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Annoying colour issues with UDGsMe again... Flush with the success of finding the latest version of BASin to play with I tried to buff the graphics of the various screen items All…
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20 PRINT AT 0,0; PAPER 8; INK 9; "A message that is easy to read"[/code]
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Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
That's what I did back in the day, but I used four commas :D
[code]100 PRINT AT 0,0;:FOR i=0 TO 10:PRINT BRIGHT 0; PAPER 8; INK 8; OVER 1;,,,,;:NEXT i[/code] -
ZX Spectrum CartridgesI have been thinking of "cloning" ZX Cartridges for a while (case, board and silicon skirt), to be able to make new releases or replace damaged cartr…
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XOR A -=> A = 0
LD I, A -=> I = 0
LD ... analyser connected to ZX expansion port, and selected a pattern that is easy to detect in ... 's a fetch at #0000 instead of a read.
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How will my computer improve if I add a graphics cardAllright, at the moment I have a dual-headed set-up (I think it's called dual-screen in the windows world), with a 1280×1024 screen hooked up to…
Allright, at the moment I have a dual-headed set-up (I ... , which drives a small LCD from a broken till at a local bank.
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Magazine scoresMany magazines reviewed games, with an score of them (for instance 7/10, 4/5, etc.) Do you think they were, in general, true or not? Do you remember…
... or scores they assign to games are inconsistent at best.
Not ... /> A game that is easy to play may get a high rating while a better game that's a ... little tougher may get a ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... talking about are not fancy at all. They are not faster ... As well as I understand that TR-DOS programmers use special ... be converted to any other sytems. But I think that a normal simple ... . Maybe we can really invent a standard that is easy to hack and convert. -
is this a forum for new games ideas as in really new gamesWhat I mean is Nebulous was a new game concept, [cylindrical scrolling?] and I am having difficulty coming up with new concepts. Seems my brain just …
... . I know (at least much better than a layman) what is easy to achieve and ... what is difficult, what is "cool ... " programming and what is boring ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... a huge keyboard on the front. The main task at the moment is to ... / cable settings : therefore the keyboard ,at the front , can wait ,for ... I want a system that is easy to test , store ,and is lightweight , flexible and that is also ... -
Is there a AY C64 Delta loading music changer type programme?Rob Hubbard came up with a genius idea of having the DELTA loading screen where you could change it yourself (The lead,Bass, Drums and FX)and I was w…
... s my attempt at an AY loader from a few years ... converted upon loading into a format that is easy to play in realtime but ... can take up to several 128K ... although this would also require to restructure the playing order ( ... -
Is there a AY C64 Delta loading music changer type programme?Rob Hubbard came up with a genius idea of having the DELTA loading screen where you could change it yourself (The lead,Bass, Drums and FX)and I was w…
... s my attempt at an AY loader from a few years back ... are converted upon loading into a format that is easy to play in realtime but ... can take up to several 128K ... look great. :)
Is it possible to make some tools and ... -
Is there a AY C64 Delta loading music changer type programme?Rob Hubbard came up with a genius idea of having the DELTA loading screen where you could change it yourself (The lead,Bass, Drums and FX)and I was w…
... 's my attempt at an AY loader from a few years back ... are converted upon loading into a format that is easy to play in realtime but ... can take up to several 128K ... estimate when I can get to it. At the moment, the source ... -
some debugger in emulators that is able to brakpoint when a mem address is accessed ?Is there a debugger (disassembler) available in some emulator that is able to stop (breakpoint) when a particular memory address is accessed ? For e…
Is there a debugger (disassembler) available in some emulator that is able to stop (breakpoint) ... when a particular memory address ... other words, to see what routine is responsible for that memory address write ... -
Raspberry PI in a Spectrum 48k+ case Keyboard OptionsHi, I was lucky enough to get an empty Spectrum 48k+ Upgrade Kit Case on eBay. This is good because it doesn't involve taking apart a good Spectrum a…
... 48k\48k+ so I need a solution that is easy to maintain (if the ribbon ... cables deteriorate) and convert the keyboard to a ... USB device that a Raspberry Pi emulator can ... -
Green glowing cats[B][SIZE=2]Green-glowing cats are new tool in AIDS research.[/SIZE][/B] Wish it was April 1st. Not quite as bad as it sounds - they only glow gree…
... you a marker that is easy to spot.
Obviously it is less common to see ... /> Here it is a little different (If I've read the article right ... to produce a foreign protein. It's just preferable to using a gene that is harder to ... -
Green glowing cats[B][SIZE=2]Green-glowing cats are new tool in AIDS research.[/SIZE][/B] Wish it was April 1st. Not quite as bad as it sounds - they only glow gree…
... you a marker that is easy to spot.
