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  • So you want to make a cardgame......but you haven't got a good deck to display. Well here is a fully relocatable routine that will do the job for you. Place the code anywhere in me…

    ... br /> RRCA
    ADD A,D
    AND ...
    RET ; back to BASIC

    prat ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2008 Development
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... benefit.
    You can TAB comments over towards the right-hand ... the word 'road' in the comments.
    At the beginning of ... 'll need to add something like 20 PAUSE 0 to your basic program.
    comments and suggestions.
    main
    bigjon bigjon November 2009 Development
  • +3e 8Bit IDE (how to get snaps onto the HD)Hello there my fellow WoSer's I have been playing around a lot with this under-emulation as well as building some prototype IDE interfaces. I wou…

    ... /> I have sucessfully partitioned created basic programs, loaded and saved etc ... need to be able to do is

    1. Add snapshots to an ... ) formatted HDF
    2. Add snapshots to an 8bit +3e (half-cluster ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 July 2011 Hardware
  • "ZX" Spanish magazine type-ins and ZX BASIC projectI'm actually performing a complete list of all BASIC type-ins included in this Spanish magazine that haven't been added yet here (it's a huge list). …

    ... 's a hard work to add it to the archive, but I ... also updating my BASIC project with referees to most of available ... http://proyectobasiczx.wordpress.com/"]Proyecto BASIC ZX[/URL]", it could ... "ZX" BASIC programs. Also, somebody else is welcome to add rest of ...
    Neil Parsons Neil Parsons August 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …

    ... a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea ... "SAVE lines ";(la);" to ";(lz);" as:"'h$(2 TO 11):
    IF ... $="AF111100DD2A4B5C010600DD09CDC204CDA22D3EFFC5D1DD2A765CCDC204CD2B2DC9":
    FOR s=1 TO 67 STEP 2:
    LET ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Requesting a little help to identify the purpose of this 'add-on' to my Issue 2Hi everyone First of all it's my first post here so please go easy on me! I'm grateful to be accepted into your fine little club :smile: I probabl…

    ... />
    It arrived yesterday and to my utter disbelief it fired ... picture (that's definitely testament to 80's build quality!). QWERT ... 7 is GND (seems to connect to same line as ENABLE pin ... playing around in basic but if I try to load a game ...
    cmonkey cmonkey October 2011 Hardware
  • txt to basichi to all simple question. do you know of any program which converts notepad txt into basic for instance? just typed 50 linez and after so many year…

    hi to all

    simple question. do you know of any program which converts notepad txt into basic for instance? just typed 50 linez and after so many years it is painful.

    thx
    cheers
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae October 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…

    ... Wiimote and other code fixings to allow the portability).
    ... />
    These are the basic instructions:

    fbzx ... seen here (you have to add 1 to the numeration)
    < ... [/url]

    Comments and suggestions are welcome
    Oibaf Oibaf April 2013 Emulators
  • Returning to BASIC from asmI never had to do it till now but there is always the first time :) At machine code program start I preserved SP register and all the other ones. A…

    I never had to do it till now but ... I get "[B]Nonsense in Basic"[/B] :(

    What could ...
    Ralf Ralf September 2013 Development
  • MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …

    ... only returning to BASIC when a jump to a collision ... BASIC skeleton program and an extract of the comments ... to restore BASIC:
    REM To temporarily enable the keyboard from BASIC ... MOVE_M moving object control for BASIC
    ; runs with interrupts ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…

    ... ,5
    add iy,bc ; iy points to next block
    ei

    ; return to BASIC
    ld iy,23610 ; restoring ... the computer).

    Some comments:
    - The file GOKUMAL.BIN ... before returning to BASIC. If we're not going to use any BASIC routine ...
    Zup Zup December 2013 Development
  • Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…

    ... a noob:

    "To make sure you have understood ... somehow manage a successful return to BASIC without crashing."

    ... don't really know how to add line comments so they all line ... (via some DATA statements in BASIC, starting at address 40000, ...
    namtip namtip February 2016 Development
  • Detecting TR-DOS w/o relying on system variablesOK, I know it's much easier to do this simply by checking whether the BASIC program area has moved or some specific pattern in the sysvars etc (somet…

    ... to do this simply by checking whether the BASIC ... whatever reason, you wanted to do it 'from scratch'. ... this does in the comments. Is there a better ... inc hl ;This should add up to #DD under normal conditions ... ld (hl),#C9 ;Place RET to #4000.
    dec hl ...
    Hikaru Hikaru July 2016 Development
  • Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…

    ... need all 32 bits, simply add the instruction LD DE,(SEED ... both instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... function) will return that value to the BASIC program.

