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  • JHCon Basic GOTO-less CompoHi there, I've just announced a ZX Spectrum 16/48K Basic compo for JH-Con party in December, with some rules. For details and rules, please visit my …

    ... a ZX Spectrum 16/48K Basic compo for JH-Con party ...
    Factor6 Factor6 September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …

    ... to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX 128 keyboard woesJust scored a 128K speccy at a fair, but it has some wierd problem with the keyboard. It seems that some keys are 'stuck' or not registering properly…

    ... can tell. Some games were kempston by default, and those worked ... move up/down/to basic or 48K basic etc.
    - Zub has ... play if the game accepts kempston by default.

    Does ...
    Asure Asure October 2011 Hardware
  • Connecting kempston to laptopHi, just started playing speccy games on the laptop. First time in many years lol. Just wondered is it possible to connect an old kempston joystick…

    Hi, just started playing speccy games on the laptop. First time in many years lol. Just wondered is it possible to connect an old kempston joystick to a laptop? I have one in the attic somewhere!

    thx

    chris
    chris67bug chris67bug October 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Books for BASICIs there any godo books out there to learn BASIC ? I want to go from begininer to advanced really even though back in the day I used to write games …

    ... books out there to learn BASIC ?

    I want to ... would still like to use BASIC as well.

    thanks
    morcar morcar October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • AND,XOR,OR,BIT,RES,SET,CPL,NEG,RLC,RRC,SLA,SRL,RL, RR,SRA for BASICAs this was drifting away from the original INKEY$ thread I thought that I'd create a new one. So here's a routine to provide all of the above mentio…

    ... the above mentioned operations from BASIC. Syntax is explained in the ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Find-Fill-Copy functions for BASICThere's not much going on here, so here's three m/code routines to provide some data manipulation functions which are otherwise slow to do from BASIC…

    ... otherwise slow to do from BASIC.

    * find array 'a ... can be calculated by the BASIC program; see lines 15 & ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC menus for PlusD discsIs it possible to use BASIC to code custom autoloader menus for PlusD discs? For instance, I can make a disc copy of Dizzy Collection and could make…

    Is it possible to use BASIC to code custom autoloader menus for PlusD discs?

    For instance, I can make a disc copy of Dizzy Collection and could make a menu to load the programs..

    How feasable would it be?

    Thanks.
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • How to use Spectaculator 7.01 for BASIC ?It does not work for me. Problems with the keyboard - in 48 and 128 Mode. Nor can I move downwards with the "Down-Arrow" from: 128 TAPE LOADER 128 BA…

    ... LOADER
    128 BASIC
    CALCULATOR
    48 BASIC
    My prime ... use my registered Spectaculator for BASIC programming, but it seems to ...
    Tommy F-H Tommy F-H December 2011 Emulators
  • Plants Vs ZombiesDo anyone think this could be done on the Spectrum as its a very simple game but would work perfect i think. I also think its time that the Spectru…

    ... casual games and tried to port them or even clone them ... well and i only used BASIC a good while back.
    morcar morcar December 2011 New game ideas
  • Need for low budget Kempston joystick interfaces?I am thinking of designing a lowcost (< ?10) Kempston joystick interface. Small, one (double sided) board, throughput edge. Others need some too?

    I am thinking of designing a lowcost (< ?10) Kempston joystick interface.
    Small, one (double sided) board, throughput edge.

    Others need some too?
    bverstee bverstee December 2011 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... I have made to a basic text based game i am ...
    rustyredline rustyredline December 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Joystick interface with port through connector?Which joystick interface has a port through connector? Micky

    Which joystick interface has a port through connector?


    Micky
    -Micky -Micky December 2011 Hardware
  • Can someone shorten this line of BASIC for me?I think if Sinclair Basic had a modulo operation this line could be a lot shorter:[CODE]PRINT AT cy,cx; PAPER 7-((cx/2=INT (cx/2))*(cy/2=INT (cy/2)))…

    I think if Sinclair Basic had a modulo operation this ...
    bigjon bigjon January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC: Find the nearestHello guys) A few days ago I found oldie ?Jeux et casse-tete a Programmer? by Jacques Arsac (Paris?85) and suggested my nephew to try a few in Basic…

    ... to try a few in Basic. He chose Game #8: Shadok ...
    NRA NRA January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • IF1+kempstoncan IF1 be used with standard kempston adapter for joysticks?

    can IF1 be used with standard kempston adapter for joysticks?
    orange orange January 2012 Hardware
  • +3e with DivIDE systemsIf we replace old R-GAL chip on original DivIDE with new XR-GAL (this is only firmware for GAL chip) then will possible DISABLE or ENABLE any DivIDE …

    ... /> This routine reset DIVIDE paging port and disable system.

