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Anyone used their Spectrum for mathematics/physics projectsI am currently doing an A level in Mathematics with ICS. It has me thinking and I would be interested to know if anyone has used their Sinclair Spect…
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To the uninitiated, entering Spectrum keywords with various permutations of ... learning to program with Commodore Basic. -
1K ZX81 "Chariddy" games competition mate..I'm trying to put together a Cronosoft 1K ZX81 gamestape in the style of the old "JK GREYE" 10 games tape that I remember owning about 28 years ago. …
... 's possible to write a BASIC program that can also be ... that the ZX81 character set is rather different to the Spectrum one. -
Found an old tapeWay back in the 80's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting fantasy books. I tried fl…
... /> I've broken into the BASIC and resaved as TAP, just ... if you wanted the BASIC in pure form.
If ... haven't tracked down the differences. Probably easy to do if ... seem to have converted from ZX81 listings.
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ZX48K 128K modHas anyone make this mod to the ZX48K? Does it work? [URL]http://hw.speccy.cz/128krebuild.html[/URL] Micky
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2 - BBC BASIC
3 - Original Spectrum ROM
4 - ZX80 ... emulator ROM
5 - ZX81 emulator ... 128 editor
8 - SE Basic
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ZX48K 128K modHas anyone make this mod to the ZX48K? Does it work? [URL]http://hw.speccy.cz/128krebuild.html[/URL] Micky
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2 - BBC BASIC
3 - Original Spectrum ROM
4 - ZX80 ... emulator ROM
5 - ZX81 emulator ... 128 editor
8 - SE Basic
9 - +3e 0
SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…
... thinking of keeping the original Spectrum approach as we see ... I cut my teeth on ZX81 onwards). I then found BASin ... of the original Spectrum but with a much enhanced BASIC? If the ... original Spectrum restrictions removed e.g. 64K memory, speed, enhanced BASIC ...Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... could play on a Spectrum. Also the playgrounds were ... me I started on a ZX81 (bought from Currys for ... the ZX81 seemed amazing but the adverts of the Spectrum ... Microdrive and YS BASIC for my Spectrum but this was ... true successor to the Spectrum was the Atari ST. ...Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... an editor or when running BASIC applications that focus mainly on ... /> Finally, Sinclair BASIC and every aspect of the spectrum's OS are ... , but just 1K for the ZX81). Both these factors tend to ... . Compare and contrast with Locomotive BASIC on the Amstrad CPC for ...Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]
... over again to do the basic requirements for you. You should ... an array that defines the differences. Also look into 'state machines ... was widely used on the Spectrum so what you see in ...Spectrum Keyboard Solutions?Hello, I'm new here and this is my first posting. I started with Sinclair computers back with the ZX81, then when the Spectrum came out I really wa…
... back with the ZX81, then when the Spectrum came out I ... the huge community around the Spectrum because of the incompatibilities. ... aware of the beagleboard modified Spectrum, but that's too ... this AndreXXX famous for his BASIC ZX81 games???)
Do ...Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... ="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/spectrum/emulators/c64/c642spec.zip"]this ... the startup screen and CBM BASIC 2 working, but the problem ... made for a 64K RAM ZX81 as it is possible to ... to display 40x25 characters. The Spectrum could use 42cpl mode and ...Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/spectrum/emulators/c64/c642spec.zip ... startup screen and CBM BASIC 2 working, but the ... for a 64K RAM ZX81 as it is ...
A really good ZX81 emulator for the Speccy sounds ... Oric Atmos emulator for 128K spectrum?
Anyway ...Best tools, oscilloscope for ZX Spectrum repairHi, Since I'm a newbie in this area, I'd like to ask about the most appropriate tools for ZX Spectrum repair. For example I'd like to purchase an a…
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[*]Knowledge (basic electronics, ... to read schematics, common ZX Spectrum fault symptoms, etc, etc, ... you can bypass the Spectrum's power supply whenever ... (and expansions), including some ZX81's and Spectrums, but don ...What kind of joystick?Hi, I've just bought ZX Spectrum +2 (grey), my first. Near the joystick socket is caption "USE ONLY SINCLAIR JOYSTICK .....". Socket is standard DB9.…
... /> Knight Lore runs good from BASIC 48. :) thanks
I ... -SCART cable to my new Spectrum +2. I found few diagrams ... think making it outside the Spectrum is probably better.
differences between the exact type of ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... put a keyboard and microsoft basic around it and sold it ... changes to the generic microsoft basic to make use of the ... customers' orders).
