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  • Getting Unit CHS detail in +3e BASICHello there my fellow WoS'ers I would like to know if there are system VARS or PEEK's that I could use to get the CHS info within BASIC at the mome…

    ... the moment I have written a basic program that leaches this data ... -TAB output that has been written to M: disk (RAM)
    Zetr0 Zetr0 January 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Strange behavior of program compiled with HiSoft BASICA while ago I experimented with HiSoft BASIC 128 (1.2) and compiled [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=683349&postcount=140"]…

    ... ago I experimented with HiSoft BASIC 128 (1.2) and compiled ... shows a listing of the BASIC loading/calling program several times ... a look at the original BASIC source (you can extract it ... troubles begin when the PLAY command is invoked. However HiSoft BASIC 1 ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu March 2013 Development
  • Project #1 : Speccy 128k+2 with diVide inside...Hi guys, I just have finished my Super Spectrum #1 The idea (I was thinking of that since 2007) was to fit an english grey +2 motherboard in a +2A…

    ... ) will maybe have the nmos, when I'll repair it : I ... access the original menu and basic 128 (buggy sometimes, I have ... I think, and I'll tell you later.........

    I ...
    bugpat bugpat April 2013 Hardware
  • Arcade Game Designer 4Just released over at the AGD forums. New this time: Sprites can now be individually coloured using the SPRITEINK command. If 16x16 sprites aren't…

    ... a new event to trap when a sprite falls too ... PUTBLOCK command and redraws them when you leave and re- ... and will create the relevant BASIC loader for you, saving it ... can still write your own BASIC code should you desire.< ... can't upgrade a game written with 3.5 to ...
    jonathan jonathan May 2013 Brand new software
  • Making aText AdventureRight, I've not touched BASIC for many, many years(When I was about 10). I've written a text adventure game and would really like to put one on Tape …

    ... BASIC for many, many years(When I was about 10). I've written ... need to do it in BASIC? Is there an easier way ...
    MilkyOnion MilkyOnion May 2013 Development
  • SE Basic IV 4.1 Buffy previewSE Basic IV 4.0 Anya was released back in December 2012. You can read about it here: [url]http://cheveron.github.io/sebasic4/[/url] But here's some …

    ...
    * A fork of OpenSE BASIC.
    * Supplied with FUSE (> ... This is particularly useful when using 8-bit character sets ... to the equivalent letter keys (when SHIFT is held).
    ... the tokenizer not tokenizing things when entering recursive functions. You ...
    chev chev July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …

    ... were at their place, playing, when they mentioned that their mom ... , the computer responded: Nonsense in BASIC. WOW! It talked to me ... castle door had those letters written on it, but we didn ... were assembling a battering ram when even the instructions on the ...
    memrah memrah July 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS 0.780 releasedHi all - Back again with a new SpecBAS release! It's all been about arrays this time around, and to add to those lovely associative arrays from las…

    ... a value has been written previously, you can ... />
    When Nine Tiles ported Dartmouth BASIC over to the ... br /> BIN from Sinclair BASIC makes an entrance. Pointless ... added as they are written to the array ... ENDIF triggering a segfault when used in certain ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Converting Basic code into machine codeIm just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??

    Im just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??
    nonsenceinbasic nonsenceinbasic September 2013 Development
  • Tape handling on a +3I'm seeing some strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the Loader option of a +3. I'm currently using the fuse emulator (I don't have an…

    ... seeing some strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the Loader ... /> If I create a small basic program:

    [CODE]
    BASIC".

    If I then ... .38 ROM. I can't tell at first glance whether this ...
    u6c87 u6c87 October 2013 Hardware
  • that "listing variables during runtime" thingWell, I did eventually finish this, but with my meds playing up I don't have much time each day that I can spend at the computer, so it's taken rathe…

    ... in assembler when I could write it more compactly in BASIC in ... Part the 1st - the BASIC variables lister BASIC listing:
    [url]http ... 112 UDGs
    * ScrDol0 is written to be called from the ... :
    PRINTRO:;test from BASIC (otherwise this first section is ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny November 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • FZX Driver for z88dkAn fzx library for z88dk can be downloaded [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWM2hWNjAxMVkxaEk/edit?usp=sharing"]here[/URL]. The libr…

    ... wrap to a new line when the right side of the ... the number of characters actually written to screen and the carry ... and use this function to tell you how much of the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2013 Announcements
  • graphic mode in spectaculator?can somebody tell me how to activate the graphic mode when using 128k basic in spectaculator? I am trying to learn some basic (found my old speecy m…

    can somebody tell me how to activate the graphic mode when using 128k basic in spectaculator?
    I am trying to learn some basic (found my old speecy manual after 30 years) and i got stuck ....

    tnx a lot
    gabriele amore gabriele amore December 2013 Emulators
  • BASIC games.I remember back in the day, there was a way you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as Football Manager or Johnny Reb. I can't rememb…

    ... you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as ... it just goes into the BASIC listing? Can you still do ... find out which games were written in BASIC?
    Farflame Farflame January 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Outputting debug trace to RS232 (assembly)Hi Guys, I'm working on a game at the moment (written in assembly) but I am really needing to write out a debug trace of what is going on with the p…

    ... a game at the moment (written in assembly) but I am ... file. Spectaculator has the facility when emulating a toastrack or higher ... [RST 8 ] without returning to BASIC?

