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  • Best Spectrum [whatever] beginning with a numberI forgot to do a numbers one, so here it is, for things that begin with a numerical digit:[B] Best game: [/B]Does 3D Deathchase count? If not (if…

    ... 3D Deathchase count? If not (if the 3D prefix ... is not allowed), does 3 Weeks ... in Paradise count? If not (since that game is ... I've seen beginning with a number).
    [B]
    Best ... connected to the Speccy, not a game title:[/B] 128K ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Take a number, get in line.So, the good bods at the Beeb (and Beeb See) have come up with a way to [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515"]figure out your number[/URL] …

    ... See) have come up with a way to [URL="http://www ... out your number[/URL] (read: not phone number)

    The number I got ... /> ( [I]I do! You is a dum-dum! -Ed[/I] )
    ZnorXman ZnorXman October 2011 Chit chat
  • Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…

    ... strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts ... :- if result=result*base does not cause unsigned overflow (meaning carry ... mean adding 0-9 will not cause a carry out of the ... after the multiply? I am not so sure anymore and my ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2012 Development
  • Your favourite Spectrum [whatever] beginning with a numberI thought I'd resurrect the fairly popular 'Best Spectrum game beginning with [whatever letter], so here goes. You know the drill, each of your answe…

    ... the case of this thread, a number). We'll go by WOS ... thing connected to the Speccy, not a game title:

    Best ... : Not too many great games to choose from, beginning only with a number ... I've seen beginning with a number).

    Best sound or ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2012 Games
  • When is a clone not a clone?If a Spectrum is built from scratch, using new components where available, is it a clone, copy or something else? See, I won an unpopulated Spectrum…

    If a Spectrum is built from ... components where available, is it a clone, copy or something ... Issue 6 PCB off Ebay a few weeks ago, rummaged ... boxes etc and apart from a PCF 1306P IC, LM1889 ... the Sinclair factory, it's not a "proper" Sinclair.......

    ...
    DEATH DEATH May 2006 Hardware
  • How much space does a number take?Hi Folks, Could someone please remind me how much memory a number takes up in a BASIC listing. For example, if you had: [CODE]100 LET a=3000[/CODE…

    ... me how much memory a number takes up in a BASIC listing. For ... :

    [CODE]100 LET a=3000[/CODE]
    does the ... to store the floating point number
    4 bytes to store ... mark the end of the number

    so in total ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman March 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…

    ... br /> I've been writing a kind of logo type program ... in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then ... the current PLOT position a line up 20 then ... reads in the string a$ is a number or char. Because currently ... telling it how long the number is if I do " ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 May 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Regular Expressions Question.I'm refreshing my long lost knowlege of regex in Java Script and cannot fathom this. As I recall \S means not white space and \D means not a number.…

    ... space and \D means not a number. These are the counterpart to ... which would search for a space or a number. respectively.

    ... non numeric charter that does not have white space either side ... br />
    Should they not both return a 7. Why does the ...
    Scottie_USA Scottie_USA February 2014 Chit chat
  • Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …

    ... the adage-'Iron bars do not a prison make'.^{7}
    ... Message 78
    You dial a number...the phone rings...but there ... is Number One?^{7} YOU ARE NUMBER SIX.^{7} I am not a number^{ ... 7} I am a free man!!^{7} ...
    BadBeard BadBeard March 2003 Games
  • Profile of a Spectrum user...Whilst watching Crimewatch on the telly, there was something on there about certain criminals fitting lifestyle profiles... Is there a profile of a …

    ... be drunk whilst playing on a Spectrum -
    ... Pink Floyd though I'm not a programmer)

    ... likely to drive (if not a C5) - AUSTIN ALLEGRO or ...

    (WRONG! once a month)


    ... remember that I'M NOT A NUMBER, I'M FREE MAN ...
    Yanek Yanek June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What means "google"??Hi people, Since time ago Im curious about naming. Im very interested in find good names for enterprises ( just as hobby because in reality, at my j…

    [QUOTE=murtceps;254887]And a Googolplex = 10^[SIZE="1"][strike][ ... regarded as the largest number that has a comonnly used name.[/QUOTE ... those lines ... infinity is not a number but rather a state of continual being ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman March 2008 Chit chat
  • What means "google"??Hi people, Since time ago Im curious about naming. Im very interested in find good names for enterprises ( just as hobby because in reality, at my j…

    ... those lines ... infinity is not a number but rather a state of continual being ... that I lost it with A level maths when the maths ... know infinity squared should be a lot bigger than infinity, but ...
    dekh dekh March 2008 Chit chat
  • What means "google"??Hi people, Since time ago Im curious about naming. Im very interested in find good names for enterprises ( just as hobby because in reality, at my j…

