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  • Russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48kThe classic russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48k [URL="http://sblive.narod.ru/ZX-Spectrum/Leningrad48k/Leningrad48k.htm"]http://sblive.narod.ru/ZX-Spect…

    ... " those peripherials and pages in own I/O ports. This answers to ... However, Betadisk lives internal Spectrum ports working, except #FF, it allows ... can be called only from BASIC ROM, another - from TR-DOS ... ROM. BASIC's ISR returns via RETI ...
    Sonic Sonic May 2007 Hardware
  • New zx spectrum user (yes yawn)Sorry about this folks, bit of an uninteresting thread here, anyway firstly apologies if tis is in the wrong place, bu misc seemed about right. Anywa…

    ... firstly apologies if tis is in the wrong place, bu ... have any special knowledge in order to use the ... Thank you to anybody who read this far and if this ... and others) have a built-in keyboard map so you can get ... then you might want to read through [URL="http://www. ...
    Skarpo Skarpo June 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Leave AY Chip alone guysWould you have a go at a child with down syndrome? No, thought not. AY has Asberge Syndrome, it's a form of Autism - think of that please before y…

    ... there was actually a wolf in the end.

    read some old threads to ... 's an emulator written in FirstBasic, which from a ... do an Speccy emulator in Basic (VBSpec seemed to be ... m writing an OS in Sinclair Basic"... that was Takashi64 again ...
    gasman gasman September 2007 Chit chat
  • What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…

    ... wasn't abstracted in the BASIC. But BBC BASIC was better than ... want to write a program in BASIC for simplicity and maintainability, but ... to embed some assembler in a BASIC program was very, very ... the Beeb had a great keyboard (and keywords could be abbreviated ...
    Winston Winston September 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Leave AY Chip alone guysWould you have a go at a child with down syndrome? No, thought not. AY has Asberge Syndrome, it's a form of Autism - think of that please before y…

    ... is generally true in his opinion that programming in Visual Basic (especially VB ... than to Zx Spectrum Basic or some PC Basic from 1992.
    in a modern language you will ... a loop which will scan keyboard. If you have only experience ...
    Ralf Ralf September 2007 Chit chat
  • Digitized videos and sounds projectAfter starting this thread [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14420[/url] I decided to start converting parts of clips and…

    ... saving isn't offered in Pure Basic and I do not ... , and this also work in animation conversion mode. It ... is no way to read it out at the ... "-BMP2SCR always places images in the right-left corner. While ... kinda like moving a layer in Photoshop);"
    Will be ...
    LCD LCD October 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speaking of encrypted Roms from interfaces...Is the MicroSpeech Rom encrypted too? When examining it I've always wondered how they can print the Currah copyright on screen when there's no readab…

    ... HAS to be able to read the ROM adequately!), then you ... , or whatever you use to read the ROM) a little proggie ... (even I could code it in Visual Basic), but it has the ...
    Marcelo Marcelo November 2007 Hardware
  • Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…

    ... different processors based on their basic interpretters' performance is very tenuous ... same unless you compare a BASIC that supports INT variables vs ... it pointed out a flaw in Speccy BASIC's SQR function but ... ]... but it is a fun read anyway. I couldn't see ...
    JamesD JamesD December 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • New tape releases - 128K only?As Jon's new Egg-Head game is 128K only, and splATTR has also evolved into a 128K only game - both due to memory constraints - I was wondering if the…

    ... Frobush used the "read 255" trick (also used in Arkanoid, for example ... and ended killing the industry in my country), so maybe ... routine and it worked fine in 48 BASIC mode.

    ... usually target the 128 models in our releases (ComputerEmuZone Games ...
    na_th_an na_th_an December 2007 Games
  • Vedic Maths Trick!So you don't have to learn your 11 times table. For any 2 numbers multiplied by 11, add them together and insert the answer between the multiple dig…

    ... a dsyslexic's ability to read huge swathes of 10point arial ... after writing my last program (in Spectrum Basic).

    I always ... , my brain tends to think in one of two modes firstly ... visually, secondly in logical steps a bit like ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk December 2007 Chit chat
  • z88dk - Plus 3 dos librariesdo they work? I looked in the cvs to try to piece together an idea of the syntax of the commands (the documentation is pretty sparse :-() and it loo…

    ... 0, 32);

    if (in = fopen("test", "r"))
    {
    fread(buf, 1, 32, in);
    buf[31] = '\0';
    in Sinclair Basic which doesn't allow you ... disk access in one or two spots by having a "read file ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2008 Development
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... -INT (r/n)*n:
    READ c$,m,n,v,p ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2008 Development
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceHi. I do most of my ZX work on a grey-case +2 which, as we all know, is devoid of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and stuff, but not much…

    ... lists the keywords available in Sinclair BASIC
    as ... the keys - commands in 128k BASIC were entered letter- ... commands in 48k BASIC. The
    keywords are listed in ... /> RANDOMIZE : K : T
    READ : E : A
    REM ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…

    [QUOTE=Matt_B;271912]Spectrum BASIC has DATA, READ and RESTORE commands.

