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Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
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Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC?
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Tape I/O in z88dkAccording to the documentation, z88dk appears to have facilities in its spectrum-specific library for tape i/o - [url]http://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.…
According to the documentation, z88dk appears to have facilities in ... i/o - [url]http://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.php?id ... -
Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
... /> * Socket library for the z88dk.
* ROM module management ... sockets from ZX BASIC using ZX BASIC streams. Both server ... programs can be written in BASIC.
* Filesystem abstraction ... manage files.
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A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…
... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general ... -
Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.
I've got ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
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ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…
Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…
... here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ...Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…
... the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work ... a simple loader written in BASIC which sets RAMTOP to 32767 ... loading it manually from +3 BASIC, but it doesn't work ... [/b] without parameters in +3 BASIC. The emulator goes to full ...SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…
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2) When writing a BASIC loader to load back a ...ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…
... , my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe ... a new version of ZX BASIC. It's a free compiler ...An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... script that expands the ZX BASIC tokens.Static vs stacked local variables in z88dkHello everyone. I'm doing a program for Spectrum 48KB with z88dk v1.8 (XX Mar 2008), and I eventually discovered that if your local variables in fun…
... program for Spectrum 48KB with z88dk v1.8 (XX Mar 2008 ...ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very ... able to write in basic and make M/C ... you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's time to ... -in functions for the basic compiler to make it ...Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …
... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…
... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... jump. Doing so involves executing BASIC tokens as if they were ... 4 (the command in the BASIC program -- [b]PRINT[/b], or ... others:
[code]Chr$ Token Asm Ouch 1 2 3 ...Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…
... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...z88dk and kempston problemHi, I was working on a new project using z88dk, but when I was testing I found that I got complete strange values if I pressed UP and FIRE simultane…
... on a new project using z88dk, but when I was testing ... at [url]http://z88dk.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/input/spectrum ...Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…
+3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?Embedding external code in Z88DK projects (Beepola related)Hi all, I've been doing a few things in Z88DK, but I was wondering how I could link binary data compiled separately into my projects. Specifically I…
... doing a few things in Z88DK, but I was wondering how ...storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …
... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…
... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...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 ...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$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…
Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?
I use
if inkey$="z" then goto...
but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.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.
I can quickly ...bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…
... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
Now available: ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces ... not only line-numbers of BASIC statements but also their ... which will read not only BASIC files but also assembly language ...
