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PLOT and DRAW in machine codeHow do you go about it? If I posted a really simple BASIC instruction could someone do a machine code routine so I could learn from it? I wouldnt k…
... nice !![/QUOTE]
For basic users, yes. For assembly users ... the principles to make a ZX Basic routine to do the same ... /> already dirtied most of them in the housekeeping at the top ... -
Released programs using Fourspriter?What programs have been released so far, using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023858"]Fourspriter[/URL]? There's [URL="http…
... ...) one Hisoft-compiled Sinclair BASIC and four ZX Basic unfinished projects which use ... release them as unfinished demos in future covertapes, though, along with ... -
The Real Thing v EmulationFellow Specchums I'd like to canvas yourselves and get your thoughts on this subject. Using real Spectrum hardware to play games or using an emulator…
... the machines I have used in the past (Spectrum, Electron, ... ) and my interest was in programming, not games really.< ... the face of it ZX BASIC seems limited when compared to ... objective when I started in 2010 and part of ... as it ever was in the 80s. The excellent ... -
Released programs using Fourspriter?What programs have been released so far, using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023858"]Fourspriter[/URL]? There's [URL="http…
... , for developing programs in either Sinclair BASIC, Boriel's ZX BASIC, C (using z88dk ... ), or directly in Assembly.
25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... BASin, Spin, ZXDS, ZX BASIC and Spectaculator.
In a world that ...SPECTRUM command and 48 BASICAs we (almost) all know, when a young Rupert Goodwins redesigned the Sinclair/Investronica ZX Spectrum 128 ROM 0 in late 1985, he kept the SPECTRUM c…
... the Sinclair/Investronica ZX Spectrum 128 ROM 0 in late 1985[/ ... between typing SPECTRUM in 128 BASIC and selecting 48 BASIC from the start ... As previously mentioned, selecting 48 BASIC does a reset. SPECTRUM is ... fails to set up the ZX Printer. Compare with the ...SPECTRUM command and 48 BASICAs we (almost) all know, when a young Rupert Goodwins redesigned the Sinclair/Investronica ZX Spectrum 128 ROM 0 in late 1985, he kept the SPECTRUM c…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;624933]But typing "RANDOMIZE USR 0" from inside "128K BASIC" will change to 48K mode without disabling bank switching.[/QUOTE]
Isn't that the same as simply typing USR0 in 128 BASIC?Internal ROM expansionHas anybody designed a multiple-ROM interface that plugs into the internal ROM socket instead of plugging onto the edge connector? It would be useful…
... think that you could implement in the future something like this ... emulation in extended ram is very easy and enable direct from ZX basic ... (combination of IN, OUT commands and rom ...What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... is provide a file system in the extra RAM. If you ... clear 49151 you can page in one of the eight 16K ... doing really, and if your BASIC program fits below fast RAM ... you could do that from ZX BASIC. :-)
PaddyDefinitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... Velesoft.
[*]Amaurote 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after ... game.
[*]Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after ... [/URL].
[*]Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
Incidentally, because Boriel's ZX Basic allows 32 bit 16.16 ... br />
Trivial to use in a program then:
in assembly, to basic for the bits that ... />
Or prototyping code in Basic, and rewriting in assembly for speed and ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... is 2^16.][/QUOTE]
ZX Basic RND period is 2^32 ... random distribution. It is described in Numerical Recipes [url]http://apps ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
[QUOTE=boriel;630546]ZX Basic RND period is 2^32 - ... random distribution. It is described in Numerical Recipes [url]http://apps ... lower bits are particularly weak. In fact, as you can see ... use CMWC if you are in need of something serious.
Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... /> [code]
; BC = HL since ZX BASIC uses ED CB A registers ... random 32 bit random mantissa in ED CB
; Ranging ...
ld a, l ; exponent in A
ret
[/code ... Using HL, HL (the seeds) in two consecutive calls gives also ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... that comes with Sinclair BASIC in randomness and ZX BASIC one in speed (about 400 ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... that comes with Sinclair BASIC in randomness and ZX BASIC one in speed (about 400 ... /> BTW, if someone is interested in a random generator with better ...In Java for ZXHi All I am glad to notify you that I have opened the sources of my J2Z80 translator (0.1 version) which allows to use Java toolchain to generate Z8…
... /> Thus I suggest explaining it in the documentation, something like: "j2z80 ... makes sense to preserve registers in a single place to reduce ... do it will be irrelevant in comparison to the total ... as z88dk and Boriel's ZX BASIC, otherwise programmers won't be ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... by using OpenSE BASIC. That doesn't have built in ZX Printer support ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... a list of the places in the ROM print routine where ... that one could add to ZX BASIC.
PaddyMachine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... that one could add to ZX BASIC.[/QUOTE]
No it ... new channel handler (as described in the FAQ) with the fast ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... that one could add to ZX BASIC.[/QUOTE]
The standard ... need a #stream in PRINTs and so the BASIC would still work ... 1 and PRINT #2;1 in BASin and they came out ...New Game: BerksManLink: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027713[/url] Originally written to demo Boriel's ZX Basic, and still needing most of th…
... written to demo Boriel's ZX Basic, and still needing most of ... when they're very near, in most pacmans I play they ...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 …
... an old INPUT routine created in 1990 called "INPUT+". It ... instance, for filling multiple fields in a form.[/QUOTE]
< ... point in re-inventing the wheel. It is a shame the ZX BASIC ... can get quite clever then in terms of defining acceptable characters ...Graphics DisplaysI?m not sure if this should be in here in in the BASIC section, so mods please move if necessary Does anyone know of any programs (TZX or type-in) t…
... any programs (TZX or type-in) that slowly draw some sort ... />
A demo that the ZX Basic compiler is pretty neat, I ...Multi-sized character screen driverFollowing on from the thread on [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24618&page=14]character output routines[/url], I've dug o…
... .boriel.com/software/the-zx-basic-compiler/?lang=en]ZX Basic[/url] program...[/QUOTE ... one. There's example code in the CSSFAQ.Multi-sized character screen driverFollowing on from the thread on [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24618&page=14]character output routines[/url], I've dug o…
... .boriel.com/software/the-zx-basic-compiler/?lang=en]ZX Basic[/url] program...[/quote ... [/i] directly usable from a ZX Basic program. Calling the startup point ... 64 column display routine in asm back in the day ... found it ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... do with the 128K menu and Basic editor existing in the alternative ROM ... and the Basic error handler, a firmware that works in 128 mode ... invoked one of those routines in the 48 ROM, or ... few software titles actually need 128K mode, so firmware authors typically ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... do with the 128K menu and Basic editor existing in the alternative ROM ... and the Basic error handler, a firmware that works in 128 mode ... few software titles actually need 128K mode, so firmware authors ... may end up accidentally paging in the divIDE ROM when ...Received my divide but stumpedAfternoon guys I am now a proud owner of a complete divide (complete with case).I've worked out how to load my tap files but i am assuming .tzx doesn…
... in.How do i get into the main menu with 128 basic ... t revert to 48K BASIC, but to
- 128K BASIC
- usr ... So it's full 128K with 48 Basic. As far as ... files from an emulator in order to save stuff?.
in this dos, someone here ...
