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Publishers of recent Spectrum software on physical mediaI am compiling a list of publishers of recent (21st century) Spectrum games on physical media. So far I came up with: [list=][*]Bitmap Soft [*]B.u.…
I am compiling a list of publishers of recent (21st century) Spectrum games ... I came up with:
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Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... as simple as a player of a list of notes, which can be ... pre-processed into a list of regiser values.
That ... . Is it beep music? Play commands? One voice / three voices?
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i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... features" disappear. The speed of development afforded by C means ... is not about "knowing the commands" -- it's about ...
An HTML version of one of the above tutorials:
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An alphabetical list of assembly instructions:
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Type-ins for non-standard languagesDoes anyone know if there has ever been any type-in programs for non-standard languages e.g. Forth, Micro Prolog etc. I recently bought copies of tho…
... any language :) ) Getting a hang of the Reverse Polish Notation isn ... /> There's a limited set of commands it let's you use ... accept and simulate even more commands.
When I manage ... 'll also include a list of the accepted commands and examples on how ... -
Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …
... to a emulator file, of your choice and convenience. ... />
maybe even part of BMP2SCR could be incorporated too ... screens and compressed screens, some of the graphic stuff. ifthat' ... instructions on the CD list of all Basic commands, features, how Tos ... -
Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
... that covers the extra commands for the 128k (the ... could be with a list of who is doing what ...
BTW which versions of BB do you have? There ... .
Sample of Beta Basic code and programs ... spectrum stuff has been preserved of all of us.
Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
... could be with a list of who is doing what ... g. p43 has LIST FORMAT I instead of LIST FORMAT 1 on ... only has a subset of the commands from the contents page ... br /> The tape versions of BB have a release ...
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Sample of Beta Basic code and programs ...Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
... look at your pdf of the v3 manual, and ... g. p43 has LIST FORMAT I instead of LIST FORMAT 1 on ... only has a subset of the commands from the contents page ... br /> The tape versions of BB have a release ... being tested before upload, All of "Outlet" has been images ...48k Spectrum+ ManualThe DK Manual that came with the 48k+. Not the 128k manual, the speccy plus version. I can't believe that we don't have the scans of this thing onli…
... Book.
2. The list of commands/functions in the latter part ... of the book was very well ... was.
The rest of the manual was utter shite ... want to add in some of this manual to BASin's ...MCODER III - PSS softwareDoes anyone here have any instructions/documentation for PSS software's MCODER III compiler?
Oh, I've found in the 'net a couple of things to take in account: microdrive commands won't compile, nor will LIST or LLIST commands. Not a big deal, tho'. Just for the sake of completion.
Cheers.Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... memory map; the rest of the memory can be used ... to RAM disk a couple of times to have larger ... amounts of data reside in memory ... support for +3 DOS extended commands. I never had a +2a ... really low down on the list of priorities for me. Others may ...Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…
... I found a huge advantage of the Spec over the Commodore ... each key had a couple of keywords dependent from at what ... line you were, you kind of had a guide (at a ... one would have needed a list of commands, functions etc.) So that made ...Background image with SP1 and Z88DKWhat is the prefered way to place an entire (or very large) image in the background when using SP1? Should I convert it to a long (32*24=768 ) list o…
... long (32*24=768 ) list of tiles or is there a ... also have "commands" embedded in them. The commands are so ... probably make sense of the majority of the commands yourself. Take special ... note of the REPEAT/ ...Star Heritage::TranslationHi all! I am almost finished with a translation of a Russian adventure game Star Heritage (demo) to poor English. I need a volunteer(s) with a good …
... s actions by giving him commands in
Russian, and ... Inventory. This option shows the list of items you carry
... br /> are offered a list of phrases you can say. Just ... />
Then follow service commands helping the user to work ...Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... be used to send commands to a window and ... trap errors and parse commands yourself when an error ... uses (such as a list of pointers to open windows). ... /> [quote]
The advantage of this seems to be that ... the difference and advantage of having a linker/librarian ...Any interest in new low-cost mass-storage interface with 512K RAM?I've recently added support to ResiDOS and the +3e ROMs for SD/MMC card interfaces; in particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is only sup…
... their work as part of the cost of purchasing the interfaces). ... firmwares available, but at last ESXDOS, and ResiDOS look to be ... will support a common set of BASIC commands and the best features ... of the interfaces.
