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Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
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Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
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Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
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Disk problemsHello Spec-chums, we are producing a disk magazine called SCENE+ (for about 10 years now) and we distribute it for various disk systems (Opus, +D, MB…
... ]http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/mgt2img.pl[/url]
Spectrum-Basic and also Z80 Assembler.
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…
... there is no 34th statement Spectrum BASIC sees the end of line ...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…
... there is no 34th statement Spectrum BASIC sees the end of line ...Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…
... a good grasp of [b]Spectrum-architecture[/b] - particularly the ... easily through a study of Spectrum BASIC - particularly PEEK and POKE.< ... complicated than BASIC. You can't just command the Spectrum to " ... [url]http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/[/url]Vedic Maths Trick!So you don't have to learn your 11 times table. For any 2 numbers multiplied by 11, add them together and insert the answer between the multiple dig…
... writing my last program (in Spectrum Basic).
I always blamed ...How to add basic commands like "!command"Hi all, is there some where in the forums a thread dealind with the topic how to add basic commands? How are the commands for example of Basic+ are …
... : Extended BASIC, Multitasking BASIC Extension.
In the Your Spectrum section: BASIC at a ... BASIC (If.1).
In the ZX Computing section: Extended Spectrum BASIC, Spectrum Extended BASIC ...Minigame Compo 2007Hi there, also this year, there'll be a minigame competition, open to all 8-bit computers and consoles. It consists on writing games whose size (…
... and I believe that the Spectrum is not disadvantaged overall).
Spectrum BASIC files, the requirement of ... size of file, size of BASIC program (excluding variables), autorun ... 2 more bytes for all Spectrum submissions, but to count ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... and k!), complete with introduction manual, basic manual, and machine code book that ... choices. I only know Speccy basic, you see - i've not ...Why are we here? (At WoS)No, not a deep philosophical question about the nature of life, the universe and human existence. The thread “what does your partner think of …
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And Spectrum BASIC, which was always present, very ... Spectrum[/B] correctly). It is a pity that Sinclair BASIC ... br />
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The Spectrum by contrast is simple. You ...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
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To ... it ends up slower than BASIC's implementation using [url= ... url] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't provide a sort ... example.)
That said... Spectrum BASIC is optimised for size rather ...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... it ends up slower than BASIC's implementation using [url= ... ] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't provide a sort ... .)
That said... Spectrum BASIC is optimised for size rather ... to write something slower than BASIC :-)[/QUOTE]
Does ...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... it ends up slower than BASIC's implementation using [URL ... ] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't provide a sort ... .)
That said... Spectrum BASIC is optimised for size rather ... to write something slower than BASIC :-)[/quote]
...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... it ends up slower than BASIC's implementation using [url= ... ] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't provide a sort ... .)
That said... Spectrum BASIC is optimised for size rather ... to write something slower than BASIC :-)[/QUOTE]
Bah, ...MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... -DOS and its adds to Spectrum basic from MB02+ and would prefer ...MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... -DOS and its adds to Spectrum basic from MB02+ and would prefer ...No colourHi! I'm trying to fix a 6A 48K machine that outputs no colour and shows the characters as if they were in bold. So far, I've done a couple of thing…
You can also read pages 4.14 and 4.18 of the "Sinclair Spectrum, service manual"...MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... the +3DOS section of the Spectrum +3 manual, online somewhere on this ...MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... the +3DOS section of the Spectrum +3 manual, online somewhere on this ...Spectrum 48K colour problemI obtained Spectrum 48K issue 2 in verry good condition. Machine work very good, but picture on my Samsung TV (72cm diagonal flat 100 Hz) is little s…
... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000357"]Spectrum Hardware Manual[/URL] has full details ...Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
I wrote them in BASIC 2.0 on the Commodore 64. They are fairly easy to port, assuming the C64 and Spectrum BASICs share similar commands (although I noticed that Spectrum BASIC uses PRINT AT and apparently lacks a READ command).
PaulPorting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
... ;271907]I wrote them in BASIC 2.0 on the Commodore ... commands (although I noticed that Spectrum BASIC uses PRINT AT and apparently ... />
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Spectrum BASIC has DATA, READ and RESTORE ... 're not looking at ZX81 BASIC, which doesn't?Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;271912]Spectrum BASIC has DATA, READ and RESTORE commands.
Are you sure you're not looking at ZX81 BASIC, which doesn't?[/QUOTE]
Does the DATA, READ and RESTORE work like it does in C64 BASIC?
PaulPorting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
... contains the entire "Orange book" (BASIC manual) and full help built-in ... and for every aspect of BASIC - even context help for commands ...Trying to read in a list of items from DATA statementsThus far I have: data "cherry","apple","banana","grape","orange" But when I read it in using this: FOR X=1 TO 5: READ n$(X): NEXT X It only reads…
... handling of strings in Sinclair BASIC is non-standard.
... array of strings in other BASIC dialects refers to single ... fixed length strings in Sinclair basic. (or alternatively a 2D ... contain the entire original Sinclair BASIC manual in the help section. ...Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
Yeah, I'm more used to left$, right$ and mid$. I don't know what string slicing is. I checked through a BASIC manual in BASin but found only a little bit on it.
PaulWanted Zx Speccy 48K Games[B][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Hi all New to these forums but i would like to buy some zx spectrum 48k games please and not off e-bay before you ask.Is the…
[QUOTE=Necros;273427]Why are you using a new account spectbeginner?[/QUOTE]
I am not spectbeginner,lol i am specyspecturm anyway i am also after a spectrum plus manual does anyone know where i can get one from
thanks in in advance:DIs it possible to use external power supply for +-12; +-5 for ZX SpectrumRecently I acquired a damaged Sinclair ZX Spectrum, issue 3B. According to the maintenance manual I have to replace TR4 and TR5. These type of transi…
... chapter 3 of the Spectrum Hardware manual might help you (the ... manual is available [URL=" ... a misprint in the manual. It is in fact ... br />
The original Spectrum 48K power supplies were rated ... be enough. Even the Spectrum +2 came with only ...
