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  • RealSpec start upI understand that you can add a start-up line to initiate the version, mode,interface etc; for RealSpectrum but I'm a complete ham with emulators, a…

    ... you can add a start-up line to initiate the version ... want to do is start up in fullscreen mode as a ...
    Blondin235 Blondin235 March 2006 Emulators
  • Homing missile routine - help neededI am attempting to write a routine which will allow a missile to home in on a player. Basically the sort of thing you see in most shoot-em-up games. …

    ... shoot-em-up games.

    I have a BASIC program which ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2006 Development
  • +3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…

    ... that a cable be made up so that a 3" drive ... the system would be in BASIC so that the saving/loading ... saving would be done in BASIC, saving to anything is possible ...
    icabod icabod April 2006 Development
  • 128 BASIC running in softwareIt is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.

    It is possible to run 128 BASIC in two paged RAM banks, but it's not very stable.
    chev chev April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Shoot-em-up Development UpdateHi Folks, I am still working away at my horizontal scroller. Here is a link to let you see progress. I have re-written the scrolling routine to make…

    ... faster - and added a power-up which gives increased fire-power ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2006 Development
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... The UDG editor is set up by default, but it's ... quite easy to set up for sprites. No masking ... yet - anyone come up with any ideas for more ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
    ... left) wasn't keeping up with the current state until ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Emulators
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... The UDG editor is set up by default, but it's ... quite easy to set up for sprites. No masking ... yet - anyone come up with any ideas for more ... any binary file to the BASIC as DATA statements.
    ... left) wasn't keeping up with the current state until ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…

    can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this:
    PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2: ...
    or so...
    Fikee Fikee April 2006 Development
  • Switching basic to 48k modeHi there, we all know that the SPECTRUM command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However, when executed in a program, the SPECTRUM …

    ... command of the 128k BASIC turns the BASIC to 48k mode. However ...
    Paolo Ferraris Paolo Ferraris April 2006 Development
  • A job for WOSers. British sex slang glossary.An American friend of mine works as a phone sex operator and she's asked for my help. Her service is advertised on the internet and apparently she's …

    ... acts.
    Of course your basic shagg/wank terms are easy ... group of people to come up with an exhaustive list of ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis April 2006 Chit chat
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... works. Eventually I will write up a more complete version but ... if your only background is Basic, and for that reason I ... ) is a great bridge between basic and asm, and even when ... . The library has been split up into machine-independent portions and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…

    ... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectrum BASIC Programs listings MagazinesHi to all, I'm an Italian newbie of this forum, but i know this site since long time ago. I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of …

    ... .
    I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of ... course an old BASIC programmer :wink: ) and i ... have so many scans on BASIC programming magazine in the archive ... Magazine which has published many BASIC programs for Spectrum and others ...
    Bimbo72 Bimbo72 May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…

    ... running a program in 128k basic (so that you can ... switch back down to 48k basic before you run the ... like to do this within BASIC.

    I ... I switch down to 48k basic the program stops executing. ... I would like my basic program to continue its operation ...
    saiwong saiwong May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN - ZXSoftware.co.uk Update V1.5 21/05/06ZXSoftware has now been updated to V1.5. Changes :- 299 new titles have been added - Listed below. A few thousend new ingame screenshots and loadin…

    ... dodgy entries I just screwed up the import Smile ) ...
    Paddingtons Shopping Mix Up Collins Educational
    Panama ... 0 Aackosoft
    Spectrum Basic Programming Course - Revised Edition ... Editoriale Jackson
    Video Basic Issue 02 Gruppo Editoriale ...
    ADJB ADJB May 2006 Announcements
  • Spectrum stuff on PC Worms?I wasn't sure what forum to post this in ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12"]Sinclair Miscellaneous[/URL] or Chit Cha…

    ... the PC, that was made up of some of the rooms ... games? I did make some basic maps for Worms (Armageddon, I ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…

    ... an old classic (pacman) in basic . . .
    BUT . . .
    I can ...
    DrewPee70 DrewPee70 June 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • I played DSpec on my DSlite!That's right, TheHiVE sent out a few copys of a pre-release version of DSpec and I was one of the luckiest fellers in the world to get one ! I't ver…

    ... !

    I't very basic at the moment, but you ... can load up most games in SNA format ... all the games(file limit up to 500 for the moment ...
    Arm73 Arm73 June 2006 Emulators
  • lots of books for sale up on ebay!!!!!ZX81 Basic Sinclair Spectrum Basic Spectrum machine language for the absolute beginner The Century computer programming course 30 Hour Basic (Spectru…

    ZX81 Basic
    Sinclair Spectrum Basic
    Spectrum machine language for ... programming course
    30 Hour Basic (Spectrum edition)
    The Micro ...
    bleugh bleugh July 2006 Sales
  • Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…

    ... that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time.
    BASIC after calling machine code? I ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Development
  • SimCoupe 1.0 released[size=-2](for those of you that don't read CSS)[/size] SimCoupe, the SAM Coup? emulator, has been updated to version 1.0. This major release adds ma…

    ... disks inserted at the start-up screen
    - Added delay to ... support to generate cursor up/down
    - Added basic Vista beta 2 ...
    obo obo July 2006 Emulators
  • ANN: Spectrum Host 0.40 for BBC BASICZXHost 0.40, the ZX Spectrum host for BBC BASIC now has working microdrive support. You can load, save and catalogue microdrives, and any other devic…

    ... ZX Spectrum host for BBC BASIC now has working microdrive support ... /> Recent updates also include BBC BASIC runnable in RAM and colour ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston July 2006 Development
  • John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…

    ... bored programming it in Basic but when I eventually ... He used to pop up in the most unlikely ... Official Receiver appointed to wind up Imagine Ltd). It didn ... after the team was set up?

    Yes, ... that Dentons would simply pick up where Imagine left off. ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Ma jolie [Special Edition]I am delighted to announce the release of a Special Edition of my 2003 Manic Miner game, [i]Ma jolie[/i]. It's based on the game-engine from Matthew…

    ... ], where you have to collect up to five items from each ... and solving physical puzzles. The basic controls are left, right, jump ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad September 2006 Games
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum ... parameters began to replace the Basic style sub-routine that relied ... language for learning as was basic. Would it have better suited ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.

    What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic.




    Andrew.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk October 2006 Development
  • Google Code SearchJust launched in Labs is Google Code Search which allows you to search for source code on the Web. You can restrict on language so using Basic and '…

    ... language so using Basic and 'GO SUB' brings up BAS files from ... /> Typing 'Woody' and 'Marko' brings up the BASin files. There are ... a way of spreading Sinclair BASIC files in readable BAS format ...
    Geoff Geoff October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Rargh! What is up with these travellersArrgh, this is the third time I've been touched up in public. By a guy. A sober one. By a complete and utter stranger. Each time on a train. What is…

    Arrgh, this is the third time I've been touched up in public.
    By a guy. A sober one. By a complete and utter stranger.
    Each time on a train.

    What is up? Do I look queer when travelling or something?
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm October 2006 Chit chat
  • Print routine for BASIC (or BASin)For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initia…

    ... here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the ...
    Woody Woody October 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Linux noobie needs some answers...I've installed SUSE linux 10.1 on my dad's machine and am quite proud of my efforts although admittedly, the installer was quite good. I even managed…

    ... managed to get the internet up and running after about ..umm ... . I see folders like usr, vars, bin, home, opt, et al ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2006 Chit chat
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