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  • those darned recursive functions againI've been stuck on this one all evening. I want to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program. I've got a simple mod 2 division loop to do tha…

    ... a simple mod 2 division loop to do that and (much ... those results (or "Nonsense in BASIC", of course).

    Now ... doing a mod 2 division loop, so the digits will come ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC programming manual...Hi Folks, Does anyone know how many editions of the Spectrum BASIC programming manual were released (the orange one that came with the 48K)? I seem…

    ... many editions of the Spectrum BASIC programming manual were released (the ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman March 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • zx81: is there a 16kb ram limit for basic?first of all, sorry to all about posting a question about zx81 in a forum mostly about zx-spectrum - i didn't want to offtopic questions here anyway,…

    ... the 16kb barrier, the zx81 basic editor on rom, when turning ...
    nitrofurano nitrofurano April 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Authored with z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC?It would be useful to be able to search somehow for games authored with either z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC. This was [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.…

    ... z88dk or Boriel's ZX BASIC. This was [URL="http://www ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas April 2012 Infoseek database
  • Experiments mixing ULA+ and Timex Hicolour featuresI'm trying to improve my Verilog skills, so I've written a description of a complete ZX Spectrum 128K (+2 grey ROMs), with AY-3-8912. I wanted to add…

    ... because I do it in BASIC) and while it's being applied ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix April 2012 Hardware
  • Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …

    ... must be faulty and the loop terminates. Otherwise, DEC (HL) ... next memory location. Otherwise, the loop terminates. In both cases when ... initialise the rest of the BASIC environment.

    Given ... to zero, the RAM-READ loop terminated (I verified this by ...
    Zorn Zorn April 2012 Hardware
  • Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…

    ... 32x8 multiply in the main loop. The loop does result=result*base ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2012 Development
  • Released programs using Boriel's ZX BASIC?A list of released titles using Boriel's ZX BASIC is now available here: [url]http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:Released_Programs[/ur…

    A list of released titles using Boriel's ZX BASIC is now available here:

    [url]http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:Released_Programs[/url]

    Are there any other programs that should be added to this list?
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas April 2012 Development
  • INPUT LINE and STOP in INPUTWhat was the reason for the ROM Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE to cause the "H STOP in INPUT" error report? Why doesn't i…

    ... Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE to ... just jump back to ED-LOOP like the "up arrow" does ... , as Break doesn't work while in an Input command. Might ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 2 new games - Brian Vs the Bullies & BlitzIn case you've missed it in this thread ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38962[/url]) I've uploaded 2 games to celebrate …

    ... game that I wrote a while back using Jonathan Cauldwell's ... that my dad wrote in BASIC back in the late 80s ... into machine code using HiSoft BASIC I also compressed the game ...
    pottyboy pottyboy April 2012 Announcements
  • Star BASIC or *BASIC??? Anyone heard of this?Does anyone remember a thing called Star Basic or *basic? It was a tape that extended the BASIC instruction set and from memory you put a * in front…

    ... remember a thing called Star Basic or *basic?

    It was ... a tape that extended the BASIC instruction set and from memory ...
    SteveINtheUKok SteveINtheUKok April 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SPECTRUM command and 48 BASICAs we (almost) all know, when a young Rupert Goodwins redesigned the Sinclair/Investronica ZX Spectrum 128 ROM 0 in late 1985, he kept the SPECTRUM c…

    ... same time put a 48 BASIC option in the start menu ... typing SPECTRUM in 128 BASIC and selecting 48 BASIC from the start ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Lame BASIC BEEPer editor - alphaI like music, like BASIC and find all current music utilities complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple BEEPer edito…

    I like music, like BASIC and find all current music ... complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • number padding functionI wrote a number padding function in BASIC a while ago, but when I came to want it again I couldn't find it, so I've done this enhanced [url=http://w…

    ... a number padding function in BASIC a while ago, but when I ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Restore HL' to?It is probably a simple question, but it's been escaping me for quite some time now. Is there an 'universal' value you should restore HL' to if your…

    ... ] is expected to return to BASIC after it has finished execution ... whenever stuff gets called from BASIC. However, say when I try ... to return to BASIC without errors.

    While we're at ...
    Hikaru Hikaru May 2012 Development
  • ULAPlus: showing different screen modes in one screenI wanted to write a demo showing the same screen, converted to various screen modes available on the Spectrum (well, a Spectrum clone capable of show…

    ... enabled.

