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PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... image containing both Spectrum and ZX81 data.)
As ... - such as ones for extracting BASIC listings as text, for example ... have to implement Spectrum and ZX81 support separately. I doubt there ... not just for Spectrum and ZX81, but any other machine that ... -
French cassettes... K7? Logiciels?I've just starting expanding my ZX81 collection to include some French and German items. One thing I'd noticed is that the French refer to tapes as …
[QUOTE=hldswrth;189065]I've just starting expanding my ZX81 collection to include some French and German items.
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Great WEB site!, Simon. I LOVE the BASIC listing for each game ! :wink:
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Faster Pussycat, yer man (UDG)Right we are almost into a game area. Ive started to play with UDG and by using bins and pokes I can redesign graphics to my hearts content. Now Im…
... such thing.
The ZX81 has a character-based display ... relate to characters in the ZX81 character set.
So you ... similar you could do in BASIC.
Other computers, such ... -
PacMan by MacronicsHi Does anyone know if there was a version of Pacman for the Spec or ZX81 released by Macronics, I picked up a tape in a lot that is just a tape cas…
... ]http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/generated/tapeinfo/z/ZacMan.html ... on the 'B' side. The BASIC listing for Zac Man does ... -
After Clive - why did computing go backwards?Just a thought on from another thread a couple days ago. 25+ years ago Clive made a tiny computer which fitted in your pocket (ok it had to be a lar…
... /> PCs used to come with BASIC (sometimes even in ROM), so ... a ZX81 to a Spectrum, you had to rekey any BASIC programs ... -
Orange Intro Sinclair book + Subliminal Message = ???I've had [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000512"]this book[/URL] for over 20 years now ... and I just noticed* less than 5 mi…
... the book(s as the BASIC one has another part of ... he may own these (also ZX81 cover and Microdrive manual). Prices ... />
The fact that the ZX81 and Spectrum manuals did not ... -
ZX81 Graphics compoThose guys at comp sys sinclair. [url]http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005551o-2000331777b,00.htm[/url]
... have to be created in BASIC? 'cause I wrote a small ... 't have to be in Basic. There are some official answers ... the FAQ page: [url]http://zx81.republika.pl/faq.html[/url ... 're still using the standard ZX81 block graphics, so that's ... -
Game ideaThinking of a game that could enter the Minigame compo I came to the following idea for a game, although it might not fit 1K or 4K: A mazed snake ga…
... it a go for the ZX81, of course I will include ... character on screen directly? Assembly, BASIC, whatever).
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How do I test this printer ?I have got hold of an Alphacom printer. Thermal thing, looks a bit like the original ZX printer.....but of course without any manual. Plz give me s…
... /zebrasystems/zx81/products/Alphacom32Manual/Alphacom32_printer_1.htm"]here[/URL]
The BASIC ... -
Anyone knows how ULAs were designed?Hi I just finished reading a very interesting article about [URL="http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-3.ars"]history…
The ZX81 would have been fairly easy, ... difference in the ULA. The ZX81 also differed from the ZX80 ... a superior (at the time) BASIC ROM. -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
The speed advantage of BBC Basic has little to with the ... main way in which Sinclair BASIC could have been improved was ... some extra bits onto the ZX81 version. -
What was a Z80 computer capable of ?I have always wondered, and maybe the techy people on here could answer, with what you know about the Z80 processor, was the spectrum hampered by the…
... ) to the display. On the ZX81 the Z80 did this too ... display and memory to allow BASIC and commercial applications.
Once ... -
What was a Z80 computer capable of ?I have always wondered, and maybe the techy people on here could answer, with what you know about the Z80 processor, was the spectrum hampered by the…
... displayed. This also makes the ZX81 a very interesting hobby machine ... for your programs and your BASIC interpretter. In other words, impractical ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
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For the ZX81 it should be run in ... /> The accuracy of Speccy BASIC isn't bad, random usually ... time beats standard Atari BASIC by over 2 minutes ... seconds. The best compiled BASIC so far was BASIC09 ... 6309 CoCo3 with neither BASIC patched to really take ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... an emulator with the SE Basic ROM which uses the method ... used for RND in the ZX81 (and ZX Spectrum).
