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How to detect 48k modeHow can you detect if a 128k machine is in 48k mode (from an emulation point of view, not via BASIC or machine code)? Checking the current rom? But …
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String slicing for UDG definitionHey everyone. Got a bit of a string slicing/string to variable conversion problem. 10 let a$="01100110" 20 let pokevalue=???? What expression do I…
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BasIn bug? feature? bad usage?I've found that Basin has problems with inline attributes into strings. If you load a snapshot containing a BASIC program which uses inline attribute…
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[Scanatron] "The Double" EditorComing soon :roll: Following on from [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=8925&forum=2"]this[/url] thread and with renewe…
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IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …
Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
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If variable references are stored as plain ... address instead of using a variable ? Obviously, for O(1 ...MP3 'chopping' appsCan anyone recommend a good app. to slice up big MP3s into little ones? I have some huge MP3 files that are complete albums. I'm after summat to cho…
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I have some huge MP3 files that are complete albums. I'm after summat to chop them down into individual MP3 files for each song.
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DarenSpectrum Key Codes?Hi guys, I have just been reading up about the Sinclair Keypad that was released to accompany the 128K. I read this on the a website, this was refe…
... is stored in a System Variable named LAST_K at memory location ...Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…
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Ideas ...Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…
... this is because the system variable FRAMES is always restored on ...How times change!PHP error message:- [quote] Warning: Unknown(): Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advise…
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Sinclair Basic meaning - Variable Not Found.Toobin'I just took a look at this game for the first time. It got kind of mixed reviews, and I can see why. Quite a good idea, but a bit too frantic and unp…
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I'll have a slice.Computer journalist predicts the demise of the mouse? in 1984!!In the December 1983 issue of 'Your Computer' that I scanned for the archive, there is an article titled 'The Spirit of Christmas to Come'. In the ar…
... cannot be used to enter strings of text so the user ...TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …
... Added a new command line variable %game% to help
supply ...Character Array tape header block parameters?Hello all! Long time since I've been here! Hope everyone's bright and cheerful as usual! I've been trying to figure out the structure of a Spectrum…
... of Parameter 1 contains the variable name, which is fine.
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- layer of ...Calling ROM routinesFirstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I wasn?t quite sure under which heading is best fitted. I?m trying to figure out how…
... discover where a variable is stored in the variable table (as detailed ... store the name of the variable in any random memory location ... CH ADD? I presume the variable name cannot just be the ... the encoded byte indicating the variable type?
Secondly, ...Source code 'Babelfish' ?Hi, Not entirely speccy related but you're knowledgable developers (lick, lick) so maybe you can help.... I've been handed some source (C and VB) i…
TZX format questionProbably a daft one, but I like to be sure of these things! For a block type 10 (a standard speed data block), the text states that all values in s…
... /> If my implementation allows a variable "Pause after this block" for ...problem with a C&VG page on WoSCould someone please provide a better quality scan of the Tallyron 2 Data Setup listing from page 58 of C&VG #58 (August 1986)? Although the listing'…
... that what appear to be strings of 1s are sometimes combinations ...Was learning machine code a waste of time?I remember computer magazines from the mid-1980s often had features about using machine code, which I duly skipped over as it seemed totally impenetr…
... the meaning of apparently random strings of numbers and letters wasted ...Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 ... you wanted to use two variable values, what would be quickest ...Yet another tune - absorbentgnome - darkness insideHello, here's another tune for those who like dance music or like fiddling with music in general. :) Its got orchestral strings in it and uses the fr…
... in general. :) Its got orchestral strings in it and uses the ...The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…
... call the player if a variable is set. I have no ...Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …
... have yet)? I have a variable temperature soldering iron, so I ...Bug in CONTINUE?I've found this anomaly in Spectrum Basic, but I don't remember have seen it in lists of ROM bugs: 10 FOR i=1 to 3 20 PRINT i 30 IF i=2 then PRINT a…
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RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
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dec hl ; move ...Complex DRAW command?After looking at some Speccy code I noticed that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or it looked that way). On the Coco, the LINE command was…
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M = move the cursor ... by converting them to strings and concatenating strings.
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