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Flynn's Adventure in Bombland v1I am pleased to announce the initial release of Flynn's Adventure in Bombland. You can grab it here [url=http://tomdalby.com/retro/zxspectrum/FAIBL_v…
... gradually introduced. The only thing that I found frustrating ... might not be the most original idea but I ... wrote a few games in basic (machine code was a ... lot with character graphics in Melbourne Draw, and I ... I originally thought. Therefore in order to test the ... -
Load! Screen$ questionI've got a basic program listing in BASIN which among other things recalls a screen via Load! (I've Save!'ed a screen into memory before hand). How d…
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New music program in developmentAs I suppose it was mentioned from yesterday when I actualised my blog, I'm actually in the making of another music arrangement for Zx Spectrum 128k,…
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Heat Ray track is interesting. The bit that sounds like ... the wah ooh wah martian thing in the track is guitar played ... know if this sort of thing has been done with keyboards ... -
Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…
... the manual. And the thing I liked most about the book was ... was meant to tutor you in BASIC programming, it didn't treat ... -
anyone else getting ODD silent calls?just had a call.. silent one.. but when you do 1471 you normally get a withheld number , normally ambulance chasing basts or holiday scams etc. th…
... call my father in law, he says oh how interesting tell me ... staff time would be the most costly thing, unless they are on ... -
MISTER BEEP - new album with ZX musicHi, normally I don't like my tunes too much :) but this time I would like to proudly present to ZX universum: MISTER BEEP - "A thousand furious b…
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It would be most interesting to hear some entire compilation ... it as an on-line thing in C-Jeff's label. :) The ... -
Z80 Assembler for MicrocassettesDoes anyone know of any assembler that can generate .mcr microcassette binaries? Pasmo only generates regular cassettes, and since i am going to try …
... by emulators is to aid in preserving software that was released ... files and loading them instantly in Spectaculator.
* If you' ... load as possible, the most helpful thing you can do is release ... TAP file with a straightforward BASIC loader. That way, people ... -
Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... 't do much with built-in Basic, it is not enough even ... ZX, from the most simple to the most complex? Just so I ... mention the whole grid paper thing, as I actually do actually ... the ZX its was programmable in both BASIC and Machine Code? Would ... -
Is it a must...Since this ZX Evolution thing I have been wanting another ZX Spectrum but with the ros and an ide device. Well yesterday I was very lucky as I had a …
... a problem for stuff written in basic, but does become a problem ... knocked together many of our most loved games likewise used ... would describe as the closest thing to a program, or set ... as does ZXSpin... Most come with built in debuggers for peeking and ... -
Is Doctor Who the best that it's ever been?I'm surprised that there's been no Doctor Who thread recently, especially given the revelations we've seen recently. I've loved this last series (and…
... be complex and were interesting,i have yet to ... see a really interesting new episode[/QUOTE]
Also, one thing I like about Doctor Who ... main character is so interesting. He's a pacifist ... one of the most conspicuous shapes in the universe, and ... -
The development of (possibly) the worst car in the world...which is of course the Morris Marina. For some reason, YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don't know why!). It was interesting at least.…
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The other interesting thing about BL is the industrial ... then they subsequently got mired in committes, and turned into really ... . The Allegro probably being the most egregious example.[/QUOTE]
The development of (possibly) the worst car in the world...which is of course the Morris Marina. For some reason, YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don't know why!). It was interesting at least.…
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The other interesting thing about BL is the industrial ... then they subsequently got mired in committes, and turned into ... . The Allegro probably being the most egregious example.[/QUOTE]
...The development of (possibly) the worst car in the world...which is of course the Morris Marina. For some reason, YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don't know why!). It was interesting at least.…
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...then we took it in turns trying to set lap ... car park... [i]in reverse[/i]. The one interesting thing about them is ... well, since it's shed most of the weight of a ...Things That REALLY BUG YOU!My Mum's birthday is on "Valentine's Day", so when I pay out loads of money for a card and gift - it looks like I'm all "GIRLY" and a poof!
... returns, and does not apply in this case when, 1) no ... , but more about putting effort in the right places. I don ... and versionitus, without getting the basic features right and defining simple ... and manuals is probably the most unattractive thing on the list to ...Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;583013]The most surprising thing for me is that Flight ... have been the only fish in a small pond. Still, porting ... this pile of dog-turd in BASIC back in the day - to be ...Missingauthors.htmlJust saw in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36791"]this thread[/URL] that Martijn has added [URL="http://www.worldofspec…
... /> [I][quote]XLR-8 Demo - Basic Loader [I][B]-[/B][/I ... ]EDIT: I forgot the most obvious thing: looking in the game... :-) and the ... only thing I could find is in ...Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... /> I wanna try the real thing. I've got a +2 ... more better than the CBM BASIC V2.0).
