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  • +3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?

    Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
    Spectrum +3 Spectrum +3 July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …

    ... /> ;Typing USR 0 in 128 BASIC effectively calls memory address 0x0000 ... .
    ;Since the 48 BASIC ROM is paged in, this ... 7 is used to store bits of BASIC
    ;and other banks ...
    Hikaru Hikaru August 2010 Development
  • Seeking alternatives to DATA statementsAnyone know of any memory saving alternatives to storing a list of numbers, other than using DATA statements or poking data into addresses?... Im ti…

    ... ways of outputing the basic other than producing repetative ... could still technically be called BASIC (rather than crossing over ... to be allowable in any BASIC crapmo competitions & ... 51+0)
    20 READ L: IF L=0 THEN ... TO 20
    25 READ P: BEEP MININ*L,P ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …

    ... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Haha! I've just got my first ever 419!After all these years of reading how much fun people have had wioth these but never having one myself here is my first 419. tbh It's a bit lame comp…

    ... of the others I've read, but here it's anyway ... process incoming tasks and
    basic knowledge of management. The working ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek August 2010 Chit chat
  • SZX Beta 128 (aka TRDOS) block questionHello, I have a question or two regarding the Beta 128 (aka TRDOS) block of SZX. Hopefully someone (Jon, Philip) will help me. What is supposed to …

    ... signal_lines, i.e., the values read from #FF?

    - The ... , though) stores the last value read from port #FF there. If ... , i.e., the high two bits for the signal lines input ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak August 2010 Emulators
  • 48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…

    ... get anywhere without blindly swapping bits getting nowhere.

    The ... , the 9000 allows you to read data from an address range ... "BTS 9" or 00001001, two bits missing per byte, so my ...
    Womble Womble August 2010 Hardware
  • Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…

    ... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...
    Nonsense in BASIC Nonsense in BASIC August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Micro Command - voice recognition for the ZX SpectrumIt's an interface you might know about. This is it: [img]http://www.zxprojects.com/images/stories/microcommand/microcommand.jpg[/img] I've found som…

    ... [/img]

    I've read the [url=http://www.zxprojects ... MicroCommand cassette and some other bits I've found (mostly advertisements ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2010 Hardware
  • Hack into Mescaline Synthesia 128Hi folks, this thread is not about copyright, although if somebody knows the e-mail adress or another way how to contact the author "DeMarche" pleas…

    ... unmoral to do it can read another thread but should not ... first part is loaded from Basic, then depacked and running, after ... from MC into Basic and write a Basic disk loader for every ...
    Speccyman Speccyman September 2010 Development
  • Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…

    ... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Boxed ZX Spectrum + with 2 x ZX microdrives, Alphacom32 printer with 3 x thermal rollHi people. I found a bargain at a carboot on Sunday from somebody who didn't know what he was selling. (Im no expert by a long shot) Shamefully, I …

    ... manual, Zeus Assembler? book, Mega Basic book, Paintbox book[/I]
    Basic (looks to be copied tape ... ]

    Other bumph and read me files, made by original ...
    ayupmiduck ayupmiduck September 2010 Wanted
  • ZX Spectrum + 2 x microdrives and Alphacom32 printer + extrasHi people. I found a bargain at a carboot on Sunday from somebody who didn't know what he was selling. (Im no expert by a long shot) Shamefully, I …

    ... manual, Zeus Assembler? book, Mega Basic book, Paintbox book[/I]
    Basic (looks to be copied tape ... ]

    Other bumph and read me files, made by original ...
    ayupmiduck ayupmiduck September 2010 Sales
  • Scottie_UK Ebay Auctions - Many Retro Computer and other BitsOk so I'm having a clear out of some of my Retro computer bits. Two peices of note which I will be selling soon are a ultra modern (for the time) Bl…

    ... some of my Retro computer bits.

    Two peices of ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2010 Sales
  • compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…

    ... ask here instead of the basic forum..

    ... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ...
    fog fog September 2010 Development
  • Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…

    Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?

    I use

    if inkey$="z" then goto...

    but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…

    ... or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm trying to exclude ... and main game should be Basic.

    I can quickly ...
    spider spider September 2010 Games
  • Looking for cursor routineIt's been a long time since I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create a simple cursor routine: [url]http://db.tt/SPnSdpx[/url] I k…

    ... programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to ... />
    -Can be called from Basic
    -Relocatable
    -Ability to ... coordinates can be read when the routine returns to Basic (maybe via ... PEEK?)
    -Return to Basic if certain keys are pressed ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…

    ... file support and cant even read a real hdf aotm lite ... ?
    so far the bbc basic for the speccy doesnt support ... ?
    there is no bbc basic for sam coupe- the speccy ...
    Roger Jowett Roger Jowett September 2010 Emulators
  • few bitsa few bits added... including "chess tutor" for all you fans of the big box games.. like make a chip / scrabble... but without it , your collectio…

    a few bits added...

    including "chess ...
    fog fog September 2010 Sales
  • Basic EditorWould this make sense or serve any purpose for anyone here? On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can write your basic code while on the go an…

    ... On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can ... write your basic code while on the ... trying to write a basic compiler as the keyboard ... view. So a plain Basic interpreter that checks for ... syntax, tokenizes and runs BASIC programs. Also looking for ...
    OZApps OZApps October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…

    ... have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to ... where ZX Spectrum 48k stores BASIC programs upon loading them. Does ...
    ZXMrk ZXMrk October 2010 Development
  • Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…

    If you have read some of my recent posts ... socket. I have started collecting bits and pieces for this custom ... /> AY-3-8912:

    Read data/write register port 65533 ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Hardware
  • BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…

    ... (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler?

    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers October 2010 Development
  • Broken keyboard due to broken ULARecalling csmith's thread about dead ULAs, a thread appeared in the Zonadepruebas (Spanish) forum regarding... a dead ULA, but only a partially dead …

    ... was that it didn't read the keyboard. The keyboard - ... in the 5 least significant bits that the ULA reads ... is a tristate buffer, 5 bits wide. Going into the buffer ... from the buffer, the bits D0 to D4 on the ... makes when it wants to read something from the ULA. ...
    Winston Winston October 2010 Hardware
  • About Search For terrestrial IntelligenceHi there! I recently got a copy of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007048]S.T.I. (Search For Terrestrial Intelligence)[/url].…

    ... ?

    On other subject, Basic loader has got this REM ... game. A word of advice. Read my articles in Siclair User ...
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi October 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • JSpeccy with SEBasicHi, Just a quick post to update everyone on JSpeccy. A new version is out which has a couple of new machine types: Spectrum 48K + SEBasic v2.18 Sp…

    ... the 128Ke ROMs (including BBC BASIC)), although I may change ... the BBC BASIC ROM to the SEBasic ... Read about it here - [URL="http://sebasic.freeforums.org/se-basic-suggestions ... http://sebasic.freeforums.org/se-basic-suggestions-questions-t10.html[/ ...
    polomint polomint October 2010 Emulators
  • 48k Rubber Keys + Bits and BobsNow my pristine 128k has gone, I'm selling all the other bits and bobs left over. As this is a dedicated Speccy site, you lot get first dibs, anyth…

    ... 'm selling all the other bits and bobs left over.
    drevans drevans November 2010 Sales
  • Printer Printing Problem (assembler)I've a program that outputs to the lower screen at various places, using a combination of calls to RST $10 plus OUT-NUM-1 and PR-STRING. It also call…

    ... -DRAW. At present the main BASIC program uses the upper screen ... (apart from the PLOT/DRAW bits, of course) the lower screen ... -OPEN
    before returning to BASIC, which does what I expect ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny November 2010 Development
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