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  • ISO ROM 128 with TR-DOS 5.05(cz)This is new correct version of ISO ROM for ZX + BETADISK. Some extra basic command is designed specially for use in conmination with TR-DOS 5.05(cz).…

    ... extra basic command is designed specially for use in conmination ... registers ...)
    = (show basic info - ramtop, used memory, ... commands can be writed in basic line after char "!". ... RESET - return to basic (if basic variables is bad then ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Code breaker by Paul DobieHaving a sort out over the rainy Bank Holiday and in the bottom of a box from the depths of a cupboard found an old C15 tape. On it is 'Code Breaker…

    ... the rainy Bank Holiday and in the bottom of a box ... and their order etc) written in basic judging by how slow it ... experimented with old tape deck in the back of the PC ...
    maffw maffw May 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • How do you make a CV shine without actually lying?My CV has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese, and it looks pretty rubbish quite frankly. I am pretty good at my voluntary job at the Citizens Advic…

    ... 2 days a week in a classroom/glorified broom ... />
    I was in continuous employment between 2002-2007 ... did a City and Guilds in Basic Numeracy for adults.
    ... down that I did Basic Numeracy on a CV? ... I got an A-level in English Literature and Language ...
    thx1138 thx1138 June 2010 Chit chat
  • A few ZX Spectrum books.Programming your ZX SPECTRUM Tim Hartnell and Dilwyn Jones (tutorial in BASIC) The Spectrum book of games Mike James, S. M. Gee and Kay Ewbank (that…

    ... and Dilwyn Jones
    (tutorial in BASIC)

    The Spectrum book ... /> (that's a book of BASIC type-ins.)

    Easy ... and Robin Jones
    (tutorial in BASIC)

    The Orange Manuals ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm July 2010 Sales
  • Balfron the BraveHas anyone heard of a game called Balfron the Brave that came out in around 1983/1984? I remember playing in as a child but on a tape that my dad's f…

    ... the Brave that came out in around 1983/1984? I remember ... playing in as a child but on ... and seemed to be written in BASIC. It may have been primitive ...
    takapa takapa July 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…

    ... />
    more and more programmers in the recent time are using ... that never had a standard in disk system. It is already ... is. Just put the loader in Basic.

    Thanks of me ...
    Speccyman Speccyman August 2010 Development
  • FUSE(Mac) save LLIST as text file?OK, now that I can get to the LLIST command I want to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file on the Mac. I checked Help and it says that a 1…

    ... want to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file ...
    cartz cartz August 2010 Emulators
  • DRAW x,y,a Algorithm - how does the ROM do it?Hi all, Getting on with SpecOS, and one of the things I would love to do is to preserve the original ROM's behaviour when drawing Arcs. This is don…

    ... of the DRAW command implemented in BASIC - but not the arc drawing ... 'd love to see a BASIC (or C, or Pascal!) implementation ... - so I'm not interested in newer, more optimised versions that ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Booting with a programIf you ever had a VTX-5000, you'll remember it booted to a menu. The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, this BASIC prog…

    ... The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, ... the initialization routines finish, BASIC starts somewhere where it'll ... '%load' command - if the BASIC program is saved with the ... a command typed into the BASIC editor.

    However ...
    Winston Winston August 2010 Development
  • Ultima SeriesHi, Have any fans ever ported the Ultima series to the Sinclair Spectrum? Ultima I to VI was released for the C64 and as you all know these games ar…

    ... ; originally written in 1980 for the Apple II in BASIC it eventually made ...
    retrogod retrogod August 2010 New game ideas
  • Machine code issue...Hi Folks, My trials with MCODE continue and I am stuck. I wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an attribute byte in to a "box" on th…

    ... . I wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an attribute ... byte in to a "box" on the ... and is quite quick for BASIC if the box is not ...
    C9 RET ;RETURN to BASIC[/CODE]

    When I ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Wav to tzx problemPlease could someone tell me how to convert wav recordings to tzx files to play in spin.I have successfully sampled my tapes to wav,and they load in …

    ... recordings to tzx files to play in spin.I have successfully sampled ... to wav,and they load in spin fine.I have ... tried every utility in W.O.S.,alas ... there a program to work in vista.New games are always ... being released,and they are in tzx,so how do they ...
    oldspeccyguy48 oldspeccyguy48 September 2010 Games
  • Looking for cursor routineIt's been a long time since I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create a simple cursor routine: [url]http://db.tt/SPnSdpx[/url] I k…

    ... I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create ... people who like to program in Basic but need a cursor program ... />
    -Can be called from Basic
    -Relocatable
    -Ability to ... when the routine returns to Basic (maybe via PEEK?)
    - ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PC trouble (again!)My PC is in a bit of a state at the moment. It all started about a week ago. For a long while now, the fan on my graphics card has made a loud whirin…

    My PC is in a bit of a state ... jerkerly and sometimes even sounds play in slow motion!

    I ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob September 2010 Chit chat
  • Alley Cat Spectrum version?!There is one old PC game which I used to play and I used to like a lot that still doesnt have a Spectrum version. I wonder if it would be a nice idea…

    ... game which I used to play and I used to like ... ! :)

    Anyways, try to play in the PC version, its quite ... fun to play and addictive.

