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  • 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…

    Are 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 BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 …

    ... to add basic commands?
    How are the commands for example of Basic+ are added ...
    maskenlos maskenlos December 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which BASIC commands/functions affect FRAMES?Hi Folks, Does someone have a definitive list of BASIC commands/functions that affect the FRAMES counter? The list I have so far: BEEP CAT (thanks…

    ... someone have a definitive list of BASIC commands/functions that affect the FRAMES ... (thanks Nathan)
    Any output commands attached to the ZX Printer ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Image to BASIC commandsHi all I'm looking for an app that read an image (jpg, gif, etc...) and convert it to BASIC commands (DRAW, CIRCLE, etc...) The images to convert wi…

    ... , etc...) and convert it to BASIC commands (DRAW, CIRCLE, etc...) The images ... fills and/or select portions of the original imagen, it will ...
    oblo oblo October 2012 Development
  • how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…

    ... to visualize what these cryptic commands are actually doing.
    of the various Basic commands and their machine ... most out of Basic and my applications arent speed sensitive, my ... only distant concern is the amount of ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …

    ... now I've got lots of fixed stuff from Quazar ):
    of colours from black through to ... /> Is this a factor of how BASIC generates random numbers?

    DonkeyPong DonkeyPong June 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …

    ... short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is ... programs. It's sort of a slow version of copy & paste ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Type a screen of text from the start screen.I've forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so on, but is there a way, from Spectrum Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem is, as soo…

    ... forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so on ... , from Spectrum Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem ... a key, you get one of the BASIC commands come up. I want ... a few sentences, without any of the commands, from the initial BASIC screen.
    Farflame Farflame October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…

    ... terms mean.

    The various Basic manuals I've read don ... level explanation of the more arcane commands. I suppose most of the experts ... of in depth explanations of how to get the most out of the Basic commands ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2017 Chit chat
  • Almost (In-) Complete List of esxDOS DOT-CommandsI´ve created a List of esxDOS .DOT-Commands (="esxDOS-Systemcommands") which can be runned from within esxDOS. Here you can found actual Version V…

    ... ´ve created a List of esxDOS .DOT-Commands (="esxDOS-Systemcommands") which ... can found actual Version V001 of the List: [url="https ... ]

    Four of the Commands on the list I build ... /> These are bare Demo-Commands without big usefulness. They can ...
    Luzie Luzie August 2017 Announcements
  • Strongest aspect of Spectrum BASICWhat would you say is the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on other micros at the time. I think it might have been the Fun…

    ... say is the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs ... other aspects of spectrum BASIC that were better than other BASIC variants on ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…

    ... commands that came with the default system. The Spectrum saw many BASIC ... add-ons, from new or modified single commands ( ... games written in BASIC? The speed of Spectrum BASIC is the only ... that hurts Speccy BASIC the most is the Speed.[/quote]
    ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…

    The BBC BASIC ROM converts graphics and sound commands into operating system ( ... in Z80. As to the speed of the BASIC, it's actually not ... routines). However, Z80 BBC BASIC will blow my emulator away ... get a rough idea of speeds. Using BBC BASIC 4 allows me ...
    Jimmy Jimmy August 2008 Development
  • Turbo BasicHi everyone, I should like to know if is available some version Turbo-Basic for ZX Spectrum? (Such as for Atari XE/XL.) Thank you! ;) P.S. I am sorr…

    ... IO, sound and graphics commands wouldn't work in the ... re not happy with the speed of Sinclair BASIC you could try using ... handles a limited subset of Sinclair BASIC but has extensions for ... Beta BASIC or BBC BASIC. Neither uses syntax like that of Turbo BASIC, ...
    Matt_B Matt_B April 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…

    ... an idea of the BASIC commands, what's possible, and what speed it all ... comes to machine code, the commands like:
    LD A,5 ... a sequence of bytes. You can write down your commands on paper ... PRINT USR nnnnn command from BASIC. That's how early Spectrum ...
    joefish joefish September 2011 Development
  • The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…

