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Interrupt timingsHow long does the ULA hold /INT low for on interrupt on each of the Spectrum models?
Actually, change line 10 to read:
LET pk=49263
Forgot to change the poke address in the BASIC! D'oh. -
I think my +2 is dead! HELP!Me and my brother spent about 40 mins trying to get our speccy +2 down from the loft. We plugged it in, and tuned it into my TV. However, we are havi…
... that it's only the READ header. I found out this ... it in.
Typed in a small, one-line basic program in 128 basic.
Saved it as normal.
Played it in ... -
I Want DENIED Gamessorry pressed enter to soon that should read I want denied games information Erm so what are the reason's for games being denied I know Thor/Odin a…
... my two euro cents worth read on:
International ... [quote]
(a) Works originating in one of the contracting States ... be given the same protection in each of the other ... /> [/quote]
Which in the basic sence make it a violation ... -
Wanted - A new hobby for usspeccyfanWanted - A new hobby for usspeccyfan. It should be non-Sinclair related and preferably time-consuming. Any donations will be gratefully received.
... 18:18, VincentAC wrote:
Read a book.
Or ... " for the Spectrum, programmed entirely in Sinclair BASIC.
Or if ... -
Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?
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On 2005-07-03 14:33, mgmetro wrote:
Does anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?
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Cut the keyboard membrane ;) -
Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…
... ; GetKey
;
; Scans the keyboard and returns an ascii code ... sole key pressed on the keyboard.
.SPGetKey
keyboard
ld d,$fe ... />
.scanloop
in e,(c) ; read status of key row ... -
horror text adventure scenario writer neededany outthere? I started to make program for text adventure [B]Mysterium Magnum[/B] on basis of ?multiple choice? which was project I wanted to make …
... of programming :)
in real Basic only ?two lines? long command ... is better to be tested in real Basic, something can be only ... done in Basin - I?ll have ... said before - first I read book written in such style: you only ... -
Conceptual differences between Speccy and modern PCWhat are them? Here I mean not much faster, more bit CPU, bigger and faster hard disks etc. 1: Speccy is keyboard computer, PC has separated keyboar…
... they come with a built-in keyboard and in just about 100% cases ... they also have a built-in screen/monitor. Most, if not ... Speccy and some new PC in architecture concept. I think that ... that, that Speccy has built in Basic and somekind OS, while PC ... -
I, Ball 2Anyone else love this game as much as me? I used to play it a lot, despite never usually having much perseverence for platform-type games. It's one …
... . Like I said, back in the day I was never ... the speech is much better in 2 than the first ... myself back then, first in compiled BASIC and later in machine code, and ... All I did was read the IN port and save the ... vaules in memory. Then played them ... -
Beginner InfoI have trying to find some hardware information for use with assembly coding but havn't had much luck. For instance. How do I redirect the vertical …
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To read the keyboard is quite easy. Just use ... example if you want to read the 'a' key.
IN A,($FE) ; Read the 'keypress'
BIT ... of the programmers get the keyboard input this way or very ... -
Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... and then write it back in upside down. This works ... " again. If I could read each byte as binary I ... 1s which I could then read backwards, but as its ... want a number BIN 10101010 read from backwards and you ... I last wrote anything in speccy basic so I am quite ... -
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... & my sister involved in playing manicminer/jetpac/aticatac/thewall ... our own 48K+ with better keyboard and professional look
< ... that because of knowing ZX Basic and some pascal... :oops:)< ... a teacher
taught in a basic school for one year, then ... -
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... : I am from Caythorpe in Lincolnshire (I know guesser ... an emulator user. *hangs head in shame*
... Ham] Radio, and can read morse code (but only at ... of stuff in FirstBASIC (which is a PC BASIC compiler), ... do program a bit in ZX BASIC having written a ... -
Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…
... to scan all rows on keyboard
ld d,$fe ; d ... keypress
ScanLoop: in e,(c) ; read status of key row ... ; check on SYM SHIFT
in a,($fe)
and 2 ... -
EightyOne and CF cardsInspired by obo & piters discussion regarding imaging of flash card, I've added reading/writing to real disks to EightyOne. Hopefully it should allo…
... about whether that was possible in FUSE a while back, but ... you need. I use this in SimCoupe under Linux, and there ... the ATA interface in FUSE, you only need basic read/write access to ... -
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 ... (which i am stuggling to read as text-only) should make ... . (see what results you produce in speccy basic like i did.... "oooh ... -
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…
... or whatever, that I lost keyboard control. There was no keystick ... keystick to Sinclair 1, in the BASIC editor pressed the cursors and ... -
SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
... memory address. As you suggested, in emulation terms only 543 of ... 595 bytes in a sector are used in MDRs, so * READ only copies ... copier, SECTORCOPY, is a BASIC wrapper around * READ.
Again as you ... y to set write protection in the resulting MDR.
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... ).
OK, Speccy BASIC may not be as structured ... write a structured program in Sinclair BASIC and a sloppy one ... find Pascal programs hard to read, and even harder to ... nice language... Everything in CAPITAL LETTERS, easy to read, nice global ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... duplicate that level of optimization in the compiler itself since ... the introductory compiler text I read in school. The code emitted ... complete some task in a basic block. I've read a paper or ... to encode asymmetric register usage in instructions to help the ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... the introductory compiler text I read in school. The code emitted ... to complete some task in a basic block.[/quote]
... optimizations in size.
[quote]I've read a ... While this is commonly discussed in the theoretical world, few compilers ... -
How to save TZXGreetings to all. I am starting to move on from just games into some testing of home made programs. Although I could have done that in ancient tapes…
... =23760 TO 23774
20 READ a
30 IF a ... sure to have 14 'x' in the REM statement, as this ... make sure your in 48k mode, if in 128 BASIC type SPECTRUM before ... . LINE 1 will make the basic header autorun from line 1. -
Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... certainly understand it when I read it from the compiled output ... what I am using implemented in Sam Basic ( of all things ) that ... Mayhem Accelerator is not emulated in SimCoupe. I've spent over ... Sam. SIAC sounds quite reasonable in price, its a funny really ... -
DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.*
... to some change). We are in discussions with Pavel (the ... you try to use it in 128K BASIC Mode or on a ... long as you use 48K BASIC mode only (and use ... , which I failed to read parts from eps/gifs.
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... /> 20 LET A=IN 65022: REM READ IN QWERT
30 ... /> 40 LET A=IN 64510: REM READ IN ASDFG
50 ... /> 60 LET A=IN 57342: REM READ IN YUIOP
70 ... 1 in A/2)
In the first BASIC it should read ... LET A=57342 not LET A=IN ...NEW games for you chaps (and girls too) ;-)Okie, did some .TAP versions of NEW original games that were only released on TRDOS disk format. Some of you might have seen some (one or two are eve…
... asm loader is contained in the BASIC one so we need ...
LD DE,(5CEB) ;read from track $01, sector $00 ...
LD HL,CF00 ;read to $CF00
CALL ... :
HL $66FF Read data here
DE $0109 ... sector $09
B $69 Read $69 sectors
...If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... ]Well back in the day everything I wrote with Sam Basic was ... meant as a criticism. I read the comment on the video ... is laughable in any other context than 8-bit Basic :) and yeah ... a lot of games in SAM Basic `back in the day` and they ...Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... following the character set detailed in the manual.
in the CHARS system variable. Then 8 bytes are read ... , the Cybernoid graphics are in 2x16 format, so you ... Nah, I'm interested in a BASIC solution. Any old idiot ... one out of Sinclair BASIC. Get to it, ...