    If any code switch +3 basic to USR0 mode (SPECTRUM command ... return from 48basic to +3 basic we need as first disable ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2012 Hardware
  • storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…

    ... saved & loaded with the BASIC, as if it was in ... after the last line of BASIC, even though the m/c ... and doesn't need any BASIC to be typed other than ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Beta/Sam/Master basic as spectrum ROMWith emulators being trivial to use to insert new ROMs into - and even in the physical world, RAM in place of ROM by use of a modified multiface or s…

    ... be to get an improved basic into that first 16k? Obviosuly ... been minor tweaks to sinclair basic.

    What if one ... went for beta basic (or its progeny) instead? Reckon ...
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2012 Hardware
  • joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…

    ... to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical cursor motion code ... include a "dividing lines of BASIC" option as well - edit a ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…

    ... is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Minimal BASICAndrew Owen has just uploaded [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books archive on WOS. Thanks! [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pu…

    ... [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books ... the ANSI Minimal standard for BASIC.
    The two standards are ... in the origins of Sinclair BASIC which adhered closely to the ... no ON GOTO in Sinclair BASIC (a good substitute exists) but ...
    Geoff Geoff February 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which kempston joystick schematic is the best?I'm looking for the best Kempston Joystick interface schematic. It has to be as cheap as possible. But it must be as compatible as possible. I've c…

    ... 'm looking for the best Kempston Joystick interface schematic.

    bverstee bverstee February 2012 Hardware
  • Using Boriel's ZX Basic to learn assemblyI wrote a small guide. Hopefully some people will find my gibberish useful - especially people looking at first steps in machine code, where I think …

    ... -inline-assembly-functions-into-zx-basic-t729.html[/url]
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2012 Development
  • dodgy kempston joystickHi, I have a kempston joystick which is struggling to go right! No problem in the other directions, its a bit stiff but from what I remember from be…

    Hi, I have a kempston joystick which is struggling to ...
    vinnivee vinnivee March 2012 Hardware
  • BASIC compilerI'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried all the ones on the WOS archive and none of them seem to work... I'm only wanting to co…

    I'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried ...
    daveysludge daveysludge March 2012 Development
  • The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…

    ... /> Next thing was getting the basic communication right. Davide Guida's ... more forgiving. Afterwards, the crude BASIC loader below worked like a ... load anything else but the BASIC loader saying "File not ... and chose the right COM port plus baud rate (19200).
    Volker Volker March 2012 Emulators
  • spectrum 48k line in port not workingI have a second revision spectrum 48k,the line in port doesnt work their is absolutely no noise coming in but the port looks clean and all the solder…

    I have a second revision spectrum 48k,the line in port doesnt work their is absolutely no noise coming in but the port looks clean and all the solder joints look ok.

    Any ideas?
    thepolicenaut thepolicenaut March 2012 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128k +2 (grey) RGB Port IssueI have a Spectrum 128k +2 grey model which when connected to the TV with a RGB scart lead via RGB port displays the standard menu screen but flickeri…

    ... RGB scart lead via RGB port displays the standard menu screen ... scart lead from the RGB port and wiggle it so it ...
    dmw_ops dmw_ops March 2012 Hardware
  • Proper mapping for joysticks in an existing emulatorThis may seem like a strange question, so I'll try to explain it as well as possible. In one of Rare's (Ultimate Play the Games) later games there…

    ... input as a kempston joystick (or whatever is at port 31) but ... here:[list=1][*]Can a Kempston joystick be used without a ... the joystick to the keyboard port, and what masks would be ...
    Zoinkity Zoinkity March 2012 Emulators
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