I've spent the last few evenings going back to a few of my old test programs I wrote for the SpectrumNext ages ago. I've got a handful, but none of them are really 'complete'. I was just writing them in notepad and copying them onto the SD image, so I decided to try out RemySharp's NextBASIC plug...

I've had my Kickstarter-2 Spectrum Next sitting on my bench since it first arrived. I played with it for a few weeks when it landed, and then I loaded up the Next Core on the MisterFPGA downstairs instead. Why? I prefer the full 101 key keyboard I have with the Mister. I also prefer the giant...

Last week I wrote about the diving I've done back into Spectrum BASIC coding.

I have to say that it's been a LOT of hard work to update the old code. Updating it to work on all the newer machines and emulators, while still being able to fit the original code's purpose; to work on a 16Kb con...

In this day and age most coders won't get out of bed unless there's a syntax-highlighting intellisense-enabled, bracket-matching, library-aware, compiler-linked IDE to use. It's a far cry from the old days when all you had was a keyboard..... yeah, not even an editor... you just turned the machin...