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  • Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …

    ... knew this:

    Suppose BASIC encounters a variable reference while ... /assign), it has to come up with the actual memory address ... it just plain text, and BASIC has to search a table ...
    GOC GOC September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • NVidia Display drivers - fuk!n up my system - need help!Hello. Im having problems with video card drivers. My graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 64MB. I downloaded the latest (or tried the older) dri…

    ... reason why this message shows up is the graphics driver.

    This error pops-up totally unperiodically, you cannot guess ... when it will show up again, has already blown me ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 October 2005 Chit chat
  • Bit slow on the uptake (like at least a few years)I've just noticed that half the stuff about how to hack Powerload is missing from the Issue 59 edition of HTH on this site (you've got to get up pret…

    ... (you've got to get up pretty damn early to outsmart ... and gently (like explaining the Basic for a start). I'll ...
    JonNorth JonNorth October 2005 Development
  • BASin release 12a available for downloadChristmas has arrived early, and the new release of BASin is ready for you lot to point out errors, inconsistencies and bugs. Get it here: [url="ht…

    ... /> - The help file is now up to date and enhanced, and ... can be used in your BASIC programs or the editor.
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... ...

    Some of the Basic programes and games I've ... , it's possible that these Basic games were not programmed with ...
    mulder mulder October 2005 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... that it is a fairly basic protocol that runs on RS232 ... assembler for breakfast could rattle up something like that.

    KeepGood KeepGood October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • LOTRD is back!Hey guys! I've got some news to tell you all... TLOTRD is now back on after about 3 months absence! :D For those of you who don't know what the hell…

    ... over a year ago in BASIC. Unfortunately, I had problems galore ... it in GAC, but gave up when I could only do ... GAC version but not a BASIC version, as I'm gonna ...
    pottyboy pottyboy October 2005 Announcements
  • Spectrum Key Codes?Hi guys, I have just been reading up about the Sinclair Keypad that was released to accompany the 128K. I read this on the a website, this was refe…

    ... /> I have just been reading up about the Sinclair Keypad that ... . Does anyone know some spectrum basic code I could use to ...
    KeepGood KeepGood October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • WarningWarning Some games such as "Cyclone" WILL NOT run on a +2A. I have tried numerous times, and every time the load fucks up resulting in a 48K BASIC …

    Warning

    Some games such as "Cyclone" WILL NOT run on a +2A. I have tried numerous times, and every time the load fucks up resulting in a 48K BASIC Reset. I wonder why.
    Swevicus Swevicus November 2005 Games
  • Bubbler Goes Up On Ebay Buy It Now ?200 !!Well someone had to do it, what do you think the odds are that someone will actually buy it for this price? I wish this forum had a polling system , …

    ... many week's it's up on ebay ?

    [url ...
    gargoyle67 gargoyle67 November 2005 Games
  • Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …

    ... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been testing ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K and ... test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 November 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • New FTP Server upMy FTP server is now up and running. At the moment, it is small, just a handful of TZX files from the library, most of them are utilities. Soon, …

    My FTP server is now up and running.

    At ... , the whole library will be up there and then I will ... my computer, it will be up - else it won't be ...
    DEATH DEATH November 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…

    ... machine code part of the basic only (option 2) or test ... machine code part of the basic into the screen area which ...
    JonNorth JonNorth December 2005 Development
  • WOS - The Computer Game I may start looking at putting some quick routines together for this over the weekend, so wanted to establish some sort of concensus as to the form …

    ... be a basic MM or JSW style collect-em-up, or perhaps ... screen is to be taken up by the status panel etc ... do without masking to free up more memory for screens?
    jonathan jonathan December 2005 Games
  • Tap files - exact specsThe FAQ says... [quote] TAP Format The .tap files contain blocks of tape-saved data. All blocks start with two bytes specifying how many bytes will…

    ... />
    First there is the BASIC loader program on tape. The ... believed) 19 bytes of the BASIC header, of which there are ... is also a 0 (meaning BASIC program), but then there is ... far too much stuff came up to wade through tonight.
    mulder mulder December 2005 Development
  • Updated! Download My New Maze Game - WIP DemoTo download a demo of my new game (Bipboi), please click here... [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/bipboi1.tap"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/…

    ... ,P = Left/Right, A,Z = Up/Down

    Still very ... most welcome.

    The basic idea of this game is ...
    robpearmain robpearmain December 2005 Development
  • ANN: Alchemist Software FTP site up and runningHi guys and gals Just a quick post to announce that the my new FTP site (address in my sig) is up and running. To log in, just log in as annonymous…

    ... (address in my sig) is up and running. To log in ... the entire Alchemist PD library up there plus a huge collection ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Announcements
  • How to recover data from old Microdrive cartridges?I have 17 Microdrive cartridges that I filled with games (some listed in the "Missing in Action" section of this website) about 20 years ago. My or…

    ... eventually, and one 4 line BASIC program.

    Is it ... the fixed resistors to turn up the gain on the head ...
    Ron101 Ron101 December 2005 Hardware
  • ANN: Sam Revival issue 13 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 13 of 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out! Kicking off issue 13 of Sam Revival is a 14 page news section to give a lowdown on what's happening i…

    ... developed to use it from BASIC via the Comms Interface. In ... having to register or sign-up for their service. Click on ...
    Quazar Quazar December 2005 Announcements
  • 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…

    A lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all ...
    radastan radastan January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair Extended BASIC...Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.

    Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.
    chev chev January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    paolo z paolo z January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …

    ... programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people ... any way of saving your basic program, half half way through ...
    somewherecheap somewherecheap January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • speed upHas anyone else tried turning the speed up in an emulator to make a slooooow game more playable? If so which ones actually got "enhanced" rather than…

    ... else tried turning the speed up in an emulator to make ... across any games worth speeding up????
    ASpec.
    alanspec alanspec January 2006 Games
  • 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 ...
    pissedbob pissedbob January 2006 Development
  • Converted tzx looks differentI finally decided to have a go at converting some of my old tapes to tzx incase i find any mias later on. I converted the game Speed King 2 by master…

    ... ok. It loads up ok from the 48k basic load"" just like ...
    festershinetop festershinetop January 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Toobin'I just took a look at this game for the first time. It got kind of mixed reviews, and I can see why. Quite a good idea, but a bit too frantic and unp…

    ... a sprite routine in compiled BASIC for a 16x16 pixel 8 ... variable rapids etc. (Remember "Paddles Up"?)

    Were there any ... even I could have come up with something better than that ...
    Gwyn Gwyn January 2006 Games
  • Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks

    If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
    thanks
    somewherecheap somewherecheap January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…

    Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
    Thanks in advance
    carmack carmack January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…

    Are there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc?

    The Spectrum BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton January 2006 Sinclair Basic
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