<strong>ZX Printer</strong> Simulator COPY SCREEN TEST PATTERN FEED STOP Condition: Clean Good Typical Worn Motor STOPPED Stylus OFF Encoder 0 / 256 Scan 0 Printer Bus Activity Address Bus ADDRESS: $5B00 BINARY: 0101101100000000 Data Bus DATA: $00 BINARY: 00000000 Printer Port $FB PORT: $FB DATA: $00 D7 = stylus / printing D2 = motor ...
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... CIRCLE statements. When BRIGHT is applied to the keyword LPRINT there will be no effect on characters printed on the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. The brightness of the screen cannot be changed on the Acorn machines. CIRCLE CIRCLE x,y,z (ZX Spectrum)Result: Draws a circle of radius z at position x,y. A subroutine must be created on the Acorn Electron ...
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... CIRCLE statements. When BRIGHT is applied to the keyword LPRINT there will be no effect on characters printed on the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. The brightness of the screen cannot be changed on the Acorn Atom. CIRCLE CIRCLE [c;]x,y,z (ZX Spectrum)Result: Draws a circle subject to colour items (c), of radius z at position x,y. Not on the Atom, other ...
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... CIRCLE statements. When BRIGHT is applied to the keyword LPRINT there will be no effect on characters printed on the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. Not on the Commodore 64. The Commodore 64 has a different colour pallette to the Spectrum, however some of these colours do have a lighter shade of brightness.Below is a suggested list of colours for the ...
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... CIRCLE statements. When BRIGHT is applied to the keyword LPRINT there will be no effect on characters printed on the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. The brightness of the screen cannot be changed on the Lynx. CCHAR CCHAR &h1h2 (Lynx)Result: Changes the two characters which make up the flashing cursor. The code to change the cursor is made up of an ...
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... CIRCLE statements. When BRIGHT is applied to the keyword LPRINT there will be no effect on characters printed on the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. The brightness of the screen cannot be changed on the Dragon. CIRCLE CIRCLE x,y,z (ZX Spectrum)CIRCLE (x,y),z (Dragon 32/64 & TRS-80 CoCo)Result: Draws a circle of radius z at position x,y.CIRCLE ...
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... listing. LLIST LLISTLLIST nResult: Send program listing from line n (or line 0 is no line number specified) to the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. Same on both micros when used with <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. Other printers and printer interfaces may produce different results. LOAD LOAD f (ZX81 & ZX Spectrum)LOAD f DATA () (ZX Spectrum only)LOAD f DATA ...
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... the program. LLIST LLIST [n]Result: Send program listing from line n (or line 0 is no line number specified) to the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. The QL cannot use the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. NEW NEWResult: Deletes program and variables and memory up to and including the address held in the system variable RAMTOP. (ZX Spectrum)Result: Clears old program, ...
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... listing. LLIST LLISTLLIST nResult: Send program listing from line n (or line 0 is no line number specified) to the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. It is not possible to use an unmodified ZX80 with the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. LOAD LOAD (ZX80 only)LOAD f (ZX Spectrum)LOAD f DATA () (ZX Spectrum only)LOAD f DATA $() (ZX Spectrum only)LOAD f CODE ...
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... CIRCLE statements. When BRIGHT is applied to the keyword LPRINT there will be no effect on characters printed on the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>. The brightness of the screen cannot be changed on the Oric computers. CALL CALL m (Oric 1 & Oric Atmos)Result: Calls a machine code subroutine at memory location m. (Oric 1 & Oric Atmos) Not on the Spectrum. ...
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... its address range and information. Memory Key CPU Memory ROM ◥ ZX Interface 1 Shadow ROM Display File Attribute File <strong>ZX Printer</strong> Buffer System Variables 128K Paging / System Area Contended RAM Uncontended RAM Unavailable – No Physical RAM Dynamic Areas BASIC Program Variables Character Set – 768 bytes UDGs Calculator Stack E-LINE ...
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... has loaded. Supplied with software. £21.208 dk'tronics mk.2-4 No expansion port. Will plug into back of Spectrum or <strong>ZX Printer</strong> port. Will fit dk'tronics keyboard. Supplied with software and manual. At least three versions of this light pen were made. £19.95*2 4*excludes £1.50 post and packing. Spec Switchfrom FLET.ELEC Although ...
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... +£1 p&p SinclairZX Interface 2 2 joystick ports, ROM cartridge slot. ZX81 style through port only supports Sinclair <strong>ZX Printer</strong>.Image from 'Sinclair Special' promotional material depicts a ZX Interface 2 with 2 Planetoids cartridges,one of which has been inserted into the unit. £19.952 Kempston ProJoystick Interface 3 joystick ports, ...
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... price might have suggested. Peripherals Sinclair produced a number of peripherals for the ZX Spectrum, including the <strong>ZX Printer</strong>, Interface 1 and ZX Microdrive system. Interface 1 provided access to Microdrives, an RS232 interface and the ZX Net networking system. The Spectrum's edge connector also allowed a wide variety of third-party ...
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The extra keywords, commands and statements of the 128K models Overview What follows is a table of keywords for the 128K models of the ZX Spectrum+. The original ZX Spectrum+ 128K improved on the original ZX Spectrum by increasing Random Access Memor ...
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Expansion Systems (i) Backplane expansion Features Original Price Velleman Interface System Motherboard (K2616) provides space for up to 4 interfaces cards.Interface Cards for Motherboard are as follows:K609 - DC output board with 8 open collector ou ...
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A summary of YS MegaBasic keywords Overview YS MegaBasic (or sometimes just MegaBasic) is a ZX Spectrum BASIC interpreter extension. It was coded by author Mike Leaman and published by Sportscene Specialist Press through Your Spectrum magazine in 198 ...
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Expansion Systems (ii) This page is for ZX Spectrum devices which do not quite fit into the first Expansion Systems page. At this time there are just two items, the Currah μSource, and the Skywave Software Forth IO Cartridge. More items and categori ...
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ZX Spectrum BASIC Keywords and Commands Reference All the Sinclair machines share many common keywords, most of these are similar but there are also many differences and peculiarities such as non-standard spelling between platforms. Take the Spectrum ...
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Comparison of BASIC Keywords Between ZX Spectrum and Other Microcomputers Most microcomputers of the 1970s and 1980s incorporated BASIC within their operating systems. On these computers BASIC was not just a programming language and interpreter, but ...
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ZX Spectrum Peripherals and Accessories The ZX Spectrum's design was primarily driven by price, and at £125, the Spectrum was a lot cheaper than most of its contempories. To keep the price down, the Spectrum had to do without some of the 'luxuries' ...
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About Mister Spectrum Mister Spectrum is a website dedicated to exploring, documenting and preserving the world of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and its programming, hardware and history. The site grew from my own interest in researching the Spectrum, par ...
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