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uMIA : EXA-BASIC
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 4:53 am
by jpnz
I stumbled across EXA-BASIC today - it's tucked away on cartridge number 16 (Utilities) of the
Alkatraz Development Cartridges
It's an extended BASIC utility and needs an Interface 1 to work - executes at 57600
It has two flavours of commands - graphic extensions prefixed with *
And toolkit types - line renumber, tape header reader, turbo loader/saver etc prefixed with .
*HELP and .HELP give those command summaries
Written by Antony Dunmore who contributed to the Alkatraz Protection System
Re: uMIA : EXA-BASIC
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:00 pm
by R-Tape
I need to take a .scr for its ZXDB entry and am struggling to load this. I've tried loading the "BASIC CODE" from the TAP but I can't get anything sensible out of it. I'm not used to cartridges.
Can anyone help?
Re: uMIA : EXA-BASIC
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:48 pm
by Stefan
R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:00 pm
I need to take a .scr for its ZXDB entry and am struggling to load this. I've tried loading the "BASIC CODE" from the TAP but I can't get anything sensible out of it. I'm not used to cartridges.
Can anyone help?
With Fuse, enable interface 1 [Options / Peripherals / General... ], let Fuse tell you that you are missing if1-2.rom.
Scour the internet for if1-2.rom, download it and put it in the Fuse roms folder and try again.
Insert the microdrive image [ Media / Interface 1 / Microdrive 1 / Insert... ]
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CLEAR 57599
LOAD *"M";1;"BASIC CODE" CODE <-- file name is case sensitive
RANDOMIZE USR 57600
.help
*help
Re: uMIA : EXA-BASIC
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:46 am
by jpnz
R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:00 pm
I need to take a .scr for its ZXDB entry and am struggling to load this. I've tried loading the "BASIC CODE" from the TAP but I can't get anything sensible out of it. I'm not used to cartridges.
Can anyone help?
Yeah, I can sort that out - I can probably create a standalone cartridge version as well.
EDIT -
here we are, all the previously posted images, plus a couple of .SCRs and an .MDR image.
Plus a bonus TZX/CSW example of the turbo loader...
https://youtu.be/4ZIY8bEdcg8
Re: uMIA : EXA-BASIC
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:52 pm
by R-Tape
jpnz wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:46 am
Yeah, I can sort that out - I can probably create a standalone cartridge version as well.
Got it. Belt and braces! Ta very much.
Re: uMIA : EXA-BASIC
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:24 pm
by jpnz
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:52 pm
jpnz wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:46 am
Yeah, I can sort that out - I can probably create a standalone cartridge version as well.
Got it. Belt and braces! Ta very much.
Cheers gents, thanks very much for sorting this!