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Today...I saw Forbidden Kingdom - the Jet Li & Jackie Chan kung fu claptrap. Great fight sequences and little else. *sigh* I picked up a 160 GB StoreJet 25 …
... Science Fiction Treasure - a book I'll recommend to any sci-fi ... book lover simply b'cos it ... -
Looking for an extended BASIC graphics routine from mid- to late-80sHello all, This is my first post here so please go easy. This is basically a cut-and-paste job from comp.sys.sinclair where I've had no luck with an…
... I've discovered a small BASIC program that makes use of ... ' commands from a typed-in BASIC extender program. Alas the machine ... one I'm after. Most BASIC command additions used * or . before ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 31 May 2008Saturday 31 May 2008 A massive pile of stuff this month - hurrah! * Alberto Otero Mato sent in POKEs for Lost Caves. * Bernard Wood sent in a solu…
... ; a hack for Jet Set Basic; POKEs for Army Moves , Babaliba ... 's Dummy Run, Jet Set Basic; tips for Atic Atac , Aventura ... Alien Research Centre , Astro Blaster , Book of the Dead , Bosconian '87 ... -
Saving programs to tape?In the ZX-81 emulator EightyOne, once I've typed in a program from the "ZX81 BASIC Programming" book, how do I then save it to tape and create a .p t…
In the ZX-81 emulator EightyOne, once I've typed in a program from the "ZX81 BASIC Programming" book, how do I then save it to tape and create a .p tape file?
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Spectrum Games Bible - Book 1 - 1982-1984Spectrum Games Bible 1982-1984 [B][url]http://www.lulu.com/content/2637626[/url][/B] ?7.95 - 269 pages. Contributions from many people. Screenshots…
... be seen for the first book here...
[B][ ... about 200+ reviews in the book.
1985-1986 ... sets the price of the book and we put on a ... pound profit) so for every book sold lulu make the vast ... reviews from his Speccy book which has sold out. -
BASIC error messagesDoes anyone know what all the numbers mean after the various error messages in Sinclair BASIC? Does anyone know how to instigate each error type?
Does anyone know what all the numbers mean after the various error messages in Sinclair BASIC? Does anyone know how to instigate each error type? -
The ZX Spectrum Book - 1982 to 199x Special Edition?Hi all, I'm toying with an idea and wanted to get some more general feedback... The ZX Spectrum book is all sold out, but I still get a lot of peop…
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The ZX Spectrum book is all sold out, but ... want to reprint the existing book exactly as is, because I ... to produce a new speccy book... (I'm working on one ... run of the first Spectrum book.
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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 ... quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ... -
I saw a book signing yesterday.I like Terry Pratchett, but I'm not a fanatic. I read his novels, as and when I get around to them, in order for the most part. not too fussed when …
... , and there was a sign "Book Signing Today"
I ... she is, or what the book was, and I felt kinda ... I didn't buy her book. -
How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…
... the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have ... ended up back in +2 basic and noticing they had got ... -
Ultimate Play the Game BookHi, Some of you may be aware that I'm in the process of writing a book about Ultimate Play the Game. Everything is going well, but there are two iss…
... the process of writing a book about Ultimate Play the Game ... need a title for the book. The annoying thing is, ... ? A mention in the book for the best name.
book justice and was hoping that ... don't know, the book will cover all of the ... -
Can anybody recommend any good mobile-friendly websites?Can anybody recommend any really good mobile-friendly websites for me to read on my DS Browser? Something like this BBC News site: news.bbc.co.uk/te…
Can anybody recommend any really good mobile-friendly websites for me to read on my DS Browser?
Something like this BBC News site:
news.bbc.co.uk/text_only.stm
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Anyone recommend any good text adventures?I've never played one. Tell a lie, I played Hulk or was it Human Torch and the Thing? Yeah, one of 'em and I played it for all of five minutes and co…
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Help Please: ZX Spectrum Book, Hardback Edition.I know there were a few typos in the ZX Spectrum book that slipped through the net (which is unforgivable seeing how long it took me!) I'm trying to…
... typos in the ZX Spectrum book that slipped through the net ... /> If anyone who read the book noticed any typos or errors ... -
9 Spectrum Books for ?5ZX Spectrum Introduction (First Edition 1982), The Computer and Video Games Book of Adventure (foreword by Scott Adams, listings for Spectrum, C64 an…
... ), The Computer and Video Games Book of Adventure (foreword by Scott ... Dr Ian Logan, Sinclair Spectrum Basic Programming (First Edition 1982), Advanced ... -
AKA for this book.The Book Club Associates edition of the book [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000513"]ZX Spectrum Micro Guide[/URL] has the sa…
... Associates edition of the book [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ ... />
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alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
... under 32K is available for BASIC
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Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…
... all) of them are in BASIC and easy to get into ... it goes straight to the BASIC listing.
I accidentally ... easy to get into their BASIC listings.
So if ... you are interested in BASIC programming then you might learn ... -
Games in basicIs there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures.
Is there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures. -
Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, TheBelow is the spectrum listing from the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000078"]Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, The…
... & Video Games Book of Adventure, The[/URL]" book.
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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.
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Can anybody recommend a good ZX Speccy Z80 assembler?I was thinking of using Hisoft Devpac v3, along with some of the cool Z80 textbook scans in the scan repository, to learn some Z80. Anybody use Hiso…
... Hisoft Devpac or can anybody recommend a good Speccy Assembler that ... -
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…
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What's the best development environment?Dear all, In my teens, try as hard as I might, I could never get my head round machine code. Now fat and balding, I thought I'd have another bash; a…
... another bash; and Hewson's book is making it rather a ... , what set up would you recommend for someone starting out in ... -
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? -
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?
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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]. -
Some questions to pass the time1. What is the best 8 bit machine? I don't mean software range wise, as we all know that the Spectrum has the best games software (well, the people …
... and a great version of BASIC into 16KB, and the128K Spectrum ... 't recognise, so can anyone recommend some good games on these ...
