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  • Can I record binaries from any emulator with Basic commands, machine code, macros or something?Hello I do not know if this is the right place to put this question Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a binary file, I'm going to: file ->…

    ... , etc
    directly from commands in basic or from machine code, that is not in ... is recorded directly to PC from the emulator as different binary ...
    maeloterkim maeloterkim June 2019 Emulators
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help gratefully received ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ...
    Spadge Spadge March 2006 Development
  • Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.

    How do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code?

    I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
    daveysludge daveysludge July 2014 Development
  • Midi Out from machine codeI need to send midi-signals by machine code, while Basic is too slow for my current project. I already read I can use hookcode #11E, but I have some …

    ... send midi-signals by machine code, while Basic is too slow ... system; ROM 1 contains 48K BASIC.

    Bit ...
    ROM 3: 48 BASIC
    Bit 3: Disk ... I'm using 48K Basic together with an interrupt ... the exact lines of code will be Z80-compatible ...
    bverstee bverstee April 2010 Hardware
  • Converting Basic code into machine codeIm just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??

    Im just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??
    nonsenceinbasic nonsenceinbasic September 2013 Development
  • LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…

    How do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code?

    I have ... a REM statement in a basic program.

    I ... LOAD "" CODE routine, nothing fancy headerless loaders, just the basic function.< ...
    ;LOAD 128 bank 6 code

    ;LOAD main game ...
    daveysludge daveysludge October 2014 Development
  • Using BASIC from Machine CodeHi Folks, Came across a very interesting article by Toni Baker in Your Spectrum: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr11/yr11_66.htm …

    ... [code]
    ORG 62000

    LD HL,TEXT
    CALL BASIC ... /> DEFB 255

    BASIC
    PUSH HL
    CALL ... via:


    [code]100 CLEAR 61999
    110 ... /> 120 LET A=USR 62000[/code]

    The Spectrum ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2017 Development
  • Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…

    This is totaly back to front - there is absolutely no reason to run BASIC from machine code - it is insane.
    I totaly fail to see why this is necessary. Either you run in MC or you run in BASIC and call MC.
    cyborg cyborg March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…

    ... absolutely no reason to run BASIC from machine code - it is insane.
    BASIC and call MC.
    ... other part is in basic. I don't want ... Before runing basic part, I have to decode it from mc, ... know how to run basic (form basic) using R. USR ...
    MrShhh MrShhh March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…

    ... be resolved by loading from a machine code routine but, as I ... PlusD disk, I used BASIC from machine code as shown below, so ... simple BASIC loader:
    [code]
    10 LOAD "runner" CODE: RANDOMIZE ... little bit of code above, replacing the BASIC string with ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Microdrives load & save routinesHello everybody! Who knows where i can find the machine language routines to load/save from/to ZX Microdrives? Many thanks in advance.

    ... Spectrum/ProgTips/linerun.htm]Calling BASIC from machine code[/url] is what you ... a piece of 48K BASIC code by simply pointing E_LINE ... calling LINE_RUN. Interface 1 BASIC needs to be called with ... example on calling BASIC to to a load from microdrive. So, ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Microdrives load & save routinesHello everybody! Who knows where i can find the machine language routines to load/save from/to ZX Microdrives? Many thanks in advance.

    ... Spectrum/ProgTips/linerun.htm]Calling BASIC from machine code[/url] is what you ... a piece of 48K BASIC code by simply pointing E_LINE ... calling LINE_RUN. Interface 1 BASIC needs to be called with ... example on calling BASIC to to a load from microdrive. So, ...
    Saltor Saltor September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…

    ... learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC ... entirely possible to start machine code with minimal BASIC knowledge?
    Also (and ... type machine code into the speccy in the first place without the BASIC ...
    Vertigo Vertigo November 2007 Development
  • storing 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 …

    Apart from putting m/c ... This installs machine code between the end of BASIC and the ... LOAD "filename" CODE mcpos,machine_code_length:
    PRINT "machine code starts at ";mcpos ... STOP
    9999 REM *** MACHINE CODE STARTS
    AFTER THIS ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Z80 Machine CodeHello again chaps, Hope I'm in the right category for this question - I suppose it could be under 'Game Creation / Programming'. hehe Ive got far t…

    ... , and learn machine code.

    I got familiar with basic when I ... me to anazlyze and learn from?

