-
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
...
My comments about Spectrum BASIC apply equally to just about ... ]every[/I] flavour of BASIC with graphics commands [I]including ... to machine code and was been held back somewhat myself in the ... being weaknesses and the BASIC sucking being rolled out ... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... 2) Spectrum BASIC did help novices to migrate to machine code. period. I ... is a misrepresentation of facts. BASIC encouraged people to program, and ... and say, "Because Speccy BASIC was so good, MORE people ... In that case, the same rule should apply to all BASIC ... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... c64 scrollies".[/quote]
In that case (and i apologise ... /> 2) Spectrum BASIC did help novices to migrate to machine code. period.
in the day and had something ... -
Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
... The Z80s nowadays have two basic addressing flavours - those with ... you refer to the BASIC way of scrolling then ... seems moot because BASIC is slow - done in machine code scrolling PAPER is ... no different to INK. BASIC is ... -
Text adventuresHi everyone (first post!) how ya all doing? I was just wondering to myself how many of you used to play text adventures? I remember when I was aroun…
... few BASIC text adventures, most of which were pretty crap in many ... machine code text adventure (converted from Tandy) and complex for the time, in ... -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... It's essentially your BASIC code efficiently translated into machine code. RST 16 is ... and all the associated codes in BASIC (like INK, PAPER, BRIGHT ... mean with "Start MC in upperscreen" and the like ... behaviours implied by certain variables in the ROM - and the ... -
Retro Gamer and Type-InsWell, Retro Gamer is apparently looking out for some good type-ins to include on its cover CD (maybe, ok?). They'd like some from WoS, and I thought …
... games there. Impressive demonstration of BASIC programming.
GOC: ... this one. The rest are machine code dependent, although very nice!
In fact Time Bomb was also ... listed in Computer Gamer as 'Time for ... -
Why Hex in place of Denary?Ok - most MC books / tutorials advocate the use of hex instead of denary. But the Speccy doesn't actually have a Hex converter so you need to write …
... BASIC. So PRINT USR 30000 has two effects - it runs the machine code ... to look into location 30004 in the routine, so it will ... -
Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…
... /c routines done and executed in Basic ( which are slower than ... Matic is alot higher. Screen Machine also compiles whole or part ... resides in memory i would try to save that code only ... instructions say where in memory is the code the compiled programs need ... -
new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
... had a decent grip of basic .I wanted to program games ... that basic wasnt capable of producing so i bought a z80 machine code ... just too much too take in .
forwardwind 16 years ... -
The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…
... that after I got skilled in hacking with the Disciple I ... address for the machine code. Supplied them with a standard basic loader and ... -
MC 101Hello Group Members: Can't spectrum MC be embedded in a BASIC program
In short, yes...
The ... by the Spectrum, however, is in the region of 23737, or ... take the start of the BASIC program area, as pointed to ... to the number of bytes in the machine code routine, then POKE the ... -
Memory Available for 16k and 48kAm I right in thinking that if I am writing a 16k Game, I have 8k available for the machine code prog 6000h to 8000h, and for a 48k game I have 40K a…
... the emulator is in 128K Basic.
In 48K Basic you can ... place up to 256 bytes of machine code there ... Horizon tape used $5B00 for machine code. My advice would be to ...
