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BEEP & PLAY jingles in BASIC sourceI've been digging through the +3 manual and checking out the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128+3Manual/chapter8pt19.html"]great musi…
... 're making a very simple BASIC program (akin to the CSSCGC ... things with AY files and data banks, but do you have ... use when making pure source BASIC games? -
New from Paul Farrow, the ZXC4This is exciting stuff!!!! Sorry if ive stepped on your toes Paul, wanted people to hear about it!!! [QUOTE]Hi I?m happy to announce the release o…
... could only write to 16320 bytes out of every 16384 byte ... be used to extend Sinclair BASIC with completely new commands.
data into multiple blocks. This ... a performance improvement) in sending data over RS232. These new versions ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... , determine the compiled code (bytes), but nothing special will happen ... , followed by the important column data, comments and (not yet) ... SNA reader now recognizes the BASIC program and variables area, ... senseless code (occurs on data sections or strings), like ... -
SkoolKit 4.2SkoolKit 4.2 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into ASM format or into a bunch of …
... job of distinguishing code from data by using a profile, ... /> [*]create hyperlinks between routines and data blocks that refer to each ... , and with or without unused bytes removed
[*]produce a ' ... a TAP file containing a BASIC loader
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Grammar-based data compressionI'm working on a game for the 48k Spectrum but want a way to compress a lot of screens into a small space, so I'm looking into data compression. Each…
... , so I'm looking into data compression. Each screen is an ... bits per tile, so 352 bytes. I might switch to larger ... with a lot of common data between them, so I'm ... length-encoded blocks of literal bytes intermixed with the relative offsets ... -
SkoolKit 4.4<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Hey, first SkoolKit release announcement since the…
... job of distinguishing code from data by using a profile, trace ... /> create hyperlinks between routines and data blocks that refer to each ... , and with or without unused bytes removed
produce a 'pristine ... a TAP file containing a BASIC loader
To find ... -
DEFFNder: a small library of BASIC functions written in Z80I've published a small library of 15 Sinclair BASIC functions written in Z80. I wrote it last year for a project of mine. Some of them are generic, s…
... small library of 15 Sinclair BASIC functions written in Z80. I ... , mainly to manipulate strings and data.
I include the ... -
Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording ... /> 86 NEXT x
88 DATA 0,60,126,126,126 ... /> 176 NEXT x
178 DATA 0,96,120,126,126 ... /> 186 NEXT x
188 DATA 0,102,102,102,102 ... /> 196 NEXT x
198 DATA 0,126,126,126,126 ... -
Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …
... gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP files. I ... extracted all of the actual data blocks off the TAP ... type 0 (basic program), ranging from 8 to 41261 bytes, avg 4125 ... totals - 18307 files
156388984 bytes - uncompressed
94404961 - LZF ... -
Incompressible blocksOne idea I've been pondering about regarding Mackarel is incompressible blocks. If you have a game where you store some data in memory in compressed …
... where you can declare some data uncompressible, and that will be ... decompress only the first N bytes of the payload, and leave ... side, we can overwrite the basic part too..)..
Anyway ... compressed stuff, like per-level data - it's possible that LZ ... -
Elite - Save data complete map[code] $0000 Commander Name $0001 Commander Name $0002 Commander Name $0003 Commander Name $0004 Commander Name $0005 Commander Name $00…
... 4 'NULL' variables in the data, which aren't addressed directly ... in the data above.
The last 9 bytes are the ... progress and overwrites the unread data. Since the competition is long ... 'security code' in the save data doesn't accomplish anything I ... -
140 characters Basic game contestHey there, I've announced a new micro contest on my blog (in Czech language only). However, it might be interesting also for the non-Czech/Slovak …
... in the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC that will fit into 140 ... /> - are 21 characters (not 15 (bytes) as it might seem for ... of the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC syntax
[code]1 FOR ... -
So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... ; hide the M/C from BASIC
Call48 RST #28 ; ... a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
DEFW #2DA2 ; unstack ... /> and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into ... /> 5 NEXT a
6 DATA 13,239,162,45,237 ... -
How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…
... 's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's ... on with each letter 8 bytes which I understand but it ... do I call them from BASIC ? -
Look whats possible in 924 bytesSo, finally after over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I first designed the graphics, I've actually made it to the point where this i…
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The graphics are 444 bytes, whereas when I first designed ... long way to go, saving bytes here and there, but as ... it possible to write a basic GUI and chess game functionality ... -
Input command in 128K BASICHi, Is the input command different between 48K BASIC and 128K BASIC? I'm typing in a missing listing from the TypeFantasic and using 128K BASIC…
... command different between 48K BASIC and 128K BASIC?
I'm ... the TypeFantasic and using 128K BASIC so I don't have ... key presses.
INPUT data
seems OK in ... -
1k Chess (was the 924 bytes thing!)Hi, I've decided to do a major rewrite of large parts of the code for the isometric Chess thing that I've been messing with. It got to the point, …
... operation along with possibly the data structure.
... ideas to save on data size to be implemented ... small buffer to construct data seem to show good ... and adding of graphics data etc has been done, ... is restored to the 4 bytes on screen.
Is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of fileHi, is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of file. E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start f…
... R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only ... .g. 40000 which is 7000 Bytes long. Now I want to ... only the first 6912 Bytes and truncate those Bytes which come in ... there a way in Spectrum BASIC (even with a POKE) to ...Bugaboo - speed run checker hackHi there, Here is a special mode of Bugaboo what helps you to press the jump key to perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for …
... /> 3; Now you are in BASIC.
4; Redirect 2 ... /> and type these data in row (just 28 bytes):
34 ...Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…
... much bigger in bytes than actually reading the sprite data, plus you ... on the MSX? Although in Basic and very slow, its nice ...i need a sideways scrolling program written in basicso like ghosts and goblins it scrolls along with the player. i had help with this before in making a tunnel game but this time i need it to be a able…
... strings or data statements that i can view in basic to make ...Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
I am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive ... any[/i] of the 512 bytes-length sectors available within my ... PROC Take
1310 DATA 65,36,14,0
1313 DATA 41
1330 RESTORE ... /> 1510 SAVE "B-"+n$ DATA b$()
1520 DIM b ...ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…
... The conversion is a very basic colour guessing conversion, so ... /> 0 - 4 Bytes - 'ZY10'
4 - 252 Bytes - Assembly code to ... images.
* in BASIC:
POKE 49157, : RAND ... screens of 1152 bytes (16*8*8 pixel data + 16* ...Saving and restoring data in 128kHi all I'm trying to program a game using compiled ZX Basic for the +2A/+2B/+3. Thanks to a lot of info I found on the forums, I manage to access …
... a game using compiled ZX Basic for the +2A/+2B ... efectively save and retrieve data in the 45152-65535 ... prepared some programs just with data arrays, saved with something ... main program but no data is restored, so I ... it wrong and saving no data at all.
Breaking the Ice (another 1 line BASIC game)@Patters pushed me to do it... This is another 1-line BASIC game, with the same restrictions discussed. The mission: to save 10 penguins that a…
... /> This is another 1-line BASIC game, with the same restrictions ... in the code, in the DATA command, it is the variable ...
