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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... $(1)
30 PRINT AT 10,1;A$(1 TO 30)
40 ... GO TO 20
to this
30 FOR N=72 TO 79: POKE 23681,N : LPRINT A$(1 TO 30): NEXT N
(You can also use 64 TO 71 ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... it to this
30 FOR N=72 TO 79: POKE 23681,N : LPRINT A$(1 TO 30): NEXT N
(You can also use 64 TO ... 71 or 80 TO ... Wow! Repoint the printer buffer to the middle of the screen ... -
MC LPRINT 23681Having problems with this routine to print large on the screen using LPRINT, it works ok in BASIC, but cant seem to get it to loop for some reason in…
BASIC version:
FOR N=72 TO 79
POKE 23681,N
LPRINT TAB 10,"GAME OVER"
NEXT N -
Memory usageBrowsing the online documentation for the Spectrum I came across a peculiar discrepency. As we all know the start of the RAM is at 16384 which is whe…
... FOR F = 72 TO 79 : POKE 23681,F : LPRINT " OF THE " : NEXT F
30 FOR F = 80 TO ... 87 : POKE 23681 ... -
Double height text...<p>Is here any good routines for printing a font double height?</p><p>I've concocted this ridiculous routine but I'm sure it can be done much better.…
That would probably be:
FOR f=72 TO 79: POKE 23681,f: LPRINT "- T I M E *F O R* A C T I O N -": NEXT f
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printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…
... /> Wasn't there a trick for achieving this effect via the ... probably be:
FOR f=72 TO 79: POKE 23681,f: LPRINT "- T I M ... * A C T I O N -": NEXT f
(Although ... mode)
although this poke is no good to me. -
unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
And here's the code to tame that easy peasy scooby ... /> 30 FOR n=32768 TO 1e9: READ a: IF a999 THEN POKE n,a: NEXT n
79,255
170 DATA 221 ... ,117,0,125,195,79,255
180 DATA 49 ... -
Your Sinclair Smash Tips - Corrected ListingsOver at Hercules' [URL="http://craigsretrocomputingpage.eu5.org/smashtips/index.html"]YS Smash Tips site[/URL] he has a list of hacks that don't work…
... Encounter - this hack is actually for Alien Highway!
[CODE ... T=0
30 FOR N=50038 TO 50147: READ A: POKE N,A: LET T ... =T+A: NEXT N
50 FOR N=N TO 1E9: READ A: IF A -
Your Sinclair Smash Tips - Corrected ListingsOver at Hercules' [URL="http://craigsretrocomputingpage.eu5.org/smashtips/index.html"]YS Smash Tips site[/URL] he has a list of hacks that don't work…
... /> 30 FOR N=23307 TO 23430: READ A: LET T=T+A: POKE N,A: NEXT N ... "CHECKSUM ERROR": STOP
50 FOR N=N TO 1e9: READ A: IF A -
Better arrangement for video memory?While doing some documentation work for the ZX-Uno project, I compared the advantages of the weird layout of the ZX Spectrum against a linear layout.…
... and bytes 248 to 255 hold the scans for character at ... way? The well-known POKE program to show the screen organization ... in the Spectrum...
[code]10 FOR n ... =16384 TO 22527: POKE n,255: NEXT n[/code]
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a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
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10 FOR F = 0 TO 79 : POKE 23607,F
20 ... A ZERO
30 NEXT F
40 POKE 23607,0
[code]
10 FOR F = 15616 TO 16383 : POKE F+17152,PEEK F ... POINT TO NEW FONT
20 FOR F = 32768 to 32768 + 767: POKE F ... -
Who is Bill Gilbert? what has he done?I remember numerous games in Russia where the loading screen said BY BILL GILBERT, but can't find games with this name now. I found some articles abo…
LCD, I have it here:
[code]
FOR F = 64 TO 71 : POKE 23681,F : LPRINT "HELLO" : NEXT F
[/code]
Make F = 72 or 80 for 2nd and 3rd part of the screen. -
Removing the attributes from a loading screenAnyone able to tell me how to do it in 'Fuse' of 'Zxsp' fos OSX? I just need to be able to see the actual pixels with no colour added.
10 LOAD "" SCREEN$
20 FOR n = 22528 TO 23295: POKE n, 7: NEXT n
30 PAUSE 0
something like that?
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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... /> 20 CLS
30 FOR N = 1 TO LEN A$
40 ... 70 PAUSE 2
80 POKE 23692,0 : REM suppress Scroll ... br /> 90 NEXT N
100 GOTO 30 : REM repeat message ... the number of lines to be scrolled up before ... stopping, so using TAB to set the print column while ... -
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…
... /> 30 FOR n=0 TO 7: READ s: POKE USR "a"+n,s: NEXT n
31 FOR n ... =0 TO ... 7: READ s: POKE ... USR "s"+n ... -
Letters with accents on the SpectrumIs there any way to type letters that have accents (for example ? ? ? etc) on the Spectrum? Maybe it's really obvious but I don't know how.
