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  • Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…

    ... few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the ... sure if its written in BASIC) on the Apple II, and ... this could be done in BASIC on the Spectrum using Arrays ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic games Compo? Nathan ?Is there any chance of you running another competition for new games again? I remember there being quite a few good games, and the thread was interes…

    ... the thread was interesting bringing up Basic games.

    I meant ... to enter the Basic part but failed due to ... catogories available, like SAM Coupe Basic (obviously), QL SuperBasic etc etc ...
    CKay CKay December 2006 Development
  • Speeding up programs by hacking the SysVarsPositively pleased to properly discover this area of the forum! I have a couple of recent tricks that might be of interest - they're probably old hat…

    ... them here.

    First up, you can temporarily hack the ... -prog-with-nxtlin-to-speed-up-basic-loops/"]Hacking PROG with NXTLIN ...
    Robsoft Robsoft August 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • New Version of ZEsarUX v9.3 Beta 1 availableNew Version of ZEsarUX v9.3 Beta 1 available Downloads: [url="https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases/tag/9.3-25062021"]https://github.co…

    ... ), scrolling up/down by using the mouse wheel
    -Can now browse Basic ...
    Luzie Luzie June 2021 Emulators
  • ZEsarUX 10.0ZEsarUX 10.0 is out! Download it from : https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases/tag/10.0 Changes: Version 10.0 - Clive Sinclair edi…

    ... br /> - Can now browse Basic variables on ZX Spectrum, ZX81 ... (toggle breakpoint, change registers), scrolling up/down by using the mouse ... br /> -Can now browse Basic variables on ZX Spectrum, ZX81 ... current line on menu View Basic
    -Added Window View ...
    chernandezba chernandezba October 2021 Emulators
  • Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…

    ... in the CSSCGC to provide scrolling from BASIC. My principle is to ... a character map, back it up, then restore from it to ... , alter it, then back it up again (if you want to ...
    joefish joefish March 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…

    ... I've ever seen a BASIC program scrolling the screen that fast ... write a utility for speeding up BASIC graphics you might like, you ... on a hidden screen with up to 64 pre-coloured UDGs ... that background. It also speeds up printing multi-line objects from ...
    joefish joefish April 2019 Brand new software
  • Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…

    ... I've ever seen a BASIC program scrolling the screen that fast ... write a utility for speeding up BASIC graphics you might like, you ...
    IvanBasic IvanBasic April 2019 Brand new software
  • BASin bug?Every now n then I'm getting "invalid floating point operation" when trying to load up BASIC programs....it then locks up BASin But I can get r…

    ... trying to load up BASIC programs....it then locks up BASin

    Wookiee Wookiee February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…

    ... /> [b]Install & Set-up SevenuP[/b] - [url]http://metalbrain ... or not use a basic loader, or whaterver. I ... .tap
    cat basic.tap maintitle.tap code. ... can pick it up.

    basic.tap is just ... autoruns. Pasmo can create basic loaders for you as ...
    TomD TomD July 2015 Development
  • Searching for the perfect Spectrum emulator (Android)I'm searching for the best Spectrum emulator to run on my GPD XD, which runs Android. I've got several thousand TZXs on a flash card (I own all the o…

    ... ROM - which means lots of scrolling up and down to try and ... 's current state: starting it up means a few minutes waiting ...
    KenD KenD October 2016 Emulators
  • OLD TOWER - Background renderingLove this game. Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down. W…

    Love this game.

    Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down.
    What does it look like on a real spectrum, anyone?
    Marius Marius October 2020 Software
  • Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!

