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  • Ultimate! Time WasterThis used to bug me big time 25 years ago.:mad: In the early 16k releases of Ultimate Play the Game , Games Jetpac Cookie Trans am there are three …

    ... disc, I thrown these blocks out and replaced them with POKEs ... they will find three POKES in the BASIC loader...
    LCD LCD May 2009 Games
  • Ultimate! Time WasterThis used to bug me big time 25 years ago.:mad: In the early 16k releases of Ultimate Play the Game , Games Jetpac Cookie Trans am there are three …

    ... disc, I thrown these blocks out and replaced them with POKEs ... they will find three POKES in the BASIC loader...[/quote]

    polomint polomint May 2009 Games
  • Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …

    ... just don't return to BASIC, it seems fine. ... I'm doing wrong in code, or it may ... file from a generic BASIC bootstrap loader and the ... crashes when returning to 128K BASIC because 128K BASIC swaps RAM pages ...
    Not checked the 128K RAM paging though to see ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2009 Development
  • River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…

    You can try joefish's routine out in BASIC for yourself with ColorPRINT-48 (see rainbow processor thread). I'd advise turning the mode off except at run-time though as it really does slow down BASIC.
    chev chev May 2009 Development
  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    ... .ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-Spectrum-128K-2-3-QL-Serial-Port ... />
    I did fathom it out in the end, mostly by trial ... names (not swapped, just "wrong" in some way)
    guesser guesser June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • DIVIDE - NEW FATWARE for 128kB spectrums[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/divide-fatware.htm[/url] [img]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/systems/fatware/fatware+2sp.gif[/img] [im…

    ... any software with basic loaders writed in 128 basic. Work also ramdisk ... ( ROM 0 / ROM 1 ) in low 16kB and use different ... reset (in browser)
    SS + R - software reset (without OUT 7FFD)< ... features
    - compatibility with 128 basic (rom 0)
    - fixed ...
    velesoft velesoft June 2009 Development
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ...
    Firstly I should point out that the English tap version ... TAP file probably worked this out already. :D )

    in the WoS archive indeed ... would not be a problem in a snapshot file.
    ... from a snapshot taken in 128K/+2 mode?
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn June 2009 Games
  • divide plus back to life , preorderI have green light form authors to made DIVIDE PLUS, anybody interested? Promise from me , fully asembled and tested DIVIDE PLUS in plastic case. Qua…

    ... type you're using (48k/128k/+2)?[/QUOTE]

    Actually ... only SPANISH rom with 128 basic).
    For example: your ZX ... only. But writing command in 128 basic is possible only with "SPANISH ... only add possibility use 128 basic.

    For +2A/+3 ...
    velesoft velesoft July 2009 Hardware
  • Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…

    ... room for text. Back in the 80s I tried to ... all the text, anyway in most cases there was not ... . All messages are padded out in the original version. I' ... BTS technique of storing code in the SCREEN$ and copying ... language at the start). 128K users can have many more ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2009 Development
  • Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…

    ... space will be a problem in 128k, but screen space might.
    in contended RAM
    [*]Moved scrolling ... /> [*]Moved a lot of routines out of contended RAM into the ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2009 Development
  • Divide+ and ResiDOS questionhaving a real blank moment, i got a +3e (obviously) with V1.38 roms how do i install TAPEIO? Do i need to convert it .TAP ? As i would like to save …

    ... the +3e to start in 128k editor/+3 basic (cant get it to ... actually says 128k mode).

    %zx reboots to +3 basic but ... doesn't use the normal 128K/+3 BASIC editor, however, just the ... mode operates with +3 BASIC and the 128K editor, and as such ...
    glancaster glancaster August 2009 Hardware
  • Problem with loopingHi all, I'm looking for a way to code a loop into my program and then allow the computer to come out of that loop by itself. Is such a thing possibl…

    Sorry to butt in, people... but I had a ... couldn't seem to work out (but then I am pretty ... routine that Chaosmongers had posted in Arjun's "tips and tricks ... THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PROGRAMMING IN SINCLAIR BASIC ******* BLAH BLAH BLAH"
    GreenCard GreenCard August 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Problem with loopingHi all, I'm looking for a way to code a loop into my program and then allow the computer to come out of that loop by itself. Is such a thing possibl…

    ... couldn't seem to work out (but then I am ... routine that Chaosmongers had posted in Arjun's "tips and ... THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PROGRAMMING IN SINCLAIR BASIC ******* BLAH BLAH BLAH"
    IN SINCLAIR BASIC ******* BLAH BLAH BLAH"< ...
    jp jp August 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…

    ... =mcleod_ideafix;377496]...there are purists out there that consider that anything ... use the shadow screen present in 128K Spectrum's because "it wouldn ... this off with the original 128K, so I'll consider the ... an original Spectrum and cut out the loading time, I'd ...
    joefish joefish August 2009 Development
  • DivIDE QuestionHi all, I've been trying to work out how the DivIDE works and after reading and re-reading the DivIDE programming model document by Zilog I think it…

    ... address for paging its rom *out* as well.