    Each mode, while it is being displayed, does ... 64 colour mode from Sinclair BASIC".

    [url=http://www ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix May 2012 Development
  • File viewer selector for +3 with card reader (basic ide interface)Just wondered if there was a good file viewer/Browser ie jumping through directories for the +3 to load the games in if you have a ide hd or cd card…

    ... does anything exist for the basic 8 /16 bit interfaces
    Mort! Mort! May 2012 Hardware
  • yeah x 0.0.2first: [URL="http://www.yeah-unix.org/downloads/yeah_0.0.2.tar.gz"]the goods are at - http://www.yeah-unix.org/downloads/yeah_0.0.2.tar.gz[/URL] aft…

    ... " shall only support basic hardware that existed in 198x (while version "v ... /> - support for device drivers,
    - basic console output (clear screen, 8x8 ...
    tstih tstih May 2012 Development
  • FOR 1 TO 0 - Execute "no times"?I checked a couple of basic variations, and generally a for loop executes at least once, even if you create a negative loop without step -1. But in s…

    ... a couple of basic variations, and generally a for loop executes at ... a negative loop without step -1. But in sinclair basic if you ... create a wrong loop, eg. "For ...
    Arda Arda June 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic Challenge NO.7Ok Boys and girls get your thinking caps on. IN BASIC how would you plot an arc of a ball falling to the ground? so it gets lower and lower and mov…

    ... caps on.

    IN BASIC how would you plot an ...
    ASH-II ASH-II July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • BIFROST* ENGINE 1.2 released!Another improved version of the BIFROST* ENGINE is now available! Download it here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027405[/u…

    ... considering that just the multicolor loop to render 18x18 positions take ... libraries (for Boriel's ZX BASIC or z80dk) won't need ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2012 Brand new software
  • How to capture +3e Device Info in BASICHello there my fellow WoS'ers My hope is that you can help me. I am currently writing a +3e FDISK program - well prototyping this in Specky+3e basi…

    ... prototyping this in Specky+3e basic, however on one of the ... the current data using just basic?

    is it even ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Changing the colour Atributes at y,x (+3e BASIC)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am currently writing away on my +3e and I am wonder is there a way I can just effect the Paper / Ink attributes at Y…

    ... ,X on the screen using BASIC?

    What about the ... as a prototype in +3e BASIC to be precise.

    Zetr0 Zetr0 July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • More RAM for BASIC (ZXSE required)Ok, here it is: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/48KBASICSE.zip[/url] Use it as an IF2 ROM with a ZX Spectrum SE. It's a version of the 80x2…

    ... 47.5K available for your BASIC programs. However, anything that expects ...
    chev chev July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …

    ... , although a Boriel's ZX BASIC version would work exactly the ... to translate it to ZX BASIC and post it here?
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2012 Development
  • BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 2This second demo shows animated and moving tiles together, and also how to implement collision detection. This knowledge should be enough to implemen…

    ... , although a Boriel's ZX BASIC version would work exactly the ... /> // start
    BIFROST_start();

    while(1) {

    // process input ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2012 Development
  • Performance Analyser?Disclaimer: Im asking this question as a "non-programmer" so please forgive my ignorance if this turns out to be a daft question. During the life-sp…

    ... them create better games. My basic understanding of what the "performance ... on within the systems architecture while a programmers code was running ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle August 2012 Development
  • Your Sinclair Smash Tips - Corrected ListingsOver at Hercules' [URL="http://craigsretrocomputingpage.eu5.org/smashtips/index.html"]YS Smash Tips site[/URL] he has a list of hacks that don't work…

    ... a Wally[/URL]: Nonsense in BASIC error. Page 16.
    [*][URL ... "]Flash Gordon[/URL]: FOR NEXT loop error, hack has no effect ... "]Highway Encounter[/URL]: Nonsense in BASIC error. Page 24. [B][URL ...
    jp jp August 2012 Games
  • Chronos II - Back in TimeI am a major fan of the original and would love to see a sequel. Basic Premise Having disrupted time a pilot is sent to correct the anomoly caused…

    ... see a sequel.

    Basic Premise

    Having disrupted ... time from tearing itself apart while saving civilisation.

    I ...
    zerohour zerohour August 2012 New game ideas
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