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  • 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 way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so ... then switch back down to 48k basic before you run the program ... . I would like to do this within BASIC.

    I ... to 48k basic the program stops executing. I would like my basic program to ...
    saiwong saiwong May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • How to add basic commands like "!command"Hi all, is there some where in the forums a thread dealind with the topic how to add basic commands? How are the commands for example of Basic+ are …

    ... dealind with the topic how to add basic commands?
    How are ... the commands for example of Basic+ are added? Usual they are ... eradication must be by passed to a MC routine.

    maskenlos maskenlos December 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…

    ... issuing the SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no ... way back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found ... you want to embed colour control codes in the basic program, or ... doesn't seem to be any way back to 128K BASIC on the ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • How To List BASIC?Hi, I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is there a piece of code I can load into a 48k Spectrum which will read in a .TAP file and list i…

    ... />
    I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game ... way I can list the BASIC program?

    Thanks,
    kim kim August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How To Upload BASIC program To WOS archiveIn 1987 when i was 15 years old,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ART STUDIO..yeah i know Its the only basic program i have ever wr…

    ... i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ... the only basic program i have ever written and..to my total ... surprise..i was able to rescue the program from ... !!
    I would like to stick it in the archive ... how do i send it to WOS in a format ...
    M.A.F M.A.F March 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Understanding extensions to the BASIC parserFor a while, I've had a rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap in hardware, just so that I can send stuff to a Spectrum over ethe…

    ... rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap ...
    Yesterday, I wanted to change this to something 'proper' and capable ... was trying to understand what I needed to do to make it ... Also, the Spectrum ROM routines to get the two numeric parameters ...
    Winston Winston March 2008 Development
  • I want to learn basic.My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted. Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start.…

    My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted.

    Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start. I lost my original manuals many many moons ago :S
    Countvarg Countvarg May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Jumping to BASIC after importing 23296,1703Sorry for the confusing title. :-D Now that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a few more que…

    ... that would allow me to safely "jump" to my BASIC program. :)
    to BASIC after an USR command ... I have a very basic understanding of m.c ... 1703 bytes just to make BASIC work again? Doesn ... the subject of jumping to BASIC, I find it curious ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…

    ... automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a
    48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It ... and warn if something has to be changed
    if it ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • How to join 2 basic programs? having no luck with basinHow do you join two programs together to save writing it up again. Here's my problem... I'm trying to add pictures I have made to a basic text base…

    ... you join two programs together to save writing it up again ... 'm trying to add pictures I have made to a basic text based ... basin but it only seems to load bas files. There must ...
    rustyredline rustyredline December 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectranet: Basic extension to get directory listingThis is a short basic extension for the spectranet to assign a directory listing to a basic variable. No more screen scrapping required! It could be…

    ... for the spectranet to assign a directory listing to a basic variable. No ... /> 20 *opendir "path"
    to select directory to read from, this on ... someone could enlighten me as to how to return a value from ... created so you could assign to a variable of your choice ...
    smogit smogit April 2013 Brand new software
  • MIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEPMIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEP ------------------------------------------------------ HI :) I found here http://portmedia.sourceforge.ne…

    MIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEP
    ------------------------------------------------------
    ... BASIC ZX spectrum line if can,
    to ... make a short BASIC program
    ... add easily a song to your BASIC program
    ...
    maeloterkim maeloterkim May 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • is there a way of adding a define procedure command to zx basic?i know you can add things like renumber, using randomize usr to call it, but this would have to be keywords. this would be so helpful in basic as you…

    ... like renumber, using randomize usr to call it, but this would ... have to be keywords. this would be so helpful in basic as ... you would no longer have to use goto ... didnt add this feature to basic. this would have to be a machine ...
    digital digital July 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Adding command to BASICI am looking for an article about adding commands via software to sinclair basic. I know there was one published and to the best of my knowledge it w…

    ... about adding commands via software to sinclair basic. I know there was ... one published and to the best ... This particular article explained how to use some of the system ... commands, new self-made commands to BASIC, is there any articles on ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • How pass 128K to 48K BASIC whitout need to write by hand??¿?Hi all I have a 48K BASIC program that work only with 48K ROM If i do that in a 128K 1) load "prog.bas" 2) put the command SPECTRUM t…

    ... />
    I have a 48K BASIC program that work only with ... /> 2) put the command SPECTRUM to change to 128K
    3) RUN ... way to do this SPECTRUM command or other stuff inside the BASIC ...

