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How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…
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How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…
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Alternative 48K keyboard/caseLooking for any alternative 48K keyboard/case ... preferably a Fuller FDS or a Transform Ltd. No DK'Tronics or Saga Emperor please (I have/have had …
Looking for any alternative 48K keyboard/case ... preferably a Fuller FDS or a Transform Ltd.
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A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
... I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use ... routine and use it from BASIC but is this not the ... make something two player in BASIC since I use INPUT INKEY ... -
Basic programming for kidsHi there I'm thinking strongly of getting my kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so I can get two bluetooth keyboards fo…
... kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so ... and mess around with their BASIC program to see what happens ... -
Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... return that value to the BASIC program.
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Text file to BASICHi, Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall somethi…
Hi,
Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall something being mentioned in the past, but I can't find it via search.
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User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…
... user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being ... the UDF right in Sinclair BASIC...strangely, I have been able ... to do it in BBC BASIC...
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wtb: Spectrum and/or Spectrum Plus CaseLooking to buy a Spectrum (rubber key) and a Plus case. I would be interested in a case only, or a non functional machine - don't want to take a wor…
... (rubber key) and a Plus case. I would be interested in ... a case only, or a non functional ... circulation just to get a case for my Harlequin project. Would ... -
Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... type LOAD "t:" in +3 BASIC due to the non-working ... a blast with that, in case it is just filthy contacts ... function program I opened the case just to see what it ... -
Using a Mayflash MD USB Adapter with Spectaculator on Windows 10Using a Mayflash MD USB Adapter with Spectaculator on Windows 10 First, plug the Mayflash MD USB Adapter into a USB port and let Windows do it's t…
... /> Now open Spectaculator and select Kempston as the wanted Joystick ... .png[/img]
009 Select Kempston Joystick
From the Tools menu, select Options.
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Best basic game to port to another machineI want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise 128[/url]. What are the best basic game for this? For example [url="http://www.e…
... want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu ... ].
What are the best basic game for this?
For ... .htm"]this is an EP basic game[/url], that show EP ...Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations without flicker or trails ? Is this possible in BASIC ?Screenshots from my old BASIC gamesI have written several dozens of games in 90's. They haven't remained, so I show only screenshots 'for history'. Some screenshots are real, but all…
... have been written on a BASIC; gameplay was very primitive.
The only survived BASIC game from this list.
My last BASIC game (possibly, the largest BASIC game for ZX ...Basic versions of popular Spectrum games?A couple years ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a Spanish competition, and it looked amazing. I forgot most details, but remember it resem…
... I saw a game in Basic which was part of a ... Silly clone completely written in Basic. Is there a list of ... Basic games which are similar to ... I see something written in Basic, but with good UDGs and ...Saving BASIC program from Spectrum to PCSo I did something stupid. I started writing a program on the Spectrum, and before I knew it I am on line # 1430 of my BASIC program. I now have had…
... on line # 1430 of my BASIC program.
I now have ...ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
... thought of releasing it in case it would be useful for ... , allocate full 6912 just in case
if((store=(unsigned char ... "
;;
;; code for pasmo basic
END $c000
;;
How do I use colour control codes in 128 basic?Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print state…
Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print statement when the extend mode does not work in 128 basic. Can anyone enlighten me please?SkoolKit 6.0SkoolKit 6.0 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into assembler-friendly ASM forma…
... ]tapinfo.py --basic[/i] (which lists BASIC loaders and other BASIC programs in ... fields ([i]{base}[/i], [i]{case}[/i], [i]{asm}[/i], [i ...ZX Spectrum BASIC game jam over on itch.ioHello, everyone. Apologies for the prolonged absence. (It's been almost 4 years, yikes!) Just wanted to let everyone know there's a [url="https://itc…
... .io/jam/zx-spectrum-basic-jam"]Sinclair Basic game jam[/url] starting ...Talk about time consuming!This is an aside, not a request or a grump, just an observation. Yesterday I cut and pasted all the messages from BASIC relating to my struggl…
... pasted all the messages from BASIC relating to my struggle with ... be possible whereas in Sinclair Basic on Fuse it would run ... interest lies in programming, in case anyone wondered.ZX ROM in 64 characters a lineDear ZXS users, I am glad the today's release is not only concerning MB-02+ as it is normally the case with me, but it concerns really everyone, sinc…
... + as it is normally the case with me, but it concerns ... be for those programming in BASIC since two times more information ...ZX81 games in the ZX Spectrum by Russell MarksAfter having seen them for a while I always had the curiosity of knowing if they were somehow translated from the zx81 basic/MC to the Spectrum basi…
... from the zx81 basic/MC to the Spectrum basic/MC or the ... a zx81? In the latter case, how can it do so ...I live and learnThanks to Einar's ZXDB link I found under the Books folder and English sub directory a PDF file named 'The Century Computer Programming Course for Z…
... Course for ZX81 and Spectrum Basic'. I must have half a ... dozen Basic lesson books but it always ...Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…
... 're getting into coding in Basic, squared (graph) paper is your ... - mainly thanks to quirks in Basic working out what the instructions ... everything on screen in which case you probably won't be ...Where's my green square? Basic & m/c question.I'm going mad here - can anyone tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a green square at the top of the screen? I've checked the num…
... tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a ... I don't think the basic is overwriting the M/C ...Input command in 128K BASICHi, Is the input command different between 48K BASIC and 128K BASIC? I'm typing in a missing listing from the TypeFantasic and using 128K BASIC…
... command different between 48K BASIC and 128K BASIC?
I'm ... the TypeFantasic and using 128K BASIC so I don't have ...