    * Call it/page out.

    When ... page out (somewhere you put a RET instruction in the ... can call any ROM routine in the BASIC ROM.

    in trapdispatch.asm - where it figures out that a ...
    Winston Winston August 2009 Development
  • 128K dev / PASMO (or alternative) question...When I assembly my code, I have it set up so that PASMO automatically creates a TAP file complete with loader, and this works great for 16/48k Do y…

    ... /> Out of interest, do you do all the paging in your basic file ... ]10 CLEAR 24999
    20 OUT 32765,20
    30 LOAD ... "cow1"CODE
    40 OUT 32765,17
    50 LOAD ... "cow2"CODE
    60 OUT 32765,23
    70 LOAD ...
    gasman gasman September 2009 Development
  • Test program for 128k machinesThere is a Test Program for 16/48k machines: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008884&loadpics=3[/url] Is there a similar progr…

    ... I posted this to css in 2006
    -----------------------
    ... the program passes the 128K BASIC ROM which is substantially ... checked and totalling these in BASIC I got the result ... /> LD E,A ; result in E
    JR NC, ...
    Geoff Geoff September 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • MIDI-out disassembly?Does anyone have the disassembly of the MIDI-out routine or understands how text strings in PLAY commands are converted to a MIDI stream? I'm assumin…

    ... I'm purely a Sinclair BASIC programmer, nothing more. I ... to figure out how to do the conversion in that ... you you wrote it in Sinclair Basic, that would be quite ... .mid file.txt spits out a text file), before ... PLAY strings... Sounds nice in theory of course, but ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil September 2009 Development
  • Renumbering routinesI sometimes modify programs that either I or others have written and sensibly renumber them - usually 10/10, to make future alterations easier and ma…

    ... />
    You can ditch the BASIC loader and use the SCREEN ... /> This doesn't handle compressed BASIC but meets all your other ... at 3000 and all references in the main program will be ... . It's fully compatible with 128K BASIC.

    Try it online ...
    Geoff Geoff September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…

    ... , so i threw my toys out of the pram. Its sorted ... just one more thing in the basic book that ive got it ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…

    ... just one more thing in the basic book that ive got it ... a bit handicapped by Sinclair BASIC in that it doesn't allow ... yourself using GO TO's in BASIC, so don't worry too ... -code that will help laying out the program.

    1 ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Jumping to BASIC after importing 23296,1703Sorry for the confusing title. :-D Now that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a few more que…

    ... to the BASIC interpreter - note that on a 128K machine, it ... will leave the speccy in 48 BASIC:
    in FLAGS
    ld hl, ... ; address of MAIN-4 in ROM
    push hl< ... 7030 ; address of STMT-RET in ROM
    [/code]
    Marko Marko September 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…

    ... how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that ... . Yep, I do stuff in Sinclair Basic to help them, or to ... with 10 characters (unlike M$-basic where you can store 10x10 ... then the check might turn out false.
    Solvable by adding ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Advanced Soccer SimulatorAdapted game Advanced Soccer Simulator for disk system +3DOS. Adaptation full, it is made even load/save the postponed condition of game. [URL="http…

    ... that is made in ASS.

    1. Naturally basic – preservation ... "Disk" is added. Earlier in the basic menu it was possible to ... error. At successful action stands out - ОК!
    4. The ... Earlier in not adapted version you at once threw out on procedure ...
    Russian Russian October 2009 Games
  • midibeep - convert .mid files to BEEPsFollowing on from [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27028]the teaser in the Basic forum[/url] the other day, here's the pro…

    ... t=27028]the teaser in the Basic forum[/url] the other ... other result I've got out of it :-) Your mileage ... . I'm vaguely interested in the possibility of exporting to ... or packaging it up in a more Windows-friendly ... could easily be displayed in the pianola roll. I ...
    chev chev October 2009 Announcements
  • John Grant InterviewHere is an interview, from Tuesday, with John Grant - director of a 'small firm of Cambridge mathematicians' (ZX81 manual) who wrote Sinclair BASIC f…

    ... to ever write a program in Sinclair BASIC.

    The ... here if OK, work out new totals etc
    ... br /> 530 REM work out net amount j pays ... if Additional Material included a BASIC listing with a 'txt ... The addition of 80-column BASIC listings on WOS would ...
    Geoff Geoff October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …

    ... you get it to work in the basic prompt? and when you ... you can get the basic prompt, try
    OUT 32765,48
    fog fog November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …

    ... get it to work in the basic prompt? and when you ... can get the basic prompt, try
    OUT 32765,48
    in 128 BASIC (if that isn't ... it - because programming in 48 BASIC with no keytops is ... you try to initialise it in 128 BASIC (by typing NEW *), ...
    Muzer Muzer November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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