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  • Basic Challenge NO.7Ok Boys and girls get your thinking caps on. IN BASIC how would you plot an arc of a ball falling to the ground? so it gets lower and lower and mov…

    ... thinking caps on.

    IN BASIC how would you plot an ...
    ASH-II ASH-II July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Work out attribute location in MCHow do I go about writing a MC routine which calculates the attribute address from a set of PRINT co-ordinates. I know you in basic you multiply the…

    ... .

    I know you in basic you multiply the vertical co ... />
    Struggling to do it in MC!
    daveysludge daveysludge August 2012 Development
  • Best books & Sugested reading..Hi i was trying to search the forum but couldnt find it. Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect.. I mess…

    ... a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect ... few simple books on basic (give me a break ... used to type in the programs and play with them. < ... like I do today but in spectrum basic.

    ... and write a solution in basic or machine code for ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    Hi in an attempt to keep my ... better to put them all in one place.

    Thanks ... yet..)

    I typed in the program and when it ... ran in BASin it hangs all the ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Help! Experts in BASIC/ASM, Hardware, in-game screenshots needed!There are several games which are too complicated for me to get the in-game screenshot. If you guys could help me, the Spectrum community would appre…

    ... for me to get the in-game screenshot. If you guys ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx November 2012 Support files
  • Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…

    ...
    2) standard waveforms from PLAY command
    3) polyphony while pressing ... =BhjqItcSfLA[/url]

    ( program in various format for example )
    DaRkHoRaCe DaRkHoRaCe November 2012 Development
  • TRY DOING THIS IN BASIC[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=e28ZpLwrzU0[/url] It was just something I did in Xara Photo And Graphic Designer 7 (an…

    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=e28ZpLwrzU0[/url]

    It was just something I did in Xara Photo And Graphic Designer 7 (and it AIN'T Art Studio either)
    Stealthwyvern Stealthwyvern December 2012 Chit chat
  • Interview with Clive Townsend (Saboteur)Here you have at [URL="http://www.elmundodelspectrum.com"]www.elmundodelspectrum.com[/URL] this exclusive interview with Clive Townsend. Don?t forget…

    ... and I started writing games in BASIC...

    [I ... practicing 'arrow cutting' in his garden. Basically one ... for a friend to play. It was really ... graphics, so you can play it in 'old school' mode ... Recently I discovered someone in the States selling Tshirts ...
    jmvbok jmvbok December 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Newbie Spectrum developer advice ....Hi, Im new to the site and to spectrum developing - well, not quite, I wrote Spectrum programmes in Basic 30 years ago but then went off into the wo…

    ... quite, I wrote Spectrum programmes in Basic 30 years ago but then ... into tzx format and can play it on PC etc using ... what is possible these days. In particular
    1) The programme ... automatic porting utilities of ZX Basic to any of these things ...
    littlebrays littlebrays January 2013 Development
  • Screens and BasicA question about the ZX screens. I am using software to convert my own art and drawings to the ZX Spectrum. I have some tools to change .jpg files in…

    ... screens and to output them in the .tap format.
    However ... /> Do you know any trick in BASIC to load such a "byte ...
    Spectrum Spectrum February 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • BLOG- ZXSporgBasic RPG development thread- Inspired by the Spectrum 30 show, and after a six-month wait while I was busy playing loads of gigs, I have decided to do a spot of Spectrum coding…

    ... Player Offline Roleplaying Game, initially in BASIC, with the initial aim of ... The game was enjoyable to play even though the rules were ... a late-night punishment shift in the underground quarry, it ... /> [code]10 REM zx sporg basic v0pt004 20130215
    20 REM ...
    bigjon bigjon February 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Timing in loading routinesJust for curiosity I have done some experiments with SAVE command in accurate emulators, and then analyzing the generated WAV and I have obtained lit…

    ... done some experiments with SAVE command in accurate emulators, and then ... little different values as expected in TZX format for standard ... 2171.15 instead 2168 tstates in pilot pulse.
    856.82 ... .
    1713.52 instead 1710 in one pulse.

    ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena February 2013 Development
  • New Game: Advanced Premiership SimulatorHi Friends, I discovered BASin last Saturday, and I've found it rather fun to play with. I ended up producing this; It's basically (no pun intended)…

    ... found it rather fun to play with. I ended up ... where you can guess the basic result (home win, away ... you don't want to play the betting game, you ... it was really fun writing in BASIC again, I hadn't done ... things, but writing tight BASIC programs seems to be an ...
    joe joe February 2013 Brand new software
  • DIVIDE versus ZX128 ROMDivide interface use hardware mapping of extra memory on this fixed points in 48rom: #0000 - power-on/reset/rst0/software restart #0008 - syntax erro…

    ... This adresses correspond with routines in 48rom but 128rom contain ... routines and is problem in comaptibility with Divide memory. ... contain runable code for basic syntax controll in area #3Dxx and ... (if you write any basic command in 128editor and press ENTER ...
    velesoft velesoft February 2013 Development
  • Loading / Saving Data in VariablesHello there my fellow WoS'ers I was wondering if there was a way (in basic) where I could save variables like string / integer arrays? i.e. [cod…