    ... So there was a lack of official BASIC commands and machine code "hooks ... disk filing system. So the various disk systems ended up being ... and Microdrives, the syntax of the commands was a bit complex and ... . The ROM would include commands to control the 80 column ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... been looking at ways of improving the speed of my basic and I've ... hit on the idea of loading ... or does it employ somekind of speed loading like it does with ...
    chop983 chop983 February 2006 Emulators
  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... that the editor will allow Basic ( anything you want really ) ... could be. though this Basic environment with all these features ... a simple high level language, Basic, and all the sound, ... instructions on the CD list of all Basic commands, features, how Tos and ...
    Sadako Sadako June 2004 Emulators
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... with doing it in Basic... but will need some ... yet, just for pure speed of development Basic suits me... ok, so ... 512K (-100K for Rom, basic vars, screen memory etc) ... /> That`s heaven to a basic coder :)

    --------------------------------
    ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Development
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... is this the best version of Basic for the SAM? ( in ... yet, just for pure speed of development Basic suits me... ok, so ... /> That`s heaven to a basic coder :)

    --------------------------------
    ... rather than cell- from Basic. It's slower, but ...
    Sadako Sadako August 2004 Development
  • You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…

    ... [/B] speed :D

    Open another thread for Basic discussions :D ... speed of 128K BASIC had to be taken into account when comparing the speed of ... a 48K machine to the 128K machine via timings in BASIC ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2006 Hardware
  • The unofficial Amstrad WWW resourceNot sure if this fits this section... Some sites with info about the Plus 3's Floppy Drive Controller (uPD765A) had a link to this website: [url]htt…

    ... reading for anyone pondering the speed of Sinclair BASIC and Andrew Barker features ...
    Geoff Geoff April 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Using INPUT without clearing last two lines of screen?I'm trying to print to the 22nd row of the screen using the ol' print #0 trick. Unfortunately, I require user INPUT which seems to wipe out the botto…

    ... did in Basic.
    [/QUOTE]

    Try chapter 8 of "Understanding ... does give m/c examples of many BASIC commands (although INPUT isn't ...
    Jimmy Jimmy January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…

    ... machine and reduces the feeling of working a 20 years old ... . I very like the feeling of typing basic commands for that. I know ...
    ingo ingo January 2009 Hardware
  • Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…

    ... file must be select from basic manually with long command (i ... emulator files runner. How much of ZX users(no developpers) use ... I very like the feeling of typing basic commands for that. I know ... all. You can use RESIDOS basic commands and all fatware features in ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2009 Hardware
  • Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …

    ... do wonders for the running speed of Sinclair BASIC, although that wasn't ... . You could recover a bit of time by making it only ... do, say, 128 lines instead of 192.

    In fact ... . You can get a bit of flicker when you type, because ...
    joefish joefish May 2009 Development
  • I want a DivIDE but....I need help, I want to get a DivIDE but I need some advice. Which one do I go for DivIDE or RWAPS DivIDE+ (when they become available). Which firmwa…

    ... perhaps slightly be slightly biased, of course ;-) )

    This is one of the few systems which allows ... .html[/URL]), and lots of additional BASIC commands as well.
    ...
    ResiDOS also runs on a variety of ...
    glancaster glancaster August 2009 Development
  • I want a DivIDE but....I need help, I want to get a DivIDE but I need some advice. Which one do I go for DivIDE or RWAPS DivIDE+ (when they become available). Which firmwa…

    ... perhaps slightly be slightly biased, of course ;-) )

    ... .html[/URL]), and lots of additional BASIC commands as well.
    < ... br /> ResiDOS also runs on a variety of ... interface by Ingo (member of WOS), this system is ...
    Hood Hood August 2009 Development
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... crack at writing games in BASIC. So long as you can ... Speccy when it came to speed of executing BASIC programs.
    joefish joefish March 2011 Games
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... crack at writing games in BASIC. So long as you can ... came to speed of executing BASIC programs.[/QUOTE]

    BBC Basic was probably ... the best 8-bit BASIC around.
    You could even ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers March 2011 Games
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