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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…
... we know the speed of Spectrum BASIC ;)[/QUOTE]
Interpreting ... previous "section". Therefore a Spectrum 128K would be able to ... some of these games for Spectrum from scratch ;)[/QUOTE]
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Using even ports for input?I've been looking for unused ports to use with my clashbasher interface. I understand that the spectrum only considers A0 when decoding its input p…
The Spectrum Hardware Manual has a circuit to allow ... line is internal to the Spectrum, the bit above is externally ... ]http://mdfs.net/Info/Comp/Spectrum/Circuits/128ports3.gif[/img]
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Using even ports for input?I've been looking for unused ports to use with my clashbasher interface. I understand that the spectrum only considers A0 when decoding its input p…
[QUOTE=jgharston;746797]The Spectrum Hardware Manual has a circuit to allow you to freely use all addresses from xx00 to xx7F[/QUOTE]
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The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
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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…
... of "SAVE-ing SCREEN$ & BASIC as one file" as I ... a +3 disk with a basic program. I have a couple ... run this on +3 Basic rather than 128 Basic.
How ... create code running under original Spectrum Basic?
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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…
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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…
... of "SAVE-ing SCREEN$ & BASIC as one file" as I ... run this on +3 Basic rather than 128 Basic.
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hash function permutation tableI'm using a simple Pearson hash function to generate keys for a $(103,6) array using a 256-byte permutation table. How do I arrange the entries in th…
The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
... of classic PC games in Spectrum BASIC?
I also wonder ...The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
... of classic PC games in Spectrum BASIC?[/QUOTE]
Well I ...IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... SAVE command in the ZX Spectrum BASIC, or in any other environment ...Plea for new hardwareI'm posting this as a poll as I want to judge if I'm a solo loon going on about this, or if people really are interested in either of the following S…
... with a better BASIC (although ZX81 BASIC can be ... very slightly tweak ZX80 BASIC, it will work ...
[quote]The ZX Spectrum (or "ZX82") is a evolution ... but can run ZX81 BASIC programs (with minor changes ... actually convert it to Spectrum BASIC. It also runs on ...ZX-Modules app reportZX-Modules app report If You are interested, I want to report about the state and progress about my ZX-Modules programs. I would like to report at l…
... - the user or ZX-Spectrum BASIC (or Beta Basic?) programmer - give you ... follows that looks like a Spectrum keyword.
[*] Bugfixes around ... text editing, and one for Basic editing.
[*] In ... Windows style and to ZX-Spectrum (48k) mode. See the ...48K: Half of copyright message in the middle of the screen?!Issue two. Has 74LS08 over the Z80, but the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E??? - I have one, but I'm not sure if it is working, at l…
... quad NAND according to the Spectrum Hardware Manual) fitted (correctly mind) to ...48K: Half of copyright message in the middle of the screen?!Issue two. Has 74LS08 over the Z80, but the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E??? - I have one, but I'm not sure if it is working, at l…
... second edition of the Spectrum Hardware Manual is available for download from ...UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
... load in custom fonts in BASIC.[/QUOTE]
UDGs and ... suggest you dip into the BASIC manual, specifically the +3 version if ...Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... have an appointment with the BASIC manual.
It would be ... to see some new pure BASIC games released in 'Brand New ...Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... fail randomly where the original BASIC ran fine. And it drastically ... could write it in Mallard BASIC under CP/M instead. [/quote ... would lose all the zx spectrum basic tools :D UDG's and ...Official Basinc thread - Bug reports and other discussionI just released a new BASin fork, basinc. The first official release was V16r2, and today it's r3. it's uploaded to wos archive and alternatively, h…
Help file and Basic Manual aren't working on my PC -Windows XP - Just shows the menu tree. Right hand pane shows Action Cancelled error.Official Basinc thread - Bug reports and other discussionI just released a new BASin fork, basinc. The first official release was V16r2, and today it's r3. it's uploaded to wos archive and alternatively, h…
[QUOTE=rune;777215]Help file and Basic Manual aren't working on my PC -Windows XP - Just shows the menu tree. Right hand pane shows Action Cancelled error.[/QUOTE]
Yep that is what I get but using Windows 7 64 bit.
PaddyComputer Magazine ListingsI was browsing through some really old multi format computer magazines and found some Speccy game listings. They were popular during the first half o…
... not just look at ZX Spectrum BASIC listings either, I was happy ...Music in 128K BASICI have a pdf of the Spectrum 128K manual with its commands and I'm finding the music section to be a little hard to follow (I accept stupidity on my …
... command. I've read the BASIC manual that comes with the 128K ...Music in 128K BASICI have a pdf of the Spectrum 128K manual with its commands and I'm finding the music section to be a little hard to follow (I accept stupidity on my …
... command. I've read the BASIC manual that comes with the 128K ...Commodore 64 Vs ZX Spectrum - The DebateFilmed at Play Manchester 2014, Paul Drury from Retro Gamer magazine hosted a live debate asking 4 industry veterans (John Gibson, Ste Pickford, Andy…
... ]To all reasonable people ZX Spectrum is better, as a whole ... />
no bias towards the spectrum then ? hehe
speccy ... / sound chip)..
but the spectrum basic is better
3d ... till I came back to spectrum years later. e.g. ...Pick 3 from 49pThe WHSmith Home Computer Club. Oh, such great memories ? some of which we?ve shared already, but what about if you were to choose now? Any 3 that …
... GAC came with a good manual, the 10 year old me ... . I couldn't understand the BASIC manual that came with the speccy ...amaurote with removed foregroundit`s good or bad ? [IMG]http://savepic.org/6483066.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://savepic.ru/6281893.png[/IMG]
The Einstein was a nice machine. Had to use one on my YTS scheme to produce a rolling demo advert. Figured out the sprites with no basic manual by studying the demo disks. Now that machine was underrated.Windows touch screen keyboardAnyone know how to use the touch screen keyboard on any spectrum emulators in windows pc.
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SpecBAS: Spectrum BASIC rendered visuals for a DJ ...Tau Day<br>By popular demand (well, demand of one, which is highly popular in the sorts of things I do :D ), here is a small celebration of tau day, June 28…
... on a 3.54MHz spectrum.
Spectrum Basic should also be able ...What is everyone thinking right now."Hmm, I'll scroll through WOS, then I might put the kettle on. Need to look through the column draw routine in Tir Na Nog. Oh that itch is back again…
Putting the finishing touches to a new Spectrum BASIC game.... wondering if the explosions should be in 4 directions or 2 . 4 looks better but is slower.......
