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Program Counter question - please readSorry if this is in the wrong forum, but please read it through anyway - see on the FUSE PSP emulator I asked the author if he'd add an option to pri…
... option to print the contents of the Program Counter on the screen ... tell if a game or program had crashed because the PC ... remain constant with a running program, but I want to check ... -
Biblechip's Secret Mission RadioHi! I just got a few days ago this copy of Biblechip's Secret Mission Radio from ebay: [URL=http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1370n.jpg][…
... few days ago this copy of Biblechip's Secret Mission Radio ... to be a standard 48k BASIC program, but maketzx just would mark ... -
Desperately need help with .TAP file bug (probably a wrong value error)I'm trying to create a .tap file with Java and have been following the specification at [url]http://www.zxmodules.de/fileformats/tapformat.html[/url…
... the raw ASCII BASIC bytes into some sort of "compiled" BASIC bytes?
public byte[] createBasic() {
// My BASIC program
byte[] b = ByteHelper.stringToBytes ... br />
// The length of the BASIC datablock
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Rom file to AudioI think im in the right forum. bear with me. I have an old 128k +2 spectrum and had the idea of putting some TZX etc.. onto an audio device such as …
... and had the idea of putting some TZX etc.. ... It seems a great program that i downloaded,it was ... --------
First i tried my basic CD player with a jack ... loads the first part of the program but when it gets ... br /> Is there any way of getting the image not to ... -
not much gear and absolutley no ideaIm looking for some help with two spectrums that i have just dug out of storage and are both unfortunatley faulty. I had always regreted that during …
... never atempted to program anything for them in basic so i ... clock back and teach myself basic for these two machines. ... a charity shop that coverd basic for numerous different micro ... about teaching myself the basics of basic.Unfortunatley about two weeks in ... -
INPUT Magazine BASICHi All, I was wondering if I was allowed to upload some BASIC program codes which I have for ZX Spectrum (That work!) onto the Forum. Cheers, Specc…
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Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
... to put together a lump of basic to:
1. ... space. Chances are that BASIC will get corrupted while attempting ... $5ce9 ; start of data
hd_0f equ $5ceb ; program length
hd_11 ... /> push hl ; preserve return to basic
exx
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The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…
... and hopefully getting updates of the "little and ... of it.)
The result of this is the first useful program ... single-purpose Speccy program that does its ... only 6K in size, of which 3K is ... of the read/write code compiled in (even though this program ... -
Beatle Quest & Curse of ShalethCould a comment be put on the Infoseek entry for Beatle Quest to the effect that the versions on WoS can't be completed because of a bug which stops …
... can't be completed because of a bug which stops the ... /> Also, for Curse of Shaleth, the version of the program in CurseOfShalethThe.tzx ... it used to note serious program bugs, so maybe you don ... -
z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…
I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in ... would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder ... have to save out the Basic part to some format and ... fine, but I see no BASIC listing.) -
How do the swingy ropes in Jet Set Willy work?Not sure if this should go in the programming forum but here goes. I remember back in '84 being totally blown away by the realistically swinging rope…
... I]. Compared to other games of the time like [I] ... lengthened and shortened the length of the rope to maintain the ... . Not even the [SIZE="6"]ridiculously large font size[/SIZE] helped.
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WAV to TAPI'm having huge troubles trying to convert a program from a real tape to TAP virtual tape. I have tried several utilities and nothing works. I have p…
... copy program. All those utilities instead of creating standard TAP with BASIC ... the program does not create ONE tap with basic and bytes ... (1,0)
lenght program basic/not used for 'bytes-array ... (0,88)
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Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... our game.
- write a BASIC program to run the machine code ... 'return to calling program' (in our case a BASIC routine) is 'ret ... mc program to report it back to BASIC at the end of the ... 20 PAUSE 0 to your basic program.
