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more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …
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Detecting TR-DOS from BASICIs there a simple (or contrived :D ) way to detect the presence of a TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC? For fairly obvious reasons this can't rel…
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Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
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GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
Are there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc?
The Spectrum BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.
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I've just found a couple of my old cassettes...Some people have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made while they were still at school. Not me. I found one cassette…
... gone) featuring a load of BASIC type-in programmes, mostly from ... select tape tester and press play", I wrote in my terrible ... -
BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…
... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
Added - 128k commands PLAY and SPECTRUM to the editor ... is used to execute the PLAY command. The SPECTRUM command does ... the 128k errors for the PLAY command.
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BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …
... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
Added - 128k commands PLAY and SPECTRUM to the editor ... is used to execute the PLAY command. The SPECTRUM command does ... the 128k errors for the PLAY command.
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Speccy 48K Sound EffectsHow did programmers of old get the more digitisy sounds out of the spectrum, specifically the 48K machine so no Yamaha sound chip to play with. They …
... no Yamaha sound chip to play with. They clearly gave up ... sound. Is this possible with BASIC, I would love to know ... -
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ... -
How to play .mov files on Win98SE?What's the best program to play .mov files on a Win98SE PC? It seems that Quicktime now needs XP to run. Thanks for any answers.
What's the best program to play .mov files on a Win98SE PC? It seems that Quicktime now needs XP to run.
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Development advice I was an user of the Spectrum 48K in the old days. I arribed to learn a lot of BASIC, and a bit of assembler. The time have passed, and now I am …
... the classic MONS/GENS, Hisoft Basic, and Hisoft C, it seems ... />
I have begun to play with z88dk, Spectaculator, Basin, SevenuP ... able to create Screen$, the basic loader, and compile C code ... be able to inject my Basic loader, Screen$, and compiled MC ... -
128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
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how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…
can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this:
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Switching basic to 48k modeHi there, we all know that the SPECTRUM command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However, when executed in a program, the SPECTRUM …
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creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…
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Spectrum BASIC Programs listings MagazinesHi to all, I'm an Italian newbie of this forum, but i know this site since long time ago. I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of …
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I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of ... course an old BASIC programmer :wink: ) and i ... have so many scans on BASIC programming magazine in the archive ... Magazine which has published many BASIC programs for Spectrum and others ... -
Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…
... running a program in 128k basic (so that you can ... switch back down to 48k basic before you run the ... like to do this within BASIC.
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OpenZXRom v2006-05-17 releasedJust knocked out a new release of OpenZXRom last night - a GPL licensed functional replacement for the original Spectrum ROM. [url]http://matt.west.…
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Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…
... an old classic (pacman) in basic . . .
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I played DSpec on my DSlite!That's right, TheHiVE sent out a few copys of a pre-release version of DSpec and I was one of the luckiest fellers in the world to get one ! I't ver…
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I't very basic at the moment, but you ... is that finilly we can play Speccy games on the DS ... a game and hit the play icon to get it started ... -
Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time.
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ANN: Spectrum Host 0.40 for BBC BASICZXHost 0.40, the ZX Spectrum host for BBC BASIC now has working microdrive support. You can load, save and catalogue microdrives, and any other devic…
... ZX Spectrum host for BBC BASIC now has working microdrive support ... /> Recent updates also include BBC BASIC runnable in RAM and colour ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum ... parameters began to replace the Basic style sub-routine that relied ... language for learning as was basic. Would it have better suited ... -
The Adv. Game I'm Ridiculously Trying To Play Part 1Ok, from now on from time to time I will start playing some adventure games and I will keep a "journal" in the forum about my progression, or, more p…
... /> I will patiently try to play each game for at least ... YOU are ridiculously trying to play, and even ask for help ... time I'm going to play this:
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Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic.
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Print routine for BASIC (or BASin)For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initia…
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Deus ExSince we sometimes mention classic non-Spectrum games (and even the rubbish on the Commodore 64 ;) ) on this forum, how come we've never discussed De…
... [/B] well indeed. You play a nano-enhanced secret agent ... patience or will power to play "more intelligent" games, but ... it if you can play Deus Ex instead though.< ... s neglect of such a basic function), and I don' ... Live!, so I can't play on-line.
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... tried to play with it. Even wrote some simple basic programs and ... which Spectrum games I could play on my TS?
How to transfer a BASIC-Programm to PC and/or TZX?Hello there, I'm pretty new at WOS, but have already spent some time reading a small bit of the large amount of information here. I am trying to fin…
... way to transfer an old BASIC-program[I](a game actually ...