    I need to ... /> Ive got a speccy coming from ebay this week - should be ...
    the_misguided_fool the_misguided_fool August 2003 Games
  • how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…

    can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this:
    PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2: ...
    or so...
    Fikee Fikee April 2006 Development
  • A few questions about machine codeOh no... another noob. I'm giving my first steps in assembler (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article explaining that if I wan…

    ... 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU ... call 1366
    jp 30285[/CODE]

    Another question ... I call a routine from the spectrum rom, because ...
    I have a machine code tutorial here and I will ... I still see registers as BASIC variables, and I want ...
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • One Liner - Machine CodeHi Dr. BEEP, Digital Prawn, et. al., I think that what you guys have achieved with the one liner contest is absolutely amazing. It brought about wh…

    ... ZX BASIC that no one could have dreamed of. Apart from my ... a resultant machine code program (up to 289 bytes of machine code).

    BASIC by pressing "a" (quit).
    from here:[/B][/color]
    [ ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz November 2007 Development
  • Machine code and Basic system variablesSpectrum system variables (I mean 48KB model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program and it's never going to return t…

    ... essential for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program and ... it's never going to return to Basic ... had something to do with code executed during interrupts. I ... I guess that the interrupt code uses system variables somehow.< ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…

    ... with transferring games to run from microdrive.
    Typically ... , here's the result from a lazy Sunday afternoon, ... link

    [CODE];
    ; machine code microdrive file loader
    ; ... /> push hl ; preserve return to basic
    exx
    ;
    jp jp August 2009 Development
  • 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…

    ... a machine code function that returns the score to BASIC
    Machine code programs are ... .
    - write a BASIC program to run the machine code and print the ... Low byte)
    Any machine code function called from basic will return the value ...
    bigjon bigjon November 2009 Development
  • PLOT and DRAW in machine codeHow do you go about it? If I posted a really simple BASIC instruction could someone do a machine code routine so I could learn from it? I wouldnt k…

    How do you go about it?

    If I posted a really simple BASIC instruction could someone do a machine code routine so I could learn from it?

    I wouldnt know where to start... :confused:
    daveysludge daveysludge January 2012 Development
  • storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…

    ... posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS ... & loaded with the BASIC, as if it was ... the last line of BASIC, even though the m ... doesn't need any BASIC to be typed other ... />
    REM INSTALL MACHINE CODE... with GO TO 9161
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing ... games and tying in programs from the magazines.
    But ... the 0 was from some side efect...

    [code]
    0601 ... affect the outcome (aside from adding extra opps to the ...
    wibble wibble August 2013 Development
  • 128 BASIC-compatible way of loading BASIC as code?On a 48K Speccy (or from 48 BASIC or USR 0 mode on a 128K machine), one can do a silly trick like this: [code];; load a 4000 byte BASIC program ld i…

    ... or from 48 BASIC or USR 0 mode on a 128K machine), one ... br />
    [code];; load a 4000 byte BASIC program
    ld ... , if one tries this from 128 BASIC, it all falls in ... BASIC as code from the 128 BASIC interpreter does work; it's the return from machine code ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 September 2013 Development
  • Help a small machine code game.Hello all you clever wossers are there any GOOD?? games that are in machine code (no basic apart from the loader,rnd usr bit) but are very small ma…

    ... ?? games that are in machine code (no basic apart from the loader,rnd usr ...
    ASH-II ASH-II January 2014 Games
  • Machine code loaderI was wondering how people wrote games. On the trail to this knowledge I discovered a machine code loader in basic, and also z80 assemblers. Which i…

    ... knowledge I discovered a machine code loader in basic, and also z80 assemblers ...
    Duxbuz Duxbuz August 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Saving machine code on EmulatorI have been dabbling with Chapter 26 of Stephen Vicker's "ZX Spectrum Manual". [url="http://www.madhippy.com/8-bit/sinclair/zxspecman/zxmanchap26.htm…

    ... input machine code and then finally tells you to save a basic header ... program that then loads the code to run ...
    ember ember March 2002 Emulators
  • Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…

    ... playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really ... want to do something in machine code. I've seen a ... loaders and seein the code was all blocked out ... did they do that in basic?! lol im just curious ... info, especially about the Machine code
    Alex
    alexsut alexsut July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…

    ... did you learn it all from? Has anyone done any commented ... known games or programs (apart from the Speccy ROM) like there ... /> The dark art of speccy machine code is obscure and mysterious, thats ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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