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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 …
... a,c ;On entering from BASIC, BC holds the
... interrupts
;Return to Basic:
ld bc,colour_map ;This ... again
ret ;Return to BASIC
;Main ... /> ; that the keyboard still works in BASIC):
jp 56
Cheetah 125 AutofireI have two of these fine joysticks (I never did like the competition pro style) but cannot seem to get the autofire working - switching it on seems t…
... seems to have no effect. In basic the control directions and fire ...not much gear and absolutley no ideaIm looking for some help with two spectrums that i have just dug out of storage and are both unfortunatley faulty. I had always regreted that during …
... to program anything for them in basic so i decided to turn ... clock back and teach myself basic for these two machines. I ... located a book in a charity shop that coverd basic for numerous ... the basics of basic.Unfortunatley about two weeks in several of the ...The point of fixing a QLHi All Recently picked up an old QL that was in pieces, all the screws are missing and the keyboard membrane is shot, but it does work. Gave the me…
... an old QL that was in pieces, all the screws are ... games werent written by amateurs in basic years later, any good demos ... waste, especially as twenty quid in Australian pesos would get you ...XgamestationI was flipping through an old edge magazine from 2003 and in the news section there was a story about the iminent release of a diy console kit that y…
... edge magazine from 2003 and in the news section there was ... kit that you could program in basic and c. At the time ...Name the game : double impactHi i'm looking for name of two games. 1) the first is na old arcade adventure at least partially written in basic. i think the story revolves about …
... adventure at least partially written in basic. i think the story revolves ... . i think there was review in crash.
so, your ...Syntax Eraok so they've changed the name to Micro Men. Scottie came up with two alternative names, can you do better than his:- Tape Loading Era and See No…
ok so they've changed the name to Micro Men. Scottie came up with two alternative names, can you do better than his:-
Tape Loading Era
and
See Nonsense in BasicDavid Hewlett aka Dr Rodney McKay from Stargate Atlantisis one of us! He's on holiday visiting family in Good Old Blighty atm... [url]http://twitter.com/dhewlett/status/4157322916[/url] "Found old Sinc…
... 's on holiday visiting family in Good Old Blighty atm...
in BASIC that is?"ResiDOS file launcher?Hi As much as I like ResiDOS, has any Divide+ user out there written a file launcher (in basic or m/code), that allows the user to scroll up and dow…
... there written a file launcher (in basic or m/code), that allows ...Speccy Tour 2009 Voting.Hi Everyone The voting for which games we'll play in the Tour this year ends tomorrow. So if you want to play, make your voice heard by getting infl…
... for which games we'll play in the Tour this year ends ... . So if you want to play, make your voice heard by ... which games we'll compete in this year :)
Go ... just some of you all in the Tour LOL
New beeper music editorsInformation for those people who interested in 1-bit beeper music on ZX Spectrum 48K. As you probably know, there was no beeper music editors with t…
... year of beeper trackers - in less than half year, three ... All these trackers were made in Russia, but they are available ... the file operations are done in Basic), and they has english ... plays sampled drums (8 built-in samples). Unfortunately, the editor ...Implementing goto on error condition...OK, so when I'm reading a file or directory on a network filesystem, when I reach EOF, it's not actually useful at all for ZX BASIC to stop the progr…
... at all for ZX BASIC to stop the program ... it ends with C Nonsense in BASIC. If you hit BREAK during ... course) then prints C Nonsense in BASIC. It's almost like ... can't just trace it in an emulator!)
in BASIC itself to interpret a ...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 …
... clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which ... work flawlessly when you run them in ... 48 BASIC mode. The Wafadrive makes ... software to make it work in BASIC (even if you have to ...Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
... at a clunky conversion written in BASIC and using UDGs. The pixel ... readily observed by frame-stepping in MAME. Pacman moves one ...
