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Memories of ThanatosI was playing this again last night and was amazed at just how great the graphics are. The size of the dragon, the way it swooshes around the screen,…
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Thinking aloudLooks like Im finally going to get some free time soon, so I started thinking about doing some speccy stuff again. Its been about 23 years since I h…
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A couple of things have happened since this ... in many years and actually program something. I have often tried ... pico motherboard available (about the size of a playing card) these have ... simular) and the dos version of (realspectrum). If it ever ... -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to ... Dr. Beep's one line BASIC program request. But I was unable ... -
Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…
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Is there a way of loading a file into screen ... part of memory(one that wont be used generally by a basic program ... in bog standard 48K Sinclair basic.
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Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... "convention" (like good programming practise) of how to use the registers ... this was a part of a larger program that would clearly not ... br />
I used a basic program to load some "graphic" into ... ld de,35000 ;address of graphic loaded by basic
ld b ...Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
Below is a section of code Im using for movement ... displays bang at the top of the screen.
Is ... the code slow (for a basic program) I really dont want to ... far as possible in basic (maybe compiled basic) and will run ok ...Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... would try and give a basic compiler a go.
of my program but when I try ...cant format answereHi all, I am writing a short basic program that will convert a frequency to a length. 10 print "Spectrum antenna length conversion." 20 let w = 468 …
... /> I am writing a short basic program that will convert a frequency ... wrong but for the life of me I just cant see ... .
I did have the program right 10 years ago, but ...I woke up this morning and wanted it sooo bad!I woke up this morning next to my girlfriend and the first thing that came into my mind was.... "I wanna play R-Type II on the Spectr…
... all other than a bit of basic back in the day (don ... this thread "Well learn to program and after a while YOU ...Antique Toy 2007Hi all. The guys of the Antique Toy 2007 competition have asked me to make a TAP version of their program that shows off all the competition entries…
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The guys of the Antique Toy 2007 competition ... to make a TAP version of their program that shows off all ... 128k Basic).You can vote for all the entries with the program ... is also a txt version of the voting sheet in the ...It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... beginning of the M-cycle). Originally, I had it program to ... extremely simple job of interpreting the line of BASIC at CH_ADD. As ... 's normally illegal in BASIC into a program.
The ... a very successful couple of evenings of Spectrum hacking, and some ...How to add basic commands like "!command"Hi all, is there some where in the forums a thread dealind with the topic how to add basic commands? How are the commands for example of Basic+ are …
... are the commands for example of Basic+ are added? Usual they are ...A vital piece of software for Windows is hereYou know how in Windows, sometimes you'll try to move a file, and you get a message saying: "[COLOR=red]Windows cannot move the file as it's being …
... would actually tell you what program or process was blocking ... know which program or process is claiming useage of the file ... Windows is right about a program or process currently accessing ... I was only reminded of the program's seperate-to-Windows existence ...BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…
... a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the ... reference - to aid entering of commands in 48k BASIC. The
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Sinclair BASIC has several modes of entry, and keywords generally ...Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…
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Insert a line of BASIC, eg: [CODE]10 PRINT ... of BASIC, eg:[CODE] 20 GOTO 10[/CODE]
Save that program ... to replace the first BASIC program with the second BASIC program. So highlight ( ... ) and then RUN the program. Wait for the application ...Remove certain types of games from Mame?I think it was on this forum many a moon ago that someone asked for a program to remove naughty games from there Mame collection so that their kids c…
... someone asked for a program to remove naughty games ...
Does anyone know of a program that does this? I had ... a search of the ... forums and the program on google ... that could get rid of certain games like all ...Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute BeginnerNot quite sure if this should be in here but here goes. Having never delved into machine code before I thought id have a go at this book and its qui…
... got no errors in the basic program whatsoever yet when i enter ... basic or 0 OK, 0:1. Can anyone confirm that this program ... /> I saved a snapshot of the program after i typed it in ...What can I use to rip AY tunes?Because I really like the music from Dragonia, but it isn't in the AY archive. Does anybody know of a program that I can extract it with? [SIZE="1"…
Because I really like the music from Dragonia, but it isn't in the AY archive. Does anybody know of a program that I can extract it with?
