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  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... .mole, in that Sinclair basic is really simple basic and its ... But there are elements in Sinclair basic and in C that will help ... learn the concepts of programming in ... br /> Saying that go for BASIC first because its semantics and ...
    Kiwi Kiwi March 2006 Development
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... can consider a game "written in BASIC" if the main portions ... of it are written in BASIC, i.e., the main ... tasks (play a tune in the title screen, decompress ... make the game "less BASIC". That's the case ... a main loop written in pure BASIC which use M/C ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2006 Games
  • Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…

    ... If you load a BASIC program/game in 128K mode, then it ... this fault. Again, in 48K mode these programs ... if you want to program in 48K BASIC).

    I ... aren't wired up in standard Atari joystick setup ... joystick converter was covered in an issue of Crash, ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2006 Hardware
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... can consider a game "written in BASIC" if the main portions of ... it are written in BASIC, i.e., the main loop ... with a main loop written in pure BASIC which use M/C ... main loop was actually written in BASIC; compare with, say, Mined Out ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2006 Games
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... new mate in primary school programming one in 48k mode ... microcontrollers. Can program machine code in Z80, 6502, ARM RISC, ... difference and finite element) in the Port Talbot hot strip ... written in spectrum BASIC, which has to be the slowest basic ever in ...
    absorbentgnome absorbentgnome April 2006 Chit chat
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... me & my sister involved in playing manicminer/jetpac/aticatac/thewall ... other nonsenses only to be in bigger number against our mum ... that because of knowing ZX Basic and some pascal... :oops:)
    taught in a basic school for one year, then ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup April 2006 Chit chat
  • Here to go!Welcome to the new look! This migration took [B]a lot[/B] longer than expected (2 hours on the test setup, 5 hours on WoS), but everything ought to b…

    It's just an image in a basic page, not sure why your ... would not be much point in replicating the effort.
    cyborg cyborg April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…

    ... would have a "BIOS" written in compiled BASIC.

    And the ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…

    ... would have a "BIOS" written in compiled BASIC.

    And the ... miles, that he mentions working in his company isn't me ...
    mile mile April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…

    ... would have a "BIOS" written in compiled BASIC.

    And the ...
    cyborg cyborg April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Kempston mouse inverted axels?Hi I have a problem with my Kempston mouse :???: X and Y axels are inverted (and I'm using mouse right way!), ie. if I move mouse left, cursor moves…

    ... /> 10 print at 10,10; IN 31;" "
    20 goto 10
    ewgf ewgf April 2006 Hardware
  • Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…

    ... ever used the math library in Sinclair BASIC. If you haven't ...
    monty.mole monty.mole April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... the mask.
    Unfortunetly (sp?) basic doesn't have an AND ... command for the screen to basic.
    But that would ... break its Sinclair BASIC compatibility - which is not good ... on screen anding (NOT AVAILABLE IN SINCLAIR BASIC!!!)
    100 AND 1 ...
    Kiwi Kiwi April 2006 Emulators
  • What should be the base address to set for my codeHi, I am new here and I have a simple question but one which I have not found an answer to. When I am developming my programs what should I set th…

    ... /> place CLEAR 32767 in your BASIC.

    The BASIC is thereby limited ... below 32768.
    When your BASIC grows to big (or uses ... oF MEMORY error.

    In that case you must replace ... to make room for the BASIC.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP April 2006 Development
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... already know me, and in fact have accused me ... : I am from Caythorpe in Lincolnshire (I know guesser ... an emulator user. *hangs head in shame*

    ... of stuff in FirstBASIC (which is a PC BASIC compiler), ... do program a bit in ZX BASIC having written a lot ...
    Where's that AY chip gone... Where's that AY chip gone... May 2006 Chit chat
  • Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…

    ... a program to do this in the Alchemist archive. AFAIK It ... machine code, but stored in a BASIC REM statement and easily called ... from BASIC.

    From the catalogue ...
    DEATH DEATH May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…

    It's a simple RANDOMIZE USR in Beta BASIC y'know. You can swap back and forth from the 48K and 128K editors to you hearts content. Although running your program in 128K mode will probably have disastrous consequences.
    Bethan Bethan May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • GacDid anybody at WOS write a good adveture with GAC? I spent hours making adventures with it and thought it was a really good product and nearly finish…

    I tried the SAM Adventure System.

    And you thought typing in 48k BASIC programs was fiddly...

    Interactive fiction is hard to do well, no matter what you use, though.
    NickH NickH June 2006 Games
  • Machine Code noviceHi, I'm starting to learn machine code and wanted to know if you have to use some sort of program to write machine code? Thanks,

    ... a series of DATA statements in Speccy BASIC, and poke them into ...
    monty.mole monty.mole June 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Machine Code noviceHi, I'm starting to learn machine code and wanted to know if you have to use some sort of program to write machine code? Thanks,

    ... a series of DATA statements in Speccy BASIC, and poke them into ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler June 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Egghead IV on Zx Spectrum +3Egghead IV does not work on Zx Spectrum +3 in 128 mode. You have to switch to 48k mode or in "spectrum" mode. Do anyone know how to fix this (maybe …

    guesser: by default? How do you load it? Do you go into 48 basic and load or do you load in 128 basic?

    It also don't work in 128 basic on Spectaculator in +3 mode!
    nekdo123 nekdo123 June 2006 Games
  • Extracting the Multiface ROM?Is there an easy way to save the contents of a real Multiface 128 ROM to tape, on a real spectrum, for the purposes of transferring it to PC for emul…

    Try ports 159 to page in, 31 to page out. These are ... MF1` - maybe you have something in between an MF1 abd an ... fo page OUT, port 31 to page IN. Also, the MF128 HAS ... run the code to page in the ROM, else it will ...
    DEATH DEATH June 2006 Hardware
  • Atari to spectrum +2A joystick conversioni know this 2600 pinouts: _________________ \ o5 o4 o3 o2 o1/ \ o9 o8 o7 o6 / \___________/ pin # 2600 control 7800 control 1 WHT- Up…

    ... just use it - as normal - in a kempston interface? but yeah ... re-wiring to use it in the sincalir socket then "common ... . (see what results you produce in speccy basic like i did.... "oooh ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace June 2006 Hardware
  • Calling ROM routinesFirstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I wasn?t quite sure under which heading is best fitted. I?m trying to figure out how…

    ... /pop bit, pass the parameters in the correct registers and call ... /> which shows that the value in the E register is the ... one will jump to a basic line (given line number) and ... asm when STOP is executed in the basic program. Very nice.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2006 Development
  • What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…

    ... ones, were written in Sinclair BASIC. Here's a ... games written in a mixture of BASIC and assembler ... a few that used BASIC compilers. [I]Frank ... was written in a language other than BASIC or assembler ... from Mastertronic, which was written in Pascal.

    Matt_B Matt_B July 2006 Development
  • Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…

    ... use the 128k models built-in RAM disk using z88dk ;) I ... to call a specific subroutine in the BASIC loader which loads new ...
    na_th_an na_th_an July 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…

    ... to call a specific subroutine in the BASIC loader which loads new ... C program, not the associated basic program).

    Here ... code.

    Keep in mind that Basic expects the IY register ... , for example). Also some basic commands will mess with the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... keystick to Sinclair 1, in the BASIC editor pressed the cursors and ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2006 Emulators
  • Prince of Persia in an actual Spectrum?Prince of Persia is one the best games programmed for our Speccy in the last 10 years, but I think originally was written for TR Dos, although there …

    ... put a rather simple credit in the BASIC loader.

    Anyway ...
    Jmk Jmk July 2006 Games
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