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  • What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…

    ... /spider prog from the 48K+ manual.
    After that, I was ... loved
    farting around with BASIC.

    I was so ...
    xfa84 xfa84 May 2006 Games
  • Is there any good book on game programming for ZX Spectrum?Is there any good book on game programming for ZX Spectrum? --- Oh, found it myself [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/"]ftp://ft…

    ... whether you want to learn BASIC or Machine Code. And even ... suitable in there. The Spectrum manual itself is a good starting ... . There are tons of good BASIC programming books so you are ... , ZX Shed is running a BASIC game programming article so you ...
    Arjun Arjun June 2006 Development
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... It had a first class BASIC, a great (or horrible ... 't enter an incorrect BASIC line, and I've ... a fast CPU, a decent manual (not brilliant, but far ... by the easy to learn BASIC. Most soon lost interest, ... it, (generally) realised that BASIC wasn't fast enough for ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…

    ... writing, I could make a manual for z88dk. :) There really isn ... an update. There are some basic instructions on setting this up ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2006 Development
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... BASIC than the C64, had a really good introductory tape and manual ... (The spectrum+'s manual was even better ... , and also educational software available. Only Acorns Basic ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... 's mentioned yet is that Basic programming is FUN. Sure, Pascal ... a dozen chapters of the manual telling them about procedures and ...
    gasman gasman September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... 's mentioned yet is that Basic programming is FUN. Sure, Pascal ... a dozen chapters of the manual telling them about procedures and ... be almost as simple as BASIC. In Pascal (or in a ... structured BASIC) the above would be:
    robert@fm robert@fm September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... the ZX81 manual for neater structure and more power then BASIC. Back ...
    Geoff Geoff September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... I'd definitely keep the basic keywords printed on the keys ... youngster -- I rarely read the manual and instead wondered what each ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum 128 manual?It is not on WOS ftp, although is listed in doc. section. Where else can I get it? Need manual of simple 128, not 2 or 3.

    Thanks folks. I got introductory manual already. But there is not ... serial port on ZX 128? Basic syntax?
    piters piters October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …

    ... simple termial program in basic, (see the +3 manual for how to ...
    dasteph dasteph October 2006 Hardware
  • How to save TZXGreetings to all. I am starting to move on from just games into some testing of home made programs. Although I could have done that in ancient tapes…

    ... really. I'm taking the BASIC manual from WoS and some utilities ... managed to get a simple basic program into tape, with realspectrum ... want to just have a basic program with a nice picture ... know how to save a Basic program into bytes and make ...
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae October 2006 Emulators
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... even accept the few extra basic commands the ts2068 offers. ... user manual[/URL] : page 175 has information about the basic STICK ... For music and sound effects, Basic does offer the SOUND command ... will play music while your basic program runs. This program ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... the 2068 overlaps with the basic program. I will have to ... code loader in front so basic doesn't f*** up.
    manual). It's written assuming you ... , choose 60Hz(Atari ST) and Manual(Hz) of 1764750 when composing ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... seems to be NTSC. The manual is in english. There is ... . If I right a siimple basic program on BASIC64 and save ...
    Paulo Kathanni Paulo Kathanni November 2006 Games
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... Kathanni]According with the user manual, typing [b]OUT 255,6 ... the mode, but the standard BASIC has no support for this ...
    Fred Fred November 2006 Games
  • Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coup&#233; without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…

    ... scans of the BASIC user manual, and the technical manual and other stuff ...
    Quazar Quazar November 2006 Hardware
  • Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coup&#233; without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…

    You might find my Pro-Dos site a little faster to get the [url=http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk/sammanual.html]Sam Coupe Basic users manual[/url] and other hardware manuals
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) November 2006 Hardware
  • Rubber Keyed SpeccyHi All Just bought myself a rubber keyed 48k Spectrum, thought I would have a trip down memory lane. Now thing is over the years the old brain cel…

    ... ......

    What is the manual you have, is it the ... copy of the Introductory manual and the BASIC programming manual, but has already ... and you have the Introductory manual.

    Rich
    rwap rwap November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Pirate or Prototype?A Spectrum ZX (48K) app, has come into my hands called: Masterfile. Looking at your databas I found it however the tape\cassete leaf scan shows a muc…

    ... though. You can charge a basic copying fee but nothing else ... files of the original user manual are available from Alchemist Software ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Wanted: z80 asm routines...for the Sam. This call goes out to Colin and others who know how it should be done. If you look on the Sam C disk you can see the implementation…

    ... standard BASIC
    streams -5 to 16 (see Technical Manual). Stream ... command is executed from BASIC prior to running your ... correct call to the corresponding basic function:

    [ ... />
    ; enter call to basic OPEN here

    ; ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2007 Development
  • From a book about commodore.."In April 1982, Sinclair released an improved computer called the ZX Spectrum. Compared to the C64, the Spectrum had few technical advantages. It ha…

    ... had -- a decent version of basic for home users, which is ... sure a decent manual and a good version of basic was present ... z80s), a poor version of basic (when I purchased I was ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …

    ... around with crap like LASER BASIC!

    But when the ... from word from the technical manual .... what a load of crap ...
    Quazar Quazar January 2007 Development
  • funny thing I found out!so this week end I was cleaning up stuff and found out a briefcase filled with drawings and stuff and in the midle of all that I found out a "plan"/"…

    ... , the +3 disk commands in BASIC are unequal to the task ... are well documented in the manual, but it was a daunting ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2007 Games
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... "]chapter 23[/URL] of the basic manual.
    zx128k zx128k January 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • divIDE ProductionJust to let everyone know that we have made further progress with the updated divIDE. Board design has been completed and changes have been made to …

    ... /> We are writing a user manual for DivIDE Plus (programmers notes ... to BASIC so that we can include a section in the manual ...
    rwap rwap February 2007 Announcements
  • +3 hardware without a fixer boardJust thinking about plugging random hardware into a +3 (from something mentioned on another thread), and I wondered... I know some hardware won't wor…

    ... Printer will work in 48K BASIC mode, as the enhanced printer ... only available in +3 BASIC mode. The manual does not cover this ...
    rwap rwap February 2007 Hardware
  • +3 hardware without a fixer boardJust thinking about plugging random hardware into a +3 (from something mentioned on another thread), and I wondered... I know some hardware won't wor…

    ... Printer will work in 48K BASIC mode, as the enhanced printer ... only available in +3 BASIC mode. The manual does not cover this ...
    glancaster glancaster February 2007 Hardware
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... character set detailed in the manual.

    This number is ... , I'm interested in a BASIC solution. Any old idiot can ... get one out of Sinclair BASIC. Get to it, man!
    Dunny Dunny February 2007 Development
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... reformatted the Cybernoid data (using BASIC :)).

    But now I ... the description in the Sinclair manual.

    Edit: Used the ...
    48K 48K February 2007 Development
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