[SIZE="1"]I'd also like a counterpart for the C64.[/SIZE]Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... type and run a BBC BASIC program. You currently can't draw ... BBC OS? I did think of JGHarston, but I never ... do intend to publish all of the source code (like ... can draw a dotted line (of pattern byte 'b') with ... the option of not drawing the first/last ...VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…
... sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing ... the "Twenty Commodes" program. It emulated most bits of the VIC-20 ... following Basic program takes 197 seconds on the current version of 20 ... his emulator does the above program in 117 seconds - yes, ...Looking for a type-in.I remember a type in program of a sliding block puzzle. It used code to shift the screen blocks. At the start of a game you could select how many m…
I remember a type in program of a sliding block puzzle. ... . I do remember a basic program that drew some geometric patterns ... of basic and code. I've searched every task force and program ... . Maybe I wrote the basic program myself using the various machine ...Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, TheBelow is the spectrum listing from the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000078"]Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, The…
... "]Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, The[/URL]" book.
of the listing & rather than ... )="How do i get out of here?": LET a$="run"
99 REM **Start of main program loop**
100 IF pc ...Some questions to pass the time1. What is the best 8 bit machine? I don't mean software range wise, as we all know that the Spectrum has the best games software (well, the people …
... and viruses? Why not one program to detect and destroy them ... does the +3 have 64KB of ROM? The 48K Spectrum managed ... system and a great version of BASIC into 16KB, and the128K Spectrum ... /> 5. Regarding the massive updates of games a few days ago ...MIA: Sir GawainAs previously announced, here's the release of Sir Gawain, a Microhobby type-in program. Included in the archive is the .TZX with the generated bina…
... the release of Sir Gawain, a Microhobby type-in program.
BASIC program as printed in the magazine ..."Floating" AY registersWhile I was working on some AY sample-related stuff, it occurred to me that with the AY port not being completely decoded, it would be a handy CPU-ti…
... within a few tens of thousands of cycles before they decay ... can be demonstrated with this Basic program:
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By varying the number of BORDER statements, you can see ... for a rather nasty form of anti-Multiface protection perhaps...?) ...Spectrum bot?I remember spending 1 hour or so in front of my Spectrum, experimenting with a BASIC program which attempted to learn things based on my input. The p…
... in front of my Spectrum, experimenting with a BASIC program which ... attempted to learn things based on my input. The program ... database and some form of basic A.I. But with ... br /> Do you know of any program like this one, or something ...BASin Assembler suggestionsHi Dunny. According to your former request here goes a few suggestions. Been playing around with the Assembler and I'm glad I did. Quite nice indeed…
... second column displaying that instruction size in bytes
[*] ... [*]At the bottom of the screen, total size of instructions in bytes.[/LIST ... .
[*]The possibility of executing/debugging assembled code without ... an USR line on the basic editor.
[*]I ...2 commands in 1 lineHi all, this is my first post although I have visited the web site many times, and I find it great. English is not my mother tongue, so I will try to…
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Imagine a simple BASIC program having only one line including ... does the interpreter keep track of the current line being 'parsed ...Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
... . A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some ... cross a crowed street full of cars to serve drinks to ... customers at the other side of the street.
[B ... screens. Difficult, even in a BASIC program. Original too.
Now ...Spectranet updateSince I've not written an update in a while for those who don't follow the blog on the Spectranet wiki, I hit an important milestone on Saturday. Th…
... normal UNIX and Windows methods of doing a network filesystem). ... ve written a simple proof-of-concept fileserver in Perl ... I saved the first ZX BASIC program over ethernet to the fileserver ... :-)
The importance of this milestone is not really ...
