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SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…
One more small update on the FTP - INKEY$ now returns the key your're pressing (as before) but the output is now modified according to the state of the shift key whereas before it only returned uppercase letters and no symbols.
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Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…
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if inkey$="z" OR "x" then goto ... />
That won't work. INKEY$ will return an empty string ... one of them is a shift key.
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Keyboard mapping...Hi Folks, This is probably going to be one of those daft questions but... On the emulators (Spectrum and CPC) why are the keyboards not mapped to t…
... , in particular some commands like INKEY$.
For the rest ... this - :;@'~#=+-_.?/|\ sprint to mind. Shift-0 on backspace is nice ... -
Keyboard mapping...Hi Folks, This is probably going to be one of those daft questions but... On the emulators (Spectrum and CPC) why are the keyboards not mapped to t…
... , in particular some commands like INKEY$.
For the rest ... this - :;@'~#=+-_.?/|\ sprint to mind. Shift-0 on backspace is nice ... -
IN or INKEY ?just curious which is better to use.. I have a menu done.. and use 6/7 to go up down it + space to cycle thru the options (using inkey).. obv. if I w…
On any Spectrum, INKEY$ will return code 13 for ... down-arrow/up-arrow or Shift-6/Shift-7. Presumably you're ... /55) at present for direction. INKEY$ could still be used to ... functionality - although shift+key combinations can be handled with INKEY$, as can ... -
What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…
... I pressed CAPS LOCK or SHIFT+2 on a +2B.
10 LET a = CODE INKEY$
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What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…
... , INKEY$ just returns the pressed keys without interpreting them. Thus Shift-2 ... will simply return value 6, Shift-5 will simply return value ... and handle then properly. Thus Shift-2 will switch CAPS LOCK ... automatically changed if you press Shift-2 during INKEY$. -
What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…
... INKEY$ just returns the pressed keys without interpreting them. Thus Shift-2 ... simply return value 6, Shift-5 will simply return value ... handle then properly. Thus Shift-2 will switch CAPS LOCK ... changed if you press Shift-2 during INKEY$.[/QUOTE]
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WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... calculates a possible random vertical shift for the target object.
"Press any key" detectionWhat would be the simplest way to detect if *any* key is being pressed? No LAST_K trickery, I can't rely on that. It has to be reading the keyboard p…
... . If someone wrote their own inkey function and created their own ... translation table for the custom inkey and the program is also ... . For example, CAPS or SYM shift won't count as keypresses ...A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
... is being pressed (excluding shift keys) then INKEY$ returns 0, so it ... /> . If pressing just the two shift keys then DE = $2718.
. If pressing one shift key and one other key ... , then D identifies the shift key and E identifies the ...Why don't the variables print where I told them too?I wrote the following program to experiment with creating sounds using 3 notes of BEEP and having the ability to change the notes up or down one at a…
... input at all, caps shift or not. Like INKEY$ doesn't do ...i need a sideways scrolling program written in basicso like ghosts and goblins it scrolls along with the player. i had help with this before in making a tunnel game but this time i need it to be a able…
... would be too slow to shift much around before becoming unplayable ... need to figure out the Inkey$ routines and all the other ...i need a sideways scrolling program written in basicso like ghosts and goblins it scrolls along with the player. i had help with this before in making a tunnel game but this time i need it to be a able…
... would be too slow to shift much around before becoming unplayable ... need to figure out the Inkey$ routines and all the other ...AY musicThis is a format I'm proposing for an AY music player. If anyone can see any problems or anywhere it can be improved please say so. An AY music form…
... it'll be easy to shift the data around in their ... read it back in and shift the streams back into their ...ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... #4.
read a char (INKEY$) from #4, and print it ... o$=""
30 let c$=INKEY$
40 if c$ = o ... o$=c$
60 print INKEY$ #4;
70 goto 30 ... on the keyboard affect the INKEY$ #4??
And why as ...UnReal SpecI may be a fool, but! two things! 1) I can't seem to find out how to get the cyrillic 'thing'? shift on unreal spec. I know it's russian but how do …
... to get the cyrillic 'thing'? shift on unreal spec. I know ...UnReal SpecI may be a fool, but! two things! 1) I can't seem to find out how to get the cyrillic 'thing'? shift on unreal spec. I know it's russian but how do …
... to get the cyrillic 'thing'? shift on unreal spec. I know ...SPIN Public Beta 0.1b Available for downloadHi all, back again, and as just recently announced on CSS, SPIN has been updated. Here's the post to CSS (or the relevant parts): It's been a bu…
... can be used instead of Shift to get stuff like : rather ...A question about the game \"Hostages\"Hello. I've finally managed to get a copy of "Hostages" running on my emulator, but I get stuck on the first level/scene, where you have to place th…
Sharopolis's QuizHere you are folks, My quiz, edutainment at its best. This is the first quiz I've compiled so sorry if its too easy or hard or whatever. Some of the…
... through walls by pressing Caps Shift? (1 point)
7 ...ANN: Spectaculator 2.5 available for downloadHi. I've just released a new version of Spectaculator, available from [url="http://www.spectaculator.com/"]http://www.spectaculator.com/[/url]. Hopef…
BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …
... program is
0 GOTO INKEY$=""
but this cannot ...Spectrum+ keyboard problemHello all! I was wondering if someone here could give me some hints with my Speccy+. The problem is that I replaced the motherboard of my Spectrum+ …
... now the "STOP"-key ("symbol shift" + "A") don't work. All ... other keys work (including "symbol shift" and "A") fine. So, the ...ZX Spin 0.3 ReleasedStandard Cut'n'Paste from CSS post again! I can't get to my webpage, so I've uploaded SPIN0.3 to WOS, Alt.Binaries.Comp.Sinclair, and also Daren Pea…
ZX Spin 0.4 available for Download.Standard Cut-n-Paste from the CSS post: If all goes well, I'll upload it to WOS on monday. ----------------------------------------- Okay, it's th…
... ability to load snaps with shift held down to avoid switching ...[NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0Hi everyone, Finally managed to finish it... enjoy! --- [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0 Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs runnin…
... keyboard also responds as CAPS SHIFT.
o Implemented the ...[ANN]: Spectaculator 5.0 available for downloadHere we go again... *deep breath* ;) Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Specta…
... /> from the disk. Hold down Shift to override or turn the ...Name the cosmic gameHi guys (+Knighlore), I still miss one game. The game was written in Basic (maybe with occassional jumps to the machine code). You had to control som…
... break the game with CAPS SHIFT+SPACE and enjoy the source ...