    ... if there was a way (in basic) where I could save variables ... and then load them back in - say another program that had ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 March 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Arcade Game Designer 4Just released over at the AGD forums. New this time: Sprites can now be individually coloured using the SPRITEINK command. If 16x16 sprites aren't…

    ... sprite which has the FALL command in its event will now ... won't return to BASIC but loop back to the ... write a single line of BASIC! However, if you don ... ask AGD to create the BASIC loader your game will ... can still write your own BASIC code should you desire.< ...
    jonathan jonathan May 2013 Brand new software
  • R68 resistorI've recently obtained a nice, fully functioning Issue 4a board, which I am putting into a Spectrum + case. I'm going to solder on the reset switch f…

    ... board that was originally in the case (it was ... I note that where in the original upgrade instructions ... already has a resistor in place, so do I ... avoid using the STOP command in any programming I do, ... problems beyond losing one BASIC command that I need to ...
    Simon_Carr Simon_Carr May 2013 Hardware
  • Loading basic from basic?Hi Guys, Could you please help me. I want to create a menu on my plus 3 disks. If I use the line below I just get "c nonsense in basic" if inkey$…

    ... I just get "c nonsense in basic"

    if inkey$ = "1 ... will load fine from a basic listing.

    Can anyone ...
    gazj82 gazj82 June 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • CODE SCREEN$ in MCIs there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in bas…

    Is there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in basic?
    daveysludge daveysludge June 2013 Development
  • quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…

    ... old clunky version did, but in a more aesthetically pleasing form ... parameter is the source, as in LET a$=b$. a$ & ... expression, or destin location if in RAM;
    b$=source string ... expression, or source location if in RAM;
    l =length to ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …

    ... my friends' home and play with their Spectrum. So ... were trying to program in BASIC. They showed me how ... , the computer responded: Nonsense in BASIC. WOW! It talked to ... was watching my friend play and all of a ... sick or something. Sometime in the afternoon my dad ...
    memrah memrah July 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS 0.780 releasedHi all - Back again with a new SpecBAS release! It's all been about arrays this time around, and to add to those lovely associative arrays from las…

    ... When Nine Tiles ported Dartmouth BASIC over to the Speccy, they ... can now use the SCALE command in a PRINT statement.
    ...
    BIN from Sinclair BASIC makes an entrance. Pointless (use ... return
    A silly bug in command history after NEW
    ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Converting Basic code into machine codeIm just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??

    Im just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??
    nonsenceinbasic nonsenceinbasic September 2013 Development
  • Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…

    preferably using PLAY command....

    example

    ... $="the sound code"
    20 PLAY a$

    ideally I ... I would post this up in the hope of some hand ... out myself

    Thanks in advance
    Wookiee Wookiee September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Returning to BASIC from asmI never had to do it till now but there is always the first time :) At machine code program start I preserved SP register and all the other ones. A…

    ... ]" message I get "[B]Nonsense in Basic"[/B] :(

    What could ...
    Ralf Ralf September 2013 Development
  • MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …

    ... part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering ... that function in machine code, so the BASIC programmer need ... ; MOVE_M moving object control for BASIC
    ; runs with interrupts ... with from BASIC
    ; object properties are defined in the DISPLAY ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Tape handling on a +3I'm seeing some strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the Loader option of a +3. I'm currently using the fuse emulator (I don't have an…

    ... behaviour when loading a basic program from the Loader ... /> If I create a small basic program:

    [ ... with that file on the command line (i.e. "fuse ... , but ends with "C Nonsense in BASIC".

    If I ... doesn't happen on fuse in +2 mode (or any ...
    u6c87 u6c87 October 2013 Hardware
  • Spectranet questionsI have received the wonderful Spectranet interface from RWAP today. I have started to experiment with it and I have found an interesting thing... So…

    ... but e.g. the %reclaim command in the menu program of the ... /> I'm interested in socket programming from BASIC. Only TCP sockets are ... available from BASIC? I would be funny to ... model railroad layout from Sinclair BASIC, but it requires UDP socket ...
    jimre jimre January 2014 Hardware
  • BASIC games.I remember back in the day, there was a way you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as Football Manager or Johnny Reb. I can't rememb…

    I remember back in the day, there was a ... you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as ... it just goes into the BASIC listing? Can you still do ... out which games were written in BASIC?
    Farflame Farflame January 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Play Expo - Blackpool 3rd/4th MayHi folks, I'll be at the Play Expo in Blackpool on 3rd/4th of May this year. Apparently they'll have me signing some stuff and maybe doing a Q&A ses…

    ... 'll be at the Play Expo in Blackpool on 3rd/4th of ... I'm just going to play it by ear, enjoy the ...
    David Jones David Jones April 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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