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  • 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 program ...
    Hark0 Hark0 March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …

    ... (6k):
    This contains a copy of the Background


    COPY BACKGROUND TO BUFFER
    MOVE ... )
    IF FLAG IS 1, FAST COPY BUFFER TO SCREEN

    copy over with buffer, or:
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 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 ... />
    Whats needed is to copy the manipulated register to the ...
    wibble wibble August 2013 Development
  • new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…

    ... /> ;for Arcade Games and other Fast Spectrum
    ;Programs page 2 ... ;return to BASIC

    .end


    copy & past ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) May 2004 Development
  • Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…

    ... workaround?[/QUOTE]

    Basic will always draw to the ... you can use with the Basic ROM is this:
    ... $7ffd,...)
    2. Use Basic to draw into hidden main ... 4. Use a fast m/c program to copy dfile #1 at ... that you still need a fast copy in step 4 which ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Matching calls and returnsHi all, A pretty fundamental question here that I probably should have sorted by now. I've noticed how much the stack has built out in my current g…

    ... /returning to BASIC or (very occasionally) use the stack for fast copy etc ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz April 2012 Development
  • Matching calls and returnsHi all, A pretty fundamental question here that I probably should have sorted by now. I've noticed how much the stack has built out in my current g…

    ... /returning to BASIC or (very occasionally) use the stack for fast copy etc ...
    R-Tape R-Tape April 2012 Development
  • 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
  • Varios +3(e)DOS questions?I'm converting tape games to disk, for being used in my +3e. I'm trying to convert them to standard BASIC loaders, so files could be copied using BAS…

    ... to convert them to standard BASIC loaders, so files could be ... 'd like that +3 BASIC could COPY them from floppy to floppy ... be doing something nasty to BASIC interpreter.

    - What ... would launch from BASIC, so I guess +3 BASIC has initialized +3DOS ...
    Zup Zup May 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
  • Simple way to add AY music to AGD games!I have written some scripts and asm to autobuild interrupt driven AY music into any AGD game. The play routine and music is stored in bank4, so y…

    ... /> - Copy game.tap to folder, create this in AGD with no basic ... loader
    - copy music in pt3 format ...
    david_retro david_retro July 2017 Brand new software
  • The WoS Type-Ins ProjectGood folks of WoS! Lend me your ears (figuratively speaking of course)! At long last, the kind and noble Martijn has cleared the Type-Ins project for…

    ... : Astronomy/Astrology
    Basic Utility: BASIC Related
    Copy Utility: Copier
    Dbase ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Faster Tape LoadingThe programme on this site claims to be able to load Oric Tap files ten times faster than normal on a real Oric machine. Does anybody know if this re…

    ... load a tape file really fast, copy them to disc. MB02 uses ...
    LCD LCD November 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Any programmers interested in writing for a more powerful machine?Apparently not.

    ... ULA any features like sprites, fast copy or else ?
    if not ...
    Fikee Fikee June 2005 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
  • Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…

    ... /> 4. Use a fast m/c program to copy dfile #1 at ... that you still need a fast copy in step 4 which will ... buffering works well when that copy isn't needed -- ie when ... the need to do a fast copy if your code "knew" it ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz December 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Fast screen writesI wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were.

    ... . has some kind of really fast copy routine, the fastest i saw ... was example of very fast push/pop copy routine. he uses it ...
    Fikee Fikee October 2008 Development
  • Russian games correctionsA lot of Russian entries has been added in the last entry. I started looking for errors. ----------------- Imprerator: [url]http://www.worldofspectr…

    ... in Russian

    [B]Fast Copy[/B]
    [url]http://www ...
    Ralf Ralf December 2008 Infoseek database
  • 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
  • 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…

    ... them as single file from BASIC and copy to correct locations using ...
    LCD LCD August 2010 Development
  • Flip Screen vs ScrollingWhich do you prefer? I've always liked flip screen games but I had a C64(spit) owning friend who hated them with a passion.

    ... . Big play area + parallax scrolling + fast + colour. I'd probably have ... to just one big, very fast copy routine to refresh the scenery ...
    joefish joefish March 2011 Games
  • Flip Screen vs ScrollingWhich do you prefer? I've always liked flip screen games but I had a C64(spit) owning friend who hated them with a passion.

    ... to just one big, very fast copy routine to refresh the scenery ...
    takapa takapa March 2011 Games
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... variable function using this BASIC "swift copy" technique to copy strings to/from ... free RAM or copy chunks of RAM around ... />
    Although the routine will copy any length it obviously only ... RAM;
    l =length to copy
    43 REM eg.: LET ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 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
  • Multiface +3 AdviceHi, New to the forum after resurrecting my +3 and looking for a bit of advice on the Multiface 3 please. Quite simply is it worth investing in for…

    ... /> If you want to copy DSK images to real 3 ... " diskettes then simply copy DSK disk image to ... using ZX SPECTRUM +3 BASIC command:
    COPY "a:" TO " ... b:"
    or COPY "a:*.*" to "b:"
    ... -by-sector copy software (ex. Discology) to copy protected games ...
    ikci ikci March 2013 Hardware
  • 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
  • Hardware description - MB-02+ interfaceOn this thread will soon released info about MB-02+ idisk interface ( memory paging mechanism, list of ports, addressing, MB IDE, schematics, etc... …

    ... games using internal shadow screen(fast copy of data blocks to videoram ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2013 Hardware
  • Jetset Willy ATTR Buffer 2Does anyone understand how Jetset Willy uses the system vars area as screen ATTR buffer 2? H5C00 D23552. Thanks

    ... mistake is to return to BASIC after that code over-writes ... snippets of machine code from BASIC to copy data around, make sure ... limit in memory for the BASIC area that you set with ...
    joefish joefish September 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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