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Screens and BasicA question about the ZX screens. I am using software to convert my own art and drawings to the ZX Spectrum. I have some tools to change .jpg files in…
... screens.
I am using software to convert my own art and ... .jpg files into ZX Spectrum screens and to output them in the ... finds a "Bytes: so and so" and so it's unloadable.
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[Newbie] From tape to PC?Hi! I've spent all the morning trying to recover some old basic programs I did on a 48K Spectrum before it crashed. I've tried with a modern compute…
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Spectaculator and MicrodrivesBeing unable to program machine code I've been looking at ways of improving the speed of my basic and I've hit on the idea of loading data from micro…
... improving the speed of my basic and I've hit on the ... loading data from microdrives ie screens and udgs
My question ... is does spectaculator load from and save to microdrives at the ... -
ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…
... how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using complicated that ... that fantastic new games and software possibilities like text ... processing graphic and hardware control.
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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 ... code program and it's never going to return to Basic? Can ... />
I tried it once and my program crashed. I guess ... this memory safely?
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archeological quest in a pyramide - two vessels and forgotten nameI'm almost at the point of browsing all existing Spectrum games to find out this one. You were equipped with two vessels (ships) - one small and one …
... and one large. Combining their skill you were to clean subsequent screens and ... go deeper and deeper into pyramide. There ... your vessels with different tools and materials if I remember well ... -
TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... personal utility to do Spectrum screens and save them out into whatever ... TG will not contain a basic interpreter/compiler or anything like ... , use a basic game engine where you 'drag and drop' or ... Forth, but in Basic, by the way ) and everything else in White ... -
Name That Game and End My TormentHey everybody ! In the search for The Game With No Name, I stumbled across these fine forums, and I believe, if you have some spare time, that this …
... across these fine forums, and I believe, if you ... game was separated into several screens and you looked at your ... its roots in two underworld screens which the hero could ... had to collect things and take them to a ... level in the game and the hero him/her/ ... -
Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
... and the end of the 2nd page of mode 4 screens ... up the Sam screens as stubs and I realise I ... routines show all four screens on one SDL screen ... really am limited to 2 screens active at once. If ... as well just hardcode two screens and say "double buffering only".< ... -
How could you hear if loading BASIC or MC?When loading a Spectrum program from tape you could usually hear from the sound if it is a BASIC or is some machine code program *. My question is, w…
... if it is a BASIC or is some machine ... ?
In BASIC I assume that the keyword ... kind of ascii number and not the actual name ... should not a Basic program in memory (and to tape) look ... code sounds hard and tight, and BASIC more light and open. :smile: -
Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to ... made experiments with game loading screens and loading the 768 bytes randomly ... way to optimize this routine and make it work without using ... characters.
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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?
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Screen to vector?I've found old topics covering this subject and even spoke to Geoff about this, but still want to ask a few questions. I've been playing with vector…
... ) and I've successfully created simple images by using a small BASIC ... program to trace lines on top of screens. The ... assuming such routine, either in BASIC or m.c., would have ... video file to line art screens, and I don't know how ... -
Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
I've written a basic loader to simply do a ' ... Spectrum can't render a screens and attributes quick enough to prevent ... work within a loop in basic in order to play video ... -
An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is ... "Instr-(filename of game)", and allows some very simple markup ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[ ... ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that channel and INPUT # ... -
CAT!RAM and PUTRAMLast year sometime I posted a couple of routines to: * catalogue the 128k RAMdisk in BASIC; * move RAMTOP and the stacks from BASIC. CAT!RAM and PUTR…
... RAMdisk in BASIC;
* move RAMTOP and the stacks from BASIC.
... CAT!RAM and PUTRAM are ... As CAT!RAM is in BASIC and is swapping around RAM pages ... the m/c stack and GOSUB stack and BASIC variables; it also ... -
Russian point and click game?Does anyone know what happened to that Russian point and click adventure game that was ported over from the PC? I cant remember the name but there wa…
Does anyone know what happened to that Russian point and click adventure game that was ported over from the PC? I cant remember the name but there was an animated gif of a collection of screens and one of them had a talking wall inside a house! :) -
New game: Funky FungusHappy Easter folks! What's better to do during these Spring holidays than playing some new game on our Spectrums? ;-) And lo, here is... [center] [y…
... programming utilities for the graphic and BASIC part. This is the first ... its "Agile" variant, for both screens and code.
Core game ... , fine-tuning of the BASIC housekeeping program and to final gameplay testing ... -
And round and round you go...<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">The recent Tir Na Nog post got me thinking about games where, even w…
... a map, you got hopelessly and irrevocably lost. Actually, TNN wasn ... 't I. Right, back nine screens and left, then...The Hobbit - Oh ... any computer but, by Yaweh and his mighty hammer, your carefully ... the space started filling up and you ended up ploughing through ... -
The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
... and FD use FAT format
Full TR-DOS support from BASIC ... more
ROM1 - 48K Basic
SysRam:
basic
and system progs/im 1 soft ... , like a working 128K menu and basic (like plus-d), from the ... -
Under development: SETO TAISHO VS YOKAIAfter having been defeated by Funky Fungus, Seto Taisho, the crockery general, returns to Japan with its dreams of glory now shattered. However, duri…
... /> [list]- levels 1 and 2 complete with boss screens and background music;
- loading screen;
- housekeeping program with lives and ... from scratch (no more compiled BASIC).
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Which great games had terrible Loading screen/title screens?Which great games had terrible Loading screen/title screens and could do with a remake? :) This will be interesting
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Help with a TIMEX TC2048 and memory problemBought a 2nd hand Timex TC2048 but unfortunately I detected a problem with the machine which is preventing it from working properly. I believe it …
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- keyboard works and basic programs can be entered and run.
- No ... PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 and the result is 40959.
and the result is still the ... br />
But placing U10 and U11 doesn't change from ... -
Witchcraft: Nirvana, Bifröst and such[url="http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/10/buzzsaw-zx-spectrum.html"]"When considering this next to nearly every other ZX Spectrum game though, Buzzsaw is l…
... medieval witches think of that?) and is still posting here.
and Bifröst enfgines (though, ... Of Albion Nirvana interlude screens and so on, and it also has weird ... Games which might disprove this, and will show for definite which ... -
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... goes to plan, and I want some Next BASIC Crap Games to ... any other Sinclair BASIC, for that matter), and produce weird error reports ... three separate loading screens, and making tape, disc and microdrive versions, and complete reproductions ... -
Best Type-In GamesWhat type in programs did you think the end result was worth the effort of typing them in? Even though most of them were not of the quality of com…
... /> Another that was pretty short and decent was a Snaker game ... result for a BASIC program, it had a five screens, in which ... spot on each screen, some screens had moving platforms.
< ... Isometric maze affair with 10 screens and had masked sprites, but it ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... about another preservation project, and will probably name it SIP ... through their own tape collection and TZXing the lot. In ... the basic site layout is designed to also hold the loading screens and ... course open to any and all suggestions and would be happy to ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... ( if done manually ) loading the basic loader-> save to disk ... correct start address etc. basic loader may have to be ... by fine making a basic loader name "boot" and placing RANDOMIZE USR ... version features a few new screens, and updated status panel. For the ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... to do this with 2 screens, and at "only" 6912 each, ... can make lowres colour screens with resolution of 64x48 pixel ... that article and more people saw my 2x1 screens i got ... Pro is written in Dark Basic Pro, so it will ... program from C to Basic, please contact me.
