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Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any ... that can be called from Basic but uses 64 or maybe ... />
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48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…
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…
... our machine code at free, fast-running (over 32768) and memorable ... before returning to BASIC
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Copy ... machine code function called from basic will return the value ... is slow down our blindingly fast machine code.
Insert ...[Book] Elementary Basic (Missing UK version details)Hello. The book 'Elementary Basic': [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001188"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id…
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Full title Elementary BASIC
Year of release 1983 ...Memory concerns with z88dkI've retaken my old spectrum project and sadly I've reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain my worst problem in a few lines. I'm not a vet…
... reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain ... z80, I never went beyond BASIC until the emulation era. With ...Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... happened either in +3 BASIC and 48K BASIC. Even the +3 initial ... too many interrupts, but a fast test: PAUSE 50 lasting 1 ... quickly.
A tiny BASIC program to show the contents ...The Chuntey InitiativeIt's the start of a new year and with it brings a new wave of optimism and hope! :) In light of the relative success of twitter/speccynews (in the s…
... 's Assembler directives etc), short BASIC or Assembly snippets, et al ... . There is no hard and fast rule on how this thing ...Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
And ... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ... tells me that non-compressed BASIC should be easier to ...Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC?
+3 Basic or 48k basic.
No machine code routines utilised to help the program along.A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…
... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general ...Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.
I've got ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
1450 PRINT ...ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…
Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…
... here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ...My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…
... I never really ventured beyond BASIC back then.
Now ... simple game about running as fast as possible without colliding with ...SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…
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2) When writing a BASIC loader to load back a ...ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…
... , my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe ... a new version of ZX BASIC. It's a free compiler ...An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... script that expands the ZX BASIC tokens.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 …
... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…
... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…
... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…
+3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy
Hi Folks,
Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC?
Many thanks
Paddystoring machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …
... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…
... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…
... ask here instead of the basic forum..
... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands ...Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…
Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?
I use
if inkey$="z" then goto...
but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
