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BASIC performance tips?Been fiddling around with an old project a little after rescuing it from tape, and I'm toying with the idea of completing it (hey, better late than n…
... being written entirely in Spectrum BASIC. I can compile it, but ... 'd like to tweak the BASIC to optimum performance first in ... on performance tuning for Speccy BASIC? Which commands to avoid, viable ... -
used RUBBER ;) or 128 any left?hello, I?m looking for these two miracles but alive! or any of them. (48 rubber / 128k) no need to be boxed, just the basic accesories to make it go…
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RGB to Television for Spectrum+ 128So, after acquiring a Spectrum+ 128, I was looking forward to connecting it up to my telly via the RGB socket. Now, I did have oen that I bought aaaa…
So, after acquiring a Spectrum+ 128, I was looking forward to ... , but not for a Spectrum+128, however, it is proving elusive ... -
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. …
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Spectrum 128 membrane.Can anyone point me at a good diagram of the 128 keyboard membranes (upper and lower) please? I've got the one out of the technical manual but I'm j…
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Sinclair basic creation/editing programHi guys I'm just starting to write a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there that would alow me to write the pro…
... a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... br /> Profiling of your BASIC code to identify speed ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and variable. ... .
Supports loading and saving to .tzx/.tap files, ...
Assembler/Debugger - very basic at the moment, but should ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... br /> Profiling of your BASIC code to identify speed ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and variable. ... .
Supports loading and saving to .tzx/.tap files, ...
Assembler/Debugger - very basic at the moment, but should ... -
Speeding up BasicHi, Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic? What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 5…
Hi,
Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic?
What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 50000,100?
Thanks
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128 ramdisk loaderanyone got a program which will save the contents of ramdisk to tape in one go, rather than saving each file seperately then loading them and save!in…
anyone got a program which will save the contents of ramdisk to tape in one go, rather than saving each file seperately then loading them and save!ing them back in later? -
BBC BASIC for the SpectrumThe latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url="http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software/Spectrum/BBCBasic"]http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software…
The latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url=" ... -
BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…
... .. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window ... text to my box but basic seems to position text in ... should be in the Spectrum Basic section.. I didnt see it ... -
Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…
Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making basic games for the speccy? -
Spectrum 128 with boxed Microdrive and external 3.5 floppySee: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spectrum-128-boxed-microdrive-floppys-printer_W0QQitemZ8218945012QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.…
... ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spectrum-128-boxed-microdrive-floppys-printer_W0QQitemZ8218945012QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http ... ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spectrum-128-boxed-microdrive-floppys-printer_W0QQitemZ8218945012QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url ... -
IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …
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SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed! -
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…
... basic format.
Anyway, my problem is with that of saving ... -
Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…
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Some of the Basic programes and games I've ... , it's possible that these Basic games were not programmed with ... -
An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…
... about. On the Speccy 128 there was the keypad you ... website reading about the 128 keypad and the protocol ... it is a fairly basic protocol that runs on ... routines was in the Speccy 128 and +2 if memory ... scanning routines of the old 128 keypad. The priciple being ... -
divIDE issuesI discovered a few issues with the divIDE hardware and FATware software that may be of interest to some people. 1. ROM paging If your Spectrum is a…
... to page RAM over the BASIC ROM the paging is unaffected ... fine on a normal Spectrum 128, but will leave 0x8000-0xBFFF ... -
Changing MP3's from 128+ to just 128I have a number of MP3's that are bigger than 128 bit rate and i want to convert them all in one go to 128. Could you guys recommend some easy to …
... 's that are bigger than 128 bit rate and i want ... all in one go to 128.
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Writing for MultifaceI was just wondering, is it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use the Multiface to run it? I'd like to write a small util to edit te…
... it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use ... . I'd probably be just saving snaps of the games off ... -
Faulty 128Need some help here. I've got a 128+ that won't boot to the menu. It just displays a load of rubbish on the screen. Here's an example of what it does…
... here. I've got a 128+ that won't boot to ... -
BASIC 2005 Competition - a lot of games for downloadA lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all in spanish for download now: [url="http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2005.html"]http://www…
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Sinclair Extended BASIC...Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.
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speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …
... 'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to ... program that I type a basic program and it compile and ... -
Detecting TR-DOS from BASICIs there a simple (or contrived :D ) way to detect the presence of a TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC? For fairly obvious reasons this can't rel…
... TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC?
For fairly obvious ...