I had a letter in Popular Computing Weekly about that ... -
Memory Available for 16k and 48kAm I right in thinking that if I am writing a 16k Game, I have 8k available for the machine code prog 6000h to 8000h, and for a 48k game I have 40K a…
... recompiled at 5B00h, loaded in and did PRINT USR 23296 ... of the way of Basic, set RAMTOP to the ... 30000, first CLEAR 30000. Basic will move itself out ... certain address, Basic can't contain itself in that limited ... to resort to a machine code loader to make use ... -
Most expensive ebay game?[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3084975541"]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3084975541[/url] God knows, …
... such a fantastic and powerful machine - it's a shame that ... with so many 2D large sprite fighting games, with only a ... />
_________________
C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1
[ This ... -
COVOX works?My Sprinter "simulates" a COVOX soundcard at port 4Fh, but I don't know how to use it! Can anyone explain to me the process of programming it? (To be…
... point in me trying to use the COVOX untill I learn Machine Code ... might still be okay from Basic. Would be a very nice ... * program the AY directly from Basic though. Make sure you use ... 128 in usr 0 mode. The main loop of 128 Basic insists ... -
New utterly crap game!Inspired by Andy Herbert's crappy game I decided that I should try and produce a similar if not better (or worse depending on how you look at it) eff…
... are:
BASIC games
compiled BASIC games
games in machine code
games ... which uses extended versions of BASIC like MEGA BASIC, BETA BASIC ... -
The Speccy Games Programming CompetitionFor those who weren't following the OT thread... We have the CGC and we have the Minigames competitions, but we don't have an actual Spectrum Games …
... categorise them under machine code since I assume the code so produced is ... can see such categorisation resulting in hours of hair tearing frusteration ... of a seperate machine code section, we have a seperate BASIC section. Makes ... -
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…
... 's from the book, "BASIC & FORTH in Parallel" by S.J ... takes BASIC examples and shows how the same things are done in ... sometimes nearly as fast as Machine Code. It's also fun. ( Except ... either. My Basic got better. I don't program in anything else ... -
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…
... .
as far as machine code in basic listings, the Type Fantastic, i ... text file with the asm code along with a ready to ... done with the BASIC listing from the BASIC & FORTH in Parallel book ... -
Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…
... br />
Still coding in basic after all these years (I ... to me, as for machine code.. phoo, I`ll honestly ... somewhat, also I love Basic, as Im the type ... wanting to learn basic (he can`t code - hehe) and ... the name Calvin Allett in the bottom right screenshot. ... -
Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…
... in SimCoupe. I really don't know too much about SAM BASIC ... be useless on a real machine - on which some people would ... great if people with the machine code skills on the SAM Coupe ... -
Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…
... have a standard to code in, rather than thinking it ... have the manual for Sound Machine... It`ll be hard ... kicked ass, at least in the right hands, have ... ...
Porting code is hard for MC coders ... code I did in AMOS and it worked first time in SAM Basic ... -
Finishing my Ragnar game...Hi all, Way back then, in my youth, I worked on a game for the Speccy called "Ragnar", which was a 3d isometric style mcoded game written from scrat…
... a certain thing, such as sprite movement. And then I just kept ... taking timing into consideration, both in regards to the frame sync ... 4) perhaps also interrupt handling in general?)[/quote]
[ ... 're going to care about BASIC. Just do whatever you've ... -
Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... I taught myself Basic mostly from typing in programs from mags ... the walls were closing in for an exit to ... I had to stick them in myself!
... the whole lot in the dump in 2000 (Speccy and ... />
I even learned machine code, but didn't get very ... -
Finishing my Ragnar game...Hi all, Way back then, in my youth, I worked on a game for the Speccy called "Ragnar", which was a 3d isometric style mcoded game written from scrat…
Basic sprite movement and some other stuff completed - more info in the dev log at:
[url="http://www.demesta.com/ragnar/"]http://www.demesta.com/ragnar/[/url] -
SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... permit the development of "glossy, machine code games".
[/quote]
BASIC compilation is. The only way to really get a glossy machine code ... I would describe the machine code as adaquate. Making an ... get taught early on in their computing courses (2nd ... -
SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... merge the two. TommyGun in its new form, unlike ... ) sound editor, code editor, map and sprite editor, other editors, ... for those who dont code to be able to ... of game/program, much in the same way as ... i did get kinda close in basic though ;) except it had much ... -
found old magazineHello fellow Spectrum worshipers :) As I was not sure where to post this, so I posted it here. I guess anything can be posted under miscellaneous. …
... /> One last question... Is "Type-in" what I fear it is ... the hundreds of lines of machine code to a .txt file to ... ]
Typing it all in will be like the old ... the lounge in front of the TV, tapping in the BASIC lines, pressing ... -
Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... a tiny bit of machine code mixed in with the BASIC to scroll the ... them going cheap?
In all honesty, the Commodore 64 ...
