-
48K and keyboardHi all, Got my second Speccy (first I had in 1980's), anyway only few keys are working on keyboard, any advices how to get them working, cleaning et…
Hi all,
Got my second Speccy (first I had in 1980's), anyway only few keys
are working on keyboard, any advices how to get them working,
cleaning etc.
Thanks for advance !
-Jukka -
Please help an absolute novice with some simple(ish) programming.I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework [quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a com…
... 'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for ... ): FOR f=1 TO 9: READ a(f): NEXT f: RESTORE ... -
BASin r14d - Final bugfix for the r14 seriesOk, there's not a great deal to "show" here, as most of the work has been going on "under the hood" so to speak. And there's been a [i]lot[/i] of wor…
... highlighted as numbers in the BASIC editor.
Fixed - The ... will also resume from a BASIC breakpoint now.
Fixed - ... Expression evaluations execute very much faster now that redundant code has ... does not yet support +3 BASIC. (Jimmy)
Fixed - ... -
Help Identify a Kid's Book I Read Many Years AgoI'm not sure why but the memory of reading it just popped into my head today and I'm curious about it now. It was about a young London girl called Pe…
... 10 years old when I read it) and the details are ... -
2nd Keyboard for 2-player games?Instead of trying to use keys that we don't like or use a joystick for the 2nd player on a 2-player game, could a second keyboard be used? And if so,…
... -player game, could a second keyboard be used? And if so ... do it?
The PC keyboard interface is one way to ... controller?
Could a +2 keyboard by itself be used as ... a second keyboard, plug it to one of ... -
reading Hex[code]1 DIM a$(20,20) 2 DIM g$(16) 3 LET g$="\::\ \' \ '\ .\. \.:\:.\:'\':\''\..\: \ :\'.\.'" 4 BORDER 4 20 LET a$(1)="00000000000000000000" 21 LET …
... />
Can you get basic to read hex as a number value ... /> so how do I get basic to understand that the letter ... -
+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, ... /+2). Please test +2A/+3 keyboard with this often used keys ... /+3.
load this keyboard tester (portdemo.tap) on yout ... -
"Floating" AY registersWhile I was working on some AY sample-related stuff, it occurred to me that with the AY port not being completely decoded, it would be a handy CPU-ti…
... are ignored, but can be read back within a few tens ... can be demonstrated with this Basic program:
[code]
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 ...Broken links on Sinclair Basic pageThe links ([ Introduction | Licence | Interpreters | Extensions | Compilers | Manuals | Articles | Source ]) at the top of the [url="http://www.world…
... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/sinclairbasic/"]Sinclair Basic[/url] page are broken.
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 ...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…
... design (case, motherboard and
keyboard), Sony's Playstation 2 or ... ), years later Microsoft's Visual Basic closed the gap.
7 ...Machine code and Basic system variablesSpectrum system variables (I mean 48KB model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program and it's never going to return t…
... 48KB model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started ... never going to return to Basic? Can I overwrite system variables ...Program for showing Basic listnings in gamesCan somebody tell me the name and where to find an utility to show the BASIC-listning in Adventure games - or for any other Spectrum-program for that…
Can somebody tell me the name and where to find an utility to show the BASIC-listning in Adventure games - or for any other Spectrum-program for that matter.
Regards Tommy F-HKeyboard 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…
... and retrieves values from the keyboard lines ABOVE AND BELOW BFh ... 'm not scanning those other keyboard lines?).
Can anyone ... an alternative method of retrieving keyboard input data?
Thanks ...ANN: Artist 3Artist 3 is now available from the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0022693"]WoS archive[/url]. The differences between Artist…
... on 128/+2
(modify BASIC to use other systems)
* New icons
* Easier to read menus
* New pointers
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 ... add:
* The Sinclair BASIC forum
* The WoS ... the 'New functions for Sinclair BASIC' thread
... (April 2006)
* Keyboard graphics and icons for:
Speccy emulator for China phones?I ordered a mobile phone from China. It has NES & SNES emulators build in. From forums I read that it runs RTOS variance (I think linux based). Examp…
... in.
From forums I read that it runs RTOS variance ... /pda-touchscreen-business-cellphone-qwerty-keyboard-dual-sim/[/url]
Issue 2 Spectrum overheating keyboard membraneI think I have an issue 2 ZX Spectrum. I don't want to take it apart again as I had problems replacing the keyboard membrane. With Interface 1 conne…
... I had problems replacing the keyboard membrane.
With Interface ...Some TV/DVD questions1. Very often, on my television (PAL, 29" or so, CRT, by Bush, two or three years old) when there's text on a TV program or a DVD film, the left hand…
... />
I can only read:
[B]ay ... character types on a computer keyboard, then when you see what ... choose by making the players read the unskippable video as a ... those of us who can read ditch our TV sets once ...+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…
... on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style ... on my +3 under 48K BASIC or in RST 0 mode ... at all with the +3 BASIC editor. Whenever a new command ... track? What does the +3 BASIC editor do that the 128K ...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?+2 keyboard problemsHi there. I'm new to WOS, please be gentle :-) I've just bought a +2A off ebay, having given it a thorough clean (inside and out - it was thick wit…
... main issue is with the keyboard - the letter keys are all ... 'm assuming it's the keyboard membrane that's the problem ...ML routines from BASICCan anyone tell me which registers should be saved and restored when calling a ML routine from BASIC? How can one know which registers are modified …
Can anyone tell me which registers should be saved and restored when calling a ML routine from BASIC?
How can one know which registers are modified inside a system routine?
Should the stack be also changed?Scuba Dive also released for the Oric-1I was checking out info on Scuba Dive, one of my all-time favorites for the Speccy. The page for this game says it was also released for the Commodor…
... . BTW. "Oric-1" can be read as "Oric Atmos". From what ... the Oric-1, with better keyboard and bugfixed ROM. But essentially ...Crazy Hardware IdeasOK, just some absolutely nuts ideas for hardware projects, all beyond my ability, but I'd be interested to hear if any of these have been done: 1. R…
... the keys on the Spectrum keyboard. So, you wouldn't need ... . Either wire it into the keyboard connector, or do it on ... then a utility that would read standard spectrum files off tape ...Turbo BasicHi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;) P.S. I am sorr…
Hi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;)
P.S. I am sorry for my poor english :(Great loading screen - terrible gameHaving just read Mousey's [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24673"]post[/URL] about The War Of The Worlds, I had to confir…
Having just read Mousey's [URL="http://www. ... excluded, though ;) The more compiled BASIC the better!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 …
... isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in ... the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing can't be too ... compile [U]any[/U] Sinclair BASIC listing as long as it ...
