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  • Universal disk drive controller project - information needed! Hello Speccy world! I am a hardware developer from Russia and old Speccy fan. Currently i am starting a project aimed at joining Western and Eastern…

    ... other way to operate without BASIC system) and this makes it ... ", no one answered. What's up? Are there no real Speccy ...
    Sonic Sonic June 2005 Development
  • Retro-Soft / Cronosoft Tie UpWe are pleased to announce the tie up between us and Cronosoft , this will allow access in a 'real' format to loads of games , we will be concentrati…

    ... pleased to announce the tie up between us and Cronosoft , this ...
    Retro-Soft Retro-Soft June 2005 Games
  • Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?

    Does anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?
    mgmetro mgmetro July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Crash mags up for sale Just clearing out some more doubles from the mid 80`s, should have some later issues up on ebay soon. [url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZzza…

    Just clearing out some more doubles from the mid 80`s, should have some later issues up on ebay soon.

    [url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZzzapmort"]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZzzapmort[/url]
    Mort! Mort! July 2005 Sales
  • The Best Beat 'Em Up Games For SpeccyHi. What are the best beat 'em up games for Speccy in your opinion? For me it's: 1. Renegade 2. Target: Renegade

    Hi.
    What are the best beat 'em up games for Speccy in your opinion?
    For me it's:

    1. Renegade
    2. Target: Renegade
    dosh dosh July 2005 Games
  • Spectrum Programming TipsI've dug up a couple more items from my Spectrum 'pit' and added them at [url="http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Info/Comp/Spectrum/ProgTips"]http://www.md…

    I've dug up a couple more items from ... and WRITE.
    * A general BASIC line editor with copy cursor ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston July 2005 Development
  • Does *anyone* remember this?Right, whilst I'm waiting for a driver to download, I thought I'd ask if anyone remembers an animated film I once saw years ago (1970s or possibly ve…

    ... this bloke, and locks her up so she can't see ... Pictures, where they'd teach basic words, or sentence structure, or ... basic musical concepts or so on, ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2005 Chit chat
  • can anyone name the gameCan you tell me the maze game that came with the zx spectrum I had as a child. You had to fill in all the section whilst being chased by up to 3 th…

    ... section whilst being chased by up to 3 things. As far ... one. The graphics were very basic.
    jmearn jmearn August 2005 Games
  • need help with (short) reviewsi'm trying to make web with complete archive of czech and slovak speccy games. at this point i have 100+ of them on my HDD and i add them slowly to …

    ... loading and in-game screenshot, basic data about game, rough evaluation ... but a slight problems comes up:
    1) Opinion of other ...
    Fikee Fikee August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BBC BASIC for the SpectrumThe latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url="http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software/Spectrum/BBCBasic"]http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Software…

    The latest update of BBC BASIC for the Spectrum at [url=" ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston August 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • HELP -- anybody got WIndows 98?Or some halfway-decent CD-burner software which will work under Win95? I recently upgraded my CD-Rom drive to CD-RW, because they're so cheap nowada…

    ... you're willing to put up with a read speed of ... lacks even such [I][B]basic[/B][/I] CD-burning facilities ...
    robert@fm robert@fm August 2005 Chit chat
  • New side scrolling shoot-em-up updateHi, I guess I'll need to come up with a name for this game fairly soon! But in the meantime heres another Demo to let you see how its progressing. …

    ... I'll need to come up with a name for this ... sprite engine, which can handle up to 16 sprites at a ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2005 Development
  • BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…

    ... .. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window ... text to my box but basic seems to position text in ... should be in the Spectrum Basic section.. I didnt see it ...
    javaguy javaguy August 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Which of these is acceptable FPS for shoot-em-upHi, I want to get peoples opinion as to an acceptable frame update speed for my shoot-em-up game that is in development. At the minute I could do it…

    ... speed for my shoot-em-up game that is in development ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2005 Development
  • screen$I'm wanting to create a game which is written mostly is Basic, due to lack of MC skills but i need a MC routine if someone would kindly supply it I…

    ... which is written mostly is Basic, due to lack of MC ... but it used to mess up the screen if you were ...
    chop983 chop983 August 2005 Development
  • Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…

    Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making basic games for the speccy?
    Whitesnake Whitesnake September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…

    ... a VERY fast restart to basic (as if I didn't ... /> - Get this - I could enter basic programs normally !!! I.e. it ... games (like 3d monster maze) up to a point when they ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Shoot-em-up Demo 4 availableHi, Work continues on my Shoot-em-up game which will now be known as Retro Fighter (working title). Since the last demo, I have added collision det…

    ... continues on my Shoot-em-up game which will now be ...
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2005 Development
  • Cronosoft 'Cassette 50'I'm currently looking to start work on putting together a 'CASCADE CASSETTE 50' compilation. Admittedly, I might not get 50 games submitted, so if t…

    ... ones - they can be in BASIC or M/Code - complex or ... simple - it's entirely up to you.


    chaosmongers chaosmongers September 2005 Games
  • Games wanted for Cronosoft 'CASSETTE 50' I'm currently looking to start work on putting together a 'CASCADE CASSETTE 50' compilation. Admittedly, I might not get 50 games submitted, so if…

    ... ones - they can be in BASIC or M/Code - complex or ... simple - it's entirely up to you.


    chaosmongers chaosmongers September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …

    ... Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • I've tried dumping spectradraw3, need help, block 6 = X[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8220340869"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8220340869[/url…

    ... detected.)

    its a basic program which lists and runs ... can send it for tidying up

    [ This Message was ...
    bleugh bleugh September 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…

    How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
    If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed!
    wilko0070 wilko0070 September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …

    ... knew this:

    Suppose BASIC encounters a variable reference while ... /assign), it has to come up with the actual memory address ... it just plain text, and BASIC has to search a table ...
    GOC GOC September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • NVidia Display drivers - fuk!n up my system - need help!Hello. Im having problems with video card drivers. My graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 64MB. I downloaded the latest (or tried the older) dri…

    ... reason why this message shows up is the graphics driver.

    This error pops-up totally unperiodically, you cannot guess ... when it will show up again, has already blown me ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 October 2005 Chit chat
  • Bit slow on the uptake (like at least a few years)I've just noticed that half the stuff about how to hack Powerload is missing from the Issue 59 edition of HTH on this site (you've got to get up pret…

    ... (you've got to get up pretty damn early to outsmart ... and gently (like explaining the Basic for a start). I'll ...
    JonNorth JonNorth October 2005 Development
  • BASin release 12a available for downloadChristmas has arrived early, and the new release of BASin is ready for you lot to point out errors, inconsistencies and bugs. Get it here: [url="ht…

    ... /> - The help file is now up to date and enhanced, and ... can be used in your BASIC programs or the editor.
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…

    ... ...

    Some of the Basic programes and games I've ... , it's possible that these Basic games were not programmed with ...
    mulder mulder October 2005 Emulators
  • An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…

    ... that it is a fairly basic protocol that runs on RS232 ... assembler for breakfast could rattle up something like that.

    KeepGood KeepGood October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • LOTRD is back!Hey guys! I've got some news to tell you all... TLOTRD is now back on after about 3 months absence! :D For those of you who don't know what the hell…

    ... over a year ago in BASIC. Unfortunately, I had problems galore ... it in GAC, but gave up when I could only do ... GAC version but not a BASIC version, as I'm gonna ...
    pottyboy pottyboy October 2005 Announcements
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