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This ties in with the recent discussion here ... about frame rates in Spectrum games. A game ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
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Where games written in pure machine code or was ... those early and obvious written in BASIC games) - but have seen some ...POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
I remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input ... you would POKE each square in the 8X8 character.
< ... br /> Am I right in thinking that only 21 letters ... 's graphics like this (but in assembler) where more characters alterable ...The ZX App StoreI was watching one of those iphone adverts and got to thinking Hmmmmm what if you could do something like that for the speccy. Ok heres the idea, if…
... little usefull program you wrote in basic then you could upload it ... chance to show off your basic skillsSpectrum +3 suspected memory faultHi, I've been using my +3 for the first time in a while and found that some games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes cr…
... +3 for the first time in a while and found that ... 've tested the first 48K in BASIC by poking and peeking, and ...Req' Help with Random numbersHello all, im new to the forum, i hope im putting this in the right place ... I would like to ask a question in the hope someone will be able to as…
... i hope im putting this in the right place ...
... a little about zx basic programming but this problem ... I would like to write in Basic, a routine that can choose ... as random as spectrum basic can), a series of ... to store them in an array in the order they ...Z80 'EXX' ConfusionI was working on a little Z80 routine last evening, and, having run out of registers, resorted to sticking one of the values into a memory location a…
... alternative register bank instead (something in my short Z80 life, ... I was getting a 'Nonsense in BASIC' error when it had ... minimal code gives a 'Nonsense in BASIC' error!
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Thanks in advance for any insights! :smile:border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... you have "scroll ?" in the lower border?
thanks in advance, just curious because obv ... . the "scroll" seems to be in the border. but no one ...Screen to vector?I've found old topics covering this subject and even spoke to Geoff about this, but still want to ask a few questions. I've been playing with vector…
... 've been playing with vectors in BASIC (yes, I know it's ... images by using a small BASIC program to trace lines on ... 'm assuming such routine, either in BASIC or m.c., would have ...Speccy puzzle games for on the move? (via DS emulator)Any recommendations for puzzle games that are good to play in 5 or 10 minute bursts? Level based would be ideal, as I could do a few levels at a tim…
Any recommendations for puzzle games that are good to play in 5 or 10 minute bursts? Level based would be ideal, as I could do a few levels at a time.Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
... in ROM.
* Support for TCP sockets from ZX BASIC using ZX BASIC ... client programs can be written in BASIC.
* Filesystem abstraction layer - allows ... going to want a BASIC programming guide in addition to the ones ...Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
... some additional commands for use in BASIC, to access files, maybe ... technique called bank switching comes in. Any experienced coder will ... is used for that too, in the form of CompactFlash, ... ve seen this mostly mentioned in combination with software called ...How do you destroy an enemy or object?Hi guys I allways wanted to know this, but how would you go about making and destroying enemies in basic or any language? What, do you use a huge ar…
... about making and destroying enemies in basic or any language? What, do ...Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…
... a simple loader written in BASIC which sets RAMTOP to ... that it works flawlessly in Spectaculator from the ... in the main menu and loading it manually from +3 BASIC ... , but it doesn't work in Spin ... [/b] without parameters in +3 BASIC. The emulator goes ...I woke up this morning...Well, in the middle of the night, and recorded this. I've just discovered Native Instruments Guitar Rig program. So I can now plug in and play in th…
Well, in the middle of the night, ... I can now plug in and play in the middle of the night ... /> I've been asked to play this at an upcoming charity ... the way through the second play. And then jammed again ...New member here. And a spider! :)Hello everyone. My name is Sekrets. I'm quite a lonely individual, searching for a digital home where I might find fellow speccy enthusiasts to adopt…
... a kid learnt to program in Basic- nothing very advanced, but enough ... assembler in an emulator, I have learnt to do some really basic ...Networking using EAR and MICI know this is an old topic and was mentioned before in books or magazines, but I need some advice. I'm considering the possibility of creating a Bat…
... topic and was mentioned before in books or magazines, but I ... of creating a Battleship game in Basic with some machine code routines ...
