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  • Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…

    ... be a lot of bad points to this prog, but for ... , there will be 2 good points :)


    @Monty Mole ... worked first time in SAM Basic, although a lot slower and ...
    CKay CKay June 2004 Development
  • TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…

    ... a computer, there are 2 basic attributes about that software that ... the code to plot the points could be)
    Why is ... .
    Tool currently implements the basic paint toolset, and image manipulation ... image to create and some basic painting tools.
    Only ...
    Kiwi Kiwi August 2004 Development
  • AmericaI've been wondering, was the Spectrum released in America? Was it popular? Are there Spectrum games that were made in America? There must be a few A…

    ... or a smart peripheral. The Basic system enumerated the expansion memory ... 48K Spectrum basic + a few more commands but with entry points different ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2004 Games
  • Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…

    ... think they both make good points. On the subject of Picasso ... a more powerful BASIC like Laser Basic or Beta Basic among others.
    Basic programs, like POKEing to make ... loading and recalling SCREEN$, and basic things like that that will ...
    Sadako Sadako August 2004 Development
  • Splat!how many levels does it feckin' have? ive been playing it and saving snapshots after every level, so far ive done 1-7 then the level stays on 7 but …

    ... who could amass the most points and I remember it was ... game is written in Speccy Basic with varoous pokes, so you ...
    mpaulj mpaulj August 2004 Games
  • 3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…

    ... in Visual Basic that could plot a series of points in a ...
    monty.mole monty.mole September 2004 Development
  • 3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…

    ... collision detection. Being a Basic program, the screen update ... with 58 points. Compiling it with the HiSoft Basic Compiler results ... real coding languages, and Basic typically is looked down on ... />
    Being a Visual Basic programmer myself, I know most ...
    monty.mole monty.mole September 2004 Development
  • Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…

    ... said underneath the anger; the basic points I was making - are right ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • Legal Sinclair clones?Are any of the cloned Sinclair computers legal, other than the original Timex machines? Are the QL Clones legal? Could a legal clone be produced with…

    ... from disk and use BBC Basic (which can be distributed in ... scratch, keeping the important entry points as identified in the GW ... using the same fixed entry points. After much legal action, Compaq ... and determined where the entry points were and what they did ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…

    ... a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic.
    [/quote]

    BASIC draws arcs and circles. ... does, of course, tell BASIC to draw a curve, ... , and join the two points up with a line, ... Your large number is confusing BASIC - it knows it has ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... put at fight a compiled BASIC game against a MC ... />
    For example, pure BASIC could be multiplied by 1 ... 0.8, compiled BASIC by 0.8, compiled BASIC + MC by ... if the game deserves 3 points out of 10, it gets ... points out of 10, no matter if it is coded in BASIC ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... far, we have three categories: BASIC, cross-compiled and pure MC ... and all should get more points, but that's up to ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... far, we have three categories: BASIC, cross-compiled and pure MC ... and all should get more points, but that's up to ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... ]

    ====================

    * General BASIC tips
    --------------------

    * Place ... ensure that 23606/7 always points to the right character set ... contains various flags controlling the Basic system and generally should not ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... these control codes, as Andrew points out, you need to be ... possible to use these from BASIC, though I have scribbled notes ... *must* have used them from BASIC, as I couldn't code ... 'll add it to the BASIC faq.

    D ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…

    ... slew of crap stuff in Basic - all of which should be ... being subtitled at the appropriate points.

    In some of ...
    cyborg cyborg May 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... ??? Naah.

    The Spectrum Basic was miles better the C64 ... basic. Writing anything for the C64 ... />
    Well to take your points we are talking about the ... old recorder... Speccy basic WAS better than c64 basic..but again..this ...
    beanz beanz July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... :
    Well to take your points we are talking about the ... old recorder... Speccy basic WAS better than c64 basic..but again..this ... 1/4" disks.
    The Basic is part of the machine ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... :
    Well to take your points we are talking about the ... old recorder... Speccy basic WAS better than c64 basic..but again..this ... 1/4" disks.
    The Basic is part of the machine ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
  • Games Club - Week 21Hi, Last week I asked you to nominate games for which Tim Follin provided the music and got the following responses Agent X Bionic Commando (denie…

    ... an arcade game IMO). Pretty basic concept - go round collecting goodies ... back to your hut for points...but very enjoyable.

    SpeccyLover SpeccyLover July 2005 Games
  • ZX Shed Issue 1[url="http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf"]http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf[/u…

    ... " to the URL here. It points to "www.sinclair-heaven.nets ... time to update the Sinclair BASIC section of this very site ... in :) Seeing listings of Speccy BASIC and Hex codes brings back ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2005 ZX Shed
  • Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…

    ... to get rid of the trail it leaves behind(like an ... learning games programming in Sinclair Basic.
    A look in the ...
    alanspec alanspec September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... with sprite data: have starting points in the compressed file and ... I discovered yesterday that the BASIC trick of "switch to the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2005 Development
  • It's near halloween so here is a true ghost storyWhen I lived in Sweden(here I go again). I stayed for a in cabin deep in the woods with my gf for a bit. For 3 nights she was called to work and I wa…

    ... are a lot of data points to consider -- in fact, there ... is pretty fallicious. People have basic social instincts because humans thrive ... an effective tool for instilling basic tribal instincts. It is no ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2005 Chit chat
  • divIDE issuesI discovered a few issues with the divIDE hardware and FATware software that may be of interest to some people. 1. ROM paging If your Spectrum is a…

    ... runtime features and so). Good BASIC loaders for Ultimate games MUST ... is sensitive to DivIDE mapping points - they are fully transparent and ...
    zilog zilog October 2005 Development
  • Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…

    ... again and discuss a few points.

    The comment that ... "scheme" to load. The most basic is of course the ROM ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Development
  • BASin and the 128k commandsI've decided to look at incorporating the 128k commands PLAY and LOAD!, SAVE!, MERGE!, VERIFY! for the ramdisk. It won't be full 128k emulation. No …

    ... much of the behaviour of BASIC was machine level and how ... the BASIC is machine-level. BASin "hooks in" at certain points to ... direct command, for example). The BASIC editor is the biggest thing ... real one does, from the BASIC's point of view if ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…

    ... *try* to answer all the points..

    [quote ... Theres a couple of interesting points here.
    firslty, ... languages to illustrate the basic workings and logic ... then use Blitz basic to do the same ... the same article for Blitz Basic, then feel free.
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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