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New Functions for Sinclair BasicA total of 52 new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A-Z) and 26 string functions (A$-Z$). Owing to the internal structu…
... converted into line 0 with POKE 23756,0). The more complicated ... partially compatible with their Beta BASIC equivalents. Some of the numeric ... to permit compilation with HiSoft BASIC.
[code]
[ ... /> DEF FN P(a)=PEEK a+256*PEEK (a+1)
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How To Upload BASIC program To WOS archiveIn 1987 when i was 15 years old,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ART STUDIO..yeah i know Its the only basic program i have ever wr…
... old,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy ... />
Its the only basic program i have ever written and ... able to rescue the program from the original cassete ... at the time using the program wot i wrote ;) ) ... and the MAIN program.
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RAM Music MachineBoxed RAM Music Machine Sampler (for 48K, Plus, 128K, Plus two) includes the tape, microphone, manual, even original mic stand! I last got this wor…
Boxed RAM Music Machine Sampler (for 48K, ... to load and I cannot test it anymore as I only ... my samples along with "whole program" so you may have more ... />
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ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... which shows the spectrum RAM graphically, with highlighting of ... with the Spectrum's RAM
Sysvars editor ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and variable. ... and DATA statements
Renumber tool for ... renumbering your program< ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... which shows the spectrum RAM graphically, with highlighting of ... with the Spectrum's RAM
Sysvars editor ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and variable. ... and DATA statements
Renumber tool for ... renumbering your program< ... -
Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …
... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K and ... no longer let me test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were ... about a second of my program before it crashes.
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... if your only background is Basic, and for that reason ... across platforms).
- abstract data types have been moved to ... pathological intersection cases.
- data compression has not yet been ... made clear in the first test program. One totally new kind ... -
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…
... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ... ????? (poke something or other)
40 next x
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CLEAR does not RESTORE the DATA pointer??According to the Spectrum manual, one of the things that a CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer. Either it doesn't actually do this, or some…
... CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer.
Either ... somewhere!
Enter this program:
[CODE]
10 CLEAR ... "E Out of Data" appears!
BASIC bug, or error in ... can clearly see that the data pointer simply isn't ... -
Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest ... /> 1) Using the standard Spectrum BASIC variables, i.e a and ... br />
2) Using POKE and PEEK to store the value in ... /> POKE 60001, PEEK 60002
Also, which is quickest for BASIC ... -
Little character trouble with BASinWell, I'm having some trouble loading fonts into the speccy with BASIC, using BASin r13 for an easier job. When I run code, such as this example... …
... fonts into the speccy with BASIC, using BASin r13 for an ... : READ A: POKE F,A: NEXT F
70 DATA 0,0 ... ,0,0,0
80 DATA 56,44,44,44,60 ... , the program works flawlessly, except it uses the default BASIC fonts instead ... -
Anybody know what program can:Does anybody know of a PC program (or a "set") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 or D2" with two spaces. Then, save that sc…
... that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 ... Then, save that scanned BASIC program as a TZX or TAP ... want to scan a basic loader program and remove the +D ... Transit and copy the BASIC, screen and main file ... a real Spectrum to test them. If they pass ... -
How to compile a BASin program with Hisoft Basic Compiler?If I write a Basic program with the BASin application and then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine code, what are the steps to a…
If I write a Basic program with the BASin application and ... then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine ... and then load the basic program. But must the basic program be in some ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... continue producing MULEs, the basic workhorse of plot developments. ... bunch of small subroutines and data structures (variables for plots, ... The code and a compiled test program can be downloaded from [URL ... explained, even for the basic people. The code will ... -
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I ... a BASIC listing inside the code, especially if the whole ram ... games use all the available ram and overwrite the system variables ... remembers any game that has BASIC listings (inside the game ... -
Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…
... will run a read/write test on it? I have had ... I can russle up a basic test program, never did get my head ... -
Spectrum ethernet... step 1.1Yeah, a tenth of a step :-) Here's the W5100 board up and WORKING: [url]http://www.alioth.net/tmp/w5100-online.jpg[/url] This is called the "Get Th…
... the ALIAC-2 supports sideways RAM natively, has a CTC which ... thing I did was to poke the oscilloscope probe on one ... up! Then I put a test program onto the ALIAC-2 to ... -
Memory paging in 128 KB - 64KB RAM possible?I have found a quote in Spectrum 3 manual (available at WOS) -------------------- In the +3, we have crammed in more than twice the amount of memory…
... fact 131072 bytes of
RAM and 65536 bytes of ROM ... and 48K of RAM ([B]or 64K of RAM with no ROM ... /> combination is never used by BASIC[/B]).
