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Sam CoupeI am very interested in the Sam Coupe but I wanted to ask a lot of questions about it. Do anyone here use one a lot and are there any Sam Coupe foru…
... it as slow as the spectrum basic or a lot faster ?[/QUOTE ... many of these programs are BASIC, but you could take it ... -
Sam CoupeI am very interested in the Sam Coupe but I wanted to ask a lot of questions about it. Do anyone here use one a lot and are there any Sam Coupe foru…
... it as slow as the spectrum basic or a lot faster ?[/QUOTE ... ]
The SAM Basic is a fair bit faster ... , far more versatile than speccy BASIC. Even for simple graphics with ... -
Sam CoupeI am very interested in the Sam Coupe but I wanted to ask a lot of questions about it. Do anyone here use one a lot and are there any Sam Coupe foru…
... it as slow as the spectrum basic or a lot faster ?[/QUOTE ... demoscene effect? :) It's all BASIC, not a single line of ... -
Sam CoupeI am very interested in the Sam Coupe but I wanted to ask a lot of questions about it. Do anyone here use one a lot and are there any Sam Coupe foru…
... is the problem, but the BASIC-games that use IN-command ... a way to make a BASIC routine to match models with ... a fix to make the Spectrum BASIC games compatible on the SAM ... -
Unravelling the Spectrum Floating Point Number formatHi Guys, In my head I pretty much understand how the Spectrum's 5 byte FP number format works. The first byte is the signed exponent and the follow…
... 'm mistaken... For the Spectrum's floating point format, ... formats (such as the Spectrum's) with an implicit ... significand (mantissa)... so the Spectrum's floating point format handles ... might perhaps expect. Does Spectrum BASIC have a concept of negative ... -
Designing an icon-driven adventure: looking for adviceHi fellas, after the release of Funky Fungus, I am currently contemplating the possibility of designing an icon-driven adventure with location graph…
... looked at Boriel's compiler/basic?
[URL="http://www.boriel ... .com/software/the-zx-basic-compiler/?lang=en"]Link here ... /> It is more or less Spectrum basic but compiles to m/c ... -
SPECTRA - RGB SCART Interface for 48K SpectrumSince the launch of the SPECTRA interface back in June 2012, some discussion of it has appeared in the forums in the past (mainly [URL="http://www.wo…
... (useful to permanently override the Spectrum ROM).
[*]A turned- ... with a version of the Spectrum ROM that had all ... cartridge instead of the real Spectrum ROM.
[*]The ROM ... only becomes activated when a Spectrum BASIC error occurs. The ROM cartridge ... -
Hangman .TAP doesn't work in Spectaculator 8.0Hello! I tried the game "Hangman" using the latest version of Spectaculator and nothing happens. The direct URL of the game is: [url]http://www.wor…
... , it will automatically reset the Spectrum and begin loading. You do ... to type the appropriate ZX Spectrum BASIC load command.
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pathfindingworking on pathfinding in the game. here is Russian description of Lee's algorithm: [url]http://algolist.manual.ru/games/wavealg.php[/url] "if-then"…
... easy to write it in Spectrum BASIC in a couple of dozen ... the output back into the Spectrum. These dimensions will handle a ... -
Issue 3 board... How to resurrect?Dear Everyone, Now I have a working 48k Issue 3, a sort of working Speccy+ (still having problems with the keyboard, more of that in another post) a…
... the testing of a Spectrum. All the Spectrum repair experts normally ... normally like to get the Spectrum to bare essentials first. ... board. If the healthy Spectrum does not start correctly with ... and also in the ZX Spectrum service manual. It is mainly capacitor ... -
How to convert a .txt file (ASCII/PC) into a Tasword file?Short version: [B]How can I convert a .txt file (PC) into a Tasword file (ZX Spectrum)?[/B] Longer version: {Maybe I should first re-introduce mysel…
... early nineties, when (after ZX Spectrum Basic, of course) I did some ... -
List of useful POKEs?Hi all. :smile: Just out of curiosity, does anyone know of a thread/file somewhere here containing a list of useful POKEs? Stuff like POKEs to make …
... before starting coding anything in BASIC, but can't remember the ... ,0 to change the first BASIC line to 0. Worse protection ... ones are on the ZX BASIC manual already.
