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Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... no "accurate" format for storing ZX81 data in a reasonably accessible ... see no need for ZX81 data to be stored in the TZX ... 's fundamentally a Spectrum format, despite the (misguided?) efforts to get other ... -
Anyone remember "Sinclair Programs"Anyone remember this magazine ? I seem to remember i brought a fair few of them, pretty sure they stopped though in late 84 / early 85 My memory ha…
... an enlarged picture of the Spectrum keyboard, and wishing I had ... it turned out that the BASIC to Machine Code converter they published ... joke! I so wanted it to work and be true I ... still tried to make it work even after ... -
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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Spherical ObjectsMort has scanned in Popular Computing Weekly 30-10-86 and I have been re-united with one of my short programs. [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pu…
... /> Alan started with a ZX81 and a Spectrum. Thanks guys for all ... your insights. I really posted just to ... -
The I/O interface Simon's selling[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120122353332&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:middle:uk[/url] Is this the kind …
... as it has to allow connection to a ZX Spectrum.
Looking ... that the wires are connected to the connector, it doesn't ... appear to be a straight-through connection ... of the signals, the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum connections would be the ... -
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…
To PRINT UDG "a" AT 0,0 in BASIC (48k Spectrum):
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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…
... sure WINSTON will have something to say about this)
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I therefore have come to the conclusion with the cost ... 1981 ZX81, 1982 ZX Spectrum, 1984 QL 1985 128K Spectrum, 1987 Sinclair Spectrum +2 ... reliable platform with witch to deploy software with a ... -
Things not to do online in a public forumDue to recent posts on my part, I thought this would be a good one. Basically in joke form I raised the idea that an image uploaded to this forum co…
... thinking in English then trying to translate, instead of thinking in ... /> Linux is to Windows as Amstrad CPC is to Spectrum. While both have ... , you can't expect to load Spectrum Manic Miner into a CPC ... not true past the most basic of operations because Linux is ... -
ZX 81 games (and an emulation issue or two)Hi Not really sure this is the right forum, but maybe someone can help. As a Speccy fan, I was always intrigued by the old ZX81, and thanks to the w…
... program attempts to load the Pacman charset using the following BASIC command ... not a standard part of ZX81 BASIC syntax, but part of what ... box, click on "...", and browse to the file "PACCHAR.C". In ... -
A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
... 65200 that crashes in the basic and compiled programs.
[/QUOTE ... a CLEAR xxxx in the basic loader to make space for the ... code? I believe that causes Spectrum basic to relocate the stack, but I ... -
A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
... a CLEAR xxxx in the basic loader to make space for the ... code? I believe that causes Spectrum basic to relocate the stack, but I ... -
Digitized videos and sounds projectAfter starting this thread [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14420[/url] I decided to start converting parts of clips and…
... doing video conversions from pc to spectrum with bmp2scr, I have a ... convert video have to experiment a lot with basic loaders until they ... sound samplers/digitizers in the spectrum.
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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…
... different graphics modes, whereas the Spectrum hardware doesn't. As such ... BASIC to support them. Similarly, you wouldn't expect BBC BASIC to include commands to ... operate microdrives or to dump the screen to a ... -
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…
... genuine advantage over Spectrum BASIC.
[quote]BBC Basic had procedures.(PROC ... Spectrum[/I] or produced commercially), to full BASIC add-ons, such as Laser Basic ... was also fairly easy to progress from BBC Basic to Pascal.[/quote]
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…
... BB directly competes with BBC basic regarding functionality, structures...etc. Perhaps ... proud of their Basic implementation. The best sinclair basic was (is) on ... " ideas that unfortunately never came to Spectrum.
As an example ...Speech In BASICIs it possible to produce any speech in just Spectrum BASIC?
[quote=CU_AMiGA;219520]Is it possible to produce any speech in just Spectrum BASIC?[/quote]
No. You could use BASIC to call the MC though.Z80 from a ZX81 in a Spectrum?Can I put a Z80 from a ZX81 into a Spectrum 48K? It should work even if they both are clocked differently (3.25MHz vs. 3.5MHz AFAIK), right? Thanks,…
... standard Z80A is rated up to 4MHz, which means they can ... to the maximum. The fact they were clocked differently in a ZX81 ... and ZX Spectrum is irrelevant - the clock ...Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... returning to BASIC with the chip music playing. I need to return to BASIC after ... corrupts, and the spectrum resets.
The spectrum does not crash ... after I exit to BASIC. There is enough time for BASIC to print the ...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…
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indeed I find ResiDos to be very interesting (hope that ... But would it be possible to implement floppy support (via WD2797 ... controller) to use it with MB02+? Is ... BS-DOS and its adds to Spectrum basic from MB02+ and would prefer ...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…
... filesystems - somebody just needs to write a suitable package supporting ... the floppy to plug in to the system. I ... BS-DOS and its adds to Spectrum basic from MB02+ and would ... would be fairly straightforward to convert to run with ResiDOS if ...Computer SpacegamesBook Title: [B][URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000089"]Computer Spacegames[/URL][/B] Authors: [B]Daniel Isaaman & Jenny Tyler…
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According to the instructions you need to be pressing skeys ... 1 to 4.
ZX81 and the Spectrum doesn't need it ...SE Basic 2The next version of Sinclair Extended BASIC will be based on Open82 which incorporates the math library from the ZX81 ROM and is distributed under th…
... design flaw in the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum as the few bytes ... all the extra code required to uncompress them.
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Geoff ...Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;271912]Spectrum BASIC has DATA, READ and RESTORE commands.
Are you sure you're not looking at ZX81 BASIC, which doesn't?[/QUOTE]
Does the DATA, READ and RESTORE work like it does in C64 BASIC?
PaulPorting 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 and it ... SUB 2000: GO TO VLINE"
Sinclair basic allows expressions in ... RESTORE on the zx81, the best thing is probably to replace all ...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 and it ... SUB 2000: GO TO VLINE"
Sinclair basic allows expressions in ... RESTORE on the zx81, the best thing is probably to replace all ...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 …
... Crash! which did this, according to the blurb. [/QUOTE]
BASIC to Machine Code Converter for the ZX81. I was so ...Handling RST8 on a +3Well, I've come to that bit of my project that I wasn't really looking forward to (because I don't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extend…
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[url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/svn/filedetails.php ... Also see:
[url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php ... all access from BASIC to the socket library to be done via ... for the Spectrum, with just a lightweight wrapper to call the ...Specdrum 3 Website AvailableHi people, Just letting you know i have finally released Specdrum 3 and now i have created a webpage to show this , you can get the latest version…
... fixed i have just got to update the drumkit editor ... a little daunting and confuzing to program , and i am ... The synth midi will be basic to say the least , it will ... can use the midi to insert the notes on ... is not much to do with the spectrum machine but its ...Sinclair Computer Club???We've nearly finished setting up the Commodore Computer Club (UK) - [url]www.CommodoreComputerClub.co.uk[/url], and I have the domain name for [url]w…
... it's going to be hard to create something (especially ... they have already contributed to that software being created ... caters pretty much for everything Spectrum, accompany it with a ... computers realistcally from the ZX81 through to the QL (including popular ...Jimmy's UK101 emulatorThe [url="http://www.mediafire.com/?cmxmzkax9jb"]Compukit UK101 emulator[/url] works best when running on the ZX Spectrum SE.
... - even on the 48K Spectrum. 8K Basic ROM, 2K monitor ROM, 8K ... the emulator can be made to support the Ohio Superboard / ... ROMs and a modification to the display routines to support 24x24 (or ... if possible). 32x24 would allow BASIC to work, but you'd lose ...
