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  • A problem with a friends laptopMy mums friends laptop wont display anything on the screen anymore. When it boots up you can here it starting up but the screen remains black. All th…

    ... )

    It has Vista Basic
    A Intel duo 1 ... it installed them she then read her email and shut it ...
    festershinetop festershinetop October 2008 Chit chat
  • A new Basic manualWith all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc. What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?

    With all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc.

    What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?
    chop983 chop983 October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... I've succeeded in Speccy BASIC, I think I might just ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick November 2008 Development
  • About Chess games & BASICIs it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?

    Is it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... on using machine code to read data from a partition. Wouldn ... />
    the load command from basic for video playback would be ... POKEs (or even a small BASIC program) and use Randomize USR ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
  • Memory and BasicQuestions 1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs? 2. How do I check how much is left? 3. How much memory does an array take up?

    Questions

    1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs?
    2. How do I check how much is left?
    3. How much memory does an array take up?
    chop983 chop983 November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Small BasicFor all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com…

    For all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx]Small Basic[/url].
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Can the +3 read TOS disks?I've sent 2 dozens of TOS disks so that they could be preserved as disk images, but as of today there's no emulator that can emulate Timex's FDD. The…

    ... use the +3s drive to read them directly? I'm not ... here. To be able to read the contents of the disks ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
  • [NO NAME PROJECT] contributionhi to all. im writting new-super-mega game. it will be finished this century. :) so what is going on ? in the game (an arcade adventure) player can …

    ... for console
    47875 keys, bits: [xxx|UP|DOWN|LEFT|RIGHT ... some simple service with few basic sounds will be offered
    Fikee Fikee December 2008 Development
  • Please help an absolute novice with some simple(ish) programming.I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework [quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a com…

    ... 'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for ... ): FOR f=1 TO 9: READ a(f): NEXT f: RESTORE ...
    thx1138 thx1138 December 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Help Identify a Kid's Book I Read Many Years AgoI'm not sure why but the memory of reading it just popped into my head today and I'm curious about it now. It was about a young London girl called Pe…

    ... 10 years old when I read it) and the details are ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton December 2008 Chit chat
  • reading Hex[code]1 DIM a$(20,20) 2 DIM g$(16) 3 LET g$="\::\ \' \ '\ .\. \.:\:.\:'\':\''\..\: \ :\'.\.'" 4 BORDER 4 20 LET a$(1)="00000000000000000000" 21 LET …

    ... />
    Can you get basic to read hex as a number value ... /> so how do I get basic to understand that the letter ...
    chop983 chop983 December 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to ... j=z TO z+167: READ b: POKE j,b: NEXT ... /> ei
    ld bc,65278 ;read keyboard caps to v
    moveright
    ld bc,32766 ;read keyboard space to b
    bigjon bigjon December 2008 Development
  • The F register unused bitsI'm doing some reading and trying to organize my Spectrum ML apprenticeship and while looking in greater detail at the flag register one question pop…

    ... directly or make use of bits 3 and 5 indirectly? From ... 't. But those two unused bits surely look very tempting...
    rahtgaz rahtgaz January 2009 Development
  • Broken links on Sinclair Basic pageThe links ([ Introduction | Licence | Interpreters | Extensions | Compilers | Manuals | Articles | Source ]) at the top of the [url="http://www.world…

    ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/sinclairbasic/"]Sinclair Basic[/url] page are broken.
    SkoolKid SkoolKid January 2009 Infoseek database
  • 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…

    ... 48KB model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started ... never going to return to Basic? Can I overwrite system variables ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 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.
    Regards Tommy F-H
    Tommy F-H Tommy F-H January 2009 Emulators
  • ANN: Artist 3Artist 3 is now available from the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0022693"]WoS archive[/url]. The differences between Artist…

    ... on 128/+2
    (modify BASIC to use other systems)
    * New icons
    * Easier to read menus
    * New pointers
    chev chev January 2009 Announcements
  • FUSE loads .wav files but audio2tape fails to create .tapI'm trying to write a utility to extract ASM listings out of OCP Assembler save files. I have a few audio tapes with assembler files that I want to c…

    ... first step of trying to read a tape file.

    Error have incomplete byte ( bits)
    First block seconds: 8 ...
    bladerunner bladerunner February 2009 Development
  • Some TV/DVD questions1. Very often, on my television (PAL, 29" or so, CRT, by Bush, two or three years old) when there's text on a TV program or a DVD film, the left hand…

    ...

    I can only read:


    [B] ... , then why are unskippable bits (unskippable videos of the ... user to skip unskippable bits if they so choose? ... by making the players read the unskippable video as ... of us who can read ditch our TV sets ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2009 Chit chat
  • +3 BASIC and RST 8I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how Interface 1 does it (catch the RST 8 error trap). This works…

    ... on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style ... on my +3 under 48K BASIC or in RST 0 mode ... at all with the +3 BASIC editor. Whenever a new command ... track? What does the +3 BASIC editor do that the 128K ...
    Winston Winston February 2009 Development
  • ZXDS & Sinclair basicIs it posible to save basic code with ZXDS emulator 10 print 87 save "abc.bas" and the load it?

    Is it posible to save basic code with ZXDS emulator

    10 print 87

    save "abc.bas"

    and the load it?
    mhanias mhanias March 2009 Emulators
  • ML routines from BASICCan anyone tell me which registers should be saved and restored when calling a ML routine from BASIC? How can one know which registers are modified …

    Can anyone tell me which registers should be saved and restored when calling a ML routine from BASIC?

    How can one know which registers are modified inside a system routine?

    Should the stack be also changed?
    rinconete rinconete March 2009 Development
  • Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …

    ... get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using ... from the ROM and masking bits to restrict it to the ...
    polomint polomint March 2009 Development
  • Turbo BasicHi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;) P.S. I am sorr…

    Hi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;)

    P.S. I am sorry for my poor english :(
    amigainspired amigainspired April 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Great loading screen - terrible gameHaving just read Mousey's [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24673"]post[/URL] about The War Of The Worlds, I had to confir…

    Having just read Mousey's [URL="http://www. ... excluded, though ;) The more compiled BASIC the better!
    jp jp April 2009 Games
  • 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 ... compile [U]any[/U] Sinclair BASIC listing as long as it ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Development
  • Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…

    ... for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have ... ways to do this in BASIC.

    And I'm ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... me to see it in BASIC, but I want to be ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2009 Sinclair Basic
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