Personally ... fun to learn to program in BASIC with it.
When ... think that this is the most important point. So many people ...BezerkI don't think that Bezerk was ever converted to the Speccy and I've always found it a playable little arcade shooter... And Android One doesnt count!…
... the arcade version and written in machine code. I think ... was written in BASIC!
Also a bit of interesting computer game ... com article entitled "The 10 Most Terrifying Video Game Enemies of ... video game enemy in history to kill players in real-life" ...Machine code...or whatever it's calledTwo questions 1) can anyone recommend a good (and ideally, simpleish) book/resource which would be a good starting point on trying to learn this stu…
... write in sinclair basic (almost - there's a couple of small differences, most ... some of the more advanced basic stuff, like separate subroutines ... have to write the whole thing in assembly, you could try ... it with basic wrapped around it.
In the end ...Faster CLS...Hi Folks, Looking at the CLS command in the Spectrum ROM disassembly it seems rather complex. Does anyone know of a simpler/quicker routine that wi…
... in the set places, rather than having it pop back to basic ... thing in machine code (well if I knew Z80 machine code! :-)). Most ... the back and forth to BASIC that slows the proportional ... all those characters in the routine itself. In most instances this would ...raspberry pion the bbc news at the moment..
... has been one of the most interesting recent threads :)
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And there in lies the rub - in the old home computer ... choices, use the built in basic or hard code in assembly. But now ... and the countless versions of BASIC. ( i know i've ...raspberry pion the bbc news at the moment..
... has been one of the most interesting recent threads :)
I ... choices, use the built in basic or hard code in assembly. But now ... and the countless versions of BASIC. ( i know i've ... of other programming languages about in the 80s; they were mostly ...ZX Spectrum 48k issue 3b power problem?Hi :) I was lucky enough to find a couple of ZX Spectrums at a car boot sale yesterday. I spent the evening fiddling about with one (issue 2) and t…
... regulator is the crux of most power issues of a ... pug pack then the next thing in the chain is the ... year old has been learning Basic on it so needs ... been having issues tuning them in to the telly.
... switch it on. What happens, in order, is:
...BASIC compilerI'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried all the ones on the WOS archive and none of them seem to work... I'm only wanting to co…
... ability to compile real Sinclair BASIC.[/QUOTE]
I ... an interpreter does something simmilar in realtime. So an interpreter ... context).
The most simmilar thing to what you are asking ... games I coded in the 90s[/url]. Most of those games ...The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
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In the past I've reconstructed ... Barker;607993]Maybe when this interesting projects grows older, would it ... going.
In fact, the most complicated thing was to set up ...PLOT and DRAW in machine codeHow do you go about it? If I posted a really simple BASIC instruction could someone do a machine code routine so I could learn from it? I wouldnt k…
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For basic users, yes. For assembly users ... make a ZX Basic routine to do the same thing. I don ... use spare registers instead of (most) push and pop, and removed ... had
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... are exactly the sort of thing I used to code ... variation of zombpot or astar in BASIC while a teenager?... Perhaps it ... request!!!!... I noticed that most of these games chose 5 ... HOLY COW!!!... Theres a built in Keyboard Spool feature included!?!?!?!?!... THAT ...ANN: SpudACE v0.302A new SpudACE is now available, either from [URL="http://bit.ly/wuIaI5"]here[/URL] or [URL="http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk"]www.jupiter-ace.co.uk[/URL]…
... are exactly the sort of thing I used to code ... variation of zombpot or astar in BASIC while a teenager?... Perhaps it ... request!!!!... I noticed that most of these games chose 5 ... HOLY COW!!!... Theres a built in Keyboard Spool feature included!?!?!?!?!... THAT ...How to create .TAP that loads into high memory banks?I want to create a program that uses the extended 128k memory, the banks that can be switched into the 0xc000-0xffff area. For the simple stuff I've…
... 'm guessing the provided "basic.tap" just happens to ... be interesting though to be able to modify the basic ...
Yes, the example basic.tap does indeed do a ... file with a different BASIC program on it if ... is stored in basic.tap. The only thing to keep in mind ...PZX on WOS ?Is the PZX format accepted on WOS, at least for new production ? (Sorry, if this is wrong section, it looks to me as most suitable for the question.)
... Agreed, szx is clearly the most sensible choice for snapshots and ... immediate plans to add PZX in Spectaculator, but he can speak ... , PZX saving is a very interesting thing, only ZXDS supports it, but ... pulses helps a great deal in understanding things (not that I ...
