Spectrum Computing

Lee Bee wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:25 pm I'm not sure if everyone got the joke

Oh man, when those unmistakable drums kick in. Beautifully done!

A cruel^* joke though, the Ramparts tune *is* a bona fide banger and we’d love to hear your remix!

* cruel but delightfully-arranged rendition of a different, IMO, total banger. In fact the real April Fools was the Soundcloud auto-play feature that followed up with CRT Hum Demonstration that nearly rattled my teeth out, hahaha.

A quick one from the Discord.

You know you're a hardcore Speccy BASIC programmer when:

• you leave extra spaces around your LOAD and SAVE commands so that people can add disk syntax
• you write that ZX81 space-saving NOT PI, VAL "9" sh*t, even in a loader program that is 50 bytes long
• you don't consider it a proper assignment to a variable unless the rvalue contains AND or OR
• you hesitate to edit REMs in case there's some code in there
• you have ever seen "Q Parameter error"

...Any more?

equinox wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:21 pm ...Any more?

• you're thinking of clever game title/opcode combinations to exceed that 10 letter restriction, like RETURN TO WOLFNBRIGHT
• you notice some colour clash at your local groceries store
• you start hating Windows because it ignores your CAPS-SPACE

...You use any DEF FN and FN commands.

Morkin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:19 pm ...You use any DEF FN and FN commands.

No, not using these just means you are a poor programmer. But it is horrific that we only have GO SUB, and no real subroutines. Everyone thinks "assembler is harder than BASIC" but jesus, it has actual scoping (popping), it's way more advanced.

And the guy who says: "you notice some colour clash at your local groceries store"
HEY RACIST! (or mango and/or eggplant lover)

LOCK AND BAN THREAD

equinox wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:14 am LOCK AND BAN THREAD

equinox wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:21 pm You know you're a hardcore Speccy BASIC programmer when:

• you write that ZX81 space-saving NOT PI, VAL "9" sh*t, even in a loader program that is 50 bytes long
• you have ever seen "Q Parameter error"

sn3j wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:09 pm

• you're thinking of clever game title/opcode combinations to exceed that 10 letter restriction, like RETURN TO WOLFNBRIGHT

Morkin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:19 pm ...You use any DEF FN and FN commands.

Guilty on all counts. I apologise for nothing. Also, I don't leave spaces for disc syntax, but do make alternatives to tape versions of what I write, on microdrive and various disc formats.

Referencing this if you missed it.

This is accurate as the 3rd part of the drawing has the most character and originality.

p13z wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:31 pm

Brilliant!

equinox wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:21 pm A quick one from the Discord.
You know you're a hardcore Speccy BASIC programmer when:

• you have ever seen "Q Parameter error"

Let's also not forget the other, similar error I've just seen during a spot of CSSCGC programming.

@Jbizzel may be disappointed to find that "P FN without DEF, 2030:4" will not be appearing in the final product of my efforts. Or maybe I'll put one back in at the end of the game...

TMD2003 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:19 pm Let's also not forget the other, similar error I've just seen during a spot of CSSCGC programming.

I'm a big fan of "q. CRC Error" from the ol' Didaktik 80. So, inspired by your work Jim, I put a few custom report messages into my Woot submission. Did you spot them?

Spoiler

They're not implemented as real error reports, just text - so not eligible for a corned beef sandwich. Think of it as a corned-beef easter egg maybe.

flatduckrecords wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 10:58 am So, inspired by your work Jim, I put a few custom report messages into my Woot submission. Did you spot them?

Spoiler

They're not implemented as real error reports, just text - so not eligible for a corned beef sandwich. Think of it as a corned-beef easter egg maybe.

Now that I look back at it, I did. If you want that corned beef sandwich, with extra HP sauce and so much horseradish you'll have a week-long nosebleed...

Spoiler

...work out how to make actual custom error reports that can be called with a USR and will return to BASIC as normal. All I know is that it won't involve a RET at the end...

You can have a bonus White Castle-sized corned beef sandwich with a small blob of HP sauce for SQIJr, though. Jason Creighton should be awarded the verification on that site free of charge given that we're still talking about his crazy creation after three and a half decades.

Not really a meme but I thought I'll post it here:
I was playing using ruffle emulator Big Dig Treasure Flash/swf game and I found that :




big discovery

In response to Metallica's latest marketing gimmick...



Low effort it may be, but that album is diabolical.

Ah, great minds think alike, eh? I just saw your post above - after creating my own thread for album covers. Take a gander

Wondered if anyone had ever done this?