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Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC? -
Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to ... routine and make it work without using random coordinates or stored ... of characters.
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Beta BasicWhilst testing my 16K Speccy emulator for CCG2008, I wanted to load Beta Basic. I know v1.0 supported 16K models, but the TAP file online only contai…
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MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... ) or other MB02+ users without the need of additional hardware ... computer with a well designed Basic and with a tape input ... content is fully implemented in basic and there is no need ... each drive can be formatted without destroying drives in the neighborhood ... -
BASIC Keyword ReferenceHi. I do most of my ZX work on a grey-case +2 which, as we all know, is devoid of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and stuff, but not much…
... of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and ... when I need to edit BASIC - I usually resort to random ... anyone knows of a 48k BASIC key-to-Keyword reference? Sure ... -
BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…
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Sinclair BASIC has several modes of entry ... the various controls available in BASIC using the keyboard.
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Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…
... to actually edit the loading BASIC program somehow. I have found ... can see, there are 2 "BASIC" blocks, the first one (Program ... Blockeditor.
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Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…
... ' Flash utility's .HLP file without issues. Any chance of re ... replace the first BASIC program with the second BASIC program. So highlight ... peripheral is ticked. Enter 128 basic and try typing in "CAT ... peripheral is ticked. Enter 128 basic and generate a NMI. No ... -
A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
... /> I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum ... It also has a tiny (basic) TZX library (to save ... moment), and a minimalistic BASIC tokenizer to generate ZX ... Spectrum BASIC programs (used as ... tzx file with a basic loader which loads an ... -
WTD: First Edition BASIC Programming ManualAs per title, looking for a "First Edition" BASIC Programming Manual to suit original rubber key speccy. Must be a "First Edition" no other edition w…
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BLAST Your BASICBasic compiler software [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350050782179[/url] Can't see who is is made by though.
Basic compiler software
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350050782179[/url]
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SE Basic 2The next version of Sinclair Extended BASIC will be based on Open82 which incorporates the math library from the ZX81 ROM and is distributed under th…
The next version of Sinclair Extended BASIC will be based on Open82 which incorporates the math library from the ZX81 ROM and is distributed under the GNU GPL. -
I want to learn basic.My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted. Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start.…
My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted.
Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start. I lost my original manuals many many moons ago :S -
Looking for an extended BASIC graphics routine from mid- to late-80sHello all, This is my first post here so please go easy. This is basically a cut-and-paste job from comp.sys.sinclair where I've had no luck with an…
... I've discovered a small BASIC program that makes use of ... ' commands from a typed-in BASIC extender program. Alas the machine ... one I'm after. Most BASIC command additions used * or . before ... -
Change PAPER and INK, but nothing else?Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK,…
Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK, but keep the character (or whatever is displayed) intact. -
Play abc files in 128K mode?I was reading a tutorial on the abc music file format, and it seems the txt file has information that might allow a simple conversion from .abc to st…
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Same scale in 128K Basic:
cdefgAB
... music to the Spectrum without having to type everything.< ... without having to type everything
-Export Spectrum music from 128k Basic ... tools... Import .ABC to 128K Basic. :)
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BASIC error messagesDoes anyone know what all the numbers mean after the various error messages in Sinclair BASIC? Does anyone know how to instigate each error type?
Does anyone know what all the numbers mean after the various error messages in Sinclair BASIC? Does anyone know how to instigate each error type? -
Alternative ROM on original DivIDEOriginal DivIDE interface contain too allram mode (16kB paging). [url]http://raww.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2471[/url] Switch to ALLR…
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DivIDE SE BASIC instalator:
[url]http://velesoft ... -ROM+BS-DOS for DivIDE: (without IDE support)
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Hilarious!Right, first of all, I am [B]NOT[/B] making an attack either on God (so don't cry blasphemy) or on all religious people (so don't see the topic as an…
... /> "[I]One of the most basic laws in the universe is ... of my soul, that without Christ you CANNOT understand the ... have concluded to be wrong, without studying them in-depth. Evolution ... mindedly and dogmatically accepting evolution without questioning it. I don't ... -
48k disk basicWhen trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file at [URL="http://www.alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL] I got…
... comes up as "48K Disk BASIC IMC 1985/88", which I ... quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ... -
How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…
... the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have ... ended up back in +2 basic and noticing they had got ... -
oh my the old days :)programming on the speccy again here is a routine i remember of the top of my head to load screens or code without a header wow 5 Clear 27999 : Re…
... to load screens or code without a header wow
basic length of screen$)
Science Explained (Finally)!We believe that all the main physics principles can be explained away by the existence of tiny gnomes. Electricity: Inside cables there are hundreds…
... , and this is where the basic theory for gravity comes from ... made of gnomes. These are without doubt the rowdiest of all ...Channels and streamsSo I've put some thought into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting corpse) of the CSS FAQ which contains some information …
... and streams without needing to trap RST 8 and extend BASIC.
BASIC - for example, it's easy ... because the semantics of ZX BASIC's OPEN# are completely wrong ... available channel (#4). This avoids BASIC having to be extended to ...Basin feature requestsI know dunny does not ask for those requests, and he is mainly coding basin for himself, I still want to list my requests here, in case if he's bored…
... work (save/load functions in basic). Basin needs a general project ... to find every open window without taskbar iconbars. (Where is the ...BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... thread[/url] in the Sinclair BASIC forum.
Here's ... "%" symbol to the binary number. (Nonsense in BASIC)
Fixed - A small ... user, which are parsed for BASIC functions, now accept the $ABCD ...1.5 weeks without powerSo after Hurricane Ike my power finally came on last night after 1 and a half weeks. Pretty sad really for the 4th larges city in the US..one of th…
... movie on my GP2X, Life without the internet is not as ... bad as life without hot water, Neighbors like to ... the toilet in total darkness without it going on the floor ...alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
... under 32K is available for BASIC
the shadow screen is ... almost a full 48K for BASIC programs. On the other hand ...Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…
... all) of them are in BASIC and easy to get into ... it goes straight to the BASIC listing.
I accidentally ... easy to get into their BASIC listings.
So if ... you are interested in BASIC programming then you might learn ...Maze: a Spectrum-oriented build system[url]http://matt.west.co.tt/demoscene/ninja-milkman-conspiracy/[/url] Finally got round to sharing the source code of this demo from August, and mor…
... .bas and .asm source files without having to fiddle with command ... .tap' do |tap|
tap.basic :source => 'ninja_milkman.bas', :as ...