    ... those lines ... infinity is not a number but rather a state of continual being ...
    murtceps murtceps March 2008 Chit chat
  • The PrisonerI have just read that they are shooting a re-make of this cult T.V. series, to be shown next year. Does anyone have any more info about this? I know …

    'I'm not a number! I'm a free man!'
    zx1 zx1 July 2008 Chit chat
  • The prisoner is deadRIP Patrick Mcgoohan he was 80...not a bad innings [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7829267.stm[/url]

    'i am not a number, i am a free man'

    granted i never watch the show, but i like Iron maiden. :)

    apparently they are doing a film of the prisoner with ian mckellan
    mile mile January 2009 Chit chat
  • The prisoner is deadRIP Patrick Mcgoohan he was 80...not a bad innings [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7829267.stm[/url]

    [QUOTE=mile;328709]'i am not a number, i am a free man'

    granted i never watch the show, but i like Iron maiden. :)[/QUOTE]
    That is how I heard of the Prisoner. Never heard of it until Number of the beast.
    IN31 IN31 January 2009 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... rom calculation routines something of a mystery too... I suspect the ... ten). The $04 code is not a number to be added to the ... the rom routine to do a multiplication operation. The calc routines ... starting that script - they were a complete mystery to me when ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil May 2010 Announcements
  • Found an old tapeWay back in the 80's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting fantasy books. I tried fl…

    ... NEXT f
    1030 INPUT "Number ?";num
    1035 IF ... NEXT f
    1030 INPUT "Number ?"; LINE z$: GO SUB ... />
    Grabbing a string, not a number, and popping off to a subroutine to see ... if it converts into a number, including a primitive on error trap ...
    Gedlion Gedlion July 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Who has the mosts posts on here?Dunno if this has been asked, but martin if your reading this, who has the most posts on here?

    ... /> Bloody hell ! I have made number six on the talking cack ... /> " I am not a number, I am a free man, just wait a moment while ...
    grey key grey key August 2010 Chit chat
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    I'm not a number - i'm a free man!:smile:
    zx1 zx1 January 2011 Chit chat
  • SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…

    [code] 10 ON ERR GO TO 100
    20 INPUT "Enter a number: ";a
    30 PRINT "You entered: ";a
    90 STOP
    100 CLS : PRINT "Thats not a number!"
    110 GO TO 20[/code]
    chev chev April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Cleverbot...Someone at work has just introduced me to [url=http://cleverbot.com/]Cleverbot[/url]. Thoughts, anyone? I've just had a bit of an argument with it.…

    ...
    Cleverbot: I am not a robot.

    User ...
    User: I'm not a robot.

    Cleverbot ... /> User: I am not a number, I am a free man.
    < ... Then why must I be a number?

    User ... />
    User: No, not kristian...KRYTEN.

    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob July 2011 Chit chat
  • Regular Expressions Question.I'm refreshing my long lost knowlege of regex in Java Script and cannot fathom this. As I recall \S means not white space and \D means not a number.…

    ... not white space
    [*]second character not a number
    [*]third character not ... is not white space), char 7 satisfies /D (not a number) and ... char 8 satisfies not white space.< ... />

    On a related note, I thought this ...
    balford balford February 2014 Chit chat
  • How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…

    ... from hex - 48k is just not a number I remember at all)
    guesser guesser March 2014 Development
  • 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 …

    ... . POINT returns a colour from 0 to 255, not 0/1.
    a numeric variable (not a number!) as the first parameter ... the first pixel of UDG "a" (not "A"!) you use POKE FONTBANK,UDG ... unless there's a very good reason why not, I'll probably ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Happy Belated 50th Birthday The Prisoner, 05.09.66https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tra3Zi5ZWa0

    What prisoner..oh that! Never watched it..any good?

    It's about the only cult show I've never watched..dunno why. What is it he says..I am not a number..or something.
    Ælita Ælita September 2016 Chit chat
  • Happy Belated 50th Birthday The Prisoner, 05.09.66https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tra3Zi5ZWa0

    ... it he says..I am not a number..or something.[/quote]
    its ...
    mel the bell mel the bell September 2016 Chit chat
  • User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…

    You need to keep asking BASIC for input if you use INPUT a$ then it's a string not a number.
    ivanb303 ivanb303 February 2017 BASIC
  • Monty Mole GamesWith [url="http://www.spanglefish.com/egghead/news.asp"]work well underway on Egghead 6[/url] I've been looking at various flip-screen platform games…

    ... this manner.
    Well why not a number of levels based on complicating ... when picked up.
    Why not take warping to the extreme ...
    hikoki hikoki July 2017 Games
  • Stuck again! Please help meI'm in the process of making a little game, eventually it will become rather more sophisticated (I hope) but I am testing out routines one at a time.…

    ... /> Because 0,0 is not a number. Try a normal number, like the one in ...
    Timmy Timmy August 2019 BASIC
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