    ... />
    Here's the BASIC timing routine which I use ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Text file to BASICHi, Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall somethi…

    Hi,

    Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall something being mentioned in the past, but I can't find it via search.

    Thanks
    jonesypeter jonesypeter January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…

    ... Sinclair BASIC
    Changed Ctrl+Up/Down to jump to line ... =a+=1 will add 1 to a and then ... use the {} characters to create comments inside a line
    to LET - LET a+=10 to add 10 to a. ... /> Partial fix for {} comments
    Restore mouse image ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • are there any machine code to basic converters?i know it sounds stupid but for amature programmers like me it would be great. i could speed up the basic on an emulator and it would give me more of…

    i know it sounds stupid but for amature programmers like me it would be great. i could speed up the basic on an emulator and it would give me more of an ability to play around with games, etc.
    digital digital July 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…

    ... I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again ... increase quickly as I add to the game and I’ ... of text that I want to add in to the game.
    < ... but I’m failing to understand how I can ... game just not achievable in Basic?

    Thanks ...
    TidusRenegade TidusRenegade March 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • [Asm] Is this nested loop faster than LDIR or a bunch of unrolled LDI's?Hi all. I'm learning Z80 asm on Speccy 48K, and to start with I decided to write my own "CLS" routine (without relying on ROM calls or LDIR) as a lea…

    ... #define org .ORG ; Assembler directives, add/remove as needed.
    #define ... if no ROM calls or BASIC required, saving 466 bytes. ... jp infinity ; Avoid going back to basic. Screen is cleared now, continue ... What I'd love to hear is comments on this approach vs ...
    ST1 ST1 November 2018 Development
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... karingal]hmmm, had to increase scale to 1000% to get it a ... a C NONSENSE in BASIC error. I think basin ... automatically again. You have to go to "TAPE CREATOR" and ... all, I will add others to this thread when I ... 48k memory, I got to remove comments etc. [url="http:// ...
    Arda Arda October 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... the code as I add stages to the project so mistakes ... br />
    [B]A FEW COMMENTS FOR C BEGINNERS[/B]

    You can add your own functions as well ... declare numbers with the basic interpretter automatically converting to integer / floating point ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Development
  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... the hex values in to RAM via the HEXLD ... ="Courier New"][SIZE="2"] MCODE COMMENTS HEX

    ...
    INC HL ; Add 1 to address 23
    DEC ... in to DE 110008
    ADD HL,DE ; ADD DE to HL ... 20E5
    RET ; Return to BASIC C9[/SIZE][/FONT]
    < ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... difference.

    [CODE] MCODE COMMENTS HEX

    LD HL ... 77
    INC HL ; Add 1 to address 23
    DEC D ... 2048 in to DE 110008
    ADD HL,DE ; ADD DE to HL 19 ... back 20E5
    RET ; Return to BASIC C9
    [/CODE]
    This ...
    Fikee Fikee August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... Courier New"][SIZE="2"] MCODE COMMENTS HEX

    ... br /> INC HL ; Add 1 to address 23
    DEC ... in to DE 110008
    ADD HL,DE ; ADD DE to HL ... 5888d ; Load 5888 in to DE 110017
    ... 20E1
    RET ; Return to BASIC C9[/SIZE][/FONT]
    ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... :

    [CODE] MCODE COMMENTS HEX

    LD HL ... 2048 in to DE 110008
    ADD HL,DE ; ADD DE to HL ... back 20E1
    RET ; Return to BASIC C9[/CODE]

    Thank ... third of screen you have to add value (2048-256).
    ...
    Fikee Fikee August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... the program to run properly! :o

    [CODE] MCODE COMMENTS HEX ...
    170 INC HL ; Add 1 to address 23
    180 DEC ... 110007
    220 ADD HL,DE ; ADD DE to HL 19
    230 ... 20E1
    360 RET ; Return to BASIC C9[/CODE]

    It ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... over and over again to do the basic requirements for you. You ... should never have to write ... a routine is useful then add it to the library, perhaps create ... /> 4) The labels, equates and comments in the original source code ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • Override AUTOLINE start?Hi there, Is there a poke that prevents a BASIC program from auto running, when it was previously saved with the LINE command? Cheers, Steve

    ... - hope the comments make sense, I had to figure all this ... $08 ; Report error and return to BASIC
    defb $1a ; R - ... de ; Length of BASIC is at $5B5A, add to PROG to get start address ... $08 ; Report 'error' and return to BASIC
    defb $ff ; 0 - ...
    stefrobb stefrobb November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... benefit.
    You can TAB comments over towards the right-hand ... the word 'road' in the comments.
    At the beginning of ... 'll need to add something like 20 PAUSE 0 to your basic program.
    comments and suggestions.
    main
    buzzy buzzy September 2012 Development
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