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Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…
... have needed a list of commands, functions etc.) So that made ... -
speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …
... is very compatible with BASIC commands.
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Which is Best?"Playing" Little Computer People on the 128K Spectrum or "Watching" Big Brother? Btw Can you get more than one person in the house at the same time?…
Will you shut up about sims, we are talking about Little Computer People on the Spactrum.
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Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
... need it to run direct commands.
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Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
... of bytes, but two PRINT commands would take 100s of bytes ... -
BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …
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BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…
... to map the MIDI port commands to the windows MIDI mapper ... -
Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
... to BASin now having 128k commands, I can make a 128k ... -
Speccy 48K Sound EffectsHow did programmers of old get the more digitisy sounds out of the spectrum, specifically the 48K machine so no Yamaha sound chip to play with. They …
... speed needed for the "out" commands is much higher than BASIC ... -
ZX80 software wanted for a ZX80 siteHi everyone - I'm putting together a site about the ZX80 - I've noticed there's virtually no software available for it on the net so that's the part …
... keyboard with the ZX Printer commands. The differences you are refering ... -
Machine Code QuestionHi All Not sure if this is the right place for this but it seems closest. Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book and its ver…
... include assembler directives which are commands to the assembler program and ... -
Machine Code QuestionHi All Not sure if this is the right place for this but it seems closest. Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book and its ver…
... other things. They often add 'commands' that are directed at the ... -
Cheetah SWEET TALKERJust got a bundle of hardware including one of these. I gather its a speech synthesizer in the mould of the currah microspeech. How do i test if it…
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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…
... microdrive toolkit so there are commands present that WILL ERASE SECTORS ... -
Spectaculator and MicrodrivesBeing unable to program machine code I've been looking at ways of improving the speed of my basic and I've hit on the idea of loading data from micro…
... won't allow certain Basic commands, plus the instructions are quite ... -
4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)
... compared to other memory transfer commands. However the drawback is that ... -
Nonamed, unLOGOed, denied, r@re(?) and very strange SpeccyI?ve just bought [url="http://art.speccy.cz/foto/01zxdelogfull.jpg"]strange Speccy[/url] (including two interfaces, cassette recorder and nineteen fu…
... plain screen it randomly writes commands as COPY, LOAD... a.s ... -
unused assembler commands?Z80 processor has commands like OUTI OUTD OTIR OTDR INI IND INIR INDR.They deal with sending /reading bolcks ofinformation to ports. The problem is, …
... OUTI (or is it OUTD?) commands for outputting the register data ... -
unused assembler commands?Z80 processor has commands like OUTI OUTD OTIR OTDR INI IND INIR INDR.They deal with sending /reading bolcks ofinformation to ports. The problem is, …
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Z80 processor has commands like OUTI OUTD OTIR OTDR ... any examples, where using such commands could be beneficial?
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Spectrum Only GamesHiyas peeps. Has anyone out there got a list of 'spectrum only' games? As in, games that were only ever brought out on the spectrum, not cross plat…
... UDG characters and Speccy drawing commands so I would say it ... -
Spectrum Only GamesHiyas peeps. Has anyone out there got a list of 'spectrum only' games? As in, games that were only ever brought out on the spectrum, not cross plat…
... UDG characters and Speccy drawing commands so I would say it ... -
Games that wouldnt loadI had a few of these, and even after taking them bck some still didnt load first time :( anybody else have/had games like this The pain in the asses…
... Loading error" it buzzes and commands you to rewind and reload ... -
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
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Old Source CodeWhilst searching through some old boxes today I came across some printouts of some old m/c programs I did back in the 80's. I obviously couldn't code…
... $3ffd, and here's the commands that get sent to the ... -
Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
... of bytes, but two PRINT commands would take 100s of bytes ... -
Best and Easiest web authoring program?I have to do a web page for my missus who does freelance ceramic design, framed kids naming pictures, kids pictures etc etc etc. I have used dreamwea…
... use once you know the commands. The H J K L ... -
Space Crusade InstructionsI've been playing a bit of Space Crusade and HeroQuest during my lunch breaks at work, and one annoying thing is that there's no instructions for [UR…
... - there's detail of the "commands", "inventory items", stuff like that ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
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GIF crop tool requestedI'm looking for a programmer to write a tool that takes a GIF file, made of a game screendump created with X128 (320x200) and removes the border, so …
... listing into a series of commands
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Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... can have print position commands embedded. Other commands include "subroutine calls" (print ...
