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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. …
... looked this up in the manual. You save the BASIC program with:
[code ... ]
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ESXDOS 0.8.5 and .Z80 on +2B or +3Last week I received some .Z80 snapshot files from a DivMMC EnJOY! user to test. These files didn't work on his ZX Spectrum +2B. [URL="http://benophe…
... or TZX file. Load the program and make a fresh ... the execution of a 'PAUSE 0' statement, in a BASIC program.< ... br />
In order for the BASIC program to continue, after the ... control to the BASIC interpreter:
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Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... . I hope I can at the very least get a two ... swap between them by POKEing the address, as described earlier. It ... screen, but it will keep the size of the BASIC program down. -
ZX-Modules app reportZX-Modules app report If You are interested, I want to report about the state and progress about my ZX-Modules programs. I would like to report at l…
... you want to run the code with another program (e.g. ZX ... all that. As the SNA reader now recognizes the BASIC program and variables area ... , as well as RAMTOP address, the memory ... -
analysing program variable usageIf I wanted to count the number of times each variable is referenced while a program is running (not the number of times each variable is referenced …
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at the start of the BASIC program to be analysed, change the "CALL $2C8D ... , then RUN the BASIC program, making sure to access all of the BASIC program's features ... so that all the variables are ... -
48K Ram Check Command not workingI am trying to repair my Spectrum 48k. It is having issues loading games, sometimes they load all the way to launch and then the speccy resets. Oth…
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2 ... br /> You are entering the word PEEK as individually ... SHIFT" together, then release. The cursor should change to a ... number (say 10), the computer will store the "BASIC" program. You can then ... -
48k Stops loading and resetsI've just fixed the problem I had with my Issue 2 Spectrum only showing 16k memory by replacing all of the upper ram. With that job done I've done a …
... could write a basic program to peek and poke all the addresses and ... check there was still the expected value in the location a few ... guess) as you can overwrite the basic program and variables.
... ROM or in the screen memory (think of "The Key") as ... -
LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
... (BASIC ROM) + 6 (RAM 6) = 22.
- As explained before, the POKE ... , remember to restore the "normal" configuration: that is BASIC ROM + RAM 0 ... the BASIC program and system vars. RAM 7 is used by the BASIC editor and the ... -
Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…
... under the EXTERN command.
Basically you write a BASIC ... (or machine code program) that loads a ... location, and then use the EXTERN command from within ... an image, to run the BASIC program from the appropriate line number.
assembler for PcHi guys, I'm in the process of teaching myself machine code, and wondered if there is a good pc program for writing code. Or is the best thing to use…
... the BASIC interpreter. So the 'official' start of the routine is involved with retrieving the ... parameter from the BASIC program ... values ourselves and skip all the parameter checking and error ...assembler for PcHi guys, I'm in the process of teaching myself machine code, and wondered if there is a good pc program for writing code. Or is the best thing to use…
... the BASIC interpreter. So the 'official' start of the routine is involved with retrieving the ... parameter from the BASIC program ... br />
Thanks for the explanation, that is really helpful ...Chuckie Egg 2 PokesOkay, so, I fancy a crack at Chuckie Egg 2 before FA Cup MotD comes on. Loaded it up, and tried the Multiface poke, but the one that crops up EVERYW…
... the loading screen,
pressed a key and returned to BASIC ... .
Then typed in the RANDOMIZE USR ... number as shown in the basic program on screen, this started ... />
Used the poke memory function on the menu screen.
Name that Type-In! Game-Of-Life clone...Ok folks, get yer thinking caps on! It was a type-in. It used machine code to generate the display It used attributes to great effect Cells were rep…
... post I wrote on the SpecBAS forums about how ... to run this little program: http://www.zxspectrum4.net/ ... thought as the BASIC program modified the m/c routines depending on the parameters ... passed by the user... Good fun ...Removal of "reset on break" protection (old basic program)Hi, Long time lurker, here! This is hopefully quite simple but there's an old basic game in the I'd like to bring up to date / take a look at …
Thanks for the advice.
I've ... just finished (well, nearly) dumping the BASIC program out (using Spud) into Notepad ... easier way to dump a basic program into a text file for ... try to ignore the m/c routines for the time being and ...Was there a POKE that broke the SpectrumHi Everyone I've been recalling myths and rumours from back in the day. You know "Lunar Jetmans" trailer and that sort of thing. But one rumour …
... . POKE in BASIC simply writes the specified value to the specified address. Poking ... location may cause the the BASIC ROM program to crash, but the computer will be ... ignored. And in fact, the BASIC program in the ROM actually does write to ...Utility to create long REM Line for storing M/C program - Maximum BASIC Line LengthHi, I think there was a Utlity or Toolkit to create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC to store some MCode in it. So I don´t have to type e.g. 5…
... as bin and replace the auto run Program Data in a tap ... even add extra lines to the basic program and resave to tape.
