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  • +3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?

    Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
    Spectrum +3 Spectrum +3 July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …

    ... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…

    ... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...
    Nonsense in BASIC Nonsense in BASIC August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…

    ... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • storing level datahi everyone im using arrays to store level data. its not working. just to set up the walls takes an array of size 92*2 is there a better way?

    hi everyone
    im using arrays to store level data. its not working. just to set up the walls takes an array of size 92*2

    is there a better way?
    Robin Robin September 2010 Development
  • compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…

    ... ask here instead of the basic forum..

    ... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ...
    fog fog September 2010 Development
  • Location of variableHi everyone When basic makes an array how to you find out the location in the ram of where the data is stored. :) Also, does it store the values in…

    Hi everyone

    When basic makes an array how to ... the ram of where the data is stored. :)

    Also ...
    Robin Robin September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…

    Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?

    I use

    if inkey$="z" then goto...

    but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…

    ... or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm trying to exclude ... and main game should be Basic.

    I can quickly ...
    spider spider September 2010 Games
  • bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…

    ... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
    Now available: ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces ... not only line-numbers of BASIC statements but also their ... which will read not only BASIC files but also assembly language ...
    AY Chip AY Chip September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic EditorWould this make sense or serve any purpose for anyone here? On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can write your basic code while on the go an…

    ... On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can ... write your basic code while on the ... trying to write a basic compiler as the keyboard ... view. So a plain Basic interpreter that checks for ... syntax, tokenizes and runs BASIC programs. Also looking for ...
    OZApps OZApps October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…

    ... have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to ... where ZX Spectrum 48k stores BASIC programs upon loading them. Does ...
    ZXMrk ZXMrk October 2010 Development
  • Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…

    ... a progressive game that uses levels - It is just too big ... needed to hold the decompressed data. I'm sure it could ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 New game ideas
  • General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …

    ... routine for the Spectrum (in BASIC). It is still quite simple ...
    9140 REM i$ =Input Data
    9150 REM *---------------------*
    9160 ... ;"X"; PAPER bla;" Please enter data":
    POKE 23690,33:
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX-Editor, Blockeditor and Paintbrush 2.0 publishedDear ZX-Spectrum & Emulator friends, yesterday I've uploaded new versions of - ZX-Blockeditor - ZX-Editor - ZX-Paintbrush on my website at [URL="h…

    ... can be used for editing BASIC programs, variables and SCREEN$ respectively ... with ZX-Blockeditor, select a BASIC data block and edit it with ... and enhanced the Spectrum Basic and Beta basic grammar files that are ...
    clausjahn clausjahn October 2010 Emulators
  • BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…

    ... (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler?

    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers October 2010 Development
  • Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…

    ... creating snapshots and transferring the data into cartridge, but we'll ... about 100 bytes for register data and executer code, it needs ... jump to a program without basic :)

    I guess there ...
    Arda Arda November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Arrays in Spectrum basicHi everyone, I've recently begun learning to programme in Spectrum and want to write a text adventure. Could someone give me an example or help me o…

    ... needs.
    I'm running Basic on Spectaculator and intend to ...
    REB REB November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • New tool: ZXBOOT.EXE[B]ASM[/B] is proud to present the first release of ZXBOOT.EXE: [url]http://www.4shared.com/file/NP-FVOSf/zxboot__beta_.html[/url] ZXBOOT is a comma…

    ... loaded or saved using Spectrum BASIC. A self extract method is ... /> PROGRAM.BIN

    A BASIC listing can be displayed by ... clean up routines. The program data is compressed so that it ... for the system variables and BASIC program area. The screen is ...
    ASM ASM November 2010 Announcements
  • Stopping the loading messages...Hi Folks, As you know, the ZX BASIC kindly reports the program, bytes or data that you have loaded on the screen. To stop these appearing I was thi…

    ... , the ZX BASIC kindly reports the program, bytes or data that you ... 0,0;
    110 LOAD "DATA" DATA...[/CODE]

    Is this ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX BASIC and garbage collection...Hi Folks, I was thinking about using the following approach in a program I am writing: [CODE]DIM d$(100,50) LOAD "NAMES" DATA d$() ... DIM d$(50,25…

    ... $(100,50)
    LOAD "NAMES" DATA d$()
    ...
    DIM d ... $(50,25)
    LOAD "TOWNS" DATA d$()
    ...[/CODE]

    Basically the data would be loaded in and ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Loading arrays in BASin...Hi Folks, I have been playing with loading and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By trapping the SAVE command the DATA can be saved to a .TAP file…

    ... from BASIC in BASin. By trapping the SAVE command the DATA can ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Flight - flight simulator (Basic)Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old tape. Obviously this is a my type-in from an old ex-Yugoslavian magazine from mid 80s. I did …

    Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old ... also mostly done in the basic), we can say that this ... worthy competitor.
    Unfortunately spectrum Basic is pretty slow for this ...
    Pegaz Pegaz November 2010 Games
  • Problem with se basicI use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program i…

    I use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program in 48 basic and switch to SE BASIC then show basic incorrect. Why ?
    velesoft velesoft December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • BASin - Wow!Hi Folks, I know I have said this before but I have to take my hat off to Dunny (Paul) and the other folks who were involved in writing BASin. It r…

    ... IDE is. Yes ZX BASIC is limited (structures, data types etc.) but ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Spanner seeks helpHello, and HNY, all. I am presently writing a game in BASIC. It's a bit - a lot - crap, but I'm enjoying it! Anyway, a couple of questions, if you …

    ... presently writing a game in BASIC. It's a bit - a ... />
    3) When using READ, DATA, is it possible to make ... /> 20 Print a$
    30 Data "Keegan", "Hoddle", "Waddle", "Robson"
    jared5050 jared5050 January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Z88DK tapfile creation questionHere's another question. The game I've just started working on (Sid Spanners 3), I'm concatenating the following tap files together, to make a big ta…

    ... still contains a second BASIC loader (the BASIC loader generated by ... over), since the first BASIC loader in the combined tapfile ... appmake without including the usual BASIC loader (just the CODE ... (music player & data) without the BASIC loader in the tapfile ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn January 2011 Development
  • Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…

    New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's the fastest way to program in BASIC in a Windows environment?
    olaf olaf January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Just wondering (Data compressors back in the 80s)While utilizing some sort of data compression is admittedly the norm for Speccy productions nowadays, it doesn't seem to have been the case back in t…

    While utilizing some sort of data compression is admittedly the norm ... sole widely used means of data transfer (hence the turbo loaders ...
    Hikaru Hikaru January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair BASIC manual cover artHello, dose anyone out there have any information or links regarding the art work on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought it was rea…

    ... on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought ...
    Mikie48k Mikie48k January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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