Obviously it is less common to see ... /> Here it is a little different (If I've read the article right ... to produce a foreign protein. It's just preferable to using a gene that is harder to ... -
Public access hard driveHi guys, I've had an idea that would make life a fair bit easier for me. I know such things already exist but I have no idea what I am looking for i…
... an idea that would make life a fair bit ... A hard drive out on the web somewhere that I can upload to ... know of such a system that is easy to use and either ... area. Can somebody move this to "Misc" please?
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making a menuI a making a menu for my games that i am going to transfer down form tape to disk. I have got a few games on the disk so i thought i would knock up a…
... is what i got at the moment
[quote]10 BORDER 0: INK ... 7: PAPER 0: BRIGHT 1: CLS \#01311 LET colour=1\#01320 PRINT AT 0,0; INK ... 1\#013100 PRINT AT 8,0;"1.Manic Minor"\#013101 PRINT AT 9,0;"2.3D ... looking like a mess i cant seem
morcar
October 2011
Sinclair Basic
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Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
... ;64): NEXT a
160 REM PRINT AT 0,0; OVER 1; BRIGHT 0; PAPER 8; INK 8;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
170 ... machine code version to see how much quicker that is.
Many ... -
Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
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[code]100 PRINT AT 0,0; BRIGHT 0; PAPER 8; INK 8; OVER 1;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;[/code][/QUOTE]
a single BASIC program that didn't use ...
[CODE]FOR f=0 to 200: PRINT AT 10,0;"Score:";f'"Timer:";200 ... -
General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
Hi Folks,
Hard to believe it is 18 months since I ... demo program below). This version is smaller (300+ bytes) and ... can be restricted
[*]Ability to edit existing values by presetting ... ,ATTR (i2,i0): PRINT AT i2,i0;"\{f0} ";AT i2,i0-e1;"\{p1 ... -
General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
... /> Been optimising again - this version is shorter and feels more responsive ... NOT PI: PAPER NOT PI: INK VAL "7": CLS : GO TO 530
PRINT AT i2,i0;"\{f0} ";AT i2,i0-e1;"\{p1 ... =i7-e1: LET i$=i$( TO i7): RETURN
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WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... 6 OR T=8 THEN FOR U=0 TO 9 STEP 1 ... /> 90 PAPER 0: BORDER 0: INK 7: CLS
100 PRINT AT 0,5;"SNAKES ... FOR N=1 TO 10
20 READ B(O,N)< ... I am starting to understand just how easy it is to mess up code ... at the moment but i hope to takle a project like that… -
SpecBAS 0.800 Released!Hi folks, it's that time again for another release. I was going to add a few more features, but I have other projects on the go at the moment, and it…
... - a small listing that demonstrates ... , is there a way to import ... 20 CLS : PAPER 0: BORDER 0: INK 2: RANDOMIZE ... INK 0: PRINT AT 0,7;"8"
99 INK 7: PRINT ATTR (0,0): PRINT ATTR (0,1): PRINTFast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…
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On a similar vein I wrote the ... following general purpose input routine a couple of years back: ... 200 BORDER NOT PI: PAPER NOT PI: INK NOT PI: CLEAR VAL ... (i2,i0): PRINT AT i2,i0;"\{f0} ";AT i2,i0-e1;"\{ ... i7-e1: LET i$=i$( TO i7): RETURN
320 ...New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... jumped in the first car to escape the town. < ... released a pigeon with a message
that will fly to the ... other side of the town to ... pigeon flies however there is only one
... DIM m$(1640):
READ b$,n,s,p,f ...Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
In fact, this may be faster... And not very massive:
[code]100 PRINT AT 0,0; BRIGHT 0; PAPER 8; INK 8; OVER 1;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;[/code]Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
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[code]100 PRINT AT 0,0; BRIGHT 0; PAPER 8; INK 8; OVER 1;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;[/code][/QUOTE]
Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…
... the PRINT grid to 42 columns of 6x8, so that PRINT AT 0,41; would be a ... All I'd need is confirmation that 6-bit data would ... instead of 8-bit.
e.g. to redefine the ... , brandishing a very large spanner.
[ This Message was edited ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... If this sprite has 8 frames of animation and those ... 0-7.
So the idea is to have a single function that ... easy:
FRAME_NOCHANGE
the sprite frame used is ... if I wanted to print "score" at (0,0), move the cursor to (0,10) and add ...
