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Best type-in game?Was wondering what people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum. There were a few half-decent ones if I remember rightly... I never h…
... 't limiting the discussion to type-ins from magazines, I would suggest ... Systems for the ZX Spectrum is a pretty good type-in. Not ... -
Spectrum bookWhen i got my 1st spectrum in the 80's, I also had a book which had type in pictures, one that sticks out in my memory is the flag of the USA. Does …
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The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... magazines -- page after page of type ins, programming tips, benchmarks of sorting ... because it was impossible to type on the membrane keyboard of ... enjoyed playing games on our ZX Spectrums but that was only ... -
Spanish type-ins missing from the archiveThere are several ones missing, are they waiting in line to be added or just still out of control?
... exactly out of control. Type-ins are being progressively added ... work. Type-ins from Your Sinclair, Your Spectrum, ZX Computing, ... br />
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Spanish type-ins missing from the archiveThere are several ones missing, are they waiting in line to be added or just still out of control?
... exactly out of control. Type-ins are being progressively added ... work. Type-ins from Your Sinclair, Your Spectrum, ZX Computing, ... br />
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Best mag to learn programming Machine CodeDear all, Back in the day, I was a Crash reader; I loved it. However, not having the money to buy the other big two mags on offer in the UK, I was n…
... , I'd agree that ZX Computing was the best for ... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm]TTFn[/url], ... "Mastering Machine Code" (Toni Baker, ZX Computing)
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M/C mathsHow would I do the equivalent of LET A=B*7 in machine code?
... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/mccalc.zip]Machine Code ... Calculator[/url] articles published in ZX Computing magazine. -
3D Software for the speccyOther than VU-3D, was there ever anything that could render 3D images? VU-3D was great, unless you wanted to draw an object that didn't compose of d…
... .globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx840607.zip]Technical ... Drawing[/url], Martin Clayton, ZX Computing, Jun/Jul'84
type-ins/zx-comp/techgrph.zip]Technical ... Graphics[/url], Toni Baker, ZX Computing, Jan-Apr'87
type-ins in zmakebas formati were about coding some type-ins from MicroHobby magazine, and found that there are 'semanal' tape series available at http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
... i were about coding some type-ins from MicroHobby magazine, and found ... ://proyectobasiczx.wordpress.com]Proyecto Basic ZX[/url] (namely here: [url ... [/list]
All these type-ins will be added to the ... lot of MicroHobby programs to type in, so I deeply ...Display file addressHi Folks, Could someone please help me. I seem to recall that the address of a given byte of the Spectrum's display file breaks down as row, column…
Read Toni Baker's [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/elemgrph.zip]Elementary Graphics[/url] series from ZX Computing; part 2 covers the display file layout.French MIA games...Hello, Checked some magazines and found a number of French Spectrum games not in the database (ZX81 and Spectrum). All of them have been reviewed so…
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ZX Spectrum / Angers Informatique ...Graphics DisplaysI?m not sure if this should be in here in in the BASIC section, so mods please move if necessary Does anyone know of any programs (TZX or type-in) t…
... of any programs (TZX or type-in) that slowly draw some ... , on the pricniple that other type-ins would be easy to convert ... />
A demo that the ZX Basic compiler is pretty neat ...Good character sets ?Just wondering if anyone had any favourite character sets ? :) The one in SE basic is quite nice and I'm aware (I used to have it in my head I'm sur…
... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/popcomwk/pcw8511.zip]Character ... 3,126,203,47,182,18,19,35,11,121,176 ... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/sincprog/sp8502.zip]Reformed Characters ... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yoursinc/ys9304pp.zip]Four ...Multiply the value of 'a' by 5Is there a way of multiplying the value of 'a' by 5? I've tried 'add a,a' etc. but only get multiples of 2...
... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm]TTFn[/url] and ... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/mccalc.zip]Machine Code ... Calculator[/url] series from ZX Computing. There's also a ... page 20.
