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  • BASIC: Fast way of filling a string?Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one-liner Lottery picker: [quote] 20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$=""…

    Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one-liner Lottery picker:

    [quote]
    20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$="": FOR f=1 TO 49: LET a$=a$+CHR$ (f): NEXT f: FOR g=1 TO 8: PRINT AT g-1,0;"Line ";STR$ (g ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2008 Development
  • Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…

    ... to sit infront of a basic listing with a little annoying ... I went back to basic..

    *Fast forwards.

    Hmmm ...
    wibble wibble August 2013 Development
  • Collision detection for interlocking shapes[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I?m looking for some advice as I?m not sure how to resolve the following problem. I have an in memory structure that holds info…

    ... bounding rectangles to do some basic "fast" collision detection and then looking ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside October 2013 Development
  • Still stuck with BREAKOkay now I'm getting desperate! Can anyone rustle up a small 128kBASIC routine/working example to prevent the 128kBASIC program from stopping when a …

    The ON ERROR GOTO statement reminds me of BBC BASIC. How good was BBC BASIC?!!! Even had a built in assembler. Has to be my all time favourite BASIC. Fast, advanced, powerful, altogether wonderful - especially on the Archimedes.
    absorbentgnome absorbentgnome July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Still stuck with BREAKOkay now I'm getting desperate! Can anyone rustle up a small 128kBASIC routine/working example to prevent the 128kBASIC program from stopping when a …

    ... be my all time favourite BASIC. Fast, advanced, powerful, altogether wonderful ... the Spectrum port of BBC Basic - sorry no 6502 ... /3d040c72222782fb/0c03ceba2e08df87?q=BBC+Basic+on+the+Z88& ... /3d040c72222782fb/0c03ceba2e08df87?q=BBC+Basic+on+the+Z88& ...
    absorbentgnome absorbentgnome July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • How paint in the down two lines ?The down two lines on the spectrum screen cant be used. But i remeber from the 80's that exist some code that allow us to paint on these two lines wi…

    Listen to Gedlion. Use ZX Basic :) Fast programs and less limitations.
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • gold!!yorkshire lass ginger guy thin fella. putting the great back into britain. :-D

    ... technique, I know, but his basic fast coasting speed is quicker than ...
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2012 Chit chat
  • i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…

    ... lp on, its like that basic fast piano music you hear on ...
    mel the bell mel the bell February 2013 Chit chat
  • I thought I'd give assembly a goAnd well being an absolute newb,I'm absolutely useless.I need your help. I thought I'd give this a go in zxspin [url]http://chuntey.wordpress.com/20…

    ... progressing from Sinclair Basic to boriel's ZX basic, and then sneaking ... . Writing in an advanced compiled basic and writing modular bits is ... might /even/ find compiled basic fast enough generally. But I see ...
    Gedlion Gedlion March 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…

    ... try to integrate your "LDIR Basic fast copy RAM block" with my ...
    Hark0 Hark0 March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • 1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.

    ... the world. It's very fast in responding and writing the ... enough. It's also very fast to play, there doesn't ... too fonts.
    [b]Ok: basic, fast and easy[/b].

    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel September 2016 Games
  • BASIC compilersI'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so I'm in a fix now since my BASIC…

    I'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle ... the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so ... a fix now since my BASIC program uses the SAVE and ... handles almost all of BASIC commands and generates fairly fast code too?
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…

    ... loads the game too fast so you actually cannot ... to actually edit the loading BASIC program somehow. I have ... can see, there are 2 "BASIC" blocks, the first one ... br />
    The second "BASIC" block at the end of ... to build a new BASIC loader that loads up ...
    maiki maiki March 2008 Emulators
  • CellularBasicPro - enhanced BASIC interpreter for mobile phones and devicesDownload location : [url]http://code.google.com/p/cellularbasicpro/downloads/list[/url] Features of cellularBasicPro include : - Extensive mathem…

    ... Color (RGB) color graphics.
    - Fast double buffered graphics support.
    - Large BASIC programs support.

    CellularBasicPro ...
    yossik yossik August 2009 Announcements
  • ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…

    ... />
    I've done some fast trig and square root stuff ... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ... add-in functions for the basic compiler to make it more ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • fast font engine possible?inspired by the recent "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and having done some of the work on this in the past i wonder if it …

    ... "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and ... is possible to have a fast raster font engine on ... character width). this would enable fast 8-bit calculations for measure_font ... experience ... do you believe ultra-fast draw_text could be made using ...
    tstih tstih May 2011 Development
  • New Game: Spiker: Basic TrainingThis is a new game for 128K spectrums inspired by the Spectrum spaceship mascot thread here on WOS. Even if you hate the game, it is worth loading up…

    ...
    to this: your "[U]Basic Training[/U]."


    to pass your basic training. You've got three ... you:

    1. Blue = fast bullets
    2. Red = faster ... ://blackjet.co.uk/spectrum/Spiker:-Basic-Training/[/url]

    More ...
    spud spud December 2013 Brand new software
  • fastest Sound FX methods in ZX BASIC?Right now I'm doing an alternating footstep sound in my game using this following Beep statement. [code]beep 0.008,-4 + tog+tog+tog+tog : let tog=1-…

    ... able to get out of BASIC, but it still slows down ... sound, or some sort of fast sound?

    Could I ... do music and sounds from BASIC? My emulator (Spectacular) emulates those ...
    Dock Dock June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Fast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…

    ... routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in ... wholesome in writing them in BASIC

    So what is ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 November 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... Heels. The routine is quite fast and returns a reasonable random ... instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... return that value to the BASIC program.

    As ... br />
    Here's the BASIC timing routine which I use ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC compo on our Facebook page - join in, win cash!1st - will receive £50 2nd - will receive £20 It's been a few years since our game competition, so I think its time for another! This time t…

    ... the player to reach a fast enough momentum to beat a ... code must be 100% Sinclair BASIC no MC***

    You ...
    david_retro david_retro August 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…

    ... am messing around with a fast stack copying routine.
    But ... when I later return to basic.

    I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • What's this racing game?Hi 2 everyone who likes Spectrum. Does anyone know what was the name of this RACING game. It was 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum ba…

    ... . It used the ZX Spectrum basic font (you know what i ... WAS OUT OF CONTROL, TOO FAST.

    Something like this ...
    Martin Martin September 2001 Games
  • Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…

    Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game.
    There are 63 points available this time.

    You can either email your completed answers (along ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…

    For the BASIC-coders among us.

    ... program below.
    The fastest BASIC-program wins.
    Timing will ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Laser BasicDid anyone else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler? I just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru a website, and it reminded me about…

    ... else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler?
    I ... just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru ... could write programs in Laser Basic, but if you wanted to ...
    Neil^P Neil^P July 2002 Games
  • 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…

    ... message.

    So, what BASIC program can you write in ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …

    Write a program in BASIC as short as possible that ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    ... readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How To List BASIC?Hi, I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is there a piece of code I can load into a 48k Spectrum which will read in a .TAP file and list i…

    ... want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is ... way I can list the BASIC program?

    Thanks,
    kim kim August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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