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  • [Book] Elementary Basic (Missing UK version details)Hello. The book 'Elementary Basic': [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001188"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id…

    ... .

    The book 'Elementary Basic': [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... :

    Full title Elementary BASIC
    Year of release 1983 ...
    Lefty42 Lefty42 November 2009 Infoseek database
  • uses for the interface 2 and ram turbo - rom port?I noticed the games on ebay are quite expensive, I have an interface 2 arriving shortly. I was just wondering if anyone had done any add-ons or used …

    ... 8 bit , where the rom port is, someone has made a ...
    fog fog November 2009 Hardware
  • Kempston Interface TroubleHow can I tell if my Kempston Joystick Interface is compatible with my Spectrum +2A? I tried it on my Spectrum +2 and it effectively "killed it". Is …

    How can I tell if my Kempston Joystick Interface is compatible with my Spectrum +2A? I tried it on my Spectrum +2 and it effectively "killed it". Is there some way of figuring out whether it will work or not?
    Swevicus Swevicus December 2009 Hardware
  • Keyboard Issues When Setting Border ColourWelcome to the next in my series of inane 'Z80 on the Spectrum' questions! ;) Here's a minimal snippet of code for polling the keyboard until any ke…

    ... is pressed, then returning (to BASIC):

    [CODE]
    ORG ... key-press before returning to BASIC:

    [CODE]
    ORG ... />
    I can see that port $FE is being used in ...
    RoseCotton RoseCotton December 2009 Development
  • Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…

    ... happened either in +3 BASIC and 48K BASIC. Even the +3 initial ... /> A tiny BASIC program to show the contents of port 254 within ... of noise at the keyboard port. The value when no keys ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix December 2009 Hardware
  • MGT Twoface questionI currently disassembled my only exemplar of the MGT Twoface and while checking the components and wires there is something strange found in the kemp…

    I currently disassembled my only exemplar of the MGT Twoface and while checking the components and wires there is something strange found in the kempston joystic section: Why is NMI connected to Pin 5 of the joystick port?
    LCD LCD December 2009 Hardware
  • ZX Basic Manual in PDFIs there any? I love to see that there is PDF scanned version of Introduction in archive: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/ZXSp…

    ... nice scanned version of ZX Basic Manual?
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan December 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum 48k+, kempston interface and joystick for sale!I have put these items out on Ebay with no reserve and starting price 0.99. So grab yourself a bargain! Spectrum 48k+, kempston interface Quickshot…

    ... !

    Spectrum 48k+,
    kempston interface
    Quickshot joystick
    zxnorway zxnorway January 2010 Sales
  • 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…

    ... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.

    And ... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ... tells me that non-compressed BASIC should be easier to ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Which ZX Spectrum setup?I'm building a semi-pro laser setup, with.. a ZX Spectrum as controller! [url]http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1297705[/url] (I'm no…

    ... /> 1. Parallel port
    2. Midi output port
    3. ... acces port 4093 to output parallel data from 48K Basic, and ... 48K
    = No midi port

    So my ... I access OUT port 4093 from 48K Basic?? I still could ... way to access OUT port 4093 from 48K Basic?
    bverstee bverstee January 2010 Hardware
  • Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…

    What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC?

    +3 Basic or 48k basic.

    No machine code routines utilised to help the program along.
    BigBadMick BigBadMick January 2010 Games
  • Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…

    ... x86. I hope to ultimately port the server program to the ... TCP sockets from ZX BASIC using ZX BASIC streams. Both server and ... programs can be written in BASIC.
    * Filesystem abstraction layer - ... prevent devices on the through port from paging their own ROMs ...
    Winston Winston February 2010 Hardware
  • A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…

    ... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…

    ... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.

    I've got ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…

    ... after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished.
    chev chev February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…

    ... here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ...
    jp48 jp48 February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…

    ... />
    2) When writing a BASIC loader to load back a ...
    Hercules Hercules March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…

    ... , my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe ... a new version of ZX BASIC. It's a free compiler ...
    boriel boriel March 2010 Development
  • Networking using EAR and MICI know this is an old topic and was mentioned before in books or magazines, but I need some advice. I'm considering the possibility of creating a Bat…

    ... creating a Battleship game in Basic with some machine code routines ... the IF1 or the serial port on later Speccy models)
    zxbruno zxbruno March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Midi Out from machine codeI need to send midi-signals by machine code, while Basic is too slow for my current project. I already read I can use hookcode #11E, but I have some …

    ... by machine code, while Basic is too slow for ... system; ROM 1 contains 48K BASIC.

    Bit ... are controlled by port 1FFDh. This port is also write- ... 3DOS
    ROM 3: 48 BASIC
    Bit 3: Disk ... I'm using 48K Basic together with an interrupt ...
    bverstee bverstee April 2010 Hardware
  • Joystick InterfacesDoes anyone have a spare 9-pin D-sub male (the hollow type with the pins) connector with circuit-mount legs on the back (as opposed to the solder-buc…

    ... I can repair a Kempston Pro 3-port interface that has one ... ones that have the joystick port on the front face are ... ="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kempston-Joystick-Interface-for-48k-ZX ... "]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kempston-Joystick-Interface-for-48k-ZX ...
    joefish joefish April 2010 Hardware
  • K-Mouse and PC Keyboard InterfacesWe have now arranged for some K-Mouse Turbo interfaces and PC Keyboard Intefaces to be built. [B]The K-Mouse Turbo interface [/B] provides 3 useful …

    ... port is compatible with the Kempston Standard, and the mouse port ... is also compatible with the Kempston Mouse ... Other Devices with built in Kempston Joystick port *

    ... * DivIDE / DivIDE Plus
    * Kempston Mouse Turbo
    * ZX-MMC ...
    rwap rwap May 2010 Sales
  • ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…

    ... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very ... able to write in basic and make M/C ... you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's time to ... -in functions for the basic compiler to make it ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…

    ... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…

    ... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…

    ... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...
    briant briant June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Kempston joystick in Spin & FuseI was wondering what the trick was to getting Kempston joystick emulation to work in Spin (v0.666) & Fuse (vJan'09). I've searched the Emulator forum…

    ... trick was to getting Kempston joystick emulation to work ... selecting 48k + Issue 3 + Kempston doesn't respond to either ... . In Fuse, selecting 48k + Kempston in both Peripherals and Joysticks ... - Chubby Gristle - and with Kempston enabled Chubby bounces up & ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny June 2010 Emulators
  • RFC: ZXI hardware interface standardisationReposted from c.s.s to reach a wider audience [QUOTE=Andrew Owen] You may have noticed that there are more people making add-ons for the Speccy than…

    ... refuses to work with most Kempston joystick interfaces.

    ... and thinking that perhaps full port decoding would have been a ... a Timex (which uses full port decoding). But there is another ... with any other hardware. This port was chosen for use with ...
    guesser guesser June 2010 Hardware
  • Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…

    ... spectrum, and includes a joystick port (Kempston?) and a big chunky switch ... ?id=1000247[/url]

    Kempston Joystick Interface
    ===========================

    kempston?) The interface unit is in ...
    teamemark teamemark June 2010 Sales
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