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Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there ... that can be called from Basic but uses 64 or ... />
I'm creating small Basic programs that allow me to ... 64 column machine code routines out there but, does anyone know ... easy to call from Basic? Thanks! -
Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... before returning to BASIC
;return score to BASIC
Copy and ... machine code function called from basic will return the value from ... the stack first will come off last.
Insert line ... to deliberately crash to get out!
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Looking for contact!Hi all, Back in 1998 I sold most of my Spectrum gear........I traced the add in comp.sys.sinclair and it's quoted below. I think I sold it to JAMES …
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Just cleared out my Speccy cupboard and have ... email]
1 off - 48K Spectrum complete (issue 2 ... roms.
1 off - Home made EPROM PROGRAMMER (2716 ...
Books:-
ZX Spectrum BASIC Programming manual First edition (1982 ... -
Joffa speaks... sort of.I was looking through my archives today to search for some images, and found this psydo-interview I done with a certain Jonathan Smith. It reads as f…
... , from what I can make out:
///Introduction///
... from the usual messing with BASIC, I started developing games in ... the inlay instructions?, Joffa pointed out. ?I'd almost finished the ... the project out of house. This guy was 'paid off' and his ... -
The Chuntey InitiativeIt's the start of a new year and with it brings a new wave of optimism and hope! :) In light of the relative success of twitter/speccynews (in the s…
... sharing couldn't be pulled off.
... Assembler directives etc), short BASIC or Assembly snippets, et ... share stuff. Which rules out the wikia IMO - ... works out, great! If not, well no skin off anybody ... /> Feel free to point out any obvious flaws in the ... -
Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
... can hit the NMI switch and load and save ... sockets from ZX BASIC using ZX BASIC streams. Both server ... programs can be written in BASIC.
* Filesystem abstraction ... have a software-controllable switch to be able ... the through port from paging their own ROMs at ... -
SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…
... loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & ... />
2) When writing a BASIC loader to load back a ... -
An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... and INPUT # to get data off it.
I just ... -
My Spectrum has gone a bit dud since doing some Mods, HELPMy father in law and I did some modifications to my 48K rubber key Spectrum last weekend, and now it seems to be very keen to crash, especially when …
... simple in line on/off table lamp switch in the mains cable ... connector.
We took off the heat sink so that ... the keyboard membrane was taken out, unfortunately my father in law ... -
Switch on +3 disk driveI'm testing a CPC6128 disk drive in a +3, and I've found that some kind of switch is badly damaged. The switch is connected to a pad labeled SW2 in t…
... some kind of switch is badly damaged. The switch is connected to ... do? It's write protection switch or it detects if a ... is always off, so I'm thinking about desoldering that switch and ... -
ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ... if you want to branch out and use more powerful syntax ... add-in functions for the basic compiler to make it more ... -
A day in with the Speccy (real hardware)right, inspired by nicks post heres my speccy games playing so far today. All on real hardware now ive got a speccy set up and all the games out of t…
... up and all the games out of the loft :D
munchman (dk troniks) - pretty basic but fun, and quite tough ... stickers torn off and the tape does have a nibble out of ... -
The Spectrum screenshot odd-one-out round - medium skill levelHere's the medium level questions for the official [COLOR=DimGray][No it's not official, bugger off - Martijn][/COLOR] WOS Spectrum screenshots odd o…
... , bugger off - Martijn][/COLOR] WOS Spectrum screenshots odd one out game. If ... clue to the odd one out lies in the game itself ... closed whilst trying to fight off a dozen ninjas armed with ... -
The Spectrum screenshot odd-one-out round - hard skill levelActually, more like nightmare skill level... If you don't know how to play, then go to the easy questions thread at: [URL="http://www.worldofspect…
... can you please drop Amy off at my house, now that ... I name the odd one out, and then you have to ... it is the odd one out, as even then some of ... -
Internet on the ZX SpectrumThis has been a bit of a personal holy grail for years and years, so I'm very pleased to announce a humble speccy browsing the Internet with Firefox.…
... mins 50 in I switch the proxy off so you can see ... of the more dubious sites out there I'm sure they ... -
A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... and visible machine code trailing off the end of the [b ... 's a way to squeeze out another byte or two, by ... jump. Doing so involves executing BASIC tokens as if they were ... 4 (the command in the BASIC program -- [b]PRINT[/b], or ... -
PC questionsI tried to switch on my PC on sunday morning but nothing would happen. I initially thought the fuse had blown in the socket but when i changed it it…
I tried to switch on my PC on sunday ... it it still wouldn't switch on. So i thought the ... new PC or get a basic case and transfer all the ... get a new PC so off we went to Currys (there ... -
purchasing mp3s off t'net...anyone here regularly buy mp3s? just wondering what you would consider a reasonable price to have an mp3 at is one site I buy off is ?1.06 + VAT so …
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one site I buy off is ?1.06 + VAT so ... downloading) then you're shelling out bonkers amounts.....
does ... but something's putting me off. I get the impression that ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... 't know the hardware inside out, so I'm thinking there ... />
I mean, surely squared off edges, attribute-sized platforms and ... box, bright with bright or basic with basic, no mix, correct pixel ... -
Androids... everybody needs an Android. Or do they. + Bonus topic F*** OFF GoogleWell I've got a brand new phone a Sony Xperia X10 and I'm up trying to get it to sync with outlook. Its an andoid phone and on the face of it seems q…
... *cking bank account? F**CK OFF Google!.
Soon all ... will be able to find out too much about me. -
bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…
... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
Now available: ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces ... language (which it will hand off to an assembler), images ( ... which it will hand off to scrplus to convert), and ... -
Various game / utility / cover tapes.Having a clean-out - If anybody interested in buying any of the following drop me a PM. Anything not taken by next weekend will go onto eBay. Games…
Having a clean-out - If anybody interested in buying ...
Pud Pud
Push Off
Rapscallion
Rockford (The ... Adventure Creator, The
Laser Basic
Laser Compiler
Mcoder ... -
who to claim off , courier or their agent?I sent something via courier (home) and it was sent using parcel2go... anyone had experience claiming off either ? and which one should I go to... …
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anyone had experience claiming off either ? and which one should ... gotta ring up to find out where it vanished to on ... -
Do you play violent computer games AND support hunting?After the oh-so-brave shooting of a locally famous stag: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11624253[/url] questions are again being a…
... food (it's the most basic rights of [B]all[/B ... for fun and to burn off stress - I'm curently playing ... Fist, etc, you can take out your virtual frustrations on imaginary ... -
Mute switchOn a standard 48K machine, would it do any harm to fit a mute switch into one of the sounders connections ? I mean by 'harm' switching it on / off w…
... harm to fit a mute switch into one of the sounders ... by 'harm' switching it on / off with power applied. :)
Simple & Portible means to boost PC Soundcard Line Out?Hi Guys, My older computers were very good at driving a real spectrum's ear socket via their Line Out or Headphone socket. My new Dell's sound card…
... ear socket via their Line Out or Headphone socket. My new ... reliable amplification of the line out signal? I am thinking small ... . Does any such device exist "off the shelf"?
Cheers ...Arrays in Spectrum basicHi everyone, I've recently begun learning to programme in Spectrum and want to write a text adventure. Could someone give me an example or help me o…
... an example or help me out with arrays? as they are ... needs.
I'm running Basic on Spectaculator and intend to ...+3 s-video outAs I mentioned in another thread recently I use my +3 through a TV card, there is therefore no way to make use of the RGB output, and the composite s…
... photo is the original RF out socket. This had then become ... chroma only, and we tap off the luma at the other ...