The Spectrum was a low-cost hobby ... Spectrum system sw from scratch and instead insisted that the existing zx81 ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... , started out with a ZX81 and Spectrum as a teenager and still ... amount of trivia about ZX BASIC. Tried to learn assembly language ...Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
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Unless the Spectrum can find new people to ... />
The boundaries of Spectrum software coding are no longer ... a basic 48k, eg, acting as client and perhaps another spectrum with ... day (my primary thoughts were zx81 and trs-80 ports). New ...Elite to release a new Spectrum hardwareIt seems a rumor to me, but they say Elite is going to release a new Spectrum-like gadget for the 30th Speccy anniversary. It seems a ZX Spectrum-Li…
... I moved from the ZX81 to the rubber Spectrum I thought it ... key entry system on the Spectrum (very toy like) and moved ... a wonderful keyboard and BBC BASIC!
PaddyCalculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... for who? Surely not the basic system.
Gaps always ... data structures used by the spectrum's system sw. You could ... ? Because the spectrum ROM is a modification of the zx81 ROM, not ... /> A year prior to the spectrum coming out, Sinclair was selling ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... ]A year prior to the spectrum coming out, Sinclair was selling ... had taken off for the ZX81, the top 32KB of address ... really useful for very large BASIC programs (or arrays created by ... BASIC programs). I think the main ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... Because the spectrum ROM is a modification of the zx81 ROM, not ... see what we have here: basic ZX81 had 1K and MOST users ... least to 16K; now the basic Spectrum had 16K and... ;)
< ... things you can imagine. Besides spectrum screen usually was refreshed in ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... "big" program on a real Spectrum would fill me with some ... the real power of Sinclair BASIC. Couple that with the 64K ... more memory than my 1K ZX81! Now I know modern PCs ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... a development of the ZX80/ZX81 ROM. A clean-sheet ... around in BASIC.
(3) Expression evaluator ? the Spectrum?s ... the time, I recall the Spectrum?s BASIC was considered slow. Certainly ... ?issues? that made the Spectrum?s design problematic can be ...T/S 2068 & SpectrumBorrowing what you see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide, by Fred Blechman. It appears the T/s 2068 was intended to be …
... capable system than the original Spectrum, though Timex folded[/quote]< ... .
The additional BASIC commands of the TS2068 were ... the AY, even the ZX81 had a plug-in AY ... display modes:
* Normal spectrum mode (available at two different ...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…
... But if the SE basic ROM uses the calculator ... used in the SE BASIC ROM were written by ... br /> The Spectrum ROM, like that of the ZX81, saves space by ... In error, the ZX Spectrum used compressed data for the ... br />
The Spectrum manages only line 20 while ...So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
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Best Visuals - the Spectrum 128k (toastrack)
Best construction ... - the Spectrum +2B
Best Compatible - ... included a new 48k basic like the 128k toastie. ... any Zx81 joystick games lol
[b]Spectrum 128 ...This might be something new[img]http://www.711chan.org/test/src/130427925559.png[/img] Have a look at this screenshot of my emulator ZX82. Notice the copyright message? That's…
... source replacement for the ZX Spectrum ROM.[/quote]
Well ... hugely expanded version of Sinclair BASIC for Windows and Linux, I ... :-)[/QUOTE]
The ZX Spectrum font is (c) 1982 Amstrad ... with the ones from the ZX81 ROM and the lower case ...New game! Nanako in CJMC for ZX81!Yup, that's true. We've been busy in crafting a nice, small, simple library to code games in text mode (this is, standard, unexpanded) for the 16K ZX…
... /> I had no idea a zx81 game could be so fluid ... ?!!:smile:[/QUOTE]
The ZX81 is quite a good little ... for it being written in BASIC and so being slow, unresponsive ... to fill it, where the Spectrum requires eight times as many ...New game! Nanako in CJMC for ZX81!Yup, that's true. We've been busy in crafting a nice, small, simple library to code games in text mode (this is, standard, unexpanded) for the 16K ZX…
[QUOTE=bobs;536846]The ZX81 is quite a good little ... for it being written in BASIC and so being slow, unresponsive ... to fill it, where the Spectrum requires eight times as many ...So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
... Interface II cartridges on the Spectrum, which also auto-boot, by ... , and therefore presumably the expanded ZX81 as well.[/QUOTE]
BASIC command (I think it is ...