    Are you sure you're not looking at ZX81 BASIC, which doesn't?[/QUOTE]

    Does the DATA, READ and RESTORE work like it does in C64 BASIC?

    Paul
    Paul Panks Paul Panks May 2008 Games
  • Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…

    [quote=Paul Panks;272098]Does the DATA, READ and RESTORE work like it does in C64 BASIC?

    Paul[/quote]
    I would assume so. They're fairly standard BASIC commands.

    READ a
    DATA x,y,z
    RESTORE a

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton May 2008 Games
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... some required statements (eg, READ/DATA/RESTORE should be there ... some incompatibility in rare circumstances since ZX Basic can automatically ... ints to floats whereas in this Basic you'd have to ... be linked into the basic compiler (in particular sprite code) but ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2008 Development
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... makes harder to convert BASIC listings by hand. READ/DATA/RESTORE are ... is 0 (like in C), not 1 like in Sinclair BASIC

    in this Basic you'd have to ... could be linked into the basic compiler (in particular sprite code) but ...
    boriel boriel June 2008 Development
  • CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …

    ... -Adventure", completely developed in the Twenty Commodes environment, in turn within the ... program in VIC BASIC now fully exorcised, you'll be relieved to read!
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2008 Games
  • VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…

    ... /> So depending the opcodes used in a program mine or Simons ... /> 4) also when reading keyboard first read complete keyboard and return directly when ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN: ColorPRINTColorPRINT gives you 256 fully programmable Timex mode 2 characters (maximum 16 colours per character if you have bright black) to use in your 48 BAS…

    ... because it has variables embedded in the program. Take P$ for ... anywhere in the BASIC yet at line 9010 it tries to READ p ... converted from another dialect of BASIC. I'm sure the program ...
    Jimmy Jimmy September 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Spectrum (16K) sound/beepHi all, I think I'm in right place now, I've tried to find an answer how to generate two channel sound using ZX Spectrum 16K. Only think I've found …

    ... ; If A is OFFh read a new envelope.
    ... A ; Zero accumulator.
    IN A,(254) ; Read keyboard.
    CPL ; Complement ... result.
    AND 31 ; Mask keyboard bits ...
    Matt_B Matt_B November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 1K ZX ChessIt's a great surprise to discover that there were a guy who programmed a chess game for the ZX81 with only 1K! of memory. His name was David Horne. …

    ... sure about. When I read the article my initial impressions ... it. That line I read about no graphics is ... you can do breakout in a BASIC one-liner. No one ... has achieved Chess in a BASIC oneliner yet because of ... algorithm for such a BASIC one-liner I think ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2008 Games
  • Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…

    ... BASIC, it's easier to use multi dimmensioned arrays and READ ... /DATA chunks. But that doesn't make much sense in ... in the DATA's and the one after being read ... think of it, in interpreted BASIC it's slower to ... and evaluated. But in compiled code there's ...
    na_th_an na_th_an January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…

    ... t figure out how to READ in multiple strings for a ...
    You can do it in exactly the way I described ... a$(12)
    20 READ a$(1 TO 6)
    30 READ a$(7 TO 12)

    It certainly works in Sinclair BASIC, although your mileage may vary ...
    Matt_B Matt_B January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…

    ... a$(12)
    20 READ a$(1 TO 6)
    30 READ a$(7 TO 12)

    It certainly works in Sinclair BASIC, although your mileage may vary ... array and a single READ to read it as one single ... DIM v$(44): RESTORE 7010: READ v$
    ..
    ..
    ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…

    ... with IDE device only from basic command line.... This is very ... .
    Can be add new basic command (or USR xxx ) for ... select file return file position(in FAT) to RESIDOS system. ... and ZXCF ide ports is unsupported in world). DIVIDE IDE ports is absolutly ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2009 Hardware
  • Issue 2 Spectrum overheating keyboard membraneI think I have an issue 2 ZX Spectrum. I don't want to take it apart again as I had problems replacing the keyboard membrane. With Interface 1 conne…

    ... and sits right below the keyboard.

    Some suggestions:
    Read: just enough to keep internal ... more chance of nuking the keyboard membrane than anything else. But ... , it may act up (as in: keyboard problems?)
    RetroTechie RetroTechie February 2009 Hardware
  • Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…

    I spent ages typing in a BASIC program that was ... to a keyboard.
    I also remember typing in a few ... those programs that were in Your Sinclair's Program ... Pitstop section. I typed in one for an ASCII ... Hours and hours spent typing in numbers and letters! My ...
    zx1 zx1 April 2009 Games
  • Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…

    ... never working. I typed in close to a hundred ... first one I typed in. My Dad read me the code. ... because my brother typed it in, and it warmed my ... (July 83 Sinclair Programs) basic lines but exciting Tron style ... $ data to miniature size in bytes, and you could ...
    SteveP SteveP April 2009 Games
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    It already compiles many Sinclair BASIC programs, with almost no ... "END IF" (as in Free Basic, Visual Basic, etc...). This is a ... to add some support for READ, DATA & RESTORE (so ... variables or arrays (as in original Sinclair BASIC). Also the machine ...
    boriel boriel May 2009 Development
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