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Head over Heels vs. KnightloreIn the recent Head over Heels thread, several people said that they prefered Knightlore to HoH. This surprised me, so I thought I'd post a poll to s…
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Memory mapping: Pentagon compatibility?I'm writing something that will rely heavily on the Spectrum's ability to switch screen buffers in hardware (port 0x7FFD). The original Spectrum 128K…
... and bit 7 ports 7FFDh function normally. If 1, port 1FFDh ... of A low will also function to switch off the +3 ... -
Is this a bug in BASin?Hi Folks, I seem to be getting a lot of issues when trying to use functions with BASin. For example, the following: [CODE]100 DEF FN a(x,y,p$)=COD…
... , or vice versa). Situation: Any function.[/B]
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Problem with pokesI can delete a poke as I entered a game?:-? For example: I entered a poke of infinite time, but for the next level, the timer to reach zero.As I ca…
I can delete a poke as I entered a game?:-?
For example:
I entered a poke of infinite time, but for the next level, the timer to reach zero.As I can do to make the timer function again?
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Time function?How do you do a timer? Example: Start timer If timer = 10 seconds then reset timer Thanks
How do you do a timer?
Example:
Start timer
If timer = 10 seconds then reset timer
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printing a fixed number of decimal placesDoes anyone have a bit of code that will print a number with a fixed two decimal places? The example below should demonstrate the function, but the S…
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Can you improve this recursive DEF FN?I came up with this function to scan strings for characters without needing to use FOR...NEXT and IF...THEN, but it seems rather long-winded. Can any…
I came up with this function to scan strings for characters ... a "$"). Alternatively, just using the function on its own will return ... -
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 +…
... any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi ... -
variable variable names with VAL$It's possible to make the RH-side variable names in a LET statement be themselves variable by using VAL$. Thus, if v$ holds the [b]name[/b] of anothe…
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General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
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INSTR function...Hi Folks, Another little program that people might find useful: [CODE]100 DIM i(4) 110 LET a$="This is some sample text" 120 LET b$="text" 130 GO S…
Hi Folks,
Another little program that people might find useful:
[CODE]100 DIM i(4)
110 LET a$="This is some sample text"
120 LET b$="text"
130 GO SUB 9000
140 PRINT "a$=";a$:
PRINT "b$=";b$:
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Games inspired by QixAll six games in the archive with [I]Xonix [/I]in the title are inspired by Taito's [I]Qix[/I] coin-op. Whilst [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…
... of large aliens and the function of revealing background graphics indicates ... -
Date/Time/Autostart by hardware?Hi everyone, to use the good old zx spectrum for daily work I (and most of all other people) need some "elementary" functions: date, time and autosta…
... batterie powered interface witch clock function.
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Inkey problem||This is on a REAL speccy|| Hi everyone I have a function where the user presses a key and then it shows it on the screen. So this is what I do (no…
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Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... decided to use the export function to save a memory dump ... -
Demfir d0.7b Iso not recognizedIn the manual it says: Works with iso9660 (CD-ROM image) directly from CD-ROM device or stored on ZIP drive, HDD or CompactFlash. I copied a ISO im…
... ISO 9660 image. With the function: Find it finds the image ... -
TV went black & white...Yesterday my old, trusty CRT television suddenly decided to show TV channels in black & white only. (and nothing of value was lost... :grin:) It's a…
... some sort of background / 'wallpaper' function, which I suppose many people ... -
Faulty Interface 1I bought a 'tested' Interface 1 on ebay the other day. Aside from the previous owner 'cleaning' the contacts with WD40!!! (bad, bad, bad eeurrgh :rol…
... a Microdrive for it to function properly? I only really wanted ... -
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:- …
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u_malloc()
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Little problem with ladders in AGD 2.6Hello! I thought I'd while away a sleepless night playing with Jonathan Cauldwell's AGD. I've designed some blocks, a screen layout, and a sprite, …
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Spanner seeks helpHello, and HNY, all. I am presently writing a game in BASIC. It's a bit - a lot - crap, but I'm enjoying it! Anyway, a couple of questions, if you …
... when I used the RESTORE function!
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DivIDE questionHi all, A while ago I was looking at programming firmware for the DivIDE and was told that, when writing an NMI function, address 0066h (the jump lo…
... that, when writing an NMI function, address 0066h (the jump location ... -
Hisoft DevpacWhilst testing Spud's new Infoseek function (and not getting myself banned from WoS when I accidentally try and download all 21000+ programs!!!!) I n…
... testing Spud's new Infoseek function (and not getting myself banned ... -
The best Explorer (file manager, not browser) replacement for Windows?There's a stack of utilities that claim to make Windows faster, or more reliable, or easier to use, but one type I've never really bothered with is t…
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Fast LogsAnyone know of a fast ln function I can steal? The ROM function seems to be hideously slow. I wrote a look-up table dirty and less accurate sin func…
... know of a fast ln function I can steal? The ROM ... function seems to be hideously slow.< ... dirty and less accurate sin function, but my maths isn't ... -
+3e Commands, Syntax and Help (please =()Hello there my fellow ZX'ers, I have been having a very late play about with ZX SPin, and I have been enjoying some of the interesting features, lik…
... -ask them... alas the search function wont let me search "+3e ... -
SpecBAS build 0.642 now availableAnother (smallish) release sees the following changes: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zip[/url] With the Linux build nicely don…
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Mouse Wheel support - MOUSEWHEEL function returns the mousewheel position, which ...
