Then starting tomorrow I'm going to roll up my sleeves and have a go using SpecBAS!

Thanks for the advice and offers of help if needed. I have no other reason for doing this than for simple enjoyment and it helps to keep my brain alert.

... want the latest version of SpecBAS.

https://drive. ... /> Unpack this wherever you like. SpecBAS has a sandboxing system so ... Demos folder to c:\users\\specbas. You may need to create ... run it though).

SpecBAS.exe and Bass64.dll need ...

Ok, give this a try - SpecBAS.exe might work for you now, but if not then SpecBAS_GDI.exe should work fine:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6gXsz43xir_eV9JbWhUZ1Rxc0k

Let me know.

Okay SpecBAS GDI runs, the other wont.< ...

... should be jolly proud of SpecBAS, its a hell of a ...

... to build GUI objects in SpecBAS's editor so stuff like ...

... guide to using graphics with SpecBAS for my own future use ...

... command at the end tells SpecBAS which colour number is transparent ...

... file, in your c:\users\\specbas folder:
[img]https://s31 ...

... in the tank picture to specbas so the right colours are ... /> [b]line 40 [/b]tells Specbas to create a NEW sprite ... ]line 60[/b] make sure Specbas shows the sprite
[b ... 1 pixel at a time (Specbas does this for you so ...

I swear ASH-II knows more about SpecBAS than Dunny...

Todays SpecBAS bug report #1

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... yes, one more question, can SpecBAS deal with animated GIFs or ...

No, SpecBAS only extracts the first inage ... , SCREEN FULL will stretch the SpecBAS window to fit the entire ...

... visualize it is that in SpecBAS a SPRITE is an entity ...

... 're used to.

SpecBAS is much more terse than ...

... spectrum is handled differently in Specbas

so when you ...

... of such wonderful feats as SpecBAS is that it begs you ...

All this SpecBAS talk has got me thinking about the Cannon Fodder thing I started heh, tempted....


/me downloads SpecBAS.. ;)

... used to recreate Pacman in Specbas , The Pac Man Dossier

and here is my Specbas version

https://www ...

... wanted to do with MY SpecBAS tank animation. Different approach, I ...

Dunny, or anyone what are the x,y, dimensions for SpecBAS in both pixel and character?

In other words whats the left to right count and the top to bottom count for PRINTing and PLOTting?

Depends on your screen resolution. By default SpecBAS starts up at 800x480, or 100x60 characters but you can change that to whatever you want with the SCREEN or WINDOW commands.

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If I remember rightly SpecBAS was originally written specifically for ...

Specbas wasn't written for the pi, there's just a version compiled for it. It has no way to interact with the hardware so not a help to you.

... linked page, the woolball for SpecBAS:

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This one takes advantage of SpecBAS's extended array-plotting, but ...

Yeah, it is slow. The original book had a FN USR replacement for PLOT that sped it up quite appreciably. That said, I use SpecBAS these days so speed isn't an issue for anything really.

... /> So I converted it to SpecBAS and then optimised it a ...

... when I can install / run SpecBas, I do not have it ...