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Midi out on a ZX SpectrumYears ago (may be over 15 years...) I soldered a small adapter that lets a keyboard or synthesizer connect to the ZX Spectrum 128K's midi/RS232 port.…
... galvo scanner (sounds liks a fast rotating mirror) which relects a ... /> oh, And if you find basic is limiting you in any ... -
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... to get more out of basic than 10 FPS but I ... 've been blessed with a fast machine ;) I tend to keep ... platform because my 4850e is fast enough at moment, and the ... 5750 graphics card it is fast enough even to play Left4dead ... -
Midi out on a ZX SpectrumYears ago (may be over 15 years...) I soldered a small adapter that lets a keyboard or synthesizer connect to the ZX Spectrum 128K's midi/RS232 port.…
... galvo scanner (sounds liks a fast rotating mirror) which relects a ... /> oh, And if you find basic is limiting you in any ... galvo-scanner) can move very fast with a maximum angle of ... -
Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
... was hoping for a nice basic routine that would play an ... if the speed is too fast. This should all be faster ... -
Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
... called from a simple Basic program. From Basic all you can do ... screen conversion tools and small Basic and machine code routines for ... Spectrum itself is simply not fast enough. A user here (natxcross ... -
Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
... called from a simple Basic program. From Basic all you can do ... screen conversion tools and small Basic and machine code routines for ... Spectrum itself is simply not fast enough. A user here ( ... cope with 10FPS with the BASIC loader - nothing higher, this ... -
New game out now: Final Fantasy ZXEver since I played the games on the SNES, I thought that it should be possible to make a strapped-down version for the Speccy. Just minus any super …
... 128k if it stays as basic as FF1 was, especially if ... it looks as basic as on my mock-up ... sprites) will make it very fast.
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I want to see if a file exists. in CIs this what they call a lockfile? I'm trying to write some software that translates from one language to another (as some of you probably know, I …
... /> I started programming in GW BASIC (by Microsoft ? and the platform ... more than 200 times as fast and its load rarely is ... -
speed upHas anyone else tried turning the speed up in an emulator to make a slooooow game more playable? If so which ones actually got "enhanced" rather than…
... continue'?). I know it's BASIC but definitely one for cranking ... way that they seem really fast to begin with but after ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... 've heard it's really fast paced... that's gonna take ... you only start out with basic guns and have to gain ... -
Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... moving from a knowledge of BASIC. Having written so much stuff ... routine. If you want a fast(ish), compact, no-ROM routine ... -
converting ZX128 software for SAM COUPESAM COUPE is computer compatible with ZX48 model. Use same ports, same keyboard with compatible membrane, 64kB adress space with possibility connect …
... slow mode, or started in fast 1MB memory at full 6MHz ... 6.0MHz mode.
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New Game: Heart StealerMy first platformer is finally released! Having a Speccy since a long time ago, I've really wanted to make a game for it. Since february, I've final…
... that ZX Basic is all you need to make a fast action ... -
Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …
... To play samples using Basic would be like reducing ... sound digitiser/player in Basic many years ago, ... :D Even compiled Basic isn't fast enough. The Spectrum' ... to be accessible from Basic. It's an undocumented ... machine code. The commands Basic offers can only use ... -
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…
... to recommend using the ZX BASIC compiler that Boriel wrote. It ... whole program ends up being fast machine code! -
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…
... serious about looking into ZX BASIC. (And a reference in ... /> 140 REM FAST CIRCLES - AND BIGGER THAN SINCLAIR BASIC ALLOWS
150 ... as close to standard sinclair basic as possible. This program doesn ... draws in areas that Sinclair basic doesn't allow. Here's ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... you want 'em to be fast, or small. and i'll ... getting put into the ZX BASIC routine library, I'll take ... . (This does need to be fast, it's for games)
fast versions?)
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Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
i'm not writing much basic (especially zx basic compiler -- i hate python ... take a look at proper basic integration though. wait a couple ... . it can't be REALLY fast without much memory wasting, but ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... 'm not writing much basic (especially zx basic compiler -- i hate python ... . it can't be REALLY fast without much memory wasting, but ... up being called from Sinclair Basic. They will be functions and ... or subroutines for ZX BASIC - and that really means ... -
ZX +2/A - What does "Drive M: Available" mean.I just received a +2/A I bought on eBay, plugged to my TV and on the start up screen below the copyright info at the bottom is a line that says "Driv…
From +3 basic you could try:
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Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... to include in the ZX Basic library (see what we have ... in the pipeline - like a fast 2X2 tiles routine, based on ... intended as a library for basic coders, so needs to be ... than what's in the BASIC manual - though the thought occurs ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... on character boundaries it's fast, and a simple compression of ... addressing both approaches in ZX Basic and putting in two different ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... about dynamic memory allocation. ZX BASIC does have something of the ... />
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102 colours or 120 colours on ZX?OK then, we're talkin'bout GigaScreen. Two 15-colours pictures set together. Flickering. Interlace thingie. We were counting today and theoretical…
... not talking about a very fast interlace.
You get ... .
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Developing on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)Ok, so I decided to install Ubuntu as my main OS, but keep XP as a bootable partition just in case I err mess up Ubuntu, :) I also have XP VM in Virt…
... host OS). For example, SE Basic is a viable alternative to ... if you're after a fast BASIC editor. It's not as ... -
Seeking alternatives to DATA statementsAnyone know of any memory saving alternatives to storing a list of numbers, other than using DATA statements or poking data into addresses?... Im ti…
... that you can output a BASIC program with variables initialized. ... decimals), and the code is fast. Methods based upon coding ... will have to output the BASIC program directly off from ... version, as zmakebas cannot generate BASIC programs with variables embedded, ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... hackers are always speed-light fast on their conversions), so I ... before going back to BASIC.
- The BASIC loading routines need an ... smaller and cleaner than the BASIC equivalent. It's easier ... .
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BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy
... a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC?
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BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy
Next version (1.2.6) of ZX BASIC Compiler by Boriel will have fast binary operations BAND, BOR, BNOT and BXOR, later versions also seting, reseting and testing of single bits. Already available is bitshifting. Surely worth a download.
