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My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... has written a BIOS in basic, and expects us to ... compiler outperforms and out-compiles any of the basic compilers for ... get an OS+"BIOS"+BASIC into his 64k of ... ROM using a BASIC compiler - I think he ... that space, if he chucked out BASIC, but then what are ... -
Ultimate backlash?Looking at all the polls posted on here recently, it would seem that Ultimate's games are not so fondly thought of as I thought they would be. I jus…
... graphics, responsive controls, a few basic puzzles, some sort of goal ... that elevates it beyond a basic maze game where you have ... of the million and one basic 2D collect-em-ups which ... /> The budget labels were churning out basic 2D and 3D clones by ... -
What's the deal with JetPac?The instant I saw it back in the day I thought to myself "Well, that's crap ... colourful but crap nonetheless" ... and I still feel that way about t…
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What's the deal with JetPac?The instant I saw it back in the day I thought to myself "Well, that's crap ... colourful but crap nonetheless" ... and I still feel that way about t…
... was a ton of crap out, basic games, just some pretty poor ... 't even think Crash was out then) were still saying the ... -
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…
... ) The Mid2Asm tool already spits out assembly listing and compiles it ... now focusing on it spitting out BASIC listing now, to complement the ... , rather than risk it spitting out two different outputs that have ... common. When I focus on BASIC over MC, one of its ... -
Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
... /> This would only work for BASIC games, surely? If any games ... Atac (machine code), and Mined Out (BASIC) both use this method, I ... -
Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
... Atac (machine code), and Mined Out (BASIC) both use this method, I ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... mind - what equivalent of this OUT would be on Spectrum +2A ... can't do it from BASIC in USR 0 mode because ... BASIC is in ROM3, and you ... a switch you've paged out BASIC and your program will crash ... three ROMs that isn't BASIC will cross one of the ... -
The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
... - albeit with some well thought out BASIC programming - and he's forgotten ... -
The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
... - albeit with some well thought out BASIC programming - and he's forgotten ... -
IN and OUT in hardware terms... what are 'ports'?Hi all, I understand PEEK and POKE, but have never managed to get my head around IN and OUT. The books all go on about how they read from and wri…
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The PEEK and POKE BASIC statements manipulate memory using the ... LD instruction. The IN and OUT BASIC statements differ in that they ... the Z80’s IN and OUT instructions.
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ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... retirees, who never progressed past basic programs. That's why there ... a ton of software coming out. It's not because they ... popular topics. When OS64 came out (basic in the 512x192 mode) many ... something that runs on the basic Spectrum to convert in the ... -
ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... retirees, who never progressed past basic programs. That's why there ... a ton of software coming out. It's not because they ... popular topics. When OS64 came out (basic in the 512x192 mode) many ... in software made for [i]basic[/i] Spectrum!
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are there any machine code to basic converters?i know it sounds stupid but for amature programmers like me it would be great. i could speed up the basic on an emulator and it would give me more of…
... instructions and convert them to BASIC.
LD A,255 ... sections of code and spit out BASIC, but the combinations that can ... -
Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... white flag movement had turned out. BASIC games don't often have ... using every trick possible in BASIC :) -
Tool that allows step thru BASIC prog/save in .txt formatHi folks, I'm looking for a tool that allows you to step through a BASIC program line-by-line. BASin won't work for me, I'm not sure why. It shows t…
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Laser BasicDid anyone else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler? I just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru a website, and it reminded me about…
Did anyone else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler?
I ... just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru ... could write programs in Laser Basic, but if you wanted to ... -
Retro-Active Reviews has launched, check us out!Yes, my first ever website is now a go. I've got eleven Crash/ZZAP! style reviews up and ready to read (out of fifteen planned, the other four will …
... up and ready to read (out of fifteen planned, the other ... of three Spectrum games. Look out for some reviews by Sharopolis ... myself how to create a basic website. All feedback is appreciated ... soon.
Check us out here: [url="http://www.geocities ... -
Getting basic program listings into a text fileHi - can anyone tell me if there is an easy way of getting basic program listings out of an (any) Spectrum emulator and into a text file on your PC? …
... easy way of getting basic program listings out of an (any) Spectrum ... -
Sparky eZX-BASIC Project in need of FPGA ExpertYou probably are not familiar with this project, but it is a computer system based on Zilog's new eZ80 chip and the OS is a superset of ZX BASIC. Ju…
... is a superset of ZX BASIC. Just think of what you ... writing here is to find out if anyone can offer help ... mentioned in Andrew's SE BASIC section, but the web address ... -
BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…
... updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure!
BASIC Manual integrated for full BASIC context sensitive ... * debt of gratitude goes out to Paul E Collins for ... Drag and Drop support for BASIC files (.bas), CODE files (. ... -
BASIC performance tips?Been fiddling around with an old project a little after rescuing it from tape, and I'm toying with the idea of completing it (hey, better late than n…
... being written entirely in Spectrum BASIC. I can compile it, but ... 'd like to tweak the BASIC to optimum performance first in ... order to get the most out of the compiled version, if ... on performance tuning for Speccy BASIC? Which commands to avoid, viable ... -
Sinclair basic creation/editing programHi guys I'm just starting to write a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there that would alow me to write the pro…
... Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there ... -
Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The ... TAP file, I get an 'Out of memory' message, and cannot ... -
BBC BASIC for the SpectrumThe latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url="http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software/Spectrum/BBCBasic"]http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software…
The latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url=" ... SE with the screen paged out, giving PAGE at &4000 ... -
Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …
... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon' ... /SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been ... been my way of finding out about this (a lot ... the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K ... the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were ... -
ANN: Sam Revival issue 13 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 13 of 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out! Kicking off issue 13 of Sam Revival is a 14 page news section to give a lowdown on what's happening i…
... 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out!
Kicking off issue ... developed to use it from BASIC via the Comms Interface. In ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
Are there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc?
The Spectrum BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.
Necros. -
creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…
... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ... /> I've tried to find out how to do it but ... -
Help with Visual Basic 6.0 vs Visual Basic.netI have a program that auto generates VB.Net code..... I know VB.net syntax and am happy with the code generated. However, I have been asked to have …
... generate code compatible with visual basic 6.0.
I ... (x)[/b] to print x out to a console. Is there ...
