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Probably NOT the 80s thing I'm nostalgic for...Compare the photo here: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6957589.stm[/url] And the one about 3/4 the way down this page: [url]http://www.thunder-a…
... a target. There was a program announced earlier this year to ... 95s have got anything short of the basic maintenence required to keep ... was the tail end of a program that began in the ... military spending = military power. Israel, of example, spends about a tenth ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
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I never thought of using Sinclair BASIC in this way.[/QUOTE ...
Yes, the problem of ZX-BASIC insisting on the LET keyword ... would at the beginning of the program, and as long as ... possible because ZX-BASIC allows evaluation of arbitrary string and ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... variable with the address of the first of four "struct mtn" that ... are stripped off as in basic when INT() is used ( ... code snippet computes the number of pixels of the mountain graphic that ... , etc, automatically invalidate areas of the screen that need to ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... give both worms an initial size of 1 (or zero?) and let ... night, whilst working on the program. I admit though, that the ... bit I hadn't thought of was to initially set c ... and gets around the problem of starting with a zero or ... to save quite a lot of further space. -
New versions of ZX-Editor and ZX-Preview publishedDear ZX-Spectrum Emulator fans, I want to announce that I published new versions of ZX-Editor Second Edition and ZX-Preview today. Refer to [url]www…
... write a program to be a concurrence product of BASin, ... parts: BASIC program and BASIC variables. You may edit all BASIC program and BASIC variables ... , also the header of that BASIC code is then adjusted ... than the (real!!!) BASIC editor of BASin. I talked with ... -
New versions of ZX-Editor and ZX-Preview publishedDear ZX-Spectrum Emulator fans, I want to announce that I published new versions of ZX-Editor Second Edition and ZX-Preview today. Refer to [url]www…
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Yes, indeed - only pure BASIC variables are searched with the ... for the loaded BASIC program (or, if you want, BASIC variables block - ... ll get no line numbers, of course). Variables analysis cannot ... the whole TAP/TZX file of course.
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What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... opinion - Spectrum BASIC was definitely one of the better BASIC interpreters on machines ... embed some assembler in a BASIC program was very, very handy (and ... a friend was a mix of BASIC and assembly language).
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... a plus, for a version of BASIC, as I'd imagine most ... purpose of BREAK is to allow the user to stop the program ... perhaps, but a well written program should resume with a CONTINUE ... BBC games written in BASIC? The speed of Spectrum BASIC is the only ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... it's in the basic program.
BBC basic itself is pretty ugly ... abbreviated instructions, and a lot of punctuation symbol use[/QUOTE]
of a seperate program, not included in the ...plotting and rotating wireframesCan anyone point me to an example of plotting a (2d) shape and rotating it in basic. Unfortunately my trig was never that good and I want to get a h…
... to write a basic program again. Here's an example of rotating a ... radians, the center of rotation in the middle of the square, and ... draw it in the middle of the screen.
SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
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[INDENT]This is a BASIC program which appears in a normal ... /> There are 4 copies of this program on the cartridge, which ... makes a tape backup of the "Supadrive" program worthless.[/INDENT]
... need to write a copy of each of the "Supadrive" and "? ...StalingradHi So question: What did I do that the 11-th Army is activated?
... and give orders to all of the other armies, but not ... just read the magazine reviews of this game. They all say ... be of more help.
I even looked at the program ... quickly deduce some of the program logic from the BASIC listing, but it ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... edit/save the final version of Memory using a standard ROM ... using ZX SPIN nearly all of this time as I prefer ... edit the end of the program, even when the oneliner size limit has ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
[QUOTE=vladisek;219923]Why Basic has only 26 numeric variables ... need to see your program to know for certain ... though. If your program is complex enough that it ... lists of 26 different things, then that's a seriously impressive BASIC program :-) ...Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…
... . I cant load it from basic, even with the interface but ... 't care about the colours of the stripes, btw ? all that ... that works), and running the BASIC program that I had posted earlier.Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…
... could kill a Spectrum from basic, no matter what devices ... Spectrum died or was the basic program responsible?
Scary...
... may have revealed some kind of thermal related fault. Last night ... other machine uses oki instead of tms. Anyway, without the ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... , and a large portion of this program was obviously dedicated to graphics ... compete against a ful size commercial version of Othello?
In ... choose yet another commercial full size Othello to compare again. This ...Bubble Bobble on SpinDoes anybody else find that Bubble Bobble has corrupted sprites (bubbles for example) in 48k or 48k+ mode in Spin? Works fine in any 128k machine mo…
... the snap, press BREAK instead of any key to start the ... , delete line 25 in the BASIC program, and then do GOTO 9999 ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... /> However, when you compile a BASIC program with it, it uses the ... looks like a few bytes of corrupt data on the ZX ...Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…
Not sure of a test program, and I don't ... the kind of structure you'd want from a BASIC program. Importantly, ... 5, along with your BASIC program), and also don't ... coz that's where your BASIC program is. And add 16 ... ensures that the 48k BASIC rom is paged in too ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... /> However, when you compile a BASIC program with it, it uses the ... looks like a few bytes of corrupt data on the ZX ...Vector drawing routines.Anybody could point me to some sort of vector drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean to draw 2D pictures with…
... ; start pixel at centre of screen
ld l ...
.down ; a replay of up
push hl
.left ; a replay of right
bit 7,b ... br />
A simple basic program that uses it can be ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... which demanded a seperate BASIC program to be written just to ... have a breakthrough on many of these remaining titles.
... screenshot would probably consist of an input program for these utilities, ... , working out how some of these games/programs work. ...My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... - the sense of achievement and the fun of playing my former ... help you with your first BASIC program :lol:
How about ... emulators, where those of us not developing one of the well-established ... with less than 3 years of emulator writing experience - no ...My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... help you with your first BASIC program :lol:
How about ... , where those of us not developing one of the well-established ... with less than 3 years of emulator writing experience - no ... do get a tremendous amount of personal satisfaction especially when ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... It also contains a small BASIC program which loads these files into ... I have captured is of this program in action (simply ... this BASIC listing. I have captured the output of the program as ... program provides support for a 512x192 display mode. These BASIC ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... in this BASIC listing. I have captured the output of the program as ... *HACK's BASIC portion exactly match the checksums of *LOAD and ... a "Nonsense in BASIC" error (as the BASIC portion of *HACK calls * ... it's overwritten with the BASIC program you've just *LOADed ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... load the game from +3 BASIC with [b]load ""[/b]
Always use side 1 of the program tape if using a +2A ... program tape" appears, and loading of the main program commences. (Looks like the program ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
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The purpose of the program seems to be to demonstrate ... you can still use the BASIC editor etc.. whilst the sound ... screen by the program, which indicates that the end of the user ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... dissassembly of the program has revealed that it scans BASIC line ... is 'r', which renumbers a BASIC program.
My ... uploaded screenshot contains the BASIC program containing the needed command, ... br /> The m/c program itself does not output anything ...
