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The ZX printer buffer in +3 modeI have a few programs on .DSK images that were transferred from Timex disks, but some of them have code starting at 23296. Most of the time the code …
... the code is loaded from Basic and needs to returns to ... Basic.
Since all I need ... the printer buffer area while in +3DOS? I'm trying to ... -
Help to run Abu Simbel in a +2A SpectrumI bought this game some weeks ago, but the version is the old one. When I loaded it in the emulator, I had to switch the keyboard issue to 48Kissue.…
... loaded it in the emulator, I had to switch the keyboard issue ... to 48Kissue. But I can't do that in ... help??
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+2A keyboard - different matrix effectMy friend test keyboard on ZX128+3, ZX128+2A, ZX128+2B and matrix effect (multikeys combination with mirroring) work incorrect (different as on origi…
My friend test keyboard on ZX128+3, ZX128+2A, ... +2A/+3 keyboard with this often used keys combinations in ZX software ... /+3.
load this keyboard tester (portdemo.tap) on yout ... -
New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…
... program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've ... 65278 ;read keyboard caps to v
in a,(c)< ... 32766 ;read keyboard space to b
in a,(c)
in ROM
ld d ... jp principalloop
;return score in BC
gameover
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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…
... trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle ... READing DATA statements with strings in them? for eg, I ... DIM v$(22,2) in my original code which allowed ... me to READ in strings like DATA "fd", ... This doesn't work in COLT of course because v ... -
Keyboard routinesI'll ask here first - since this must be a long-ago solved problem, and hopefully I can avoid re-inventing the wheel... I need a keyboard routine th…
... ...
I need a keyboard routine that returns the ASCII ... the key (or key combination, in cases where shift or symbol ... task, which I can include in the Spectranet ROM. Anyone got ... -
updated Fatware - keyboard patchHi! I work with Fatware code and already prepare keyboard patch for original version 0.12. Now it's possible to operate disk browser with keys: 1) c…
... Fatware code and already prepare keyboard patch for original version 0 ... + with TC2048 and test it in real hardware :)
p ... -
QL 25th Anniversary TODAYJust saw this on CSS: Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:36:53 +0100 From: Urs Koenig Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair Subject: SINCLAIR QL's 25th birthday On…
... QL
Professional Computer in a Hollywood-style launch event ... one hand it failed in the market in the
long ... design (case, motherboard and
keyboard), Sony's Playstation 2 or ... years later Microsoft's Visual Basic closed the gap.
7 ... -
Keyboard Input$/scan problemHi, I'm finally fulfilling my promise to get a reasonable understanding of the Speccy and embarking upon attempting a few simple routines in Assembl…
... attempting a few simple routines in Assembly. My current study aids ... minutes to correct and explain (in idiot terms) where I'm ... ~ only rewriting line 4 as: 'IN A,(FEh)' and exclude line ... an alternative method of retrieving keyboard input data?
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8-channels music in games/demosHello there. Currently we are working on scrumbling out music engine from ZX-7 editor (8 channels from BEEPER) and using it in your own games or dem…
... Mister_Beep-A_piece_of_disaster.mp3[/url] easily in own programs and for now ... compiler/player. He wrote in some article on the beginning ... fitting music and its procedure in RAM.
For now ... and it works without it, in BASIC, without problems.
Also ... -
err, I like wrote this years ago, and just found it archived.[b]read it, and say it's crap if you want, but do not go on about the technical side, cos it was bullshit, we all know it, and the end makes no sense…
... chair fingers poised over the keyboard.
One hundred ... was visually more pleasing, but BASIC worked better with a listening ... the stranger said, jabbing in him in the back and marching him ... when some guys in Russia had taken the basic design of the ... -
First attempt at coding a game in assemblyRight.... I've knocked up something with basic graphics using TommyGun/Spin and Pasmo... It's not strictly a game, mainly cos I don't have any baddi…
... knocked up something with basic graphics using TommyGun/Spin ... don't have any baddies in it yet... :)
... the TommyGun project folder in case anyone would ... The .TAP file is also in there. :)
[URL ... Kempston support is activated in your emulator because I ... -
25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... Technical Wiki
* BASIC:
* ColorPRINT (Timex mode 2 ... the 'New functions for Sinclair BASIC' thread
* CSSCGC ... emulator (April 2006)
* Keyboard graphics and icons for:
in the 48 BASIC ROM from the ... -
+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 ... in the 128 editor) toastrack, and on my +3 under 48K BASIC ... or in RST 0 mode.
