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Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…
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which pocket pc?Hello I'm new to the forum, but my other half lives here!! I'm want to buy a pda, I've decided that a pocket pc is probably the way to go but which o…
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Scanning magazine helpIve been scanning a magazine/book (not spectrum related) and most of the pages are fine but a few where the text is near the middle has blurred text …
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Anybody read books off Project Gutenberg?At the minute I'm reading: [url]http://www.gutenberg.org/files/159/159.txt[/url] The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells on the laptop and Palm.…
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... did write some pretty involved BASIC programs, and even graduated into ... more complex (albeit somewhat buggy) BASIC of the SAM Coupe - what ... .
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... did write some pretty involved BASIC programs, and even graduated into ... more complex (albeit somewhat buggy) BASIC of the SAM Coupe - what ... .
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... looking for a more equipped BASIC editor for OSX...
[QUOTE ... me. Ordered the William Tang book yesterday - but it may take ... " and "stop". This is how BASIC-oriented and as yet non ... also imagine conversion of simple BASIC programs that I write might ... -
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
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Assembly or z88dk?Okay, so I want to expand my horizons and write bigger better games. I've looked in to both of these and it does seem I've got my work cut out. (Thou…
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Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... by SMAX is essentially Microsoft Basic, but with many added commands ... SP1, which I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to do ... -
Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... SP1, which I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to do ... allow code generated by a basic compiler to use functions in ... it is possible to compile BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, etc programs under ... -
about a book....Does anyone have any news on when the spectrum book will be published? I really want this book!
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Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
[QUOTE=48K]1/ Random number generator: I've started using a ld a,r command to grab a number from the memory refresh counter. Only problem is that if I do this in quick succession, the numbers are obviously not very random at all.
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Do you use version control software?Hi, I wonder what, if any, version control people use in their development. I use PVCS 8 at work but get a little disgruntled at the cost, the RAM …
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book' that you can get on ...What should I get??I want to add a Spectrum to my collection but having come from the Atari/Commodore/TI/Apple world, I am a little unsure what to get? Something that …
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Anyway, I'd recommend the +2 over any other ... you what keys produce what BASIC key words in 48K mode ...I like adventuresBut everyone probably already knows that. Anyway the reason I said that was because I ordered a brilliant one through Amazon which arrived yesterday.…
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If you're ... 's Decathlon, I'd also recommend Fahrenheit (it's got another ...Is there any good book on game programming for ZX Spectrum?Is there any good book on game programming for ZX Spectrum? --- Oh, found it myself [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/"]ftp://ft…
... BASIC or Machine Code. And even then there is no single book ... . There are tons of good BASIC programming books so you are ... , ZX Shed is running a BASIC game programming article so you ...compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …
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I'd recommend Z88DK if you want to ... be much faster than compiled BASIC if at all, and it ...compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …
... =Matt_B]I'd recommend Z88DK if you want ...
machine-codified Basic and is instead a ... bigger. But only might. Basic compilers often attach an< ... /> in speed to a Basic compiled PRINT (probably faster ... many times faster than Basic). There are screen functions ...Checksum RoutinesHi there everybody, Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums? Thanks Jim
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I can only recommend that you download the latest ...Checksum RoutinesHi there everybody, Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums? Thanks Jim
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> I can only recommend that you download the latest ... mid-June build and my BASIC checksum program works fine.
Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... same way we read a book and to draw it in ... was a big pain), I recommend keeping to the normal method ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... avoid cvs :-) I can highly recommend TortoiseCVS for your windows cvs ... an update. There are some basic instructions on setting this up ...Adventure Books....Anybody remember the books where you just copied the program language word for word..and play the adventure game after? It was when I was a kid...I …
... brilliant book and one that used some neat tricks in BASIC.
book in the type-ins section ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are ... of the standard (and a book) I'd call it a ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... . You could have bought Microsoft BASIC for it later that year ... the more structured versions of BASIC were its spiritual successors though ... of the standard (and a book) I'd call it a ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... of the standard (and a book) I'd call it a ... can be boiled down to basic operations on a Turing machine ... , I wouldn't bother with Basic at all. Why? It's ... pursuing it in the future, Basic would probably be my first ...A Rare First EditionFor twenty years I've been searching for a rare first edition of the Orange Spectrum manual. This had typos and goodness knows what but the corrected…
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The 1982 book "Exploring Spectrum BASIC by Mike Lord even ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... structure and more power then BASIC. Back in the 1980s Steven ... he co-wrote a programming book "Reasoned Programming" which costs about ...
