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42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
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Wanted Software to Swap for Rom Carts ;)Wot I have for grabs is 4 Complete ROM Carts which I will swap for my wants below Horace [url="http://www.cornishdavey.dsl.pipex.com/4.jpg"]http://w…
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Microdrive Mayhem!I'm wandering if anyone can help me. I recently acquired an Interface 1 plus a couple of Microdrives. But I can't get them to work properly. The Int…
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ONELINER TEXTADVENTUREI had the idea to try to code a small textadventure in just one line of BASIC-code. Here is the result. Although short to play, have fun with it. [c…
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2 Spectrum books for saleTwo classic Spectrum books for sale... ZX Spectrum Users Handbook by RJ Simpson and TJ Terrell. Newnes Microcomputer Books On the back it mentions…
... machine and explains programming in Basic and machine code (199 pages ... -
Official Instruction ManualLooking for the official instruction manual, as if you wouldn't already know, got the old Spectrum from my mums the other day and would like to get b…
Looking for the official instruction manual, as if you wouldn't already know, got the old Spectrum from my mums the other day and would like to get back into some basic and also check programs i had done almost 20 yrs ago -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
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Any professional programmers here ???I just received the news that the compagnie I work for accepted my programm to replace some old systems. I tried to give the programm a name related…
... 1 ended up on this BASIC-command.
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Hi Folks - message from Pitcalc manWow - only just come across this site - very impressive indeed. I'm amazed at how well Spectrum emulators etc. have developed (just downloaded Z80)si…
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"TommyGun" gets a complete MAKEOVER for next release ...From the author, Tony Thompson ... """""""""""""""""""""""""" [B][I] I hadn't worked on the TommyGun editor for while. But when I got sick (about …
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CHROME: a new ZX model! :)Probably You know already about 'last days news', but well... ;) Such informations are so important that I'll put it here: here is a news about n…
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Ram memory 64K (spectrum basic), 8K Disk rom
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Game from an ancient old calculatorOne for the mathematicians, this (possibly). Bear with me on this one... Many, many years ago, when I was a nipper, I had a Casio calculator which …
... also equipped with three (*shockingly* basic) games.
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Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…
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My first attempt at Gigascreen interlacingWonderful. Did some research on the port which controls memory paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 and 7 in and out of the scr…
... paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 ... -
Spectrum books for saleSpare room clearance: Job lot, any sensible offers considered. The quality of the pics ain't great but they're the best I can do with such a lousy we…
... the standard 48K Introduction and BASIC Programming manuals
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Does Screen Flipping work on a 48k Spectrum?On the other post it showed some basic code to flip the screen on a +3. Does it work on a 48k Spectrum. Can anyone show me the machine code to: Se…
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yet another name the gameEarly game around 1983ish. You controlled a unit of special forces, that you picked from the start. I seem to think is was very basic, with a mostl…
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WSpecEm - lift the mystery!A friend of mine who knows very little about the wonderful world of emulation, and who has no interent connection, decided to buy one of these very u…
... keypresses were sluggish, making even basic games such as Oh Mummy ... -
The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…
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MC 101Hello Group Members: Can't spectrum MC be embedded in a BASIC program
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The Speccy Games Programming CompetitionFor those who weren't following the OT thread... We have the CGC and we have the Minigames competitions, but we don't have an actual Spectrum Games …
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BASIC games
compiled BASIC games
games ... uses extended versions of BASIC like MEGA BASIC, BETA BASIC
any ... are dealt on par with BASIC proggies I have no ... , smaller, smoother than comparitive BASIC games (even if they are ... -
Printing at line 22...The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone?
The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone? -
Emulation accuracy and how it affects softwareHi folks. I was thinking of bodging together a rudimentary Spectrum emulator myself, not as a competitor to the other emulators, but as an integrate…
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The name of the gameHello, since this forum seems to be heaviliy used for identifying forgotten games, I'll give it a shot, too. I'm currently devoting part of my spare…
MazeBot: new BASIC game!Unlike Dash-it though, this is not a proper game. It's actually a you-draw-computer-solves maze program with a maze editor that allows you to save an…
Unlike Dash-it though, this is not a proper game. It's actually a you-draw-computer-solves maze program with a maze editor that allows you to save and load mazes to/from a tape. The computer uses a fairly simple algorithm to solve the maze, and while it ...WYE Compiler Infoi wonder that nobody knows about this masterpiece... for example games BLUE THUNDER or some of AUTOMATA games were compiled by this tool... it is lim…
... it offers good extensions for basic like sprites and attr manipulations ... ..
simple benchmark:
BASIC 90.8 sec
WYE ...VariablesVariable Help: Can BASIC discriminate between odd and even variables? If so, what simple syntax can express it?
Variable Help:
Can BASIC discriminate between odd and even variables? If so, what simple syntax can express it?Sinclair Fonthi,anyone got the Sinclair logo font? not the spectrum basic font, I've got that. Cheers
hi,anyone got the Sinclair logo font?
not the spectrum basic font, I've got that.
CheersBASIC OptimisationsOk, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff". A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to s…
Ok, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff".
A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to save space in large programs (and increase speed by a small amount).
So, to ...