... /> The easiest way to emulate accepted characters from ... to define your own accepted characters.
[code]
10 FOR n ... =0 TO 7: POKE USR "a"+n,PEEK (16136+n): NEXT n
20 POKE ... USR "a",8
30 POKE ... -
Swords and Sorcery by PSSCan anyone help me out with completing this classic game? There seem to be plenty of bugs with it, so just knowing that it is in fact possible to com…
... and then prompt you to save the character. ... the characters you wish to play with once only ... 30 FOR n=28000 TO 28026
40 READ a: POKE n,a: NEXT n ...
60 PRINT "S&S V1 TO ... FOR n=60305 TO 60343
100 READ a: POKE n,a: NEXT n ... -
3 lines of funHello! I'm looking for a tattoo to remember forever our fabulous 8 bit era. A part the pictures I posted here [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/for…
... 'd suggest this code ;) (click to enlarge):
[/QUOTE]
10 DEF FN h(n)=(n-48)*(n>47 AND n64 AND ... -
Your Sinclair Smash Tips - Corrected ListingsOver at Hercules' [URL="http://craigsretrocomputingpage.eu5.org/smashtips/index.html"]YS Smash Tips site[/URL] he has a list of hacks that don't work…
... =491796&postcount=23"]Credit to StuBruise![/URL]
[CODE ... =0
30 FOR N=64223 TO 64316: READ A
40 POKE N,A: LET ... T=T+A: NEXT N
50 ... MAIN BLOCK": STOP
60 FOR N=N TO 1E9: READ A: IF A -
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 …
... /> * The "FOR n..." loop encloses all ... 30 FOR n=1 TO 2: READ t(n): LET m(n)=t(n):
FOR b=1 TO ... POKE 23672,0: POKE 23673,0
60 FOR s=0 TO ... 0 STEP 0: FOR n=1 TO ... 2
70 LET t(n)=t(n ... -
Your Sinclair Smash Tips - Corrected ListingsOver at Hercules' [URL="http://craigsretrocomputingpage.eu5.org/smashtips/index.html"]YS Smash Tips site[/URL] he has a list of hacks that don't work…
... =0
30 FOR N=64223 TO 64316: READ A
40 POKE N,A: LET ... T=T+A: NEXT N
50 ... IN MAIN BLOCK"
60 FOR N=N TO 1E9: READ A: IF A -
IZX: a new standard format and driver for ZX-Spectrum icons[B]IZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient standard format to create icons for the ZX-Spectrum. You can download it from here: [LIST] [*][URL="http:…
... FOR g=0 TO 4
20 LET b=0
30 FOR n=0 TO ... 3
40 FOR s=0 TO 1
70 NEXT n
80 POKE end+g*9,b ...
90 NEXT g
100 FOR ... g=0 TO 4
110 FOR n=0 TO 3
How can I make a UDG rotate?I designed a set of UDG's that can be used for making shapes or letters. Trouble is that my circle - for example - consists of 4 pieces and it would…
... br /> 20 FOR n=0 TO 7: POKE USR "b"+n,0: NEXT n: REM Reset ... destination UDG
30 FOR n ... =0 TO ... (USR "a"+n)
50 FOR m=7 TO 0 STEP -1 ...text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... ,6)
30 FOR n=1 TO 6
40 READ d$(n)
50 ... )
110 FOR n=1 TO 3
120 FOR m=1 TO 4
130 READ l(n ...
200 FOR n=1 TO 3
210 FOR m=2 TO 4
220 PRINT d$(l(n,m ...Strangely, I just can't STOPOK, I bought an RWAP keyboard matrix and put it in my Spectrum+ last night (ta), I did the Swedish composite mod with a capacitor, I fixed the missin…
... port.
Now to the weird part. I can ... = 128 * 256
30 FOR N = 1 TO 8
40 PRINT IN ... IN values changing for each key separately, and for both together, ... out to be too knackered to use; I need to lower ... knows of a mod to make it switchable, I ...A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…
For the rubber-chum, this screenful
10 FOR i = 64 TO 87 : POKE 23681,i : LPRINT "Top Ebayer+++++" : NEXT i : PAUSE 0
:)IF2 Rom snapshot creationHi, is it possible convert a Speccy 16k snapshot to a Interface 2 Rom file? I've the original Ultimate Pssst, Cookie, Trans-am and Jetpac tapes and …
... are better implemented using a POKE or two.
< ... All we have to do is POKE 23606/7 with ... FOR i=0 TO 1200:POKE i+32768, PEEK i:NEXT i
30 FOR ... i=15616 TO ... 16383: POKE i+32768, PEEK ...
