... pherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum+ 128K Introduction The ZX Spectrum+ 128K was the most substantial development of the Spectrum carried out by Sinclair Research. It doubled the memory of the 48K Spectrum, added a much more ...
... to write larger programs or use more demanding software. The ZX Spectrum quickly became one of the most important home computers of the early 1980s. Its low price, colour graphics, built-in BASIC and growing range of software helped it est ...
... 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' that were fitted as standard on its ...
... es, with the changes concentrated largely on the physical design and keyboard. The new keyboard The most obvious improvement was the keyboard. The small moulded rubber keytops of the original Spectrum were replaced by hard plastic keycaps a ...
... o released by Acorn Computers, was released in 1983 to compete with the ZX Spectrum.The Electron is mostly compatible with the BBC Micro with just a few differences, one of which is the lack of Teletext Mode (MODE 7).This list focuses on BB ...
... e Peripherals Software Publications Projects Comparison of ZX Spectrum BASIC with Oric 1 and Oric Atmos Extended BASIC Overview The following is a list of keywords, operators and delimiters used on the Oric 1 & Oric Atmos computers and the ...
... e ZX Spectrum was far from certain. The Spectrum had already established itself as one of Britain's most successful home computers, but the market was changing rapidly and Sinclair's original machines were beginning to show their age. Amstr ...
... d use, so peripheral manufacturers quickly responded to users' needs by producing their own, and in most case more robust keyboards. Many of these 'third party' keyboards included additional features such as extra SHIFT keys, DELETE key, nu ...
... OKE x,y (ZX Spectrum)MOVE x,y (Acorn Atom)Result: Separates operands/parameters within a statement. Mostly the same all round. #Hashas a stream prefix PRINT #m (ZX Spectrum only) LPRINT #m (ZX Spectrum only) OPEN #stream_number;device;devic ...
... pories of the Spectrum and as such have similar capabilities.There are many differences though, the most significant of which is the processor used by the Dragon and TRS-80 CoCo, the 6809.The 6809 uses a completely different instruction set ...
... QL keywords are entered one letter at a time. The ZX80 is unique in that it use a mixture of both. Most of the statements and functions are obtained by pressing a single key (or a single key shifted), but a few of these are typed in charac ...
... sed on the ZX81 for memory-mapped devices. INT INT xReturns: x rounded down to the nearest integer. Mostly the same result on both micros with the exception that occurs on the ZX Spectrum when INT -65536 is performed (the wrong result is gi ...
... on x,y or in a window attached to a channel (QL only)POINT_R uses the relative coordinate system. Almost the same as the ZX Spectrum's PLOT statement i.e. POINT x,yon the QL performs almost the same task as: PLOT x,yon the Spectrum.Multiple ...
... are Publications Projects 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 progra ...
... opposed to the ZX Spectrum, which had a large range 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 col ...
... of variables v1 and v2 are swapped. Not on the Spectrum.SWAP only works with numeric variables. The most efficient way to swap two numeric variables on the Spectrum is to use the following code: LET a=a+b LET b=a-b LET a=a-bWhere a and b ar ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED Digital Joystick Interfaces Most joystick interfaces which connect to the Spectrum do so via the expansion port, are digital, and generally conform to the Atari D-type sockets ...
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... pectrum 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 Sp ...
... ained. Some information may be out of date. ZX Spectrum Interfaces for Joysticks and ROM Cartridges Most joystick interfaces which connect to the Spectrum do so via the expansion port, are digital, and generally conform to the Atari D-type ...