    ... PC (sorry to bring this up!} can do a hundred million ... in the bucket" game..fire up basic and do it. try doing ... that on the PC...fire up C compiler...figure out graphic ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2003 Games
  • i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…

    ... he has worked with is Basic? (Dr. Evil smugness with ... dissent).
    [/quote]

    Basic is all about mystery code ... a flawed fashion by taking up Basic or you can learn it ... links:

    Learn Sinclair Basic:

    [url="http://www ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • The Speccy Games Programming CompetitionFor those who weren't following the OT thread... We have the CGC and we have the Minigames competitions, but we don't have an actual Spectrum Games …

    ... don't make diferencies between BASIC and MC games. probably only ... note: what about BETA BASIC and MEGA BASIC? that are pretty clever ... more things than even compilated BASIC can. kicking them out is ... are tools aimed to speed up BASIC.)
    in my opinion the ...
    Fikee Fikee May 2004 Games
  • Splat!how many levels does it feckin' have? ive been playing it and saving snapshots after every level, so far ive done 1-7 then the level stays on 7 but …

    ... same time) and then starts scrolling up at increased speed. This happens ... continually, speeding up at each pass, until you ... can no longer keep up with the speed and all ...
    mpaulj mpaulj August 2004 Games
  • Avalon and DragontorcAlways wandered why these games are so highly rated. I never liked them - never had the time and patience to get involved. This morning I was going t…

    ... had forgotten how annoying the scrolling up and down for spells was ...
    Vanamonde Vanamonde November 2004 Games
  • Avalon and DragontorcAlways wandered why these games are so highly rated. I never liked them - never had the time and patience to get involved. This morning I was going t…

    ... had forgotten how annoying the scrolling up and down for spells was ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad February 2005 Games
  • FREE Games looking for a good homeHello, I have the following games which are looking for a good home: Timegate - Quicksilva Future Games - Mastertronic Frog~5/Showdown - Artic Comp…

    ... get purple and green bars scrolling up
    mel the bell mel the bell April 2005 Sales
  • 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…

    ... on various ways to speed up BASIC, however using variables instead of ...
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... on various ways to speed up BASIC, however using variables
    > ... . At runtime it just picks up the five-byte number.
    Geoff Geoff July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • New Speccy Games!!!Hi guys!!!... CEZ Games Studio has released two new Speccy games!!!... The first one is Galaxy Fighter, a Shoot?em?Up Download [url="http://cezgs.…

    ... get is the main ship scrolling up the screen, followed by what ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler September 2005 Games
  • What was the last commercial game released / you bought?Two pronged question this. Does anyone know what the last commercially released Spectrum game was and when? I guess it would have been about 1994 i…

    ... games released in that year. Scrolling up and down I see that ...
    Ashley Pomeroy Ashley Pomeroy October 2005 Games
  • 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…

    ... a comeback - not just BASIC, but Perl and Python ... /C++/C#, etc. BASIC has the additional benefit ... that non-BASIC programmers are usually able ... can deny that picking up BASIC (true BASICs, that is ... general as well as BASIC has value, no matter ...
    NickH NickH September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Multiple loading screens[i]Action Biker[/i] suffers from having to endure multiple loading screens. Any other games that have this annoying "feature"?

    ... static multicolor image/sprite moving/scrolling up and down though...
    48K 48K October 2006 Games
  • Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …

    ... a Speccy normally does, ending up in a blank white screen ... screen, to flashing attributes slowly scrolling up the screen
    - black screen ... other random characters about. Hooking up the keyboard and pressing keys ...
    Winston Winston December 2006 Hardware
  • Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …

    ... a Speccy normally does, ending up in a blank white screen ... screen, to flashing attributes slowly scrolling up the screen
    - black screen ... other random characters about. Hooking up the keyboard and pressing keys ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2006 Hardware
  • BASIC videosThere are two Master Class video cassettes appearing on YouTube the first chunk of which is here [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhHEP6Ir9Sk[/ur…

    Quality - I love these kind of things.

    Tape 2 Part 2 is hosed tho - sound is all sped up, BASIC tutoring by a chipmunk!
    Womble Womble June 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC videosThere are two Master Class video cassettes appearing on YouTube the first chunk of which is here [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhHEP6Ir9Sk[/ur…

    ... tho - sound is all sped up, BASIC tutoring by a chipmunk![/QUOTE ...
    ADJB ADJB June 2007 Sinclair Basic
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