    Any pointers will ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz January 2014 Development
  • Learning a programming language from scratchSome advice please... At work I use an Excel/Calc spreadsheet of my own making to get address information from various csv/txt files I download ever…

    ... it, which is a pain when I have a day off ... as the formulae I've written in Calc, but I can ... any language apart from Sinclair BASIC, but can usually hack my ... best place to start? Visual Basic? C#? Python? Something else ...
    leespoons leespoons March 2014 Chit chat
  • TAPlist - the emulator versionI've got this working reasonably well; there's just a couple of small extra features which I want to add. (Recall that TAPlist writes a formatted lis…

    ... as the last completed BASIC line is written out to a headerless ... messages, the border flashes blue when the tape needs to be ... .
    [*]Each 6kb (max) block written will have an extra three ... random from my "back catalogue", written about 30 years ago, and ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • The Hobbit - Chaos EngineI had a bit of a slow day yesterday, so I ended up playing 'The Hobbit' (Version 1.0 from this site) for a few hours. I know how to complete the gam…

    ... a 30+ year old game written in under 48k.

    when you get to the dungeon ... the off. (It always attacks when you enter its location).
    when you tell him to do something, which ...
    Grunaki Grunaki March 2014 Games
  • Learning Machine Code the +2a wayHello again all, I thought I'd ask in this forum as the other categories seem less relevant. I keep re-reading the thread below with the advice given…

    ... who wants to re-learn BASIC and some advising him to ... , but most of it is written for the 48k. There is ... accessing the rs232 etc. etc. when I come to start typing ...
    sliderules sliderules April 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…

    ... quicksort as replacement. Antonio's written a really handy utility "ticks ... /> //
    // wa_priority_queue_resize(&pq, 5000); // tell priority queue there are 5000 ... comparison, which is probably right when other overhead per comparison is ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2014 Development
  • Near new condition 48k Spectrum for sale.I'm starting my spring cleaning with this. I have a Sinclair Spectrum 48k, bought many years ago but has had only about a week's use (at my then gir…

    ... 't). I can't tell you when I got it because I ... both do work; they did when last tested). The lead to ... other packaging. The ring-bound BASIC manual is still present and ... boxed; this was not new when I was given it but ...
    Fire Angel Fire Angel May 2014 Sales
  • Spectrum 128 malfunctioning with DIVMMCI recently got myself a spectrum 128 (toastrack) and a DIVMMC card so I could load games from it. It all works fine until it has warmed up and then t…

    ... load or drop out to basic after the title screen and ... /acqudj.jpg[/url]

    When I reset the machine it ... in.

    Can anyone tell me what might be wrong ... than being greeted with the basic screen or empty folders!
    Neosodium Neosodium May 2014 Hardware
  • BEEP & PLAY jingles in BASIC sourceI've been digging through the +3 manual and checking out the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128+3Manual/chapter8pt19.html"]great musi…

    ... 're making a very simple BASIC program (akin to the CSSCGC ... tricks you like to use when making pure source BASIC games?
    Dock Dock June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • How to tell a Spectrum +3BAnyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B? I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic. How rare are th…

    Anyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B?

    I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic.

    How rare are these Speccys, I know they came later on but anyone know how many were produced?
    Track Track August 2014 Hardware
  • 1st interface in 30 years (update)Hi all, Just a wee update to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project. Main IC's: 82C55 three 8-bit port I/O (configured for 12 dig in, 12 dig out…

    ... to code it entirely in BASIC.

    The basics of ... , this is where coding in BASIC is starting to be a ... it has to be written....and in BASIC this will be slow ... ) as my 128k toastrack resets when I run my code. I ...
    IanJ IanJ August 2014 Hardware
  • Video fault on issue two ZX boardI've trawled the Internet and drawn a few blanks as to where to look to resolve the fault with my issue two board. I'm hoping a few of you knowledgea…

    ... pointers! :smile:

    Initially when I powered up the Spectrum ... />
    I have done the basic voltage tests and all are ... /> As far as I can tell (the membrane is partly faulty ...
    Wiggs Wiggs September 2014 Hardware
  • Best way to have multiple characters in AGDHi Guys Can someone please tell me if you can have 2 playable characters in game at anytime that span multiple screen sort of like the way Enigma Fo…

    ... br /> Can someone please tell me if you can have ... AGD and have a basic engine working using ... can flip between them when theyre on different ... its original placed location when its swapped to.
    when switching between them.
    trw_mavrik trw_mavrik September 2014 Development
  • Issue 6 repair with a twist...(Starting with a slight grump - the forum ate my first attempt at this so this'll probably end up being a bit terse :)) I got a Issue 6 48K machine …

    ... blocks appearing on the screen when running:
    [IMG]https://farm4 ... blocks were actually always cyan when the paper was white.
    BASIC program to fill the screen ... 0 regardless of what was written, resulting in random blank pixels ...
    balford balford September 2014 Hardware
  • RetroMania BASIC programming contestTo celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this year's RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There will be cash…

    ... RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There ... be written in ZX BASIC, but it must be written in a BASIC ... QBASIC or Visual BASIC type stuff, and pure BASIC, not sneakily ... If it's written in a somewhat obscure BASIC interpreter, we'll ...
    Winston Winston October 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Very rare Spectrum ZX-81 clone 1982 LAMBDA 8300 = BASIC 2000 vintage computerFor sale a very compact size 1982 computer Lambda 8300 known also as Basic 2000 in good condition. This computer is very rare. I haven't tested it si…

    ... Lambda 8300 known also as Basic 2000 in good condition. This ... worked on the 80's when it was put out of ...
    SpectrumMan SpectrumMan December 2014 Sales
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