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Help loading OPUS data block ?Hi folks, A while back I obtained a Daton Software Card Games compilation which will be in the next Vault update: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…
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The rather amazing "run" BASIC:
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Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
... groups. The first group is basic i/o, another group direcory ... the driver embodied in an integer file descriptor. Both the FILE ...Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…
... could use SAVE under +3 BASIC, but it doesn't help ... a binary file of custom size or a complete disk dump ... binary files of any custom size, even if they're not ... via a SAVE command under BASIC? Let's say I have ... be able to send custom size binary files (rom dump, ...Interface One - New FunctionalityAs you may (or may not) be aware the Interface One is a pretty powerful piece of kit. One of it's greatest features is being able to easily extended …
OK, I've coded this to add a @DEEK function to Spectrum with IF1.
The caveat is that it only works within a LET statement, in this form:
LET n=@DEEK v
Where 'n' is any numeric variable, and 'v' any numeric expression BC (or ...Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…
... binary files of any custom size, even if they're not ... via a SAVE command under BASIC? Let's say I have ... be able to send custom size binary files (rom dump, ram ...FLASH EPROM programming on ZXExist any other software for rewriting FLASH EPROM or EEPROM chips on real ZX ? I know only: EEPROM flasher for original DivIDE [url]http://85.132.…
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...Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
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ld de,32768 ; size to load
ld iy ... [b]need[/b] to keep basic active, just as long as ...Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... you will have a frame size of 820 samples, it would ... be synchronized with whatever the basic time constant of the emulator ...Assembly code in The TerminatorSo I was watching The Terminator on T.V today. What a great movie eh? Anyway, towards the end of the movie when the terminator reaches the Tiki Mot…
... Amstrad NC100 was an A4-size, portable Z80-based[1] ... was fully integrated into the BASIC interpreter and shared variables with ... language code, but also BASIC code to emit assembly language ... even write simple compilers in BASIC.[/quote]
Which ...Stupid noobie POKEs questionHello all, I was born one year before the Speccy itself, and we always had one in our house - first the 48k rubber-keys, then a +3 - until I got an …
POKE is a BASIC command. It sets the contents ... written to (this contains the BASIC ROM). The syntax is POKE ... to 65535). n is an integer value (0 to 255).
Spectrum Diagnostics Board - 25th Anniversary projectWell, I said I'd try and get something online about this by today, and I have indeed done so. This web page still needs finishing off (in particular,…
... board:
[QUOTE][B][SIZE="4"]Adding new ROMs to ... the flash chip[/SIZE][/B]
You can now ... pages. This can be alternative BASIC ROMs, or Interface 2 game ...2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…
... do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was ... , I do stuff in Sinclair Basic to help them, or to ... with 10 characters (unlike M$-basic where you can store 10x10 ... DIM W$(10) : REM ALWAYS SIZE 10 for ANY word in ...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…
... ages ago I wrote a BASIC 64-column font routine which ... character and setting a half-size pattern based on if adjacent ...Advanced Soccer SimulatorAdapted game Advanced Soccer Simulator for disk system +3DOS. Adaptation full, it is made even load/save the postponed condition of game. [URL="http…
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1. Naturally basic – preservation and loading of a ... " is added. Earlier in the basic menu it was possible to ... catalogue finishing change of the size of a shipped file. Really ... scattered mixed up with the basic code of game, therefore the ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had to ... lets the compiler supply faster integer mathematics functions instead of the ... compilers would just turn your BASIC into a series of calls ... would spot patterns in your BASIC and know how to turn ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... around writing a game in BASIC. I'm aware there ... I can do as a BASIC monkey to maximise the ... ]
Use HiSoft BASIC and typedef *all* your variables ... a way to use an integer instead of a floating ... use the integer. Most of the time HiSoft BASIC is fast ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had to ... lets the compiler supply faster integer mathematics functions instead of the ... graphics commands you get in BASIC.
On the whole ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... fellow Boriel has created a basic cross compiler targetting the ... of things!) and many Sinclair basic-isms (which is good ... memory restrictions on source code size, easier to use text ... The cross-compilers (Boriel's basic, z88dk, etc) can generate assembler ...POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... cels) for use in Speccy BASIC.
When writing in ... characters as to like, whatever size you like (they needn't ...POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... it and every time the BASIC PRINT (or ROM routine that ... that character 16x16 pixels in size? Sure you'd have one ... do all this with the BASIC PRINT functions and using the ... are way round this in BASIC but you won't get ...POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... cels) for use in Speccy BASIC.
When writing in ... characters as to like, whatever size you like (they needn't ...Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…
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DIM A(2 ...Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…
... a DIM statement in ZX BASIC
what did i MIS ... DIM without the $ in ZX BASIC you always set the space ... the variable to a float size (5 bytes). There is no ...Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…
... feel is missing from Sinclair BASIC?[/QUOTE]
I play with ... at position x,y and size depending on number of strings ...Randomize usrHi, I've often wondered why/how they came up with RANDOMIZE USR <memory address> to invoke machine code couldn't they have used a better keyword (e…
... BC register pair forms the integer return value)
Invoking ... value.
If 48K BASIC had a means to have ... can be done with 128K basic immediate mode and the 128K ...Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
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[B][SIZE="5"]DELTA TAU ONE - PENETRATE ... ALIEN CONTROLLED SPACE[/SIZE]
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[I]Unfortunately the size and quality of the original ...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…
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Btw. above tool shrinks basic size about %20 on large programs ...Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... using PRINT# and INPUT# from BASIC, or calling read/write in ... file that's 21MB in size, streamed over a TCP socket ...Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... across in their original size, and accepted that they ... ), then what is the basic unit (ideal to you) ... could be compounds of this basic unit... EG: For ... by 24 pixels, the basic unit might be 8x24, ... 9 ) What is the basic maptile unit size in pixels? (The original ...
