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  • Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…

    ... to actually edit the loading BASIC program somehow. I have ... managed to build a new BASIC loader that loads up the ... it. Because I could not import the other game blocks ... new TAP file. Do not know why. It just ... did not work.



    maiki maiki March 2008 Emulators
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    ... coders are using BIN and not NOT PI?
    NOT PI is only 2 Bytes ... byte, but it (Afaik Spectrum BASIC treats it as BIN 0 ... code. But memory saving is not possible with BIN.
    I ...
    LCD LCD June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • multiface basic loaderdoes anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders and how I could convert a tape save from the 1 and…

    does anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders
    and how I could convert a tape save from the 1 and 128 to work with a floppy system like opus discovery?
    caver99 caver99 December 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…

    ... headers):

    A single BASIC loader (no assembly), which LOADs a ... . The last sentence in the BASIC loader was invariably RANDOMIZE USR 20140 ... means that the game was not only completely "decoded" in memory ...
    Marcelo Marcelo November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... /> I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum ... moment), and a minimalistic BASIC tokenizer to generate ZX ... .tzx file with a basic loader which loads an executes ... to other target architectures (not only Z80 ones). I ... :P (I regret not to have done it ...
    boriel boriel April 2008 Development
  • Important for Game/Demo DevelopersHello Spectrum-friends, I just finished our new Disc-Magazine SCENE+ with newest games, demos, graphics and sounds from the Spectrum Scene. However,…

    ... just try to make the Basic Loader as short as possible. You ... example PAPER 0) with NOT PI (so PAPER NOT PI)
    - exchange any ... one with SIGN PI, so INK ...
    3. Use filenames. Do not write something like LOAD "" CODE ...
    Speccyman Speccyman April 2008 Development
  • dumping protected BASIC loadersI wrote this a few weeks ago but forgot to post it. It will load & list from tape/TAP/TZX any BASIC program which has been saved with SAVE, including…

    ... intended for dumping protected BASIC loaders, as was already ... br /> 5 PRINT "play BASIC loader": POKE mc+1,0: POKE ... PEEK bytes THEN PRINT "not a BASIC program header": STOP
    NOT bt: NEXT d:
    ... iv;PEEK d;: LET iv=NOT iv:
    NEXT d ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…

    ... "147": DRAW -VAL "135",NOT PI: DRAW VAL "124",-VAL " ... 140": DRAW VAL "122",NOT PI
    50 PLOT VAL ... 130": DRAW -VAL "40",NOT PI: DRAW VAL "87",-VAL " ... 91": DRAW VAL "40",NOT PI
    60 CIRCLE VAL ... to get past the short BASIC "loader" program).

    ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... using valid headers while mc loader can ignore them at ... basic loader. something like:

    [CODE]
    1 BORDER NOT PI:INK NOT PI:PAPER NOT PI ... and i think it will not work everytime.
    and ... im not very sure how safe is memory paging from basic.
    Fikee Fikee August 2010 Development
  • 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…

    ... basic loader. something like:

    [CODE]
    1 BORDER NOT PI:INK NOT PI:PAPER NOT PI ... not very sure how safe is memory paging from basic ... they want a cutom loader which makes it impossible ... is not ocupied by decompressor od different loader code, ...
    LCD LCD August 2010 Development
  • 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…

    ... basic loader. something like:

    [CODE]
    1 BORDER NOT PI:INK NOT PI:PAPER NOT PI ... not very sure how safe is memory paging from basic.< ... you, mate.
    That loader should work. I would ... be an really easily convertable loader. I love it. However ...
    Speccyman Speccyman August 2010 Development
  • New presentation for ZX Spectrum: "New Wave"DOWNLOAD: [url]http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=61133[/url] [img]http://pouet.net/screenshots/61133.png[/img] Enjoy.

    ... some changes in the BASIC loader of TRD version, so ... 3 OUT CODE " DRAW ",NOT PI: READ a$: RANDOMIZE USR VAL ... VAL "24576": GO TO PI
    5 DATA "initial ... /> [/CODE]
    Do not edit the first line because ... following line in the BASIC editor before saving the ...
    TK90XFan TK90XFan March 2013 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... and then disassemble the loader blocks to check if ... . Then I construct a BASIC loader based on that. Here ... original disk, the new BASIC loader resolved into something quite simple ... /> LET j=NOT PI: LET k=SGN PI: LET l=k ... +k: LET m=INT PI: LET u=26000:
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Development
  • Basic sourceAre there any utilities available that will extract Basic source to a text file, or insert it from a text file into any of the common formats lie z80…

    ... br /> [*]Load the TXT2Emu BASIC loader from the TAP file in ... " option.
    [*]RUN the loader.
    [*]At the prompt " ... " option to load the BASIC text file at address ' ... go for. Thats maybe not a bad thing as I ... it running on my Raspberry Pi too.

    ...
    rune rune September 2013 Emulators
  • Komando 2 incompatible with the +2A models, anyone could supply a poke or a loader to make it work?http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002734 Is any way to make it work in the +2A models with a loader or poke? Thanks!

