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Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ... -
Text AdventuresCan anyone recommend a good text adventure for a beginner. I've tried to play some in the past but never got very far.
Can anyone recommend a good text adventure for a beginner. I've tried to play some in the past but never got very far. -
compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…
... ask here instead of the basic forum..
... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ... -
Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…
Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?
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Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…
... or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm trying to exclude ... and main game should be Basic.
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emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
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so far the bbc basic for the speccy doesnt support ... ?
there is no bbc basic for sam coupe- the speccy ... serial parallel and send internet text only browser style like lynx ... ? that prints a line of text at a time or with ... -
Basic EditorWould this make sense or serve any purpose for anyone here? On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can write your basic code while on the go an…
... On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can ... write your basic code while on the ... trying to write a basic compiler as the keyboard ... view. So a plain Basic interpreter that checks for ... syntax, tokenizes and runs BASIC programs. Also looking for ... -
Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…
... have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to ... where ZX Spectrum 48k stores BASIC programs upon loading them. Does ... -
Print text in assemblyHello, a perhaps simple question: I would like to print a text string on the screen and I wonder how to do that in the most easy way? I seem to re…
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Optimization for this codeHello, I have done and submitted a small program for the CSS Crap Game Compo which involves a machine code routine. The z80 with BASIC and MC is av…
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The z80 with BASIC and MC is available [URL ... part which prints some text is done by [URL ... />
ld hl,text
loop ld a,(hl ... /> jr loop
text defb 22,6,15,16 ... /> defb 255 ; end of text indicator
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BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…
... (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler?
About Search For terrestrial IntelligenceHi there! I recently got a copy of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007048]S.T.I. (Search For Terrestrial Intelligence)[/url].…
... frequently the case with many text adventures. But perhaps this "part ... ?
On other subject, Basic loader has got this REM ...Import text files of type insThere are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run…
There are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run and save. What do you think?Free online OCR[URL="http://www.onlineocr.net/"]http://www.onlineocr.net/[/URL] I'm posting this because it might help. Converts from PDF or JPG (or other image fo…
... formats) into TXT (or Word, Text, Excel, PDF, Html) on line ... , it may be useful for BASIC lists.ZX Flight - flight simulator (Basic)Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old tape. Obviously this is a my type-in from an old ex-Yugoslavian magazine from mid 80s. I did …
Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old ... also mostly done in the basic), we can say that this ... worthy competitor.
Unfortunately spectrum Basic is pretty slow for this ...Problem with se basicI use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program i…
I use MB02 memory paging (ram 16kB instead 48rom) and via one OUT 23,xx can switch between original 48 rom and SE ROM. But if I write basic program in 48 basic and switch to SE BASIC then show basic incorrect. Why ?ZX-mas DemoWell, I said I'd announce my seekrit project here for Christmas. however since Alarm jumped the gun in another thread[1], and It's ready early anywa…
... dumps you back to the basic loader. (this won't run ... to browse gopherspace and download text files and binaries etc. I ...Jack and the Beanstalk (Text Adventure)This is for the 1984 TEXT adventure of Jack and the Beanstalk - not the more popular Thor game which is more graphical. [IMG]http://i66.servimg.com/…
This is for the 1984 TEXT adventure of Jack and the ...Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…
New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's the fastest way to program in BASIC in a Windows environment?Ag PitonThe text in the Basic listing of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000106"]Ag Piton[/URL] is Russian, but mentions "2/87", so I…
The text in the Basic listing of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000106"]Ag Piton[/URL] is Russian, but mentions "2/87", so I'd assume this is referring to the year of release: 1987.Sinclair BASIC manual cover artHello, dose anyone out there have any information or links regarding the art work on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought it was rea…
... on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought ...best text adventure gameswhich text adventure games should i play and which should i not play
which text adventure games should i play and which should i not playCompiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy ...Text file for ZX ExplorerHi, I was wondering if the text file is still being updated containing the file details for uploading into ZX explorer? Many thanks Peter Jones
Hi,
I was wondering if the text file is still being updated containing the file details for uploading into ZX explorer?
Many thanks
Peter JonesBASIC Listing for loading screens then gameCould someone explain the code required to load a screen image followed by the game file please? I've lost my notes on loading the game (which I thin…
Could someone explain the code required to load a screen image followed by the game file please? I've lost my notes on loading the game (which I think was CHAIN "") from a BASIC listing..
Thank you..Look for a one text adventureHello dudes, can you remind a text adventure where you find yourself in the train which slowly increases its speed and you must free yourself from th…
Hello dudes, can you remind a text adventure where you find yourself in the train which slowly increases its speed and you must free yourself from the locked compartment ? All I can remember now it was Quill or PAW based...A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
... that's written entirely in BASIC. I've shown a few ...SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…
^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to make it sticky or not (although this used to be the SE Basic forum and I used to be its owner).Random game text funMy wife is watching Nigella Lawson shovelling her cooking into her pie hole, and she was making Chocolate hotpots. But it sounded like she said Hot-a…
... typing other random bits of text or conversations from games into ... ? I mean obscure bits of text not stuff like "all your ...SE Basic questionsI've got a 128k heatsink machine which I'm working on modding to include a proper keyboard and built in DivIDE+.. Was I right in reading that the S…
... in reading that the SE BASIC ROM can be plugged into ...
