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Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…
Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making basic games for the speccy? -
SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
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Switch to 48mode without 'SPECTRUM' commandIs there a poke(s) to switch to 48 mode without SPECTRUM command. I want my tape loaders to switch automatically. I know how to switch ram banks ok…
... switch ram banks in my rem loaders
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CALL 23760 ;COPIES TURBO LOADER ROUTINE
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test my loader?Hello. I was playing around trying to customise the ROM loading routine, but I quickly realised that although I'd found out how to change the border…
... disassembled Graham Mason's 'Turbo Loader' from YS, and looked at ... , I've set up the loader and saver and saved a ... -
Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…
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Some of the Basic programes and games I've ... , it's possible that these Basic games were not programmed with ... -
SoftRom emulation possible?Hello. Quick question to all emulator developers: How easy would it be to emulate a SoftRom? The mastering utilites for my protection system XLR-8 a…
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SoftRom emulation possible?Hello. Quick question to all emulator developers: How easy would it be to emulate a SoftRom? The mastering utilites for my protection system XLR-8 a…
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TLOTRD - compiling problemsOk guys! A new demo for 'The Legend Of The Red Dragon' is nearly finished (just need my bro to draw some artwork as I'm using sample images from the …
... it works:
The loader is loaded. The SCREEN$ loads ... by the menu (written in BASIC and about 5k in size ... the level (again, written in BASIC and about 14k in size ... good ol' C Nonsense in BASIC error. The earlier versions of ... -
Microdrive FormattingHo hum, yawn, microdrives - my favourite subject... ;) I?ve been doing some tinkering around, and have noticed that issuing a FORMAT command (with t…
... directly entering FORMAT with a BASIC program present, the newly ... tainted? with remnants of the BASIC program. The size of the ... a ?clean? format with BASIC present? I'm currently experimenting ... the first line of BASIC being a REM statement followed by 594 ... -
XLR-8 mastering software and BASIC loader demo ready for inspectionI've got a TZX of stuff to have a look at if anyone wants to, ummm, have a look at it. Is there somewhere I can upload to? (Martijn?) Cheers
I've got a TZX of stuff to have a look at if anyone wants to, ummm, have a look at it.
Is there somewhere I can upload to? (Martijn?)
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Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …
... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been testing ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K and ... test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still ... -
About U.N.SquadronHello there! I have a question, I have the cassete of the game U.N.Squadron from US Gold, and when I play it on my Speccy it has a bug: when I am goi…
... beggining screen, the one with Loader, Calculator, Basic, etc...I asked some ... -
XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…
... ever tested on.
"LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - pick a ... encryption it'll stick the loader for the game into the ... machine code part of the basic only (option 2) or test ... machine code part of the basic into the screen area which ... -
Convert Screen to TAPHow do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one …
How do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one for memory and then copy them all together into one tap file)
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Tap files - exact specsThe FAQ says... [quote] TAP Format The .tap files contain blocks of tape-saved data. All blocks start with two bytes specifying how many bytes will…
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First there is the BASIC loader program on tape. The first ... believed) 19 bytes of the BASIC header, of which there are ... is also a 0 (meaning BASIC program), but then there is ... -
BASIC 2005 Competition - a lot of games for downloadA lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all in spanish for download now: [url="http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2005.html"]http://www…
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Sinclair Extended BASIC...Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.
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speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …
... 'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to ... program that I type a basic program and it compile and ... -
more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …
... programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people ... any way of saving your basic program, half half way through ... -
Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
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GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
Are there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc?
The Spectrum BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.
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BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…
... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
REM and DEF FN behaved incorrectly ... .
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BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …
... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
REM and DEF FN behaved incorrectly ... .
Fixed - REM lines were being incorrectly tokenised ... -
Great loader: Beruskajust found on the cassette (and immediately made a backup of) short czech animation based on a popular song [I][B][url="http://art.speccy.cz/progs/be…
... program possess very, very nice loader, imho.
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ... -
various Spectrum MIAs not listed on WoS* PAUL (Personal Accounting Utilities Ledger) by Jaysoft was reviewed in Home Computing Weekly #9 (3-9 May 1983, page 39) for the 48K Spectrum, price…
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* Mentor, a BASIC editor utility for the 16K ... page 27).
* Prosign BASIC+ on microdrive cartridge, by Prosign ... programming extensions to Sinclair BASIC, was reported in Personal ... />
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Development advice I was an user of the Spectrum 48K in the old days. I arribed to learn a lot of BASIC, and a bit of assembler. The time have passed, and now I am …
... to learn a lot of BASIC, and a bit of assembler ... the classic MONS/GENS, Hisoft Basic, and Hisoft C, it seems ... able to create Screen$, the basic loader, and compile C code.
Basic loader, Screen$, and compiled MC.
How do I put 1k game in a REM statement in TAP formatBasically, If I am assembling my machine code game, say using PASMO or TASM. 1. What address do I assemble it at to fit in a REM statement 2. What …
Basically,
If I am assembling my machine code game, say using PASMO or TASM.
1. What address do I assemble it at to fit in a REM statement
2. What do i need to do to get this into a .TAP format
Cheers128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
It is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
