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Football DirectorThis game had me hooked in my teenage years and after having a dabble again recently my addiciton to it has not waned one bit, although i have numero…
... is a classic in its basic format.
Anyway, my ... of saving the game, i read bits in the tipshop but none ... -
Anyone Recommend: Assembly Programming Book(s) for the Spectrum?Hello there my fellow WoS'ers =) I am looking for some ZX Spectrum Assembly programming books (as the title suggests) I have just finished going th…
... guide to how the different bits of the Spectrum work together ... don't neglect to read the BASIC manual if you haven't ... -
IN instruction on emulatorsHi everyone I wrote: 10 PAUSE 0 20 PRINT IN 63486 If i press 1, result is 190 instead of 254 (i used FUSE and Spin) If i press 2, 189 (253) i…
What do you expect?
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Probing the variables in 128K modeHello again! Briefly, I'm writing an m/c routine to read some BASIC variables. So, before I start, I try to get an idea for the structure of how var…
... an m/c routine to read some BASIC variables. So, before I ... /> It works fine in 48K BASIC, but screws up in 128K ... to work properly in 128K BASIC? (Again I'm working on ... -
New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…
... file that can either be read from BASIC or M.C. The ... 've experimented with a small BASIC program that allowed me to ... in M.C. please. :) But BASIC is also acceptable. ;) -
How to write a simple game in C+asm.This is just a link to an old post in Development, about a post of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. It was suggested that this thread shou…
... might also want to read the BASIC version of the tutorial first ... explains a bit more in BASIC what the game is doing ... /how-to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"](Link ... -
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 - …
Hidden messages whilst loading gamesHi all, Was having a chat with my mate about old speccy games and remembered that pausing the loading on some games and then printing gave strange m…
If you read the basic loader for one of Elite's games (It's Ikari warriors or paperboy) the programmer thanks Prince for providing the best music ever (which is wrong!).Is there an old computer u nearly bought ?I remember seriousley thinking about getting an Enterprise, the one with the built in joystick [url]http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp…
... got it because i read the basic was the best available so ...interesting russian gamesi start a new thread, as i don't know where to post it. here are some interesting ones i came across, perhaps i'll add more later, in every case i en…
... work, I have learnt to read some basic Russian, and to type ...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…
... , you then can't read your basic program because the character set ...What's on your saucer?Thanks go out to frobush and zx1 for inspiring* this WoSser to create a yet another excellent WoS thread. Lunch 10 minutes ago. [IMG]http://i300.ph…
... a 38k computer, because they read the basic boot up screen.. it ... technically until ya turn off basic (which you do most of ...Why did Ultimate games load like this?What I remember about the early Ultimate games was the unusual way they loaded. You'd get the BASIC bootstrap loader, then a SCREEN$, then a main bl…
... with custom loaders. You could read the basic program - it did LOAD ...A confessionI've never read the Hobbit. There, I've said it. I did try to read it when I was about 16 but I found it a bit boring and never got that far into it.
... reader, dont have the patience, read bits of the lord of the ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... years ago, I wrote a BASIC version of the game "Fire ... any way, so you can read the BASIC code:
[url]http ...countdown timer ?just curious if there was a pre-made one about that I could use to count down from 999 to 0. in MC / under interrupt, that returns to basic? but how…
Use the clock, it increases each 1/50 sec.
Set 23672 to 231 (=999-768 ) and 23673 to 0.
Then read PEEK 23673 or INKEY$. When PEEK 23273 = 4 then at least 999 counts have passed (depending on how fast you can read in BASIC).WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... ULA related...
Having read bits and pieces (anyone remember that ... and reading interesting bits. I have now started to read it from ...WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... snapshot. The file tells the BASIC program what to do with ... , well, directories can be read from BASIC too using %opendir/INPUT #. A ... similar BASIC program can be written to ... to 'stat' a file from BASIC. Perhaps INPUT # on a directory ...Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
I've got TAP2DSK creating the executable loader now. I've tidied up the display a bit (aligning the numbers) and added a couple of little progress indicators, plus now it displays the new loader lines as it builds them.
[center][img]http://www ...really dumb questionbut can I use the following line to create a udg and if so how do I call it or use it via the graphics mode? Do I need to READ something somewhere? …
cheers - now is there a way to put all the DATA statements for udgs in one line and thus only do the restore and read bits once?really dumb questionbut can I use the following line to create a udg and if so how do I call it or use it via the graphics mode? Do I need to READ something somewhere? …
... only do the restore and read bits once?[/QUOTE]
No ...ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... that communicate over the internet, read and write to disk, and ... using the TRDOS ROM to read/write from disk? Why haven ... blob would contain code to read, write basic, code, strings, erase files ...Music in 128K BASICI have a pdf of the Spectrum 128K manual with its commands and I'm finding the music section to be a little hard to follow (I accept stupidity on my …
... PLAY command. I've read the BASIC manual that comes with the ...Music in 128K BASICI have a pdf of the Spectrum 128K manual with its commands and I'm finding the music section to be a little hard to follow (I accept stupidity on my …
... PLAY command. I've read the BASIC manual that comes with the ... ? Do you know how to read notes? (Saves a lot typing ...Secret message in BattyI decided to reverse engineer my favorite speccy game and found some interesting code that was never used... Load the game, with multiface or emul…
... Doo) contain messages in the Basic loader. Some guy who's ...
[quote]If you read the basic loader for one of Elite ...a question about 48/128k spectrum sound hardwarei have a program for the 48k (ive forgotten what its called) that lets you do 3 channel sound on it. so could it be possible to do 9 channels on a 12…
Yes, the AY chip already supports nine channels on its own. just read the basic manual on it that is included in the machine.Christmas games/memories...So, with Christmas fast approaching, what games remind you of Christmases of old? Horace Goes Skiing/Horace and the Spiders are the first that spr…
... /> Some weeks later i read the BASIC manual i got with it ... have) and wrote some little BASIC programmes that i saved onto ...Need the title of the Sinclair Basic manual to look for itI had a copy but I've lost the USB chip it was on! I need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all used the command MOD and…
... and if you have read any BASIC manual you'd have ... add new words into BASIC, like I did with ... which case all those Basic solutions to FizzBuzz up ... special category for Spectrum BASIC already, but you'd ... rather try 'all those Basic solutions' instead??? Are you ...Need the title of the Sinclair Basic manual to look for itI had a copy but I've lost the USB chip it was on! I need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all used the command MOD and…
... 'if you'd read any basic manual' - I've read several but that ...Need the title of the Sinclair Basic manual to look for itI had a copy but I've lost the USB chip it was on! I need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all used the command MOD and…
... , and if you have read any BASIC manual you'd have noticed ... a DEF FN function in BASIC to simulate the MOD function ... function in ZX Spectrum 48K BASIC as DEF FN a(b ...
