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  • basito: CPC Basic interpreterHello. I'm writing a Basic Interpreter compatible with the Amstrad CPC series Locomotive Basic. It's still in a very early development stage, but al…

    Hello.

    I'm writing a Basic Interpreter compatible with the Amstrad ... CPC series Locomotive Basic. It's still in a ... functions) programs under CPC, CP/M, MS-DOS and (the reason ...
    NotFound NotFound February 2008 Development
  • Understanding extensions to the BASIC parserFor a while, I've had a rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap in hardware, just so that I can send stuff to a Spectrum over ethe…

    ... rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap ... at all - I think I'm just not seeing the wood ... parameter value. So basically, I'm sure there is something I ... 'm not setting up right either ...
    Winston Winston March 2008 Development
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…

    ... K : V PI : E : M
    CODE : E : I ... + G
    . : KLC : SYM + M ~ : E : SYM + A
    / ... colours within strings in a BASIC listing.

    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASICI'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the problem …

    I'm trying to save a SCREEN$ ... a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a ... I try to save from BASIC, the "Start tape and press ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... />
    I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum ... /> It also has a tiny (basic) TZX library (to save standard ... the moment), and a minimalistic BASIC tokenizer to generate ZX Spectrum ... (not only Z80 ones). I'm currently starting a peephole optimizer ...
    boriel boriel April 2008 Development
  • Trying to add a play lead to my +2(grey)I know this has been discussed at length and rediscussed again but I'm still not sure how to do it! I just want to add a line in so that I can turbo …

    ... and rediscussed again but I'm still not sure how to ... load snapshots to my +2(grey). I have one of those ... what they do! (And I'm pretty sure at least one ... />
    and the socket I'm planning to solder (to the ...
    thingley thingley April 2008 Hardware
  • Looking for an extended BASIC graphics routine from mid- to late-80sHello all, This is my first post here so please go easy. This is basically a cut-and-paste job from comp.sys.sinclair where I've had no luck with an…

    ... ve discovered a small BASIC program that makes use ... from a typed-in BASIC extender program. Alas the ... not the one I'm after. Most BASIC command additions used ... know. The program I'm trying to resurrect is ... (Note that the m/code routine I'm looking for is ...
    denali denali May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 48k disk basicWhen trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file at [URL="http://www.alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL] I got…

    ... trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file ... .alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL ... comes up as "48K Disk BASIC IMC 1985/88", which I ... quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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…

    Hey, I'm wondering if there is a ... the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have ... ended up back in +2 basic and noticing they had got ...
    KK128 KK128 June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Unprotecting games without knowning m.c.DivIDE or MB02 users don't need unprotected games, but those who still use the Microdrive, Wafadrive, Timex FDD, +3, Plus D, Disciple or use the new …

    ... /> For someone who knows m.c. it will probably be ... but I only have a basic concept of JP, LDIR ... overwrite the System Variables and BASIC area.

    ... a game loader leaves BASIC permanently and starts running machine ... at 16384 and used M.C. to LDIR the ...
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ... it for a project I'm working on. I just wondered ... almost a full 48K for BASIC programs. On the other hand ...
    chev chev October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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.
    chop983 chop983 October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • CP/M Plus Manual for Spectrum +3Hi everybody, I'm Anny and this is my first message here. Sorry if I was wrong to leave this request. I've an original CP/M Plus for Spectrum +3 lic…

    Hi everybody,
    I'm Anny and this is my ... . I've an original CP/M Plus for Spectrum +3 license ... to download the CP/M Plus and Mallard Basic manual from WOS ...
    anny84 anny84 October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ... go in C++. Plus I'm learning Z80 assembler too. Another ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick November 2008 Development
  • Spectrum +2 (Grey) Composite Out IssueHi, i have just acquired a grey Spectrum +2. I always use composite video to display output from my collection of machines. When i hook up my trusty…

    ... , i have just acquired a grey Spectrum +2. I always use ... normal mode selection menu (48k basic, 128k basic etc).

    does ...
    Jack_Leather Jack_Leather March 2009 Hardware
  • Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…

    ... for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have ... do this in BASIC.

    And I'm not planning on ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Jumping to BASIC after importing 23296,1703Sorry for the confusing title. :-D Now that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a few more que…

    ... to safely "jump" to my BASIC program. :)

    ... same as returning to BASIC after an USR command ... I have a very basic understanding of m.c. I know ... feel happier when I'm using the old BASIC editor.
    ... subject of jumping to BASIC, I find it curious ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The best ... beginning with "M"Been a long time since we did the letter "L", so here's the next one: Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per…

    ... post]". So, for the letter "M", which do you think are ... . There are lots of great "M" games, such as Mercenary (brilliant ... Mined Out! (the best Spectrum BASIC game ever, if you ask ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2009 Games
  • Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…

    ... sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example:

    20 LET m=4
    30 IF m=4 THEN GO ... /> 40 FOR i=5 TO m
    50 PRINT #i;RND ...
    200 LET m=m+1
    210 %accept #m,4
    220 ... write a web server in BASIC now :-)
    Winston Winston August 2009 Hardware
  • looking for best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, udg basedhi all! I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like those from zx-spectrum mags, made at mid 80's I'm looking fo…

    ... /> I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games ... mid 80's
    I'm looking for these games mostly ...
    nitrofurano nitrofurano September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…

    Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any ... that can be called from Basic but uses 64 or maybe ... 32?

    I'm creating small Basic programs that allow me ... 's easy to call from Basic? Thanks!
    zxbruno zxbruno October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ...
    Hi folks, I'm a machine code novice who ... knowledge of ZX Spectrum basic, and the ZX Spin ... before returning to BASIC
    ;return score to BASIC
    ... as 15 lines of mainly grey text.
    The ... code function called from basic will return the value ...
    bigjon bigjon November 2009 Development
  • Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…

    ... then a routine in BASIC (yeah, I'm a masochist :P ) would ... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... using another small m.c. ... routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Which ZX Spectrum setup?I'm building a semi-pro laser setup, with.. a ZX Spectrum as controller! [url]http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1297705[/url] (I'm no…

    I'm building a semi-pro ... list_messages/1297705[/url]
    (I'm not the topicstarter of that ... to find out what I'm doing, even if it ... ZX Spectrum 48K, 128K, +2 (grey), +2B
    b. DivIDE (lots ... output parallel data from 48K Basic, and both DivIDE firmwares are ...
    bverstee bverstee January 2010 Hardware
  • Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…

    ... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.

    I've got ... : LET a$="N O R M A L": LET y=143 ... /> 380 INK 2: LET a$="M": LET y=48: LET x ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…

    ... after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished.
    m usually on IRC at #spin ...
    chev chev February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…

    ... />
    I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 ...
    jp48 jp48 February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …

    ... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is ... a$
    2100 IF a$="m" THEN GO SUB 2700: ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:

    ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to ... that expands the ZX BASIC tokens.
    Winston Winston March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…

    ... simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even ... fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a ... M/C that could benefit from being able to write in basic ... and make M/C output ... from it. If you're still using Hisoft Basic ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • How to make a comp video cable for +2 greySorry to bog, maybe the clue is just laiden on another thread but.... I have just obtained a 128 +2 grey, fully working BUT the aerial signal is bad…

    ... just obtained a 128 +2 grey, fully working BUT
    the ... quite good image. But I'm very lazy
    and so ... transistors backward mounted on +2 grey" affair ?

    Thanks ...
    Cignale Cignale June 2010 Hardware
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