BASIC editor. Whenever a new ... What does the +3 BASIC editor do that the 128K ... -
Very unimportant, but mention in passing - Compilation Xref links don't use WOS IDFor instance, part of the Lynx dump output for The Rainbow Collection is: [code] Full title [9]Rainbow Collection Year of release 199…
... of players 1
Controls Keyboard
Type Compilation
... Software Ltd
(3 titles in this compilation)
[/code]
in the old-style form of ... I'd just mention it in case it floated your ... -
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 …
... meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have ... their limitations: BASIC listing can ... compile [U]any[/U] Sinclair BASIC listing as long as it ... -
ANN: ArtField'2009 demoparty in RussiaOrganizer of [url=http://zxparty.nedopc.com]ArtField[/url] asked me to help with promotion of the party, so here is some info. ArtField is the annua…
... , which held for fifth time in Russia, Voronezh. It mostly dedicated ... party, you still can participate in compos. Compos are:
in every programming compo BASIC programs are allowed. Second ... -
Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... a,c ;On entering from BASIC, BC holds the
... interrupts
;Return to Basic:
ld bc,colour_map ;This ... again
ret ;Return to BASIC
;Main ... (so
; that the keyboard still works in BASIC):
jp 56
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…
... to safely "jump" to my BASIC program. :)
... same as returning to BASIC after an USR command ... Please keep in mind I have a very basic understanding of ... I'm using the old BASIC editor.
" ... subject of jumping to BASIC, I find it curious ...Need to amplify output of voice recorderHello all! 1st post, so be nice to me... Pleeease! Well. I have several Spectrums (working: 3x 48k, 1x +, 1x 128k "Toaster", 1x +2 and 1x +2A; bust…
... a dk'tronics type 2 keyboard together with a Interface 1 ... is, mono with a Mic In jack.
Got a ... test recording of a small BASIC program (1 line :razz:) and ...Reading from the keyboard using the IN commandHi all, I'm working my way through Sixty Programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and I'm running into difficulties with some of the keyboard reading r…
... difficulties with some of the keyboard reading routines. I know you ...Help with broken BASIC blocksHi, Could anyone help me in recovering two broken BASIC blocks?: [url]http://webmail.unizar.es/upload/download.php?file=1247602759.invitado.php5kQ4…
Do you live in or near Adelaide?Hello everyone, I live in Adelaide, South Australia, and am clearing out my ZX Spectrum collection as a job lot. If you can pick it up, everything is…
Hello everyone,
I live in Adelaide, South Australia, and am ... the original, empty "dead flesh" keyboard. Comes with original Spectrum manuals ... includes 15 games and utilities in original cases (including The Complete ...The point of fixing a QLHi All Recently picked up an old QL that was in pieces, all the screws are missing and the keyboard membrane is shot, but it does work. Gave the me…
... was in pieces, all the screws are missing and the keyboard membrane ... legs a trim and the keyboard almost works if I waggle ... games werent written by amateurs in basic years later, any good demos ... waste, especially as twenty quid in Australian pesos would get you ...So what about ethernet and ZX BASIC?Well, as of about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly wrote some packets to the network! OK, so it isn't perhaps 100% what Andrew Ow…
... 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly ... know how to use ZX BASIC.
At ...
Then the standard Spectrum BASIC keywords can be used for ... a 256 byte buffer in a page of Spectranet ... The twitter client for ZX BASIC moves ever closer . . .INPUT Magazine BASICHi All, I was wondering if I was allowed to upload some BASIC program codes which I have for ZX Spectrum (That work!) onto the Forum. Cheers, Specc…
... was allowed to upload some BASIC program codes which I have ... sure if this should be in preservation section or notLo Profile Speccy 48 keyboard for sale on FleabayHi I just thought I'd give people a heads-up that I am going to list a boxed and unused Lo Profile keyboard on Fleabay. I just opened the box and wo…
... boxed and unused Lo Profile keyboard on Fleabay.
... another whiff :)
The keyboard has an *excellent* action. Very ... clicky and seems to have keyboard switches and not rubber ... :)
The box is in great condition with minor wear ...Knot in 3D - how?Dear all, Does anyone know the basic concept behind the programming of Knot in 3D? How much usable ram did the speccy have - was it 32768 bytes? If…
... know the basic concept behind the programming of Knot in 3D?
in the game are surely more ... ) is similar to a picture in bitmap format (each pixel counted ... possible 3D labyrinth-like outcomes in the machine's memory.
MIDI-out disassembly?Does anyone have the disassembly of the MIDI-out routine or understands how text strings in PLAY commands are converted to a MIDI stream? I'm assumin…
... or understands how text strings in PLAY commands are converted to ... awesome tunes like those found in certain games and demos. All ... be able to create tunes in 128K BASIC with up to three ... I know with a musical keyboard, and transfer it to the ...
