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ISO ROM 128 with TR-DOS 5.05(cz)This is new correct version of ISO ROM for ZX + BETADISK. Some extra basic command is designed specially for use in conmination with TR-DOS 5.05(cz).…
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= (show basic info - ramtop, used memory, etc...)
* (start utility ... erase memory , show only menu:
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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…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very ... able to write in basic and make M/C ... you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's time to ... -in functions for the basic compiler to make it ... -
Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …
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Looking for a ZX81 gameHi all, I'm trying to find the name of a ZX81 game. It was a sort of maze / adventure game. There would be a maze on the screen, with something like…
... hoping-to-survive part. My memory is rather blurred as to ... the whole thing was a BASIC program.
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Minor Update to Gasman's Midi2BEEPDon't know whether this is worthy an announcement, but for those of you who enjoyed Gasman's midi2BEEP utility, a new variant has been made called mi…
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4164 memoryHi all, I'm looking for 4164 memory, probably 4 chips. If you have some you willing to part with for some cash, let me know how much you want for it…
Hi all,
I'm looking for 4164 memory, probably 4 chips. If you have some you willing to part with for some cash, let me know how much you want for it + postage.
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The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…
... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ... -
Rom Routines list ?Exist some document that show detailled the routines on the spectrum ROM ? Ad for the Spectrum +3 ? are they the same or exist more ? Example i was …
... the same that in the basic [B]plot x,y[/B ... to the 32768 position of memory. When i made the Randomize ... -
How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
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memoryprobably a dumb question i have 1gb memory in my PC, if i buy another 1gb memory (the same one i bought before.) and plug it into the other slot, do…
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i have 1gb memory in my PC, if i ... buy another 1gb memory (the same one i bought ... -
A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
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[code]LET a = PEEK 23635 + 256 * PEEK 23636[/code]
BASIC tokens as if they were ... 4 (the command in the BASIC program -- [b]PRINT[/b], or ... -
+2A extended memory map & ULA bug?The [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/128kreference.htm"]128K reference page[/URL] says: [quote]The ULA bug which causes snow when I…
... set to point to contended memory still occurs, and also appears ... set to point to contended memory.[/quote]
Will the ... , with RAM bank 4 (contended memory) in 0x0000-0x3FFF, and place ... -
testing if speccy is fully functionalHi, There is so much mention of T states but still confused. Does this mean if an instructin is out by a T-state or more then the speccy is faulty?…
... the CRC of ULA, the basic rom and the Z80 processor ... checks the basic rom, ULA, and Z80 processor and memory for the ... -
Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…
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DivIDE with gray +2 LOAD not workingI have 128+2 gray. It has faulty upper memory. PEEK 23733 shows 191. I wanted to use divIDE to load some test programs, but it always hangs when exec…
... . It has faulty upper memory.
PEEK 23733 shows 191.
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Broken ram or what?Hi! I own ZX Spectrum 48K. When i run command PRINT PEEK 23732 + 256 * PEEK 23733, I should get answer 65535? But i get 49151. In my machine the upp…
... i run command PRINT PEEK 23732 + 256 * PEEK 23733, I should get ... . In my machine the upper memory chips are in sockets so ... i remove upper memory chips, test program says memory is OK.
Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…
+3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... better uses up too much memory for one load or something ... box, bright with bright or basic with basic, no mix, correct pixel ...Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …
... USR 0 in 128 BASIC effectively calls memory address 0x0000.
;Since ... the 48 BASIC ROM is paged ... it makes all of the memory banks available.
;The reason ... used to store bits of BASIC
;and other banks ...Seeking alternatives to DATA statementsAnyone know of any memory saving alternatives to storing a list of numbers, other than using DATA statements or poking data into addresses?... Im ti…
Anyone know of any memory saving alternatives to storing ... ways of outputing the basic other than producing repetative ... could still technically be called BASIC (rather than crossing over ... to be allowable in any BASIC crapmo competitions & readable ...Memory mapping: Pentagon compatibility?I'm writing something that will rely heavily on the Spectrum's ability to switch screen buffers in hardware (port 0x7FFD). The original Spectrum 128K…
... 0x7FFD). The original Spectrum 128K memory map (with only one ... 0x1FFD on the Pentagon switches memory banks as described in [ ... Second category of expansion of memory over 128k.
... Third category of expansion of memory over 128k.[/quote]
< ...Using the stack to copy memory blocksA [b]PUSH[/b] and a [b]POP[/b] instruction together take less time than two [b]LDI[/b], so long [b]POP/PUSH[/b] sequences are sometimes used to copy …
... , this requires several kilobytes of memory - it would be much less ...SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…
... go. Current changes to Sinclair BASIC are mainly about compatibility with ... go anywhere.
Blocks of memory can be allocated and anything ...Average PC Memory size increasing by 48K every half hourAs I'm absolutely sure everybody here is aware, Moore's law states that the number of transisters in a device will double on average every 2 years. …
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As average memory increases, price per megabyte usually ... fractionally, the amount of memory increased in one year would ... Law.
[*]Daily average memory increase == 901,943,132 / ... For Smartphones, the average memory is around 256MB now (48K ...48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... membrane ribbons.
The PEEK test to determine if the ... a bit of a tangled memory map at a chip level ...Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…
... ask here instead of the basic forum..
... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ...Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…
Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?
I use
if inkey$="z" then goto...
but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.MIA title uploaded - Tables (1986/7)Hello, I have upped this title via FTP. It is listed as MIA, and was one of those classified advert programs from the back of the mags. It records t…
... ). It's mostly BASIC, but it's poking memory with assembler to ...