...Any interest in new low-cost mass-storage interface with 512K RAM?I've recently added support to ResiDOS and the +3e ROMs for SD/MMC card interfaces; in particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is only sup…
... firmwares available, but at last ESXDOS, and ResiDOS look to ... will support a common set of BASIC commands and the best features ... of the interfaces.[/QUOTE]
of friendly competition is quite ...Sam Revival magazine issue 16 now out! [Sam CoupIssue 16 of Sam Revival magazine is now out! This issue features the full Sam game 'Colony' on the coverdisk, which was written by Derek Koselo. Col…
... was a bigger indication of what could be done ... GamesMaster, I started a list of how long each command took ... see how quick GamesMaster`s commands are. Steffan Drissen (Solar ... 40 percent faster version of put, but it was ... for a certain size of graphics, 32*40 or ...If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... the small size of data types, the importance of efficient program design ... length followed by a list of ascii characters stored at some ... . C strings are just a list of ascii characters terminated with a ... and you know all the "commands" in C. Anything else you ...divIDE & SD Cards?Can someone tell me if the divIDE interface can read SD cards or if support for them will be added in the future? My entire game collection is backed…
May be worth a try.
However, I have a beta of esxdos at home which supports FAT12/16/32, so I'll try that as well. Another one for the list :)Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... like a couple dozen "commands" built into the language. ... . You can define new "commands" (functions from now on) ... program must include a list of function prototypes that tell ... . Things like graphics commands, sprite commands, commands for reading the keyboard ...Vector`scan anyone give me any advice or a description of vector`s... don`t mean line drawing vector`s but directional vector`s, I think there called vector`…
... if I generate a table of vector`s then match ... had a tinker), it also list`s the (bad) code ... you only get about 20 commands or less per frame ... in MC. Started a list of comparing how long Sinclair Basic ... Master Basic take to perform commands, It`ll take a ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... simple sp1_MoveSpr() commands and the library will take care of making all ... sp1_cs *slist; // +4 BIG ENDIAN ; list of sprites occupying this tile (MSB ... ENDIAN ; next update struct in list of update structs queued for draw ...A vexatious questionThis is kind of a follow-up to a question about RST #8 and hardware that I wrote in the development forum a while ago. To summarize that: certain ha…
... prevent conflicts, some pieces of hardware will check the state ...
Is there a handy list of the various PC addresses that ... various different bits of ROM-equipped hardware trap?< ... variable that allows handling of commands that neither BASIC nor ...improvements to gameshello while i playing a few spectrum games,i thought how better some games would be better with an improvement:- automania-128k tune,less grating t…
... a command on, have the list colour coded. Bloody obvious helpful ... br /> -> Remove half of the commands, I mean they are utterly ... do anyway.
-> Commands for kill, challenge etc to ... have left, and much of the commands and features are pointless.
Sometimes I can be a little slow...I first played Saboteur when I was 10. I am now 30 and have just found out that you can kill the bloody dogs by pressing fire and down! It only took…
... explain a) What the point of the game was or b ... to just include a couple of paragraphs of shoddy story to explain ... at least included an accepted list of commands, it's just not fair ...Sometimes I can be a little slow...I first played Saboteur when I was 10. I am now 30 and have just found out that you can kill the bloody dogs by pressing fire and down! It only took…
... just include a couple of paragraphs of shoddy story to explain ... at least included an accepted list of commands, it's just not fair ... was if they did list commands, and some of them were so obscure ... not included in the giant list of useless crap that was printed ...Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…
... sort of wrapper package for ResiDOS which passed on any BASIC commands ... /> Do you have a full list of I/O port usage somewhere ... this may be a bit of a tall order ;-) )Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…
... about. For new commands, I look for:
[LIST]
[*]$0b ( ... this wasn't one of your new commands, restore CH_ADD & ... /> [*]If this was one of your commands, but a syntax error, set ... to add new commands without all the tedium of checking each one ...Packing numbers in as least memory as possibleI am writing some code for drawing vector lines etc. on the screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to pack them in a smaller area as po…
... you're working with a list of commands and/or coordinates you could ... a time from a string of compressed bits. Might be useful ...