If this ... -
Composite mod display problemI'm fairly ham-fisted with a soldering iron but I thought I'd have a crack at the composite mod on two of my 48K rubber keys, as I'd already opened o…
... -docs/ZXSpectrum48K_ServiceManual.pdf"]ZX Spectrum 48K Service Manual[/URL] gives details :smile ... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000357"]Spectrum Hardware Manual[/URL] as this also ... -
best basic to useAs I like to do a bit of basic programming now and then what do you think is the best basic to work with? It's a pity the ramdisk can't be used on th…
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because as everybody knows spectrum basic is stupidly slow so frustration ... is considered the best basic inputer for a spectrum but that's ... not a different basic...so.....dunno ... -
best basic to useAs I like to do a bit of basic programming now and then what do you think is the best basic to work with? It's a pity the ramdisk can't be used on th…
[QUOTE]because as everybody knows spectrum basic is stupidly slow[/QUOTE]
... There are very good ZX Basic compilers like TOBOS-FP. Far ... Poland were written in ZX Basic and compiled using TOBOS. ...
Beta Basic 4 gives some more space ... -
Machine code optimisationI'm geting back into z80 coding and wonder what the best way of showing how efficient the code is. I've got Rodney Zaks book and see there are timin…
... who still like to write spectrum games for fun and having ... of graphic functions from within Spectrum Basic. I believe that's in ... -
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/"]Sinclair BASIC manual[/URL] and let the Chuntey ... -
Converting Basic code into machine codeIm just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??
... game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their ... Crash that compares a few Spectrum Basic Compilers.
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Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…
... false positive matches doing that. Spectrum BASIC files include a hidden 5 ... SPECTRUM as there's not much use for that within a BASIC ... -
Your Emulator of choice.Here at WOS there is a good active base of members. Most I would think have a real speccy somewhere, but, most must use An Emulator. Maybe there is…
... bit buggy)
Basin for Spectrum basic programming
Specbas for PC ... basic programming
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zx spectrum without TR6 (ZTX313)Hi is it possible that a zx spectrum 48 issue 2 works without TR6 (ZTX313)? Should be very interesting.
... to +12v and the Sinclair Spectrum Service Manual states the following:
zx spectrum without TR6 (ZTX313)Hi is it possible that a zx spectrum 48 issue 2 works without TR6 (ZTX313)? Should be very interesting.
... to +12v and the Sinclair Spectrum Service Manual states the following:
Did C64 sell more units in UK than the Spectrum?Interesting [URL="http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2297680/the-home-computing-era-from-conception-to-consumerisation?utm_source=taboola&utm_me…
... ? Look at all the hideous BASIC games in the archive ... there ... there is.
Finally, comparing spectrum basic programs with c64 ones is ...Spectrum Missing -5vMy Spectrum is "almost" booting, just when you expect the (C) 1982 Sinclair Research to appear it just displays flashing squares on the screen :( I …
... out the other. The Spectrum service manual actually recommends switching the coil ...Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette)Couldn't find this in the archive. Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette) by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Kluwer+Techn…
Brilliant! Thank you!
(I know it's probably not very useful for many people since it is a book about learning Spectrum BASIC for children in Dutch, but it's interesting enough for me. :))Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette)Couldn't find this in the archive. Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette) by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Kluwer+Techn…
... is a book about learning Spectrum BASIC for children in Dutch, but ...Graphics questionHello. I was wondering, does anybody here know of a method to display a large (as in, the better part of the screen) bitmap/raster image using ZX Sp…
... ) bitmap/raster image using ZX Spectrum BASIC?[/QUOTE]
Yes. Battle ... Z80 LDIR using only ZX BASIC (which means you can copy ...Graphics questionHello. I was wondering, does anybody here know of a method to display a large (as in, the better part of the screen) bitmap/raster image using ZX Sp…
In pure Spectrum Basic displaying a big picture in ... .
You can mix Basic with assembler however.
Something ... won't like to use Basic ever again ;)Sierra AGII've been thinking recently about starting a project to port Sierra's AGI engine to the ZX Spectrum 128. I've been reading the AGI specs and to me i…
... was an interpreter similar to BASIC. Games were written in a ... we know the speed of Spectrum BASIC ;)
[COLOR="navy"][I ... some of these games for Spectrum from scratch ;)