The only difference is the basic line has a CLS ... : ($fb,$3a) before the RANDOMIZE ...Bomb Munchies - preview releaseBomb Munchies Preview release Version 12th Jan 2014 [URL=http://s979.photobucket.com/user/MatGubbins/media/bmsix_zpsc33279a2.gif.html][IMG]http://i…
... the moment.
OK and we are back in spectrum 48K basic ... have also tested it with the basic program
10 PRINT AT 0 ... machine.
Testing in basic first, Sinclair 1 + 2
the program will not respond to kempston ...I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…
... you BASIC program (typing or from tape). E.g. the Sharp ... example of a working BASIC program in real life, here ... GWBASIC, which runs a BASIC program that receives RS232 communication ... monitor and control ports). The BASIC program concentrates the data, cuts out ...ZX81 Character SetHello, hope I don't offend anyone with my request. I've put together a program on my Amstrad that redefines a condensed text and displays it appropri…
... ;843885"]I'd presume a BASIC program has a fixed address for ... begins.[/quote]BASIC starts at a fixed point. But the screen may ... codes. As a result the size of the display file (what we ... , or freed as the BASIC program is altered, so the display file moves around ...How to Poke a real Spectrum....Hi everyone. Can anyone remind me how to use POKES? (using a real Spectrum, not via the tipshop on an emulator). I've searched around and I can't f…
... "", as this would load the BASIC but not let it auto ... /> Then you'd edit the BASIC program and add the POKE commands just after ... were the ones that loaded in what you thought was a BASIC program ... into saving as part of the BASIC program, which turned out to be ...How to Poke a real Spectrum....Hi everyone. Can anyone remind me how to use POKES? (using a real Spectrum, not via the tipshop on an emulator). I've searched around and I can't f…
... them was to reset the Spectrum then do MERGE ... as this would load the BASIC but not let it auto ... Then you'd edit the BASIC program and add the POKE commands just ... after all the [i]LOAD "" CODE[/ ... commands but just before the [b]PRINT USR[/b] ...Can anyone show a slight diagram of how pokes work in a jet set willy game for example?I know its kind of something to do with machine code and Memory addresses etc but would be nice to see a youtube video or some drawings etc ? .Many t…
... /> Open Spin and type in the BASIC program that will call your machine ... /> Spin has a BASIC keyboard helper for the keywords. Just in case ... 't know them, for the above BASIC line you'd type:
program code has a RET at the end (to return to BASIC ...BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…
... a Sinclair BASIC program is saved with all the variables intact, ... to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... even though all the program logic was in the BASIC program itself rather than ...Reading PC text files from BASIC!I was playing around with my DivMMC Enjoy! and managed to work out that it's dead easy to load PC .TXT files into the Speccy - I've got them viewable…
... styling if you customize the tool to a ... it, the script could output a TAP with Basic programs, ... for each HTML.
The Basic program will be very simple, ... with all the text in print instructions. ... INPUT and load the next Basic program. :-)Idk>le me browsing through some game's code >..... [code]61A8 F5 push af 61A9 3EFF ld a,FF 61AB D37F out (7F),a 61AD D33F ou…
... sorts as part of the value storing the player input (#5CAA ... on emulators while still keeping the effect
... related non-standard instructions in the BASIC program), apparently it doesn't ... any extended features of the TS2068 except the sound. I'm ...48K Memory MapHi, I'm having some trouble understanding the top of the 48K Memory Map. From reading elsewhere I have this as the memory map: 0 to 16383 - …
... microdrive channels which pushes the start of the basic program upward. You can see ... that in the diagram - the 23755 address ... those things move around as the basic program is edited and run. If ...A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... 's fairly simple and gets the job done - should I tidy ... ... I have it compiling the BASIC program and running the .tap file by pressing ... the E key, can save a ...Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…
... have a tap of the basic program I wouldn't mind having ... .BAS = 27,587
BASIC program in RAM = 19,613
The C program characteristics:
[code]
... [/code]
Of course the basic program also has a 16k rom ...bin to tap with basicI have compiled some machine code to binary. How I can convert it to tap (or tzx, doesn't matter) with custom basic part? Of course, I can create …
... ; Indicates a Basic program
defb "mloader " ; the block name, 10 ... /> defw program_end-0 ; length of the basic program without variables
...The Adv. Game I'm Ridiculously Trying To Play Part 1Ok, from now on from time to time I will start playing some adventure games and I will keep a "journal" in the forum about my progression, or, more p…
... ve gone up the lift to the room with the "speach grill ... at writing an adventure in BASIC though, not bad.
the program but it was instantly clear that delving into the BASIC ... Maybe someone could delve into the BASIC program - perhaps they could provide ...
