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Unofficial AGD ToolsHello, wondered if this toolkit I've written in Sinclair BASIC is any use to AGD 4.6 users? There's a text COLOUR calculator, ASM calcs, and a…
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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…
Positively pleased to properly discover this area of the forum! I ... back again later, you can use this trick to make decent savings ... -with-nxtlin-to-speed-up-basic-loops/"]Hacking PROG with NXTLIN ... -
DivIDE 57c update and 128 games?Hi all, Lots of questions ahead!! :) I have found my long lost DivIDE 57c. I have put in my Spectrum 128+ and I spotted that it has 2005 Fat…
... into 48K mode. Why?
Can I use this FatWare to load ... />
If not, can I use [url="http://velesoft.speccy.cz ... ZX48 and ZX128[/url]? (I use it for both 48+ and ... DivIDE from there?
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Can you link two Spectrums via the tape leads?If you connect EAR to MIC and vice versa, then save on one and load on the other, does it work? I don't see why it wouldn't but I'm just wondering …
If you connect EAR to MIC and vice versa, then save on one and load on the other, does it work?
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How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
This is all completely new ... to an area of the rom by default and which contains ... Exolon don't seem to use this. In fact the binary in ... the classic rom address even though it clearly doesn't use it ... So I think some games use their own character printing routine ... -
Use this URLhttps://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-magazine. I wrote to WOS several years ago about this archive. But nobody noticed :- (
https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-magazine.
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Goldfinger 64 has been released!!!!Goldfinger 64, the long awaited mod of the N64 classic Goldeneye, has finally been released! It's a really ambitious mod, eight years in the making, …
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to patch a clean rom, it must be the 'GoldenEye ... pak present. If you use an emulator, then ensure ... or the emulator to use this save format for the ... game. To do this with the Everdrive 64, ... br />
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Nasty vertical pattern on a 128K Toast Rack via RGBI managed to fix the busted membrane on my [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55755/got-myself-a-128k-toast-rack-plus-a-simple-a…
... bitmap area, which looks like this (the picture is deliberately out ... think). For example, in 48K BASIC, the pattern will change as ... border area.
All this is a little puzzling. I ... . oxidized tracks, etc.), but why is this problem not present on the ... -
Why is it so hard to produce ZX Spectrum add-on Hardware in the UK.Arguably the UK Spectrum add-on market is stagnating? Why ? Well obviously the ZX Spectrum is a very old retro micro so it's fan base would normall…
... add-on market is stagnating? Why ? Well obviously the ZX Spectrum ... of postage incurred why is the production of this ( sometimes more ... kit is still made abroad . Why is this ? Here are a few ... initial thoughts on this ( probably needs more work) :-< ... -
Multiface 3 hacked rom?Hi, I need to transfer some games on the +3 disk drive using my MF3. I know you need to have the MF3 pluged in in order to load the games afterwa…
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What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…
... know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were ... BASIC without any machine Code ? Are there many of these titles ? This ... software written using 128K BASIC .I wonder if this question was asked ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... binary digits) 8 bits long. This means bytes can store numbers ... and the high part and use this forumla to caculate the number ... figures into BC to confirm this from BASIC.
Look ... t particularaly good at taking BASIC and making optimised machine code ... -
+2aI have a +2a and it wont boot properly get the white border with black square when first powerd on but then just goes into a black screen instead of …
... garbage
2) Fried ROM, in which case you'll ... EPROM loaded with the +3 ROM
3) Screwed up ... Myself I think the ROM is fried. This would make the entire ... load of zeros and explain why the screen is black ... and why nothing is happening (the ... -
Now here's an idea...I don't know if anyone's thought of this before, if they have then I ain't heard of it. How about putting all the electronics required for a kickass …
... of hardware would you use?
This does lead to another ... do so entirely in Sinclair BASIC, and demonstrates it running on ... .
* = probably
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Now here's an idea...I don't know if anyone's thought of this before, if they have then I ain't heard of it. How about putting all the electronics required for a kickass …
... of hardware would you use?