    Here ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx October 2010 New game ideas
  • variable variable names with VAL$It's possible to make the RH-side variable names in a LET statement be themselves variable by using VAL$. Thus, if v$ holds the [b]name[/b] of anothe…

    ... the RH-side variable names in a LET statement be themselves ... content of the variable named in v$.

    It would ... the LH-side variable name in a LET statement be variable ... machine code routine, but not in BASIC. Is there any method available ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Untitled Zombie GameBought a Speccy 48k (wanted a 16k with a 32k Cheetah rampack and Kempston interface, but couldn't find a 16k) and started writing BASIC for the first…

    ... ) and started writing BASIC for the first time in about 20 years ... ), which I've stuck up in a post on my site ... is why it's all in BASIC (which I reckon will be ...
    Dabnorfish Dabnorfish November 2010 Development
  • How do you do it?What's your favoured method of games creation? Basic programming? Assembler? Basic Compiler? AGD? Etc etc. I currently have a management game written…

    ... method of games creation? Basic programming? Assembler? Basic Compiler? AGD? Etc etc ... have a management game written in Basic and a platformer with AGD ...
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause November 2010 Development
  • How to code a run and jumpHi all, Is there a way in basic to take action on two simultaneous key strokes. I want to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q and M but using inkey$ seem…

    ... />
    Is there a way in basic to take action on two ... solve this using only the BASIC language if at all possible ...
    hedge hedge January 2011 Development
  • Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.

    Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.
    olaf olaf January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Tzer version 1 (I think)Hi all, I chucked together this Windows application (although it will work under Linux using Wine with the .Net Framework 2 installed) so that I cou…

    ... to a folder, play in an emulator, or play the tap/tzx out ... moment, which should be located in "c:\program files\fuse\" (I ...
    polomint polomint January 2011 Development
  • zx spectrum 48k loading issue (memory problem i think)Hi I have a 48k spectrum that until yesterday was working flawlessly. The spectrum seems to work fine but the problem is with loading games.All the …

    ... games.All the loading process, in most of the games, is ... sometimes the screen turns black.in some games shows error codes ... out of range ; C - Nonsense in BASIC.
    I know the games ... sideway )

    Thank you in advance

    Ricardo Gon ...
    Trajano Trajano February 2011 Hardware
  • Games with wraparound map/layoutI was recently thinking about the game Wriggler (Romantic Robot) and how if you went certain directions the map would wraparound unrealisticly sendin…

    ... an illogical wrap around world?,in the case of Wriggler i ... of add to the game play in the sense of it keeps ... are a few blocked ends in the game if you was ... too after all you was in a labyrinth,anymore games like ...
    jammajup jammajup February 2011 Games
  • Request for help (Z80 gigascreen loader)Although I'd attempted to stick to keeping things simple in Image to ZX Spec now I've implemented Gigascreen (8x8 only) I've found the BASIC Gigascre…

    ... stick to keeping things simple in Image to ZX Spec now ... only) I've found the BASIC Gigascreen slideshow loader I'd ... /> 230 PRINT AT Y,1;"in BASIC before loading this "
    240 ...
    brownb2 brownb2 February 2011 Development
  • Adding a reset switch to a 48K?I've done this before but can't for the life of me remember which line to pull to ground! I tried /NMI which does reset the machine when it's in bas…

    ... the machine when it's in basic, but nothing happens when a ...
    elshiftos elshiftos March 2011 Hardware
  • SAVEing without waiting for keypresshello, here's question for y'all. is there a way in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape, then press any key" prompt when SAVEing an array? sorry if it'…

    ... />
    is there a way in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape ...
    utz utz March 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Name of game needed - sort of robot wars...Well, I reckon this one's a tricky one. Can't quite remember the year, maybe mid-eighties. Have tried WOS searching to no avail. It was: - a 2 pl…

    ... robots just shuffle along in a horizontal line in 2D (one from ... have been a BASIC game, or at least partly in BASIC as it ...
    Morkin Morkin April 2011 Games
  • Musician needed!An old "classic" game had a tune in it which didn't sound too good. The beeps below should give you a clue as to which program I'm talking about... […

    ... "classic" game had a tune in it which didn't sound ... challenge of getting it to play in-tune? I have the song ... in BEEP format. If anybody can ... format so the game can play it.
    The code above ... the tune. There are 93 in total!
    Jimmy Jimmy May 2011 Games
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... /> [*]Austerlitz 1805 128K - "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error upon loading ... upon loading.
    [*]Three Weeks In Paradise 128K - Reset upon loading ... (this one in particular will only load on ... Anyone willing to help? Thanks in advance :)
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2011 Games
  • Rock n Roll by JezzsoftRock 'n Roll by "Jezzsoft International", 1987. I'm not sure if this was ever released, as the only copy I have is on a blank cassette with a label …

    ... .

    it is written in BASIC although I haven't played ... it in over 20 years I remember ...
    absinthe_boy absinthe_boy May 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
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