-
RetroMania BASIC programming contestTo celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this year's RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There will be cash…
... celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this ... RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There ... must be written in a BASIC dialect that requires line ... QBASIC or Visual BASIC type stuff, and pure BASIC, not sneakily shelling ... -
JHCon 2014Hello, not sure if this is the right category but JHCon 2014 will take place[B] from 28. to 30.11.[/B] at usual place - gymnasium in Jindrichuv Hrad…
... and completation of [B]ZX Basic megademo named Cowina[/B] ( ... br />
- ZX Spectrum BASIC part for a new megademo ... (in BASIC, surprisingly)
--- type a BASIC program and save ... br /> --- use normal 48 BASIC and 48K memory
--- your demo ... -
128 fontWhat happens when you change the font in 128 mode? I have a new font saved at 60000 with 23606 and 23607 poked with 96 and 233. The characters can b…
... when you go into 128 basic the listing is all corrupted ... a problem when you switch memory banks, routines in RAM6 print ... -
Air Traffic Control RomeLuca has taken an old game he wrote in basic back in 1987 and with a bit of help from me and Einar he's managed to get it into 16k. [IMG]http://www.…
... old game he wrote in basic back in 1987 and with ... for download.
A BASIC program for the 16K/48K ... Italy, stored inside the Spectrum memory, which displays some districts beacons ... -
Banked memory running slower?I've just compiled a TAP which includes bank6, it loads ok, but the routines that are paged in run slightly slower. The Z80 snapshot has no such pro…
... such problems, the paged in memory behaves itself as it should ... -
Tinkering with DMASo, some afternoon tinkering... [img]http://photo.alioth.net/tmp/dma_small.jpg[/img] The purpose of this all is to see what's possible using the Xi…
... the bus, written to screen memory, then released control.
... two bytes.
* Memory to memory transfers
On the Z80 ...
A better comparison is LDIR which is something like 21 ... be modifying registers like LDI/LDIR or PUSH.
... -
XPECCY (Lin/Win)im not author of this emulator. Contacts of author you may take on [URL]http://xpeccy.info[/URL] - non official home page. cpu: Z80: all (un)docume…
... to 14 MHz;
memory:
ZX Spectrum 48K;
fastplay ? basic 48K routine only (for unstandart ... -
48K Upper memory issues?Having more issues with the 48K spectrum I just fixed that had the black screen in this thread [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread…
... end.
Ran the memory test
PRINT PEEK 23732 ... -
AGD memoryHow low has anyone got AGD memory showing but still works without crashing or errors. My Monty game is showing 30 and will not allow you to open any…
How low has anyone got AGD memory showing but still works without crashing or errors.
My Monty game is showing 30 and will not allow you to open any events to edit. If I add just one letter to any text it crashes big time, full reset. -
Very rare Spectrum ZX-81 clone 1982 LAMBDA 8300 = BASIC 2000 vintage computerFor sale a very compact size 1982 computer Lambda 8300 known also as Basic 2000 in good condition. This computer is very rare. I haven't tested it si…
... Lambda 8300 known also as Basic 2000 in good condition. This ... -
Spectrum +2a memoryHi all, Happy New Year. A quick question, I have a Spectrum +2a that I am seeing a very intermittent fault, once every 20 - 30 power ups. I plug…
... to fail the lower 16K memory test.
Does anyone ... -
New version emulator ZEsarUX-2.0Hi I have uploaded a new version of my ZX80/81/Spectrum/Z88 emulator on [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/zesarux/[/url] Changes are: Added Ca…
...
Added option to View Basic
Added loading support for ... value on +2A machines and memory paging enabled
Fixed timing ... -
SpecBAS 0.830 Released!Hi guys - A new official release of SpecBAS has been released. The full changelog is below, but for now here's the download: [url]https://sites.goo…
... () will remove an array from memory - can be quite slow, so ...
