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  • Die RollerOkay, technically it's in machine code - but it's all compiled in a basic compiler. (you know, the one that people keep telling us is impossible to …

    ... think, ZXBC is the ultimative BASIC Compiler, and the next release ... /> If ZXBC will support other target platforms (Amstrad CPC, SAM Coup ...
    LCD LCD July 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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"…

    ... cpu power, when you play Target Renegade on 128 the music ... notice that I used a basic colour with bright earlier by ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 August 2010 Games
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... listing, anytime original Sinclair Basic is wanted by the coder ... know that the intended coordinates shouldn't be considered ... coordinates.

    -Mouse option (to copy, cut and paste the Basic ... export from SpecOS to Sinclair Basic. This feature wouldn't ...
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... listing, anytime original Sinclair Basic is wanted by the coder ... considered as pixels, but character coordinates.
    [/quote]

    ... copy, cut and paste the Basic listing at will)
    ... export from SpecOS to Sinclair Basic. This feature wouldn't ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... All my experience with various BASIC dialects on many machines ... listing, anytime original Sinclair Basic is wanted by the ... know that the intended coordinates shouldn't be considered ... coordinates.

    -Mouse option (to copy, cut and paste the Basic ...
    Sparky Sparky August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... is version 2 of the BASIC approach! :smile:

    ....
    BASIC.

    Enjoy.

    coordinates and a calculation to the ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • How to Write ZX Spectrum Games As some of you may know, it has long been my intention to produce a document which explains pretty much everything I have learned - and am still lea…

    ... . It's still a little basic in some areas, but contains ... Registers

    Chapter Seven - Basic Alien Collision Detection
    Coordinate ... and Inertia Tables
    Fractional Coordinates
    Rotational Movement

    jonathan jonathan October 2010 Announcements
  • Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …

    ... /> The zoom scope on the basic pistol made it a useful ... to shout racist abuse and target you specifically? Nice.
    joefish joefish October 2010 Chit chat
  • designing a computerHi everyone! I am designing a 4 bit computer and i need some advice, is this a good instruction set? [CODE] BINARY OPCODE DESCRIPTION 00000 nop…

    ... don't exist on the target CPU. The carry flag is ... mastered and gained knowledge of basic computer design, you can start ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Chit chat
  • How do you do it?What's your favoured method of games creation? Basic programming? Assembler? Basic Compiler? AGD? Etc etc. I currently have a management game written…

    I learn't BASIC first back in the mid ... , I tried Ocean's Laser Basic but that still wasn't ... Spectrum 128K +3 as the target machine. The assembler is oldskool ...
    ASM ASM November 2010 Development
  • Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…

    ... save window.
    5. select target: if you want to copy ... generated enough space to run basic. You can find this tool ... move game data which overlaps basic to somewhere safe, load the ... game data from basic, and execute game from basic by copying overlapping ...
    Arda Arda November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …

    ... as you can go -- the basic system does not need to ... an array generated from character coordinates:

    [code]
    int ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2010 Development
  • Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.

    ... /> And if you want your Basic game to work on real ... can play it (unless your target audience consists of emulator users ... /> I love games coded in Basic. I'm eager to see ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…

    ... a couple of "monstrosities" in BASIC including a couple of text ... can assume all X sprite coordinates are even (works fine for ...
    TVzombie TVzombie February 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…

    ... . Yes: you can use even coordinates on the X axis, but ... to account why is Sinclair BASIC rather slow?

    Please ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman February 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…

    ... only had to do 640x480 (basic standard definition television) at 25 ... resources were available on the target PCs, but that just underlines ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Chit chat
  • Utility or routine to save/display imagesLet's assume I have an image or sprite at coordinates x,y with w witdh and h height. If I were to store this image, which storage method would allow …

    ... an image or sprite at coordinates x,y with w witdh ... be specified with POKEs from Basic. I know how to do ... by character data storage from Basic, but it would be too ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48k game to 128 DSK ?Yes exist a good way to convert a 48k game from emulator (z80, .sna, etc), to a dsk format to be used by emulators or the real Spectrum +3 ? thx in…

    ... in from there on the target machine - using Z80.bas or ... =)


    Now, your basic +3 wont be able to ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum +3 Help pleaseI bought a +3 from a bootsale today, and when I got it back it didnt work (shock!) However after working out the +5V line on the PSU line was about …

    ... extra functions to the +3 BASIC, and fix some of the ... =)

    My hope (and target) would be have this program ... well as a groovy new basic command "DOPUS" that would be ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 April 2011 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 Help pleaseI bought a +3 from a bootsale today, and when I got it back it didnt work (shock!) However after working out the +5V line on the PSU line was about …

    ... ;525600]
    My hope (and target) would be have this program ... well as a groovy new basic command "DOPUS" that would ... whatever filesystem is mounted)
    basic extensions: check (spectranet has a ... BASIC extension api that makes it ...
    guesser guesser April 2011 Hardware
  • How much have you spent on your hobby?Time for a new thread... 1) How much have you spent in total on your hobby (can be Sinclair only), or other retro computing stuff over the years ? …

    ... about 1000 hours developing SE Basic when I could have been ... the target set for releasing the open version of SE Basic. Please ...
    chev chev May 2011 Chit chat
  • Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …

    ... the user base of SE Basic, roughly worked out from ... believed 100 was an achievable target. I was by no ... return to working on SE Basic after a four year ... to try programming in SE Basic, but frankly if you ... to write programs in Sinclair BASIC in this day and ...
    chev chev May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …

    ... close now to reaching aowens target, so lets close the deal ... get an open source Sinclair Basic for all :)
    Hercules Hercules May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …

    ... close now to reaching aowens target, so lets close the deal ... get an open source Sinclair Basic for all :)[/QUOTE]
    That ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • fast font engine possible?inspired by the recent "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and having done some of the work on this in the past i wonder if it …

    ... "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and ... the 48K should be the target though. The extra RAM of ...
    chev chev May 2011 Development
  • Calculating free memory...Hi Folks, I am using the following method to calculate the amount of free memory available to BASIC: [CODE]PRINT 65536-USR 7962[/CODE] Is this the…

    ... can't be determined from BASIC except by a USR call ... , so it's a moving target; but something like this would ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Calculating free memory...Hi Folks, I am using the following method to calculate the amount of free memory available to BASIC: [CODE]PRINT 65536-USR 7962[/CODE] Is this the…

    ... variables is in the SE Basic manual.[/QUOTE]

    Andrew ... can't be determined from BASIC except by a USR call ... , so it's a moving target; but something like this would ... in machine coded/asembler. Only BASIC. So I gave my best ...
    Encarnado Encarnado June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • 3D graphicsWould be there interest in some tutorial about 3D vector graphics on zx (my slowly paced side project) ? EDIT: [b]Content[/b] [list] [*]The Math [*…

    I have to admit, I am looking forward to seeing how it can be done (i assume in ASM or Basic) will we be using matricies and homogeneous coordinates like OpenGL =D
    Zetr0 Zetr0 June 2011 Development
  • binutils questionSince there's a few people using binutils these days I thought I'd give it a go and see whether it solves my hunt for a replacement assembler/librari…

    ... same address range, you can target the multiple memory banks of ... , run the program, exit to basic and then run the program ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2011 Development
  • Birthday PlotsHello all; When browsing the web, I stumbled across an oddity known as Birthday Plots. In effect somebody enters a numeric date and the computer prin…

    ... to ensure that the calculated coordinates fit within the screen dimensions ... convert the listing to ZX Basic.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2011 Sinclair Basic
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