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  • Spectrum Key Codes?Hi guys, I have just been reading up about the Sinclair Keypad that was released to accompany the 128K. I read this on the a website, this was refe…

    ... /> I have just been reading up about the Sinclair Keypad that ... . Does anyone know some spectrum basic code I could use to ...
    KeepGood KeepGood October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • WarningWarning Some games such as "Cyclone" WILL NOT run on a +2A. I have tried numerous times, and every time the load fucks up resulting in a 48K BASIC …

    Warning

    Some games such as "Cyclone" WILL NOT run on a +2A. I have tried numerous times, and every time the load fucks up resulting in a 48K BASIC Reset. I wonder why.
    Swevicus Swevicus November 2005 Games
  • Bubbler Goes Up On Ebay Buy It Now ?200 !!Well someone had to do it, what do you think the odds are that someone will actually buy it for this price? I wish this forum had a polling system , …

    ... many week's it's up on ebay ?

    [url ...
    gargoyle67 gargoyle67 November 2005 Games
  • Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …

    ... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been testing ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K and ... test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 November 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • New FTP Server upMy FTP server is now up and running. At the moment, it is small, just a handful of TZX files from the library, most of them are utilities. Soon, …

    My FTP server is now up and running.

    At ... , the whole library will be up there and then I will ... my computer, it will be up - else it won't be ...
    DEATH DEATH November 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…

    ... machine code part of the basic only (option 2) or test ... machine code part of the basic into the screen area which ...
    JonNorth JonNorth December 2005 Development
  • WOS - The Computer Game I may start looking at putting some quick routines together for this over the weekend, so wanted to establish some sort of concensus as to the form …

    ... be a basic MM or JSW style collect-em-up, or perhaps ... screen is to be taken up by the status panel etc ... do without masking to free up more memory for screens?
    jonathan jonathan December 2005 Games
  • Tap files - exact specsThe FAQ says... [quote] TAP Format The .tap files contain blocks of tape-saved data. All blocks start with two bytes specifying how many bytes will…

    ... />
    First there is the BASIC loader program on tape. The ... believed) 19 bytes of the BASIC header, of which there are ... is also a 0 (meaning BASIC program), but then there is ... far too much stuff came up to wade through tonight.
    mulder mulder December 2005 Development
  • Updated! Download My New Maze Game - WIP DemoTo download a demo of my new game (Bipboi), please click here... [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/bipboi1.tap"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/…

    ... ,P = Left/Right, A,Z = Up/Down

    Still very ... most welcome.

    The basic idea of this game is ...
    robpearmain robpearmain December 2005 Development
  • ANN: Alchemist Software FTP site up and runningHi guys and gals Just a quick post to announce that the my new FTP site (address in my sig) is up and running. To log in, just log in as annonymous…

    ... (address in my sig) is up and running. To log in ... the entire Alchemist PD library up there plus a huge collection ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Announcements
  • How to recover data from old Microdrive cartridges?I have 17 Microdrive cartridges that I filled with games (some listed in the "Missing in Action" section of this website) about 20 years ago. My or…

    ... eventually, and one 4 line BASIC program.

    Is it ... the fixed resistors to turn up the gain on the head ...
    Ron101 Ron101 December 2005 Hardware
  • ANN: Sam Revival issue 13 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 13 of 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out! Kicking off issue 13 of Sam Revival is a 14 page news section to give a lowdown on what's happening i…

    ... developed to use it from BASIC via the Comms Interface. In ... having to register or sign-up for their service. Click on ...
    Quazar Quazar December 2005 Announcements
  • BASIC 2005 Competition - a lot of games for downloadA lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all in spanish for download now: [url="http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2005.html"]http://www…

    A lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all ...
    radastan radastan January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair Extended BASIC...Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.

    Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.
    chev chev January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …

    ... 'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to ... program that I type a basic program and it compile and ...
    paolo z paolo z January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …

    ... programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people ... any way of saving your basic program, half half way through ...
    somewherecheap somewherecheap January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Detecting TR-DOS from BASICIs there a simple (or contrived :D ) way to detect the presence of a TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC? For fairly obvious reasons this can't rel…

    ... TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC?

    For fairly obvious ...
    pissedbob pissedbob January 2006 Development
  • Converted tzx looks differentI finally decided to have a go at converting some of my old tapes to tzx incase i find any mias later on. I converted the game Speed King 2 by master…

    ... ok. It loads up ok from the 48k basic load"" just like ...
    festershinetop festershinetop January 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Toobin'I just took a look at this game for the first time. It got kind of mixed reviews, and I can see why. Quite a good idea, but a bit too frantic and unp…

    ... a sprite routine in compiled BASIC for a 16x16 pixel 8 ... variable rapids etc. (Remember "Paddles Up"?)

    Were there any ... even I could have come up with something better than that ...
    Gwyn Gwyn January 2006 Games
  • Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks

    If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
    thanks
    somewherecheap somewherecheap January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…

    Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
    Thanks in advance
    carmack carmack January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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
  • BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…

    ... a 48k/128k emulator wrapped up in a nice Delphi-Style ... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
    up the links a bit.
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Emulators
  • BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …

    ... a 48k/128k emulator wrapped up in a nice Delphi-Style ... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
    up the links a bit.
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Speccy 48K Sound EffectsHow did programmers of old get the more digitisy sounds out of the spectrum, specifically the 48K machine so no Yamaha sound chip to play with. They …

    ... play with. They clearly gave up on the beep command. Take ... sound. Is this possible with BASIC, I would love to know ...
    Womble Womble February 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…

    ... PAW and now have a basic understanding of them all but ... using BMP2SCR and touched it up and am quite pleased with ... . The best I can come up with is somehow importing a ...
    yadster yadster February 2006 Development
  • Mega rare Red Boxes home control systemMega rare Red Boxes starter system hardware ? Sinclair / Commodore / BBC Now there?s rare and there?s rare! This piece of kit dates from 1986 and wa…

    ... something called Red Basic, a powerful version of BASIC, specifically developed for ... someone similar to knock you up a lead but it shouldn ... to grips with the Red Basic system.

    I doubt ...
    wadsterboy wadsterboy February 2006 Sales
  • the computer's cracking up!I'm running WinXP here, now the other day windows explorer just wouldn't start. just comes up with a box that tells me [quote]There was a problem se…

    I'm running WinXP here, now the other day windows explorer just wouldn't start. just comes up with a box that tells me
    [quote]There was a problem sending the command to the program [/quote].
    Could it be an evil virus?
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm February 2006 Chit chat
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ...
    Spadge Spadge March 2006 Development
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