    10 command to change to 128K
    20 REM the ...
    maeloterkim maeloterkim January 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • New Functions for Sinclair BasicA total of 52 new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A-Z) and 26 string functions (A$-Z$). Owing to the internal structu…

    ... new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A ... $). Owing to the internal structure of Sinclair BASIC, the best place to store ... here in order to permit compilation with HiSoft BASIC.

    [code ...
    chev chev November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Adding commands to Spectrum BASIC?Are there any articles on how to do this? I think it could be done by making the error trapping routine point to your own commands, but not sure exac…

    Are there any articles on how to do this? I think it could be done by making the error trapping routine point to your own commands, but not sure exactly how.

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…

    ... in mixed BASIC and Compiled BASIC (the pure BASIC part is to manage stuff ... 'm working in BASIC and I need to stay in BASIC (for the ... I add a hook to my routine to the BASIC ISR. I would ... don't know how to hook it to the BASIC ISR.

    na_th_an na_th_an November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... the best way to proceed is to CLEAR basic down to 32767, and put ... started from BASIC or directly (so i know whether to "ret" or ... ), how do i safely "exit" to the basic editor?

    General ... is it possible to write a "full 48k" basic program?

    rbsfou rbsfou January 2007 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…

    ... most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD ... I need to edit BASIC - I usually resort to random combinations ... knows of a 48k BASIC key-to-Keyword reference? Sure ... keywords, and what needs to be pressed (and in ... what mode) to get it.

    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…

    ... do not suffice when trying to edit BASIC. This is the
    reason for this reference - to aid ... entering of commands in 48k BASIC. The
    keywords are listed in alphabetical order to aid ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…

    ... them are in BASIC and easy to get into (i ... certain "cleaning up" to make them more enjoyable.< ... in then it goes straight to the BASIC listing.

    to get into their BASIC listings.
    ... you are interested in BASIC programming then you might ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • +3 BASIC and RST 8I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how Interface 1 does it (catch the RST 8 error trap). This works…

    ... adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how ... my +3 under 48K BASIC or in RST 0 mode ... at all with the +3 BASIC editor. Whenever a new ... probable that it has something to do with how the + ... ? What does the +3 BASIC editor do that the 128K ...
    Winston Winston February 2009 Development
  • ZXDS & Sinclair basicIs it posible to save basic code with ZXDS emulator 10 print 87 save "abc.bas" and the load it?

    Is it posible to save basic code with ZXDS emulator

    10 print 87

    save "abc.bas"

    and the load it?
    mhanias mhanias March 2009 Emulators
  • Image to ZXSpec 1.0Hi, I've written a piece of software (still not finished) that outputs any kind of image onto a Spectrum having being converted on a PC. It takes a…

    ... a image and converts it to 128K BASIC.

    I don ...
    brownb2 brownb2 April 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…

    ... small m.c. routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
    < ... a long BASIC listing and the programmer decided to use thousands ... /> I've never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ... me that non-compressed BASIC should be easier to compile.
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…

    ... I can't seem to get basic to load the extra code ... don't seem to be able to get them to work in ... I have managed to get them to load of disk and ... the screen appears the basic stack gets corrupted and ... as fragmented data? Possible to turn these into normal ...
    batsilos batsilos January 2010 Emulators
  • compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…

    ... ask here instead of the basic forum..

    ... you can get it to compress basic.. and give you ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... I wanted to do it, is to stack some basic programs ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ...
    fog fog September 2010 Development
  • Problem with se basicI use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program i…

    I use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program in 48 basic and switch to SE BASIC then show basic incorrect. Why ?
    velesoft velesoft December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving in 48 mode to diskAs thread title. I did a little search but was not able to find anything, but you cannot really search for 48. Simple situation, I prefer to write b…

    ... /> Simple situation, I prefer to write basic with the original editor as ... them back in +3 basic and finally save to disk.

    basic then switched to 48 mode via "SPECTRUM ... sensible way of saving a basic program to disk ? , I imagine a ...
    spider spider May 2011 Sinclair Basic
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