just wondering which assembler to go with. I reme…
... , I started with TASM (very basic and lacked important things like ... assembles as LD H,D followed by LD L,E). I think ... -
Resolving USR entry point into a data + m/code block?Well, I had another look at that Merlin listing and decided that blowing up the faint page made it possible to read everything (with a struggle). How…
... Computer Gamer type-ins being BASIC listings, missing characters were usually ... ending with a C9 is followed by a chunk of zeroes, where ... /code ending with a C9 followed by a long string of zeroes ...
