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LOADING screen ?Ok, so - I accidentally decided to make some improvements on my 25year old BASIC text game 'Graveyard Nights' ...I used SPIN to muck about with the …
... /B SMALLPRG.TAP + SCREEN.TAP + BASIC.TAP NEWGAME,TAP
size of the 3 files together. That ... /> White space at bottom of screen and program loading message covering the ... -
Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... in the program, since every single byte counts in BASIC, for memory ... where unfortunately) that Sinclair BASIC on the Spectrum will still ... me to drop the increment size and give a smoother more ... the BASIC list. That is why at the beggining of the program (LINE ... -
New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…
... in Print Buffer (23296-23552). Program will scan for space
of basic code which, when run on ... adds to the total snapshot size.
[b]Large Snapshot ... -
How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
... To SAVE a BASIC program as an autorun program, use SAVE “ ... be made up of a number of fixed length character ... lines” with a fixed number of “lines” (or elements).
size is to use DIM ... number of character(s)), then BASIC will print all of them ... -
zx81 loading and saving codei cant get registered with the zx81 forum, so i thought id try here. how is this done? ive tried loading and saving using code xxxxx,xxxx but nothing…
... byte ROM containing BASIC, which is half the size of the ZX ... Spectrum 16K/48K/+ BASIC ROM. Hence ... machine, is to SAVE a BASIC program. The SAVE command does ... not just save the BASIC program, but also some of the system variables ... -
FOR vs LET (speed)Hi dear friends. A question for you 10 FOR I = 0 TO 10 11 PRINT I 12 NEXT I 10 LET I = 0 20 PRINT I 30 LET I = I+1 40 IF I < 11 THEN GOTO …
... are only two bytes in size, hence the entry uses only ... ALL search from the beginning of the program, searching line by line ... I think.
BBC BASIC also has two other advantages ... -
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... out when computers were the size of a large room. So I ... Model I (with Level I BASIC), which I've packaged as ... spectacularly unsuited to this kind of program, almost as much as a ... 's slow, but that's BASIC for you. Everything else about ... -
Emulators for Recreated ZX Spectrum Bluetooth KeyboardI know Fuse can use the Recreated ZX Spectrum keyboard but are there other emulators than can do this? I swear there was a newer emulator, maybe in …
... you want to write a BASIC program.[/quote]
From Manual ... to all the functionality of a full-size keyboard.
The ... the 1 key.
Instead of the usual:
Keydown 1 ... -
Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... of program
RETURN_TO_BASIC is 1 at the moment, returns to basic ... border colour change for basic profiling
SCRBUF_BASEADDR ... every other line at beginning of program
PLAYER_FIRE_COOLDOWN_TIME how ... a line list max size of 32 at the moment ... -
Thanks for the memories... is it 16k or 48k? Hi. At three different flea markets in Gothenburg, Sweden I found just as many Spectrums... (and a ZX81! [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif…
... out the size of their RAM-memory?
Most basic-dialects has ... -
How do I know the RAM size?Just left my parents after cleaning out my pile of old stuff in their basement. Know what I found? My old ZX Spectrum.... Those were the days! Never …
... after cleaning out my pile of old stuff in their basement ... : how can I tell what size of RAM I've got in ... -
BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…
For the BASIC-coders among us.
... description. Enter your program below.
The fastest BASIC-program wins.
Timing ... -
A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…
... message.
So, what BASIC program can you write in 80 ... -
Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…
... in a file separately, the program counter is pushed onto a ... register overwrites 2 bytes of data (or program code) in RAM and ... in 49179 bytes of registers and memory, pops the program counter from ... read first 49179 bytes (the size of the original format) from a ... -
ANNOUNCE: SPECSAISIE 1.2 released!SPECSAISIE is a Java system which enables one to perform surgery on SNA and TAP files, and various other gubbins (some functions relate to Spectrum e…
... /> - PrintHeaders: Print the header of each Spectrum file on a ... /> - Saisie: Generate a BASIC program for typing data from emulator ... another, calling Saisie for clusters of many differences.