SCREEN$ - as from Sinclair BASIC, identifies characters at an x ... -
Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…
I remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that ... sure if its written in BASIC) on the Apple II, and ... this could be done in BASIC on the Spectrum using Arrays ... -
SpecBAS 0.844 releasedHi all - it's been a while... Having some unexpected extra time off work, I've been able to get some work done on SpecBAS and it's now a bit more …
... runs the file
A basic CAT command now lists columns ... /> Array copying MAT a()=b() memory leak fixed
TOKEN$ didn ... -
What would have been the hardest game to write?<div>I was recently think about Code Masters' Fruit Machine Simulator and what a piece of **** that would have been to code. I bet it brought in some…
... really have been done in BASIC (albeit without the rapidly smooth ... what a mere 48K of memory and 3.5MHz CPU could ... -
I'm writing an Operating SystemOkay this might seem like a bait thread, but I am legitamately interested in figuring out how to write a multi-process system for the ZX Spectrum (no…
... handled having multiple processes sharing memory and/or processor time.
For the environment an incredibly basic editor, shell and filesystem would ... -
Trial version of CharAde graphics engine for Sinclair BASICA trial version of my <span style="font-weight: bold;">CharAde</span> graphics engine for Sinclair BASIC is now available. It consists of a block of …
... CharAde graphics engine for Sinclair BASIC is now available. It consists ... that you can load from BASIC, call once, and then access ... -
Contended memory and TritoneQuick question regarding contended memory...<div style="font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-style: normal;">I'm testing ideas with Triton…
Quick question regarding contended memory...
I'm testing ideas ... the player code after 0x7fff memory address and the data in ... contended memory, and it doesn't seem ... being run from non contented memory, so I think it actually ... -
BASIC to Python - bringing a modern view on an 80's obsession...Howdy! I don't know how relevant this will be here, but I've just finished up a 3-part overview on my blog where I convert an old 1K ZX81 basic pr…
... convert an old 1K ZX81 basic program into Python. Python imho ... - its easy to learn like BASIC was and that makes it ... was between an old 1982 Basic listing and Python. I'm ... .blogspot.co.nz/search/label/BASIC -
Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…
... line, or not use a basic loader, or whaterver. I ... code.tap
cat basic.tap maintitle.tap code.tap ... it up.
basic.tap is just be a ... autoruns. Pasmo can create basic loaders for you as well ... what went wrong or what memory position the labels are ... -
Memory testersHi, Just wondering which software people are using to test the memory in their spectrum. I have been using Zorn's memory tester as described here:…
... are using to test the memory in their spectrum. I have ... been using Zorn's memory tester as described here:
ZERO Emulator - BugsI have been using Zero emulator to experiment a few routines in assembly, since it has a somewhat usable debugger. However I believe I found a few b…
I have been using Zero emulator to experiment a few routines in assembly, since it has a somewhat usable debugger.
However I believe I found a few bugs, some in "zero" application, and some on emulation itself.
The following example ...Laser BasicDo you know Laser Basic? With my friend we create a game with it: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017624 Do you know other Laser …
Do you know Laser Basic?
With my friend we create a game with it: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017624
Do you know other Laser Basic games?
And I am interesting on other basic-extensions too!Basic SAVE and ZX Printer supportIs there a list of emulators that support any of these two features (basic SAVE and print to printer port)? Is there a emulator comparison some wh…
... any of these two features (basic SAVE and print to printer ...DEFFNder: a small library of BASIC functions written in Z80I've published a small library of 15 Sinclair BASIC functions written in Z80. I wrote it last year for a project of mine. Some of them are generic, s…
... small library of 15 Sinclair BASIC functions written in Z80. I ...Removal of "reset on break" protection (old basic program)Hi, Long time lurker, here! This is hopefully quite simple but there's an old basic game in the I'd like to bring up to date / take a look at …
... but there's an old basic game in the I'd ... appear to show me the basic listing as I expected.
'Bulb Blowout' basic type inHere's something I've just dug out. I pretended to have written this in 1985 but I didn't at all. I added some bits in, changed the characters names …
... crap at programming, even in basic, so there's no way ...Peeking the contents on screen? How?You will have to forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek …
... (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek will return ... this be done in spectrum basic. If so what locations do ...48k Memory MapIs there a link or info anywhere that explains the 48k memory layout? My game uses double buffering and I'm trying to decide where the best memor…
Is there a link or info anywhere that explains the 48k memory layout?
My game uses double buffering and I'm trying to decide where the best memory location should be.