    ... enter this value in the BASIC loader before the RANDOMIZE USR ... believe). Could you retype the BASIC loader command lines of your copy ...
    Alessandro, this is the loader I get in my versi ... br /> 20 Load ""code: Border not pi: Randomize USR Val "26624"
    Ivanzx Ivanzx July 2017 Games
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... a Speccy BASIC program to line 0 so it could not be ... such commands as SGN PI instead of 1, NOT PI for 0 and ... INT PI for 3. Can anyone ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2003 Games
  • Tau Ceti - funny loaderHere in India we used to get games in tapes with a generic "ZX Spectrum" tape-inlay (consisting of a picture of the Speccy on a black background, and…

    ... Tau Ceti has a funny loader. The basic loader loads as "Ian's ... Tau Ceti with a hacked loader? Or is it something else ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Announce Pasmo 0.5.0Hello. I have released the 0.5.0 version of Pasmo, multiplartform z80 cross-assembler. A bunch of new this time: New tape image formats generated:…

    ... CPC;
    with or without Basic loader.

    8086 code generation ... when z80 instructions that does not exist in
    8080 are ...
    NotFound NotFound December 2004 Development
  • Tap files - exact specsThe FAQ says... [quote] TAP Format The .tap files contain blocks of tape-saved data. All blocks start with two bytes specifying how many bytes will…

    ... how many bytes will follow (not counting the two length bytes ... 's not all it seems.

    First there is the BASIC loader ... believed) 19 bytes of the BASIC header, of which there are ... is also a 0 (meaning BASIC program), but then there is ...
    mulder mulder December 2005 Development
  • XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…

    ... far as saving out a Basic loader - but it won't save ... a house and getting married, not had much free time!
    JonNorth JonNorth April 2006 Development
  • Problem with rotating procedureHi folks! I wrote a proc in z80 asm, based on: x' = x * cos (z) - y * sin (z) y' = x * sin (z) + y * cos (z) I used a precalculated table of sin a…

    ... a screen, but it is not exactly an oval. Anyone can ... help me? It's not easy to write any of ... cross-assembler and TAP with basic loader output.
    xor xor July 2006 Development
  • Anybody know what program can:Does anybody know of a PC program (or a "set") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 or D2" with two spaces. Then, save that sc…

    ... ") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 ... spaces. Then, save that scanned BASIC program as a TZX or ... not necessary.

    First, I want to scan a basic loader program ... load Transit and copy the BASIC, screen and main file block ...
    DEATH DEATH April 2007 Development
  • ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy: Party Willy [Special Edition 2007]Today (23rd April) is the third anniversary of the full release of [i]Party Willy[/i], Daniela Hantuchov?'s 24th birthday, Nicole Vaidi?ov?'s 18th bi…

    ... a way that I did not intend.


    Both ... .
    [/list]
    Hence the BASIC loader no longer applies the post ... must confess that I have not playtested the Special Editions of ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad April 2007 Games
  • Amaurote & Zub -- missing TZXs?With reference to [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=209176&postcount=11]this post[/url], the TZX of Amaurote at WoS is of the…

    ... dedicated 128K version, as the BASIC loader doesn't check to see ... from a genuine tape or not; I can't remember whether ... separate 48/128 versions or not.

    (Incidentally, I ... machine code embedded in the BASIC loader which it executes before going ...
    StuBruise StuBruise August 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • OpenZXRom v2007-12-31 releasedI've just put out a new release of OpenZXRom, the freely licensed replacement for the Spectrum ROM rewritten from scratch with no Amstrad code: [url…

    ... the essential components of a Basic loader (namely CLEAR, LOAD, RANDOMIZE and ... will stand a small, but not vanishingly small, chance of loading ... to help out with that not-too-intellectually-challenging job? :-)
    gasman gasman December 2007 Development
  • Questions about registers, stack, etc.I was told that if I wanted to export code and create unprotected versions of games I should do the following: 1-Find the starting address by using …

    ... an unprotected BASIC loader that will load blocks of code, not headerless unless ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Utility to read/write to memory cards formatted for +3EThis post comes from [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25658]this thread[/url]. I've released a small command-line utility…

    ... partition. It does not modify BASIC loaders in any way ... for customizing the BASIC loader to properly load ... /> Limitations:
    - Does not support "halved size sector" cards ... - Reliable operation not tested (and therefore not guaranteed) for partitions ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix July 2009 Emulators
  • Hacking a adventure gameHello folks, on the recent issue of SCENE+ Diskmagazin is a game called "By right of Birth",you can find this game also on WOS. Although this magaz…

    ... had a special tape loader which I cannot use ... overjump the MC loader and therefore write a Basic Loader. It was ... get a runable version with Basic loader.

    So ... Opus and +D and not just erase this game ... start. However, I am not sure if some code from ...
    Speccyman Speccyman August 2009 Development
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