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... the zx81.
Contrast this to Atari Basic which ... and redefinitions. Sinclair basic maintains a clean variable ... when declared. Sinclair basic performs string slicing and ... numbers. Another less than optimal BASIC implementation.[/QUOTE]
< ...Next ZX Shed IssueC'mon, ZX Shed is gonna be a Chrimbo special, innit? It's been too long since the last issue. We need a regular Speccy 'zine! Does the esteemed Sh…
... quite interesting, especially as "tokenised" basic made such efficient use of ... a real bonus on my ZX81.another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
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Nah, ZX81 wins in my book. No ... to be confusion between Microsoft Basic and CP/M, with the ...another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
[QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous;234547]Nah, ZX81 wins in my book. No ... to be confusion between Microsoft Basic and CP/M, with the ...I just installed SE BASIC in ResiDOSThat's brilliant. Until today I didn't realise it was possible to do that. 8) Necros.
... I know this isn't BASIC related but it does apply ... Paul Farrow's ZX80 & ZX81 emulators (these need a 128K ... card. So you can download ZX81 snapshots to your CF card ...z88dk 1.8 releasedSince I am the most regular of the z88dk peeps to post here I might as well let you all know that v1.8 has been released. [code] A little later than…
... ;253492]You can use a ZX81 emulator for the Spectrum under ... - just something to run a BASIC program to display a static ...MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... can find ;-)
The basic system needs 5 banks:
[*]ResiDOS system
[*]Modified ZX48 BASIC ROM
[*]IDEDOS (default filesystem ... emulator, ZX81 emulator.
[*]Additional BASICs, eg Gosh Wonderful, SE BASIC
MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... else (ie ZX80/ZX81 emulators, TapeIO package, TaskMan, SE BASIC etc) then ...Did you have a 128k version Spectrum or only 48k?In the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20495"]thread[/URL] discussing extra features of 128k games it seems like it ofte…
... type these two lines of basic into it to check the ... dislodging it.
My ZX81 RAM pack wobbles like crazy ...Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
... conversion of Basic from ZX Spectrum to a ZX80 or ZX81 with ... someone here or at the ZX81 forum can give a few ... only bought my ZX80 and ZX81 last year. :)Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
... conversion of Basic from ZX Spectrum to a ZX80 or ZX81 with ... someone here or at the ZX81 forum can give a few ... only bought my ZX80 and ZX81 last year. :)[/QUOTE]
BASIC doesn't have READ, RESTORE ...Porting more adv games to the ZX SpectrumIf anyone is up to the task, I'd love to see a port of some of my other games on the ZX Spectrum. I myself need to find a manual for Sinclair BASIC b…
... it's short. Converting from basic to C in general is ... not easy because basic programs tend to lack structure ... TO VLINE"
Sinclair basic allows expressions in GOTOs and ... READ,DATA,RESTORE on the zx81, the best thing is probably ...Porting more adv games to the ZX SpectrumIf anyone is up to the task, I'd love to see a port of some of my other games on the ZX Spectrum. I myself need to find a manual for Sinclair BASIC b…
... general is not easy because basic programs tend to lack structure ... .[/QUOTE]
Some of the BASIC adventures I looked at are ... TO VLINE"
Sinclair basic allows expressions in GOTOs and ... READ,DATA,RESTORE on the zx81, the best thing is probably ...Flood Fill ConundrumI have written a flood fill alogirithm. It uses the stack, but only with the y axis. It works quite well, but on large polygons it does take a while …
... Programs - a BASIC to Machine Code Converter for the ZX81. I was ...BASIC error messagesDoes anyone know what all the numbers mean after the various error messages in Sinclair BASIC? Does anyone know how to instigate each error type?
... 0-9 and from the ZX81 that had hexadecimal [0-9A ... case letters are for 128K BASIC only. Both the 48K Spectrum ...