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So ... it possible after starting a program to "disconnect" the ROM memory ... -
48k disk basicWhen trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file at [URL="http://www.alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL] I got…
... comes up as "48K Disk BASIC IMC 1985/88", which I ... anybody knew anything about this program? A manual would be nice ... put the +3 into 64K RAM mode). It doesn't survive ... quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ... -
Another badly behaved RAM upgradeI have a 48K issue 4A board (yellow it is) that was a 48K machine from new, but only reports 16K working with the Sinclair ZX Test ROM in an Int2. H…
... /> Have done the whole poke test and it comes back with ... sockets and installed all new RAM. Same problem!
< ... are part of the RAM upgrade, they all check ... thats the whole of the RAM upgrade chippery tested!
test - same problem - ... -
Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
... program in that language. Now that I've succeeded in Speccy BASIC ... />
10 REM lotto program to pick
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Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... can fit the Spectrum ram. This brings up the ... data even if it doesn't fit the Spectrum ram? ... The way the loading routine would load the data ... /> the load command from basic for video playback would be ... BASIC program) and use Randomize USR to load the data ... -
So... you want to format your 3.5" as 720K eh?Well, i've been trying to get hold of an application to make proper use of my 3.5" +3 floppy disks but i haven't been able to find any. I stumbled up…
... this DSDD disk format program that would let you ... ; B holds the RAM page in use during ... can see what happened from BASIC
RET ; Return< ... $03,$81,$50 ; Data to be written to track ... -
New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…
... 's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I ... . Here is the program:
[code]1 DATA 243,33,9,88 ... TO z+167: READ b: POKE j,b: NEXT j: PRINT ... -
Machine code and Basic system variablesSpectrum system variables (I mean 48KB model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program and it's never going to return t…
... for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program and ... it's never going to return to Basic? Can ... I overwrite system variables area with my data?
I tried it once and my program crashed ... -
Program for showing Basic listnings in gamesCan somebody tell me the name and where to find an utility to show the BASIC-listning in Adventure games - or for any other Spectrum-program for that…
Can somebody tell me the name and where to find an utility to show the BASIC-listning in Adventure games - or for any other Spectrum-program for that matter.
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err, I like wrote this years ago, and just found it archived.[b]read it, and say it's crap if you want, but do not go on about the technical side, cos it was bullshit, we all know it, and the end makes no sense…
... . He was a data-retrieval expert. Data-retrieval looked like hacking ... program that actually worked. PASCAL was visually more pleasing, but BASIC ... soon advanced far beyond 48k RAM and bulletin boards that ... in Russia had taken the basic design of the Sinclair ... -
Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in ... the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing can't be too ... there any program that will compile [U]any[/U] Sinclair BASIC listing ... compiled code fits the available ram?
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DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…
... my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command ... /> So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jpeg ... me to see it in BASIC, but I want to be ... -
So what about ethernet and ZX BASIC?Well, as of about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly wrote some packets to the network! OK, so it isn't perhaps 100% what Andrew Ow…
... about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly ... ago, it sent its first data over the network! One of ... use ZX BASIC.
At the moment a simple program looks ... />
Then the standard Spectrum BASIC keywords can be used for ...