- ... /> - BGB_JSW: Detect occurrences of the block-graphics bug in ... -
ANNOUNCE: SPECSAISIE 1.2 released!SPECSAISIE is a Java system which enables one to perform surgery on SNA and TAP files, and various other gubbins (some functions relate to Spectrum e…
... /> - PrintHeaders: Print the header of each Spectrum file on a ... /> - Saisie: Generate a BASIC program for typing data from emulator ... another, calling Saisie for clusters of many differences.
- ... /> - BGB_JSW: Detect occurrences of the block-graphics bug in ... -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
is it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running? -
ANNOUNCE: Mouse Driver for Speccy BASICI've written a small machine code utility that allows you to easily add support for the Kempston Mouse Interface to any Spectrum BASIC program. It c…
... Mouse Interface to any Spectrum BASIC program.
It comes with ... instructions, and a simple demo program.
Get it from ... -
ZX DIGEST ISSUE 2 - NEARLY FINISHED!HI FOLKS! ZX Digest issue 2 is nearly finished, at the moment it looks like its going to be about 25-30 pages long. We have incorperated many new s…
... to the mag, hence the size of this issue. We are hoping ... 2 towards the back end of March.
SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ... is a little slow and basic at the moment. Hopefully within ... -
ZX DIGEST ISSUE 2 - NEARLY FINISHEDHI FOLKS! ZX Digest issue 2 is nearly finished, at the moment it looks like its going to be about 25-30 pages long. We have incorperated many new s…
... to the mag, hence the size of this issue. We are hoping ... 2 towards the back end of March.
SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ... is a little slow and basic at the moment. Hopefully within ... -
How do I avoid BASIC becoming corrupted on returning from a M/C routine?I'm having trouble with my BASIC program becoming corrupted on returning from a m/c routine which sets all the registers (including the shadow regist…
... 'm having trouble with my BASIC program becoming corrupted on returning from ... a m/c routine from BASIC, and reload them before returning ... -
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…
Way back in the mists of time I remember reading ... a couple of articles in an ancient ... copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing ... to transform line 1 of a Speccy BASIC program to line 0 so ... commands as SGN PI instead of 1, NOT PI for ... -
General info about MCoder 3Hi all. I've recently downloaded MCoder 3 'cause I read somewhere that it was the best choice to compile your already made BASIC programs, which I h…
... to compile your already made BASIC programs, which I have plenty ... load your BASIC program
2. You load the CODE of MCoder 3 ... (it loads before BASIC, after SCREEN$) and compiles your program.
3 ... MCoder 3? A simple scan of the inlay would be enough ... -
What is best way of 'cleaning up' a tape to load into spectaculatorI keep getting an R Tape loading error for a basic program that I'm loading in after 18 years! Anyone got any hints and tips on how best to attempt t…
... Tape loading error for a basic program that I'm loading in ... -
Editing in-game UDG'sI have just started playing an RPG that was in Sinclair User in 86'. The game is called Forest of Long Shadows and was excellent. You can find it on …
... '. The game is called Forest of Long Shadows and was excellent ... the eaiest way of editing UDG's in a basic program rather than ... having to use the BASIC editor on ... -
BASin Release 10a is up...Well, none of my releases ever get far before the inevitable bug fix version... Go grab it at [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_…
Well, none of my releases ever get far ... breakpoints on the first line of a program and an issue with ... - allows up to 3x font size. No special filtering yet.
BASIC Programming ChallengeHi there. I have started a competition to see who can make the best BASIC program. The catch is, you can't use all the bells and whistles your machi…
... who can make the best BASIC program. The catch is, you can ...BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…
... updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure!
of the Sinclair BASIC Manual integrated for ... Drag and Drop support for BASIC files (.bas), CODE files (. ... a portion of the program to renumber instead of the whole ...Trying to make my first TZX, but it won't run..Hey :) I've finally got around to start imaging some tapes here, but unfortunately I ran into problems right away, bah. I'm trying to dump "Ace Low…
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Block 1 => Program: ACE LOW - Header: Length= 17 ... the result was identical, same size of the TZX and it's ... I can get.. Got tons of interesting tapes to preserve here ...
