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fastest Sound FX methods in ZX BASIC?Right now I'm doing an alternating footstep sound in my game using this following Beep statement. [code]beep 0.008,-4 + tog+tog+tog+tog : let tog=1-…
... far been able to get out of BASIC, but it still slows ... do music and sounds from BASIC? My emulator (Spectacular) emulates those ... -
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…
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 Linux. I am currently using the FUSE emulator.
How is this done?
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ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... a little terminal program in BASIC.
Can anyone tell me ... /> need to consider how slow BASIC is)
open a stream ... #4, and print it out.
in BASIC:
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loading up my old tapeshey there people, perhaps you can help me out with a (not so) little problem i'm having.... I'm trying to transfer an old basic-coded text adventur…
... /> perhaps you can help me out with a (not so) little ... trying to transfer an old basic-coded text adventure my brother ... it loads then save it out of basic as a TAP or ... also refused to run back out into the real spectrum from ... -
XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…
... got as far as saving out a Basic loader - but it won ... I can't suss it out. I asked Woody how he ... it but he's bailed out of the Spectrum scene and ... -
Kung Fu KnightsMartijn, The Firebird "Re-release" of Kung Fu Knights should be dropped. The current tap file on WOS is a crack, check out the BASIC loader... The …
Martijn,
The Firebird "Re-release" of Kung Fu Knights should be dropped. The current tap file on WOS is a crack, check out the BASIC loader...
The original by Top Ten is the only release as far as I'm aware.
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z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…
I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded ... I would have to save out the Basic part to some format ... fine, but I see no BASIC listing.) -
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…
In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not.
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Pacman monster helpso I am trying to write a pacman game in Specbas [youtube]0R4XmkzBfHs[/youtube] got it working ok so far.... now the tricky bit the monsters in p…
... around how to work it out in basic.
so the ... and below it and works out which is closest to pacman ... that calculation be to work out the distance from pacman? -
Spectrum 128 malfunctioning with DIVMMCI recently got myself a spectrum 128 (toastrack) and a DIVMMC card so I could load games from it. It all works fine until it has warmed up and then t…
... refuse to load or drop out to basic after the title screen ... than being greeted with the basic screen or empty folders! -
HOW-TO ClassicsHi guyz'n'gerlz) Perhaps, there're similar questions, but I was checking out another BASIC version of Xonix (which instead of a flood-fill used st…
... questions, but I was checking out another BASIC version of Xonix (which ... -
128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …
... back in on return to BASIC).
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... off I tried to use OUT from BASIC to swap pages, but ... in, even straight after the OUT.
10 CLEAR ... bank 0
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Translating games from RussianThe recent arrival of biotoxin and his obvious enthusiasm for Russian games has set me thinking: Will any Russian games ever be translated into Engl…
Not all translating engines are that stupid. A good number of them can even figure out some basic grammar and transformations, i.e. recognize that "going" is a form of the verb "go".
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BASIC-DecompilerI've got some compiled BASIC programs and I like to study the source code. Are there BASIC decompiler for Hisoft, USCHI, etc.?
... the slow P-code. HiSoft Basic and Uschi are both real ... parsing the MC to find out which Basic tokens are used, or ... -
Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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I'm looking out for BASIC programs to bundle with BASin ... applications, to show off what BASIC (and BASin) can do.
Has this been done before?Are there any emulators whose speed can be adjusted by the Spectrum program that the emulator itself is running? So that, say the Spectrum program ca…
... you know who are churning out good BASIC (a decidedly more popular ... speeds up as well!), many BASIC games!New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
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It will all parse out to BASIC, naturally.
D.Microsoft vs the WorldSo what operating system are you using
... left MacOS X out of the poll. Sinclair BASIC is a language ... version for Intel Macs due out in August.[/quote]
out not very well thought threw ... many OS' are left out, Sinclair Basic was included cos you know ...Well I'm excited, but I guess you might not beHehe this is as far as I got today, a silly little border program: [PHP] ORG 32768 PROGGY: LD C,255 ; We loo…
[QUOTE=DonkeyPong;170288]; Oh dear you'll have to reset[/QUOTE]
As you're not changing the stack/paging, just press the NMI button and you'll be back out to BASIC. :-)
SiWell I'm excited, but I guess you might not beHehe this is as far as I got today, a silly little border program: [PHP] ORG 32768 PROGGY: LD C,255 ; We loo…
... and you'll be back out to BASIC. :-)
Si[/QUOTE ... : LD A,254
DOWN: OUT (254),A
DEC A ... /> JR NZ,DOWN
UP: OUT (254),A ; this was wrong ...problem with sinclair zx 48 issue 6aHi all, I have the following problem when I turn on my sinclair without rom inserted. [url]http://217.79.64.145/sinclair/5.jpg[/url] when I turn o…
... any way you can check out some basic signals - such as is ...Early Version Betadisk Manual (ie anybody have one)Folks, after lengthy excavations in my attic I have dug out my old Betadisk interface and 720K drive. However the manual has done missing. It's wa…
... hauled my origina speccy kit out of the attic, and will ... roms (if I can work out the basic save & load commands ...Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…
... , BASIC won't do for this as you have to page out ... the BASIC ROM, it'll have ...Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…
... , BASIC won't do for this as you have to page out ... the BASIC ROM, it'll have ...One Liner - Machine CodeHi Dr. BEEP, Digital Prawn, et. al., I think that what you guys have achieved with the one liner contest is absolutely amazing. It brought about wh…
... more than I can help BASIC coders in the 1-liner ... much better at squeezing tricks out of BASIC than I am and ...BASIC type-insThose type-ins from mags like sinclair programs etc. Was it just me, or did you often spend ages on them to find out THEY DIDN'T WORK!!! Did nobo…
... else.
I typed one out from YS that was a ... ! I spent ages typing out the basic program and then typing in ...Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
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Amateurish would cover, basic looking gameplay that has been ... are brand new original ideas out there), basic presentation, availablity (I can ...
