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  • 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
  • BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…

    ... a 48k/128k emulator wrapped up in a nice Delphi-Style ... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
    up the links a bit.
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Emulators
  • BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …

    ... a 48k/128k emulator wrapped up in a nice Delphi-Style ... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
    up the links a bit.
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Speccy 48K Sound EffectsHow did programmers of old get the more digitisy sounds out of the spectrum, specifically the 48K machine so no Yamaha sound chip to play with. They …

    ... play with. They clearly gave up on the beep command. Take ... sound. Is this possible with BASIC, I would love to know ...
    Womble Womble February 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…

    ... PAW and now have a basic understanding of them all but ... using BMP2SCR and touched it up and am quite pleased with ... . The best I can come up with is somehow importing a ...
    yadster yadster February 2006 Development
  • Mega rare Red Boxes home control systemMega rare Red Boxes starter system hardware ? Sinclair / Commodore / BBC Now there?s rare and there?s rare! This piece of kit dates from 1986 and wa…

    ... something called Red Basic, a powerful version of BASIC, specifically developed for ... someone similar to knock you up a lead but it shouldn ... to grips with the Red Basic system.

    I doubt ...
    wadsterboy wadsterboy February 2006 Sales
  • 4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)

    Do you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)
    Fikee Fikee February 2006 Development
  • the computer's cracking up!I'm running WinXP here, now the other day windows explorer just wouldn't start. just comes up with a box that tells me [quote]There was a problem se…

    I'm running WinXP here, now the other day windows explorer just wouldn't start. just comes up with a box that tells me
    [quote]There was a problem sending the command to the program [/quote].
    Could it be an evil virus?
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm February 2006 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ...
    Spadge Spadge March 2006 Development
  • RealSpec start upI understand that you can add a start-up line to initiate the version, mode,interface etc; for RealSpectrum but I'm a complete ham with emulators, a…

    ... you can add a start-up line to initiate the version ... want to do is start up in fullscreen mode as a ...
    Blondin235 Blondin235 March 2006 Emulators
  • Homing missile routine - help neededI am attempting to write a routine which will allow a missile to home in on a player. Basically the sort of thing you see in most shoot-em-up games. …

    ... shoot-em-up games.

    I have a BASIC program which ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2006 Development
  • +3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…

    ... that a cable be made up so that a 3" drive ... the system would be in BASIC so that the saving/loading ... saving would be done in BASIC, saving to anything is possible ...
    icabod icabod April 2006 Development
  • 128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.

    It is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
    chev chev April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... The UDG editor is set up by default, but it's ... quite easy to set up for sprites. No masking ... yet - anyone come up with any ideas for more ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
    ... left) wasn't keeping up with the current state until ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Emulators
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... The UDG editor is set up by default, but it's ... quite easy to set up for sprites. No masking ... yet - anyone come up with any ideas for more ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
    ... left) wasn't keeping up with the current state until ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…

    can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this:
    PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2: ...
    or so...
    Fikee Fikee April 2006 Development
  • Switching basic to 48k modeHi there, we all know that the SPECTRUM command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However, when executed in a program, the SPECTRUM …

    ... command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However ...
    Paolo Ferraris Paolo Ferraris April 2006 Development
  • A job for WOSers. British sex slang glossary.An American friend of mine works as a phone sex operator and she's asked for my help. Her service is advertised on the internet and apparently she's …

    ... acts.
    Of course your basic shagg/wank terms are easy ... group of people to come up with an exhaustive list of ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis April 2006 Chit chat
  • Lemmings on speccy 128k!Just got this game, it's absolutely amazing how they managed to cram all the levels onto a ZX Spectrum! Poor old 128k does chug a bit though trying …

    ... keep up with playing the music, all the sprites and the scrolling ...
    Resident0 Resident0 April 2006 Games
  • creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…

    ... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectrum BASIC Programs listings MagazinesHi to all, I'm an Italian newbie of this forum, but i know this site since long time ago. I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of …

    ... .
    I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of ... course an old BASIC programmer :wink: ) and i ... have so many scans on BASIC programming magazine in the archive ... Magazine which has published many BASIC programs for Spectrum and others ...
    Bimbo72 Bimbo72 May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…

    ... on a way of speeding up loading code in a fairly ...
    Laser Laser May 2006 Emulators
  • Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…

    ... running a program in 128k basic (so that you can ... switch back down to 48k basic before you run the ... like to do this within BASIC.

    I ... I switch down to 48k basic the program stops executing. ... I would like my basic program to continue its operation ...
    saiwong saiwong May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Help me remember the name of this game.I'm trying to remember the name of old side scrolling platformer I played on zx80 Spectrum computer. I remember it had an item you could pick up that…

    ... the name of old side scrolling platformer I played on zx80 ... an item you could pick up that would let you walk ...
    Power_Surge Power_Surge May 2006 Games
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