This does lead to ... do so entirely in Sinclair BASIC, and demonstrates it running ... />
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[ This Message was edited by: Jazzbeaux ... emulator on the Spectrum in BASIC would be poorly slow. ... -
Spectrum ROMI downloaded some text files (they are actually the spectrum ROM files but in text) which can be compiled using TASM (or soemthing). I read on WOS th…
... 's and print them in BASIC and when you move them ... so nice. Instead you could use this simple routine.
To move ... /> [/code]
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Spectrum edge connectors and 'Dataman Softy S4'Hi, I moved this from the sales thread because it seems more appropriate...anyway... I was twerping around the idea of turning a Spectrum into a we…
... edge connector; I can then use this in its EPROM emulation mode ... /> The best way to do this is to assert the /ROMCS ... in the Spectrum to do this code loading.
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Advantages of SE?I'm not too aware of SE Basic. Primarily, I would like to know just wot kinda advantages SE Basic has to offer over other kind of BASICs? Wot can it …
... routines that call the appropriate ROM routines - ie you cahce the ... -times to access the various ROM routines. It's not my ... , only modified to work with SE Basic. -
Book listingsI used to spend hours typing in programs from books. I had a whole box of them books and typed in hundreds of programs. Some good, some bad and some …
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On 2002-12-17 00:05, aowen wrote:
Maybe the SE Basic forum should be a more generic Sinclair Basic forum for discussing this sort of thing?
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SE BasicSE Basic is no longer being developed.
... this is fantasic. will the basic compiler improve the speed of basic ... machine code? the other basic compilers ive tried dont improve ... does se basic compare to older extended basic programs like laser basic/megabasic/ ... the available version of se basic soon. -
File viewerI need a program for viewing files in hex and preferably edit them. It must be a Windows program and free. I have been using a dos program for much…
[quote]cyborg wrote: BASIC?[/quote]
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just "plus other bits"Meteor Storm, Quicksilva Games 1, Sinclair Rainbow book of BASIC programs, WH Smith Cheers, Steve. [ This Message was edited by: steven on 2003-04…
... Kempston compatable. I had both this and the AMX. It should ... that provided extensions to BASIC to make use of the mouse and ... -
Are there any talented speccy programmers out there?Whats happened to all of the spectrum enthusiasts? There are very few new releases for the spectrum and remakes for new platforms don't interest me. …
... /> On average how many people use this forum that can program or ... it to?)from this line of work but why sit back and ... -
Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
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I use this method. Try out this demo:
[url=" ... br /> Yes, for smooth scrollers this is a requirement. Your graphics ... BASIC ;)
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Cross-development. A lot of people use ... from BASIC.
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More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
... . I didn't know this, I always thought that ... br /> Also, if you use commands that don't care ... ...), for 3 you can use just PI, and for ... [/quote]
All BASIC-commands that uses integer values ... "0"
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Spectrum PentathlonHi, What games would you include in a 'Spectrum Pentathlon' that would challenge any gamer's skills in varied ways? Greets, SpecMem
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Batty - excellent choice! this game be nominated for ST03 ... '2 days', with watchable playback this is one of BEST EVER ... good for 'ONE USE' (i.e. call-up challenge) Why? I guess ... levels (60), acceptable for 'one use', this game be nominated for ST03 ... -
Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... That reminds me, I made this available previously....
Shows ... use of course is up to you but for this ... with Spin but the ROM is not included due ... find the "multiface 128 rom" for yourself. It needs ... br />
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Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... cheekily loaded into E2A4H at this point ;)
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Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
... opinion about games, and this is why I used all those EXCUSES ... way in fact... This is why I wrote in this topic to show ... it, if somebody wants to use this approach... not my rankings, the ... different as it seems: this is why lots o people loves bomb ... -
Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
... opinion about games, and this is why I used all those EXCUSES ... way in fact... This is why I wrote in this topic to show ... it, if somebody wants to use this approach... not my rankings, the ... different as it seems: this is why lots o people loves bomb ...
