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files on +3 discHello! I have question. As you know, when Spectrum +3 loads CODE file from tape, you can get by CAT command from audio header to which address it…
... ... So, as I understand this "BASIC" code, it makes a short ... and size.
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... . This is the mode Spectrum Basic runs in and the ROM ... Europe). Under normal operation the Basic System is in "im 1 ... a constant rate.
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... like C, Pascal, Fortran and Basic were king. A language is ... type contains a table of size N (determined by you). When ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... of the IY register and Basic's interrupt service routine assumes ... program is 4x4 characters in size; this includes the extra blank ... -
Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
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ZX certificate - first trygosh, that was nasty! [I]We are sorry, but you did not pass. Your score was 52.50%, while the required score is 70% Your subcategory scores are as …
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-** Egghead Iv - Cassette Version Now Available **-In case anyone wants the official cassette version of Jonathan's excellent EGGHEAD IV, it's now available from the Cronosoft website. Price is ?1.99…
... . As it's programmed in BASIC and encoded in MC with ... HiSoft BASIC, The chapters take up lots ... ) that are 3-4k in size and in raw machine code ... -
compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …
... you're restricting yourself to integer maths, you could try The ... at all, over what HiSoft BASIC can manage though, as the ... point maths and generally slow BASIC functions that it doesn't ... -
compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …
... compiler to Softek's IS integer compiler. The IS version is ... be 100x at times than BASIC) than the FP version (maybe ... can convert your program to integer only, it could well make ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... a specific subroutine in the BASIC loader which loads new ... C program, not the associated basic program).
Here ... registers, for example). Also some basic commands will mess with the ... variables and a buffer whose size you can determine to store ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... C program, not the associated basic program).
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Keep in mind that Basic expects the IY register and ... registers, for example). Also some basic commands will mess with the ... variables and a buffer whose size you can determine to store ... -
Large collection going under the hammer!!This is really painful! [url]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZcountvonschmellQQhtZ-1[/url] Having moved house, I'm now in somewhere far smaller,…
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Sintech titles no longer denienced!8 years after the initial denience ( June 1998 ), the 3 Ultrasoft titles that [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=Sintech"]Si…
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Sintech titles no longer denienced!8 years after the initial denience ( June 1998 ), the 3 Ultrasoft titles that [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=Sintech"]Si…
... in mind that Spectrum BASIC doesn't do integer numbers - all numbers ... /> That's not true -- spectrum basic mixes integers and floating point ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... else. You may see whole Basic from Windows Explorer, without opening ... char representation. And the related size expansion and contents alteration are ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... size. Also, I'm not sure if the file type (basic, code ... the raw length knowing the size of header. -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... , based on file length - header size.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. I ... sure if the file type (basic, code) shouldn't be displayable ... the raw length knowing the size of header.[/QUOTE]
Sir Clive hints at a return to computersFrom [url]www.designweek.co.uk[/url] "Sinclair hints at a return to computers Published: Jul 2006 Sir Clive Sinclair is designing more transport-led…
... a decent built in basic and about the size of the original ...Prince of Persia in an actual Spectrum?Prince of Persia is one the best games programmed for our Speccy in the last 10 years, but I think originally was written for TR Dos, although there …
... rather simple credit in the BASIC loader.
Anyway, I ... from TAP version, the game size is about 200k. Maybe with ...Data on tapesHello, I am developing a pc application that is going to calculate data which used to be calculated on ZX Spectrum machine. The data is registered s…
'And one offtopic - BASIC ZX
INT(1.4) = 1? or 2?
INT (-1.4) = -1? or -2?'
INT(1.4) = 1
INT(-1.4) = -2
INT gives the floor value, i.e. the largest integer -1.4, INT(-1.4) = -2.The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... , had a friendly version of Basic for people interested in learning ... ), had a decent version of basic, and was half the cost ... bother including a version of basic that was able to access ... processor speed to video ram size hadn't been where it ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... was:
1) the size. C64 are big to me ... use.
4) the basic. I like much the zx ... basic in comparation with the ... poor c6a basic.
5) graphic commands ... games. I like more the basic.
cpc664 was very ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... 2k to your program's size. puts_cons, on the ... level functions to do basic input and output. You ... it relies on the Basic interrupt routine to scan ... wanted to stop running Basic's interrupt routine and ... working. This is because Basic's interrupt routine scanned ...In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…
... a dataset of any real size and it has any elements ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... had a strong version of basic (better that anything offered by ... a beginner. The version of basic was excellent and I found ... cpu power to video display size is about at the sweet ... a really weak version of basic. The disk system was the ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... have to follow the same basic rules, so that there was ... no look-up tables, every integer from 2 onwards would have ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... have to follow the same basic rules, so that there was ... no look-up tables, every integer from 2 onwards would have ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... recall seeing speed comparisons for basic. Are you sure that wasn ... a notoriously slow version of Basic...
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It ... ,numbers
7 ld b,size
7 ld e,1 ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... easy to animate graphics in Basic if you have hardware ... sprites in several versions of BASIC (e.g. Hisoft's ... Compiler and Ocean's Laser BASIC) on the Spectrum. They ... do with the built in BASIC, but I've seen ... requirements for the number and size of them, so they' ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... is, why have a Trabant (BASIC) if you can have easily ... (Pascal)??
Would the size / overheads of Pascal have prevented ...