ZX Computing is the next likely ...3D graphicsI would like to learn how to make 3D motion graphics for the Spectrum. Moving wire-frame shapes etc. Can anyone point me to some help/instructions/bo…
... articles by Toni Baker in ZX Computing (moving):
[ ... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx8612.zip]128 ... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/techgrph.zip]Technical ... Advanced Graphics with the Sinclair ZX Spectrum[/url] which has ...Type-in Checksum PuzzlerAt least one of the hex dump type-ins at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm]TTFn[/url] has a checksum routine a cu…
... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx8611.zip]Monitor[/url ... ] program by Jon Ellis from ZX Computing Nov'86. It uses ...Coding for 128kHi all, I wonder if anyone can suggest any useful reading/threads/examples on the fundamentals of 128k coding. Chapter 24 of the +2 manual has prov…
... .globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx8612.zip]128 ... users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx8606.zip]Keypad ... .globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/into_128.zip]Into ... .globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/streams.zip]Streams ...calculator and sinusok, look at the Sysel's routine: [PHP]3 5b00 *s 4 5b00 tabsin = #7000 03 mksin 19.11.1995 Busy soft …
Read parts 1 & 3 of the excellent [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/mccalc.zip]Machine Code Calculator[/url] series by Toni Baker, ZX Computing Jul-Nov'86.Typing in type-in gamesWhat are people's memories of typing in game listings from magazines and books? Pain or pleasure? I used to quite enjoy tapping them in, seeing how …
... I did a lot of type ins on the ZX81 and Speccy ... ...I still sometimes type in a listing on real ZX computers.
type-in program's function was ...Typing in type-in gamesWhat are people's memories of typing in game listings from magazines and books? Pain or pleasure? I used to quite enjoy tapping them in, seeing how …
... it was fun just to type in small sections to see ... , I found that the best type-ins tended to be the longest ... those were no fun to type in at all as you ... notable exception was Galactoids, a ZX Computing listing which had an ...Unravelling the Spectrum Floating Point Number formatHi Guys, In my head I pretty much understand how the Spectrum's 5 byte FP number format works. The first byte is the signed exponent and the follow…
... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/mccalc.zip]Machine Code ...Font hack that was used in a lot of early gamesThere was a little hack for changing the fonts on a spectrum and I remember it being used in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was a sort of ye od…
... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yoursinc/ys9304pp.zip]Four Char ... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx8703.zip]Font[/url ... the Shortcuts section of the ZX Computing Mar'87 issue.
QL Super BasicDoes anyone know if the Basic on the QL was any good and if so would it be good to write platform games and such ? I am really interested in all ty…
... .co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx_names.htm]ZX Computing[/url] ( ... .globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx8606.zip]Javelin[/ ... .globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx850607.zip]Nowotnik ... .globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx841011.zip]QL ...CODE SCREEN$ in MCIs there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in bas…
... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/elemgrph.zip]Elementary Graphics ...Machine code assistance please #1Dear all, Learning the ropes here, so please excuse these odd questions which may seem simplistic to you learned lot. This routine is placed at 33…
... numerous excellent programming articles in ZX Computing and Your Spectrum magazines ... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/elemgrph.zip]Elementary Graphics ... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/mccalc.zip]Machine Code ...Problem With POINT StatementHello everyone this is my first ever post, So firstly i'd like to say hello to everyone and secondly thank you to the admins for such a great site, …
Is this any better? I've used CHR$ for the block graphics as the browser won't print the graphic symbols. I put a border all the way around so that I didn't need a separate check for out of bounds. The GOSUBs weren't helping so they've gone.
[ ...Problem With POINT StatementHello everyone this is my first ever post, So firstly i'd like to say hello to everyone and secondly thank you to the admins for such a great site, …
[QUOTE=Battle Bunny;720777]Is this any better? I've used CHR$ for the block graphics as the browser won't print the graphic symbols. I put a border all the way around so that I didn't need a separate check for out of bounds. The GOSUBs weren't helping so ...Machine code optimisationI'm geting back into z80 coding and wonder what the best way of showing how efficient the code is. I've got Rodney Zaks book and see there are timin…
... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/mccalc.zip]ROM calculator ...Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…
... an internet search the frase "zx PLAY" gives Unfortunately a different ... the PLAY command in magazine type-ins and the few that did ...How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... environment rather than a native ZX assembler a blessing.. Using the ... the above tinkering and using type-ins from magazines is a good ...
