... Spectrum. The Oric Atmos is an upgraded version of the Oric 1 with a new ROM and keyboard.The Oric machines utilise the 6502 microprocessor (The same one the BBC Micro uses).The 6502 uses a completely different instruction set and register ...
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... PAPER and INK statements which use the same colour codes as the Spectrum, and the ability to store machine code data within a BASIC program. Commands Keyword Meaning Comments APPENDSee MERGE CALL CALL m[,v]¦LCTN (n) (Lynx)Result: Calls a ...
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... ovided a number of facilities designed to make practical use of the additional memory. Although the machine retained the familiar Spectrum architecture and remained compatible with the enormous existing software library, the 128K represente ...
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... h introduced the ZX Spectrum+, an updated version of the highly successful 48K ZX Spectrum. The new machine replaced the distinctive rubber-key case with a larger, more conventional design and introduced a substantially improved keyboard, w ...
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... ters used on the Dragon 32/64 & TRS-80 Color Computer 'CoCo' and the ZX Spectrum.The Dragon and TRS machines are contempories of the Spectrum and as such have similar capabilities.There are many differences though, the most significant of w ...
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... vailable from launch: the 16K ZX Spectrum, priced at £125, and the 48K model, priced at £175. The machines were externally identical and used the same basic hardware design, with the principal difference being the amount of RAM fitted. Si ...
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... 672 to 23674, there is no simple solution in BASIC to adjust the clock a fixed amount of seconds. A machine code solution would be preferable. ARCARC_R i)ARC[_R] [channel,] x,y TO x1,y1,angle[, ...] ii)ARC[_R] [channel,] TO x,y,angle [, ... ...
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... itain's most successful home computers, but the market was changing rapidly and Sinclair's original machines were beginning to show their age. Amstrad's arrival brought new investment, new hardware and, eventually, a new generation of Spect ...
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... nge of keywords for controlling sound and graphics (mostly graphics), including BEEP, PLAY (on 128K machines), PLOT, DRAW, and CIRCLE, as well as the many other statements for altering the colour attributes and over-printing. The Commodore ...
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... new variables have been created (BBC Micro & Acorn Electron). Similar on both micros. On the Acorn machines NEW preserves the resident integer variables A% to Z% or @% and does not clear the screen. On the ZX Spectrum NEW preserves the sys ...
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... esult (Acorn Atom): Displays a catalogue of files on a tape. Not on the ZX Spectrum, although short machine-code routines exist which perform the same task as *CAT.See also: LOAD / *LOAD, MERGE, SAVE / *SAVE, VERIFY CLEAR CLEAR [n] (ZX Spec ...
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... les top 500,000 Sinclair Research announced that sales of the ZX Spectrum had passed half a million machines. The figure covered mail-order and retail sales between April 1982 and August 1983. Sinclair said the Spectrum had sold faster than ...
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... e ZX Printer. OUT OUT m,nResult: Outputs byte n to port m. Not on the ZX80 but can be accessed from machine code. OVER OVER nResult: If n=0 characters obliterate those already at that position. If n=1 characters are merged with those alread ...
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... base of keywords so I have listed them together with notes stating differences between how the two machines deal with these commands, statements and functions. Where a command or statement is not available on a micro this is also stated in ...
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... program and drawing facilities. The accompanying manual explains how to use the pen and notes that machine-code knowledge is required to incorporate it into user-written programs. 2 The interface design prevents other peripherals from bein ...
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... sult : Re-enables 'BREAK' key after BROFF. See also BROFF. CALL_ CALL_m[,n1,...,nk]Result : Calls a machine code routine at address m. The address may be followed by a number of numeric expressions.The expressions n1 to nk are evaluated and ...
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... sions, including the +2, +2A, +2B and +3. International Versions International versions and related machines, including Timex Sinclair, Investronica Spectrum, Timex Computer and dB. History and Reference A timeline of the ZX Spectrum, a boo ...
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... ayed beneath each summary. The keyword lists include both those of the ZX Spectrum and the relevant machine to which it is compared. Some keywords may count twice, such as USR, as it has more than one function.Some keywords with the same fu ...
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... ng BASIC program allows the controls to be configured and the resulting mappings saved to tape as a machine-code file for faster reloading. The Spectrum keyboard remains fully usable while the joystick is connected.18 £43.70 18 Fox Program ...
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... a an 8255.The BASIC ROM is switched out and replaced by the Forth ROM. Features a Z80 assembler for machine code FORTH definitions; a built-in terminal to support a modem and allow access to bulletin-board systems; a machine code monitor wh ...
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