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Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
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Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... BASIC or machine code, however this is to the area of memory ... -
Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... BASIC or machine code, however this is to the area of memory ... -
Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …
in my BASIC games i had variables for all numbers up to 20 and then for more frequent ones over that ie 32. i seem to recall it saving a lot of memory and maybe it was quicker. -
Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …
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Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…
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I tried the memory check program last night, but ... nothing. Any ideas? I understand BASIC a little bit, should there ... -
Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…
... , it would seem that the memory is ok - it's still ... is a fault which a basic 1's / 0's write ... actual data - and this simple basic routine may just not be ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... same colors etc, just more memory and a sound chip, so ... always enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... price, and excellent (in comparison) BASIC. Seeing games like ATIC ATAC ... BBC has a great fast BASIC language and built in assembler ... a machine with hardly any memory (BBC, VIC-20), or restrictive ... -
Extract files from Plus D IMG files ?Hi folks, I've recently dumped a load of +D/Disciple disks for someone and they have a number of MIA titles on them. Does anyone know of a utility t…
... I could load these into memory at the given location, open ... to be save at the BASIC so I should be able ... -
Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
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Cross ... can then load directly into memory with most emulators. Once in ... save it to tape from BASIC.
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More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
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Those commands to save memory will but so you know ... the same routine using those memory saving tricks and compare both ... saves memory "i think". I remember learning this but my basic has ... /> i believe takes up more memory than:
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compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …
I may be wrong but I kinda remember a listing in an old computer magazine (maybe Sinclair programs) that would load ZX81 BASIC programs on a Speccy.
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compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …
... ZX81-ROM and perform the memory test. In the upperbanks #8000 ... sligtly altered by deleting a BASIC waitingloop.
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compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …
... BASIC programs on a Speccy.
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compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …
... BASIC programs on a Speccy.
Maybe it's my memory ... that would scan a zx81 Basic program and intelligently find commands ... non-existent in spectrum basic and replace them with an ... or examine yourself. but only Basic listings of course :) -
ANN: ZXF Issue 5 now availableWhat better way to spend a day of this summer swelter than to chill out in the sun with a copy of the latest issue of ZXF? :) Yes folks, ZXF05 is he…
... into memory. for now ill have to write it in basic, i ... two thirds so thatll save memory ) and when loaded at the ... and "compressed" ( again to save memory ) but in one code file ... -
Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…
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The annoyance with Basic compilers is that you have ... fit compiler, source basic and resulting code in memory all at once ... -
Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…
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The annoyance with Basic compilers is that you have ... fit compiler, source basic and resulting code in memory all at once ... think someone should make a basic cross compiler. if i could ... asm a decent knowledge of basic is great ... unless i ... -
Unknown Games For ZX-Spectrum For Spectrum in period from 1980 to 1993 was made more 15000! games ...Where other 9000?(Don't check info) Also i find Names of very good games fo…
... numbers, it was a vague memory of a discussion in a ... they made of pong in basic 15 years ago when they ... -
New BASin (Alpha Release 9) upHi all, Since you're more interested in here about BASin, here's the new update announcement. There's no major changes to the way the system work…
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Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... the first 256 bytes of memory. This is not used in ... is the mode that Spectrum Basic normally operates in. The code ... interrupt. 17 cycles is from memory as I can't find ... -
New gameHello. I've just started developing a new game for the 128K spectrum. In fact, its the first thing I've ever programmed on a Spectrum (i'll admit, I…
... ), load the binary directly into memory using an emulator option, then ... so you can create a basic loader, tack on a SCREEN ... -
BASin's BASIC Editor! Suggestions?Hi all! I'm just starting BASin's BASIC editor now - and it's finalised as a resizeable window that uses the spectrum font. Kind of like Notepad mee…
... of independant of the main memory model - you can edit your ... " back to the ROM's memory space. This may or may ... .
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Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…
... well; saving a stand-alone BASIC program to redefine capitals, lower ... TZX file containing a short BASIC loader and the character set ... use the same area of memory as in Defender, with the ... -
BASin's BASIC Editor! Suggestions?Hi all! I'm just starting BASin's BASIC editor now - and it's finalised as a resizeable window that uses the spectrum font. Kind of like Notepad mee…
... program. Hence when exporting to BASIC you could have each statement ... generate a line numbered minimal BASIC program - which may or may ... 'd fill 9999 lines of BASIC without first running out of memory). -
Need_Help...*.SCR TO *.TAPPLEASE...NEED HELP... HOW MADE STANDART 6912 BYTES ZX-SPECTRUM SCREENBLOCK (.TAP OR .TZX),FROM .Z80 OR .SCR(.GIF) FILE??? In 'Taper' convert .z80…
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SNAtoTAP can save both BASIC files and CODE files as ... of memory you're trying to save (e.g. the BASIC loader ... -
Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
... not got a lot of memory, but otherwise, it's not ... , and multi channel sound. The BASIC-G language looks like one ... of the best versions of BASIC I've seen, with labels ... sprites and keyboard handling from BASIC, and windows. With it's ... -
Tough paging questionOK... Take this: 1. We have a program compiled and run from within GENS under a Pentagon 128K environment. 2. The program works perfectly. 3. We sav…
... target data (viewed in the Memory panel) was corrupted with some ... the program breaks up with BASIC from line 1. It does ... not access any BASIC feature, it disables interrupts and ... not designed to return to BASIC.
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Tough paging questionOK... Take this: 1. We have a program compiled and run from within GENS under a Pentagon 128K environment. 2. The program works perfectly. 3. We sav…
... as you don't use BASIC or +3DOS page 7 will ... getting GENS data in your memory where you don't expect ...
