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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…
... 't have to do the OUT from BASIC.
I ... the POKE and then the OUT is the best of ... 128K demos just do the OUT, and thus require USR ... don't work from 128K Basic, either through tradition or ... my build scripts to create Basic loaders from plain text ... -
Lame BASIC BEEPer editor - alphaI like music, like BASIC and find all current music utilities complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple BEEPer edito…
... determination in getting decent music out of BASIC never ceases to impress ... together - no small challenge in BASIC, perhaps the hardest part of ... -
ESP Software, same company?Checking the releases from this company, they have games in the early and mid 80s, and suddenly there is a jump until 1990 when "Pro Tennis Tour" app…
... 's an option to get out to basic, by NEWing) (no compiler ... also an option to get out to basic, by NEWing)
smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
... trying to create in basic. Just testing out how basic works as I ... never got round to sorting out the AI. Gonna try and ... a more complex game in basic then try and do some ...Machine code RST10 problemHello! After 27 years of playing with Spectrums I'm starting to look into doing assembly language properly. All went swimmingly well until I wrote …
... hadn't managed to find out how to set it. Anyway ... :1" and a crash out to BASIC. The routine as it stands ...Suggested Spectrum model for retro hobbyist?I'm planning on getting myself a Spectrum of some sorts to add one of the most famous 8-bit computers to my retro collection (already have C64, A1200…
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[*] as small as possible ... +3 all have RGB video out, AY sound, pretty good availability, can ... video (unless modified), no AY sound, have no joystick ports ... you will maybe have a AY, Joystick and DivIDE plugged in ...ZX 48 latest rom?Which is the latest rom for the ZX 48? I only know the 1982 version. Micky?
... : OpenSE (Based on ZX81 basic and MGT SAM basic) [URL="http://www ... which allows you to spell out the basic commands.
Philip ...The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... the database to mark it out as BASIC. I always thought that ... [I]Manic Miner[/I] in BASIC was impressive too.Barn find #4I think this is some sort of backup device. Its got "007" on the motherboard and the mice have chewed the buttons. Will do a little research later in…
... takes control by paging out the BASIC ROM (by forcing / ... interface will still page out the BASIC ROM, page it's ... CPU.
Now if BASIC is being executed, the Spectrum ... held high so the BASIC ROM cannot be accessed). ... or data in the BASIC ROM. This should not ...IF EXIST?In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not. There are any way to check it out from BA…
... any way to check it out from BASIC (without breaking the program ... the FILES function in Liberty Basic.
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(after USR ...Interfaces & ROMsHi everyone, I'm currently looking into the various modern interfaces for the Spectrum to allow me to run all my games from an SD card. I have a few…
... to completely replace the system BASIC ROM chip (but if you ... having to physically remove the BASIC ROM chip).
Some of ... in RAM and switch the BASIC ROM chip back into the ... some of these can switch out the BASIC ROM and switch in ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... so is it worth pointing out this basic advantage . . No longer a ...Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
... 's deadline, he banged something out in Basic.
I do ...Welcome to the Matrix!Ok here's something I been playing with while I'm at work and on public transport. I'm thinking I want to be able to move the large letters around th…
Every line in a BASIC program uses a minimum of ... optimizations when you're starting out in BASIC; since it makes readability ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... to the "basic system" that had been set out on the ... was just to set out the positives and present ... magazine had earlier set out the basic Spectrum system .Page 18 ... System" ,in its more basic form :- there was a ... at as well carrying out all the repairs need ...how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…
... side comparisons of the various Basic commands and their machine code ... machine code is essential because Basic is too slow and lacks ... learning to get the most out of Basic and my applications arent ... ll have a suite of Basic tools and the necessary explanations ...What is needed to get a high standard , "emulator focused" PC?The implication I am making is that a normal PC can be improved on emulation wise by building in some emulation friendly features . But this could be…
... friends and family are throwing out or similar . It also ... Test Case has sorted out the basic viability of the core ... do it to find out the detail of how ... this would pan out in practice .
... never had fans wear out like this before but ...Thinking about my gameAnother long post, I'm afraid. Somewhere on this Forum is a short chunk of text I put up as a sample of what I'd like to turn into a text adventu…
... , when someone mentions basic...
Check out Boriel basic - it compiles to ... .com/en/software/the-zx-basic-compiler/"]https://boriel.com/en ...Please, convert your game to EP128The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80-based home computer first produced in 1985. It can simulate the specy screen, so most of the EP128 game is specy conver…
... you, who can point out how BASIC or assembly source code can ... of, say, moving a ZX BASIC program across from a ZX ...Please, convert your game to EP128The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80-based home computer first produced in 1985. It can simulate the specy screen, so most of the EP128 game is specy conver…
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Iv only just figured out the disk system using ep128 ... me awhile to figure out some basic commands for loading disk image ...Please, convert your game to EP128The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80-based home computer first produced in 1985. It can simulate the specy screen, so most of the EP128 game is specy conver…
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Iv only just figured out the disk system using ep128 ... me awhile to figure out some basic commands for loading disk image ...Can an emulator send and receive via a PC's USB port?Interesting little question arises out of a conversation today with my son who is taking a Rockwell automation course. His latest test was to write …
... of tests to see if Basic can't be persuaded to ... , and build an address decoder out of a handful of logic ... lines. Then a simple OUT from basic will activate the latch and ...Pascal programs for games and graphics by Tom SwanI came across this book quite by accident, which seems to be still quite available (second-hand), though it's not in the World Of Spectrum Book Archi…
... it again after converting a BASIC Graphical demo.
Back ... "? There's so many languages out there, use those if you ... a number of graphical examples out of BASIC programs, at one stage ...Saving Basic games from code...I don't know if I am posting this to the right section, but I need to know how I can type out a Basic program from code and save and run it through L…
... anyway. So, the “type out” and “BASIC” parts suggest you want to ... [i]listing[/i] of a BASIC program maybe? For that, you ... the LLIST command in Sinclair BASIC. This will create a TXT ...Two different versions of Bruce Lee?There's a possible MIA here, I think. I sat down at lunchtime to play a bit of Bruce Lee and discovered that the version I'd downloaded from WOS (th…
... SP2. Unfortunately its code in Basic (not difficult to take to ... ) to drop it back out to Basic when its finished loading/decrypting ...Why buy a Raspberry PI to learn programming when you can learn on a Spectrum?I had a raspberry PI for just over a year, never did anything on it except it was fun to get it hooked up to the Internet and be surfing it on a syst…
... a mere lowly first generation Basic coder - I only learned some ... fairly quickly start trying stuff out, writing BASIC and poking and peeking ...While we're on the subject of BASIC Although my memory of the past still seems to be fairly reliable, memories relating to learning computer programming seem to have disappeared…
... thought should be straightforward in BASIC, made me question how well ... that catches many good programmers out. My BASIC is probably pretty rusty ...Should I get a NEXT?Despite my having wanted one almost since I heard about it, I'm beginning to wonder whether it would be an extravagance, 'cos its sure to cost a fair…
... to play games or check out the BASIC. They are still very ... in the features and the BASIC rather than the case and ...Spectrum 128k advice neededHi, I'm new to this forum and the spectrum world. I have this spectrum "toastrack" that was working fine until today. It doesn't boot anymore, it s…
Finding and listing the Games that are PWI ( Playable Without Instructions)The idea for this came up here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58008/what-of-zx-spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referri…
... sheet/cassette inlay to figure out the basic key presses needed to ... and then trying to figure out if these concepts are robust ... the PWI category . Once these basic selections have been made at ... set-up could be separated out from the Sports Management type ...
