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How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…
... the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have ... ended up back in +2 basic and noticing they had got ... -
oh my the old days :)programming on the speccy again here is a routine i remember of the top of my head to load screens or code without a header wow 5 Clear 27999 : Re…
... = 0 TO 12
35 Read a
38 Poke 28000 ... *256 = 6912 (This is the basic length of screen$)
ZX81 Question?Just bought a ZX81 on Ebay (as you do). It was sold as not working, but once I'd changed the fuse in the plug on the transformer it was working like …
Knackered keyboard on Speccy +Hi all, my keyboard is a bit shagged. The computer turns on, shows the copyright message, and then the space key appears to be stuck on continuously.…
Hi all, my keyboard is a bit shagged. The ... the ribbon cables connecting the keyboard to the circuit board.
mea culpa!I have just sent Digital Prawn another entry for CCG 2008 which might shock a few people! It is a program which emulates a Commodore Vic 20 - yes, yo…
... Spectrum can now run CBM BASIC 2.0 :-o
keyboard buffer and extra keywords such ... try and exploit the known BASIC bugs thanks to the full ...Channels and streamsSo I've put some thought into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting corpse) of the CSS FAQ which contains some information …
... into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting ... trap RST 8 and extend BASIC.
The conclusion: ... because the semantics of ZX BASIC's OPEN# are completely wrong ... available channel (#4). This avoids BASIC having to be extended to ...USB Speccy keyboardLooking around a certain computer store the other day, I notice external USB or remote keyboards- no big deal! However I was wondering if anyone had…
... the shell into a usb keyboard that can be plugged into ... emulator with a real speccy keyboard!!
I assume in principle ...Anybody read comics?I've read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series 1 and 2 and Watchmen by Alan Moore. Just finishing the last five issue of Y - The Last Man ton…
I've read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ...Test your PC keyboardPlease test yout PC keyboards in ZX emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ZX emulator. This is keyboard tester: [url…
... emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ... ZX emulator.
This is keyboard tester:
[url]http://velesoft ... ignored), then your PC keyboard is not useful for using ... to real ZX(with PC keyboard interface). Please inform me ...Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... core to run the real BASIC 4 ROM, but the operating ... speed. This means reading the keyboard, writing to the screen, saving ... type and run a BBC BASIC program. You currently can't ... odd typing in a BBC Basic program on a Spectrum. It ...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…
... 1/16 speed. The following Basic program takes 197 seconds on ... it copes with the 6502 read-modify-write instructions better than ...ZX Spectrum external keyboardI picked up this keyboard at the flea market a couple of days ago. It was being sold together with a Speccy, PSU and cables but since I only wanted t…
I picked up this keyboard at the flea market a ... since I only wanted the keyboard I didn't bother examining ... directly into the on-board keyboard connectors? The blue connector looks ...Questions about the Speccy and it's emulationOut of interest, and to raise another interesting discussion, I have some questions about the Spectrum and it's emulation; 1) Is everything known ab…
... always insisted that Halo ran faster on my XBox than his ... never see it, then I read about the memory issue, and ... ? I mean, it can't read the Z80 machine code in ... be problematic - I think I read it in the Warajevo instructions ...BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
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And can read about some of the nifty ... thread[/url] in the Sinclair BASIC forum.
Here's ... the binary number. (Nonsense in BASIC)
Fixed - A small oversight ... user, which are parsed for BASIC functions, now accept the $ABCD ...alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
... under 32K is available for BASIC
the shadow screen is ... almost a full 48K for BASIC programs. On the other hand ...I just learnt that Spectrum has 1kB of unused ROMWell, man learns through all his life. I have just discovered that Spectrum has over 1 kilobyte of unused ROM memory, from address 14446 to 15615. Al…
... read that it was such a great success to squeeze Spectrum Basic ... high effectiveness had it cost: Basic running slowly. Now it looks ...Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…
... all) of them are in BASIC and easy to get into ... it goes straight to the BASIC listing.
I accidentally ... easy to get into their BASIC listings.
So if ... you are interested in BASIC programming then you might learn ...High Noon 2.0 Released - 5.Oct.2008Hello!!! Team SpecNG ( [url]www.specng.org[/url] ) has released the Remake "High Noon V2.0" tonight. Changes for V2.0: 1) Now compiled with Dar…
... V6.7 providing better and faster code
(It now requires ... logo.
Fixed: Cleared the keyboard buffer after a player dies ...+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... -same).
I've read a few threads on here ... machine powered up, overcome the keyboard fault and now I've ...Games in basicIs there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures.
Is there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures.A problem with a friends laptopMy mums friends laptop wont display anything on the screen anymore. When it boots up you can here it starting up but the screen remains black. All th…
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It has Vista Basic
A Intel duo 1 ... it installed them she then read her email and shut it ...Found 128k +2 in the garbageHey there, I had a 48k Plus when I was a kid (still have, actually), and used to play in a friends 128k +2, so I know the basic of these computers. …
... +2, so I know the basic of these computers.
keyboard membrane looks good too and ...A new Basic manualWith all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc. What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?
With all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc.
What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
... I've succeeded in Speccy BASIC, I think I might just ...About Chess games & BASICIs it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?
Is it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... on using machine code to read data from a partition. Wouldn ... />
the load command from basic for video playback would be ... POKEs (or even a small BASIC program) and use Randomize USR ...Memory and BasicQuestions 1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs? 2. How do I check how much is left? 3. How much memory does an array take up?
Questions
1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs?
2. How do I check how much is left?
3. How much memory does an array take up?Small BasicFor all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com…
For all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx]Small Basic[/url].Attn: Dunny Re: Basin[QUOTE=Dunny;282407]Just out of interest, is there any demand on these boards for a standalone version of BASin's graphics tools? It'd be just the U…
... (think Photoshop) would make things faster. It's easier to switch ... lenght of a screen$ file read-only? I may want to ...Can the +3 read TOS disks?I've sent 2 dozens of TOS disks so that they could be preserved as disk images, but as of today there's no emulator that can emulate Timex's FDD. The…
... use the +3s drive to read them directly? I'm not ... here. To be able to read the contents of the disks ...