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ZX-Editor 1.1.0.6 released todayDear readers, I've released ZX-Editor Second Edition version 1.1.0.6 today with some new features: [LIST] [*]MGT/IMG and PZX file format support [*…
... /LOADs and SAVEs inside a Basic program of a tape or disk image ... />
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tape belt size ?just curious of the exact size, of a +2 tape deck. I mean between 70 and 80 mm? I was taking a guess at 75mm.. also are the cpc / 128 drive and tap…
just curious of the exact size, of a +2 tape deck. I mean between 70 and 80 mm?
I was taking a guess at 75mm..
also are the cpc / 128 drive and tape belts the same spec?
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Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... happened either in +3 BASIC and 48K BASIC. Even the +3 ... />
A tiny BASIC program to show the contents of port 254 within ... the value when any combination of keys are pressed.
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Screen to vector?I've found old topics covering this subject and even spoke to Geoff about this, but still want to ask a few questions. I've been playing with vector…
... been playing with vectors in BASIC (yes, I know it ... a small BASIC program to trace lines on top of screens. The ... such routine, either in BASIC or m.c., would ... that having a sequence of line art images on ... would give the appearance of pre-rendered wire-3D ... -
Feelin' kinda proud of myselfOkay, it has bugs. But I kludged it together about 10 mins after getting the sprite thing to actually work. [url]http://britlion.googlepages.com/Spr…
... library for Boriel's ZX Basic compiler. (Join in at [url ... is written in a form of basic that isn't completely alien ... to sinclair basic users. I love this compiler ... -
Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …
... forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but ... only.
The goal of this question to update the ... ]slideshow [/I] (not video) functionality of Image to ZX Spec to ... 'd probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ... -
Looking for a ZX81 gameHi all, I'm trying to find the name of a ZX81 game. It was a sort of maze / adventure game. There would be a maze on the screen, with something like…
... game. It was a sort of maze / adventure game. There ... Sounds rather dull - the 'thrill' of the game was in the ... randomness of the events, and the ... exact course & goal of the game. It was ... the whole thing was a BASIC program.
Anyone ... -
A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like
[ ... people have written all sorts of monstrosities, including hacked [b]number ... case)
9 239 Length of variable (in bytes)
10 ... 4 (the command in the BASIC program -- [b]PRINT[/b], or ... -
Die Rolling sound?Digging out my old Fighting fantasy programs (so far unsuccessfully... thanks c60) had me wondering how I'd program it these days. Hopefully better,…
... me wondering how I'd program it these days.
of basic..
Anyone got suggestions ... -
Outside world interfaceHi all, Im a newbie! 30 years old, bought up programming spectrums! I have no idea how to program PCs and want to write a program to control a se…
... to write a program to control a series of valves and motors ... to operate relays via a basic program?
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Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …
... /> ;Typing USR 0 in 128 BASIC effectively calls memory address 0x0000 ... is used to store bits of BASIC
;and other banks are ... corruption.
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;The next program addresses this so that USR0 ... about e.g. a 48K program switching a 128K machine into ... -
FUSE(Mac) save LLIST as text file?OK, now that I can get to the LLIST command I want to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file on the Mac. I checked Help and it says that a 1…
... to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file on ... a 128 will allow emulation of a serial printer (Text-only ... while (it's a large program) and then returns to OK ... -
Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no ... way back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... to edit very long program lines.
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New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…
... version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program ... background, set the desired level of transparency, and then draw ... the vectors on top of it. :) The background visibility ... ve experimented with a small BASIC program that allowed me to ... -
bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…
... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
Now available: ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces ... as not only line-numbers of BASIC statements but also their ... which will read not only BASIC files but also assembly language ... -
Printer Printing Problem (assembler)I've a program that outputs to the lower screen at various places, using a combination of calls to RST $10 plus OUT-NUM-1 and PR-STRING. It also call…
... places, using a combination of calls to RST $10 ... At present the main BASIC program uses the upper screen and ... the PLOT/DRAW bits, of course) the lower screen, ... br /> before returning to BASIC, which does what I ... only that but the program goes peculiar after a ...
