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Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…
... ;equivalent to RANDOMIZE 0 for RND routine below
InitS: ... 2),hl
ld hl,(23672) ;HL=(FRAMES)
ld ... 3 / 11
call RND
ld bc,17873
RND7: call RND
ld a,h
RANDOMIZE - still not sure what it does...Whenever I wish a random number I use RND like: 10 LET a=RND*100 20 PRINT a 30 GO TO 0 and "a" will truly be random. But if is do the following: …
... x=1 to 10: PRINT RND*1000: NEXT x[/CODE]
[CODE]10 POKE 23672,0: POKE 23672,0: POKE 23673,0 ... /> 40 RANDOMIZE
50 PRINT RND*1000[/CODE]
You ...RANDOMIZE - still not sure what it does...Whenever I wish a random number I use RND like: 10 LET a=RND*100 20 PRINT a 30 GO TO 0 and "a" will truly be random. But if is do the following: …
... TO 64060
220 REM 23672=Least significant byte of FRAMES ...
230 LET v=PEEK 23672
240 REM SEED values ...
280 PAUSE 1+INT (RND*31)
290 NEXT a ... 250 ED 4B 39 FA rnd ld bc,(seed) ; xz -> ...Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
... ,0: POKE 23673,0: POKE 23672,0: POKE 65281,0: FOR ...
2 LET f1=PEEK 23672: LET f2=PEEK 23673: LET ... f3=PEEK 23672: LET f4=PEEK 23673: LET ...Random Smiley FacesAs promised, here's the Syntax: ;Startup 5 CLS 7 PAPER 0: BORDER 0 ;Graphics 10 FOR n=0 to 7 20 READ row: POKE USR "P"+n,row 30 NEXT n 31 DATA BI…
... /> 40 LET INKY = 1+INT ( RND* 7)
50 LET X ... = 1+INT ( RND* 30)
60 LET Y ... = 1+INT ( RND* 20)
; Printout!
RND not random?I recently wrote a simple Alien style game where the bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after a while the Variable that is supposed to …
I recently wrote a simple Alien style game where the bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after a while the Variable that is supposed to be random gets stuck on a number. I've tried RANDOMISE but it didn't work - unless I used it incorrectly. ...TimingHey All, Is their away of obtaining timing information on ZX128k other than addresses 23672->23674. Basically I would like to identify every 100th …
... on ZX128k other than addresses 23672->23674. Basically I would ... to the 50 present in 23672.
Also, can anyone ...VSYNC FunctionI have written a VSYNC function, so that I can clear the screen before redraw without flicker on the screen, I do this by peeking at the address 2367…
... by peeking at the address 23672.
Is this the ... />
VSYNCLP:
LD A,(23672)
CP L
JR ...Zaf-forth to Z80 compiler Build 5This forth like complier is changing almost every day with new items been added. Here is a new Zaf-forth word add it the sptword.fth file - which is…
... -next loop, label, jump"
;"rnd, swap, zxcircle,"
50 rnd
;" get a random number ... mul 255 swap sub
rnd ?rrandom add =xrandom
;"calc ... mul 175 swap sub
rnd ?rrandom add =yrandom
;" ...How do I get a random numberHi, I need a simple routine to get a random number from 1 to 4. I don't need nothing very complex or that much random, it just have to produce diffe…
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I looked into S-RND (in ROM at addr #25F8 ...Amazing Short Type-InsHey all ! Been having some pretty stressfull days lately so I tought I would type in some games. There was a very nice type-in book here in Slovenia…
Hey all !
Been having some pretty stressfull days lately so I tought I would type in some games. There was a very nice type-in book here in Slovenia called "Mirko Tipka na Radirko" which is roughly translated as "Mirko types on rubber" ( ...Pseudo random numbersHi everybody, I 'd like to convert a little program i wrote in VisualBasic6.0 to C or C++ to make it run faster and for training as i'm a very very n…
ONELINER : Finger TwisterFINGER TWISTER Do you all know TWISTER, that crazy game where you had to place your left foot on yellow, your right hand on green etc. etc. Well, n…
... =1 TO l: LET y=RND*(6-z)+.5:
LET ... $(6
-z): LET y=RND*3+.5: LET b$(y ...The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
... ):
10 LET x=RND* 255
20 LET y ...
30 LET p=RND* 16
40 PEN p< ...SPIN's breakpoints - an overviewAs quite a few people have been asking how to set breakpoints on memory write etc. in SPIN, here's a description of the way the breakpoints work. Get…
... so:
[code]
UNTIL [23672] = 3
[/code]
That ... break when the byte at 23672 = 3. Square brackets are used ...Internal functions on ZX80 keyboardHi guys, I'm trying to do some bits and pieces for the ZX80. I was wondering how you access the functions that aren't on the keyboard (RND etc.). Th…
Hi guys,
I'm trying to do some bits and pieces for the ZX80. I was wondering how you access the functions that aren't on the keyboard (RND etc.). They're described as 'integral functions'. Does anyone know I can get to them?Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... version of my routine used RND and ATTR to paint randomly ...Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
Someone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tried getting an object, but it said "Verb not recognized. Type help for clues".
Here is the ...Happy birthday RND!!Merry birthday... Get absolutely sloshed!! (And play lots of [I]Chaos[/I]) :)
Merry birthday... Get absolutely sloshed!! (And play lots of [I]Chaos[/I]) :)Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
A nice UK National Lottery number generator.
And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replacement (i.e. using 48 of the 49 numbers from 1 to 49) without repeating any number twice.
< ...Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …
... been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers ...
